Carol Wilson's Dharma Talks
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2010-02-17
Hitting the Wall of Sakhaya Ditthi
2010-02-13
Compassion and Emptiness
2010-02-06
Yatha Bhuta: Things As They Are
2010-02-01
Putting Your Trust In Awareness
2009-11-30
Ananda
2009-11-16
Silence of the Non-Reactive Mind
2009-11-09
Anything Can Happen: Faith & Confidence in Awareness
2009-11-02
Insight
2009-04-04
What If... Shifting the Paradigm
2009-02-25
Compassion And Emptiness
2009-02-18
Exploring Craving
2009-02-13
The Joy Of Generosity
2009-02-08
Perception Of Impermanence
2009-02-05
Shifting The Paradigm
2008-11-28
Insight, Views, And Opening To The Mystery
2008-11-21
Unity Of Compassion And Emptiness
2008-11-14
First Noble Truth And Self-Judgment
2008-05-05
Perception & Awareness
2008-02-28
Mingling Our Minds With The Dharma
2008-02-21
Unity Of Emptiness And Compassion
2008-02-12
Seclusion
2008-02-06
Four Noble Truths
2007-11-29
Wise Attention
2007-11-22
Faith/Devotion
2007-11-15
Nature Of Insight
2007-11-08
Habits Of Mind
2007-10-30
Compassion
2007-10-23
Impermanence
2007-10-16
Seclusion
2007-10-01
Perception And Thought
2007-09-23
The Roots Of Self-Judgment
2007-09-17
All Skillful Means Are For The Purification Of The Heart-Mind
2007-09-10
Viriya - Patience And Courage
2007-09-02
Mindfulness Has No Preferences
2007-04-16
The Jewel Of Awareness
2006-12-26
Ceaselessly Responsive
2006-12-18
Investigating Anatta: Power Of Renuniciation
2006-12-11
Investigating Anatta: Personality View
2006-12-04
Investigation Anatta: Clinging
2006-11-25
Practicing Mudita
2006-10-22
Perception Of Impermanence
2006-02-24
Perception And Papanca
2006-02-07
Habits Of Mind
2005-05-25
Nature Of Insight
2005-03-26
Anatta Or How The Sense Of Self Is Created
2004-12-28
Poems Of First Buddhist Nuns
2004-12-20
Annica: A Doorway To Awakening
2004-12-06
Rightening The Mind And Heart
2004-10-28
Faith And The Illusion Of Self
2004-09-30
Pursuit Of Happiness
2004-05-22
Bias Of Mind
2004-02-18
Compassionate Intention
2003-12-03
Spiritual Friendships
2003-11-18
Guided Mudita Meditation
2003-11-09
Using All Experience As The Path
2003-05-04
What's The Breath Got To Do With Freedom?
2002-10-30
Awareness & Compassion
2002-10-18
Self-Judgement And Compassion
2002-09-27
Awareness Is Our Refuge
2002-06-02
Brahma Vihara - Metta
2002-02-18
The Tides Of Conceiving
2002-02-09
Benefits Of Metta Practice
2002-02-04
Contentment With Awareness
2001-11-01
First Sangha Of Nuns
2001-10-26
Aspiration And Compassion
2001-10-19
Opening To It All
2001-02-15
Acceptance
2001-02-09
Opening Talk Of Vipassana Retreat
2001-02-07
Cultivating Seeds Of Joy
2000-10-31
Closing Remarks & Guided Metta Meditation
2000-10-18
Dharma Talk
2000-10-02
Morning Instructions + Q+A
2000-09-29
Acceptance Of Impermanence
2000-09-27
Morning Instructions + Q+A
2000-05-28
Closing Talk - Motivating Our Practice In Daily Life
2000-05-23
Freedom From Conflict
2000-04-19
Attachment To Views
2000-04-14
The Possibility Of Inner Contentment
2000-01-24
Introducing Metta
1999-12-09
Wise Intention
1999-12-02
Anatta
1999-11-11
Devotion To The Truth
1999-06-09
The Facts Of Life
1999-06-05
Opening Talk with Instructions
1999-05-29
What Is Metta
1999-05-17
Suffering, Impermanence And Freedom
1998-12-08
Embodying Freedom
1998-11-17
Views & Opinions
1998-11-05
Coming Home- Renunciation
1998-10-20
Wise Attention
1998-10-13
Meeting Aversion With Kindness
1998-04-18
Loving Aversion
1998-04-12
In The Seen, There Is Only The Seen
1998-04-07
Five Hindrances
1998-04-07
The Five Hindrances
1998-02-11
Basic Goodness
1998-02-06
Intro. Remarks at Metta Retreat with Sharon and Sylvia
1997-01-27
Untitled
1996-12-04
The Joy Of The Way
1996-10-23
Perception And Thought
1996-06-17
I'm Right, You're Wrong: Attachment To View
1996-06-05
Near And Far Enemies Of Metta
1996-06-02
The Habit Of Metta
1995-12-06
Living Our Deepest Purpose
1995-11-22
Birth And Death Of The Self
1995-11-20
Introduction And Guided Mudita
1995-10-31
Where Can We Find Refuge?
