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2023

The Sangha of All Beings — July 2, 2023     Talk in Text
Making the whole planet our spiritual friend
Varieties of Practice — June 4, 2023      Talk in Text
Elements of common ways to meditate
Humor in Practice — May 7, 2023     Talk in Text
Humor lets us laugh when we take our selves seriously
Kindness, Honesty, and Wise Speech — March 26, 2023    Talk in Text  
The heart is our best guide to Wise Speechhttps://rebeccadixon.org/Dharma%20Articles/Kindness,%20Honesty%20and%20Wise%20Speech.pdf
Living with Your Past — February 5, 2023    Talk in Text
How to earn from your past and end its suffering

2022

Lay Practice — December 11, 2022    Talk in Text 
Supporting teachers and ethics are foundations of our practice

Free from the Burden of Self — June 26, 2022      Talk in text
How the teaching of Anatta can make life better

The Benefits of Practice  — May 22, 2022      Talk in text
Ways practice develops and benefits our lives
Emerging into Mindfulness — April 24, 2022      Talk in text 
Serene clarity available in any moment
Metta’s Many Chambers of the Heart — March 27, 2022      Talk in text
Many ways to live in the happiness of love
Getting the Benefit of the Hindrances — February 27, 2022      Talk in text
Feeling our way through causes of dukkha
Life as Earthlings — January 30, 2022      Talk in text
Why we need to prepare for death and how we can

2021

Being Alert for Joy — December 19, 2021
Intentionally watching for the joy that surrounds us
Dealing with Intense Emotions — October 24, 2021     Talk in text
Investigating the experience of powerful feelings
Awareness of the Body in Practice — September 26, 2021    Talk notes
Inhabiting experience with mindfulness
Acceptance and Letting Go — August 29, 2021    Talk in text
What they are, how they work and where they lead
When the Practice Gets Difficult — July 25, 2021   Talk in text
Staying mindful through life’s troubles
Compassion in Our Lives — June 27, 2021   Talk in text
What compassion is and how it improves our lives and the world
Letting Go Again — May 23, 2021  Talk in text
Mindfulness and love can bring freedom
Bright Guardians of the World — April 25, 2021  Talk in text
Making friends with your conscience
Investigation — Feb. 28, 2021  Talk in text
How to explore mental experiences
Dwelling in Happiness –- Jan. 10, 2021
How practicing kindness leads to lasting happiness

2020

Listening to Your Thoughts — Oct. 26, 2020  Talk in text
     Stepping back from thoughts to steer toward worthy goals
Your Right to Be Happy (Text only) – Sept. 20, 2020 
      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   
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
The Support of Sangha
     The ever-present Refuge and support of Sangha — March 23, 2020
Appreciating Your Practice
     Examining why & how you practice — March 8, 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

2019

Living with Ease (overview of practice) — December 15, 2019
45 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA
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
Kind Boundaries
Defending yourself with minimal dukkha – August 18, 2019
Fitting Life into Your Practice
Observing responses to every day events – July 14, 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
Ingredients of Generosity
The many feelings we can have about giving — Feb. 10, 2019
Wise Action
Not intentionally causing others to suffer — Feb. 3, 2019
Relationships
Teachings that help us relate — Jan. 20, 2019
Wise Speech
Guidelines for kind, ethical communication — Jan. 13, 2019

2018

Wise Intention
Understanding dukkha supports kind Intention — Dec. 16, 2018
Compassion — Nov. 3, 2018    From a daylong with Deb Kerr

Equanimity — Nov. 3, 2018    From a daylong with Deb Kerr
Wise Understanding
Why and how to practice with the Eightfold Path — Nov. 4, 2018
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
5 Routes to Awakening
Spiritual friends help us focus our practice — July 8, 2018
3 Types of Dukkha
A closer look at what causes suffering– July 1, 2018
7 Factors of Awakening with Chart
How our capacities for awakening work together– June 17, 2018
Working with Doubt — June 6, 2018
15 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA
Dedication of Merit
The benefits of practice and acting kindly — June 3, 2018
The Many Powers of Love
How love conquers suffering — May 20, 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
Forgiveness
Overcoming our clinging to grudges – April 15, 2018
Noticing in Practice
Observing each moment with ease and delight – March 18, 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
Daily Life Practice — January 24, 2018 
15 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA
Using the Hindrances
Making lemonade out of life’s obstacles — January 14, 2018

2017

Daily Life Practice Theory and method of living mindfully– December 3, 2017
The Nature of Suffering And how to end it (the 4 Noble Truths)– November 19, 2017
Sharing Joy How acceptance leads to love and joy — October 1, 2017
Roots of Suffering — illustrations here How natural pain/pleasure response becomes clinging — Sept. 3, 2017
Reviewing Your Practice    Checking if you’re following your intentions  — August 13, 2017
Freedom in the Midst of Pain (Equanimity) How to be  present with suffering and be at peace — August 6, 2017
How Kindness Makes Us Happy Science is catching up to the dharma of kindness — July 9, 2017
Compassion in Practice — July 5, 2017 15 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA
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
Meditating with Emotions — February 15, 2017 15 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA
Letting Metta In Receiving the benefit of others’ lovingkindness — January 29, 2017

