Leigh Brasington's Dharma Talks
Leigh Brasington
Leigh Brasington studied the jhanas with the late Ven. Ayya Khema, who authorized him to teach retreats on the jhanas. He was also empowered to teach by Jack Kornfield. He teaches numerous jhana retreats throughout the year, at venues that include Cloud Mountain, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Gaia House, Vallecitos, and Southern Dharma.
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2022-02-13
An Evening with Leigh Brasington (online) - Introduction to the Jhanas
2020-11-08
Body Scan
2019-08-24
Body Scan
2020-11-09
Charnel Grounds Four Elements
2020-11-13
Closing
2019-08-29
Closing
2022-08-14
Dedication of metta and happiness
2020-11-10
Dependant Origination
2019-08-20
Dependent Origination
2014-01-30
Dependent Origination
2024-11-28
Dependent Origination
2013-10-17
Dependent Origination (and Q&A)
2008-10-18
Dependent Origination and Emptiness
2022-08-14
Dependent origination and emptiness
2010-10-08
Dependent Origination and Rebirth
2008-10-16
Dependent Origination Part One
2008-10-17
Dependent Origination Part Two
2022-11-08
Dharma Talk
2022-08-28
Dharma Talk - Nibbāna
2022-08-25
Dharma Talk - Dependent Origination.
2022-08-27
Dharma Talk - Emptiness
2022-08-22
Dharma Talk - Jhanas 1-4
2022-08-24
Dharma Talk - Jhanas 5-8
2022-08-20
Dharma Talk - The Four Noble Truths.
2022-08-23
Dharma Talk - The Fruits of the Spiritual Life.
2022-08-21
Dharma Talk - The Hindrances.
2022-08-26
Dhrma Talk - The Honeyball Sutta
2010-10-05
Discourse on the Fruits of the Spiritual Life
2010-10-09
Emptiness
2020-11-11
Emptiness
2023-07-05
Emptiness
2024-06-08
Emptiness
2024-11-30
Emptiness
2019-08-21
Emptiness (SN 12.15 and Nargarjuna)
2020-11-12
End of Mindfulness Sutta
2024-10-20
Entering the Jhanas
2020-11-06
Five Daily Recollections
2010-10-03
Five Daily Recollections and Five Things to do at the Beginning of Meditation
2020-11-06
Five Hindrances
2012-10-27
Focus and Freedom: Introduction to the Jhanas
2020-11-05
Four Noble Truths
2020-11-05
Four Noble Truths Q and A
2010-10-09
Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness
2020-11-08
Fruits of Spiritual Life
2024-11-26
Fruits of Spiritual Life (the gradual training)
2008-10-14
Fruits of the Spiritual Life
2022-08-14
General principle of dependent origination
2024-06-07
General Principle of Dependent Origination
2013-10-14
Guided Body Scan Meditation (and Q&A)
2022-11-08
Guided Contemplation
2019-08-28
Guided Metta
2019-08-28
Guided Metta – flowers
2019-08-28
Guided Metta – fountain of love
2019-08-28
Guided Metta – love
2019-08-28
Guided Metta – soup sharing
2019-10-01
Guided Metta Meditation
2022-08-21
Guided Mettā Meditation
2019-07-10
Impermanence
2019-08-22
Impermanence
2013-10-18
Impermanence and the Illusion of Self (and Q&A)
2024-10-20
Insight practice
2010-10-02
Instructions for the First Jhana
2020-11-07
Intro 4 Establishments of Mindfulness
2019-08-17
Introduction
2022-11-08
Introduction and Guided Meditation
2010-10-07
Introduction to Dependent Origination
2022-08-14
Introduction to dependent origination
2024-06-06
Introduction to Dependent Origination
2010-10-04
Introduction to Satipatthana
2024-10-19
Introduction to the gradual training
2010-10-01
Introduction, Mindfulness of Breathing, Precepts
2024-11-22
Introduction, Precepts, Access to Concentration Instructions
2019-08-27
Jataka Tale
2020-11-05
Jhana 1 - Instructions
2020-11-07
Jhanas 1-4
2019-08-18
Jhanas 1-4
2024-06-03
Jhanas 1-4
2020-11-09
Jhanas 5-8
2019-08-18
Jhanas 5-8
2024-06-05
Jhanas 5-8
2008-10-15
Jhanas Five to Eight
2010-10-06
Jhanas Five to Eight
2008-10-13
Jhanas One to Four
2010-10-04
Jhanas One to Four
2021-09-09
Leigh Brasington – Talk on The Honeyball Sutta
2019-08-23
Maha-satipatthana Sutta
2020-11-11
Mind Aggregates
2019-08-26
Mind States And 5 Aggregates
2024-10-19
Moral discipline
2020-11-12
Nibbana
2024-12-01
Nibbana
2013-10-19
Nibbana (and Q&A)
2010-06-29
Not-Self
2020-11-04
Opening
2023-06-16
Opening Session
2024-11-26
Parts of the Body, & the Body Scan
2024-10-19
Restrain of the sense faculties and abandoning the hindrances
2022-08-22
Short Guided Mettā Meditation
2022-08-26
Short Guided Mettā Meditation
2022-08-27
Short Guided Metta Meditation
2022-08-28
Short Guided Mettā Meditation
2022-08-23
Short Guided Mettā Meditation.
