Archive of Talks

This past Sunday, Rebecca guided our reflections keyed to the final chapter in Joseph Goldstein’s book on the Satipatthana Sutta (the book is here): “The Realization of Nibbana,” Read more

Today Payton played a talk by Gil Fronsdal entitled “Response to Election” which focused largely on the role of mindful practice in times of great fear and anger. Gil spoke on the importance of love during these times. He listed what he called the four kinds of love emphasized in Buddhist teachings (which are in… Read more

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

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

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

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