The Third and concluding talk in the Silent Illumination sub-series on virtuous conduct as a way to extinguish the fires of craving.

The second part of the Virtue sub-series of Silent Illumination.

Over the next three Dharma talks we will take a closer look at the three virtuous fire extinguishers: intention, consciousness, and conduct. This Dharma talk focuses on the first virtue---The Virtue of Intention.

A Dharma talk by Dharma Student Ahm Don Steve Sampson

A continuation of the Silent Illumination series. This talk discusses the Path of Purification (Visuddhimagga) teaching on the development of virtue and how that teaching can be used to create "fire extinguishers" to quell the fires of craving and attachment.

This Dharma talk both reviews the theme of Silent Illumination and explores the ways in which each of us starts and keeps fueling the fires of our cravings. It uses the US Justice Department Manual for Arson Investigation as a guide to help understand the HOW of our arsonist tendencies.

This is a Dharma talk delivered September 2, 2012 to a joint service of the Grand Rapids Buddhist Temple and Zen Center and the All Souls Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Grand Rapids. It is delivered by the Ven Deok Wun.

What is the difference between drooping out of one's life and dropping off one's entanglements? This Dharma talk explores that difference.

This Dharma talk explores the realities of self and personality from the Buddhist perspective. In addition, all teachers and masters quoted are women in keeping with week-long celebration of the feminine in Buddhism and Kuan Yin.

Fifth in the *Silent Illumination Series*. Explores the notion of the fire of ego craving as a subject of vigorous introspection.