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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…

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    The Audio Dharma podcast is a treasure trove of wisdom and teachings on meditation and Buddhism. With a variety of speakers and topics, this podcast offers something for everyone on their spiritual journey. The timing of finding these teachings is truly perfect, as they have provided answers to questions that I have been searching for my entire life. I am incredibly grateful for Gil Fronsdal's translation of the Dhammapada, which has deepened my understanding of Buddhist teachings.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is the diversity of teachers and topics covered. Whether it's Gil Fronsdal's simple yet profound teachings or Andrea Fella's enlightening discussions on Dependent Origination, each speaker brings a unique perspective and insight into the practice of meditation and mindfulness. The daily guided meditations are also invaluable in maintaining a consistent practice and finding peace in daily life.

    Another great aspect is the accessibility of this podcast. With new episodes released frequently, there is always something new to learn and explore. The short duration of some episodes makes it easy to fit them into a busy schedule, while longer talks provide an immersive experience into the world of Buddhism. This podcast has truly been a lifeline for many, offering support, encouragement, and guidance in navigating the challenges of life.

    As with any podcast or resource, there may be some downsides to consider. One potential downside is that the content may be too focused on Buddhist principles for those who are not familiar with or interested in Buddhism. While the teachings are applicable to anyone seeking inner peace and personal growth, those looking for a more secular approach may find some episodes less relatable.

    In conclusion, The Audio Dharma podcast is an incredible resource for anyone interested in meditation, mindfulness, and Buddhist teachings. With its diverse range of speakers and topics, it offers valuable insights into living a more mindful and fulfilling life. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or just beginning your spiritual journey, this podcast provides guidance, support, and wisdom that can transform your understanding of yourself and the world around you. I am forever grateful for the teachings shared through this podcast and the positive impact they have had on my life.



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    Dharmette: Love (543) Compassion Samadhi 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2026 12:52


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.30 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24606/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Guided Meditation: Embodied Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2026 32:18


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.30 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24607/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Dharmette: Insight & Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2026 15:17


    This talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2026.04.29 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/k6OngnwmX6c. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Guided Meditation: Difficult for the Self to Understand what it can't do

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2026 27:00


    This talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2026.04.29 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/k6OngnwmX6c. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Practice Notes: Belonging

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 4:24


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.29 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24604/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Dharmette: Don't Make It Worse

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 11:07


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.29 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24605/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Guided Meditation: Undivided Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 30:52


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.29 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24603/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Dharmette: Compassion Samadhi 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 13:22


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.29 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24602/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Dharmette: Love (50) Compassion Samadhi 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2026 13:21


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.28 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/qKqRekSghIM?si=EFyLQpEcz0Mejfl8&t=1843. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24600/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Guided Meditation: Uncomplicated Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2026 30:15


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.28 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/qKqRekSghIM. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24601/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    From Judgment to Discernment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2026 36:47


    This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.04.27 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Happy Hour: Not Defined by the Mind's Harsh Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2026 46:57


    This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.04.27 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Dharmette: Love (49) Compassion Samadhi

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2026 14:14


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.27 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24598/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Guided Meditation: Compassion Where It is Easy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2026 29:41


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.27 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24599/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Happy Hour: Breathing In, I Receive This Gift With A Smile; Breathing Out, I Share the Goodness With Others

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2026 48:06


    This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.04.22 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Happy Hour: Ennobling Mettā — The Love That Calls Forth Our Best

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2026 49:18


    This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.04.20 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Karaniya Metta Sutta (notice ā€œuprightā€): https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.08.amar.html Moth Radio Hour Story: https://themoth.org/story-transcripts/to-catch-a-teef-transcript ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Views

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2026 43:17


    This talk was given by Andrea Fella on 2026.04.19 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/ohCM3IAMhOw?si=lIBvi20YklKaG9je&t=2240. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Relax and Receive

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2026 35:42


    This talk was given by Andrea Fella on 2026.04.19 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/ohCM3IAMhOw?feature=share. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Dharmette: Very brief overview of Shinzen Young's approach

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2026 15:37


    This talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2026.04.15 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/GY29Qn047fc. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Happy Hour: To Recognize Everyday Acts of Care as Enacted and Embodied Metta

