​Dharma Talk Archives  (click on title to listen)
These recordings are from our weekly Monday night meditation meetings.

11/30/2020
John Lewis "Breathing and grounding for meditation"
(audio-00:35:17)

11/23/20 
Daigan Gather "We are all one"
(audio-00:26:24)
More from Daigan Gather on Stumpthemonk.com

11/16/20
Syra Smith "Mindfulness"
(audio-00:27:01)

11/9/20
Steven Tierney "Daring to Live in Delight"
(audio-00:30:04)

11/2/20
Alan Lessik "Fear, Loathing, Elections and Zazen"
(audio-00:23:46)

10/26/20
Ari Lathuras "Resilience"
(audio-00:15:06)

10/19/20
Syra Smith "Adapting"
(audio-00:29:54)

10/5/20
Steven Tierney "The Fire Sermon"
(audio-00:23:05)

9/21/20
Syra Smith "RGB and the Future"
(audio-00:25:50)

9/14/20
Steven Tierney "Kindness as Practice"
(audio-00:26:07)

8/31/2020
John Lewis "Beauty"
(audio-00:27:31)

8/17/20 
Daigan Gather "Engaging in Wise Conduct"
(audio-00:24:06)
note the first few minutes got cut off

8/10/20
Steven Tierney "Bringing in Creativity"
(audio-00:24:56)
Book referenced in talk: The Zen of Creativity, by John Daido Loori
8/3/20
Alan Lessik "The 4 Bodhisattva Vows"
Note the sound improves after about 5 minutes.
(audio-00:24:24)
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7/20/20
Syra Smith "Fearlessness"
(audio-00:29:17)

​7/13/20
Steven Tierney "How We Can Show Up"
(audio-00:29:17)

7/6/2020
John Lewis "Non-Hatred"
(audio-00:26:38)

6/29/2020
Daigan Gaither​ "Our Shadow Parts"
(audio-00:29:18)
Book referenced in talk: Love & Rage, the Path of Liberation through Anger, by Lama Rod Owens
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6/1/20
Ari Lathuras "Happiness"
(audio-00:16:36)

​5/11/20
Steven Tierney "Engaged Buddhism"
(audio-00:23:17)

5/4/2020
John Lewis "Joy and Loneliness"
(audio-00:28:00)

​04/20/20
Syra Smith​ "Practicing Equanimity"
(audio-00:20:30)

04/13/20  
Steven Tierney "Favorite Readings" 
(audio-00:23:23)

4/6/2020
​Paul Irving "Making the Dharma Talk Together" ​
​(audio-00:17:37)

3/3/2020
​Alan Lessik "Trauma" on KQED. (audio)
There’s a name for what many are experiencing emotionally right now – trauma. And Alan Lessik has this Perspective, recorded from his San Francisco home, about how he is dealing with it.
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Also read "Welcome to Our Collective Retreat (Sesshin)" on Alan's blog

3/23/2020
Ari Lathuras "We have been practicing for these times" 
​(audio-00:14:58)