Episodes
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Train for Peace
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
As dharma students, we make a determination to train for peace. In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains the elements of this profound training. As the Buddha tells us, the greatest happiness is peace. The dharma talk was given in March 2023.
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Voices in the Mind
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
We change by changing how we think. All that we are, the Buddha tells us, begins with our thoughts. In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we learn to change by changing our habitual ways of thinking. The talk was given in February of 2023.
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
What the Heart Wants
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
As dharma students, we learn to follow the heart. We learn to understand what the heart wants. We learn to discern what it is we need to do so that we know happiness of heart. In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes the skills we develop so that we come to know what the heart wants. The talk was given in the winter of 2023.
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Joy of Life
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
In following the path of the Dharma, we learn to know the joy of life. In this talk, Peter Doobinin, explains how, when we reflect skillfully on the truth of the impermanence, it leads us to an appreciation for the gift of life. It leads to joy. The talk was given in December 2022.
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
The Path Is a Path
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
In this talk, Peter Doobinin, discusses what it means to be on the Buddha's path. As he explains, in being on the path, we're asked to engage in an ongoing process of moving forward. The dharma talk was given on June 4, 2023.
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Lessons in Skillful Thinking
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
All that we are, the Buddha tells us, begins with our thoughts. For the student of the dharma, the task is to abandon unskillful thoughts and to cultivate skillful thoughts. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains the skills for cultivating skillful thoughts. The talk was offered in the winter of 2022.
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Equanimity, Acceptance & Wisdom
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin takes a close look at the skill for being mindful of emotions, including blatant and subtle emotions. He describes the role of equanimity and acceptance in bringing simple awareness to the experiences of mind; and how when these qualites are developed, there is the potential for wisdom. The talk was offered on 3 December 2023.
Sunday Dec 03, 2023
Priorities for Life
Sunday Dec 03, 2023
Sunday Dec 03, 2023
What are our priorities for our dharma practice? What are our priorities for life? How can we change our priorities? In this talk, Peter Doobinin discusses these questions; questions that dharma students are asked to ask. The talk was given on 6 February 2022.
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
Noble Escape
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
In making a noble escape, dharma students seeks escape from the prisons of painful thought worlds, from habitual patterns of desire and aversion, from ways of living that can't bring a reliable happiness. In this talk, Peter Doobinin, describes how we learn to find this kind of noble escape. The talk was given at a daylong retreat in New York City in November 2023.
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
The Happiness of Morality
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes how the development of ethical conduct - the practice of non-harming - leads to happiness of heart. In the talk, Peter explains why it's important to learn to prioritize the cultivation of our goodness, in the form of virtue, and how, when we do this, it has a great benefit in our lives and the lives of others. The talk was given in the autumn of 2023.