Gregory Pai, Ph.D.
Audio Dharma Talks started in 2012. There are hundreds of titles with the current ones at the top. If you’re new to the Sangha, a good place to begin is the foundational series: The Four Noble Truths. However, you are invited to explore on your own.
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LIFE OF THE BUDDHA
- Life of the Buddha. 04/01/2023. Download
- Life of the Buddha Part 2. 04/08/2023. Download
- Life of the Buddha 3 04/15/2023. Download
- Life of the Buddha 4 04/22/2023. Download
- Life of the Buddha 5 04/29/2023 Download
- Life of the Buddha 6 05/06/2023 Download
- Life of the Buddha 7 05/13/2023 Download
- Life of the Buddha 8 05/20/2023 Download
A BUDDHIST SOCIAL ETHIC FOR THE NEW CENTURY BY BHIKKU BODHI
25 BEAUTIFUL MINDSTATES
- Confidence. 07/23/2022. Download
- Mindfulness. 07/30/2022. Download
- Shame and Fear of Committing Harm. 08/06/2022. Download
- Non-Greed and Non-Hatred. 08/13/2022. Download
- Mental Composure and Buoyancy. 08/20/2022. Download
- Pliancy and Efficiency of Mind. 08/27/2022. Download
- Proficiency of Mind. 09/03/2022. Download
- Rectitude of Mind. 09/10/2022. Download
- Right Speech. 09/17/2022. Download
- Right Speech Part 2. 09/24/2022. Download
- Right Action 10/08/2022. Download
- Right Action Part 2. 10/15/2022. Download
- Right Livelihood. 10/22/2022. Download
- Right Livelihood Part 2. 10/29/2022. Download
- Right Livelihood Part 3. 11/05/2022. Download
- Compassion. 11/12/2022 Download
- Compassion Part 2. 11/19/2022. Download
- Sympathetic Joy 12/10/2022 Download
- Metta or Lovingkindness. 12/24/2022. Download
- Equanimity 12/30/2022. Download
- Equanimity Part 2. 1/14/2023 Download
- Equanimity Part 3. 1/21/2023. Download
- Equanimity Part 4. 1/28/2023. Download
- Equanimity Part 5 02/11/2023. Download
- Wisdom 02/18/2023. Download
- Wisdom Part 2. 02/25/2023. Download
- Wisdom Part 3. 03/04/2023. Download
Reflections on the Practice by Sangha Members
- Don Radcliff and Joan Shigemoto 06/25/2022 Download
- Margy Hamai and Trey Fenton 07/02/2022. Download
- Quynh Nguyen and Harry Palmer 07/09/2022. Download
- Niki Miller and Amanda Rothschild. 07/16/2022. Download
THE HEART OF BUDDHIST MEDITATION
- Part 1–Legacy and Lineage 05/28/2022. Download
- Bare Attention 06/04/2022. Download
- Shaping the Mind 06/11/2022 Download
- Freeing the Mind 06/18/2022. Download
2022 Dharma Talks That Are Not Part of a Series
SIXTEEN STAGES OF AWAKENING SERIES
2021
- Stage 1–Nama Rupa: Mind and Body 12/18/2021. Download
- Stage 2–Knowledge of Cause and Effect 01/08/2022. Download
- Stage 2–Law of Karma 01/15/2022. Download
- Stage 2–Karma, Self and Non Self. 01/22/2022. Download
- Stage 2–Dependent Origination. 01/29/2022. Download
- Stage 2–Dependent Origination Part 2. 02/05/2022. Download
- Stage 3 –Three Characteristics. 02/12/2022. Download
- Stage 3B–Impermanence, Suffering, and Non-Self. 02/19/2022. Download
- Stage 4–Rising and Falling. 02/26/2022. Download
- Stage 4–Rising and Falling 2. 03/05/2022. Download
- Stage 4c-Rising and Falling 3. 03/12/2022. Download
- Stage 5–Knowledge of Passing Away 03/19/2022. Download
