Dhamma Talks
Reviewing the Second Noble Truth
This talk continues a review of the Four Noble Truths, perhaps the most fundamental and universally accepted Buddhist teaching. The characteristics of the Second Noble Truth, craving (tanha) and clinging (upadana) are reviewed regarding traditional understandings as...
Guided Second Noble Truth Contemplation
This guided meditation brings mindful investigation to the experience of craving and clinging. During the meditation you are invited to also mindfully investigate the absence of craving and clinging, as well as the transitory nature of all subjective experience. ...
Reviewing the First Noble Truth
This talk reviews the characteristics of dukkha, traditionally translated to mean suffering or dissatisfaction. The Buddha is understood to have described his mission to be understanding the nature of dukkha and the ways and means for overcoming it. The three...
The First Teaching of the Buddha
This talk is the first of several that reviews what is considered to the be the first teaching of the Buddha after his Awakening. The historical context of the teaching is reviewed as developing during a time of significant cultural transformation, on a much less...
Will Lindemann’s Retreat Report
This talk provides an opportunity for Will to review his most recent 10-day retreat experience, the third of three Zoom retreats organized and led by Analayo, a German Theravaden monk who is both a well respected contemporary scholar and accomplished meditator. Will...
Andy Quinn’s 1 Month Retreat Review
There is great benefit in providing opportunities for those recently completing a significant retreat to "think out loud" about the experience, as this "connects the dots" regarding the experience to support integrating the insights and skills acquired during the...
Mindfulness And Physical Health
This talk completes a series beginning February 16, 2022, which was titled "How Do You Want To Live?", that encourages reevaluating lifestyle choices in response to the significant changes created by the pandemic, ecological disruption and other emerging disruptions...
Practicing Right Relationship
This talk continues the series entitled "How Do You Want to Live?", which began February 17, 2022. "Right Relationship" is not a true Buddhist conceptual category, but is applicable to our lived experience. At the beginning of the talk, a quote from the Suttas...
Practicing Environmental Right Action
This continues a series of Dharma talks focused on the theme "How Do You Want to Live?", which began February 17, 2022. Using the concepts included in the Four Noble Truths, the discussion provides information describing the emerging world environmental crisis as an...
Mindful Coping With Consumerism
With apologies to the quality of the recording, this talk is one of a series which continues to address the theme "How Do You Want to Live?", which was introduced during the Dharma talk on February 16, 2022 and is found in the archives. There is a review of the...
