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Dharma Talks
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2026-10-13
Guided Meditation - Devanussati, Recollecting Heavenly Beings
40:50
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Ajahn Achalo
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Devanussati is one of the reflective meditations taught and encouraged by The Buddha. As it can give a foundation of brightness and stability suitable for the further developing of insight. The practice is suitable for those who have faith in, or who are open to the traditional Buddhist world-view/cosmology. This guided meditation is an introduction to the practice.
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Anandagiri Forest Monastery
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2026-10-10
Equanimity: The Ground of Wise Action
34:05
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Devon Hase
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In this Dharma talk, devon hase explores equanimity not as indifference or withdrawal, but as a source of clarity, compassion, and courageous engagement with the world. Drawing on stories from Joseph Goldstein, Mingyur Rinpoche, and other beloved teachers, she invites us to discover the unshakable center from which wise action becomes possible.
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Refuge of Belonging
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2026-10-08
Temporary Freedoms: The Third Tetrad of the Ānāpānasati Sutta (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
52:43
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Devon Hase
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This talk follows the breath into the mind itself: experiencing it, gladdening it, gathering it, and liberating it. Along the way we look at how samādhi and insight work together, and at the small, ordinary tastes of freedom that show a mind can feel light and unburdened. Drawing on long retreat stories, poems, and Pali, it asks what becomes possible once there is, for a moment, nothing to want.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Concentration (Samādhi) Retreat: Cultivating Joy and Contentment
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2026-10-07
The Power of Perception
43:37
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Bart van Melik
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How does perception shape our experience? And how easily can a perception become overthinking, obsessive thinking, or taking something personally? Together, we’ll explore how perceptions arise, which ones we may have outgrown, and which ones still pull us into repetitive stories. Drawing on the Buddhist teaching that what the mind frequently ponders becomes its inclination, we’ll explore how awareness can open new ways of relating to our experience.
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Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
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2026-10-04
Let's Find the Soul of the Onion I Bhante Rahula at KBV
1:57:09
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Ayya Santussika
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Bhante Rahula's guided meditation, comments, questions and responses were offered on October 4th, 2026 at Karuna Buddhist Vihara in Sunnyvale California.
00:00 - 36:33 GUIDED MEDITATION
36:33 - 1:53:50 COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES
1:53:50 - 1:57:15 CLOSING AND BLESSING CHANT
Bhante Rahula is the founder and spiritual director of Pannabhumi Monastery in Jalisco, Mexico. https://www.bhanterahula.com/#bhante
If you would like to support Pannabhumi Monastery and and the work Bhante Rahula does please go to this link: https://www.bhanterahula.com/#support
Visit Bhante's YouTube Channel (chiefly Spanish): / anatom%c3%adadelamenteabhidhamma
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Karuna Buddhist Vihara
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2026-10-03
Dharma talk: Finding Freedom in the Bumpy Ride
62:22
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Jeanne Corrigal
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Drawing on the four foundations of mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths, we explore the difference between the inevitable difficulties of human experience and the suffering that arises through grasping and resistance. By noticing feeling tone, reactivity, and the embodied qualities of tightness and ease, we can begin to recognize moments of release and cultivate a wiser relationship with experience.
Readings from The Life and Letters of Tofu Roshi by Susan Moon; Remembering How I Got Here in the First Place by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer; The Second Music by Annie Lighthart.
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Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community
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Daylong: The Foundations of the Path
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2026-10-03
Obsessing or Processing?
1:10:07
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Ayya Santussika
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This dhamma talk, comments, questions and responses, and guided meditation was offered on October 3, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
00:00 - DHAMMA TALK
25:48 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES PT.1
47:26 - GUIDED MEDITATION
1:03:38 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES PT.2
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Karuna Buddhist Vihara
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2026-09-26
Nurturing Sangha
52:26
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Ayya Santussika
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This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on September 26, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
00:00 - 34:08 DHAMMA TALK
34:08 - 52:29 COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES
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Karuna Buddhist Vihara
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2026-09-23
Exploring Anatta: Non-Self
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Tim Geil
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Anatta, or non-self, is a core teaching of the Buddha, and yet can be confusing and bewildering. Sometimes the sense of self loves trying to get rid of itself, all the while maintaining itself on subtle levels. Yet, anatta is our true nature, and we release and relax into non-separation and unity. Qualities of compassion and the heart often support this understanding more than our intellect. This talk will explore anatta from a practical and experiential perspective.