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2026 49:05


    This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.04.15 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Guided Meditation: Awareness is reverential about all phenomena

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2026 27:40


    This talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2026.04.15 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/GY29Qn047fc. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Happy Hour: Simply Smiling, Simple Metta

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2026 47:47


    This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.04.13 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Five Levels of Suffering

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2026 33:35


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.12 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/Ns5YXMQ39Sw. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24566/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Dharmette: Love (49) Obstacles to Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2026 13:33


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.10 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/HIHvwWlbfq0?si=bAuG7wIX1BuKfSim&t=1903. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24560/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Guided Meditation: Melting Obstacles

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2026 31:10


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.10 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/HIHvwWlbfq0?feature=share. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24561/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Dharmette: Love (48) Equanimous Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2026 16:21


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.09 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/UWoxDpT8xU8?si=ZH0kiineWXtIHSIH&t=1875. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24549/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Guided Meditation: Stability and Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2026 30:48


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.09 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/UWoxDpT8xU8?feature=share. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24550/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Dharmette: Ajahn Chah's Advice to Woman on Deathbed

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2026 14:00


    This talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2026.04.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/6-5Ha3BSQKU. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Happy Hour: Being Peace Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2026 59:03


    This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.04.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* ā€œBreathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.ā€ ā€œYou are not an observer, you are a participant.ā€ ā€œLife is both dreadful and wonderful. To practice meditation is to be in touch with both aspects.ā€ ― ThĆ­ch Nhįŗ„t Hįŗ”nh, Being Peace ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Lightly Guided Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2026 26:48


    This talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2026.04.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/6-5Ha3BSQKU. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Deeper Motivations

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2026 9:09


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24548/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Natural Settling

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2026 5:08


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24547/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Dharmette: Love (47) Compassion Based on First Knowing Our Own Suffering

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2026 12:28


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/MDYyyKZz8bY?si=HXn36R90dH8crUzj&t=1902. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24545/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Suffering

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2026 31:23


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/MDYyyKZz8bY. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24546/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Dharmette: Love (46) Compassionate Witness not Victim

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2026 13:51


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.07 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/GX692kRHXVY?si=UWU_QaQaPOKlLUJW&t=1908. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24543/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Guided Meditation: Simple Presence for Discomfort

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2026 31:14


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.07 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/GX692kRHXVY. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24544/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Mindfulness of Breathing: Refuge and Insight

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2026 38:36


    This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.04.06 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/-rWNXvowd2Q. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Happy Hour: To Call Myself Beloved on the Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2026 49:38


    This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.04.06 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Inspired by the poem ā€œLate Fragmentā€ 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. ā€œLate Fragmentā€ by Raymond Carver From A New Path to the Waterfall, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Dharmette: Love (45) Intro to Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 14:39


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.06 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/pZgzmBD28Qc?si=tI2UIZI4127UJpDX&t=1645. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24541/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Guided Meditation: Ease with Discomfort

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 27:11


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.06 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/pZgzmBD28Qc. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24542/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Deep Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2026 36:04


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.04.05 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DevRmGMNtQw. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24540/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Happy Hour: Awe and Gratitude for What Might Have Been Otherwise

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2026 46:07


    This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.04.01 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Happy Hour: the Intimacy of the Breath and the Beauty of All Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2026 48:20


    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. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Working with Self-Hatred

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2026 15:03


    This talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2026.03.25 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/gTDsB7YuXcM?si=QYzHAcrZRYpRTYF9&t=1765. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Guided Meditation: Dedicating our practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2026 27:56


    This talk was given by Matthew Brensilver on 2026.03.25 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/gTDsB7YuXcM. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Perspectives of Practice: Wise View

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2026 25:50


    This talk was given by Andrea Fella on 2026.03.24 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Seeing Clearly

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2026 29:43


    This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.03.23 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Happy Hour: Deep Listening as Immeasurable Kindness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2026 44:35


    This talk was given by Nikki Mirghafori on 2026.03.23 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Taking Refuge in the Present Moment

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2026 26:01


    This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.03.22 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/R6d9lDXDB70?feature=share. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Dharmette: Love (44) The Greatest Potential of Metta

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2026 13:33


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.20 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24514/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

    Guided Meditation: Metta and Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2026 30:31


    This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.03.20 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24515/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

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