Welcome to Insight Retreat Center
Dharma Talks
This site is an archive of Dharma talks given by
Gil Fronsdal, Andrea Fella and various guest speakers 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.
These talks are freely available to download or listen to. Please help support this service with a tax-deductible
donation.
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Sunday Closing Dharmette
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Matthew Brensilver | 2020-12-13 | 24:05 | DownloadStream |
Saturday Evening Reflection: Metta
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-12-12 | 11:18 | DownloadStream |
Saturday Dharma Talk: Freedom to Love
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Matthew Brensilver | 2020-12-12 | 50:43 | DownloadStream |
Saturday Morning Instruction through Mindfulness Practice
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-12-12 | 47:39 | DownloadStream |
Friday Dharma Talk
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-12-11 | 49:00 | DownloadStream |
Friday Morning Instructions: The non-compulsion of awareness
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Matthew Brensilver | 2020-12-11 | 53:58 | DownloadStream |
Thursday Evening Reflection
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-12-10 | 8:07 | DownloadStream |
Thursday Dharma Talk: Not-Self
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Matthew Brensilver | 2020-12-10 | 54:34 | DownloadStream |
Thrusday Morning Instruction: How We Are Aware
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-12-10 | 52:06 | DownloadStream |
Wednesday Evening Reflection: Rohini's Enlightenment Poem
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Matthew Brensilver | 2020-12-09 | 8:47 | DownloadStream |
Wednesday Dharma Talk: Freedom of the Full Moon
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-12-09 | 45:01 | DownloadStream |
Wednesday Morning Instructions: Clarifying Body
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Matthew Brensilver | 2020-12-09 | 51:12 | DownloadStream |
Tuesday Evening Reflection
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-12-08 | 8:53 | DownloadStream |
Tuesday Dharma Talk: Practicing Freely
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Matthew Brensilver | 2020-12-08 | 52:53 | DownloadStream |
Tuesday Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of Breathing
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-12-08 | 55:46 | DownloadStream |
Monday Evening Reflection: A little bit freer
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Matthew Brensilver | 2020-12-07 | 9:55 | DownloadStream |
Monday Dharma Talk: The Path with Freedom
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-12-07 | 46:40 | DownloadStream |
Monday Morning instructions
Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Matthew Brensilver, assisted by Ines Freedman, Dec 6th-13th, 2020 | Matthew Brensilver | 2020-12-07 | 54:35 | DownloadStream |
Six Actions Leading to Delight
Insight Retreat with Gil and Max for people in their 20's and 30's | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-11-15 | 42:02 | DownloadStream |
11.8.20 Sunday Morning Sit with Instructions
Metta Retreat with Nikki and Diana | Nikki Mirghafori | 2020-11-08 | 57:09 | DownloadStream |
11.8.20 Sunday Morning Sitting Meditation with Poem
Metta Retreat with Nikki and Diana | Diana Clark | 2020-11-08 | 30:46 | DownloadStream |
11.7.20 Saturday Evening Reflections
Metta Retreat with Nikki and Diana | Nikki Mirghafori | 2020-11-07 | 14:22 | DownloadStream |
11.7.20 Saturday Dharma Talk
Metta Retreat with Nikki and Diana | Nikki Mirghafori | 2020-11-07 | 60:12 | DownloadStream |
11.7.20 Saturday Afternoon Sitting Meditation with Instructions
Metta Retreat with Nikki and Diana | Diana Clark | 2020-11-07 | 30:40 | DownloadStream |
11.7.20 Saturday Morning Instructions
Metta Retreat with Nikki and Diana | Diana Clark | 2020-11-07 | 58:01 | DownloadStream |
11.7.20 Saturday Morning Sitting Meditation with brief dharmette
Metta Retreat with Nikki and Diana | Diana Clark | 2020-11-07 | 30:25 | DownloadStream |
11.6.20 Friday Evening Reflections
Metta Retreat with Nikki and Diana | Nikki Mirghafori | 2020-11-06 | 13:41 | DownloadStream |
11.6.20 Friday Dharma Talk
Metta Retreat with Nikki and Diana | Diana Clark | 2020-11-06 | 49:42 | DownloadStream |
11.6.20 Friday Afternoon Sitting Meditation with Instructions
Metta Retreat with Nikki and Diana | Nikki Mirghafori | 2020-11-06 | 40:47 | DownloadStream |
11.6.20 - Friday Morning Instructions
Metta Retreat with Nikki and Diana | Nikki Mirghafori | 2020-11-06 | 55:51 | DownloadStream |
11.6.20 Friday Morning Sitting Meditation with brief Meditation
Metta Retreat with Nikki and Diana | Diana Clark | 2020-11-06 | 31:19 | DownloadStream |
Guided Meditation: Solid, Liquid, Gas
6 Day Online Insight Retreat: Oct 2020, Max Erdstein/Matthew Brensilver | Matthew Brensilver | 2020-10-16 | 45:52 | DownloadStream |
Improvisation and the Messiness of Experience
6 Day Online Insight Retreat: Oct 2020, Max Erdstein/Matthew Brensilver | Matthew Brensilver | 2020-10-15 | 45:59 | DownloadStream |
Saying Yes to Life
6 Day Online Insight Retreat: Oct 2020, Max Erdstein/Matthew Brensilver | Max Erdstein | 2020-10-14 | 61:02 | DownloadStream |
Guided Meditation: Radical Permission to Arrive
6 Day Online Insight Retreat: Oct 2020, Max Erdstein/Matthew Brensilver | Matthew Brensilver | 2020-10-14 | 57:02 | DownloadStream |
Thoughts and Emotions
