Thanissaro Bhikkhu’s Dharma Talks

Dharma practice is medicine for the mind — something particularly needed in a culture like ours that actively creates mental illness in training us to be busy producers and avid consumers. As individuals, we become healthier through our Dharma practice, which in turn helps bring sanity to our society at large.

2020-09-29 The Present Moment is Not the Goal 34:41 Download Listen There’s a common understanding that the purpose of meditation is to fully arrive in the present moment. However, the Buddha taught people to focus on the present moment not as a goal, but as a place where work is to be done to go beyond the present. This talk, based on the essay, “The Karma of Now” will explore the Buddha’s understanding of the present moment, and the implications of that understanding, not only for the practice of meditation, but also for Buddhist practice as a whole. Insight Meditation South Bay – Silicon Valley

2019-10-01 Right View Comes First 47:57 Download Listen Thanissaro Bhikkhu reviews the Four Noble Truths as the categorical teaching of the Buddha – true and always beneficial. He describes the duties that enable us to fully understand and comprehend them and how the three characteristics – Dukkha, Annica, Anatta – are used in support of these duties and this understanding. Insight Meditation South Bay – Silicon Valley

2019-02-20 The Karma of Now 32:49 Download Listen Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2018-09-26 Refuge 43:54 Download Listen Thanissaro Bhikkhu speaks about the meaning of refuge in practice. As we strive for wisdom, purity and compassion; develop mindfulness in order to have a solid state of concentration; and strive to fit into the dharma rather than the other way around, we create a foundation that is conducive to attaining nibbana. Insight Meditation South Bay – Silicon Valley

2018-09-09 Discussing the Maps – Part 6 37:55 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Maps to Awakening

2018-09-09 Discussing the Maps – Part 5 41:54 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Maps to Awakening

2018-09-09 Discussing the Maps – Part 4 1:23:30 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Maps to Awakening

2018-09-09 Discussing the Maps – Part 3 57:10 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Maps to Awakening

2018-09-08 Discussing the Maps – Part 2 1:12:42 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Maps to Awakening

2018-09-08 Discussing the Maps – Part 1 51:54 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Maps to Awakening

2018-09-08 Maps to Awakening 14:56 Download Listen This recording provides an introduction to the maps. Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Maps to Awakening

2018-09-08 Introduction 22:42 Download Listen Thanissaro gives some introductory points for the weekend. Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Maps to Awakening

2018-09-08 Opening Meditation 35:55 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Maps to Awakening

2018-09-08 Maps to Awakening PDF document 0:00 (Recording not available)  Thanissaro used the suttas in this Maps to Awakening PDF document as the basis for the retreat. Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Maps to Awakening Attached Files: Maps to Awakening PDF document by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (PDF)

2018-04-25 In the Elephant’s Footprint 35:29 Download Listen Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2017-09-19 Ananda:The Man with the Questions 35:05 Download Listen In this second talk in a lecture series on the Great Disciples, the speaker, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, talks about the contributions by Ananda to the Dharma. Because of his incredible memory, what we know in the Pali Canon today came mostly from Ananda’s recollection of the Buddha’s teachings. He described in detail who came to the Buddha, what were their question/problem, and how the Buddha addressed that particular question/problem. This is an important contribution to our understanding of how the Dharma was taught, because so much of it depended on who was asking what, and what kind of teaching was the best for them. Another debt that we owe Ananda is that he asked the Buddha questions that no one had asked. And Ananda’s questions in turn sparked the Buddha to explain things or do things that he otherwise might not have explained or done. Insight Meditation South Bay – Silicon Valley In collection The Great Disciples: People and Personalities in the Buddha’s Community

2016-03-12 Dharma Talk – Exhortation 21:14 Download Listen Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  Teachings from the Wilderness

2016-03-11 Guided Meditation 59:45 Download Listen Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  Teachings from the Wilderness

2016-03-10 Opening Talk with Guided Meditation 1:20:36 Download Listen Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  Teachings from the Wilderness

