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Dharma Talks in English
2025-11-29 Q&A 34:57
Ajahn Sucitto
00:07 Q1 There is body contemplation and contemplation of death. Can I contemplate things such as my work, my relationships with a fear of failing? How do I do it? 20:28 Q2 You mentioned during Qigong making a circle with the arms and concentrating within the ring. I found this very helpful to calm the mind. Is there something similar to help calm the mind during sitting or standing meditation? 29:40 Q3 You said the world begins and ends in the body. I'm rather used to hearing that the mind is the source of everything. Can you clarify this please?
Nira Nara Retreat Centre :  Silent Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2025-11-29 Morning Reflection: Right Speech 12:56
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-29 The path to sati 50:20
Ajahn Sucitto
Nira Nara Retreat Centre :  Silent Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2025-11-28 Mantra - Metta Karuna Mudita Upekkha 11:40
Ajahn Sucitto
Nira Nara Retreat Centre :  Silent Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2025-11-28 GM Standing 17:47
Ajahn Sucitto
Nira Nara Retreat Centre :  Silent Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2025-11-28 Introduction to Equanimity and Guided Meditation 46:27
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-28 Opening talk - Living on retreat 24:20
Ajahn Sucitto
Nira Nara Retreat Centre :  Silent Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2025-11-27 Where We Are Right Now 43:55
Laura Bridgman
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2025-11-27 Acknowledging the Shadow Side of Thanksgiving & Changing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2:25:45
Gullu Singh
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love

2025-11-27 Morning Instructions: Mettā for Oneself to Know Kuan Yin (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:21
Dawn Mauricio
When we offer mettā to ourselves, we're not trying to transform our experience into unconditional self-love—we're learning to love the parts of ourselves that don't want to love us back. This practice invites us to recognize all our parts because when we can love the fragmented parts of ourselves, we begin to see ourselves as sacred beings, and in knowing ourselves deeply, we come to know Kuan Yin.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love

2025-11-27 Morning Reflection: Gratitude 13:53
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-26 Creativity, Courage & the Inner Critic (talk & guided Mettā meditation). 39:48
River Wolton
Gaia House Meditation & Creativity (online series)

2025-11-26 On Gratitude 45:42
Matthew Daniell
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2025-11-26 Bhavana Incarnation for the Welfare and Happiness of Devas and Humans 48:38
Francisco Morillo Gable
Concluding remarks on the Satipatthana--for the growth of our practice (bhavana) and the aspiration to be carried by the stream of wholesomeness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-26 This That Conditionality & Anatta 47:14
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2025-11-26 Your Inner Guide 18:28
Devon Hase
Silent sit followed by teachings on clear understanding: Sampajañña.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-26 Widening the lens: Hindrances, Vedana and RAFT (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:43
Gullu Singh
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love

2025-11-26 Morning Reflection: The Heart that Gives Itself Away 12:07
Devin Berry
A reflection on how boundless Metta naturally becomes gratitude and generosity. Grounded in early teachings, elemental presence, embodied practice, and the simple movement of a heart learning to give freely.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-25 The Overview Effect of the Heart 51:01
Devin Berry
Metta is a profound shift in perspective, linking the astronauts overview effect with the Buddha's teachings on Boundlessness. Through story, reflection and classical teaching, we explore how the heart opens beyond "me", revealing clarity, shared belonging and the identity shift that makes compassion the only sane response.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-25 Dharmette: Connection and Elevation 13:54
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-11-25 Guided Meditation: Grounding in Appreciation 45:36
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-11-24 Monday Night Dharma Talk 1:12:37
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-11-24 Equanimity: Ground, Path, and Fruition 50:31
Devon Hase
Equanimity is the final quality in many Buddhist lists: awakening factors, paramis, brahma viharas, and jhana factors. And, it's the starting point for skillful action in the world.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-24 Monday Night Meditation 44:07
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-11-24 Samadhi and Jhana The Shape of the Path - Jhana and Emptiness 62:11
Yahel Avigur
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2025-11-24 Morning Instructions: Namo−Returning to our Anchor as Sacred Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:05
Dawn Mauricio
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love

2025-11-24 Morning Reflection: The Way Across 12:00
Devin Berry
Inspired by Mettagu's question to the Buddha, this reflection pints to a directly visible path through suffering. Loosening the grip of "mine" and meeting life with clarity, ease and lovingkindness.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-23 The Sacred in Everything: Mindfulness and Embodiment as a Doorway to Liberation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:53
Dawn Mauricio
An invitation to drop into the body and meet this moment without contention, this talk explores how mindfulness becomes a doorway to recognizing the sacred in everything and an opportunity to learn to be well with what comes and goes because when we can actually meet the moment, that's where our power lies.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Reclamation of the Sacred: Journey into Refuge, Presence, and Love

