Audio Talks:
Please click on the sites below to access a couple hundred of my Dharma talks.
I'm working on getting them listed and linked here. But for now, the talks are one click away.
Please click on the sites below to access a couple hundred of my Dharma talks.
I'm working on getting them listed and linked here. But for now, the talks are one click away.
Dedicated Practitioners' Group
These are talks given to a regular group of sincere Dharma practitioners (see "Online Teachings" page), most recent talks first.
Papanca (Mental Proliferation)
Truthfulness or "Trueness"
Nutriment, Part 2
Nutriment, Part 1
Exploring Fear, Part 2
Exploring Fear, Part 1
What Do We Really Know? The Surprises of Retreat
The Three Characteristics, Misperceptions, and Perceptions
Disenchantment and Dispassion
Making Our Own Refuge (Includes an initial meditation)
The Wisdom of Change, the Path of Faith
Video Talks (YouTube):
Series: Mindfulness as Protection (Mar 2022)
(30 min guided meditation; 15 min Dharma talk)
This series brings in many images and similes that the Buddha used to describe mindfulness (sati). They all circle around the idea that mindfulness is a powerful protection for both ourselves and others.
#1: Meditation: Protection for Oneself ; Talk: Guarding the Sense Doors
#2: Meditation: Investigation of Wandering ; Talk: The Danger of Not Being Mindful
#3: Meditation: Impermanence ; Talk: Mindfulness at the Time of Death, and as a Refuge
#4: Meditation: The Body Supports the Mind ; Talk: The Strength of Mindfulness
#5: Meditation: Balancing Through Mindfulness ; Talk: Protection of Oneself and Others
Series: The Dharma of Uncommon Lists (Dec 2021)
(30 min guided meditation; 15 min Dharma talk)
This series is a "countdown" through some of the less-well-known lists in the Buddha's teachings -- from 5 items down to 1. You'll see that they are every bit as profound as the more common teachings.
#1: Meditation: Knowing with the Body ; Talk: Five Ways of Ascertaining Truth
#2: Med: Simple Refuge ; Talk: Four Qualities to Emulate and Grow
#3: Med: Reflecting on Generosity ; Talk: Three Kinds of Wisdom [truncated]
#4: Med: Open Mind, Flowing River ; Talk: Two Fools
#5: Med: Sensing the Citta ; Talk: The Primacy of the Mind
Series: The Depth of the Body (Aug 2021)
(30 min guided meditation; 15 min Dharma talk)
#1: Meditation: Touching into the Body ; Talk: Mindfulness of the Body as a Friend
#2: Med: The Energy of the Body ; Talk: Four Bodily Knots
#3: Med: Resting in Well-Being ; Talk: The Body as a Support for Concentration
#4: Med: The Four Elements ; Talk: The Body as a Vehicle of Insight
The Five Faculties and Life (Aug 2021)
(30 min guided meditation; 30 min Dharma talk)
Independence in the Dhamma (July 2021)
(30 min guided meditation; 30 min Dharma talk)
Beginning Well (Apr 2021)
(30 min guided meditation; 30 min Dharma talk)
Thinking in the Service of Awakening (Feb 2021)
(30 min guided meditation; 30 min Dharma talk)
The Dharma Life (Nov 2020)
(30 min guided meditation; 30 min Dharma talk)
The Four Bases of Dharma Power (July 2020)
The Past Has Been Left Behind; The Future Has Not Been Reached (Apr 2020)
Dharma Intelligence (Feb 2020)