- Stage 5b–Passing Away 2. 03/26/2022. Download
- Stage 6–Fear and Misery. 04/02/2022. Download
- Stage 6–Fear and Misery 2. 04/09/2022 Download
- Stage 11–Equanimity. 04/16/2022. Download
- Stage 12–Path and Fruition. 04/23/2022. Download
- Stage 12b–Cessation. 04/30/2022. Download
- Stage 12c–Awakening 05/07/2022. Download
- Stage 13–Retrospection 05/14/2022. Download
COVID 19 PANDEMIC SERIES
2020
- Enduring the Covid 19 Pandemic 05/02/2020 Download
- Sharing Our Experiences in the Pandemic 05/09/2020 Download
- 70,000 Deaths of Despair. 05/16/2020 Download
- The Power of Liminal Space 05/30/2020 Download
- Finding Endurance and the Problem of Systemic Racism. 06/06/2020 Download
- White Privilege. 06/13/2020 Download
- Conditioning and Implicit Bias. 06/20/2020. Download
- Meditation and Implicit Bias. 06/27/2020 Download
- Racism and the Dharma. 03/27/2021. Download
- Can A Person Who Is Evil Be Transformed In This Lifetime? 05/01/2021. Download
- Conventional and Absolute Reality and Our Relationship to the Material World. 05/08/2021. Download
THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTH SERIES
First Noble Truth
2019
- Defining Suffering (Dukkha). 07/06/2019. Download
- Understanding Dukkha. 07/13/2019. Download
- Dukkha and Compassion 07/20/2019 Download
Second Noble Truth
- Origin of Dukkha. 08/03/2019. Download
- The Cause of Suffering. 08/10/2019. Download
- Suffering and Dependent Origination. 08/17/2019. Download
- Drawbacks of Pleasure 08/24/2019. Download
- Understanding Pleasant Feelings. 08/31/2019 Download
- Wise Relationship to the World. 09/07/2019 Download
- Craving for Life. 09/14/2019. Download
- Who Is It That Dies? 09/21/2019. Download.
- Craving for Existence. 10/05/2019. Download
Third Noble Truth
- End of Craving. 10/12/2019 Download
- Seeing Impermanence. 10/19/2019. Download
- Sixteen Stages of Awakening 10/26/2019 Download
- Nibbana. 11/09/2019 Download
- Cessation. 11/16/2019 Download
- Awakened Mind. 11/23/2019 Download
Fourth Noble Truth
- Right Understanding. 01/11/2020 Download
- Right Understanding–Karma. 01/25/2020 Download
- Right Understanding–Living Karma. 02/01/2020 Download
- Right Understanding–Mundane and Supramundane Right View. 02/08/2020 Download
- Reincarnation. 02/22/2020 Download
- Mother and Father. 02/29/2020 Download
- Wisdom 03/07/2020 Download
- Supramudane Wisdom 03/14/2020. Download
- Right Understanding–Law of Karma 07/07/2020 Download
- Rebirth, Mother and Father 07/12/2020 Download
- Wise Brahmins 07/19/2020 Download
- Supramundane Wisdom Part 2 07/25/2020 Download
- Cognitive Dissonance 08/01/2020 Download
- Conventional and Absolute Reality 08/08/2020 Download
- The Power of Delusion 08/15/2020 Download
- Integrating Conventional and Absolute Reality. 08/22/2020. Download
- The Delusion of Our Narrative Self 08/27/2020. Download
- Experiencing Non-Self. 09/05/2020. Download
- Right Thought. 09/12/2020 Download
- Right Intention. 09/19/2020. Download
- Overcoming Addictions. 09/26/2020. Download
- Overcoming Aversion. 10/03/2020 Download
- Confronting Evil 10/10/2020 Download
- Understanding Metta. 10/17/2020 Download.
