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Devin Berry's Dharma Talks
Devin Berry
Devin (he/him) has been practicing Insight meditation since 1999. He regularly teaches at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS). Devin has undertaken many periods of silent long-term retreat practice. He was a community teacher at East Bay Meditation center in Oakland, CA where he co-founded both the teen and men of color sangha. Devin recently relocated to Western Massachusetts from the San Francisco Bay area. He is deeply committed to the personal and collective liberation of marginalized communities knowing that through the integration of reflection and insight, clarity and wisdom give rise to wise action.
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2025-09-19 Compassion: Letting Go, Laying Down the Armor 40:23
This talk explores how compassion loosens striving, softens judgment, and reveals freedom. Through stories and practice reflections, we explore letting go, laying down the armor, and beginning again
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 1 - 25PT1
2025-09-16 Morning Instructions: Meeting Sensations & Pain with Mindfulness 57:58
This session offers a brief reflection and guided meditation on expanding awareness to include sensations throughout the body. With special attention to working wisely with pain, the instructions emphasize mindful presence, compassion, and skillful relationship to experience.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 1 - 25PT1
2025-09-15 Metta as Refuge and Path 42:08
This talk explores metta as both refuge and path. Through classical teachings, lived stories, and reflection, we see how metta steadies the heart, softens resistance, steadies concentration, and becomes the ground for compassion, joy, and equanimity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat – Part 1 - 25PT1
2025-09-07 Emancipate the Mind 46:55
Spirit Rock Meditation Center BIPOC Voices - Series
2025-08-09 Holding Fast and Staying True 33:35
A dharma talk exploring adhitthana (resolve) as a spiritual practice rooted in ancestral wisdom and lived experience. Devin shares personal stories and examples of how resolve manifests not as willpower or force, but as a quiet, steady commitment to returning again and again to what matters most - whether in meditation practice or in responding to the world's suffering with fierce compassion.
Refuge of Belonging
2025-06-08 Wise Effort and Faith: The Heart of Steady Practice 35:06
Explores the relationship between wise effort and faith on the path of insight. Through story, sutta, and reflection, this talk offers guidance for navigating striving, doubt, and comparison.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Natural Clarity of Awareness: A Two-Week Insight Meditation Retreat - 25WMRT
2025-03-23 The Lion’s Roar: Courage in These Times 37:14
Rooted in the simile of the Lion Sutta (4.33), this talk explores how the power of the Lion’s roar—Buddha-Dharma—awakens the courage to face suffering with clarity, inner steadiness, and a heart aligned with truth and presence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-03-16 The Five Recollections: Turning Toward Truth 44:08
Explores the Buddha’s teachings on aging, illness, death, loss, and karma—brought to life through Dharma reflections and evocative stories, inviting us to meet impermanence with wisdom, presence, and the freedom to love fully.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat
2025-02-03 Wisdom of the Heart: What the Mind Forgets 58:25
Wisdom of the heart transcends logic—it remembers, connects, and reveals truth. This talk explores the language of the heart (citta), interbeing, and the knowing beyond thought. Through moving stories we uncover the heart’s capacity to awaken. A rich, evocative dharma reflection on trust, belonging, and awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2024-10-19 The 5 recollections: Embracing impermance and letting go. 44:08
Stories and reflections on the 5 recollections - embracing impermance, karma, and wisdom from the Upajjhatthana Sutta
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

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