An archive of Zoom Class recordings.
December 27, 2022: Video on YouTube. “Turning Our Will and Our Lives Over to the Dharma” from “A Burning Desire.” Listen to audio below.
December 23, 2022: Video on YouTube. Step Three from “A Burning Desire.” Listen to audio below.
December 20, 2022: Video on YouTube. “Losing God, Finding Buddha,” pp 148-150 in “A Burning Desire.” Listen to audio below.
December 16, 2022: Video on YouTube. Continuing to explore the Serenity Prayer. Listen to audio below.
December 13, 2022. Video on YouTube. From “A Burning Desire,” exploring the Serenity Prayer in relation to Step 2. Listen to audio below.
November 29, 2022. Video on YouTube. From “A Burning Desire,” the section on Higher Power as a mystery. Listen to audio below.
November 25, 2022. Video on YouTube. Exploring the Anapanasati Sutta section on feeling and perception. Listen to audio below.
November 22, 2022. Video on YouTube. From “A Burning Desire,” reading from the section on community. Listen to audio below.
November 18, 2022. Video on YouTube. Ten Fetters: exploring the things that block us from enlightenment. Listen to audio below.
November 15, 2022. Video on YouTube. From “A Burning Desire,” discussing the section on Higher Power of Spiritual Awakening. Listen to audio below.
November 8, 2022. Video on YouTube. From “A Burning Desire,” discussing the section on Higher Power of Presence. Listen to audio below.
November 1, 2022. Video on YouTube. Reflections on a visit to Abhayagiri Monastery for the Kathina festival and the Thai Forest tradition. Listen to audio below.
October 28, 2022. Video on YouTube. Exploring the idea that connection is the opposite of addiction. Listen to audio below.
October 25, 2022. Video on YouTube. Exploring the energy aspect of the Seven Factors of Enlightenment. Listen to audio below.
October 21, 2022. Video on YouTube. Anapanasati Sutta, second tetrad: breathing with feelings and perceptions. Listen to audio below.
October 18, 2022. No video. Guest teacher, Debbie Darren talks about equanimity and allowing space. Listen to audio below.
October 11, 2022. Video on YouTube. Simile of the Saw, the sutta on hatred and loving kindness. Listen to audio below.
October 7, 2022. Video on YouTube. Constructing Self. Continuing to explore how we create a sense of self. Listen to audio below.
October 4, 2022. Video on YouTube. Five Aggregates of Clinging. These things create the sense of self which causes suffering. Listen to audio below.
September 27, 2022. Video on YouTube. The importance of faith in ourselves and our path. Listen to audio below.
September 23, 2022. Video on YouTube. Ann Bolger Peruzzi draws from my Buddhism & the Twelve Steps Daily Reflections to discuss the idea of the 12 Steps as an archetypal spiritual path. Listen to audio below.
September 13, 2022. Video on YouTube. Anapanasati Sutta. Continuing to explore the sutta on mindful breathing, a foundational text in the Pali CanonListen to audio below.
August 30, 2022. Video on YouTube. The role of faith as a Higher Power in recovery work. Listen to audio below.
August 26, 2022. Video on YouTube. How Right Concentration can be seen as an aspect of Higher Power in 12 Step work. Listen to audio below.
August 23, 2022. Video on YouTube. Higher Power of Right Effort. Listen to audio below.
August 19, 2022. Video on YouTube. Exploring the Anapanasati Sutta. The Buddha’s instruction on mindful with breathing. Listen to audio below.
August 16, 2022. Video on YouTube. Session of Q&A. Listen to audio below.
August 9, 2022. Video on YouTube. Continuing to work with my book “A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery.” Here the topic is the Five Precepts. Meditation uses the Anapanasati Sutta. Listen to audio below.
August 5, 2022. Video on YouTube. Continuing to work with my book “A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery.” Right Speech as a Higher Power. Listen to audio below.
August 2, 2022. Video on YouTube. Right Intention as Higher Power. Listen to audio below.
July 29, 2022. Video on YouTube. Debbie Darrin subs. Her topic is the Year to Live practice. Listen to audio below.
July 26, 2022: Video on YouTube. Walt Opie subs. His topic is investigating and navigating our emotional struggles and pain. Listen to audio below.
July 22, 2022: Video on YouTube. Ann Bolger Peruzzi subs. Her topic is using intention to cultivate loving kindness. Listen to audio below.
July 15, 2022: Video on YouTube. Debbie Darrin subs. Her topic is energy and effort in our practice and our recovery. Listen to audio below.
July 12, 2022: Video on YouTube. Walt Opie substitutes. The topic is Sympathetic Joy, one of the Brahmaviharas. Listen to audio below.
July 5, 2022: Right View: Video on YouTube. Showing how Right View can be seen as a Higher Power. Listen to audio below.
July 1, 2022: Higher Power of the Eightfold Path: Video on YouTube. Starting a series on the Eightfold Path as Dharma God(s). Listen to audio below.
June 28, 2022: Higher Power of Love (cont.): Video on YouTube. More from “A Burning Desire” exploring Dharma God. Listen to audio below.
June 21, 2022: Higher Power of Love: Video on YouTube. Using my book “A Burning Desire” to explore the 12 Step idea of Higher Power. Listen to audio below.
