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
Dharma Talk: Letting Go	Nikki Mirghafori	2021.04.17	59:51	59:51 2021.04.17
Afternoon Guidance: Mindfulness of Thoughts	Diana Clark	2021.04.17	29:59	29:59 2021.04.17
Morning Guidance: Working with Emotions: R.A.F.T.	Diana Clark	2021.04.17	51:51	51:51 2021.04.17
Evening Reflections: Letting Go Into Sleep	Nikki Mirghafori	2021.04.16	14:54	14:54 2021.04.16
Releasing	Diana Clark	2021.04.16	43:14	43:14 2021.04.16
Morning Guidance: Earth Released Onto Earth	Nikki Mirghafori	2021.04.16	1:00:17	1:00:17 2021.04.16
Afternoon Guidance: In-Breath Released into Outbreath	Nikki Mirghafori	2021.04.16	30:40	30:40 2021.04.16
Dharma Talk - Day 6: Immesurable Working Places: Ourselves	Sayadaw U Jagara	2021.03.20	1:00:18	1:00:18 2021.03.20
Dharma Talk - Day 5: On Forgiveness	Nikki Mirghafori	2021.03.19	59:06	59:06 2021.03.19
Evening Reflections - Day 4: Appreciating All Parts of Our Practice	Nikki Mirghafori	2021.03.18	15:38	15:38 2021.03.18
Dharma Talk - Day 3: Love, Wisdom, and the Brahma Viharas	Nikki Mirghafori	2021.03.17	1:04:05	1:04:05 2021.03.17
Dharma Talk - Day 1: Why Practice Metta?	Nikki Mirghafori	2021.03.15	1:00:13	1:00:13 2021.03.15
7 Factors of Awakening: Equanimity	Ines Freedman	2021.03.06	26:36	26:36 2021.03.06
Saturday Instructions: Simplicity and How We Are Aware	Gil Fronsdal	2021.03.06	46:20	46:20 2021.03.06
Samadhi Factor of Awakening	Gil Fronsdal	2021.03.05	50:41	50:41 2021.03.05
Mindfulness of Breathing - Joy Factor of Awakening	Gil Fronsdal	2021.03.05	13:34	13:34 2021.03.05
7 Factors of Awakening: Joy & Tranquility	Ines Freedman	2021.03.04	36:54	36:54 2021.03.04
Guided Instruction on Mindfulness of Thinking	Gil Fronsdal	2021.03.04	50:34	50:34 2021.03.04
Effort Factor of Awakening	Gil Fronsdal	2021.03.03	45:14	45:14 2021.03.03
7 Factors of Awakening - Investigation	Ines Freedman	2021.03.02	31:49	31:49 2021.03.02
Mindfulness Factor of Awakening	Gil Fronsdal	2021.03.01	47:25	47:25 2021.03.01
Refuge in Nibbana	Gil Fronsdal	2021.02.19	51:02	51:02 2021.02.19
Refuge in Oneself	Gil Fronsdal	2021.02.17	46:37	46:37 2021.02.17
Choiceless Awareness	Devon Hase	2021.01.30	57:41	57:41 2021.01.30
Mindfulness of Intentions	Devon Hase	2021.01.29	44:48	44:48 2021.01.29