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Awakening Training with a Sakadāgāmi
practical and applied-dharma training with a purpose


applied buddhist dharma training with an early buddhist anagārika
for those who are serious about wanting to overcome their obstacles

Student Tiers and Session Information


my work is donation-funded

your kindness and generosity are what make this community possible
Please consider making a donation to our student community today.
Don't have a job or an income but still need instruction?
That's OK ♥ I am here for you. See pro bono information below.
Anagārika Michael Turner Buddhist Teacher, Trainer, Dharma Coach, Streamenterer, Ariya

Please help fund my pro bono teaching program.
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​If you would like to assist me in my studies or support my life as a Buddhist renunciate by donating dhamma e-books to me from my Amazon.com wishlist, I would greatly appreciate it.  You can find my wishlist here:
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my amazon.com wishlist

 

Why do I ask for dāna?



Dāna is the Pāli word for generosity, the act of giving.  As a full-time Buddhist anagārika, I have given up almost all worldly possessions and responsibilities so that I may dedicate the entirety of my life to Buddhist study, training, practice, and meditation — and, until I am fully ordained as a monk, to the tutelage and coaching of the Buddhadharma to those who approach me for training.

What I provide to our student community goes far beyond the scope and depth of common Buddhist/Dharma Coaching and aligns much more closely with professional Buddhist Psychology and Advanced Buddhist Path-Fruition Training.  I also offer spiritual life coaching and counselling to those who aren't specifically on a Buddhist path, but still wish to benefit from being able to cultivate the richness of genuine mindfulness in their lives. 
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Without dāna it would not be possible for me to continue to be able to provide my teachings and compassionate support pro bono to those who are less fortunate or who have little to call their own except for their practice.

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Please see the section below entitled "Requesting Access to the Pro Bono Teaching Program" to understand the importance of donations made to this website and how it means so much to others.

Recently, I had to unexpectedly relocate to Mexico, further putting my higher-ordination in Asia on-hold, so that I can receive medical treatment that as a renunciate I could not otherwise afford to receive anywhere else and, now more than ever, I depend on student dāna to help me with my medical expenses so that I can continue to provide my guidance to others and eventually make my way back to the monastery.

Therefore, I ask that those who have an income to contribute to our student community after each session for the value that they receive from my time, energy, and dedication to improve and hone their spiritual understanding and deepen and improve their daily practice; and, also for the counselling and support that I offer by providing highly-personalised instruction and guidance on how to practically apply the Dharma to their real-life problems and difficulties that stand in the way of their progress in ways that not many other teachers can.

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​Student Tiers / Requested Dāna Donation Amounts

(these sessions are 1-on-1, personalised instruction time with anagārika michael​)
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  • No dāna donations are expected from pre-approved pro bono students. 
    • Reiteration: no dāna is expected from pro bono students.
    • Optional contributions to support this community are appreciated, or even supporting my practice by offering me a dharma book from my amazon.com wishlist after our session would be a simple but appreciated gesture.
    • Pro bono sessions are 45 minutes long.
    • ​̶L̶i̶m̶i̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶v̶a̶i̶l̶a̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶;̶ ̶p̶l̶e̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶r̶e̶q̶u̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶i̶n̶-̶a̶d̶v̶a̶n̶c̶e̶.̶
      All pro bono student slots are occupied, please contact me to be added to the waitlist

  • For those who are confirmed low-income students, dāna follows a sliding scale:
    • $40 to $80 based on each student's capacity to support this community.
    • Low-income student sessions are 50 minutes long.
    • Limited availability; please request in-advance.

  • For all other applied-Dharma students and for those participating in spiritual life coaching, dāna falls into the range of what you would commonly pay a therapist:
    • $185 for 1-hour sessions.
    • $250 for 2-hour sessions (available only for those who are serious about their development — please ask me what I mean by this).
    • Please see the section below entitled "Requesting Access to the Pro Bono Teaching Program" to understand the significance of students who donate at this rate tier and what it means to others.​

​Your dāna is accepted with tremendous gratitude for making this community and my work with those in-need possible.
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Schedule Your First Session Today
 

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Requesting Access to the Pro Bono Teaching Program

