Archive of Talks

On January 21, Michael offered a presentation on the Distraction and Dharma. His interest piqued by the effect of increasing, even compulsive use of digital devices on the part of the general population (himself included), he put together the observations of several respected teachers on the subject of the kinds of distractions that we actually… Read more

This Sunday, Zac led our Sangha discussion exploring the question, “what is insight?”. He played an excerpt from a talk by Rob Burbea and read from the Samanupassana Sutta: Assumptions. Read more

To enter with mindful intention into the new year, Joey drew from Sally Clough Armstrong’s dharma talk on the Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness. This talk offers an overview of the many roads that through practice can lead to liberation. http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/153/talk/47000/ Read more

Sangha New Years Eve Day 2017/8 In this season of sincere resolutions often not skillfully made, our focus was on wise intention, the second step of the eightfold path. Michael led our reflections, beginning with a look at the inscription on the wooden Han which is struck with a mallet to call monks to meditate… Read more

Christmas Eve Day Sangha Michael guided our reflections this morning, with a focus on faith or trust, with an aim toward looking into what it is that we trust in ourselves, and what we have learned not to trust. The holidays present us with the apparent demand that we trust in religious faith, or communal… Read more

This Sunday, Rebecca led our reflections, focusing on a text by Swami Ramachakara (William Walker Atkinson) on Gnani Yoga as a way to approach The One. She read from “Gnani Yoga, the Yoga of Wisdom,” Lesson 1, “The One,”. Read more