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

Title	Speaker	Date	Length	Length/ Date
Love, Grief and Inconsolability	Matthew Brensilver	2026.01.17	37:25	37:25 2026.01.17
Guided Metta meditation	Matthew Brensilver	2026.01.17	3:35:11	3:35:11 2026.01.17
Functions of heart practice: cultivation, concentration, purification	Matthew Brensilver	2026.01.17	39:37	39:37 2026.01.17
Orienting and ruling out the alternatives to love	Matthew Brensilver	2026.01.17	52:56	52:56 2026.01.17
Liberative Anicca	Kim Allen, Andrea Castillo	2026.01.10	37:39	37:39 2026.01.10
Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Thinking	Andrea Castillo	2026.01.10	44:01	44:01 2026.01.10
Training Toward Perception of Impermanence	Andrea Castillo	2026.01.09	35:01	35:01 2026.01.09
Guided Meditation: Emotions through the Body	Kim Allen	2026.01.09	40:37	40:37 2026.01.09
Anicca Linked to Dukkha	Kim Allen	2026.01.08	46:03	46:03 2026.01.08
Guided Meditation: Body and Breath	Andrea Castillo	2026.01.08	35:44	35:44 2026.01.08
Wisdom	Dawn Neal	2025.12.20	49:25	49:25 2025.12.20
Metta practice	Bob Stahl	2025.12.19	28:06	28:06 2025.12.19
Concentration Faculty/Strength	Bob Stahl	2025.12.19	58:02	58:02 2025.12.19
Energy and Effort: Faculty/Strength	Bob Stahl	2025.12.17	52:30	52:30 2025.12.17
Faith	Mary Grace Orr	2025.12.16	42:18	42:18 2025.12.16
The Lived Experience of the Five Faculties	Dawn Neal	2025.12.15	50:11	50:11 2025.12.15
Don't Make it Worse	Gil Fronsdal	2025.11.01	42:24	42:24 2025.11.01
Evening Reflection: Metta	Gil Fronsdal	2025.10.31	30:45	30:45 2025.10.31
Wisdom and Aversion	Andrea Castillo	2025.10.31	35:07	35:07 2025.10.31
Guided Meditation: Space, Stillness, Silence	Gil Fronsdal	2025.10.31	43:26	43:26 2025.10.31
Samadhi and Restlessness	Gil Fronsdal	2025.10.30	57:37	57:37 2025.10.30
Contemplating Mind	Andrea Castillo	2025.10.30	40:12	40:12 2025.10.30
Energy and Sloth and Torpor	Andrea Castillo	2025.10.29	29:51	29:51 2025.10.29
Guided Instructions: Mindfulness of Emotions	Gil Fronsdal	2025.10.29	47:26	47:26 2025.10.29
Mindfulness and Sensual Desire	Gil Fronsdal	2025.10.28	52:54	52:54 2025.10.28