- Living Metta. 10/24/2020 Download
- Bringing Metta Into Our Lives. 10/31/2020. Download
- Desire, the Near Enemy 11/07/2020 Download
- Practicing Metta. 11/14/2020 Download
- Metta and Gratitude. 11/21/2020. Download
- Understanding Compassion. 12/05/2020 Download
- Practicing Compassion. 12/12/2020. Download
- The Legacy of Compassion. 12/19/2020. Download
- The Significance of Right Speech. 12/26/2020 Download
- Truth and Right Speech. 01/09/2021 Download
- Understanding Wrong Speech. 01/16/2021 Download
- Practicing Right Speech. 01/23/2021 Download
- Slanderous Speech. 01/30/2021 Download
- Harsh Speech. 02/06/2021 Download
- Frivolous Speech. 02/13/2021 Download
- Right Action. 02/20/2021 Download
- Non-Killing. 02/27/2021 Download
- Killing and Karma 03/06/2021 Download
- Karmas as a Moral Order. 03/13/21. Download
- Karma and Divinity. 03/20/2021. Download
- Learning Not To Kill 04/03/2021. Download
- Not Stealing 04/10/2021. Download
- Sexual Misconduct. 04/24/2021. Download
- Right Livelihood. 05/15/2021. Download
- Effort, Mindfulness and Concentration 05/22/2021. Download
- Unwholesome Emotions and Dependent Origination. 05/29/2021. Download
- Unarisen Unwholesome Emotions. 06/05/2021. Download
- Arisen Unwholesome Emotions. 06/19/2021. Download
- Preventing Arisen Unwholesome Emotions. 06/26/2021. Download
- Right Mindfulness. 07/10/2021. Download
- Understanding Mindfulness. 07/17/21. Download
- Mindfulness of the Breath. 07/24/21. Download
- Mindfulness of the Body. 07/31/2021. Download
- Illusion and Reality of the Body. 08/21/2021. Download
- Mindfulness of Feelings. 08/28/2021. Download
- Mindfulness of Mental Formations. 09/04/2021. Download
- Right Concentration. 09/11/2021. Download
- Objects of Concentration. 09/18/2021. Download
- Jhanic Factors. 09/25/2021. Download
- Jhanic Stages. 10/02/2021. Download
- Defining Wisdom. 10/09/2021. Download
- Understanding Samatha 10/16/2021. Download
- The Wisdom of Non-Self. 10/23/2021. Download
- Understanding and Awakening. 11/06/2021. Download
- The Unconditioned. 11/13/2021. Download
- Stages of Awakening. 11-27-2021. Download
- Parameters of Awakening. 12/04/2021. Download
DHARMA TALKS THAT ARE NOT PART OF SERIES
Christmas 2021 message: The Miracle of Incarnation. December 25, 2021. Download
Hope November 20, 2021. Download
The Essential Wisdom of the Dharma. October 31, 2021. Download
Illusion and Reality. August 14, 2021. Download
Mindfulness and Flow. August 7, 2021. Download
Understanding Karma, Self and Nonself and Conventional and Absolute Reality April 10, 2021 Download
Concept of Perfection in Our Lives. Nov. 2020. Download
Self and Nonself–Agency, Love and Compassion Jan. 2020
Our Greatest Fear–The Truth of Self and Non-self Jan. 2020
Working with Overwhelming Emotions Jan. 2018
Karma, Samsara and Anatta: Distinguishing Between Conventional and Absolute Reality Nov. 2017
Understanding Donald Trump from a Dharma Perspective. Nov. 2016
Experiencing the Beauty of Joy and the Joy of Beauty in the Meditation Process. April 2016
Understanding Afflictive Emotions and Suffering–A Dialogue Feb. 2015
Mindfulness and Personal Transformation–The levels of personal behavioral transformation . Feb. 2014
The Fundamentals of Vipassana Meditation—Making the practice your own. Sept. 2013
The Buddha on PBS—Comments on the documentary about the Buddha’s life and teachings. Aug. 2013
The Law of Karma—One of the fundamental laws of the universe. Aug. 2013
The Power of Mindfulness—A different kind of joy. Sept. 2013
Some Comments on Breathing—A short talk on the importance of the breath during meditation. Aug. 2013
The Relationship Between Christian Prayer and Buddhist Meditation—A historical perspective on the evolution of mindfulness meditation. July 2013
Finding Freedom in our Afflictive Emotions— Accessing our subconsciousness, experiencing our emotions and attaining insight. June 2013
The Healing of the Ego—How we can see the world in a different way. Nov. 2013
Anatta and the Power of Bodhicitta—Enlightenment as a disappointment to the ego Nov. 2013
Understanding the Unfolding of Karma Through Mindfulness- the Wisdom Path— How mindfulness allows us to see the process of cause and effect unfolding in our lives leading to deeper understanding, wisdom, and compassion Jan. 2013