2016

The Practice of Kindness  
     Why and how to cultivate this vital capacity — December 20, 2016
Clinging — December 14, 2016
15 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA
Gratitude (post-election) 
Cultivating equanimity in troubling times — November 13, 2016
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 fully with courage and wisdom — October 16, 2016
Property and the Precepts
Theft by people, or society, threatens others’ basic needs — October 9, 2016 
The Suffering of Ill Will
Seeing how we suffer and turning toward metta — September 4, 2016
The Suffering of Unwise Speech 
Changing speech by watching how it makes us feel — August 28, 2016
Living through Loss
Comfort & healing help from the dharma — July24, 2016
Six Realms of Existence
A way to understand & cope with a crazy world — July 17, 2016
Staying in Touch with Our Hearts 
Connecting with our deep feelings & values  — June 5, 2016
The Brahmavihara’s Interconnections
 How they support and merge with each other — May 29, 2016
The Experience of ‘Self’ 
Seeing beyond what we think we are – April 24, 2016
Experiencing the 3 Characteristics 
Looking closely at how things truly are – April 17, 2016
What’s Love Got to Do With It? 
The dharma’s help for laypeople who love — February 21, 2016
What the Precepts Promise
Guidance to freedom and peace– January 31, 2016
Moments of Awakening 
Celebrating & using moments of clarity — January 24, 2016

2015

The Weather Inside
How & what to look for in the mind — December 13, 2015
The Heart’s Power and Joy
Opening to suffering with love — Dec. 7, 2014
Everyday Mindfulness
How to be mindful always — October 25, 2015
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
The Fourth Heavenly Messenger
Reminders that even in suffering, we can be free — June 7, 2015
What’s Wanting in our Lives?
How to free the mind from dissatisfaction — May 24, 2015
The Eightfold Path through Life
It can lead us through everything — April 19, 2015
Joys of Generosity
Benefits of dana practice — March 22, 2015
Adventures With Wise Speech
Accepting the Challenge — January 25, 2015
Just This, Now 
Exercises for living mindfully — January 18, 2015

2014

Dealing with Pleasure — December 29, 2014
45 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA
Reviewing Your Life
Bringing peace to the contents of your mind  — Dec. 7, 2014
Practicing with Kindness — November 19, 2014
15 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA
Freedom Through the Precepts 
Exploring ethics to find peace — November 9, 2014
Metta for the Planet
Working with love to heal the earth — October 19, 2014
      With Walt Opie
Accepting Uncertainty
Living with “Don’t Know” — October 12, 2014
Meeting Good and Bad Fortune
How our mindset makes our experience — August 31, 2014
On the Way to Not Self
Gradually moving toward realization – August 2, 2014
Relative and Absolute Truth
Convention and things as they truly are — July 20, 2014
The Heart’s Deepest Desire
Beyond cravings to what matters most — June 15, 2014
Exploring Inner Space
Using the 7 Factors of Awakening — June 8, 2014
What Adversity Can Teach Us
Taking the “my” out of troubles — May 4, 2014
What Money Can Teach Us
Emptiness and real value — April 27, 2014
Using Pleasure in Practice — April 16, 2014
15 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA
Service as Practice
Helping mindfully, to free ourselves — March 23, 2014
Concentration 
What it is & how to do it — March 16, 2014
The Spectrum of Desire
What grows into clinging & why — February 16, 2014
Indispensable Love
Love’s crucial role in dharma & practice — February 9, 2014
Interbeing and Boundaries
Respecting self, others & connectedness — January 12, 2014

2013

The Peace that Passes Understanding The nature of the mind at peace — December 15, 2013
The Joy of Just Being Escaping the prison of “me” — December 1, 2013
The Refuge of Sangha Building sangha to support us all — October 27, 2013
Trusting Your Higher Wisdom Wisdom at work in practice & life — August 4, 2013
A Sense of Purpose Goals & purpose in practice — August 11, 2013
Clinging to Views Beyond the walls around our minds — August 22, 2013
Wisdom — August 28, 2013 15 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA
Our Favorite Little Stories Feeding our delusions — June 9, 2013
Joy at the Edge of Life (Mudita) Sympathetic joy: a resource in all events — April 28, 2013
Insight Meditation: What, Why & How The basics — March 17, 2013
Pitfalls on the Path What to expect, to keep going — February 26, 2013

2012 and before

Letting Go: Garage Sale of the Mind It’s a process of getting ready — December 30, 2012
Determination in Practice Gently, with resolution — December 16, 2012
Three Characteristics of All Experience — December 5, 2012 15 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA
Beyond Joy Intuiting the experience of Liberation — November 8, 2012
Mood and Attitude In the background of the mind — October 23, 2012
Always New/Kind Intention Starting over each moment, kindly — October 17, 2012
Free in the Moment Liberation happens “now” — August 19, 2012
Living the Dharma Mindfulness in daily life — July 22, 2012
Using the Dharma Referring to the teachings as we practice — July 22, 2012
The Fifth Precept: Refrain from Intoxicants — February 2, 2007 45 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA  A shorter version
Eightfold Path: Mindfulness & Concentration — February 15, 2006 45 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA
Four Divine Abodes (Brahmaviharas) — July 14, 2005 at IMC 45 minutes, recorded at IMC in Redwood City, CA
© Rebecca Dixon 2013 -2024
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