2016-03-09 What is Insight–and What Good Is It? 38:36 Download Listen Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2015-03-18 The Art and Study of Practice 1:17:25 Download Listen Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2012-03-14 Lessons from the Kalama Sutta 28:31 Download Listen The Kalama Sutta is most famous for its encouragement not to place total trust in traditions and texts, but it also encourages you not to place total trust in your sense of reason and preferences. So where can you place your trust? This talk focuses on the dilemma posed by the sutta’s recommendations, and the way in proposes out of the dilemma. Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2010-03-18 Selves & Not-Self, Part III 39:37 Download Listen One in a series of 3 talks: The Buddha viewed perceptions of self and not-self as a form of karma, or action. Thus the question is not, “Do I have a self?” or “What is my true self?” Instead, it is “When is it skillful to perceive a self, and when is it more skillful to perceive not-self?” This series of three talks will explore this last question. Part III explores the function of the perception of not-self as a means to true happiness. New York Insight Meditation Center :  New York Insight 2010 Talks

2010-03-17 Selves and Not-Self, Part II 41:42 Download Listen One in a series of 3 Talks: The Buddha viewed perceptions of self and not-self as a form of karma, or action. Thus the question is not, “Do I have a self?” or “What is my true self?” Instead, it is “When is it skillful to perceive a self, and when is it more skillful to perceive not-self?” This series of three talks will explore this last question. Part II explores ways in which a healthy, mature sense of self is essential to the practice. New York Insight Meditation Center :  New York Insight 2010 Talks

2010-03-16 Selves & Not-Self, Part I 35:40 Download Listen One in a series of 3 talks: The Buddha viewed perceptions of self and not-self as a form of karma, or action. Thus the question is not, “Do I have a self?” or “What is my true self?” Instead, it is “When is it skillful to perceive a self, and when is it more skillful to series of three talks will explore this last question. Part I explores the issue of why the Buddha refused to take a position on the question of whether or not there is a self. New York Insight Meditation Center :  New York Insight 2010 Talks

2009-02-25 Noble Wealth 39:58 Download Listen The inner quialities that provide wealth for the mind – a sense of freedom and security – regardless of outside conditions. Cambridge Insight Meditation Center :  CIMC Wednesday Talks

2008-04-16 The Paradox of Becoming 1:13:51 Download Listen Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2006-04-29 Appropriate Attention 69:00 Listen to tracks Show 4 Tracks  According to the Buddha, appropriate attention is the most important mental factor for attaining Awakening. So what does he mean by attention, and what kind of attention is appropriate? How do the factors of appropriate attention apply to our meditation practice, how do they apply to our lives? Metta Forest Monastery

2006-02-26 Talk And Q&A 2 1:14:04 Download Listen The Buddha’s teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight. New York Insight Meditation Center In collection Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-26 Final Talk And Q&A. 41:18 Download Listen The Buddha’s teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight. New York Insight Meditation Center In collection Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-25 Guided Meditation 43:06 Download Listen The Buddha’s teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight. New York Insight Meditation Center In collection Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-25 Morning Talk And Q&A 1:26:51 Download Listen The Buddha’s teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight. New York Insight Meditation Center In collection Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-25 Guided Meditation And Talk 26:10 Download Listen The Buddha’s teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight. New York Insight Meditation Center In collection Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-25 Talk And Q&A 1 1:16:49 Download Listen The Buddha’s teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight. New York Insight Meditation Center In collection Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-24 Karma Of The Mind 1:47:10 Download Listen The Buddha’s teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight. New York Insight Meditation Center In collection Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-24 Karma Of The Mind 7:35:42 Listen to tracks Show 7 Tracks  The Buddha’s teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight. New York Insight Meditation Center

2006-02-15 The War On Karma 1:19:07 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Metta Retreat

2005-11-20 Disruptive Emotions 69:22 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  The problems and distractions in the present are not something you simply want to push your way through or get out of the way. You have to understand how they happen, for that understanding forms the essence of insight. Metta Forest Monastery

2005-10-10 Karma 1:20:56 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  The act of ‘doing’ Right Concentration is what allows you to understand what it means to ‘do’ so well that you actually learn how to stop doing. That’s the karma that puts an end to karma, the intention that allows you to understand intention until you finally get to the point where you can stop. Metta Forest Monastery

