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Dharma Talks
2021-05-14 Death contemplation, Dhamma talk 1:36:46
Bhante Sujato, Bhante Akāliko
At Harris Park – no chanting due to Covid restrictions. Death contemplation led by Bhante Akāliko, Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato: Vesak series, "What did the Buddha get wrong?"
Lokanta Vihara

2021-05-13 Guided Reflection on the Dhamma 11:42
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-05-13 Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Thought 21:00
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-05-13 Forgiving the Unforgivable: Angulimala Sutta (MN #86) 55:45
James Baraz
Angulimala was a feared serial killer who was the scourge of the land--until he met the Buddha. We will explore his story and its relevance for our practice in learning to keep our hearts open to those who cause great harm. Why does the Buddha find it beneficial and how is this possible?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2021-05-12 Meditation: Being Here for Life 18:03
Tara Brach
It’s easy to race through our seasons and miss the mystery and preciousness of unfolding moments. This meditation invites us into an embodied, openhearted presence and includes a poem by Pat Schneider called “Instructions for the Journey.”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2021-05-12 Bridging the Divide: Learning to Tend and Befriend 52:02
Tara Brach
One of the great sufferings facing us is the growing divide between humans with different views, different realities. This talk looks at several levels of divides—being at war with ourselves, creating separation in our personal relationships, and societal divides. We then reflect on how we can evolve consciousness from the trance of “Fight, Flight, Freeze” to the wholeness that arises with “Tend and Befriend.”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2021-05-12 Remembering: The Practice of Sati 47:02
Kate Munding
Mindfulness (Sati): Part 7 of a series on the Eightfold Path, this talk discusses Sati, or mindfulness, as a state of mind and a way of being. The complexity of mindfulness is explored (vedanas, wholesome desire) as well as the ultimate simplicity of remembering our truest self through practice of paying attention, alertness and contact with experience. Q & A at the end is included.
Assaya Sangha Assaya Sangha Dharma Talks

2021-05-12 Week 2 - The Power of Relationship on a Noble, Whole-life, Eightfold Path 54:26
Gregory Kramer
Gaia House The Power of Relationship on a Noble, Whole-Life, Eightfold Path

2021-05-12 32 Parts of the Body—Urine, Oil of the Joints, Mucus, Saliva, Grease, Tears, Fat, Sweat, Blood, Pus, Phlegm, Bile, Brain Feces, Stomach, Small Intestines, Large Intestines, Lungs, Spleen, Diaphragm, Liver, Heart, Kidneys, Bone Marrow, Bones, Sinews, Flesh, Skin, Teeth, Nails, Body Hair, Head Hair 54:52
Bob Stahl
We are happy to announce a special opportunity to practice the 32 Parts of the Body meditation, which is rarely taught in the West. This practice deepens insight into impermanence and non-self by penetrating into the true nature and wonders of the body. We will also explore how the body interrelates with the four primary elements of earth (solidity), air (motion), fire (temperature), and water (liquidity). This methodical practice of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation can build immense levels of concentration, potentialities for healing, and experience the taste of deep freedom and peace. This is the 15th year of offering this class at Insight Santa Cruz and it has been truly wonderful. People have frequently reported developing a whole new relationship to their bodies with greater wisdom and compassion. We will also be hopefully doing a tour of the Cabrillo Anatomy lab to get a deeper experience of the body.
Insight Santa Cruz

2021-05-12 The Development of Faith, Confidence, and Trust 1 1:11:36
Donald Rothberg
Our practice points toward a deep kind of faith (or confidence or trust) that is possible, in which there is faith both in our unique being and in our connection to being itself. We explore how we develop such faith, starting with a brief account of how faith (saddha) is understood in the teachings of the Buddha, and then exploring how faith is developed at different stages of our practice, particularly beginning and intermediate.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

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