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Dharma Talks
2019-05-24 Finding Ourselves and Losing Ourselves dharma talk 61:27
Stephen Fulder
There is no question more engaging, universal and mysterious than the question: ‘Who Am I?’ As soon as we move out of automatic living and start to question and explore who or what we are, we open a Pandora’s Box and our life can get dramatically more deep and interesting, and sometimes more disturbing. We find ourselves in a world of paradox, mystery, and yet unimagined freedom. ‘Who is in charge of my life?’ ‘What in me is changing and what is constant?’ ‘Which of the many voices within me can I rely on?’ ‘How can I let go of the sense of separation between me and the world?’ ‘Is my life leading me somewhere?’ Questions such as these become a journey of discovery. They help us peel off the layers of conditioning and beliefs and live more wisely, more lightly and more freely. In the dharma, we meet ourselves as a constantly changing field of experience, not as an intellectual puzzle. We are actually more transparent than we first thought. This is an insight into anatta, non-self, and sunyata, emptiness. This removes the veil or filter through which we usually view the world, which then appears meaningful, joyful, and unlimited. In this event, we will explore these questions concerning self and world, by means of a talk, meditation, and inquiry.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2019-05-24 Finding Ourselves and Losing Ourselves guided meditation 28:44
Stephen Fulder
There is no question more engaging, universal and mysterious than the question: ‘Who Am I?’
New York Insight Meditation Center

2019-05-24 Finding Ourselves and Losing Ourselves Q&A + brief guided meditation 41:08
Stephen Fulder
There is no question more engaging, universal and mysterious than the question: ‘Who Am I?’
New York Insight Meditation Center

2019-05-24 Dharma Talk - Dharma as Relationship 54:35
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House A Wide and Wonderful Path

2019-05-24 Lecture 29 1:16:39
Bhikkhu Analayo
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nibbāna: The Mind Stilled
Attached Files:
  • Nibbana - Lecture 29 by Bhikkhu Analayo (PDF)

2019-05-24 Taking the Practice Home (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:15
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Retreat: A Path of Wisdom, Compassion and Freedom

2019-05-24 Guided Meditation on the Body, and the Pleasant Breath 42:20
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House A Wide and Wonderful Path

2019-05-24 The Lucidity of Careful Attention 51:05
Ajahn Sucitto
We use careful attention – yoniso manasikāra – to steward the meditative process. It helps us know the appropriate technique to use and to discern what is skillful to give attention to and what is not. Without it, clinging coopts experience and makes an ‘I’ out of it. With it, there is non-clinging – lucidity – and the cessation of dukkha.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge The Touch of Dhamma - May 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-05-23 Finding Refuge in Difficult Times 51:01
Kate Munding
I hope coming to the monastery, sitting together, and listening to the Dharma provides you with a sense of refuge in these times of unsettled political climate, social divide, and global uncertainty. I've been thinking about how the practice can provide a "place" to come back to when we need clarity and balance. Unfortunately, that "place" is not always easily accessed when one is stressed or overwhelmed even though it's in those times we need it the most. I want to address this in the meditation instructions and Dharma talk by emphasizing ways to become more grounded in the present moment and understanding of how to familiarize ourselves with the unwholesome mind states that can spin us into more fear and unrest. When we strengthen our capacity in this way, we find we have more agency to meet personal and global realities that are difficult to face while still cultivating deep happiness, equanimity, and joy in life.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-05-23 Compassion & Appreciating Joy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:31
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Retreat: A Path of Wisdom, Compassion and Freedom

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