Archive of Talks

Payton hosted us in a offering of the Chinese Tea Ceremony this Sunday.  Different in nature from the Japanese Tea Ceremony, this one is designed to serve – and awaken – a number of people at the same time, as we join in observing the preparation and then all partake of the tea at the… Read more

Nancy guided our reflections today with the third session on Equanimity, which brings to a close our series on the Seven Factors of Awakening.  She drew on instructions by Ajahn Thanissaro http://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/shorttalks/y2014/140601(short)_Patience_&_Equanimity.mp3 http://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/seven_factors/07%20Equanimity%20(110927).mp3 and an extended dharma talk and guided meditation by Ayya Khema http://ayyakhematalks.org/Media/Green_Gulch_1996/GG_96_talk_08.mp3   Read more

Meeting at Joey’s place on our coldest morning this year, we explored Equanimity with a dharma talk by Martine Batchelor http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/119/talk/24374/ Read more

Lorilee guided our reflections this morning as we embarked on the Factor of Equanimity, the final Factor of Awakening.  The morning centered on a talk by Christopher Titmouse titled “The Wisdom of Equanimity” https://archive.org/details/DharmaTalkWisdomOfEquanimity   Read more

Same guided our reflections today as we met at Rebecca’s place for sangha.  The focus was our third session on Concentration as a Factor of Awakening, and featured excerpts from dharma talks by Jack Kornfield, “Quiet the Mind; Open the Heart” http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/85/talk/2317/ and by Christina Feldman, “Refuge in Calmness” http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/44/talk/10162/     Read more

This morning, Lorilee led our second Sunday devoted to Concentration.  Framing the practice with quotations from the Bhagavad Gita and accompanied by her harmonium, she led is in kirtan, the call and response style of chanting in Sanskrit, ranging from the simple to the complex, exploring each as a mode of concentration.  Later, we experimented… Read more