Archive of Talks

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

Our reflections today were guided by Wendy, anchored in an excerpt from Tara Brach’s dharma talk, “Wise Intention: Living in Truth” (link below). http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/175/talk/17431/   Read more

Anne P led our consideration of Patience today with a guided meditation and excerpts from a talk by Narayan Lieberson Grady http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/131/talk/2956/ Read more

Jackie framed our discussion of Virya using one of Joseph Goldstein’s many talks on the subject, which can be found on the web at http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/96/talk/17252/ Read more

Rebecca led our reflections on Prajna today, reading from an extended definition of Prajna en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_in_Buddhism‎ and from a Shambhala Sun article on “The Sharp Sword of Prajna” http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1675   Read more