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
Closing: Guided meditation	Francisco Morillo Gable	2025.04.13	45:24	45:24 2025.04.13
Freedom with Thoughts	Diana Clark	2025.04.12	53:36	53:36 2025.04.12
Saturday: Second Guided Meditation	Francisco Morillo Gable	2025.04.12	1:00:04	1:00:04 2025.04.12
Mindfulness of Emotions & Thoughts	Ines Freedman	2025.04.12	44:43	44:43 2025.04.12
Friday: Dharma Talk	Francisco Morillo Gable	2025.04.11	56:51	56:51 2025.04.11
Freedom with Emotions	Ines Freedman	2025.04.11	44:33	44:33 2025.04.11
Friday: 2nd Guided meditation and movement instructions	Francisco Morillo Gable	2025.04.11	57:11	57:11 2025.04.11
Mindfulness of the Breath and Body	Diana Clark	2025.04.11	43:32	43:32 2025.04.11
Mindfulness of the Breath - Guided Meditation	Diana Clark	2025.04.10	21:43	21:43 2025.04.10
Opening: Reflections on tranquility	Francisco Morillo Gable	2025.04.10	23:34	23:34 2025.04.10
Evening Reflections	Matthew Brensilver	2025.03.22	06:41	06:41 2025.03.22
Talk: Spiritual Friendship and Sila as Our Practice	Matthew Brensilver	2025.03.22	48:28	48:28 2025.03.22
Guided Meditation: Mostly Quiet Sit	Matthew Brensilver	2025.03.21	34:14	34:14 2025.03.21
Talk: Knowing, Not-Knowing, Selfing	Matthew Brensilver	2025.03.20	47:56	47:56 2025.03.20
Evening Reflections - A Poem	Matthew Brensilver	2025.03.20	04:08	04:08 2025.03.20
Guided Meditation: Life without Words	Matthew Brensilver	2025.03.19	41:37	41:37 2025.03.19
Talk: Whys and Hows of Effort - Energy & Bhava Tanha	Matthew Brensilver	2025.03.18	50:11	50:11 2025.03.18
Guided Meditation: Being Held, Settling In	Matthew Brensilver	2025.03.17	50:10	50:10 2025.03.17
Talk on Wednesday	Max Erdstein	2025.03.10	--	-- 2025.03.10
Tuesday evening reflections	bruni dávila	2025.03.04	30:05	30:05 2025.03.04
Guided Meditation: Open Awareness	Marjolein Janssen	2025.01.17	54:00	54:00 2025.01.17
Appreciation Practice	Marjolein Janssen	2025.01.16	05:21	05:21 2025.01.16
Noticing and Nourishing Beauty	Marjolein Janssen	2025.01.16	46:01	46:01 2025.01.16
Guided Meditation: Emotions and RAIN	Marjolein Janssen	2025.01.15	55:23	55:23 2025.01.15
The Five Hindrances and How Mindfulness and Metta are a Support	Marjolein Janssen	2025.01.14	1:01:38	1:01:38 2025.01.14