"Over 100 people, both in-person and online,  came together to contemplate how through establishing a solid foundation of refuge and its causes we can transform all our activities into the spiritual path.

"If we seek protection, we need to accomplish it within our own mind. We cannot find protection outside our mind, among external things.

"Through listening to and practising Dharma teachings again and again, we can establish pure refuge in our own mind and find true protection."