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Mark Coleman's Dharma Talks
Mark Coleman
Mark Coleman has been engaged in meditation practice since 1981, primarily within the Insight meditation tradition. He has been teaching meditation retreats since 1997. His teaching is also influenced by his studies with Advaita Vedanta and Tibetan teachers in Asia and the West, and through his teacher training with Jack Kornfield. Mark primarily teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, though he also teaches nationally, in Europe and India.
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2008-02-11 Mindfulness, Metta And Wisdom 47:40
This talk explores the unity of mindfulness and the qualities of loving kindness, how they support each other and how this leads to living with wisdom and compassion in the world.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat
2008-01-08 The Union Of Metta, Compassion & Awareness 60:37
This talk discusses the qualities of metta, and the unity of mindfulness and metta -- and how compassion arises as a natural turning of the loving heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat
2007-11-14 Who Am I? 51:31
What is the nature of the self? What did the Buddha teach about the self - the suffering that arises from our misperceptions about who we are and the freedom that comes from understanding our true nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Enneagram in Insight Meditation Practice
2007-11-12 The Four Noble Truths & The Enneagram 55:55
This talk elucidates the Buddha's teaching as the 4 Noble Truths and how the teachings of the Enneagram also impact self understanding when seen in the context of mindfulness practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Enneagram in Insight Meditation Practice
2007-10-14 Metta And Compassion 61:04
What is the role of loving kindness in Dharma practice. How do we cultivate it, what are the obstacles, and what is the full expression of the heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness Training for Yoga Teachers, Retreat 1
2007-10-09 Mindfulness Of Body 52:49
This talk elucidates the Buddha's teaching on Sattipattana - mindfulness of Body - what is mindfulness, what is its function, and how it illuminates the understanding of suffering, impermanence and selflessness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness Training for Yoga Teachers, Retreat 1
2007-08-23 Working With The Three Poisons 54:34
How to work with the three fundamental attitudes or habitual tendencies of mind that obscure our ability to be present and how the mindfulness ultimately reveals and liberates these forces so we can abide more in the peace of our true nature.
2007-08-13 Gratitude I 1:29:19
This talk describes the quality of gratitude, the blessing of gratitude and how we can cultivate and practice this essential quality on the path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2007-07-06 The Four Noble Truths And Obstacles To Practice 56:52
This talk explores the common obstacles to practice the Five Hindrances of: restlessness, sleepiness, doubt, grasping and aversion. The Hindrances are discussed in the context of the Buddha’s central teaching on the Four Noble Truths.
2007-06-21 Four Brahma Viharas 59:34
This talk explores the heart qualities of loving-kindness (Metta) compassion (Karuna) appreciative joy and equanimity (Upekkha) and how they are innate to the heart, yet can be developed and cultivated through practice.

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