Dhamma Talks
Guided Gratitude Contemplation
This guided contemplation begins with integrating mindfulness of breathing meditation with the repetition of a "short form" lovingkindness meditation. After this practice is established, a series of gratitude contemplations are offered, for example, the benefits of...
Guided Short Form Lovingkindness Meditation
This guided lovingkindness contemplation uses this mantra: "May I be wise, happy and peaceful, with an ease of well-being", and was recorded during the 2022 Deerhaven retreat.
Deerhaven 2022 Retreat Review
In following a long-established tradition, this meeting is dedicated to providing those who attended the recent one-week residential retreat to review their experience during the retreat. After such an event, it is difficult to be able to express the insights gained...
Reviewing The Stages Of Insight
This talk reviews a system developed over several centuries after the life of the Buddha that describes various levels of conscious awareness that can be experienced during the process of Awakening. The Progressions of Insight, as they are often called, begin with...
Reviewing The Seven Awakening Factors, Part 3
This talk reviews the remaining two of the Seven Awakening Factors, Concentration/Unification and Equanimity/Balance. The first three factors, Mindfulness, Investigation of Mental Phenomena and Energy/Effort/Persistence (In the form of Right Effort), monitor and...
Reviewing The Seven Awakening Factors, Part 2
This talk reviews the Awakening Factors Joy and Tranquility. The understanding of the review is that the first three Awakening Factors, Mindfulness, Investigation Of Mental Phenomena and Energy/Effort/Persistence, which were reviewed during the talk of October 5,...
Reviewing The Seven Awakening Factors, Part 1
Once the mind has settled because the Five Hindrances have been conditionally disabled, the full realization of Awakening becomes possible because of the effect of the Seven Awakening Factors: Mindfulness, Investigation of Mental Phenomena, Energy/Effort/ Persistence,...
Six Beautiful Pairs of Wholesome Mind Conditioners
The Six Beautiful Pairs of Wholesome Cetasikas represent the fulfillment of wholesomeness in the mind. The integrated and unified functions of the Universal, Particular and seven Wholesome mind conditioning factors manifests as 12 integrated characteristics--six...
Reviewing The Wholesome Mind Conditioners, Part 1
There are 25 wholesome mind conditioners described in Buddhist psychology; this talk reviews the first 7 of these functions. They are present in each moment of consciousness, operating to free the mind from distress and confusion. The value in reviewing them comes...
Reviewing The Mind Conditioners–Part 2
This talk reviews the 14 Unwholesome Cetasikas, categories of mind conditioning functions that create dukkha, the distress and confusion that constitute the "default mode" of one's personality. The core functions are ignorance regarding karma, desire for pleasurable...