2005-10-03 Mindfulness 1:11:30 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  Mindfulness is where things start, but it can’t do all the work. It’s only one of the spices on your meditation shelf. This is why it’s important to understand precisely what ‘mindfulness’ means, and how to supplement it with other skillful qualities in the mind. Metta Forest Monastery

2005-09-24 Faith & Doubt 1:18:39 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  Truths of the observer require you simply to observe things and try to figure them out. Truths of the will, which cover relationships are skills, are things you have to bring into being or they never become a reality. In this area faith, confidence, and conviction make all the difference. Metta Forest Monastery

2005-09-09 Death 60:13 Listen to tracks Show 4 Tracks  Coming to terms with the inevitability of your own death and the death of those you love. If you wait until the time of death in order to think about these things, it’s a huge shock. This is one of the reasons the Buddha has you contemplate if before death. Metta Forest Monastery

2005-09-06 Committee Mind 63:51 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  Using the analogy of the ‘committee mind’ to free yourself from the tendency to identify with every thought that comes into the mind; using the breath as a secure place to extract yourself from the committee discussions and gain a new perspective on them. Metta Forest Monastery

2005-08-21 Skillful Emotions 61:00 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  The path involves learning how to marshal various emotions–grief, joy, desire, disgust, gladness, dispassion–some of which are normally regarded as negative. But they have their uses, so learn how to cultivate them all along the way. Without these emotions, the practice doesn’t go anywhere. With them it can take you to release. Metta Forest Monastery

2005-08-12 The Body 1:19:04 Listen to tracks Show 6 Tracks  Awareness filling the body is the foundation of your meditation. It provides a sense of solidity throughout the interactions of life, and ultimately is the means for encountering the Deathless. Metta Forest Monastery

2005-08-07 Suffering 1:20:07 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  The mind is always creating thought worlds that make us suffer. To get beyond this suffering, you have to confront the fears that force the mind to keep creating these worlds. Metta Forest Monastery

2005-07-05 Breath By Breath 8:40 Download Listen Learning a patient approach to breath meditation. In collection Breath Meditation Series

2005-07-04 Guided Meditation 30:19 Download Listen Guided breath meditation, step-by-step through the body. In collection Breath Meditation Series

2005-06-13 The Wheel Of Dhamma 17:12 Download Listen The Four Noble Truths as a guide for dealing with experience so as to put an end to suffering. In collection Up For The Challenge Series

2005-06-07 In-Line With The Dhamma 17:40 Download Listen The problem with delusion is that it’s always threatened by reality. If you learn to admit reality, act in-line with the way things actually are, then there’s nothing threatening. In collection Up For The Challenge Series

2005-06-04 Up For The Challenge 17:28 Download Listen A long line of people going back over 2,500 years have been up for the challenge of the practice. Are you going to join them? In collection Up For The Challenge Series

2005-05-27 Self Control 16:49 Download Listen One of the reasons we focus on the present moment is so we can see our intentions as we act and learn to take control of our choices. In collection Self & Not-Self Series

2005-05-21 The Karma Of Self & Not-Self 17:21 Download Listen When a sense of self is a useful strategy for finding happiness, and when it’s not. In collection Self & Not-Self Series

2005-05-18 A Decent Education 18:48 Download Listen The Core curriculum for life: How to Live, How to Die, How to deal with pain, aging, illness, death & seperation. In collection Self & Not-Self Series

2005-04-20 Karma & Not-Self 10:19 Download Listen Looking at the teaching of not-self in the context of the teaching of Karma, and not the other way around. In collection Self & Not-Self Series

2005-04-18 Analyzing The Breath 8:07 Download Listen Cultivating mindfulness of the body by thinking of it as composed of breath sensations. In collection Breath Meditation Series

2005-04-11 Restraint Of The Senses 12:43 Download Listen How to find peace in the midst of the barrage of sensory input. In collection Up For The Challenge Series

