Archive of Talks

In our final meeting at Nancy’s Studio, Margaret guided our reflections on the twinned themes of Generosity and Gratitude.  These were, needless to say, deeply appropriate themes, since the sangha is deeply grateful for Nancy’s generosity in providing this beautiful space in which our sangha has met for the last several years.  Our reflections were… Read more

Though we may imagine that conflict and awakening are opposites, perhaps even mutually exclusive, Joey guided our explorations of how fully experiencing Conflict itself can lead to Awakening.  Central to the presentation was a talk by Tara Brach, which can be accessed here: http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/175/talk/23026/ Read more

Michael guided our reflections today, centering on a Dharma talk by artist and dharma teacher Marcia Rose, from the Forest Refuge, in which she explored the elusive and central experience of Not-Self in Buddhist practice.  Each time we look at this topic, different perspectives seem to be revealed, which is perhaps why Rose titles her… Read more

Rebecca guided our reflections on the Third Noble Truth and Nirvana, drawing on Joseph Goldstein’s “Mindfulness,”  thus connecting with last week’s exploration and offer new perspectives as well. Read more

The topic today was Nirvana, and Sam guided our reflections on this topic which, by definition, is beyond words and thoughts.  Still, we had a fruitful exploration, as Sam shared excerpts from several different dharma teachers and sages on the topic, including “Nirvana and Transcendence” by Rob Burbea http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/11974/ and “Your Original Face” by Stephen… Read more

As a way of offering perspective on Pema’s teachings on moving beyond isolation and neurotic self absorption, Joey brought to bear teachings by Tara Brach from a talk titled “Landlocked in fur” http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/175/talk/25959/ Read more