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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
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
Wisdom: Skillful and unskillful
Dec 8-15 2019: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella 		Andrea Fella 2019-12-09 53:18DownloadStream
Walking Instruction
Dec 8-15 2019: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella 		Andrea Fella 2019-12-09 18:48DownloadStream
Posture Instruction
Dec 8-15 2019: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella 		Gil Fronsdal 2019-12-09 33:33DownloadStream
Intro to Wisdom
Dec 8-15 2019: Gil Fronsdal & Andrea Fella 		Gil Fronsdal 2019-12-08 31:09DownloadStream
Luminous Web
Nov 2019, Bob Stahl/Mary Grace Orr		Mary Grace Orr 2019-11-22 51:44DownloadStream
The Dhamma Of Identity
Nov 2019, Bob Stahl/Mary Grace Orr		Bob Stahl 2019-11-21 48:30DownloadStream
Trusting Our Practice
Nov 2019, Bob Stahl/Mary Grace Orr		Mary Grace Orr 2019-11-20 50:07DownloadStream
What Brings Us To Practice
Nov 2019, Bob Stahl/Mary Grace Orr		Bob Stahl 2019-11-19 60:46DownloadStream
Concluding Talk on Equanimity and Q&A
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Gil Fronsdal 2019-10-26 37:54DownloadStream
Equanimity Parami and Daily Life
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Nikki Mirghafori 2019-10-26 43:49DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Overview of Instructions and the Unexpected
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Gil Fronsdal 2019-10-26 17:08DownloadStream
Equanimity toward all things
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Gil Fronsdal 2019-10-25 44:03DownloadStream
Guided Meditation on Open Mindfulness
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Nikki Mirghafori 2019-10-25 50:48DownloadStream
Equanimity and Concentration
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Nikki Mirghafori 2019-10-24 56:53DownloadStream
Guided Instruction on Thinking and Concentration
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Gil Fronsdal 2019-10-24 54:15DownloadStream
Equanimity Factor of Awakening
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Gil Fronsdal 2019-10-23 49:06DownloadStream
Guided Instructions on Mindfulness of Emotions
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Nikki Mirghafori 2019-10-23 46:11DownloadStream
Equanimity Brahmavihara
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Nikki Mirghafori 2019-10-22 56:16DownloadStream
Instructions Mindfulness of Breath and Body
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Gil Fronsdal 2019-10-22 54:14DownloadStream
Intro to Equanimity
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Gil Fronsdal 2019-10-21 53:06DownloadStream
Instructions in Walking Meditation
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Gil Fronsdal 2019-10-21 14:57DownloadStream
Guided Instruction on Mindfulness of Breath and Body 1
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Nikki Mirghafori 2019-10-21 45:57DownloadStream
Brief Intro to Equanimity, Refuges, Precepts
Equanimity retreat: Oct 2019, Gil Fronsdal/Nikki Mirghafori		Nikki Mirghafori 2019-10-20 35:43DownloadStream
Morning Instructions
Insight Retreat: Oct 3-6 2019, Max Erdstein/Matthew Brensilver		Matthew Brensilver 2019-10-05 40:02DownloadStream
Evening Questions: Going Home
Aug 14-18, Andrea Fella/Pam Weiss		Pamela Weiss 2019-08-17 42:34DownloadStream
Fourth Noble Truth: Eightfold Path
Aug 14-18, Andrea Fella/Pam Weiss		Andrea Fella 2019-08-17 58:54DownloadStream
Morning Questions
Aug 14-18, Andrea Fella/Pam Weiss		Pamela Weiss 2019-08-17 20:27DownloadStream
Instruction: Open Awareness
Aug 14-18, Andrea Fella/Pam Weiss		Pamela Weiss 2019-08-17 14:27DownloadStream
Third Noble Truth: Freedom is Possible
Aug 14-18, Andrea Fella/Pam Weiss		Pamela Weiss 2019-08-16 59:28DownloadStream
Instructions: Thoughts and Emotions
Aug 14-18, Andrea Fella/Pam Weiss		Andrea Fella 2019-08-16 19:18DownloadStream
First and Second Noble Truths: Understanding and Abandoning
Aug 14-18, Andrea Fella/Pam Weiss		Andrea Fella 2019-08-15 58:10DownloadStream
Instructions: Body and Breath
Aug 14-18, Andrea Fella/Pam Weiss		Pamela Weiss 2019-08-15 47:27DownloadStream
Los cuatro teetradas de la la atención plena de la respiración
Jul 30-Aug 4 2019: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Dávila 		Andrea Castillo 2019-08-03 62:49DownloadStream
Meditación guíada: Pensamientos
Jul 30-Aug 4 2019: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Dávila 		bruni dávila 2019-08-03 50:37DownloadStream
Prácticas preparatorias para la atención plena de la respiración
Jul 30-Aug 4 2019: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Dávila 		bruni dávila 2019-08-02 50:12DownloadStream
Meditación guíada: Amor bondadoso y compasión
Jul 30-Aug 4 2019: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Dávila 		Teresa Abdala-Romano 2019-08-02 54:45DownloadStream
Meditación guíada: Emociones y Tétradas 1 y 2
Jul 30-Aug 4 2019: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Dávila 		Andrea Castillo 2019-08-02 42:11DownloadStream
Contemplación de los cinco elementos
Jul 30-Aug 4 2019: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Dávila 		Andrea Castillo 2019-08-01 32:52DownloadStream
