Evening Dhamma Talks
Current Year
These talks were given by Thanissaro Bhikkhu during the evening meditation sessions at Metta Forest Monastery.
The full archive of evening Dhamma talks extending back to the year 2000 is also available to search, stream or download.
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Podcast feed- December 2018
Full month zip- 31 Taking a Stance
- 30 Your Goodness Is Your Protection
- 29 Generating Desire
- 28 The Thinking Heart
- 27 The Discernment of a True Person
- 26 The Mind on Its Own Two Feet
- 25 What’s Worth Doing?
- 24 Appreciating Merit
- 23 Persistence
- 22 What Am I Becoming?
- 21 Lessons from Jhāna
- 20 Intent
- 19 Circumspection
- 18 The Brightness of Life
- 17 Parsing Out Suffering
- 16 When Goodwill Doesn’t Come Easily
- 15 A Centered But Broad Awareness
- 13 You Can’t Relax Your Way to Awakening
- 12 The Dhamma Wheel
- 11 Adjusting the Flame
- 10 A Rite of Passage
- 08 Right View Tells You What to Do
- 07 Sensitive to the Body, Sensitive to the Mind
- 06 A Snare of Death Laid Out
- 05 Step by Step
- 03 Dispassion Isn’t Depression
- 02 The Pleasure Principle Made Noble
- 01 Against the Stream
- November 2018
- Full month zip
- 30 Your Safe Ancestral Territory
- 28 Approaching Painful Memories as a Meditator
- 26 WYSIWYG
- 25 Full-body Awareness
- 24 Do. Maintain. Use
- 23 Contemplating the World You Create
- 22 Heightened Mind, Heightened Energy
- 21 The Right Place to Look
- 20 Making the Mind Your Friend
- 19 When the Thoughts Won’t Stop
- 18 Trading Up
- 17 The Buddha Respects Your Potential
- 16 Circling Around, Zeroing In
- 15 See Yourself as Active Verbs
- 14 Getting the Most Out of Now
- 12 Getting Out of Karmic Debt
- 10 Responsible Happiness
- 09 Training Your Minds
- 08 Three Types of Equanimity
- 01 The Equanimity that Doesn’t Give Up
- October 2018
- Full month zip
- 31 Protection, Inside & Out
- 29 The Buddha’s Relationship Advice
- 28 Effortlessness Through Effort
- 27 What Are You Doing in the Present?
- 26 Mindful about Pleasure & Pain
- 25 Starting Out Small
- 24 Time Passes
- 23 Protect Your Meditation from the World
- 21 Rest & Work (outdoors)
- 21 Question Your Actions
- 20 Redirected Thought, Re-evaluation
- 19 Getting the Most Out of the Present
- 18 Victory in Battle
- 17 No One Size Fits All
- 16 We’re All Learning the Ropes
- 13 In Memory of King Rama IX
- 12 Inner Wealth
- 11 Take Responsibility for Yourself
- 10 Goodwill Starts with Gratitude
- 09 Don’t Just Fatten Your Mind
- 08 Meditators at Work
- 07 Fixing the Present
- 07 Exercising the Mind (outdoors)
- 06 A Legacy of Strengths
- 05 Locate Your Craving
- 03 The Buddha’s Fabrications (outdoors)
- 03 A Mental Fortress
- 02 Large-hearted Goodness
- 02 How to Talk to Yourself (outdoors)
- 01 Free in the Midst of Pain (outdoors)
- 01 Distracting Thoughts
- September 2018
- Full month zip
- 30 The Five Hindrances (outdoors)
- 30 Mental Seclusion
- 29 Who’s Breathing?
- 28 Tranquility, Insight, & the Brahmaviharas
- 19 Peace Requires Character
- 18 Unchanged by Loss
- 16 The World Is Aflame
- 16 Refuge (outdoors)
- 15 The Languages of Right View
- 06 The Buddha’s Letter
- 05 Squeezing Goodness Out of the Aggregates
- 04 How the Breath Helps You to Die Well
- 03 Mind in & of Itself
- 02 Here Be Tigers (outdoors)
- 02 A Mind Like Earth
- August 2018
- Full month zip
- 31 Uncertainty
- 30 Insight Is a Judgment Call
- 29 The Language of the Heart
- 28 What Are You Taking into the Future?
