Dhamma Talks
Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness Overview
Considering the Third Foundation of Mindfulness as if it were a sheet of paper, and the First as a pen, then the Second as ink; the Fourth Foundation, mindfulness of mental phenomena, is what is written on the paper, creating our experience of being an...
Reviewing Mindfulness of the Mind
The Third Foundation of Mindfulness focuses attention on investigating the characteristics of a person's consciousness--alert or dull, filled with desire or free from desire, among other categories. During this talk, Peter reviews the various categories, supplemented...
Skillfully Managing Feelings
Mindfulness of Feelings is the Second Foundation of Mindfulness, and during this talk, Peter provides a review of the various categories of feelings, which are not emotions, but rather the impulsive reactivity we all experience that precedes craving and clinging....
Guided Contemplating Feelings Meditation
This recording provides supportive suggestions for recognizing the various manifestations of feelings--pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral, both worldly and unworldly. The goal of this meditation is to learn how to let go of unwholesome feeling tones--impulsive...
Emptiness or Fullness?
This talk focuses on cultivating a deeper and more useful understanding of two important Buddhist concepts: Non-self and Emptiness. The concepts don't translate well into English from the original Pali teachings, so Peter uses various contemporary scientific and...
Working With The Four Elements Contemplations
Mindfully contemplating the subjective experience of the Four Elements: Earth, Wind,Fire, and Water is mentioned in the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse as part of the category "Mindfulness of the Body". During the talk, Peter describes the characteristics...
Guided Four Elements Contemplation
This guided meditation provides suggestions for contemplating what are called the Four Elements: Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water. These contemplations are embedded within the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse. Peter describes the subjective characteristics of...
Short Moments, Many Times A Day
Short Moments, Many Times a Day. In this meeting of our sangha, we learn a variety of ways to incorporate moments of meditation throughout the day. This is not a substitute for our daily sitting practice, but a way to extend that practice throughout our daily...
Right Mindfulness
This week’s dharma talk explores the 7th step in the teaching of the Buddha called “The Noble Eightfold-Path.” This 7th step is Right Mindfulness. We will explore this key practice that has been described as the watch guard of the mind and an aid to recognize,...
Right Effort
This week's dharma talk explores the 6th step in the teaching of the Buddha called “The Noble Eightfold-Path.” This 6th step takes us into the “discipline aggregate” of the eight steps. Here we learn how to cultivate beneficial qualities of mind and how to disarm...
