The Dharma Study blog supports the courses that I teach at the University of Cincinnati's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). The content of the blog varies from quarter to quarter. For the Fall quarter 2010 (October-November) and the Winter Quarter 2011 (January-February), I will be teaching two classes, one on the Teachings of the Buddha and one on the Noble Eightfold Path. Syllabi, reading materials and reading lists, and an assortment of essays and sutta translations are available on the site. Class notes will be posted there as the quarter proceeds.

The Dharma Study Network wiki presents a fairly well-elaborated proposal to establish a network of Dharma Study Centers, focused on a secular understanding of the Buddha's message and very explicitly structured to appeal to Westerners intrigued by the rationality and relevance of that message. I'm not sure where it might go, but if you are interested in applying Buddhist thought and practice to the perplexities of our troubled civilization, I'd welcome your thoughts about how we might cooperate to create a network of centers that could help with that task.