Dhamma Talks
Balancing Work And Home Life On The Eightfold Path
In this second of two talks focusing on how Buddhist principles and practices can support a balance in the energy required at work and the energy we all want to have at home, Peter emphasized the importance of integrating various strategies into daily work routines in...
Balancing Work And Home Life
During this first of two talks, Peter and the assembled sangha members discussed the complications that arise in trying to balance work requirements and home life. Peter described two boundary issues: internal boundaries and external boundaries, suggesting that much...
Relationships on the eightfold path
During this second talk on a Buddhist way to cultivated benevolent relationship, Peter related the eightfold path to developing the quality of relationships, which he terms "practicing relationship", from the most simple, as with a checkout clerk at a store, to the...
Relationships on the eightfold path
During this dialogue, Peter continued exploring the topic of "Benevolent Intention". The focus this week is on how the factors of the eightfold path can be applied to cultivating wholesome relationships. His presentation was followed by a lively discussion. Next...
Relationships Are Spiritual Practice
This is the first of two dialogues exploring the vital importance of relationship experience for developing an integrate sense of self, that is, ego. Peter combines Buddhist teachings with current psychological understanding of how necessary relationship is, from...
A Lifestyle For Awakening
Continuing the series of dhamma dialogues regarding the Four Noble Truths, this talk begins exploring what is traditionally called Right Livelihood, part of the virtue aggregate of the Eightfold Path. As previously, Peter emphasized the importance of developing new...
Karma And The Brain
During this dialogue about the practice of Right Action, Peter again emphasizes the importance of combining a deepening understanding of our internal processes through mindfulness practice with a revisiting of the classic concepts and jargon of the Buddha. Peter...
Karma In The 21st Century
During this talk, Peter again emphasized how different 21st century culture is from the time of the Buddha. During that era, it was assumed that a person's karma was determined by what clan he or she was born into, and karma was equivalent to fate. The Buddha's...
Right Speech in the 21st Century
This dhamma dialogue continues on the theme introduced last week on the contemporary meaning of the teachings of the Buddha found in the discourse on the Four Noble Truths. In particular, the topic reviews the classical characteristics of Samma Vaca, Right Speech,...
How We Know Virtue
In another of a series of dialogues during which Peter explores ways to transpose the wisdom of the Buddhist teaching called The Four Noble Truths, modern ways of validating the usefulness of virtue to support peace of mind and clarity regarding our daily lifestyle...