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Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
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2026-09-23
Dankbarkeit als Resultat und Praxis
38:47
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Renate Seifarth
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Einsicht führt uns zu einer inneren Freiheit. Sobald wir sie erleben, entsteht ein tiefes Gefühl der Dankbarkeit für den Weg. Andererseits ist Dankbarkeit eine herzöffnende Qualität, die viele Tugenden nach sich zieht. Sie können wir kultivieren.
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Buddha-Haus
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Vipassana und Metta
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2026-09-22
Ursachen von dukkha
45:29
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Renate Seifarth
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Die Ursachen von Leiden, dukkha, sind manigfach. Zum einen werden Formen des Verlangens und des Ablehnens, die Triebe, die Ausflüsse - asavas - genannt. Zum anderen die Unwissenheit, die Täuschung über das Wesen aller Personen und Erscheinungen. Unsere falschen Annahmen und unser greifendes Verhalten führt zu Verstrickung und Leid. Unsere Aufgabe besteht darin, die Täuschung zu durchschauen und unsere Triebe lenken zu können oder loslassen zu können.
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Buddha-Haus
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Vipassana und Metta
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2026-09-21
Liebe als Antwort auf Leiden
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Renate Seifarth
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Dukkha ist Teil der Welt. Es braucht eine Antwort darauf. Weisheit bringt uns Gelassenheit, Liebe - metta - und Mitgefühl - karuna - spenden Trost. Weisheit und Metta gehören wie zwei Seiten einer Münzen untrennbar zu unserer Praxis der inneren Befreiung. Lieben wird gehindert durch Erwartungen. Weisheit befreit uns von solchen.
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Buddha-Haus
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Vipassana und Metta
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2026-09-20
Warum wir meditieren und was uns daran hindert
47:13
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Renate Seifarth
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Meditation, Retreat kann weit von unserem Leben entfernt erscheinen. Doch hier können wir wichtige Fragen klären wie, was will ich, wie will ich leben. Achtsamkeit enthüllt wo wir stehen, die Lehre des Buddha verspricht eine Freiheit und Herzensöffenheit, in die wir uns hinein entwickeln können. Trotz aller guten Absichten sind wir dennoch immer wieder konfrontiert mit Hindernissen. Sie zu erkennen, ist notwendig, um mit ihnen umgehen zu lernen.
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Buddha-Haus
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Vipassana und Metta
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2026-09-19
Was praktizieren bedeutet
45:40
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Renate Seifarth
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Praktizieren bedeutet die erste Wahrheit des Buddhas, die Gegebenheit von dukkha, zu verstehen. Dukkha zieht Reaktivitäten nach sich, die weiteres Leid verursachen. Wir kreisen so endlos in dukkha, angeheizt durch die Reaktionen von Verlangen oder Abwehr, je nachdem ob das, was ist, angenehm oder unangenehm ist. Getrieben ist die Reaktivität von Täuschung, einer tief integrierten Verzerrung des Wahrgenommenen. Diese wollen erkennen, denn dann erkennen wir eine Möglichkeit, wie wir dem, was geschieht, in einer Weise begegnen können, die nicht zu weiterem Leiden, sondern zu Frieden führt.
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Buddha-Haus
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Vipassana und Metta
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2026-09-16
Practicing the Wise Speech Guideline of Truthfulness: Four Dimensions of Practice 2
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Donald Rothberg
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We review the importance of giving attention to ethical practice, and how it has often been marginalized in Western Buddhism, with meditation typically being at the center (as is evident in speaking of “meditation centers” and “meditation groups”). Wise Speech, as one of the three aspects of ethical practice named in the Noble Eightfold Path, is particularly important in contemporary Western practice; we can have an opportunity for many hours a day of spiritual practice if we bring Wise Speech practice into our lives!
The Buddha’s four guidelines for Wise Speech were truthfulness, helpfulness, care and kindness, and appropriateness (especially good timing). We focus, in this second talk on the first guideline of truthfulness, on how we understand and practice being truthful in our relational and social lives, with reference also to how truthfulness is understood in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions. We see how truthfulness is crucial in communities and societies, what the consequences are of a lack of truthfulness, and how one dimension of our Wise Speech practice is helping to develop more truthfulness in our communities and societies. The talk is followed by discussion.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2026-09-13
Love Is a Fierce Animal
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Devin Berry
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Lovingkindness is not simply about being gentle, pleasant, or nice. Through personal stories and reflections on the Buddha’s teachings, this talk explores the fierce, protective power of mettā—a love that stands up to harm, stays present through difficulty, and becomes a courageous commitment to ourselves and the world.
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Refuge of Belonging
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