Tea with Mara

Regular people, regularly doing great things. In this Dharma talk and meditation, I invoke the names or teachings of several teachers. Two in particular. I talk about how great it would have been to witness a person embody the dharma so fully, and why we don't have to wish we had met those teachers. Enjoy!

This dharma talk on the fourth hindrance of restlessness and worry is beneficial by itself, but is actually the third in a series of talks about equanimity and letting go of preferences, and how to do so. The previous two talks posted are complete the trio if you want to hear them in relation to one another. Either way, enjoy!

Answering a question from the community at Monday's Equanimity talk on how to let go of preferences, this dharma talk discusses the topic further and is followed by a short meditation. Enjoy!

Dharma Talk from Mindfulness Monday in the TwT Community, speaking on the topic of equanimity, followed by a meditation. Hope you enjoy!

A short Dharmette on facing our fears from Two Hands Sangha. A sangha member shared that their child was afraid of the dark, and fear is something we all can learn to handle better, so I share about demons and tree spirits and what they can teach us about fear and compassion. Enjoy!

An off the cuff, lighthearted evening about starting the new year with a routine practice or bolstering an existing one. We also cover the basics of buddhism as a system, with a highly paraphrased short version of the core teachings and practices. I hope you enjoy!

A brief New Year's Day talk about Intentions, a meditation contemplating the year ahead, sharing of community Intentions, an offering (to those present and interested) of the Three Refuge's and the Five Precepts were all a part of this beautiful evening together. This was a special night, and I hope you'll find it useful.

Dharma Talk/Meditation reflecting on our past year of practice, and preparing us for the New Years Day Intention Setting Ceremony. Pondering questions in the form of a meditation reflecting on the past year of practice as a way of preparing ourselves to set our intentions for 2024. I have a document with 30 questions (15 reflections and 15 to ponder for next year) available on my website, on the Together with Tripp Discord, or by request. Hopefully it will be linked in this Podcast post as well. Please let me know if I can help.

This very brief "Dharmette" was offered on Christmas Day 2023 for an intimate group in VRChat. The short talk was focused on how to deal with changing plans at the holidays and how I navigated that myself. We did a lengthy sharing portion, which isn't recorded, so I explain that in the middle where the sharing would have been, and follow it with a meditation. I hope you'll find some usefulness in this sharing!

It's Christmas Eve, so no Sangha tonight. I've been looking for an excuse to share this one again from April 13th 2023, so I really hope you'll listen to this one. It's very special to me on so many levels. And of course, there's some great dharma here. Enjoy this Dharma talk and meditation inspired by the one and only Miya Folick. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the talk, and the music. Check them both out!