by Peter Carlson | Nov 20, 2023 | Listen to Dharma Talks
This talk provides a way to understand how one’s self-experience develops from what is termed “self-state conflict” through “self-state integration”, leading to “self-state liberation”. We all experience conflict between how socially conditioned ideals of oneself and the world are conflicted, and how diligent, mindful, and clear knowing of Buddhist principles and practices cultivates an integrative process of personality organization–“good mental health”– and how this sets the conditions for spiritual Awakening.
Here are the notes prepared for this talk: Self-State Integration And The Awakening Process
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by Peter Carlson | Nov 20, 2023 | Listen to Dharma Talks
A core principle of Buddhist psychology is paticca samuppada, dependent origination. During this talk, an alternative translation is offered–contingent provisional emergence–which incorporates contemporary scientific and psychological understandings of this important concept for understanding how karma forms and how it can be changed through diligent and mindful clear knowledge of what arises and passes away in consciousness.
Here are the notes prepared for this talk: CONTINGENT PROVISIONAL EMERGENCE AND KARMA
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by Peter Carlson | Feb 6, 2025 | Listen to Dharma Talks
This guided meditation focuses attention on how to develop clear awareness of intentions, which organize and activate each moment of consciousness. It is intended to support the topic for the Dharma talk of the same evening, “Working With Intentions and Karma”.
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by Peter Carlson | Jun 12, 2025 | Listen to Dharma Talks
Our community finds value in providing opportunities for those among us who have recently experienced a significant retreat to “think out loud” about the experience. The benefits of these reviews are associated with the support of informed listeners, along with information about retreat sites and teachers. The descriptions of the experience might inspire those listening to commit to a retreat. During this talk, Mike spoke about the teachers, Guy and Sally Armstrong and their suggestions and training to foster clear knowledge of awareness, a very subtle quality of the mind usefully developed on the path to Awakening.
the unfortunate humming sound during parts of the talk come from a neighbor mowing their yard.
Here are the notes prepared for this talk: Mike Maldonado 2025
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by Peter Carlson | Aug 21, 2025 | Listen to Dharma Talks
During this talk, April provides a review of Right Speech as a basic element of the Noble Eightfold Path, cultivating a clear conscience as the platform from which the process of Awakening develops. An element of Right Speech, truthfulness, is associated with the challenges presented by media disinformation and Artificial Intelligence in contemporary life. This recording includes comments coming from those participating in the meeting.
Here are quotes from the talk; of particular interest is a response ChatGPT created to a question April presented inquiring if ChatGPT has a personality like a human: Quotes for Right Speech Dharma talk
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