Archive of Talks

  • Wisdom of Disappointment

    This Sunday Sam played a talk by Christina Feldman entitled “Wisdom of Disappointment”. In this talk, Christina maintains that not only does everyone experience disappointment but that also that the path to liberation begins with disappointment. The talk is available on Dharmaseed here: http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/44/talk/168/ Read more

  • Happiness

    This past Sunday, Mike guided our reflections on the topic “many Kinds of Happiness”, featuring clips from Andrea Fella and Annie Nugent.  It is important to remember that the Buddha established his path as a way of achieving Happiness, and bringing suffering to an end. Mike included portions of three talks, two from Andrea Fella (http://audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/7081.html… Read more

  • In Sickness and In Health

    On Sunday, Adam guided a discussion on Sickness as practice. Here are his notes from the presentation. Using illness constructively in our practice can be a challenge. I didn’t realize how easy it was to simply try and “get rid of” my own sickness until only a few days ago. I had been struggling (and… Read more

  • Mental Noting

    This past Sunday, Zac led the dharma reflection on the practice of noting (also called mental noting or labeling) as it’s taught in the Mahasi Sayadaw tradition. Here are some resources from the discussion: The Insight Revolution By Erik Braun | Lion’s Roar | November 12, 2013 http://www.lionsroar.com/the-insight-revolution/ Full-Stop Mind By Bhante Bodhidhamma| Lions Roar | March… Read more

  • Seeking what’s true

    This Sunday Joey led a discussion on the process of recognizing and accepting what’s going on in our minds and hearts. A central theme was the practice of RAIN, described by Tara Brach here. There are different interpretations for the acronym, but the one we commonly see is this: R – Recognize what is happening… Read more

  • Kindness and Clinging

    This Sunday Payton led a sitting and discussion around the topic of clinging as outlined by Gil Fronsdal in this talk: http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/6973.html In the talk Gil quoted the usual translation of the Platform Sutra in which the Buddha is recorded as having said. “Wisdom and Meditation are the same”. However, Gil notes, the character used for “wisdom”… Read more