Dhamma Talks
Awakening With Joy And Tranquility
As a review of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse continues, Susan Baxter focuses on two of the Seven Awakening Factors, Joy and Tranquility. She describes the characteristics of each factor and the various ways they can be cultivated and brought to the...
Overview of the Seven Awakening Factors
During this talk, Peter provides his perspective on the function of the Seven Awakening Factors, which culminate in the full realization potential of the Four Noble Truths. He describes three categories within the seven: Mindfulness, Investigation of Mental...
Reviewing The Six Sense Doors and the Fetters
During this talk, Peter reviews a section of the Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness, focusing on how the brain takes in sensory stimulation and integrates the various areas where senses are processed with areas of the brain that formulate self identity and and behavior,...
Understanding the Five Aggregates
During this talk, Peter reviews another way mindfulness practice supports Awakening, contemplating the Five Aggregates of Clinging, part of the Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness. The Five Aggregates represent a conceptual structure that helps understanding of Anatta,...
Understanding Skeptical Doubt
This talk continues reviewing the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse, focusing on the hindrance of Skeptical Doubt. Peter describes the difference between beneficial introspective questioning and the "analysis paralysis" experienced when afflicted by Skeptical...
Peter Reviews April 2026 Retreat
During this talk, Peter describes how his recently completed 6 full days of self-retreat involved integrating Analayo's excellent "Mindfulness of Breathing" book with the meditative training protocol called vedanupassana as taught by S. N. Goenka. Part of his...
The Hindrance of Sloth and Torpor
April Koester discusses the hindrance of Sloth and Torpor, how to recognize it, and some remedies.
Countering Restlessness And Worry
This presentation by Lezlie Laws continues a series of talks reviewing the elements of the Satipatthana Sutta, the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse. Restlessness and Worry, commonly known as one of the Five Hindrances, has two characteristics: restlessness,...
Countering Aversion and Ill-Will
This talk continues an ongoing review of the Mindfulness of Breathing Discourse, focusing on the hindrance of Aversion and Ill-Will. Allie Vaknin describes the characteristics of aversion in a way that is not only effective for spiritual development, but can be...
The Hindrance Of Sense Desire
During this talk, Susan Baxter continues the review by our teachers of the Satipatthana Sutta, the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse. After reviewing the overall structure of the Sutta, she focuses on the first of the Five Hindrances, Sense Desire, which...
