Teaching retreat handouts and recordings can be found here. While meditation retreats are largely devoted to meditation, teaching retreats explore a single topic deeply, and more time is spent on presentations and discussions. The recordings in this collection are also included in the Dharma Talks list as streaming audio, but are gathered together here for easy access.
Living Dharma
June 12-14, 2015
Gloucester, MA – Wisdomsheart.org
MP3s: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Guided Meditations in the above: Meditation 1, Meditation 2
[There are no handouts for this retreat]
Sit, Breath, Wake Up!
October 11-13, 2013
MP3s: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9,
Guided meditations extracted from the recordings above: Meditation 1, Meditation 2, Meditation 3, Meditation 4, Meditation 5, (There is no Meditation 6), Meditation 7 (Joy), Meditation 8 (Still Point), Meditation 9 (Loving Kindness)
There are no slides or handouts.
What the Buddha Thought
March 22-24, 2013
MP3s: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Handout, Slides
Meditation and Insight
October 19-21, 2012, Tucson, Arizona
Insight into things as they really are leads to true wisdom, then suffering ends and happiness follows.
MP3s: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Guided Meditation, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10
Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3, Slides, Flyer
When the Buddhadharma Came to the West
January 20-22, 2012, Tucson, Arizona
Buddhadharma means “the Truth of the Awakened one”.
MP3s: Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, Part E, Part F, Part G, Part H, Part I
Handouts: First Day, Second Day
The Magic of Mindfulness
October 14-16, 2011, Tucson, Arizona
When the mindfulness of a samurai swordsman fails, he loses his life. When we lose mindfulness in daily life, something similar happens.
MP3s: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9a, Part 9b Meditation, Part 10, Part 11a, Part 11b Meditation
Handout: The Magic of Mindfulness
Meditation for Peace On the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
September 9-11, 2011, RockPort, Massachusetts
MP3s: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9
Handout: Retreat for Peace
The Jhanas
January 21 – 23, 2011, Tucson, Arizona
Just as scientists have come to understand the workings of the body by carefully observing the body while dissecting it, so did the Buddha teach yogis of 2500 years to carefully observe the mind while dissecting it.
MP3s: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
Handouts: The Jhanas and Mindfulness, Leigh Brasington’s Instructions for Entering Jhana
Joy & Meditation
October 15 – 17, 2010, Tucson, Arizona
Joy is obviously a very important part of the spiritual life, and all of us would like to experience more Joy in our daily lives as well.
MP3s: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, (for streaming audio versions, click here)
Handouts: Meditation and Joy
The Path to Awakening in Daily Life
5/29/2010 – 5/31/2010, Manzanita Village, California
The Suttas tell us that the path to Awakening is open to all – men or women, old or young, lay or monastic.
MP3s: Session 1, Day 1 | Session 2, Day 1 | Session 3, Day 1 | Session 4, Day 1 | Session 5, Day 2 | Session 6, Day 2 | Session 7, Day 2 | Session 8, Day 2
Handouts: The Path to Awakening in Daily Life
What Is Enlightenment?
October 15 – 17, 2010, Tucson, Arizona
What exactly does this mean? And how does this relate to us, living as we do in a 21st century technological society confronted with problems that were unheard of even a generation ago?
MP3s: Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 4 | Session 5 | Session 6 | Session 7
Handout: What Is Enlightenment?
