The Key To Stillness (Part 1): Dharma Talk (Episode 140)
"This mind of ours is already unmoving and peaceful. Our practice is simply to see the Original Mind." - Ajahn Chah
27 Sep 202134min
A Still Forest Pool: Dharma Talk (Episode 139)
"Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool. All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at...
20 Sep 202141min
Metta, Vipassana, and Creativity: Dharma Talk (Episode 138)
Just as a musician learns musical etudes to develop and refine their capacities for musical expression, a contemplative can learn meditative etudes - exercises that nurture the capacities of the Heart...
13 Sep 202120min
The August Pause: Season Finale (Episode 137)
Many thanks to all the listeners and members of the River Bird Sangha. We look forward to reconnecting in September.
9 Aug 202112min
Robert Wright: Existential Psychological Threats (Episode 136)
"I would say that cognitive empathy is a strength that needs to be built, cognitive empathy being the ability to look at things from the perspective of other people. And one thing the explain-excuse c...
2 Aug 20211h 33min
Lauri Glenn: Self-Compassion in Practice (Episode 135)
"When we meet difficulty with a kind and loving heart, compassion naturally arises. Often easy to feel for others, self-directed compassion can get blocked by old belief patterns and cultural conditio...
26 Jul 20211h 16min
Linda Modaro: The Dharma of Experience (Episode 134)
"We aren't looking to get away from our personal lives [in this approach]... but we're given permission to bring what's alive in our lives into our meditation practice." - Linda Modaro
19 Jul 202119min
The Subjectivity of Conventional and Absolute Reality: Dharma Talk (Episode 133)
"It would be well if you directed your mind to the deathless element." - Venerable Sariputta, senior disciple of the Buddha
5 Jul 202140min
