Guy Armstrong's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)
Religion & Spirituality Podcas
I have always enjoyed working with practitioners who are continuing to deepen their practice. In the many long retreats I teach at both IMS and Spirit Rock, I feel free to pass on the deepest pointings I’ve found in the teachings of the Buddha in the Pali Canon. Those are my guiding lights in practice and understanding. It is fun for me to take the most difficult concepts and put them into accessible language, to unwrap the mystery. So I try to find ways to explore the breadth of concepts like "emptiness" -- to see how the entire path can be explained in terms of this synonym for nibbana. One of my aims is to bring the goal of freedom into the here and now. This way practitioners get a taste of freedom, so they know what they are heading toward on their journey to liberation. The tools of mindfulness and lovingkindness can be picked up by anyone. They are easy to understand and they bring immediate benefit to our lives. The essence of vipassana is ideally suited to western society, especially to the resonance between our psychological turn of mind and our quest for spiritual understanding.
Location:
United States
Description:
I have always enjoyed working with practitioners who are continuing to deepen their practice. In the many long retreats I teach at both IMS and Spirit Rock, I feel free to pass on the deepest pointings I’ve found in the teachings of the Buddha in the Pali Canon. Those are my guiding lights in practice and understanding. It is fun for me to take the most difficult concepts and put them into accessible language, to unwrap the mystery. So I try to find ways to explore the breadth of concepts like "emptiness" -- to see how the entire path can be explained in terms of this synonym for nibbana. One of my aims is to bring the goal of freedom into the here and now. This way practitioners get a taste of freedom, so they know what they are heading toward on their journey to liberation. The tools of mindfulness and lovingkindness can be picked up by anyone. They are easy to understand and they bring immediate benefit to our lives. The essence of vipassana is ideally suited to western society, especially to the resonance between our psychological turn of mind and our quest for spiritual understanding.
Language:
English
Guy Armstrong: Morning Instructions
Duration:00:59:46
Guy Armstrong: Tranquility and insight
Duration:00:50:31
Guy Armstrong: Q&A on Karma
Duration:00:21:10
Guy Armstrong: Karma
Duration:01:01:33
Guy Armstrong: Q&A
Duration:00:14:39
Guy Armstrong: Working With Difficult Emotions
Duration:01:03:09
Guy Armstrong: Seven Factors of Enlightenment
Duration:00:57:11
Guy Armstrong: Choiceless Attention
Duration:01:01:33
Guy Armstrong: Concentration
Duration:01:03:23
Guy Armstrong: Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of sensations in the body, with special attention to bodily pain.
Duration:01:00:36
Guy Armstrong: Mindfulness of Breathing
Duration:00:56:52
Guy Armstrong: Morning Instructions
Duration:00:55:32
Guy Armstrong: Awareness: Turn, recognize, rest
Duration:00:52:18
Guy Armstrong: Mindfulness of Breathing: 3 sensations in inbreath & outbreath
Duration:00:56:27
Guy Armstrong: Mindfulness of breathing combined with a body scan
Duration:00:49:22
Guy Armstrong: Mindfulness of breathing
Duration:00:55:25
Guy Armstrong: Deepening in Emptiness
Duration:01:06:56
Guy Armstrong: Karma And The End Of Karma
Duration:01:00:06
Guy Armstrong: Morning Instructions: Big Mind Guided Meditation
Duration:00:57:54
Guy Armstrong: Forgiveness Meditation
Duration:00:48:43