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What I teach is a reflection of the constantly changing nature of my own practice. When I give a talk it is not a set agenda, but something that I've been reflecting about. The talks tend to be in rhythm with my own practice.

At the moment, I'm reflecting on the interplay of the personal and the non-personal, on aloneness and intimacy, on emptiness and embodiment. This process of reflection is a slow one. I hold a question in the background of my consciousness and then prepare to be surprised, to see what actually arises.

I enjoy the dharma a great deal. I try to convey that meditation practice is not a pathway of endlessly overcoming obstacles, but also a path of tremendous joy. It brings a great deal of profound truth to people's ability to find happiness. I have great faith in the Dharma, and a bottomless faith in people's capacity to be wise.

The ancient traditions of Buddhism are as relevant today as they were 2,500 years ago because people's capacity for getting themselves into trouble, for confusion, alienation and separation is not so different from Buddha's time. Vipassana, then and now, offers people an opportunity to transform themselves, and in so doing, transform the world around them.

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2011-11-02 Instructions on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (Part 1) 24:20	Download Listen
Gaia House : November Solitary

2011-11-01 Opening Talk for the November Solitary Retreat 51:34	Download Listen
This talk also includes Yanai Postelnik and Rob Burbea
Gaia House : November Solitary

2011-09-22 Compassion 48:49	Download Listen
Compassion is at the heart of understanding suffering and the way to its end.
Gaia House : Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of MBCT/MBSR

2011-09-20 Taste of Freedom 57:06	Download Listen
The Buddha describes the dialogue between mindfulness and wise effort in the face of intractable patterns.
Gaia House : Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of MBCT/MBSR

2011-09-18 Calming the Formations 54:21	Download Listen
Learning to calm agitation is a theme that runs through the teaching of metta and insight meditation.
Gaia House : Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of MBCT/MBSR

2011-09-16 Opening Talk for Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of MBCT/MBSR Retreat 60:30	Download Listen
This talk also includes John Teasdale and Jenny Wilks. This is the introductory talk for a retreat that is particularly relevant to those teaching or training in mindfulness-based applications. The retreat explores the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, as taught in the Satipatthana discourse given by the Buddha.
Gaia House : Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of MBCT/MBSR

2011-07-15 Mana Papanca 53:19	Download Listen
The story we tell ourselves about who we are and its release.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-07-12 Dimensions Of Desire 51:34	Download Listen
Discerning the wholesome and unwholesome desires in our lives - what to cultivate, what to understand and let go of.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-07-09 Tracing The Path - Based On An Autobiography In Five Short Chapters 49:19	Download Listen
The journey from delusion to liberation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-07-08 Opening Talk 53:50	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

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