The Concept of Anatta- Who Is Aware Of My Self If There Is No Self?— What is the nature of ego in the conventional sense and what is the meaning of non-self in Buddhism? Jan. 2013
Meditation Is Not Mind Control—Is meditation about “mind control”? What is the purpose of meditation? Jan. 2013
What You Can Expect When You Meditate—What are the benefits and pitfalls of the meditative path? Jan. 2013
What Remains When We Die? Feb. 2013
Mindfulness Practice- Working with Negative Emotions and Thoughts—Encountering negative emotions in meditation is actually a good thing Feb. 2013
FOUR FOUNDATIONS OF MINDFULNESS SERIES
2015-2017
Foundation Concepts
- Introduction
- Definition of Important Terms
- Importance of Spiritual Urgency
- Understanding Impermanence and Change
- Clear Comprehension and Reflections on Mindfulness
- Mindfulness and Bare Attention
- Review of the Concept of Mindfulness
- Finding Joy in Meditation
- Developing Samadhi
- Tools for Developing Samadhi
- Understanding Nibbana (Nirvana)
- Understanding the Difference Between Conceptual and Experiential Knowledge
- Understanding Self and Other
- Impermanence and Nonself
- Impermanence and Spiritual Liberation
- Impermanence and the Sixteen Stages of Awakening
- Content and Process in Meditation and the Law of Impermanence
- Four Levels of Awakening and the Ten Fetters
- Lay Perspective on the Enlightenment Process
- Understanding Stream Entry from a Lay Perspective
- Bare Knowing
- Bare Knowing and Continuous Mindfulness
- The Separation of the Knowing from the Known
- Perception, Language and Cognition
- The Process of Noting in Meditation
- Perception and Noting, Concept and Reality in Meditation
- Importance of Sustained Focused Awareness in Meditation
- Understanding Gratitude in Terms of the Truth, Beauty, and Joy of our Everyday Lives
- Finding the Balance of Mind and Heart in the Spiritual Journey
- Understanding Craving and Clinging
- Craving and Clinging in a World of Conditioned and Unconditioned Reality
- Craving and Clinging in Our Daily Lives
- Reflections on Buddha Nature and the Craving for Sensual Pleasures
- The Craving for Continued Existence
- The Craving for Existence–Dependent Origination and Absolute Reality
- The Craving for Non-Existence–Self and Non-self
- The Dream of Self
- The Cosmic Dance of Shiva–Illusion and Reality, Self and Non-Self
FIRST FOUNDATION OF MINDFULNESS
Mindfulness of the Body
- Mindfulness of the Body
- Mindfulness of the Body–Posture
- Mindfulness of the Body–Breath
- Mindfulness of Breathing Part 2
- Mindfulness of Breathing Part 3
- Mindfulness of Posture
- Mindfulness of Posture–The Process Nature of Reality
- Mindfulness of Posture–Experiencing Pure Awareness
- Mindfulness of Posture–Understanding Flow and Nonself
- Mindfulness of Posture–The Three Characteristics of Existence
- Mindfulness of Posture–Bringing Enlightenment into Our Everyday Lives
- Mindfulness of Posture–Four Forms of Clear Comprehension
- Mindfulness of Posture–Contemplation of Body Parts
- Mindfulness of Posture–The Four Elements
- Mindfulness of Posture–Parts of the Body
- Conventional and Ultimate Reality
- Distinguishing Conventional and Ultimate Reality
SECOND FOUNDATION OF MINDFULNESS
Mindfulness of Feelings
- Mindfulness as a Feeling-Based Practice
- The Classical Teachings
- Recognizing Likes and Dislikes
- Sources of Our Likes and Dislikes
- Identification of Feelings and the Illusion of Self
- Finding Our Feelings
- Unworldly Feelings
- The 25 Beautiful Mindstates
- Cultivating Unworldly Feelings
- From Health and Wellness to Freedom From Suffering
THIRD FOUNDATION OF MINDFULNESS
Mindfulness of Thought
- Mindfulness of Consciousness
- Consciousness of Thought
- Consciousness of Meditative States
- Consciousness of Awakening
- Consciousness of Self and Other
- Consciousness of Reactivity
- Consciousness of Impermanence
- Impermanence and the Path of Awakening
- Impermanence and Bare Awareness
FOURTH FOUNDATION OF MINDFULNESS
The Five Hindrances
2017
- Introduction to the Five Hindrances
- Five Hindrances and Neuroplasticity
- Overcoming the Hindrances
- The Five Hindrances and Personal Transformation