2025-11-23 Wise Effort Part 2 47:20
Jill Shepherd
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-23 Contemplating Death & the Deathless 43:52
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2025-11-23 Guided Meditation: Making Refuge your Heart's Home 42:32
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-11-23 Making Refuge your Heart's Home 14:31
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-11-22 Muditā meditation 46:10
Jill Shepherd
Cultivating muditā for oneself and an easy being
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-22 Cessation 51:34
Laura Bridgman
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2025-11-22 Dharma talk: How to... 43:29
Stephen Fulder
Insight Santa Cruz How to Thrive in Hard Times

2025-11-22 Feeling Offended? 59:25
Ayya Santussika
This dhamma talk, and questions and responses was offered on November 22, 2025 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - DHAMMA TALK 21:33 - Q&R
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2025-11-22 Guided Meditation: How to.... 1:23:49
Stephen Fulder
Guided Meditation: How to....
Insight Santa Cruz How to Thrive in Hard Times

2025-11-21 Confidence & Humility: Falling in Love with the Dharma 51:32
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-20 The Practice of the Noble Eight Fold Path: The Noble 8 Fold Path can lead to peace, happiness, Enlightenment and Nibbana 60:26
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-20 Morning Reflection: Mindfulness directed to the body. 45:21
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-20 Morning Instructions: My Weather 9:25
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-19 Curiosity, Cultivation & Creativity (introduction, guided meditation, reflections). 48:18
River Wolton
The first session of a short course exploring meditation and the creative process, including an overview of the 7 Awakening Factors in relation to the contemplative and creative journey.
Gaia House Meditation & Creativity (online series)

2025-11-19 The Sacred Slowness: Pilgrimage as Spiritual Practice 37:26
Devon Hase
Through study of the Meghiya Sutta, we’ll explore why the Buddha insisted that awakening happens in community, not in isolation. Through personal stories of transformation, Devon will describe the five essential conditions Buddha outlined for waking up. This talk weaves together ancient wisdom with modern pilgrimage, showing how our most challenging moments can become our greatest sources of strength when we practice accompaniment rather than abandonment. Come explore how the gradual path unfolds like a sacred journey, one step at a time, with fellow travelers by our side.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2025-11-19 4th Foundation: 6 Sense Spheres, 7 Factorsed 51:25
Francisco Morillo Gable
A discussion of the fourth foundation as a progression within the discourse on "The Four Foundations of Establishing Awareness".
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-19 Reframing Ourselves ~ Reframing Our Lives 52:00
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene III | Online Wednesday-Morning
Aloka Earth Room

2025-11-19 Morning Reflection: Natural Great Peace 19:11
Devin Berry
A brief reflection on Natural Great Peace, Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche's teaching, and the Karaniya Metta Sutta as an invitation to let the tired mind finally rest deeply. Includes recording of Dhammaruwan Chanting the Metta Sutta.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-19 Meditation on 11/19/25 25:25
JD Doyle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock - Rainbow Sangha

2025-11-19 Grief & Joy in Honor of Trans Day of Remembrance 30:21
JD Doyle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock - Rainbow Sangha

2025-11-18 The Art of Forgiveness: Theory and Practice Freedom from anger/ill-will can be achieved by practicing forgiveness. We can reclaim our ability to be happy and peaceful 63:05
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-18 Samadhi and Jhana Refining the Skills 52:21
Yahel Avigur
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2025-11-17 The River of Conditionality 50:25
Devon Hase
Teachings on Dependent Co-Arising (Paticca-Sammupadda).
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-17 Morning Reflection: Ordinary & Radical Gathering of the Heart-Mind 20:59
Devin Berry
A reflection on Samadhi as easeful, embodied, and quietly radical. Showing how gentleness, continuity, wise attention and wise letting go reveal a freedom that doesn't depend on striving or attainment.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-17 Honoring Trans Day of Remembrance: Be Brave. Be compassionate. Be joyful. Be free. 1:40:32
JD Doyle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-11-16 The Third Noble Truth and the Seven Factors of Awakening 44:56
Jill Shepherd
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-16 Anicca & Dukkha as Ways of Looking 43:05
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2025-11-16 Resilience Amidst Climate Change 1:17:51
Pawan Bareja
Meditation & Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center BIPOC Voices - Series

2025-11-16 Sky-like Mind guided meditation 54:14
Howard Cohn
Prescott Insight Meditation :  A Peace Offering

2025-11-15 All Things Are Impermanent 8:54
Howard Cohn
Prescott Insight Meditation :  A Peace Offering

2025-11-15 Compassion for the "difficult" person and all beings 44:14
Jill Shepherd
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-15 Dana talk, Mark Donovan. Dharma talk, Howie Cohn: Liberation Through Letting Go 1:16:58
Howard Cohn
Prescott Insight Meditation :  A Peace Offering

2025-11-15 Instructions on thoughts & images 21:03
Howard Cohn
Prescott Insight Meditation :  A Peace Offering

