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Sunday Dharma Talk

Peter Doobinin

A dharma talk given by Peter Doobinin offered weekly on Sunday.

religion & spirituality buddhism

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26:06

Comprehending the Body

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2023/03/05

Our capacity to awaken depends on our mindfulness of the body. As we deepen in our understanding of the body and in our ability to stay present, in the body, we move toward awakening. In this dharma talk Peter Doobinin describes how we deepen in mindfulness of the body through practicing mindfulness of the four elements. The talk was given in the autumn of 2022.

27:08

Finding the Heart

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2023/02/26

The practice of meditation, and the skills we develop as dharma students, enable us to make the journey to the the heart. Even in difficult time, even when there is suffering, we're able to find the heart. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we learn to be able, in all the days and times in our lives, to find the heart. The talk was given in June 2021.

27:25

Remembering Our Wish To Be Happy

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2023/02/19

As dharma students, following the Buddha's path, we seek to know true happiness. As human beings, we all have this basic wish for true happiness. But we're often out of touch with it. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains why it's essential that we remember our wish to be happy and how we do just that. The talk was given in the autumn of 2022.

32:28

The Action of Compassion

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2023/02/12

Compassion, in the teachngs of the Buddha, is one of the two primary intentions, along with lovingkindness, that imbue skillful action. We learn as dharma students to take action, toward ourselves and others, that is in the service of compassion. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we do this and the benefit in it. The talk was given on the morning of December 25, 2022.

23:39

Finding Silence

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2023/02/05

Do we understand the importance of tranquility? The importance of silence? In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin how we cultivate silence in a noisy world. Silence without, and silence within. The talk was given in December 2021.

29:17

The Skill of Thinking

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2023/01/29

In this dharma talk, Peter describes elements of the "skill of thinking." In the talk, he explains how, by practicing heedfulness, we're able to abandon unskillful thinking. The talk was given in May 2022.

30:02

Skillful Relationship To Emotions

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2023/01/22

In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin discusses elements of the practice of mindfulness of emotions. As he explains, our purpose, in practicing this mindfulness, is to develop a skillful relationship to emotions. When we have this kind of skillful relationship, we're able to cultivate insight and find freedom from afflictive emotions. The talk was given in September 2022.

26:39

A Spiritual Life

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2023/01/15

What is our commitment to living a spiritual life? What is required of us in making an effort to live a spiritual life? In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin discusses these questions and others that the dharma student is asked to ask. The talk was given in December 2022.

35:21

Looking Back, Looking Forward

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2023/01/08

This dharma talk was offered on New Year's Day 2023. In the talk, Peter explains why it's important to remember the past. If we engage skillfully in this process of remembering, it will enable us to live fully in the present moment ... and it will enable us, in looking forward, to establish skillful resolve. Wishing all beings happiness of heart in the new year!

32:09

The Most Favorable State

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2023/01/01

In practicing meditation, developing concentration, according to the Buddha's instructions, we seek to cultivate an easeful, pleasurable abiding in the body. As Peter Doobinin explains, when we're able to establish this pleasant abiding in meditation and maintain it to some extent in the course of our lives, we're able to live most effectively. We're able to make the most of our lives. This dharma talk, in which Peter describes why and how this pleasant abiding is the most favorable state, was

27:23

Looking In the Right Places

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2022/12/25

As human beings, we have an extraordinary capacity for compassion. But this potential of the heart must be cultivated. As Peter explains, this is our task as dharma students. To develop in compassion, we learn to put an effort toward practicing the certain skills that the Buddha teaches. The talk was given in November 2022.

23:39

Being True to the Heart

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2022/12/18

In dharma practice, we learn to be true to the heart. As Peter Doobinin explains, this means seeing to it that the way we live is true to the wish in the heart for happiness: happiness of heart: true happiness. It means developing understanding, including the understanding that we have the capacity for true happiness. The talk was given in October 2022.

56:54

Awakening

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2022/12/11

What is awakening? What is our conviction in our ability to know it? What are some of the indications that we are, in fact, in the process of awakening? In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explores these questions. The talk was given at the April Eight-Day Retreat in April 2022.

29:30

Full Body Awareness

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2022/12/04

If we can develop mindfulness of the body, the Buddha tells us, we can awaken. Leaving how to establish and maintain full body awareness is an important element of developing mindfulness of the body. In this dharma talk, Peter describes how we learn to cultivate full body awareness and why it's so important that we do. The talk was given in May 2022.

31:48

Sense of Urgency

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2022/11/27

How are we spending our time? Are we looking for happiness in the pleasures of the world? Or are we making an effort to know a more reliable happiness? Cultivating a sense of urgency, understanding that our time is limited, we make an effort to practice the dharma while there's still time to do so. As Peter Doobinin explains, mindfulness of death supports us in our ability to develop this sense of urgency. The dharma talk was given in November 2022 at a daylong retreat in New York City.

31:09

Path of Freedom

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2022/11/20

In following the path of freedom, we learn to abandon our thought worlds. These thought worlds are a prison for us. Beyond them is freedom and the potential to shape our lives in the service of knowing a greater happiness. In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we learn to abandon thought worlds and use thinking in a skillful way to make the most of our lives. The talk was given in August 2022.

30:30

The Practice of Clear Seeing

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2022/11/13

Freedom from afflictive emotions is found through clear seeing. In this dharma talk, Peter discusses the practice of clear seeing. As he explains, when concentration is developed we're able to see clearly and achieve a liberating wisdom. The talk was given in September 2022. “Over there are the roots of trees; over there, empty dwellings. Practice jhana, monks. Don't be heedless. Don't later fall into regret. This is our message to you." (MN 19)

32:36

What Is Mindfulness?

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2022/11/06

In order to follow the Buddha's path, it's important that we understand what, according to the Buddha, mindfulness is. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the skill of mindfulness ... and how we practice this skill. As he explains, the Buddha's mindfulness is proactive and purposeful. The talk was given in November 2021.

24:24

The Time We Have

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2022/10/30

Life offers many difficulties. And in this life there is also the possibility for great happiness. But time is short in which to know the happiness that life offers. As dharma students, realizing this, we seek to make the most of the time we have. In this talk, given in July 2022, Peter Doobinin discusses these basic truths that the dharma student learns to comprehend.

27:32

Inner Strength

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2022/10/23

In dharma practice, in large part through breath meditation, we learn to cultivate the quality of equanimity. We might think of equanimity as inner strength. It's this inner strength that enables us to meet change and difficulty, to take action from the heart. In this talk, Peter explains how we learn, by developing inner strength, to take skillful action and know true happiness. The talk was given in June 2022.

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