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Most talks listed below are about 30 minutes long and 60MB. Exceptions are noted.
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Talks given at IMC in Redwood City vary in length and are listed here.
Most Recent Talks
Listening to Your Thoughts — Oct. 26, 2020
Stepping back from thoughts to steer toward worthy goals.
Your Right to Be Happy – Sept. 20, 2020 (Text only)
What happiness is and how we get it
What is Mindfulness? – August 16, 2020 Talk in text
Elements of mindfulness in practice
Kind and Happy – July 12, 2020 Talk in text
Metta connects us joyfully to all beings
Self Image and Denial – June 21, 2020 Talk in text
How our self image hides the causes of dukkha
Metta and Personality – May 17, 2020 Talk in text
Relative and absolute Metta
Practice
Appreciating Your Practice Examining why & how you practice — March 8, 2020
Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness –Text and Practice Guides Using key teachings to see emptiness of Self – Dec. 15, 2019
Third Foundation of Mindfulness– Text and Practice Guides Exploring the Mind by watching for mindstates – Dec. 1, 2019
Second Foundation of Mindfulness Completing Body contemplations & Feelings – Nov. 10, 2019
First Foundation of Mindfulness –Text and Practice Guides Contemplation of the Breath & Body – Nov. 3, 2019
Tending Our Inner Gardens Dealing with the ways we suffer – Sept. 29, 2019
Confidence and Determination Developing and balancing what drives our practice – Sept. 8, 2019
Liberation The path beyond the Path – June 30, 2019
Wise Concentration The benefits of deep concentration – June 9, 2019
Wise Mindfulness What it is and how to practice it — May 19, 2019
Wise Effort Methods to free the mind from dukkha – April 7, 2019
Meditation, What and How Overview of Eightfold Path’s Practice sections – March 31, 2019
Wise Livelihood Spending all our time wisely — March 3, 2019
Wise Action Not intentionally causing others to suffer — Feb. 3, 2019
Wise Speech Guidelines for kind, ethical communication — Jan. 13, 2019
Wise Intention Understanding dukkha supports kind Intention — Dec. 16, 2018
Wise Understanding Why and how to practice with the Eightfold Path — Nov. 4, 2018
5 Routes to Awakening Spiritual friends help us focus our practice — July 8, 2018
7 Factors of Awakening with Chart How our capacities for awakening work together— June 17, 2018
Lessons from Life’s Transitions Bringing accepting attention to all experience — May 13, 2018
Accepting the Challenge How we meet the demands of mindfulness – April 22, 2018
Noticing in Practice Observing each moment with ease and delight – March 18, 2018
Reviewing Your Practice Checking if you’re following your intentions — August 13, 2017
The Eightfold Path Back to the basics of the dharma — June 18, 2017
Wise Listening, and then… How we listen leads to how we speak — April 23, 2017
Practicing with a Smile Lighthearted meditation and daily life — April 9, 2017
Maintaining the Refuges Keeping the 3 Refuges ready to support you — March 5, 2017
Being OK We can remain OK no matter what happens — November 6, 2016
Holding It All Close, and Lightly (2016 Election) How equanimity lets us engage with courage & wisdom — Oct. 16, 2016
Property and the Precepts Theft by people, or society, threatens others — Oct. 9, 2016
The Suffering of Unwise Speech Changing speech by watching how it makes us feel — August 28, 2016
The Suffering of Ill Will Seeing how we suffer and turning toward metta — September 4, 2016
Moments of Awakening Celebrating & using moments of clarity — January 24, 2016
Back to the Breath The basics take us all the way — September 20, 2015
Lay Practice The practice of living in this chaotic world — July 26, 2015
What’s Wanting in our Lives? How to free the mind from dissatisfaction — May 24, 2015
Problems with Preferences They grow into clinging if we don’t watch them — March 15, 2015
Accepting Uncertainty Living with “Don’t Know” — October 12, 2014
Concentration What it is & how to do it — March 16, 2014
Insight Meditation: What, Why & How The basics — March 17, 2013
Pitfalls on the Path What to expect, to keep going — February 26, 2013
Service as Practice Helping mindfully, to free ourselves — March 23, 2014
