Below are links to zoom recordings of Dharma talks, listed by date. Please note that the talks given for Insight Dialogue (on the fourth Wednesdays) have not been recorded, except for a brief talk on 6/28/23.
2023
- Nov 8, Scott Bryce: Pride: The Upside and the Downside
- Nov 1, Ron Vereen: Bearing Witness
- Oct 18, C. Kip Lee: Mindfulness of Thinking as a Process
- Oct 11, Scott Bryce: (Untitled talk on the violence in Israel and Gaza)
- Oct 4, Ron Vereen: Willing & Able? Opening to All of Life
- Sep 20, Jeff Brantley: The Heart’s Path of Wisdom: Reflections on the Metta Sutta, and practicing with the Brahma Viharas (audio recording only)
- Sep 13, Scott Bryce: The Wisdom of Insecurity and the Security of Wisdom
- Sep 6, Ron Vereen: The Challenges of Liberating the Mind, Part 2
- Aug 30, Sarah Bryce: Untangling the Knot – the Dharma as Support and Refuge on Our Path
- Aug 16, Sharon Shelton: Navigating the River of Emotions
- Aug 9, Scott Bryce: Untitled (Reflections on the theme of aging)
- Aug 2, Ron Vereen: The Challenges of Liberating the Mind (Part 1)
- Jul 19, C. Kip Lee: Unification of Mind: The Development of Concentration
- Jul 12, Ron Vereen and other teachers: A celebration on the theme of Homecoming (first hybrid Sangha gathering)
- Jul 5, Scott Bryce: Independence – in early Buddhism, early American history, and our present political moment
- Jun 28, Phyllis Hicks (Insight Dialogue): Wholesome intentions for knowing what’s here (some guided practice with instructions for the paired dialogue to follow)
- Jun 21, Sharon Shelton: Equanimity
- Jun 14, Scott Bryce: Everything Changes – even my mind?
- Jun 7, Ron Vereen: The Gem of Gratitude
- May 31, C. Kip Lee: Relearning Our Loveliness: Loving-Kindness Practice
- May 17, Jeff Brantley: Strong Like a Mountain: the mind of the moment and the practice of equanimity
- May 10, Scott Bryce: Insight Meditation as a Middle Way
- May 3, Ron Vereen: Opening the Heart to Difficulty (part of a series on Our Deep Capacity for Healing)
- Apr 19, Sarah Bryce: Love on the Path of Insight
- Apr 12, Scott Bryce: Anatta, the Buddha’s teaching of not-self
- Apr 5, Ron Vereen: Our Deep Capacity for Healing
- Mar 29, Jeanne van Gemert: The Skill of Experiencing the Ease of Well-Being (the intersectionality of Concentration, Equanimity and Impermanence)
- Mar 15, Francesca Morfesis: Cultivating a felt sense of a “field of care” in our meditation practice
- Mar 8, Scott Bryce: Ambivalence, Mixed Feelings, and Mixed Emotions
- Mar 1, Ron Vereen: The Value of Inquiry and Contemplation
- Feb 15, Sharon Shelton: Grief, Impermanence, Love
- Feb 8, Ron Vereen: Exploring the Truth of Change
- Feb 1, Ron Vereen: Entering the Wonderland of the Buddha (part of a series on the continuum from Investigation to Realization)
- Jan 18, C. Kip Lee: Practicing Intimacy With Life: Keep calmly knowing change
- Jan 11, Scott Bryce: Uncertainty (follow-up to December talk on doubt)
- Jan 4, Ron Vereen: Resolutions to Resolve (part of a series on the continuum from Investigation to Realization)
2022
- Dec 21, Karen Ziegler: Dharma talk (untitled)
- Dec 14, Scott Bryce: Doubt, afflictive and skillful aspects
- Dec 7, Ron Vereen: Resource of Reflective Thought (part of a series on the continuum from Investigation to Realization)
- Nov 30, Francesca Morfesis: What is Samahdi? (Start of a series of talks on re-incorporating the ‘carrot’ in our practice–practices for nourishment, rest, protection–that support an experience of freedom.)
- Nov 16, Sarah Bryce: Forgiveness. (Exploration continued from a previous talk in July)
- Nov 9, Scott Bryce: Reflection on the election (talk and Sangha discussion)
- Nov 2, Ron Vereen: Is thinking really the problem? (part of series on continuum from investigation to Realization)
- Oct 19, Kip Lee: Justice Is What Love Looks Like in Public.
- Oct 12, Ron Vereen and Karen Ziegler: The Dharma in Our Times
- Oct 5, Scott Bryce: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
- Sep 21, Jeanne van Gemert: Going Forth: What it meant in the time of the Buddha and its importance for us now.
- Sep 14, Scott Bryce: The teachings of the Buddha on Delight
- Sep 7, Ron Vereen: Investigation (Part of a series on the continuum from Investigation to Realization)
- Aug 31, Sharon Shelton: Wise Intention
- Aug 24, Jeff Brantley: It’s All in How You Look at It
- Aug 17, Kip Lee: Kind Presence: Calming the energetic body to reconnect with the heart
- Aug 10, Scott Bryce: Letting Go. (Letting go of, letting go into, letting be)
- Aug 3, Ron Vereen: Investigation to Realization. (Start of a series on this topic.)
- Jul 20, Sarah Bryce: Forgiveness as a Practice
- Jul 13, Scott Bryce: A Candle in the Wind: Craving, Karma & Extinguishment
- Jul 6, Ron Vereen: The Heart’s Longing
- Jun 29, Karen Ziegler: What is your practice?
- Jun 15, Francesca Morfesis: The Wisdom of Desire
- Jun 8, Scott Bryce: The Buddha’s teachings for guidance in considering the question, “what is an appropriate response to what’s happening in the world these days?”
- Jun 1, Ron Vereen: Bearing Witness and Opening to the Difficult
- May 18, Kip Lee: Life As Practice: taking refuge in the Dhamma
- May 11, Scott Bryce: Willpower and intention; their role in our practice, in daily life, and in the Buddha’s teaching.
- May 4, Ron Vereen: Can there really be compassion for all? (Continued series)
- Apr 20, Karen Ziegler: The third refuge: portal to liberation.
- Apr 13, Scott Bryce: Buddhist biology
- Apr 6, Ron Vereen: Can there really be compassion for all? (Continued series)