2005-04-08 Stay With The Breath 8:11 Download Listen Bringing thought formations into the light of conciousness through the simple exercise of staying with the breath. In collection Breath Meditation Series

2005-03-05 At Ease With The Breath 11:43 Download Listen Being comfortable and constant with your meditation object. In collection Breath Meditation Series

2005-02-02 Heedfulness 1:23:45 Download Listen Heedfulness- the Buddha’s final teaching – provides the context within which his other teachings on the path should be understood. Cambridge Insight Meditation Center :  CIMC Wednesday Talks

2005-01-28 The Saints Don’t Cry 9:25 Download Listen Learning to see renunciation as freedom. In collection Up For The Challenge Series

2005-01-28 Up For The Challenge Series 1:14:37 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  Learning to see renunciation as freedom.

2005-01-17 Breath Meditation 9:19 Download Listen Using the Breath to cultivate sublime attitudes. In collection Breath Meditation Series

2005-01-17 Breath Meditation Series 1:16:30 Listen to tracks Show 6 Tracks  Using the Breath to cultivate sublime attitudes.

2004-08-18 Give Your All 12:49 Download Listen Generosity. Metta Forest Monastery

2004-06-11 Self-Identity View 14:34 Download Listen As long as you have a sense of self-identity, make it one that’s willing and able to learn, one that finds joy in doing things skillfully. In collection Self & Not-Self Series

2004-06-11 Self & Not-Self Series 1:17:57 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  As long as you have a sense of self-identity, make it one that’s willing and able to learn, one that finds joy in doing things skillfully.

2004-03-21 Why The Breath 14:39 Download Listen The breath is like a mirror for the mind. When there’s greed, anger, delusion, they’ll show up in the breath. And you find that not only does the breath reflect the mind, but you can use the breath to have a positive effect on the mind as well. Metta Forest Monastery In collection Exploring The Breath

2004-03-21 The Fullness Of The Breath 9:21 Download Listen When the breath in the body is full, you find that it’s really resilient and eases your burdens in lots of ways. So experiment to see what a “full breath” is. Metta Forest Monastery In collection Exploring The Breath

2004-03-21 The Breath’s Potential 15:58 Download Listen The mind is like an animal: that if it hasn’t been trained it’s difficult to live with. Once we train it, though, it stops creating so much suffering for itself. So we begin by staying in one place with something really simple: the breath. Metta Forest Monastery In collection Exploring The Breath

2004-02-04 Anger 1:31:04 Download Listen Approaching anger skillfully, both by developing a proper understanding of it and by using the many tools that can be used to keep the mind from being overcome by it. Cambridge Insight Meditation Center :  CIMC Wednesday Talks Attached Files: Anger – transcript by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (doc)

2004-01-12 Unglamorous Practice 1:12:36 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

2004-01-01 The Present Moment 66:01 Download Listen GET REAL Reality is threatening when we try to live in our stories and preconceived notions. But when the mind is free of the falsity of delusion, things that are real pose no danger to the mind. RIGHT NOW What you’re doing right now is very important — a principle that applies to any ‘right now,’ because what you’re doing right now is always shaping ‘right now’ as well as the future. JUST THIS BREATH In one breath you’ve got everything you need for the practice, so be fully aware right here, and the fullness of your awareness will develop over time without your having to pace yourself or to plan ahead. SHAPING YOUR LIFE As meditators, we can easily slip into the attitude that we’re like people watching T.V. — passive consumers, watching a reality that’s ready-made — but that’s not what’s really going on. We’ve always active, always shaping things, even when we seem to be perfectly still. The purpose of the meditation is to be more careful about our intentions, more alert about how we’re shaping things. DEVELOPING YOUR POTENTIAL The simple things we already have in the present can be put together in such a way that they can lead to true happiness. We don’t have to go searching outside. All we need is to develop what’s right here. FIVE TALKS ON ONE CASSETTE OR CD Metta Forest Monastery