2025-11-15 Q&A 33:36
Howard Cohn
Prescott Insight Meditation :  A Peace Offering

2025-11-15 No Such Thing As Perfection 61:49
Ayya Santussika
This dhamma talk, guided meditation, and Q&A was offered on November 15, 2025 for a Daylong Retreat at Karuna Buddhist Vihara Meditation Center. 00:00 - DHAMMA TALK 18:36 - Q&A
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2025-11-15 Third foundation of mindfulness (mindful states), guided meditation, Q&A 37:05
Howard Cohn
Prescott Insight Meditation :  A Peace Offering

2025-11-15 Morning Reflection: Compassion 11:38
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-14 Vast Time, Small Bodies: Letting the Dharma Flow Through 46:50
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-14 Dharma Talk: Four Indispensable Meditative Skills. 56:19
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-14 Dharma talk: Teachers, Samsara and The Highest Happiness 49:43
Howard Cohn
Prescott Insight Meditation :  A Peace Offering

2025-11-14 Reflections on wise attitude, guided meditation 6:53
Howard Cohn
Prescott Insight Meditation :  A Peace Offering

2025-11-14 Guided meditation, Q&A 38:07
Howard Cohn
Prescott Insight Meditation :  A Peace Offering

2025-11-14 Meditation instructions, guided meditation 43:52
Howard Cohn
Prescott Insight Meditation :  A Peace Offering

2025-11-14 Step 11: Sought Through Meditation 68:04
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dharma and Recovery

2025-11-13 The 3rd Noble Truth! 62:01
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Cessation of Suffering coincides the realization of the end of suffering with the elimination of craving for sense pleasures, craving for existence and craving for non-existence. This is the practice toward ultimate final peace, Nibbana.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-13 Opening talk 58:34
Howard Cohn
Prescott Insight Meditation :  A Peace Offering

2025-11-13 The Heart of Unknowing 45:18
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2025-11-13 Morning Reflection: Mindfulness of vedana 19:45
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-12 Going Beyond What We Know in Service of What We Love 51:44
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation including a poem by Meister Eckhart | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene III | Online Wednesday-Morning
Aloka Earth Room

2025-11-12 Wisdom of the Body: Similes 16:26
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-11-12 Guided Meditation: Allow Awareness to Fill You 33:45
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-11-12 Samadhi and Jhana - The Skills of the Craft 44:38
Yahel Avigur
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2025-11-12 A Meditation 26:55
JD Doyle
A Meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock - Rainbow Sangha

2025-11-12 The Roots of the Skillful 28:12
JD Doyle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock - Rainbow Sangha

2025-11-11 Guided Meditation: Compassion for a Friend and Stranger 48:20
Devon Hase
Reflections and guided practice on cultivating karuna (compassion) for a friend and a stranger.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-11 Dharmette: Attention Builds Capacity 12:42
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-11-11 Guided Meditation: Gathering In Awareness 42:56
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-11-11 Sitting In Silence and Advice on practicing 62:07
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Meditate like chicken! A meditator should focus on skillful intention and right effort (both of which) are under one's control. However the result are beyond one's control.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-10 Refuge in Dhamma 49:50
Devon Hase
Poems, stories, and reflections on taking refuge in the truth of the dharma.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-10 Morning Reflection: Trust the River 16:18
Devin Berry
A reflection on the Log Sutta (SN): Encouragement to trust the current, not get caught and let the Dhamma carry you home to freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-09 Second Noble Truth: craving for becoming and non-becoming 42:10
Jill Shepherd
Includes suggestions for practicing with comparing mind and the inner critic
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-09 The Changing Terrain of Retreat 47:10
Laura Bridgman
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2025-11-09 Removing Resentment 16:55
Ayya Anandabodhi
A teaching on Sariputta's five similes on skillful ways to remove resentment toward challenging people.
Parayana Vihara

2025-11-09 Revolutionary Practice in 2026 - Curiosity, Playfulness & BIPOC Joy 1:25:22
Mushim Ikeda
Revolutionary Practice in 2026: Curiosity, Playfulness & BIPOC Joy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Grief as a Change Agent of Transformation and Resiliency (280R25)

2025-11-09 Encouragement on the Path 1:24:37
Devon Hase
Forty-five minute silent meditation followed by the story of Philippe Petit, a high wire artist that trained intensively to master his art.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-08 East Bay Dhamma Dhammapada Verses 100-115 1:32:49
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2025-11-08 Loving Kindness Arising Through Reflection | Guided Meditation 20:41
Ayya Santussika
This guided meditation was offered on November 8, 2025 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2025-11-08 A Comfortable Abiding 36:38
Ayya Santussika
This dhamma talk, and questions and responses was offered on November 8, 2025 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - DHAMMA TALK 18:16 - Q&R
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2025-11-08 Morning Reflection: The insubstantiality of the five aggregates 17:25
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-07 Freedom and the Five Aggregates 50:53
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-11-07 Cultivating a wise relationship with thought 39:42
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-11-07 Samadhi and Jhana - Orienting to the Journey 59:13
Yahel Avigur
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

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