June 17, 2022: Enlightenment: Video on YouTube. Exploring a Buddhist sutta that connects having a spiritual community with seeing impermanence and not self, leading to enlightenment. Listen to audio below.
June 14, 2022: Impermanence (cont.): Video on YouTube. More on the Higher Power of Impermanence. Listen to audio below,
June 7, 2022: The Higher Power of Impermanence: Video on YouTube. How understanding and surrendering to the inevitability of change can support our spiritual growth. Listen to audio below.
May 31, 2022: The Higher Power of Suffering: Video on YouTube. How suffering can inspire change and growth. Listen to audio below.
May 27, 2022: The Higher Power of Wisdom: Video on YouTube. How insight into impermanence, suffering, and not-self can support our recovery. Listen to audio below.
May 24, 2022: Mindfulness of Breathing: Video on YouTube. Exploring the Anapanasati Sutta. Listen to audio below.
May 10, 2022: Higher Power of Mindfulness (cont). Video on YouTube. (Talk only. No guided meditation). Continuing to work with “A Burning Desire.” Listen to audio below.
May 3, 2022: Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension: Video on YouTube. Focusing on the importance of Clear Comprehension in the Eightfold Path. Listen to audio below.
April 26, 2022: Higher Power of Mindfulness: Video on YouTube. Continuing to explore my book, “A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery.” Listen to audio below.
April 15, 2022: The Higher Power of Karma (cont): Video on YouTube. Continuing to explore my book, “A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery.” Listen to audio below.
April 12, 2022: The Higher Power of Karma (cont.): Audio only.
April 5, 2022: The Higher Power of Karma: Video on YouTube. Exploring the Law of Cause and Effect. Listen to audio below.
March 29, 2022: Burning Desire Intro (cont): Video on YouTube. Continuing the introduction of A Burning Desire. Listen to audio below.
March 25, 2022: Dharma God (cont): Video on YouTube. Continuing to explore the introduction to A Burning Desire. Listen to audio below.
March 22, 2022: Energy of Breath: Video on YouTube. Exploring the sutta on Mindfulness of Breath. Listen to audio below.
March 18, 2022: Powerlessness: Video on YouTube. From “A Burning Desire,” exploring Step One Powerlessness. Listen to audio below.
March 15, 2022: Defining Spirituality: Video on YouTube. From “A Burning Desire,” taking apart the idea of “spiritual” to make it more accessible. Listen to audio below.
March 8, 2022: A Burning Desire, Intro (cont): Video on YouTube. Returning from retreat, I continue with the introduction to my book “A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery.” Listen to audio below.
March 4, 2022: Walt Opie: Video on YouTube. Walt Opie visits the group. Walt is a Buddhist teacher trained by Joseph Goldstein at IMS and in the Community Dharma Leader program at Spirit Rock. He was worked with people in recovery and prison inmates for many years. Listen to audio below.
March 1, 2022: Greg Pergament: Video on YouTube. Meditation and Qigong teacher visits the group. He is the author of “Chi Kung in Recovery.” Listen to audio below.
February 25, 2022: War and Peace: Audio only. As Russia invades Ukraine, I talk about Buddhist attitudes toward violence and war. Readings from Thich Nhat Hanh and Bhikkhu Bodhi. Listen to audio below.
February 22, 2022: Dharma God: Video on YouTube. From the introduction to “A Burning Desire.” I describe the beginning of my exploration of Higher Power from a Buddhist perspective. Listen to audio below.
February 18, 2022: A Burning Desire: Video on YouTube. Starting to use my second book, A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery. Listen to audio below.
February 15, 2022: Living Kindness: Video on YouTube. We take up the topic of love and compassion for Valentine’s Day, using my book “Living Kindness.” Listen to audio below.
February 8, 2022: Back to Step One: (No video available). Closing “One Breath at a Time” with the suggestion that we continue working the Steps. This talk includes reflections on writing the book itself. Listen to audio below.
February 4, 2022: Breadth of Practice: Daily Mindfulness: Video on YouTube. Exploring how we use mindfulness in our daily life and in recovery. Listen to audio below.
February 1, 2022: Developing Concentration: Video on YouTube. The last factor of the Eightfold Path, Right Concentration. It’s role in recovery, what it is, and how to develop it. Listen to audio below.
January 28, 2022: Mindfulness of Dhammas: Video on YouTube. Exploring the Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness, especially the hindrances and awakening factors. Listen to audio below.
January 25, 2021: Mindfulness of Mind: Video on YouTube. Exploring the third Foundation of Mindfulness. Listen to audio below.
January 21, 2022: Thich Nhat Hanh: Video on Youtube. Reflections on this Buddhist master on the day of his death. Listen to audio below.
January 11, 2022: Mindfulness of Feeling Tone: Video on YouTube. The second of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, vedana. Listen to audio below.
January 7, 2022: Mindfulness of the Body: Video on YouTube. The first of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Listen to audio below.
January 4, 2022: Right Mindfulness: Video on YouTube. We begin a series on mindfulness itself. All of this is part of the Step 12 reflection on “Practicing these principles in all our affairs.” Listen to audio below.