- Aversion
- Physical Pain
- Emotional Pain
- Understanding Aversion
- Working with Emotional Pain
- Wise Reflection
- Loving Kindness
- Sloth and Torpor
- Arising of Sloth and Torpor
- Working with Sloth and Torpor
- Wise Reflections
- Restlessness and Worry
- Causes of Restlessness and Worry
- Understanding Thoughts
- Causes of Agitated Thoughts
- Working with Restlessness
- Understanding Dhammas
- Skepticism and Doubt
- Working with Doubt
- Antidote to Doubt–the Benefits of Meditation
- Overcoming Doubt
THE FIVE AGGREGATES
2017
- Introduction to the Five Aggregates
- Physical Form
- Feelings
- Perception
- Perception–Gateway to Nibbana
- Perception and Illusion
- Perception and Identity
- Mental Formations
- Unwholesome Mental Factors
- Introduction to the Beautiful Mindstates
- Understanding the Beautiful Mindstates
- Mental Formations and Non-Self
- Volition as Karma
- Knowing Volition
- Consciousness
- Knowing Consciousness
- Understanding Anatta
- The Illusion of Self
- The Illusion of Form
- Identifying with Thoughts and Emotions
- If Not Self, Who Are We
THE SIX SENSE SPHERES
2018
- Introduction to Six Sense Spheres
- The Fire Sermon
- Dependent Origination Part 1
- Dependent Origination Part 2
- Practice
- Desire
- Perception
- Hallucination
- Hallucination Part 2
- Hallucination Part 3
- Hallucination Part 4
- Seeing Hallucinations
- The Power of Mindfulness to Overcome Hallucinations
- Compassion and Impermatence
THE SEVEN FACTORS OF AWAKENING
2013-2014
- Introduction to Seven Factors of Awakening
- The Factor of Mindfulness
- Moral Shame and Moral Dread
- Not Seeing Reality
- Bare Awareness
- Clear Comprehension
- Investigation
- Forms of Investigation
- Investigating Skillful and Unskillful Means
- Investigating Emotions
- Nama Rupa
- The Power of Karma
- Energy
- Skillful Use of Energy
- Spiritual Urgency
- Our Spiritual Journey
- Reflections
- Rapture
- Jhanas
- Understanding Jhanas
- Limits of Jhanas
- Reflections
- Reflections Part 2
- Peace Reflection
- Summary of Emotional Regulation
- The Joy of Living a Moral Ethical Life
- Tranquillity
- How to Cultivate Tranquillity
- Understanding Tranquillity
- Concentration–the Jhanic States
- Two Forms of Concentration
- Jhanic States
- Developing Concentration
- Teachings on Concentration
- Foundations of Concentration
- Elements of Concentration
- Coming to Know the “Knower” of Our Experience
- What Are Thoughts
- Working with Thoughts
- Understanding Equanimity
- Eight Worldly Dharmas
- Four Brahmaviharas
- Role of Equanimity in the Sixteen Stages of Awakening
- Equanimity and the Paramis
THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS SERIES
2014
- First Noble Truth: The truth of suffering
- First Noble Truth, Part 2: The truth of suffering
- Second Noble Truth: The cause of suffering
- Second Noble Truth, Part 2: The cause of suffering
- Second Noble Truth, Part 3: The cause of suffering
- Second Noble Truth, Part 4: The cause of suffering
- Third Noble Truth: The cessation of suffering
- Third Noble Truth, Part 2: The cessation of suffering
- Fourth Noble Truth: The Eightfold Noble Path
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right View 1
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right View 2
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right View 3
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right View 4
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right View 5
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Thought–Renunciation 1
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Thought–Renunciation 2
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Thought–Renunciation 3
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Thought–Lovingkindness 1
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Thought–Lovingkindness 2
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Thought–Lovingkindness 3
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Thought–Lovingkindness 4
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Thought–Lovingkindness 5
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Thought–Lovingkindness 6
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Thought–Compassion 1
