Archive of Talks

Payton led our reflections this morning, revisiting the topic of Energy as a Factor of Awakening.  In addition to leading us in two guided meditations employing different styles of energy, Payton framed the discussion with excerpts from a talk by James Baraz on “Energy/Effort (Virya)” http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/86/talk/12355/   Read more

Wendy led our reflections today, on the topic of Energy, the third of the seven Factors of Enlightenment.  Our session focused on the many perspectives raised in Joseph Goldstein’s recent talk: “Virya – Courageous Energy” http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/96/talk/17252/   Read more

Doubt PDFJoey led our reflections on investigating emotions in a meditative context, as a factor of awakening.  During our time together, she drew on many sources, including playing a recording of the middle portion of a talk on Investigation by Joseph Goldstein http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/96/talk/1966/ and reading/sharing a guided meditation from Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing your… Read more

Anne led our reflections on this seasonally appropriate topic, using a talk by Tara Brach. http://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/175/11461.html Among the many sources alluded to in the talk was Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem “Wandering Around in an Albuquerque Airport Terminal” After learning my flight was detained 4 hours, I heard the announcement: If anyone in the vicinity of… Read more

Michael guided our reflections today, first by setting Investigation (dhamma vicaya) in the context of the progressive chain of the 7 Factors of Awakening (mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, calm, concentration and equanimity) and then by distinguishing the different versions of these factors which do or don’t aim at enlightenment.  The two types of investigation, analytic… Read more

Donia framed our second inquiry into Mindfulness, the first Factor of Awakening, with short excerpts from two talks, both by Donald Rothberg 2010-10-13 Mindfulness-What it is and What Makes it Difficult http://archive.dharmaseed.org/media/recordings/2010/10/20101013-Donald_Rothberg-SR-mindfulness_what_it_is_and_what_makes_it_difficult.mp3 2007-10-26 Supporting And Deepening Daily Life Practice http://archive.dharmaseed.org/media/recordings/2007/10/20071026-Donald_Rothberg-SR-supporting_and_deepening_daily_life_practice.mp3 and then invited us to enter on-the-spot experiments in mindfulness.  For those interested in revisiting… Read more