by Peter Carlson | Aug 13, 2026 | Listen to Dharma Talks
During this talk, Susan Baxter continues to explore the cultivation of self-compassion she began during the talk titled “Self Compassion” recorded on July 29, 2026 and posted in the audio archive. She continues to review the work of Dr. Kristen Neff, who has written “Fierce Self-Compassion: How to Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Your Power, and Thrive–A Personal Development Guide for Women Seeking Balance and Motivation”, which explores the importance of recognizing and cultivating effective boundaries for one’s own expectations as well as the expectations of others. During the talk she posed questions to the participants that invited self-inquiry regarding how we can identify and compassionately negotiate our way through the world.
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by Peter Carlson | Aug 6, 2026 | Listen to Dharma Talks
Periodically, Peter provides comments and suggestions to those in the meeting about Buddhist concepts and their meditation practice derived from his more than 40 years studying and practicing mindfulness meditation. This recording begins with feedback about the meditation experience of Brandon during the meditation period prior to this conversation. Brandon left the meeting for a prior commitment after the conversation, and the remainder of the meeting includes several dialogues between Peter and the remaining participants.
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by Peter Carlson | Jul 30, 2026 | Listen to Dharma Talks
During this talk, Susan Baxter describes the cultivation of self-compassion, using the work of Dr. Kristin Neff and Sharon Salzberg as references. Susan invites those participating to consider how contemporary culture fosters self-doubt and self-loathing and provides some of the exercises recommended by Dr. Neff for transforming these harsh ways of being towards kindness regarding self and others.
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by Peter Carlson | Jul 23, 2026 | Listen to Dharma Talks
During this talk, Peter responds to questions and comments related to the practice of mindfulness of breathing. Just previous to the talk, he led a guided meditation titled “Guided Anapanasati Contemplation”, which is posted in the Audio archive under Guided Meditation.
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by Peter Carlson | Jul 23, 2026 | Listen to Dharma Talks
During this guided meditation Peter provides suggestions that can associate the practice of mindfulness of breathing meditation with the 4 Tetrads of the Anapanasati Sutta. It is intended to supplement the review of the Anapanasati Sutta he provided during the meeting of July 15, 2026 which is posted on this website. Following this contemplation, he will answer questions participants may have about their meditation practice.
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