In this intimate and practical talk, Nico explores dāna not just as generosity, but as the living rhythm of receiving and giving. Beginning with the body and the breath, he shows how generosity softens clinging and loosens the “dream of dissatisfaction.” Through stories, reflections on boundaries, and teachings on interdependence, he reframes dāna as making space—listening for what is needed in ea
We're caught in a dream of thoughts, roles, identities, and emotional reactivity. Rather than fighting or believing the dream, we practice deep listening to body, heart, and mind with unconditional welcome. Through this listening, we make four discoveries: the dream is stressful, bondage to it is suffering, unbinding brings peace, and there's a path. The ten paramis (perfections) gradually wake us
In this talk, nico hase unpacks equanimity as a living, relational practice — not numbness, but steadiness in the middle of praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and pain. Through stories (including a flying blender), Tibetan and Zen frames, and simple training phrases like “May I find stillness in the midst of change,” he shows how returning again and again to balance lets us live with less drama, more compassion, and an open hand toward the world.
In this teaching, nico hase reflects on how loving-kindness practice can feel unyielding at first — like holding hard candy in the mouth — yet through steady presence, what once seemed solid begins to soften. We discover how even pain, when met with patient attention, can dissolve into compassion and connection.
A dharma talk exploring adhitthana (resolve/determination) through the story of Milarepa, the Tibetan yogi who transformed from a vengeful sorcerer into Tibet's most beloved Buddhist practitioner. Nico discusses how spiritual practice requires uncomfortable heat and urgency (samvega), how purification is often difficult work, and the four types of resolve: wisdom, truth, generosity, and peace. He emphasizes that determination is always communal - we never practice alone but are supported by teachers, sangha, and the natural world.
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.
Stories, examples, and reflections on the conditions that give rise to the wisdom that recognizes emptiness, and the expression that move from that wisdom.
Talk #2 from the Refuge of Belonging online daylong retreat with Judson Brewer.
How letting go (nekkhamma) of what no longer serves us reveals the wonders of the path that leads to the end of suffering.
Talk #2 from the Refuge of Belonging online daylong retreat with Devin Berry.
How standing in our integrity brings us into alignment with what we truly are, and stepping us closer and closer to the liberative insight into insubstantiality.
Talk #2 from the Refuge of Belonging online daylong retreat with Gina Laroche.
How meeting the four dharmas (outer, inner, textual, and phenomenal) leads us to that which does not vanish.
Talk #2 from the Refuge of Belonging online daylong retreat with Dawn Scott.
What an ancient story about love has to tell us about facing our demons and opening our hearts.
Talk #2 from the Refuge of Belonging online daylong retreat with Devin Berry.
How our cultivation of virya is actually a yielding to the process rather than a pushing forward . . . ways to align ourselves with that power of yielding.
Talk #2 from the Refuge of Belonging online daylong retreat
