Welcome to Insight Retreat Center Dharma Talks
This site is an archive of Dharma talks given during retreats at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA.
Each talk illuminates aspects of the Buddha's teachings. The purpose is the same that the Buddha had for his teachings, to guide us toward the end of suffering and the attainment of freedom.
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All Talks
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| Practicing Freedom | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.25 | 56:15 | 56:15 2026.04.25 |
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| Knowledge of Freedom | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.24 | 40:47 | 40:47 2026.04.24 |
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| Allowing the Releasing of Clinging | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.24 | 53:09 | 53:09 2026.04.24 |
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| Freedom | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.23 | 47:49 | 47:49 2026.04.23 |
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| Dispassion in Practice | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.23 | 53:30 | 53:30 2026.04.23 |
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| Dispassion | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.22 | 41:49 | 41:49 2026.04.22 |
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| Disenchantment with the "Surface Mind" | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.22 | 17:12 | 17:12 2026.04.22 |
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| Disenchantment: Breaking the Spell of Illusion | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.21 | 51:56 | 51:56 2026.04.21 |
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| Noticing Becoming | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.21 | 53:21 | 53:21 2026.04.21 |
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| Knowledge and Vision | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.20 | 52:22 | 52:22 2026.04.20 |
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| The Movements of "Yes" and "No" | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.20 | 21:50 | 21:50 2026.04.20 |
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| Samadhi | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.19 | 43:27 | 43:27 2026.04.19 |
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| Settledness | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.19 | 48:08 | 48:08 2026.04.19 |
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| Well-being and Self-Preoccupations Falling Away | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.18 | 47:09 | 47:09 2026.04.18 |
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| Tranquility | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.17 | 44:42 | 44:42 2026.04.17 |
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| Noticing the Mood Music | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.17 | 53:26 | 53:26 2026.04.17 |
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| Flowing Joy | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.16 | 46:30 | 46:30 2026.04.16 |
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| Breathing as Forest Bathing | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.16 | 53:33 | 53:33 2026.04.16 |
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| Gladness | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.15 | 45:14 | 45:14 2026.04.15 |
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| Knowing and Sensing | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.15 | 52:26 | 52:26 2026.04.15 |
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| Trusting the Dharma | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.14 | 43:52 | 43:52 2026.04.14 |
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| Appreciating What's Going Well | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.14 | 49:54 | 49:54 2026.04.14 |
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| To Hold Suffering with What is Not Suffering | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.13 | 45:04 | 45:04 2026.04.13 |
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| Knowing, Feeling, Relaxing | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.04.13 | 49:28 | 49:28 2026.04.13 |
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| Four Foundation: Four Noble Truths | Gil Fronsdal | 2026.03.07 | 48:16 | 48:16 2026.03.07 |