Cultivating the Heart. A Dharma talk and meditation at the Kuan Yin Centre Nov 23, 2022

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

KYC Dharma Talk online August 18, 2021: Letting go of the ego

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

KYC Dharma talk, March 10, 2021. Thinking and the choice to engage or disengage

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

KYC Dharma talk, Dec 12, 2020 The five recollections.

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

KYC Dharma talk, November 19, 2020 Mindfulness of feelings and working with spiritual pleasure

KYC Dharma talk, November 19, 2020 Mindfulness of feelings and working with spiritual pleasure

The is a video of a talk given at the Kuan Yin Centre on the 19th of November 2020. It differentiates between worldly pleasure and spiritual pleasure and highlights how spiritual pleasure can support states of concentration and… Read More

KYC Dharma talk October 20, 2020 Working mindfully with unpleasant feelings

KYC DHARMA TALK OCTOBER 20, 2020 WORKING MINDFULLY WITH UNPLEASANT FEELINGS

This is an 18 minute talk about working with unpleasant feelings. It was recorded live at the Kuan Yin Centre, Lismore NSW Australia on the 7th of October, 2020. It relates how being mindful of feelings can short… Read More