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JD Doyle's Dharma Talks
JD Doyle
JD Doyle(they/them) has practiced Insight Meditation in the US, Thailand, and Burma since 1997. They are based in Oakland, CA and teach at the East Bay Meditation Center, where they co-founded the LGBTQIA+ Sangha, over 18 years ago. They graduated from Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Retreat Teacher Training. For over twenty-three years, they worked as a public-school teacher. They are committed to celebrating the diversity of our human sangha, transforming the impacts of racism on our communities, expanding concepts of gender, and living in ways that honor the sacredness of the Earth.
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2022-02-21
5 Subjects for Daily Recollection (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-11-12
A Meditation
2020-12-05
Awakening our Hearts: Uprooting the Conditions for Suffering
2023-04-12
Be Absolutely Present
2022-03-24
Bringing the Practice to Life – Thursdays
2022-03-31
Bringing the Practice to Life – Thursdays
2023-09-15
Closing Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2024-11-20
Compassion Meditation on Trans Day of Remembrance
2025-09-10
Creating Sangha With Our Stories
2022-03-16
Cultivating a Loving Heart in a Hostile World
2023-05-03
Cultivating Inner Freedom
2020-03-08
Cultivating Mindfulness and Compassion
2024-02-28
Cultivating the Refuge of Sangha
2022-02-09
Curiosity and Anatta (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-12-17
Dharma Talk: "Burps, Bigots and Hiccups: Gathering in Community Especially Duri…
2024-05-22
Engaged Buddhism: instigating systemic changes
2023-04-10
Exploring the Middle Path
2022-02-03
Exploring the Three Refuges as Paths of Practice
2024-01-24
Faith Balanced with Wisdom
2024-05-06
Fierce Compassion: Addressing Global Moral Crises, Gaza
2022-08-15
For the Welfare of the Whole World
2023-09-06
Greed, Hatred, and Delusion, Oh My!
2025-11-19
Grief & Joy in Honor of Trans Day of Remembrance
2022-02-11
Guided Compassion Meditation for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-02-24
Guided Equanimity Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2023-03-06
Guided Instructions on the First Three Foundations
2022-02-04
Guided Meditation on the Four Elements
2023-09-13
Guided Meditation on Thoughts and Emotions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-02-06
Guided Meditation on Vedana (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-11-17
Honoring Trans Day of Remembrance: Be Brave. Be compassionate. Be joyful. Be fr…
2024-07-16
Instructions for Being a Tender Hearted Human (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2024-06-26
Integral Spirituality
2025-02-28
Khamā Paṭipadā: The Way of Gentleness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-11-19
Meditation on 11/19/25
2025-10-29
Meditation: "Mindfulness"
2025-12-17
Meditation:"Guided Compassion"
2025-09-24
Meeting Yourself With Kindness: A Guided Meditation
2022-02-07
Metta for Easy Beings, Difficult Beings, and All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2024-07-17
Mindfulness of the Body Meditation Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2019-08-19
Monday Night Dharma Talk
2025-03-05
Moving Beyond the Known
2023-11-29
Musings on Anatta and Empire
2023-09-11
Opening Night Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2024-07-15
Opening Night Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2023-10-04
Practicing with Modernity and the Myth of Progress
2024-10-02
Practicing with the Fire Element
2026-02-07
Practicing with the Four Elements (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-04-16
Practicing with Vedana and the Sacred Pause
2024-06-06
Precarious: A Mess More Than a Safe Space
2023-03-19
Protections and Supports of Metta on the Path (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-02-14
Reflecting on Wellbeing with Pamojja (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-08-18
Sacred Mindfulness: A Spiritual Power (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-12-07
Self-Compassion and the Window of Tolerance
2025-04-02
Small Acts of Generosity
2025-10-29
Talk: "Crossing the Floods"
2023-02-28
Tender-hearted Humans Practicing with Doubt in an Uncertain World
2023-05-31
The Four Noble Truths
2025-02-07
The Insights into Dukkha: The Four Noble Truths (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-06-11
The Karma of Forgotten Stories
2022-02-14
The Path of Awakening with the 7 Factors (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-06-08
The Power of Ritual to Create Possibility
2025-11-12
The Roots of the Skillful
2025-08-28
The Sacred Practice of Equanimity
2025-04-02
The Wisdom of the 4 Elements
2025-09-24
The Worldly Winds
2020-08-01
Three Jewels-Making Your Practice Sparkle!
2024-08-07
Tribute to Eric Kolvig
2021-08-30
Understanding Identity with the Five Aggregates
2023-09-14
Unselfish Joy: Overview and Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2024-10-23
Wise Speech: Dung, Flowers, or Honey
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1900-01-01
Monday and Wednesday Talks
2022-01-26
Spirit Rock - Rainbow Sangha
2022-01-29
February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat
2023-02-25
March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat
2023-09-11
Foundations of Mindfulness
2024-06-22
Mindfulness for Everyone
2024-07-15
Tenderness Retreat: Compassion for Self and All Beings
2025-02-01
2025 February Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-08-17
Five Spiritual Powers: Cultivating Resilience, Balance, and Love
2026-02-03
2026 February Insight Meditation