4 day Radical Presence: Courage, Connection, and Love for Personal and Collective Awakening | JoAnna Hardy | 2020-10-03 | 39:54 | DownloadStream |
Radical Presence and Authenticity
4 day Radical Presence: Courage, Connection, and Love for Personal and Collective Awakening | JoAnna Hardy | 2020-10-02 | 59:19 | DownloadStream |
Guided Meditation: Meditating with Generosity
Experienced Students Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Ines Freedman | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-09-23 | 31:29 | DownloadStreamVideo |
Guided Meditation: Letting Be
Experienced Students Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Ines Freedman | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-09-21 | 32:28 | DownloadStreamVideo |
Morning Instructions: Practicing with Thoughts and Emotions
4 Day Online Insight Retreat: Sept 2020, Max Erdstein and Diana Clark | Diana Clark | 2020-09-06 | 59:35 | DownloadStream |
The Meeting of Practice and Self
4 Day Online Insight Retreat: Sept 2020, Max Erdstein and Diana Clark | Diana Clark | 2020-09-05 | 48:43 | DownloadStream |
August 30, 2:30pm - Dharma Talk - Who Can Untangle The Tangle?
4-Day Online Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and assisting teachers. | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-08-30 | 27:23 | DownloadStream |
August 30, 7:30 a.m. Mindfulness of Breathing: Exuberant Joy
4-Day Online Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and assisting teachers. | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-08-30 | 12:00 | DownloadStreamVideo |
August 30, 7:00 a.m. Guided Meditation: Enjoying Breathing
4-Day Online Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and assisting teachers. | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-08-30 | 30:22 | DownloadStreamVideo |
August 29, 4:15pm - Dharma Talk - Mindfulness of Thinking + Friendliness
4-Day Online Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and assisting teachers. | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-08-29 | 41:45 | DownloadStream |
August 29, 7:30 a.m.: Mindfulness of Breathing (6 of 7) Letting Go
4-Day Online Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and assisting teachers. | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-08-29 | 13:24 | DownloadStreamVideo |
August 29, 7:00 a.m. Guided Meditation: Breathing and Letting Go
4-Day Online Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and assisting teachers. | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-08-29 | 33:04 | DownloadStreamVideo |
August 28, 4:15pm - Dharma Talk - Mindfulness of the Body
4-Day Online Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and assisting teachers. | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-08-28 | 44:06 | DownloadStream |
August 28, 7:30 a.m. Dharmette: Intimacy with Breathing
4-Day Online Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and assisting teachers. | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-08-28 | 12:48 | DownloadStream |
August 28, 7:00 am sit: Guided Meditation: Intimacy with Breathing
4-Day Online Insight Retreat with Gil Fronsdal and assisting teachers. | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-08-28 | 31:31 | DownloadStream |
| Preparing Citta not to Burn - IRC mini-retreat
| Matthew Brensilver | 2020-08-26 | 21:48 | DownloadStream |
Mindfulness of Arising and Passing Q+A
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Pamela Weiss | 2020-08-16 | 12:10 | DownloadStream |
Mindfulness of Arising and Passing
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Pamela Weiss | 2020-08-16 | 37:05 | DownloadStream |
Impermanence and Longing Q+A
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Pamela Weiss | 2020-08-15 | 27:21 | DownloadStream |
Impermanence and Longing
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Pamela Weiss | 2020-08-15 | 32:12 | DownloadStream |
Presence and Absence Q+A
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Andrea Fella | 2020-08-15 | 15:17 | DownloadStream |
Fourth Foundation: Presence and Absence
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Andrea Fella | 2020-08-15 | 42:12 | DownloadStream |
Exploring Mind States Q+A
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Andrea Fella | 2020-08-14 | 17:48 | DownloadStream |
Exploring Mind States
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Andrea Fella | 2020-08-14 | 44:00 | DownloadStream |
Mental states Q+A
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Pamela Weiss | 2020-08-14 | 14:01 | DownloadStream |
Mindfulness of Mental States
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Pamela Weiss | 2020-08-14 | 43:31 | DownloadStream |
Vedana Q+A
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Pamela Weiss | 2020-08-13 | 22:55 | DownloadStream |
Vedana
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Pamela Weiss | 2020-08-13 | 37:42 | DownloadStream |
Mindfulness of Feeling Tone (Vedana)
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Andrea Fella | 2020-08-13 | 43:38 | DownloadStream |
Body Q+A
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Andrea Fella | 2020-08-12 | 5:44 | DownloadStream |
Satipatthana Overview and Mindfulness of Body
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Andrea Fella | 2020-08-12 | 52:19 | DownloadStream |
Breath and Body
Satipatthana retreat: Aug 2020, Andrea Fella/Pamela Weiss | Pamela Weiss | 2020-08-12 | 68:15 | DownloadStream |
| Guided Meditation
| Andrea Fella | 2020-08-06 | 11:55 | DownloadStream |
Reflection: What is your deepest intention?
