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Dharma Talks

Dharma Talks
See the links below to access a couple hundred talks

Guided Meditations
Breath and the Awakening Factors (16 min)
Gathering the Mind (21 min)
Anicca / Inconstancy (13 min)
​The Four Elements (17 min)
The changing breath (20 min)
​Trust (14 min)
Attitude of Metta (17 min)
Ease and calm (16 min)
Direct experience (16 min)
Samatha (16 min, no end bell)
Finding ease (15 min, no end bell)
Sitting with the Vitality of the Dharma (35 min)
The Path Will Take You Whenever You are Ready (34 min)

(There are additional meditations below in the "Daylongs" section)

Classes
(More coming)

The Practice of Samadhi (Oct 2020)
     Session 1: Creating the Conditions
     Session 2: Jhana
     Session 3: Samadhi and Insight

The Transformation of the Analytical Mind (Jun 2020)
A six-session series on maturing the analytical mind through Dharma practice
     Session 1: The Analytical Mind and Direct Experience
     Session 2: The Path
     Session 3: Nourishments
​     Session 4: Clear Comprehension and Investigation
     Session 5: Calm, Concentration, and the Factors of Awakening
     Session 6: Wisdom and Awakening

Sutta Study as a Support for Practice (Dec 2015)
     Part 1: The Path and Training
     Part 2: A Life of Dhamma
     Part 3: Meditation and the Mind

Daylongs
(More coming)

Cultivating Complete View (Jun 2020)
Five key supports for the development of "right view," also called "complete view": Faith, virtue, learning, generosity, and wisdom.
     Part 1
     Part 2

Widening the Range: The Four Noble Truths (Oct 2018)
This daylong presents a range of perspectives and tools that help us move out of "stuckness"
Here is a page with the whole series
Here are the individual pieces:
     Introduction and initial guided meditation
     "Get small" meditation
     "Get big" meditation
     "Focus on change" meditation
     "Stay connected, but do nothing" meditation
     Refuge, Path, and Wrap-Up


Please click on the sites below to access a couple hundred of my Dharma talks.

​My Dharma talks are currently saved on a variety of other sites, according to where they were given. I am working on assembling them here, but for now --- they are just one click away!
Insight Meditation Center (AudioDharma)
Insight Santa Cruz (DharmaSeed)
Los Gatos Insight
Insight Meditation South Bay (DharmaSeed)
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