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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
Introduction to Mindfulness    
Five Hindrances    
Walking Meditation     04/03/03 [Download] [Play] 41:48
Mental Noting  (PDF) 07/20/08 [Download] [Play] 46:15

Four Noble Truths & the Eightfold Path

Topic Date Length
Four Noble Truths (Transcription)     01/10/05 [Download] [Play] 46:55
Eightfold Path     08/18/03 [Download] [Play] 42:45
    09/03/06 [Download] [Play] 41:49
   1. Right View:    
       a) Karma     06/01/03 [Download] [Play] 39:55
           Karma & Intention     04/03/06 [Download] [Play] 51:19
       b) The Three Characteristics:    
           i) Impermanence     05/16/05 [Download] [Play] 39:45
           ii) Dukkha - Cessation of
               Suffering    		 01/16/05 [Download] [Play] 42:18
06/06/05 [Download] [Play] 42:16
           iii) Not-Self 06/13/05 [Download] [Play] 42:29
   2. Right Intention (Part 1 of 2) 04/28/04 [Download] [Play] 48:09
       Right Intention (Part 2 of 2) 04/28/04 [Download] [Play] 25:14
       Right Intention 10/08/06 [Download] [Play] 36:14
       a) Ahimsa - Non-Harming     07/20/03 [Download] [Play] 43:26
       b) Metta - Lovingkindness     04/10/06 [Download] [Play] 41:57
       c) Renunciation & Ease     12/12/04 [Download] [Play] 40:53
   3. Right Action: Five Precepts 08/07/03 [Download] [Play] 54:06
       Five Precepts 10/03/05 [Download] [Play] 41:09
       a) Not Killing     10/10/05 [Download] [Play] 47:14
       b) Not Taking What Is Not Given     10/17/05 [Download] [Play] 33:05
       c) Not Committing Sexual Misconduct     10/25/05 [Download] [Play] 51:32
       d) Not Lying     11/07/05 [Download] [Play] 45:32
       e) Not Taking Intoxicants     11/14/05 [Download] [Play] 44:25
   4. Right Speech: Truth 05/23/05 [Download] [Play] 43:53
   5. Right Livelihood 01/28/07 [Download] [Play] 37:22
   6. Right Effort 05/17/04 [Download] [Play] 38:08
       a) Preventing Unwholesome States     11/13/05 [Download] [Play] 41:28
       b) Letting Go of Unwholesome States     11/10/05 [Download] [Play] 40:52
       c) Cultivating Wholesome States     11/27/05 [Download] [Play] 29:27
       d) Maintaining Wholesome States     12/04/05 [Download] [Play] 40:51
   7. Right Mindfulness     06/13/04 [Download] [Play] 52:01
   8. Right Concentration    
       Concentration 06/14/04 [Download] [Play] 45:31
       Contrasting Mindfulness & Concentration 06/25/06 [Download] [Play] 38:01

Deepening Practice

Topic Date Length
Taking Refuge     01/14/07 [Download] [Play] 34:07
Concentration Series    
Three Poisons:    
   1. Greed - Desire & Craving     05/29/06 [Download] [Play] 46:24
   2. Aversion - Anger     08/29/05 [Download] [Play] 48:28
   3. Delusion     04/08/07 [Download] [Play] 44:06
Five Faculties    
Seven Factors of Enlightenment     09/27/04 [Download] [Play] 41:47
Ten Paramis    
Four Foundations of Mindfulness    09/16/02 [Download] [Play] 44:03
Metta     09/06/01 [Download] [Play] 34:14
   Guided Metta     09/06/01 [Download] [Play] 27:55
   Guided Forgiveness     09/06/01 [Download] [Play] 15:02
Intermediate Mindfulness    
Fear     01/20/03 [Download] [Play] 42:27
Pain     11/11/02 [Download] [Play] 50:05
Investigation     03/18/02 [Download] [Play] 38:42
Mindfulness of Heart-Mind Quality 11/04/07 [Download] [Play] 43:08
Not Self (Anatta)    








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