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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.

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All Insight Retreat Center Talks

TitleSpeakerDateLength
Who is responsible for my suffering? (IRC Wed Mini-retreat) Max Erdstein 2020-07-01 27:50DownloadStream
Meditación guiada: Pensamientos
July 27-30 2020: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Dávila		bruni dávila 2020-06-30 33:45DownloadStream
Meditación guiada: Emociones
July 27-30 2020: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Dávila		Andrea Castillo 2020-06-29 45:25DownloadStream
Meditación guiada: Cuerpo
July 27-30 2020: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Dávila		bruni dávila 2020-06-28 42:21DownloadStream
Meditación guiada: Cuerpo y Respiración
July 27-30 2020: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Dávila		Andrea Castillo 2020-06-27 23:38DownloadStream
Second Morning Instructions
LGBTQI Insight Retreat: June 2020, John Martin and bruni dávila		John Martin 2020-06-19 58:52DownloadStream
Guided Metta Body Scan Meditation and Talk on Cultivation of Metta
LGBTQI Insight Retreat: June 2020, John Martin and bruni dávila		John Martin 2020-06-18 63:29DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Becoming Whole
June 4-7: Gil Fronsdal and Max Erdstein		Gil Fronsdal 2020-06-06 57:04DownloadStream
For the benefit of oneself
May 22-25 2020: Insight Retreat with Nikki Mirghafori and Diana Clark		Diana Clark 2020-05-25 9:49DownloadStream
Evening Reflection
May 22-25 2020: Insight Retreat with Nikki Mirghafori and Diana Clark		Diana Clark 2020-05-24 10:07DownloadStream
Liberating Perspectives
May 22-25 2020: Insight Retreat with Nikki Mirghafori and Diana Clark		Nikki Mirghafori 2020-05-24 60:03DownloadStream
For the benefit of others and oneself
May 22-25 2020: Insight Retreat with Nikki Mirghafori and Diana Clark		Diana Clark 2020-05-24 7:48DownloadStream
Evening Tuck-in: Perspective of Appreciation
May 22-25 2020: Insight Retreat with Nikki Mirghafori and Diana Clark		Nikki Mirghafori 2020-05-23 9:24DownloadStream
Sensitive to our experience
May 22-25 2020: Insight Retreat with Nikki Mirghafori and Diana Clark		Diana Clark 2020-05-23 46:00DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Attitudes and the Body
May 22-25 2020: Insight Retreat with Nikki Mirghafori and Diana Clark		Nikki Mirghafori 2020-05-23 1:10:43DownloadStream
For the benefit of others
May 22-25 2020: Insight Retreat with Nikki Mirghafori and Diana Clark		Diana Clark 2020-05-23 10:58DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: What is Actually Happening?
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Andrea Fella 2020-05-13 5:56DownloadStream
Clear Comprehension of Suitability
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension
Andrea Fella 2020-05-12 50:46DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Responsive Awareness
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-05-12 54:24DownloadStream
Non-Delusion about Self and Not-self
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-05-11 54:01DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Impermanence
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Andrea Fella 2020-05-11 11:00DownloadStream
Guided Instructions: Perception of Impermanence
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Andrea Fella 2020-05-11 21:10DownloadStream
The Perception of Impermanence
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Andrea Fella 2020-05-10 50:25DownloadStream
Reflections on Online Retreats
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-05-09 36:55DownloadStream
Further Reflections on the Bahiya Sutta
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Andrea Fella 2020-05-09 9:48DownloadStream
Morning Instructions: In the Seen is Only the Seen
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Andrea Fella 2020-05-09 16:27DownloadStream
Recognizing Delusion
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension
Andrea Fella 2020-05-08 58:42DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Ease and How We Lose the Ease
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-05-08 53:15DownloadStream
Clear Comprehension of Domain
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-05-07 44:22DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Awareness of the Relationship to Experience
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Andrea Fella 2020-05-07 13:52DownloadStream
Morning Instructions: Aware of the Relationship to Experience
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Andrea Fella 2020-05-07 14:23DownloadStream
Reflection: Some Experiences are Diffuse
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Andrea Fella 2020-05-06 31:07DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: This Too
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-05-06 51:54DownloadStream
Clear Comprehension of Purpose
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-05-05 57:33DownloadStream
Reflection on Continuity
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Andrea Fella 2020-05-05 7:54DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Relax, Receive, Allow
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Andrea Fella 2020-05-05 26:13DownloadStream
The Quality of Clear Comprehension
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Andrea Fella 2020-05-04 43:04DownloadStream
Guided Instruction: Simplicity of Attention without Self-reference
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-05-04 61:30DownloadStream
Opening, Precepts and Refuges
May 3-13, 2020: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella: Clear Comprehension 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-05-03 24:58DownloadStream
Brief Reflections on Talking Practice
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-18 4:52DownloadStream
Remember the Awareness
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-18 9:11DownloadStream
Transitioning from Retreat
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-18 15:39DownloadStream
Respecting Experience, Appreciating Practice
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-17 9:46DownloadStream
Experiencing Wisdom
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-17 38:23DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Impermanence
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-17 15:11DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: Impermanence
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-17 13:07DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: A Gradual Unfolding
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-16 10:27DownloadStream
Afternoon Reflections: Uncontrollability and Not-Self; Different kinds of concentration
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-16 31:43DownloadStream
Mental Formation: Shapers Of Experience
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)
Andrea Fella 2020-04-16 16:12DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: What is the Nature of...?
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-16 24:09DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Awareness of Awareness
