Archive of Talks

Margaret guided our further investigation of the crucial concept of No-Self today, drawing on a number of sources.  The most ancient of these sources is the brief Anatta Lakkhana Sutta (The Discourse on the Not-Self Characteristic), from the Samyutta Nikaya, available at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nanamoli/wheel017.html#s2 The concept was further clarified in excerpts from a recent talk by Joseph… Read more

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As we began a new series of explorations, Joey guided our reflections today on No Self, drawing from a number of sources.  Kathleen Dowling Singh’s book “The Grace in Dying,” pages 21 & 31-39 offered an overview of our psychological development as a sequence of separations, distinguishing self from other, which takes us away from… Read more

Sam led our session on the Tenth (and final) Perfection – Equanimity, drawing on many sources. Christina Feldman’s talk on Equanimity from January 2 of this year can be found at http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/44/talk/18108/ from which were excerpted: 14:38-37:02 and 48:39-end.    Highlights were:  Mustard seed story starting at 22:20, “…you must be a dog” starting at 27: 38, Billy Collins… Read more

Margaret led our reflections on Metta, not just as a meditative practice, but as a state of mind.  The presentation  drew on excerpts from a dharma talk by Rodney Smith http://seattleinsight.org/Talks/BrowseTalks/DharmaTalk/tabid/90/TalkID/404/Default.aspx Also helpful (and funny) was a poem by Tony Hoagland’s book “What Narcissism Means to Me”, reprinted here (and followed by a brief quotation… Read more

Today, Michael guided our reflections, drawing on several sources, including Robert Frost’s poem “West Running Brook, and an excerpt from Gil Fronsdal’s dharma talk on Resolve, which, along with his talks on all the other paramis, can be found at http://www.audiodharma.org/series/1/talk/1859/ Read more