Archive of Talks

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

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

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

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

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