Evening Talks Collected by Theme
- Basics.
- A graduated series of 50 Dhamma talks for meditators, starting with breath meditation and leading through issues of discernment. As of July 2011, all 50 “Basics” Dhamma talks were remastered to improve the sound quality. They’ve also been retagged as one album and should appear together, and in order, on your audio device.
- All 50 Dhamma Talks (355 MB .zip archive)
- 01 Strength from the Basics
- 02 Basics
- 03 Stay with the Breath
- 04 Breath by Breath
- 05 Analyzing the Breath
- 06 Levels of the Breath
- 07 Breathing Through Daily Life
- 08 At Ease with the Breath
- 09 Immersed in the Body
- 10 Pleasure & Pain
- 11 Breath Meditation
- 12 Taking a Stance
- 13 The Joy of Effort
- 14 Experimental Intelligence
- 15 The Path of Mistakes
- 16 A Post by the Ocean
- 17 The Active Truth
- 18 The Middleness of the Path
- 19 The Grass at the Gate
- 20 A Magic Set of Tools
- 21 Perception
- 22 Little Things
- 23 Stepping Back
- 24 Generosity First
- 25 Self Esteem
- 26 Goodwill All Around
- 27 A Sense of Adventure
- 28 Gladdening the Mind
- 29 Strategies for Happiness
- 30 Mindstorms
- 31 Resistance
- 32 Suppressed Emotions
- 33 Your Inner Mob
- 34 Social Anxiety
- 35 A Decent Education
- 36 Battling Darkness
- 37 Fear of Death
- 38 Marshalling the Emotions
- 39 Heedfulness
- 40 A Refuge from Modern Valuesh
- 41 Antidotes for Clinging
- 42 The Walls of Ignorance
- 43 Warrior Knowledge
- 44 Universal Truths
- 45 The Skill of Restraint
- 46 Fabricating the Present
- 47 The Treasure Hunt
- 48 The Saints Don’t Grieve
- 49 Wise Effort
- 50 Walking Meditation - Stillness in Motion
- The Five Strengths (
new). - A series of 5 Dhamma talks following one of the sets of the Buddha’s fundamental teachings from the 37 Wings to Awakening.
- The Seven Factors for Awakening.
- A series of 7 Dhamma talks following one of the sets of the Buddha’s fundamental teachings from the 37 Wings to Awakening.
- A Refuge from Death.
- A collection of 19 20 Dhamma talks, chants, sutta readings and guided meditations for listening as one approaches death. This collection was revised on Dec. 3, 2011 substituting a new talk no. 6, “Facing Pain,” for the previous one, “Insight into Pain.”
- All 19 20 audio files (156 MB .zip archive)
- 01 Chant: The Four Dhamma Summaries
- 02 Dhamma Talk: Expand Your Mind
- 03 Chant: The Five Recollections
- 04 Sutta Reading: The Five Recollections (Anguttara Nikaya 5.57)
- 05 Meditation: Guided Breath Meditation
- 06 Dhamma Talk: Facing Pain
- 07 Sutta Reading: The Arrow (Samyutta Nikaya 36.6)
- 08 Dhamma Talk: Endurance Made Easier
- 09 Sutta Reading: Afflicted in Body (Samyutta Nikaya 22.2)
- 10 Meditation: Guided Metta Meditation
- 11 Chant: The Sublime Attitudes
- 12 Chant: The Metta Sutta
- 13 Meditation: Guided Breath Meditation
- 14 Dhamma Talk: Preparing to Die Well
- 15 Sutta Reading: The Sick Ward (Samyutta Nikaya 36.7)
- 16 Reading: Ajaan Lee
- 17 Chant: Verses on the Noble Truths
- 18 Dhamma Talk: Don't Worry, Be Focused (new)
- 19 Sutta Reading: Anathapindaka (Majjhima Nikaya 143)
- 20 Meditation: Guided Breath Meditation & How to Exit Meditation
- The Noble Eightfold Path.
- A series of 12 Dhamma talks following the classic formula of the Buddhist Path of practice.
- All 12 Dhamma Talks (108 MB .zip archive)
- 01 An Overview of the Path
- 02 Right View
- 03 Right Resolve
- 04 Right Speech
- 05 Right Action
- 06 Right Livelihood
- 07 Right Effort
- 08 Right Mindfulness - The First Frame of Reference
- 09 Right Mindfulness - The Second Frame of Reference
- 10 Right Mindfulness - The Third Frame of Reference
- 11 Right Mindfulness - The Fourth Frame of Reference
- 12 Right Concentration
- Guided Meditations.
- A handful of guided breath and metta meditations with 5 to 10 minute pauses throughout for experimenting with the meditation instructions.
- All 4 Guided Meditations (60 MB .zip archive)
- Metta Meditation (4 minutes)
- Breath Meditation with Instructions for Leaving Meditation (40 minutes)
- Breath Meditation (the same as above) without Instructions for Leaving Meditation (40 minutes)
- Breath Meditation older version (30 minutes)
- Other Themed Collections.
- Talks from the archive addressing specific topics, such as breath meditation, breaking old habits, pain, and the Sublime Attitudes.