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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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34:34

Dharma for Everyone

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/09/22

In following the path of the dharma, we come to know our goodness. The goodness that each of us, as human beings, has within. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we come to know this goodness .... and how this knowledge informs our way forward. The talk was given at a daylong retreat in Berlin in September 2024.

57:54

Surrender to Awareness

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/09/15

In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the simple practice of awareness. If we can trust in awareness, our innate wisdom will lead us to freedom, the end of suffering, true happiness. In the talk Peter explains the obstacles to awareness ... and how we learn to develop in awareness. The talk was given at the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.

56:41

Being In Tune

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/09/01

The Buddha described the quality of "being in tune with the dharma." When we're in tune our practice flourishes. Our life flourishes. We live in accord with the heart. In this talk, Peter explains what it means to be in tune ... and how we learn to be in tune. The dharma talk was given on the third night of the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.

01:00:33

Inclination of Awareness

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/08/25

The habits of our minds often lead us to difficulty and pain. But we can learn to train our awareness. In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how by learning to incline our awareness in a skillful way, we move toward a greater happiness in life. As he explains, the ability to cultivate ease and sukkha (pleasure), to maintain a pleasant abiiding in all our postures, is integral to this process. The talk was given at the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.

57:21

Changing the Mind

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/08/18

All that we are, the Buddha tells us, begins with our thoughts. As dharma students, we learn to cultivate thinking that is skillful: thinking that will lead us to a true happiness in this life. We can do this. We can change our minds. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin, describes the processes for changing the mind. The talk was given on the first night of the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.

50:31

Reliable Things

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/08/11

The Buddha's path, the dharma, is a path of knowing a true and reliable happiness. In making this path, as Peter Doobinin describes, ,we learn to put aside our preoccupation with things that aren't reliable, things, including the pleasures of the world, that can't bring reliable, lasting happiness. The talk was given at a Downtown Meditation Community Three-Day Retreat in 2016.

23:00

Taking Care of the Mind

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/08/04

Are we taking good care of the mnd? What does this mean? How do we take good care of the mind? Why is it so important? In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explores these questions. The talk was given at Downtown Meditation Community on a Sunday night in 2014.

26:12

Bringing Insight to Thinking

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/07/28

In our efforts to know a greater happiness in life, it's essential that we learn to abandon unskillful thinking. But simply making an effort to put aside unskillful thinking isn't enough; we need to learn to bring insight to thinking. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we develop this skill. The talk was given in September 2014.

28:22

Taking Refuge

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/07/22

As dharma students, we seek to live in a certain way. We live in the world but we don't follow the ways of the world. What does this mean? As Peter Doobinin explains in this talk, we come to understand how to make this path, the path of the dharma dharma, through the process of taking refuge. The dharma talk was given in January 2015.

54:05

What Freedom Is

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/07/14

What is freedom? It's a term we might often use ... but perhaps we're not so sure about what it is. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains what, in the Buddha's teaching, freedom is ... and how we practice it. The talk was given at a Downtown Meditation Community retreat in the winter of 2013.

29:33

Commitment to Happiness

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/07/07

In this dharma talk, given in 2015, Peter Doobinin discusses the effort we make to abandon clinging and know true happiness. To what extent is it a priority for us to let go of aversion & desire? What is our commitment to happiness? These are questions we learn to ask in making this noble effort.

36:50

The Joyful Path

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/06/30

It's a joyful path. When we practice the dharma, in accord with the dharma, what the Buddha taught, we know great joy. And although the path asks us to comprehend our pain and suffering, as Peter Doobinin explains, when we do this skillfully, it's joyful. The dharma talk was given in January 2024.

35:07

Living Along Spiritual Lines

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/06/23

The dharma student, resolved to following the Buddha's path, strives to live her life along spiritual lines. What does this mean? How do we develop in our resolve? In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explores these questions. The talk was given on New Year's Eve in 2023.

38:19

The Truth of Our Goodness

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/06/16

In making the journey of awakening, it's essential that we take joy in our goodness and the goodness in the world. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we learn to reflect on our goodness ... and how, in turn, we come to know the truth of our goodness. The talk was given in December 2023.

32:33

Knowing What Matters

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/06/09

In following the path the Buddha put forth, the dharma, we learn to take a step back and reflect. As Peter Doobinin describes, it's important to reflect on what matters in this life. To know what matters. In this talk, given in December 2023, Peter discusses the elements of making this reflection and developing in understanding.

34:21

The Bliss of Renunciation

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/06/02

Renunciation and seclusion are integral elements to dharma practice. In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains how these renunciation puts us in position to practice mindfulness and thusly know the fruits of the path. The talk was given in November 2023.

31:32

The Field of Karma

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/05/26

As we journey through the fields of our past karma, we have to be mindful, alert, ardent, resolute. If we're able to embody these, qualities, the Buddha tells us, we can avoid the pain of afflictive emotions and habitual patterns of suffering. In this dharma talk, given in September 2022, Peter Doobinin describes how we learn to navigate the field of karma.

37:42

Not Holding On

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/05/19

What would if be like if we could let go of our stories...? In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin desribes how we learn to "not hold on" to our painful narratives about ourselves and the world. The talk was given at a daylong retreat in 2013.

27:47

In Tune with Life

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/05/12

In meditation practice, we learn to find a rhythm. We learn to come in to tune. We learn to be in tune with life. In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how our practice leads us to being in tune. The talk was given in April 2024.

22:55

The Dharma Inside

Sunday Dharma Talk ·

2024/05/05

The dharma is found inside. Although our tendency, as Peter Doobinin explains, is to look for happiness in things outside ourselves, in sense pleasure, in other people, in material things, we find a true, reliable happiness inside. In this talk, Peter explains what this means and how we come to the dharma inside. The talk was given in February 2021.

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