Money should never come in-between a practitioner and his/her teacher, so those who cannot bear the burden of providing the suggested donation amounts above are welcome to submit a request for "pro bono student" status.  Once approved, pro bono students are welcome to donate as much or as little as they are comfortable and happy to provide for the time, energy, and value that they receive from our time together for a period of four (4) months.
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  • Please note that "pro bono" does not mean "free," rather, it means that someone else is providing for you.  Pro bono training would not be possible if not for the generosity of other students who help me cover my medical, shelter, and food expenses.
  • Scheduling priority is given to students who can donate at the "all other students" tier and then to students who can donate at the "low-income" tier.  This is because without these donors pro bono training would not be possible.
  • As a pro bono student, please remember that someone else is providing for me, and in return I get to provide for you; this is done with the intention that someday you can and will provide for others who are in need of your help and generosity.
  • It's worth noting that at any given time, I try to ensure that about 35% to 55% of my student population are pro bono students and another 25% or so are low-income students — this means that 4 out of every 5 students (80% of my student population) are funded by those who donate at the regular tier level — it's one of the many ways that I provide for others, just as others provide for me, but space is limited as demand for pro bono time is unsurprisingly high and there is a waitlist for pro bono students; please email me to be placed on the waitlist today.
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New Student Session Frequency

It is important to know that ideally new students should plan to have weekly sessions with me for the first eight (8) weeks.

Two weeks (or more) between initial sessions is just too long a period of time when we are just starting to ramp up — too much can happen in that amount of time and too much of what we discuss can be lost.  
There is a lot that I also need to learn about you, your afflictions, your habit-energies, your views, your practices, et cetera before we can start having greater time between sessions.  If we don't maintain a steady cadence of initial sessions, momentum will erode, new teachings won't be properly reinforced and contemplated, corrective habits won't take root to be formed-and-solidified, and much of our effort will be forfeited, slowing down your progress, impeding my ability to help you. 

If you cannot manage weekly sessions for the first two months, let's have that conversation and figure out the best way to get ahead of some of these concerns in order to mitigate and diminish the impact on your ability to making the progress that you hope to experience by having me as your teacher.
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Schedule Your First Session Today

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Donation Re-direction Disclosure

An appropriately ample portion of dāna-received goes directly toward my own personal efforts to take care of others; to help clothe, feed, and protect those who are in poverty, those who are homeless, and those who are destitute and veritably suffering immensely; and, especially to those who are clearly in genuine need of someone who will recognise their humanity and are in need of my concern, my support, and my compassion.  I am deeply committed to a mentality of actively helping others in need.

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Not a Student But Still Want to Support This Endeavour?

If you are not part of our student community, but would simply like to volunteer or make a donation to help support me or what I am doing here, your generosity will directly serve to sustain the work that I do to guide others who are in genuine need of compassion, guidance, and care to be free of their suffering or to attain spiritual success; your support and kindness will not go unnoticed and would be greatly and sincerely appreciated.
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all of services and teachings are donation-funded, please consider making a donation to our student community today

Since leaving to ordain as a Buddhist monk and becoming a full-time Buddhist anagārika, donations directly make our student community possible.  Without your generosity, it would not be possible to provide teachings and training to guide those who wish to attain spiritual success, or to those, both living and dying, who are in genuine need of support, compassion, and care.

​Thank you very much for your kindness and your generosity.
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why donate?  learn more here.

please help fund my pro bono teaching program today
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Recurring Paypal Donation Options

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Single Paypal Donation

make a donation via paypal


​If you would like to assist me in my studies or support my life as a Buddhist renunciate by donating dhamma e-books to me from my Amazon.com wishlist, I would greatly appreciate it.  You can find my wishlist here:
Amazon Wishlist
my amazon.com wishlist


​All support and kind generosity are greatly and sincerely appreciated.

With mettā, thank you.

Anagārika Michael Turner Buddhist Teacher Philosopher, Dharma Coach, Meditation Instructor, Business Leader, Sales Trainer, and Mentor
Michael Turner is a pre-monastic ariya-puggala and a full-time Buddhist anagārika; and he is also a deeply accomplished streamentry mentor and applied-dharma teacher. He emphasises and teaches the practical application of the Buddha's teachings in our everyday lives to overcome our human problems that stand in the way of making measurable progress toward Buddhist enlightenment and he is particularly adept at explaining them in ways that can be easily understood and practiced by Western Buddhists. He has been meditating and cultivating the views and techniques that generate indestructible resilience, inner-strength, and direct experience for almost 30 years and has helped countless numbers of students and peers enhance and course-correct their practice to make veritable progress along the path toward Nibbāna.


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