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-29 | 34:24 | DownloadStream |
| Andrea Fella | 2020-07-28 | 51:11 | DownloadStream |
Against the Stream; With the Stream
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-28 | 11:11 | DownloadStream |
Guided Meditation: Knowing the World, Here and Now
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-28 | 9:35 | DownloadStream |
One Abides Independent, Not Clinging to Anything in the World
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-27 | 55:38 | DownloadStream |
A Natural Movement Towards Release
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-27 | 16:32 | DownloadStream |
Guided Meditation: Wisdom Doing Its Job
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-27 | 13:50 | DownloadStream |
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Spontaneous Vajra Song
(PDF)
| Andrea Fella | 2020-07-26 | 64:44 | DownloadStream |
Different ways we might relate to opening to truth
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-26 | 12:55 | DownloadStream |
Guided Meditation: What is true in this moment?
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-26 | 19:36 | DownloadStream |
Simple Awareness: In the Seen is Only the Seen
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-25 | 56:51 | DownloadStream |
Opening to Different Relationships to Not Knowing
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-25 | 14:15 | DownloadStream |
Guided Meditation: Not Knowing
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-25 | 20:11 | DownloadStream |
Cultivating the Perception of Impermanence
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-24 | 59:06 | DownloadStream |
Further Reflections on Impermanence
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-24 | 12:20 | DownloadStream |
Guided Meditation: Impermanent Nature of Experience
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-24 | 19:58 | DownloadStream |
Reflections on Love and Wisdom
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-23 | 52:17 | DownloadStream |
Further Reflections on Awareness of Awareness
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-23 | 12:28 | DownloadStream |
Guided Meditation: Aware of Awareness
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-23 | 22:18 | DownloadStream |
Conditionality: Dependent Co-Arising
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-22 | 62:14 | DownloadStream |
Keeping the Practice Simple
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-22 | 5:36 | DownloadStream |
Morning Reflection: Conditioned Nature of Experience
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-22 | 27:18 | DownloadStream |
| Andrea Fella | 2020-07-21 | 60:45 | DownloadStream |
Aware While Thinking
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-21 | 16:19 | DownloadStream |
Morning Reflection: No Need to Change Experience to be Aware
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-21 | 16:44 | DownloadStream |
Awareness as the Five Faculties Working Together
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-20 | 56:36 | DownloadStream |
Further Reflections on Continuity
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-20 | 10:07 | DownloadStream |
Guided Meditation: Supports for Continuity
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-20 | 24:46 | DownloadStream |
Afternoon Reflections and Questions
July 19 -29, 2020: Mindfulness of Mind (Online Retreat) with Andrea Fella | Andrea Fella | 2020-07-19 | 40:46 | DownloadStream |
Sunday Closing Session
July 16-19, 2020: Strengths and Insights with Gil Fronsdal | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-07-19 | 1:20:13 | DownloadStream |
Sunday pm Dharma Talk: Not-Self
July 16-19, 2020: Strengths and Insights with Gil Fronsdal | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-07-19 | 48:11 | DownloadStream |
Sunday 2 om Meditation
July 16-19, 2020: Strengths and Insights with Gil Fronsdal | Gil Fronsdal | 2020-07-19 | 30:27 | DownloadStream |