2004-01-01 Exploring The Breath 1:11:52 Download Listen INTRODUCTION TO BREATH MEDITATION Learn how to enjoy keeping the mind with the breath. If you spend time with the breath, you get sensitive not only to the breath, but also to what the mind is doing in the present moment and to the way it causes unnecessary suffering for itself. GETTING TO KNOW THE BREATH We live with the breath, and yet we don’t know it, and as a result don’t get as much out of it as we could. The breath can provide food, clothing, shelter, and medicine for the mind if you take the time to get to know it well. INSIGHT FROM THE BREATH The type of insight that’s going to make a difference in the mind has to come from the mind’s being solidly based. So, until your mindfulness of the breath is really solid, this is where you want to focus all your efforts. WHY THE BREATH The breath is like a mirror for the mind. When there’s greed, anger, delusion, they’ll show up in the breath. And you find that not only does the breath reflect the mind, but you can use the breath to have a positive effect on the mind as well. THE FULLNESS OF THE BREATH When the breath in the body is full, you find that it’s really resilient and eases your burdens in lots of ways. So experiment to see what a “full breath” is. THE BREATH’S POTENTIAL The mind is like an animal: that if it hasn’t been trained it’s difficult to live with. Once we train it, though, it stops creating so much suffering for itself. So we begin by staying in one place with something really simple: the breath. Metta Forest Monastery

2004-01-01 Cutting Through Disturbances 1:10:24 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

2004-01-01 Get Real 15:46 Download Listen Reality is threatening when we try to live in our stories and preconceived notions. But when the mind is free of the falsity of delusion, things that are real pose no danger to the mind. Metta Forest Monastery In collection The Present Moment

2004-01-01 Right Now 13:21 Download Listen What you’re doing right now is very important—a principle that applies to any “right now,” because what you’re doing right now is always shaping “right now” as well as the future. Metta Forest Monastery In collection The Present Moment

2004-01-01 Just This Breath 10:28 Download Listen In one breath you’ve got everything you need for the practice, so be fully aware right here, and the fullness of your awareness will develop over time without your having to pace yourself or to plan ahead. Metta Forest Monastery In collection The Present Moment

2004-01-01 Shaping Your Life 11:30 Download Listen As meditators, we can easily slip into the attitude that we’re like people watching T.V.—passive consumers, watching a reality that’s ready-made—but that’s not what’s really going on. We’ve always active, always shaping things, even when we seem to be perfectly still. The purpose of the meditation is to be more careful about our intentions, more alert about how we’re shaping things. Metta Forest Monastery In collection The Present Moment

2004-01-01 Developing Your Potential 15:52 Download Listen The simple things we already have in the present can be put together in such a way that they can lead to true happiness. We don’t have to go searching outside. All we need is to develop what’s right here. Metta Forest Monastery In collection The Present Moment

2004-01-01 The Present Moment 67:03 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  Reality is threatening when we try to live in our stories and preconceived notions. But when the mind is free of the falsity of delusion, things that are real pose no danger to the mind. Metta Forest Monastery

2003-12-30 A Warrior’s Resolve 1:13:33 Listen to tracks Show 6 Tracks  Metta Forest Monastery

2003-12-20 The Sublime Attitudes 1:12:30 Listen to tracks Show 6 Tracks  Metta Forest Monastery

2003-12-18 Exploring The Breath 1:13:17 Listen to tracks Show 6 Tracks  Learn how to enjoy keeping the mind with the breath. If you spend time with the breath, you get sensitive not only to the breath, but also to what the mind is doing in the present moment and to the way it causes unnecessary suffering for itself. Metta Forest Monastery

2003-12-18 Introduction To Breath Meditation 10:22 Download Listen Learn how to enjoy keeping the mind with the breath. If you spend time with the breath, you get sensitive not only to the breath, but also to what the mind is doing in the present moment and to the way it causes unnecessary suffering for itself. Metta Forest Monastery In collection Exploring The Breath

2003-12-18 Getting To Know The Breath 9:07 Download Listen We live with the breath, and yet we don’t know it, and as a result don’t get as much out of it as we could. The breath can provide food, clothing, shelter, and medicine for the mind if you take the time to get to know it well. Metta Forest Monastery In collection Exploring The Breath

