Recommended Talks
This list of talks is a recommended sequence for learning many of the essentials of mindfulness, insight meditation, and Buddhist teachings and practice. They have been selected from the talks archived on this site.
Meditation Fundamentals
| Topic | Date | Length | ||
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| Introduction to Mindfulness | ||||
| Five Hindrances | ||||
| Walking Meditation | 2003-04-03 | 41:48 | Download | Stream |
| Mental Noting (Transcription) | 2008-07-20 | 46:15 | Download | Stream |
Four Noble Truths & the Eightfold Path
| Topic | Date | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Noble Truths (Transcription) | 2005-01-10 | 46:55 | Download | Stream |
| Eightfold Path (Transcription) | 2003-08-18 | 42:45 | Download | Stream |
| Eightfold Path (Transcription) | 2006-09-03 | 41:49 | Download | Stream |
| 1. Right View: Right Understanding | 2007-07-23 | 45:24 | Download | Stream |
| a) Karma (Transcription) | 2003-06-01 | 39:55 | Download | Stream |
| Karma & Intention (Transcription) | 2006-04-03 | 51:19 | Download | Stream |
| b) The Three Characteristics: | ||||
| i) Impermanence (Transcription) | 2005-05-16 | 39:45 | Download | Stream |
| ii) Dukkha - Cessation of Suffering |
2005-01-16 | 42:18 | Download | Stream |
| 2005-06-06 | 42:16 | Download | Stream | |
| iii) Not-Self | 2005-06-13 | 42:29 | Download | Stream |
| 2. Right Intention (Part 1 of 2) | 2004-04-28 | 48:09 | Download | Stream |
| Right Intention (Part 2 of 2) | 2004-04-28 | 25:14 | Download | Stream |
| Right Intention | 2006-10-08 | 36:14 | Download | Stream |
| a) Ahimsa - Non-Harming | 2003-07-20 | 43:26 | Download | Stream |
| b) Metta - Lovingkindness | 2006-04-10 | 41:57 | Download | Stream |
| c) Renunciation & Ease | 2004-12-12 | 40:53 | Download | Stream |
| 3. Right Action: Five Precepts | 2003-08-07 | 54:06 | Download | Stream |
| Five Precepts | 2005-10-03 | 41:09 | Download | Stream |
| a) Not Killing | 2005-10-10 | 47:14 | Download | Stream |
| b) Not Taking What Is Not Given | 2005-10-17 | 33:05 | Download | Stream |
| c) Not Committing Sexual Misconduct | 2005-10-25 | 51:32 | Download | Stream |
| d) Not Lying | 2005-11-07 | 45:32 | Download | Stream |
| e) Not Taking Intoxicants | 2005-11-14 | 44:25 | Download | Stream |
| 4. Right Speech: Truth | 2005-05-23 | 43:53 | Download | Stream |
| 5. Right Livelihood | 2007-01-28 | 37:22 | Download | Stream |
| 6. Right Effort | 2004-05-17 | 38:08 | Download | Stream |
| a) Preventing Unwholesome States | 2005-11-13 | 41:28 | Download | Stream |
| b) Letting Go of Unwholesome States | 2005-11-10 | 40:52 | Download | Stream |
| c) Cultivating Wholesome States | 2005-11-27 | 29:27 | Download | Stream |
| d) Maintaining Wholesome States | 2005-12-04 | 40:51 | Download | Stream |
| 7. Right Mindfulness | 2004-06-13 | 52:01 | Download | Stream |
| 8. Right Concentration | ||||
| Concentration | 2004-06-14 | 45:31 | Download | Stream |
| Contrasting Mindfulness & Concentration | 2006-06-25 | 38:01 | Download | Stream |
Deepening Practice
| Topic | Date | Length | ||
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| Taking Refuge | 2007-01-14 | 34:07 | Download | Stream |
| Concentration Series | ||||
| Three Poisons: | ||||
| 1. Greed - Desire & Craving | 2006-05-29 | 46:24 | Download | Stream |
| 2. Aversion - Anger | 2005-08-29 | 48:28 | Download | Stream |
| 3. Delusion | 2007-04-08 | 44:06 | Download | Stream |
| Five Faculties | ||||
| Seven Factors of Enlightenment | 2004-09-27 | 41:47 | Download | Stream |
| Ten Paramis | ||||
| Four Foundations of Mindfulness | 2002-09-16 | 44:03 | Download | Stream |
| Metta | 2001-09-06 | 34:14 | Download | Stream |
| Guided Metta | 2001-09-06 | 27:55 | Download | Stream |
| Guided Forgiveness | 2001-09-06 | 15:02 | Download | Stream |
| Intermediate Mindfulness | ||||
| Fear | 2003-01-20 | 42:27 | Download | Stream |
| Pain | 2002-11-11 | 50:05 | Download | Stream |
| Investigation | 2002-03-18 | 38:42 | Download | Stream |
| Mindfulness of Heart-Mind Quality | 2007-11-04 | 43:08 | Download | Stream |
| Not Self (Anatta) |
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