Archive of Talks

This week Patrick guided our reflections around Ajahn Sumedho’s talk titled “Watch Your Mind.” Sumedho is one of the great elders of the western Buddhist movement. His free ranging discourse weaves together insights on mental formations, concentration, monastic life, and suffering in his characteristic down to earth style. The talk is here: https://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/10/29672.html And here’s… Read more

This Sunday, Rebecca read the chapter “Liberation through feelings,” from Joseph Goldstein’s book, “Mindfulness.” Read more

This Sunday, under the skilled guidance of Zac, explored walking meditation as a powerful practice on the path of awakening. It is a way to touch the depths of insight while moving through the world, and an invaluable resource when sitting practice isn’t possible. Zac played a section of: Winnie Nazarko: 2017-07-11 The Other Retreat… Read more

Joey led our meditation practice this week with guidance by Chris Cullen in how we can gather our attention and enjoy cultivating spacious awareness while still being grounded. From Chris Cullen’s instructions for collecting and gathering the attention: Insight comes from cultivation of collectedness. The six Jhana factors are tools in collecting the heart-mind. Viveka:… Read more

This week Sam led our Sangha, reading some quotes from the Phena Sutta and presenting a recorded dharma talk by Pascal Auclair on the ephemerality of experience. The talk is here: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/198/talk/51928/ He also read from the Phena Sutta: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN22_95.html Read more

This week Payton led the Sangha’s discussion, bringing a recorded Q&A with Bhikku Bodhi (American Buddhist monk, author, translator, and activist) to inspire conversation on the topic of moral and social responsibility. The talk is here: http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/86/talk/39855/ Read more