Archive of Talks

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

Donia led our reflections on Renunciation, drawing on her years of experience in a Gurdjieff community.  The emphasis was on using renunciations strategically, to break up habitual attachments, and thus bit by bit erode habitual ways of viewing the self. Read more

Today Payton led our reflections on Morality, the second of the ten perfections. In Pali, this is Sila, which is a word with many meanings and shows up in many of the Buddhist lists (Paramis, Paramitas, Eightfold Path, etc.). Payton chose three viewpoints on Sila. The first was a talk by Sylvia Boorstein. (http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/174/talk/6541/) Sylvia discussed how Morality… Read more

Today Maryann led our reflections on Generosity, the first of the ten perfections, and the initial teaching in many paths to establish a Buddhist practice.  The first thirty minutes of an exchange with James Baraz, discussing a project which cultivated a generous outpouring can be found here: http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/86/talk/18132/ As sangha members listened to and discussed… Read more