2022-08-24
Short Reading of the Mettā Sutta.
2022-08-25
Short Reading of the Mettā Sutta.
2024-06-09
Sutta Descriptions of Nibbana
2023-06-19
Teachings
2023-06-22
Teachings
2023-06-17
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-18
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-20
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-21
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-23
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-24
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-25
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-25
Teachings; Mettā Meditation
2023-06-25
Teachings; Mettā Meditation
2024-11-25
The (first) Four Jhanas
2019-08-25
The 4 Elements
2019-08-17
The 5 hindrances
2024-11-23
The Buddha's Awakening, the Four Noble Truths, and the Eight-Fold Path
2024-10-20
The destruction of the āsavas
2008-10-12
The Five Hindrances
2010-10-03
The Five Hindrances
2024-06-02
The Five Hindrances
2010-10-06
The Four Elements
2008-10-11
The Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path
2010-10-02
The Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path
2016-01-20
The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path
2024-06-01
The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path
2019-08-19
The Fruits of the Spiritual Life (DN2)
2024-06-04
The Fruits of the Spiritual Life (DN2)
2024-10-09
The Gradual Training: The Buddha’s Step-by-Step Guide for Awakening
2024-11-29
The Honeyball Sutta
2021-08-04
The Honeyball Sutta (MN 18)
2024-11-27
The Immaterial States (the higher jhanas)
2018-09-12
The Jhanas: An Introduction
2024-10-20
The psychic powers
2010-10-07
The Second Foundation of Mindfulness
2010-10-08
The Third and Fourth Foundations of Mindfulness
2012-10-28
Understanding Is the First Step: The Buddha's Teachings on Right View
2020-11-10
Vedana
2024-02-06
Week 1, Part 1.
2024-02-13
Week 2, Part 1.
2024-02-27
Week 4, Part 1.
2024-11-24
Working with the Five Hindrances
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2008-10-10
Jhanas and Dependent Origination
2010-10-01
Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorpt…
2012-09-01
Focus and Freedom: Introduction to the Jhanas
2012-10-01
Understanding Is the First Step: The Buddha's Teachings on Right View
2013-10-11
Leigh Brasington
2019-08-16
Jhanas, Satipatthana and Dependent Origination
2020-11-04
The Jhanas and Insight: a 10-Day Online Retreat
2022-02-13
Introduction to the Jhanas
2022-08-14
Leigh Brasington – Dependent Origination and Emptiness
2022-08-19
Jhanas, Insight, and Dependent Origination
2022-11-08
The Five Daily Reflections (online)
2023-06-16
Jhanas, Insight, and Dependent Origination
2023-06-23
Insight Meditation and Yoga
2024-02-06
The Buddhist Art of Contemplation (online series)
2024-05-31
Jhanas, Insight and Dependent Origination
2024-10-19
Leigh Brasington – The Gradual Training to Awakening
2024-11-22
Jhanas, Insight & Dependent Origination