- 27 Common Ground
- 26 Mindfulness as Refuge (outside)
- 26 Friends with the Breath (outdoors)
- 25 Evaluation : The Voice of Heedfulness
- 24 A Sense of Yourself
- 22 ‘To Suffer’ Is an Active Verb
- 21 Angry
- 20 Drowsy & Bored
- 19 Painful Feelings, Hurtful Words
- 19 Bring Your Mind Together (outdoors)
- 18 The Anatomy of the Present
- 17 See Your Thoughts as Strange
- 16 Choosing to Believe in Your Choices
- 14 Do Jhana
- 13 Prerequisites for the Practice (outdoors)
- 11 The One Seat (outdoors)
- 10 Borrowed Wealth (outdoors)
- 09 Heightened Mind (outdoors)
- 08 The Battle of Your Selves (outdoors)
- 07 The Analytical Mind (outdoors)
- 06 Stay (outdoors)
- 05 Breath Teaches the Brahmaviharas (outdoors)
- 05 Anupassana (outdoors)
- 04 In Accordance with the Dhamma (outdoors)
- 03 Switch the Context (outdoors)
- 02 When You’re Down on Yourself (outdoors)
- July 2018
- Full month zip
- 29 Body, Feelings, Mind, Dhamma (outdoors)
- 29 A Solid Mind (outdoors)
- 28 Living Together
- 27 Asalha Puja
- 26 Choose Your Path Wisely (outdoors)
- 25 Your Territory (outdoors)
- 24 Protection (fragment)
- 23 The Buddha’s Safe Space (outdoors)
- 22 Tranquility & Insight with the Breath
- 21 We All Start with an Impure Heart
- 19 The Allure of Sensuality
- 18 A Conglomeration of Germs
- 17 Self Evaluation
- 16 Twigs & Branches
- 15 Your Desire to Practice
- 13 In this Together
- 12 Obstacles
- 11 Outside the Box
- 10 Teaching Old Dogs New Selves
- June 2018
- Full month zip
- 26 The Dhamma Is a Quality of the Heart
- 25 Playing by the Buddha’s Rules
- 24 The Buddha’s Universal Solvent
- 23 A Dead Snake Around Your Neck
- 22 Worries & Regrets
- 21 All for the Sake of Freedom
- 20 Cooking with Karma
- 19 Happiness without Conflict
- 08 Choosing Your Allies
- 07 Duties of the World, Duties of the Dhamma
- 06 Admirable Friendship
- 05 Put the Body to Good Use
- 04 Bad Stuff Happens
- 02 Bless Yourself
- 01 Let Pleasure & Pain Fall Off the Plow
- May 2018
- Full month zip
- 30 Patient Like Earth
- 29 Conviction in Change
- 28 Training the Mind to Train the Mind
- 21 Judging Just Right
- 20 Dispassion
- 19 Becoming Capable of Happiness
- 18 Damming & Diverting
- 17 Use Your Imagination
- 15 Karma & Rebirth: A Handful of Leaves
- 14 Playing with the Breath
- 12 Skills of Mindfulness, Skills of the Breath
- 11 Seriously Happy
- 10 True Friends Inside & Out
- 09 Where Are You Going?
- 06 An Infinite Perspective
- 05 Ins & Outs of the Breath
- April 2018
- Full month zip
- 28 Exploring from Within
- 27 Developing Perfections in an Imperfect World
- 19 Broaden Your Repertoire
- 18 Anupassana
- 16 How Right Mindfulness Leads to Right Concentration
- 15 Planting a Tree
- 13 Knowledge, Verbal & Not
- 12 The Karma of Narratives
- 10 Factors for Stream Entry
- 09 The Happiness & Suffering of Others
- 08 The World You Create (outdoors)
- 08 Anumodana
- 07 Faith in Karma
- 06 Changing Your Mind
- 04 Knowledge over Fear
- 03 Open Door Meditation
- 02 Contentment vs. Initiative
- 01 Character
- March 2018
- Full month zip
- 31 A Blameless Well-being
- 30 Seven Facets of Discernment
- 28 The Work of the World Is Never Done
- 27 Mistakes
- 26 Confidence & Conviction
- 17 Be Prepared
- 16 The Joy of Breathing
- 15 Fabricating the Path
- 14 Strategy
- 13 For Your Good & the Good of Others
- 12 Papañca
- 10 A Well-thatched Roof
- 09 Yes & No
- 08 Illness Is Normal
- 07 A Passion for the Path
- 06 A Refuge in Meditation
- 05 Aware of Your Own Mind
- 03 All Three Functions of Mindfulness
- 02 Death without Drama
- 01 The Heightened Mind (Magha Puja)
- February 2018
- January 2018
- Full month zip
- 31 Fear of Death
- 30 The Fabrication of Pain
- 29 Hold on for All You’re Worth
- 26 Right Heedfulness
- 25 Refuge in the Dhamma
- 23 Choiceful Awareness
- 22 The Graduated Discourse
- 21 Sorting Out Your Thinking
- 14 From Goodwill to Purity
- 12 Keeping Your Head
- 10 Ardent with Respect for Concentration
- 09 Happy to Be Here
- 08 Poison Your Fantasies
- 07 Skills for Living & Dying
- 06 Subduing Greed & Distress
- 05 Kindness in the Light of Karma
- 04 Repaying Your Debts
- 03 Fear of Missing Out
- 01 Stepping Out of Truth Games