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Thought–Compassion 2
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Thought–Compassion 3
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Speech Part 1
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Speech Part 2
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Speech Part 3
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Action Part 1
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Action Part 2
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Action Part 3
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Action–Sexual Misconduct
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Livelihood
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Effort Part 1
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Effort Part 2
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Effort Part 3
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Effort Part 4
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Effort Part 5
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Effort Part 6
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Effort Part 7
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Mindfulness Part 1
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Mindfulness Part 2
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Concentration Part 1
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Concentration Part 2
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Concentration Part 3
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Concentration Part 4
- Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Noble Path: Right Concentration Part 5
THE SEVEN FACTORS OF AWAKENING SERIES
2013
- Mindfulness—The first factor to cultivate on the journey to spiritual awakening
- Mindfulness Part 2—In-depth explanation of mindfulness
- Investigation—How wisdom develops when we investigate our minds
- Investigation Part 2—Understanding the motivations and intentions behind our actions
- Investigation Part 3—The nature of the enlightened mind
- Energy—What animates the practice and powers the mind for wise use
- Energy Part 2–Reflections to cultivate energy
- Rapture—What it is and how to feel it in meditation
- Rapture Part 2—The transformative effects of rapture and bliss
- Rapture Part 3—Reflections to evoke rapture
- Tranquility—Understanding and managing calmness
- Tranquility Part 2—Its role in seeing the changing nature of ultimate reality
- Concentration—Its evolution from the time of the Buddha up to the development of the Mahasi lineage in the 20th Century
- Concentration Part 2–Leading to steadiness, ease, and steadfastness
- Concentration Part 3—Finding the beautiful breath
- Concentration Part 4—Understanding awareness of awareness itself
- Equanimity—An ecstatic embrace of reality as it is
- Equanimity Part 2—The difference between Buddhist and western definition of equanimity
- Equanimity Part 3—Sixteen stages of insight wisdom as taught by Mahasi Sawadaw
- Equanimity Part 4—Bringing equanimity into our daily life
THE FIVE AGGREGATES SERIES
2013
- The Five Aggregates of Clinging—Nonself and Nibbana
- The Five Aggregates of Clinging—Nonself Part 2
- The Five Aggregates of Clinging—Nonself Part 1
- The Five Aggregates of Clinging Part 2—Impermanence and Suffering
- The Five Aggregates of Clinging—Understanding Physical and Mental Phenomena
THE FIVE HINDRANCES SERIES
Original 2013
The following five talks are about the mental factors that disturb our meditation and obscure insight
- Sensual Desire—The first hindrance
- Ill Will—The second hindrance
- Sloth and Torpor–-The third hindrance
- Restlessness and Remorse—The fourth hindrance
- Doubt—The fifth hindrance
BUDDHIST VIRTUES, TEN PARAMIS SERIES
2013
The following series of talks concern ten qualities of mind that support and encourage us in our path to spiritual awakening. They also represent qualities of mind that develop as we deepen in the practice and strengthen each other in a cumulative fashion. They are commonly known as virtues or “paramis” and are: Generosity, Morality, Renunciation, Wisdom, Energy, Patience, Truthfulness, Determination or Resolve, Lovingkindness and Compassion, and Equanimity.
