(Cambridge Insight Meditation Center) Anatta, or non-self, is a core teaching of the Buddha, and yet can be confusing and bewildering. Sometimes the sense of self loves trying to get rid of itself, all the while maintaining itself on subtle levels. Yet, anatta is our true nature, and we release and relax into non-separation and unity. Qualities of compassion and the heart often support this understanding more than our intellect. This talk will explore anatta from a practical and experiential perspective.

Tim Geil: Exploring Anatta: Non-Self

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This Dhamma talk, comments,  questions and responses was offered on September 19, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”

00:00  -  DHAMMA TALK
32:22  -  COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This Dhamma talk, comments, questions and responses was offered on September 19, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - DHAMMA TALK 32:22 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This Dhamma talk, comments,  questions and responses was offered on September 19, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”

00:00  -  DHAMMA TALK
32:22  -  COMMENTS, QUESTIONS &amp; RESPONSES

Ayya Santussika: The Never Ending, Constant, Kaleidoscope of Change

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We review the importance of giving attention to ethical practice, and how it has often been marginalized in Western Buddhism, with meditation typically being at the center (as is evident in speaking of “meditation centers” and “meditation groups”). Wise Speech, as one of the three aspects of ethical practice named in the Noble Eightfold Path, is particularly important in contemporary Western practice; we can have an opportunity for many hours a day of spiritual practice if we bring Wise Speech practice into our lives!
The Buddha’s four guidelines for Wise Speech were truthfulness, helpfulness, care and kindness, and appropriateness (especially good timing). We focus, in this second talk on the first guideline of truthfulness, on how we understand and practice being truthful in our relational and social lives, with reference also to how truthfulness is understood in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions. We see how truthfulness is crucial in communities and societies, what the consequences are of a lack of truthfulness, and how one dimension of our Wise Speech practice is helping to develop more truthfulness in our communities and societies. The talk is followed by discussion.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We review the importance of giving attention to ethical practice, and how it has often been marginalized in Western Buddhism, with meditation typically being at the center (as is evident in speaking of “meditation centers” and “meditation groups”). Wise Speech, as one of the three aspects of ethical practice named in the Noble Eightfold Path, is particularly important in contemporary Western practice; we can have an opportunity for many hours a day of spiritual practice if we bring Wise Speech practice into our lives! The Buddha’s four guidelines for Wise Speech were truthfulness, helpfulness, care and kindness, and appropriateness (especially good timing). We focus, in this second talk on the first guideline of truthfulness, on how we understand and practice being truthful in our relational and social lives, with reference also to how truthfulness is understood in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions. We see how truthfulness is crucial in communities and societies, what the consequences are of a lack of truthfulness, and how one dimension of our Wise Speech practice is helping to develop more truthfulness in our communities and societies. The talk is followed by discussion.

Donald Rothberg: Practicing the Wise Speech Guideline of Truthfulness: Four Dimensions of Practice 2

(Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community) Drawing on the four foundations of mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths, we explore the difference between the inevitable difficulties of human experience and the suffering that arises through grasping and resistance. By noticing feeling tone, reactivity, and the embodied qualities of tightness and ease, we can begin to recognize moments of release and cultivate a wiser relationship with experience.

Readings from The Life and Letters of Tofu Roshi by Susan Moon; Remembering How I Got Here in the First Place by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer; The Second Music by Annie Lighthart.

(Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community) Drawing on the four foundations of mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths, we explore the difference between the inevitable difficulties of human experience and the suffering that arises through grasping and resistance. By noticing feeling tone, reactivity, and the embodied qualities of tightness and ease, we can begin to recognize moments of release and cultivate a wiser relationship with experience. Readings from The Life and Letters of Tofu Roshi by Susan Moon; Remembering How I Got Here in the First Place by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer; The Second Music by Annie Lighthart.

Jeanne Corrigal: Dharma talk: Finding Freedom in the Bumpy Ride

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This dhamma talk, guided meditation,  comments,  questions and responses was offered on September 26, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”

00:00  -  34:08    DHAMMA TALK
34:08  -  52:29    COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on September 26, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - 34:08 DHAMMA TALK 34:08 - 52:29 COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This dhamma talk, guided meditation,  comments,  questions and responses was offered on September 26, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”

00:00  -  34:08    DHAMMA TALK
34:08  -  52:29    COMMENTS, QUESTIONS &amp; RESPONSES

Ayya Santussika: Nurturing Sangha

Kamala Masters: The Two Guardians of the World

Ajahn Sucitto: From the flood of views to the stream of goodwill

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Joseph Goldstein: Q and A

Ajahn Sucitto: Good people fill up your faith

Ajahn Sucitto: Disengage consciousness, open awareness

Ajahn Sucitto: Moderate drive, widen focus

Ajahn Sucitto: Collect and harvest

Mark Coleman: Monday Night Talk: The Poignancy and Tenderness of Change

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A talk on impermanence, beginning with a version of a classic Jataka story, an updated version of a talk given previously

Greg Scharf: Javana Hamsa - The Swift Swan

Ajahn Sucitto: Flow arises in the body

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