2003-12-18 Insight From The Breath 13:42 Download Listen The type of insight that’s going to make a difference in the mind has to come from the mind’s being solidly based. So, until your mindfulness of the breath is really solid, this is where you want to focus all your efforts. Metta Forest Monastery In collection Exploring The Breath

2003-12-01 Qualities Of The Heart 68:55 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  Metta Forest Monastery

2003-11-27 Lust And Hate 68:26 Listen to tracks Show 4 Tracks  Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

2003-11-16 Outside The Box 1:13:06 Listen to tracks Show 4 Tracks  Metta Forest Monastery

2003-10-09 Life Stories 1:14:58 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

2003-10-07 Delight In The Practice 1:11:52 Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks  Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

2003-09-01 Daily Practice 63:08 Listen to tracks Show 4 Tracks  Metta Forest Monastery

2003-08-09 Suffering And Its End I 56:18 Listen to tracks Show 3 Tracks  The suffering that arises in the practice is a noble truth, something worthy of respect. You can’t just push it away. If you’re going to end suffering you have to give it space, understand it, and approach it systematically. Metta Forest Monastery

2003-08-09 Respect For Suffering 15:30 Download Listen The suffering that arises in the practice is a noble truth, something worthy of respect. You can’t just push it away. If you’re going to end suffering you have to give it space, understand it, and approach it systematically. Metta Forest Monastery In collection Suffering And Its End I

2003-08-09 The World Is Swept Away 19:51 Download Listen Instead of trying to find our happiness in a world of change, we take that changing world and turn it toward the changeless, look for that which is unchanging right here, right now. Metta Forest Monastery In collection Suffering And Its End I

2003-08-09 Right Where You Are 20:54 Download Listen Metta Forest Monastery In collection Suffering And Its End I

2003-03-01 Generosity First 23:01 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

2003-01-29 Not-Self: Taking A Fresh Look 67:19 Download Listen Cambridge Insight Meditation Center :  CIMC Wednesday Talks

2003-01-28 The Question Of Non-Self 1:43:04 Download Listen New York Insight Meditation Center

2003-01-01 The Fires Of Passion 1:12:41 Listen to tracks Show 4 Tracks  Metta Forest Monastery

2003-01-01 Suffering And Its End 55:55 Download Listen RESPECT FOR SUFFERING The suffering that arises in the practice is a noble truth, something worthy of respect. You can’t just push it away. If you’re going to end suffering you have to give it space, understand it, and approach it systematically. INTERCONNECTEDNESS Interconnectedness is not always pretty. It means that our bad actions can have endless repercussions, and that our happiness is dependent on a very fragile web. But by becoming more skillful in our actions we can turn the principle of interconnectedness into a good thing: a path to a happiness that’s truly independent. BEING STILL The quieter you are, the more you see. Being quiet is a form of doing, and sometimes it’s the most skillful thing you can do: You learn perspective and sensitivity, and you position yourself in the best spot to recognize insight when it arises. THE WORLD IS SWEPT AWAY Instead of trying to find our happiness in a world of change, we take that changing world and turn it toward the changeless, look for that which is unchanging right here, right now. THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS The teaching on the Three Characteristics is meant to liberate the mind from unnecessary burdens. The normal mind shadows everything that happens, but as you bring the mind to every more subtle levels of stillness and ease, you can detect ever more subtle levels of inconstancy and stress, and so naturally let them go. FIVE TALKS ON ONE CASSETTE OR CD Metta Forest Monastery

2003-01-01 Mind Collection 52:47 Listen to tracks Show 4 Tracks  Metta Forest Monastery

2002-02-06 Untitled 1:27:25 Download Listen Cambridge Insight Meditation Center :  CIMC Wednesday Talks

2001-02-14 Dharma Talk 1:11:18 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

1990-05-09 What is it to Take Refuge, Q&A 53:47 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Ajahn Suwat – Meditation Retreat

1990-05-06 Meditation Instructions, Q&A 33:47 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Ajahn Suwat – Meditation Retreat