- Introduction to Buddhist Virtues- Ten Paramis
- Buddhist Virtues-Generosity — The delusion of self and other
- Buddhist Virtues-Morality — Historical evolution of the concept of self and other
- Buddhist Virtues-Renunciation — Emancipation through awareness of suffering
- Buddhist Virtues-Wisdom Part 1 — Wisdom as content and wisdom as process
- Buddhist Virtues-Wisdom Part 2 —Wisdom at the conventional level and wisdom in terms of absolute reality
- Buddhist Virtues-Wisdom Part 3 — Non-self and the neural mechanics of “selfing”
- Buddhist Virtues-Wisdom Part 4 — The relationship between wisdom and meditation
- Buddhist Virtues-Wisdom Part 5 — The relationship between meditation and wisdom- The classical teachings
- Buddhist Virtues-Energy and Patience — Energy and patience and the attainment of enlightenment
- Buddhist Virtues-Truthfulness — The relation between meditation and seeing the truth of our lives
- Buddhist Virtues-Truthfulness Part 2 — Moving from conceptual wisdom to embodied knowledge
- Buddhist Virtues-Truthfulness Part 3 — The Two Truth Doctrine: The relation between conventional and absolute reality
- Buddhist Virtues-Truthfulness Part 4— Embodying sacred reality in our everyday lives
- Buddhist Virtues-Resolve, Lovingkindness and Compassion—What does it take to change my life?
- Buddhist Virtues-Lovingkindness and Compassion—Cultivation in everyday life
- Buddhist Virtues-Equanimity—The culmination of the virtues
- Buddhist Virtues-Equanimity: The classic Theravada presentation
Apathy, Cynicism, Hopelessness, and Despair—Face to face with the decline and end of our lives, do we meet it with a wisdom born of experience-based knowledge or with faith and beliefs? Feb. 2013
PROMISE OF REDEMPTION SERIES
December 2012
This four-part series is focused on issues of faith and belief and their relationship to experience and knowledge. These questions relate to our sense of personal agency and responsibility for our actions and are reflected in the historical evolution of Buddhist thought. They are also reflected in our capacity to understand and accept recent developments in cognitive neuroscience.
- Promise of Redemption vs. Power of Mindfulness Part 1
- Promise of Redemption vs. Power of Mindfulness Part 2
- Promise of Redemption vs. Power of Mindfulness Part 3
- Promise of Redemption vs. Power of Mindfulness Part 4
DEPENDENT ORIGINATION AND ANATTA SERIES
November 2012
The question is: How can I realize my full potential as a human being if the Buddha teaches that there is no self? The answer delves into the understanding of karma and the Buddhist concept of non-self.
- Dependent Origination and Anatta-Who’s Living My Life Part 1
- Dependent Origination and Anatta-Who’s Living My Life Part 2
- Dependent Origination and Anatta-Who’s Living My Life Part 3
- Dependent Origination and Anatta-Who’s Living My Life Part 4
EMPOWERMENT SERIES
February 2012
How can meditation help us to realize our fullest potential as human beings? This series examines concepts of self fulfillment and actualization from western psychological perspectives and Buddhist teachings. It emphasizes the importance of integrating our conscious and sub-conscious minds through the process of mindfulness and, in doing so, accessing the full range of our potential as human beings.
- Empowerment: The Process of Self Actualization from Buddhist and Western Perspectives Part 1
- Empowerment: The Process of Self Actualization from Buddhist and Western Perspectives Part 2
- Empowerment: The Process of Self Actualization from Buddhist and Western Perspectives Part 3
- Empowerment: The Process of Self Actualization from Buddhist and Western Perspectives Part 4