Using the Dharma Referring to the teachings as we practice — July 22, 2012
A Sense of Purpose Goals & purpose in practice — August 11, 2013
Exploring Inner Space Using the 7 Factors of Awakening — June 8, 2014
Determination in Practice Gently, with resolution — December 16, 2012
Daily Life Practice
Kind Boundaries Defending yourself with minimal dukkha – August 18, 2019
Fitting Life into Your Practice Observing responses to every day events – July 14, 2019
The Perfections Summoning these helpful states of mind — Oct. 7, 2018
Worldly Luck We Can’t Control The Buddha’s Guide for Equanimity Practice — Aug. 26/Sep. 2, 2018
Daily Life Practice Theory and method of living mindfully— December 3, 2017
Freedom in the Midst of Pain (Equanimity) How to be present with suffering and be at peace — August 6, 2017
Gratitude (post-election) Cultivating equanimity in troubling times — November 13, 2016
Six Realms of Existence A way to understand & cope with a crazy world — July 17, 2016
Moments of Awakening Celebrating & using moments of clarity — January 24, 2016
What the Precepts Promise— January 31, 2016 Guidance to freedom and peace
Everyday Mindfulness How to be mindful always — October 25, 2015
The Eightfold Path through Life It can lead us through everything — April 19, 2015
Adventures With Wise Speech Accepting the Challenge — January 25, 2015
Just This, Now Exercises for living mindfully — January 18, 2015
Freedom Through the Precepts Exploring ethics to find peace — November 9, 2014
Trusting Your Higher Wisdom Wisdom at work in practice & life — August 4, 2013
Free in the Moment Liberation happens “now” — August 19, 2012
Living the Dharma Mindfulness in daily life — July 22, 2012
Always New/Kind Intention Starting over each moment, kindly — October 17, 2012
Love
The Support of Sangha The ever-present Refuge and support of Sangha — March 23, 2020
Love Without Clinging Handling the mix of acceptance and preferences — Feb. 23, 2020
Living Up to Yourself Appreciating you own goodness — Feb. 9, 2020
Relationships Teachings that help us relate — Jan. 20, 2019
Compassion — Nov. 3, 2018 From a daylong with Deb Kerr Equanimity — Nov. 3, 2018 From a daylong with Deb Kerr
The Many Powers of Love How love conquers suffering— May 20, 2018
Wise Helping Serving others and ourselves through acceptance — Feb. 25, 2018
The Nature of Compassion Being present with other’s suffering, free of dukkha — February 18, 2018
Sharing Joy How acceptance leads to love and joy— October 1, 2017
Letting Metta In Receiving the benefit of others’ lovingkindness — January 29, 2017
Holding It All Close, and Lightly (2016 Election) How equanimity lets us engage fully with courage and wisdom — October 16, 2016
Living through Loss Comfort & healing help from the dharma — July24, 2016
The Brahmavihara’s Interconnections How they support and merge with each other — May 29, 2016
What’s Love Got to Do With It? The dharma’s help for laypeople who love — February 21, 2016
The Practice of Kindness Why and how to cultivate this vital capacity — December 20, 2016
Metta for the Planet Working with love to heal the earth — October 19, 2014 With Walt Opie
Interbeing and Boundaries Respecting self, others & connectedness — January 12, 2014
Indispensable Love Love’s crucial role in dharma & practice — February 9, 2014
The Refuge of Sangha Building sangha to support us all — October 27, 2013
Joy
Your Right to Be Happy – (text only) What happiness is and how we get it – Sept. 20, 2020
Joys of Generosity Benefits of dana practice — March 22, 2015The Heart’s Power and Joy Opening to suffering with love — Dec. 7, 2014
Joy at the Edge of Life (Mudita) Sympathetic joy: a resource in all events — April 28, 2013
Beyond Joy Intuiting the experience of Liberation — November 8, 2012
The Joy of Just Being Escaping the prison of “me” — December 1, 2013
The Peace that Passes Understanding The nature of the mind at peace — December 15, 2013
The Mind
Holding the Past and Future – May 3, 2020 Talk in text
Mindful practice with memory and anticipation
Patience & Compassion (Text only) – April 12, 2020
Together, they help us cope easefully
Tending our Inner Gardens
3 types of dukkha and how to counteract them – Sept. 29, 2019
Ingredients of Generosity
The many feelings we can have about giving — Feb. 10, 2019