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This list of talks is a recommended sequence for learning many of the essentials of mindfulness, insight meditation, and Buddhist teachings and practice. They have been selected from the talks archived on this site.



Meditation Fundamentals

Four Noble Truths & the Eightfold Path

Topic Date Length Four Noble Truths (Transcription) 2005-01-10 46:55 Download Stream Eightfold Path (Transcription) 2003-08-18 42:45 Download Stream Eightfold Path (Transcription) 2006-09-03 41:49 Download Stream 1. Right View: Right Understanding 2007-07-23 45:24 Download Stream a) Karma (Transcription) 2003-06-01 39:55 Download Stream Karma & Intention (Transcription) 2006-04-03 51:19 Download Stream b) The Three Characteristics: i) Impermanence (Transcription) 2005-05-16 39:45 Download Stream ii) Dukkha - Cessation of

Suffering 2005-01-16 42:18 Download Stream 2005-06-06 42:16 Download Stream iii) Not-Self 2005-06-13 42:29 Download Stream 2. Right Intention (Part 1 of 2) 2004-04-28 48:09 Download Stream Right Intention (Part 2 of 2) 2004-04-28 25:14 Download Stream Right Intention 2006-10-08 36:14 Download Stream a) Ahimsa - Non-Harming 2003-07-20 43:26 Download Stream b) Metta - Lovingkindness 2006-04-10 41:57 Download Stream c) Renunciation & Ease 2004-12-12 40:53 Download Stream 3. Right Action: Five Precepts 2003-08-07 54:06 Download Stream Five Precepts 2005-10-03 41:09 Download Stream a) Not Killing 2005-10-10 47:14 Download Stream b) Not Taking What Is Not Given 2005-10-17 33:05 Download Stream c) Not Committing Sexual Misconduct 2005-10-25 51:32 Download Stream d) Not Lying 2005-11-07 45:32 Download Stream e) Not Taking Intoxicants 2005-11-14 44:25 Download Stream 4. Right Speech: Truth 2005-05-23 43:53 Download Stream 5. Right Livelihood 2007-01-28 37:22 Download Stream 6. Right Effort 2004-05-17 38:08 Download Stream a) Preventing Unwholesome States 2005-11-13 41:28 Download Stream b) Letting Go of Unwholesome States 2005-11-10 40:52 Download Stream c) Cultivating Wholesome States 2005-11-27 29:27 Download Stream d) Maintaining Wholesome States 2005-12-04 40:51 Download Stream 7. Right Mindfulness 2004-06-13 52:01 Download Stream 8. Right Concentration Concentration 2004-06-14 45:31 Download Stream Contrasting Mindfulness & Concentration 2006-06-25 38:01 Download Stream

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