Episodes
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
On Emotions
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we learn to develop a skillful relationship to emotions. The skill of practicing mindfulness of emotions is, of course, one of the most important elements of dharma practice. The talk was given at the Downtown Meditation Community Sunday night class in October 2017.
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Why True Happiness?
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
What is true happiness? Why should we seek to know it? In this talk, Peter Doobinin discusses these questions - questions the dharma student must learn to ask. The talk was given on February 4, 2017, in New York City, at a Downtown Meditation Community daylong retreat.
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
What is Insight?
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
What is insight? In the Buddha's teachings, there are two primary forms of insight. Each of these ways of practicing discernment is important to cultivate as we seek to find a greater happiness in life. In this talk, Peter describes the forms of insight and how the dharma student develops them. The talk was given at the Sunday Night Meditation class in November 2017.
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
A Home for the Mind
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Through the practice of breath meditation, the dharma student builds a home for the mind. In this talk, Peter describes how we learn to build a home for the mind that's strong, secure, easeful, and realible, an abiding, inside, that's available to us no matter the circumstances of our lives. The talk was given at the Downtown Meditation Community Sunday Night Meditation class in September 2017.