Archive of Talks

  • 4/29/2012 – Equanimity

    Jackie brought our focus to the fourth Brahma Vihara, Equanimity, centering on a talk titled “Equanimity – Meeting in the Middle, by Joseph Goldstein, from April 2012, at the Forest Refuge. http://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/96/15863.html As with all the Brahma Viharas, the meditative practice which fosters equanimity often makes use of the heartfelt iteration of traditional phrases.  Here… Read more

  • 04/22/12 – Further Concentration

    To explore further dimensions of concentration, Michael used a part of a talk by Joseph Goldstein as well as extracts from Henapola Gunaratana’s book on the jhanas, “Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English.”  Joseph’s talk is one of a series of 46 that he gave over the years, methodically going through the Satipatthana Sutta, the basic… Read more

  • 04/15/12 – Concentration

    Joey brought ou focus to concentration this week with and excerpt from a talk by Guy Armstrong, who has a number of talks on concentration available at <dharmaseed.org>. Awakening concentration – Guy Armstrong http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/79/talk/2434/ Read more

  • 04/08/12 – Big Mind

    Nancy focused our practice with a guided meditation on “Big Mind”.  Joseph Goldstein once described this as a meditation with a Tibetan Buddhist style, a Zen name, developed and most often taught by Vipassana teachers.    There are many versions by many teachers available to stream or download at <dharmaseed.org> Here is the link to… Read more

  • 04/01/12 – Daily Practice of the Path

    Michael hosted a discussion on opportunities and frameworks for enhancing our daily practice of the Eightfold Path, centering on an excerpt from a dharma talk titled “Crossing the Flood” by Andrea Fella.  We listened from minute  1:16 through minute 20:14.  The entire talk can be found at http://dharmaseed.org/talks/?search=crossing+the+flood&sort=-rec_date Read more

  • 03/25/12 – Mindfulness

    Margaret framed our reflections on Mindfulness with some telling quotations, and then played a recorded dharma talk. Here are the framing quotations: “Mindfulness is that quality of attention which notices without choosing, without preference; it is choiceless awareness that, like the sun, shines on all things equally.” –p.23, Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: the Path… Read more