Dharma Podcast

Speaker: Fr. John Dear, SJ As Christmas is a season of peace, Fr. John postulates that Mary’s story is useful as an image to deepen ...

Speakers: Sensei Kaz Tanahashi & Roshi Joan Halifax On this first day of Rohatsu sesshin, Kaz Sensei begins by pointing out our shared ...

Speakers: Sharon Salzberg & Roshi Joan Halifax In their parting words to the Radical Joy retreatants, Sharon and Roshi express their ...

Speakers: Sharon Salzberg, Roshi Joan Halifax, Sita To generate inner joy through expressive joy, Sharon and Roshi introduce Sita, who ...

Speaker: Sharon Salzberg In this guided meditation, Sharon begins by pointing out that in Tibetan Buddhism, it is said we should look at ...

Speaker: Sensei Beate Genko Stolte Sensei speaks about the skandha of feeling, where intuition arises. This is what is in our hearts and ...

Speakers: Sharon Salzberg & Roshi Joan Halifax In this session, Roshi discusses “eudemonia” as a sense of flourishing, or joy – ...

Speaker: Roshi Joan Halifax Roshi reflects on the broken-heartedness of current events and then opens discussion with the question ...

Speakers: Sharon Salzberg and Roshi Joan Halifax This session begins with a discussion of and instructions for lovingkindess meditation. In ...

Speaker: Sharon Salzberg Sharon starts out leading a meditation on the breath. She then begins the session pointing out that, in order to ...

Speakers: Sharon Salzberg, Roshi Joan Halifax & Zuleikha Sharon opens the retreat by illustrating the role of joy in our everyday lives ...

Speaker: Bud Ryan Filmmaker and activist Bud Ryan begins by discussing the challenges of making a documentary film about the controversial ...

Speaker: Louise Dunlap Louise begins by speaking briefly about her experience as a writing teacher since the 1960’s, when activism ...