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The Westcoast Dharma Society makes a wide variety of materials available to those interested in Buddhist meditation practices.

Digital Dharma Talks

 

August 20 - 22, 2010 Vipassana meditation weekend retreat:

  • "Introduction to the Practice" - Howard Cohn

(1:05:05) (Play or Download)

  • "The Four Noble Truths" - Howard Cohn

(49:55) (Play or Download)

  • "The Story of Me" - Howard Cohn

(59:48) (Play or Download)

April 30 - May 2, 2010 Vipassana meditation weekend retreat:

  • "Introduction to Mindfulness: Body, Mind, Heart" - Michele McDonald and Steven Smith

(29:09) (Play or Download)

  • "Connection and Nonattachment" - Michele McDonald

(53:01) (Play or Download)

  • "The Four Supports of Mindfulness" - Steven Smith

(45:48) (Play or Download)

 

March 19 - 21, 2010 "Concentration and Insight" meditation weekend retreat/workshop:

  • "The Fruits of the Spiritual Life" - Leigh Brasington

(36:31) (Play or Download)

  • "Talk I: Dependent Origination: Overview" - Leigh Brasington

(1:04:58) (Play or Download)

  • "Talk 2: Dependent Origination: The Destruction of Craving" - Leigh Brasington

(42:10) (Play or Download)

 
  • "Talk 3: Dependent Origination: Emptiness" - Leigh Brasington

(1:04:53) (Play or Download)

 

January 8 - 10, 2010 "The Sure Heart's Release" Vipassana meditation weekend retreat:

  • "Dana: One of the Three Foundations of Liberation" - Kamala Masters

(49:49) (Play or Download)

 
  • "Sila: One of the Three Foundations of Liberation" - Kamala Masters

(48:54) (Play or Download)

  • "Bhavana: One of the Three Foundations of Liberation" - Kamala Masters

(55:06) (Play or Download)

December 4 - 6 , 2009 Vipassana meditation weekend retreat:

Rodney Smith's talk series entitled "The Four Illusions" can be found at: http://www.seattleinsight.org/Talks/tabid/74/Default.aspx

November 13 - 15 , 2009 Vipassana meditation weekend retreat:

  • "Sacred Space" - Michele McDonald

(37:51) (Play or Download)

  • "The Four Protections" - Michele McDonald

(49:35) (Play or Download)

 

September 11 - 13 , 2009 "The Engaged Mystic" Vipassana meditation weekend retreat:

  • "Cultivating Spaciousness" - Christina Feldman

(43:54) (Play or Download)

  • "Sati (Mindfulness) and the Path": Saturday morning talk - Christina Feldman (21:00) (Play or Download)
  • "The Noble Life" - Christina Feldman

(48:13) (Play or Download)

  • "The Judgmental Mind" - Christina Feldman

(43:52) (Play or Download)

 

These digital Dharma talks are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. 

Our server resources are limited and we therefore ask that you initiate only one download at a time. Depending on your internet connection, you may experience longer download times, but this will allow us to distribute more talks with the same budget. Your patience is appreciated.

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Play and download instructions:

To listen to the talk, simply click on the "(play or download)" link following the title.  On many computers, clicking on the MP3 file will only play it. Here's how to save the file to your computer so you can listen later or transfer it to your portable player:

Windows PC or Linux
Right-click on the "(play or download)" link to the MP3 file, and choose the option for Saving the link (or target). It will say "Save Target As..." or "Save Link As..." or "Download Link...". On most systems, double-clicking the downloaded file will open it and begin playback.  Play the MP3 in the media player of your choice, preferably at extremely high volume. We suggest Winamp.

Mac OS X
Hold down the option key and click on the "(play or download)" link to the MP3 file. It will download to the Desktop (or other folder if you set one in preferences). Play the MP3 in the media player of your choice, preferably at extremely high volume. We suggest iTunes. 

Double-clicking the "(play or download)" link will begin playback and add the track automatically to your iTunes library.