Archive of Talks

Sam brought a talk by John Peacock on anatta, often translated non-self, which cast a backward glance toward the five aggregates, exploring how none of them constitute a self, and how clinging to identification with any of them leads to distress.  Peackock’s talk, given on July 6, 2011, is the second of three relating to… Read more

Our day-long retreat was structured around experiencing the five aggregates, and included yoga and sensory awareness, as well as two reflections/meditations on the aggregates Pascal Auclair    Morning Instructions – Five Aggregates       2012 – 01/04 http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/198/ and  Myoshin Kelley  Guided Meditation on the Five Aggregates   2007 – 10/12 http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/130/?page=7 Information about the… Read more

The recorded talk today was by Guy Armstrong entitled Patterns of Becoming 2: The Five Aggregates Here’s a link to the recording on Dharmaseed: http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/79/talk/15469/ Read more

Wendy offered a presentation on Metta this morning, which included portions of these recorded dharma talks: John Teasdale The Significance of Kindness and Care http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/238/talk/12371/ Adrianne Ross Guided Loving Kindness Meditation http://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/3/8168.html Read more

Joey led us in reflecting on the third of the Brhama Viharas, Sympathetic Joy, by sharing a talk from Christina Feldman, which Joey heard on a recent retreat.  Though that talk is not available online, here is a link to another of Christina’s talks, simply titled “Joy,” from November 19, 2009, which covers the same… Read more

Anne directed our reflections on Compassion, the second of the Brahma Viharas, with a portion of a talk by Sally Armstrong http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/153/talk/13479/ and guided our meditation, reading from Jack Kornfield’s book Wise Heart, pages 33-34. Read more