AudioDharma
Dharma talks given by Gil Fronsdal and various guest speakers at the Insight Meditation Center. 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. To learn more about the Insight Meditation Center, visit our website at https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/.
Happy Hour: Being Peace Practice
This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.04.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
“Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.” “You are not an observer, you are a participant.” “Life is both dreadful and wonderful. To practice meditation is to be in touch with both aspects.” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Being Peace
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Deeper Motivations
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Natural Settling
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Compassion Based on First Knowing Our Own Suffering
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Suffering
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Love (46) Compassionate Witness not Victim
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.07 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Simple Presence for Discomfort
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.07 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Mindfulness of Breathing: Refuge and Insight
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.04.06 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Happy Hour: To Call Myself Beloved on the Earth
This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.04.06 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
Inspired by the poem “Late Fragment” by Raymond Carver And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. “Late Fragment” by Raymond Carver From A New Path to the Waterfall, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989.
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Dharmette: Love (45) Intro to Compassion
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.06 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Ease with Discomfort
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.06 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Deep Compassion
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.05 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Happy Hour: Awe and Gratitude for What Might Have Been Otherwise
This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.04.01 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Happy Hour: the Intimacy of the Breath and the Beauty of All Things
This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.03.30 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
The corrected numbers, referred to at the end: 10^80 is the number of all the atoms in the universe. and 1/10^2,685,000 is the probability of each of us being born as we are.
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Working with Self-Hatred
This talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2026.03.25 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Dedicating our practice
This talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2026.03.25 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Perspectives of Practice: Wise View
This talk was given by Andrea Fella on 2026.03.24 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Seeing Clearly
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.03.23 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Happy Hour: Deep Listening as Immeasurable Kindness
This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.03.23 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Taking Refuge in the Present Moment
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.03.22 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Love (44) The Greatest Potential of Metta
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.20 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Metta and Freedom
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.20 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Love (43) Clarity of Metta
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.19 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Love Without an Object
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.19 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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A Meaningful Dharma Life
This talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2026.03.18 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Happy Hour: Wishing Ourselves Well in the Crowd
This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.03.18 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: safe to relax
This talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2026.03.18 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Less is More
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.18 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Two ways of being with the breath
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.18 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Love (42) Naturally Arising
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.18 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Metta Arising
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.18 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Guided Meditation: Radiating Metta
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.17 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Love (41) Metta with Spatial Awareness
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.17 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Taking Responsibility through Love
This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.03.16 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Loving Oneself as if a Beloved Other
This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.03.16 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Happy Hour: The Relief of Momentary Release into Being the River of Time
This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.03.16 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Simplicity (Here, Now, Yes)
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.15 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharmette: Love (40) Metta Samadhi 15
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.13 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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<...Guided Meditation: Continuity of Metta
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.13 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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How To Construct a Sutta
This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.12 at the Sati Center in Redwood City, CA.
The Lesser Discourse on the Destruction of Craving (MN 37) A presentation and discussion of one of the more humorous discourses in the Middle Length Discourses which is also the source for the profound teaching that “Nothing is worth clinging to.” The text is a delight to read and provides a clear perspective on how some of these ancient texts attributed to the Buddha were constructed long after his death.
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