Meditación guíada: Respiración
Jul 30-Aug 4 2019: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Dávila 		bruni dávila 2019-08-01 49:58DownloadStream
Los elementos: tierra, agua y la atención plena del cuerpo
Jul 30-Aug 4 2019: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Dávila 		bruni dávila 2019-07-31 46:12DownloadStream
Shifting Conditions
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-14 4:16DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Practicing for Ourseleves, We Practice for Others
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-13 8:52DownloadStream
Reflections on Taking the Practice into Daily Life
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-13 36:09DownloadStream
Aware of the Return of Habitual Patterns and Identities
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-13 12:12DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: Check the Awareness!
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-13 9:07DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Wisdom and Love
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-12 11:50DownloadStream
Afternoon Questions
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019
Andrea Fella 2019-07-12 58:10DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: Simple Awareness Receiving Experience
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-12 12:27DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Appreciating the Wholesome
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-11 15:07DownloadStream
A Journey Towards Freedom
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-11 61:40DownloadStream
Instructions for Awareness While Speaking
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-11 29:03DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: Natural Awareness; Strong Wisdom
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-11 11:44DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Patience and Trust
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-10 16:04DownloadStream
Studying The Self
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-10 64:46DownloadStream
Reflections on Dependent Co-Arising and the Perception of Not-Self
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019
Andrea Fella 2019-07-10 12:06DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: Perception of Not-Self
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-10 20:11DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Spontaneous Vajra Song
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019
Andrea Fella 2019-07-09 4:29DownloadStream
Reflections on the Kaccanagotta Sutta and Q&A
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019
Andrea Fella 2019-07-09 59:38DownloadStream
Not Knowing and the Perception of Unreliability
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-09 6:41DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: Changing Conditions and Not Knowing
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-09 15:37DownloadStream
Dependent Co-Arising: The Shaping of Dukkha
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-08 65:19DownloadStream
Further Reflections on the Perception of Unreliability
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-08 3:11DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: Perception of Unreliability
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-08 12:08DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Loving Awareness
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-07 11:00DownloadStream
Reflections on Ordinary Experience
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-07 15:16DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: A Simple Mind
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-07 13:02DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Opening to the Truth, the Mind can Relax
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-06 11:12DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Perceptions of Impermanence, Unreliable, Not-Self
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-06 61:11DownloadStream
"Characteristics" as Perceptions
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-06 12:42DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Noticing Change
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-06 18:09DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Just This
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-05 11:03DownloadStream
Human Delusions: Distortions of Perception
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-05 64:20DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Conditioning
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-05 7:09DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: The Conditioned Nature Of Experience
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-05 17:50DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: The Wholesome is Worthy of Respect
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-04 8:45DownloadStream
Awareness and the Five Faculties
Mindfulness of Mind Retreat June/July 2019		Andrea Fella 2019-07-04 55:41DownloadStream
 

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