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-15 13:30DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Aware of Awareness
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-15 21:40DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: What is Actually Happening?
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-14 8:23DownloadStream
Afternoon Reflections: More on Continuity
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-14 33:21DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Continuity
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-14 15:09DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: Supports For Continuity
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-14 21:56DownloadStream
Looking At and Being With: Different Ways Awareness Feels
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-13 13:28DownloadStream
Afternoon Reflections: Dharma Practice as Conditions
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-13 41:15DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Conditionality
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-13 10:47DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: Aware of the Relationship Between Physical and Mental Processes
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-13 24:56DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Wisdom, Allowing and Love
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-12 12:12DownloadStream
Afternoon Reflection
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)
Andrea Fella 2020-04-12 45:58DownloadStream
Morning Instruction: Awareness of Thought
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-12 42:30DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: This is the Way the Practice is Supposed to Feel
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-11 8:52DownloadStream
Afternoon Reflections
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)
Andrea Fella 2020-04-11 44:48DownloadStream
Receptive Awareness: Guided Meditation
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-11 15:48DownloadStream
Receptive Awareness: Basic Instructions
April 11-18, 2020: Awareness and Wisdom (Online Retreat)		Andrea Fella 2020-04-11 58:45DownloadStream
Q and A
Feb 22-29 2020: Gil Fronsdal, Dawn Scott & Neesha Patel 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-02-28 36:42DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Effortless Mindfulness
Feb 22-29 2020: Gil Fronsdal, Dawn Scott & Neesha Patel 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-02-28 51:22DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Stability and Steadiness
Feb 22-29 2020: Gil Fronsdal, Dawn Scott & Neesha Patel 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-02-27 51:17DownloadStream
Five Faculties: Concentration
Feb 22-29 2020: Gil Fronsdal, Dawn Scott & Neesha Patel 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-02-26 45:48DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Thinking
Feb 22-29 2020: Gil Fronsdal, Dawn Scott & Neesha Patel 		Dawn Scott 2020-02-26 41:53DownloadStream
Five Faculties: Mindfulness
Feb 22-29 2020: Gil Fronsdal, Dawn Scott & Neesha Patel 		Dawn Scott 2020-02-25 55:52DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Body
Feb 22-29 2020: Gil Fronsdal, Dawn Scott & Neesha Patel 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-02-24 46:13DownloadStream
Five Faculties: Faith
Feb 22-29 2020: Gil Fronsdal, Dawn Scott & Neesha Patel 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-02-23 45:36DownloadStream
Wecome, Five Faculties, Refuges, and Precepts
Feb 22-29 2020: Gil Fronsdal, Dawn Scott & Neesha Patel 		Gil Fronsdal 2020-02-22 29:43DownloadStream
The Perfections Myth; Q and A
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		Gil Fronsdal 2020-02-01 37:28DownloadStream
The Perfection of Equanimity
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		Gulwinder (Gullu) Singh 2020-02-01 33:18DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Review of Mindfulness Instruction
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		Gulwinder (Gullu) Singh 2020-02-01 42:01DownloadStream
The Perfection of Loving-Kindness
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		bruni dávila 2020-01-31 40:14DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Attitude
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		Gil Fronsdal 2020-01-31 48:51DownloadStream
The Perfections of Truth and Determination
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		Gil Fronsdal 2020-01-30 52:54DownloadStream
Guided instructions: Mindfulness of Thinking
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		Gulwinder (Gullu) Singh 2020-01-30 42:07DownloadStream
The Perfections of Effort and Patience
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		Gulwinder (Gullu) Singh 2020-01-29 37:55DownloadStream
Guided Instruction: Mindfulness of the Emotions
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		bruni dávila 2020-01-29 40:38DownloadStream
The Perfections of Renunciation and Wisdom
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		bruni dávila 2020-01-28 53:00DownloadStream
Guided Instruction: Mindfulness of the Body
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		Gil Fronsdal 2020-01-28 46:50DownloadStream
The Perfections of Generosity and Integrity
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		Gil Fronsdal 2020-01-27 52:02DownloadStream
Walking instructions
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		bruni dávila 2020-01-27 12:34DownloadStream
Meditation instructions
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		Gulwinder (Gullu) Singh 2020-01-27 43:37DownloadStream
Introductory talk
The Ten Perfections: Jan/Feb 2020, Gil Fronsdal/bruni dávila/Gullu Singh		Gil Fronsdal 2020-01-26 20:09DownloadStream
Wisdom: Benefiting Self and others
Dec 8-15 2019: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella 		Gil Fronsdal 2019-12-14 54:16DownloadStream
Guided Instruction: This Has Come To Be
Dec 8-15 2019: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella 		Andrea Fella 2019-12-14 13:28DownloadStream
Wisdom: Non-clinging
Dec 8-15 2019: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella 		Andrea Fella 2019-12-13 59:24DownloadStream
Wisdom: Three Characterisitcs
Dec 8-15 2019: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella 		Gil Fronsdal 2019-12-12 54:51DownloadStream
Guided Instruction on Body and Mind
Dec 8-15 2019: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella 		Andrea Fella 2019-12-12 31:37DownloadStream
Wisdom: Conditionality
Dec 8-15 2019: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella 		Andrea Fella 2019-12-11 61:13DownloadStream
Guided Instruction on Breath and Emotion
Dec 8-15 2019: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella 		Gil Fronsdal 2019-12-11 50:26DownloadStream
Wisdom: Four Noble Truths
Dec 8-15 2019: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella 		Gil Fronsdal 2019-12-10 54:19DownloadStream
Guided instruction Receptive Awareness of Breathing
Dec 8-15 2019: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella 		Andrea Fella 2019-12-10 31:19DownloadStream
 

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