1/Dharma talk: Cultivating the heart qualities. This is a talk given at the Kuan Yin Centre, Lismore NSW Australia on November 23, 2022. It briefly outlines some heart qualities including the four boundless divine abodes (warm benevolence, compassion,… Read More
In Theravada Buddhism the 10 perfections are: generosity, virtue, renunciation, discernment or wisdom, energy or persistence, patience or endurance, truth, determination, good will and equanimity. This 25 minute talk briefly outlines how each of the perfections develop good… Read More
This video clip is a Dharma talk describing Signless Samadhi. The speaker considers that Silent Illumination and Shikantaza are the same meditations. He describes samadhi, then what signs are, then signless samadhi.
This is a Dharma talk given at the Kuan Yin Centre Lismore, NSW Australia after devastating floods with loss of life and destruction of thousands of homes and businesses. It talks about how we develop a traumatic response… Read More
This is a Dharma talk given at the Kuan Yin Centre, Lismore NSW Australia on the 10th of February, 2022. It is about what mind or heart-mind is and resting in awareness.
This 23 minute talk was given at the Kuan Yin Centre in Lismore NSW on Nov 24 2021. This recording provides a very brief overview of the Buddha’s discourse on mindfulness of breathing or the Anapanasati sutta. This… Read More
This is a recording of a talk given at the Kuan Yin Centre on October 20th, 2021. It describes three pathways to realise emptiness: 1. Via mindfulness 2. Via graduated steps of perception and 3. By abiding in… Read More
This talk, which was recorded online, begins by paying homage to the Buddha, the awakened one and then taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. It is about dropping the conceit “I am”, which in Pali is… Read More
This is a video recording from the Kuan Yin Centre, Lismore NSW. It is about how we work with proliferating thinking processes when they are not helpful. It mentions how what we attend to can become our reality,… Read More
This is a talk on five recollections encouraged by the Buddha. These are reminders of ageing, sickness, death, being parted from what we hold dear and the fact that we are the owners of our actions. Please be… Read More