Dhamma Talks

This talk continues a review of the development of the different Buddhist traditions as the cultures they operated within were affected by the intrusion of European mercantile powers, especially the British Empire during the 19th and 20th centuries.  The primary area...

This talk further develops understanding of how the primary Buddhist schools of the present--Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Chan, Seon and Zen-- originated over the millennia since the time of the Buddha.  This dynamic process was a manifestation of sociological and...

One of the benefits of mindfulness of breathing meditation is the neutral feeling tone of the sensations stimulated as air moves in and out of the nostrils.  Another is the fact that this awareness is always focused on present-moment experience, whereas thought...

This is the second in a series of reviews of the history of the Buddhist religion.  The focus of this talk is on the development of the various schools of Buddhism--Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Chan, and Zen--over the centuries after the time of the Buddha and...

This guided meditation offers training to use mindfulness of breathing as a stabilizing point of reference, comparable to how an anchor attached to the bow of a boat anchors the hull in the current of a river in a streamlined way.  Attention is then directed to...

This talk follows a long-standing tradition of the Orlando Insight Meditation Group to provide an opportunity for those members who have completed a retreat of at least one week to be able to describe their experience in ways that might help them clarify their...