In this dharma talk, Nico explores how the Buddhist perfection of patience (khanti parami) serves as a direct pathway to touching nibbana. He outlines three ways patience leads to awakening: dismantling the reactive mind, removing hindrances, and supporting sustained practice. Drawing on poetry and practical examples, Nico shows how our difficulties become the very path itself, transforming our relationships and strengthening our engagement with the world.

The talk explores how inspiration (from Latin "to breathe into") serves as a vital energy source for spiritual practice, examining four powerful reflections that have guided Buddhist practitioners for centuries: the preciousness of life, the inevitability of death, the truth of karma, and the suffering caused by clinging. Through personal stories about life-changing decisions and poetic illustrations, nico illuminates how recognizing these four truths can transform our relationship with energy (virya) and soften our contracted sense of self, ultimately creating space for greater freedom and peace.

Letting Go in These Times explores letting go without giving up. Drawing from personal stories, guided reflections, and Buddhist teachings, this talk examines how we can navigate difficult times with presence rather than panic.

A talk on Dana Parami (the Perfection of Generosity) and its significance in recognizing Nibbana. The discussion covered the importance of Paramis, personal anecdotes, and the luminous nature of the mind. Participants learned about softening the obscurations that block awareness and recognizing the inherent clarity of the unborn mind. The talk also highlighted practical teachings and research-back

A talk that outlines four practices to cultivate equanimity: Basic Mindfulness, which brings awareness to break the cycle of rumination; Right View, understanding impermanence and insubstantiality; embracing one's Kuleana, or responsibilities, with wholeheartedness; and the use of Transformative Phrases to maintain balance and peace. These practical insights and contemplative practices were integrated into daily lives for greater harmony.

In this talk, nico challenges our culture of hyper-individualism and hyper-competition, while offering a middle way that balances individual needs with collective needs.

In this talk, nico speaks about adhitthana parami as resilience. He defines resilience as the ability to bounce back from adversity and offers some pointers from contemporary psychology research on how to build resilience.

In this talk nico examines several theories of truth and suggests that Buddhism is best understood as a liberative phenomenological pragmatism. Despite the big words, there are plenty of stories and examples to drive the points home into our experience.

In this talk nico offers four guides or doorways to truth: the outer guide, the inner guide, the textual guide, and phenomena itself as guide. Through bringing these four into balance we can steady ourselves on the path.

How we can use confidence (saddha) and our understanding of conditionality to kindle energy for the path. Talk #2 from the Refuge of Belonging online daylong retreat with Tuere Sala.