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TitlePub. DateDuration
Cultivating a Compassionate Heart25 Oct 202400:12:03

This talk was recorded at the Rime Buddhist Center on 10/6/24.

The Power of Metta18 Oct 202400:17:27

this talk was recorded at the Rime Buddhist Center on 9/29/24

Make Your Life Meaningful28 Jul 202400:11:01
Is your life meaningful? If not, what would it take for it to be so?
Six Transcendent Virtues20 May 202400:13:57
On flat tires and patience.
Love and Compassion15 Mar 202400:18:13
Metta and Karuna
Actions to Avoid15 Feb 202400:10:19
From the Lojong Teachings.
When Life Punches You in the Face15 Jan 202400:15:39
A dharma talk.
Emotions12 Dec 202300:11:02
Emotions
Short Talk on Meditation14 Nov 202300:08:23
Short talk on meditation
A Limitless Heart17 Oct 202300:10:26
The Metta Sutta
Love and Connecting with Others17 Oct 202300:23:57
Love and Compassion benefit ourselves and others.
Doubt and Free Inquiry15 Oct 202300:12:49
The Buddha’s teaching to the Kalamas
Questions of the Naga King Sagara13 Sep 202300:13:41
An exploration of a Mahayana sutra
Reflections and Guidance on the Immeasurables 05 Sep 202300:14:07
Love, compassion, rejoicing, and equanimity. This is an extended reading from “The Power of the Mind” by Khentrul Lodro Thaye
Why Train Your Mind?22 Aug 202300:32:44
This is a talk on training our minds. I read some quotes from "The Power of  Mind" by Khentrul Lodro Thaye.
Four Thoughts That Change Your Mind08 Aug 202300:20:05
This is a Mind Training Teaching.
The Four Applications01 Aug 202300:18:41
Gathering Accumulations, Purifying Obscurations, and Offering Tormas
The Buddha and the Flower25 Jul 202300:08:58
A story
Bodhichitta: No One Gets Left Out01 Jul 202300:17:56
No one gets left out of your heart.
Wisdom on the back of a t shirt.01 Jun 202300:11:49
Rare freedoms and advantages.
The Awakened Heart15 May 202301:50:21
Bodhichitta
Awakening01 May 202300:15:59
The foundation of Buddhism. Can we let go of Anguish?
The Thousands24 Apr 202300:38:51
From the Dhammapada
Flowers and The Mind17 Apr 202300:46:30
This is a teaching from the Dhammapada
Introducing the Dhammapada10 Apr 202300:43:38
This is an exploration of the introduction and the first two chapters of Gil Fronsdal’s translation of the Dhammapada, the sayings of the Buddha.
Actions to Avoid part 203 Apr 202300:20:09
From the Lojong teachings
Actions to Avoid Part 127 Mar 202300:25:53
From the Lojong teachings
Advice for Mind Training part 220 Mar 202300:26:33
From the Lojong teachings
Advice For Mind Training part 117 Mar 202300:29:01
From the Lojong teachings
Measure of Mind Training15 Mar 202300:15:28
Four ways to measure growth
The Five Forces part two13 Mar 202300:12:54
How to train while dying
The Five Forces part 110 Mar 202300:07:48
The five forces
Using Creative Methods for Transformation08 Mar 202300:28:57
The four applications and bringing teachings into daily life.
Using Ultimate Reality for Transformation06 Mar 202300:12:25
What are the 4 kayas.
Using Reality for Transformation03 Mar 202300:30:04
Drives blames into one, reflecting on great kindness, and three kinds of patience.
Applying the Trainings01 Mar 202300:34:38
How do we use these insights in day to day life?
Ourselves, Others, and Tonglen27 Feb 202300:20:33
Can we exchange ourselves with others?
Equalizing: Love, Compassion, Rejoicing, and Equalness24 Feb 202300:32:50
Equalizing ourselves and others
The Awakened Heart22 Feb 202300:24:29
Bodhichitta
Illusions and Remedies16 Feb 202300:32:50
Wisdom is the nature of your mind.
Houses, Snakes, and Ultimate Reality09 Feb 202300:26:40
What is the true nature of things? Are all phenomena like a dream?
Suffering02 Feb 202300:18:35
The Unsatisfactory Nature of All Things
Karma, Cause, and Result26 Jan 202300:17:45
Actions have consequences.
Impermanence 19 Jan 202300:35:17
There’s nothing to hold onto.
This Precious Human Life12 Jan 202300:22:45
Human life is precious and rare. Don’t waste it.
Key Points of Meditation10 Jan 202300:09:00
This is a talk based on the teachings in “Power of Mind” by Khentrul Lodro Thaye
Four Thoughts That Change Your Mind.05 Jan 202300:20:49
This is a mind training teaching.
Why Train Your Mind?01 Jan 202300:33:26
This is a talk on training our minds. I read some quotes from “The Power of Mind” by Khentrul Lodro Thaye.
Guided Tonglen Meditation 30 Dec 202200:11:01
Taking and Sending
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness15 Dec 202200:15:49
In this talk I explore a fundamental Buddhist teaching called "The Four Foundations of Mindfulness". Can being mindful of our bodies, feelings, thoughts, and the world around us help us to live in a better way? I think so. 
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