Archive of Talks

  • Doing one thing at a time

    This Sunday, Payton led a discussion on the simple, yet challenging prospect of doing just one thing at a time in our daily lives. The topic was spurred by this talk by Gil Fronsdal http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/7613.html “It it’s not simple, it’s not Vipassana” – Munindra-Ji Read more

  • Natural History and Mindfulness

    This Sunday, Mike B. led our discussion this past Sunday on the topic of Natural History and its intersection with Buddhist philosophy. Mike played an excerpt from Gil Fronsdal’s talk here: http://audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/4361.html. He also read a poignant selection from one of the essays in The Way of Natural History by Thomas Fleischner. Here are some… Read more

  • Self and World

    On Sunday, Sam led an exploration of the “optical illusion” awareness of consciousness in which “self” and “world” can each be perceived as being the foundation underlying experience. He played excerpts from several talks, which are listed below: Martin Aylward 2016-06-20 The Ambiguity of Self and World; 26:50-36:50 Eugene Cash 2012-12-14 Intimate Mystery; 0:00-9:40 Eugene… Read more

  • Intention

    Today Joey led a discussion on the deep topic of intention and karma, including the concepts of Cetana (moment to moment intention), Adhitthana (resolve or determination), and Samma Sankappa (right or wise intention). Here’s a talk by Andrea Fella investigating intention through daily actions such as speech, movement, frustration with the computer, shopping at the… Read more

  • Self and no-self

    Michael’s presentation this Sunday drew on Joseph Goldstein’s talk “Busy Life, No Self” (not available on Dharmaseed, alas) in which Joseph offered three 3-minute meditations which one could use daily in the midst of a busy life to cultivate the realization of No-Self. Briefly, Listen to sounds, and ask “Can I find the knower of… Read more

  • Planning Mind

    This Sunday, Mike led a pointed discussion of the “planning mind” as a form of the Hinderance of Restlessness. This manifestation of Restlessness can be particularly hard to uproot due to its seeming utility. Planning serves a purpose, but where does it cross the line? Here is a link to the talk by Shaila Catherine… Read more