1995-10-18
Four Foundations Of Mindfulness
1995-10-11
Balanced Energy
1995-09-23
Precepts: The Practice Of Kindness
1995-09-23
Precepts: The Practice Of Kindness
1995-07-10
Mindfulness In Action
1995-07-06
Wise Effort/Balancing Energy
1995-05-27
The More You Love, The More You Know
1995-05-26
Compassion And Instruction #1
1995-05-26
Compassion And Instruction #2
1995-05-26
Compassion And Instruction #3
1995-05-24
Aversion And Attachment, Making Friends Through Metta
1994-11-24
Miracle Of Awakening
1994-11-08
Guided Brahma Vihara Meditation - Compassion
1994-10-19
Grasping
1994-10-06
Balancing Effort
1994-10-04
Guided Metta Meditation
1994-09-26
Patience And Mindfulness
1994-09-22
Question And Answer
1994-09-22
Question And Answer
1994-09-22
Question And Answer
1994-07-01
Attachment
1994-06-27
Patience: Active Acceptance
1994-05-25
Metta With Compassion
1994-05-24
Balancing Aspects Of Metta
1994-05-21
Patience In Metta
1994-05-21
Patience In Metta
1994-04-10
Intention
1994-04-06
Faith
1993-07-29
Intentions And Thoughts
1993-05-31
Closing Talk
1993-05-29
The Possibility Of Inner Contentment
1992-11-16
Reflections On Faith
1992-11-01
Disentangling Your Thoughts
1992-10-23
The Nature Of Attachment
1992-10-09
Arousing And Stabilizing Interest
1992-09-24
Sila/Precepts Update
1992-06-19
Morning Instructions with Q&A through 6-20-92
1992-06-15
Inner Contentment
1992-06-15
Morning Instructions with Q&A through 6-16-92
1992-06-12
Balancing The Five Spiritual Faculties
1992-04-22
Nature Of Thought
1992-04-22
Nature Of Thought
1992-04-11
Three Noble Truths
1992-02-21
Five Spiritual Faculties
1992-02-18
Four Foundations Of Mindfulness
1991-11-30
Right Intention
1991-04-20
Nature And Cause Of Suffering
1991-02-08
Renunciation, Goodwill, And Compassion
1990-10-26
Craving And Grasping: The Crisis Of Dukkha
1990-10-19
Balance Of Perception
1990-10-06
Qualities Of Mindfulness
1990-09-24
Right Action
1990-09-22
Opening Talk
1990-09-16
Adverse Circumstances Become The Path
1990-07-22
What Mindfulness Is
1990-02-05
Working With Difficult Situations
1989-11-25
Right Attitude
1989-10-29
Non-Greed: Dana
1989-10-22
Guided Metta Meditation
1989-10-18
Delusion + Ignorance
1989-10-05
The Power Of Mindfulness
1989-09-24
Morality
1988-10-25
Four Fields Of Craving
1975-01-01
No Entr
1975-01-01
Guided Meditations Album - part 1A
1975-01-01
Guided Meditations Album - part 1B
1975-01-01
Guided Meditations Album - part 3A
1975-01-01
Guided Meditations Album - part 3B
1975-01-01
Getting Off The Hampster Wheel
1975-01-01
Guided Metta Meditation
1975-01-01
Guided Compassion Meditation
Carol Wilson
What I most love in my teaching practice is seeing students become dedicated to their own liberation. As their spiritual practice matures, people light up from within when they begin to understand that personal freedom is possible. This commitment to freedom on the part of the student inspires me to find ways to express my deepest understanding and enthusiasm for liberation.
The mindfulness teachings of the Buddha are among the more direct, practical meditation techiques that we can cultivate. My focus is on sharing these practices in an accessable, down-to-earth way. How can we disengage from our habits of responding to the world through veils of confusion, greed, and hatred? Mindfulness practice helps us recognize when we are responding to the world from the mental and emotional habits that obscure our true home, our radiant nature, which manifests as compassion and love. The Buddha's teachings show us that we are not isolated individuals who need to live defensive lives. Rather, we can learn to trust and live from our full potential as compassionate members of a connected planet.