Dharma Talks

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Dharma Talks given on Gaia House Meditation Retreats:
Selected new talks are added here every few months.

Please donate: Talks are free, but your donation helps cover our costs. Thank you.
Problem? If the talk does not play, try the ‘Listen on Dharma Seed’ link. (Opens in a new window.)

Caroline Jones	Taking Refuge Taking Refuge – Taken from the November Solitary retreat. This talk encourages us to find our own way of connecting with the traditional Buddhist refuges of Buddha, Dharmma and Sangha. Listen on Dharma Seed.	23-11-2012 40:40
Catherine McGee	An Image of Love An Image of Love Listen on Dharma Seed. A short reflection on how to find an image to work with in your meditation of someone or something whose gaze you trust. Following this you can go to the guided meditation that follows on from this initial exercise: Practising with your Imaginal Figure of Love	28-07-2016 15:48 28-07-2016 55:04
Christina Feldman	The Four Sublime Abidings The Four Sublime Abidings A reflection upon the power of kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity as pathways of awakening. Listen on Dharma Seed.	16-09-2015 56:35
Jenny Wilks	The Five Recollections The Five Recollections – How contemplating the inevitability of loss and change can support us in living skilfully and well. Listen on Dharma Seed.	30-12-2012 49:50
Kirsten Kratz	Becoming Part of the Healing Becoming Part of the Healing This talk explores some of the ways our practice can support, guide and nourish us in times of great challenge and uncertainty and how our inquiry and understanding can be an important part of the healing needed. Listen on Dharma Seed.	13-11-2016 53:40
Martine Batchelor	The Heart of Meditation The Heart of Meditation – Cultivating anchoring and experiential inquiry. Listen on Dharma Seed.	25-02-2015 61:38
Rob Burbea	Working with Thought in Meditation Working with Thought in Meditation As meditators, it can be tempting to see the thinking mind as an enemy, but we can instead discover a wise and skillful relationship with it. This talk presents possible ways of working with the wide range of manifestations of thought: from papanca (proliferation) and obsession to creative, reflective and helpful thinking, to seeing the empty nature of all thought. Listen on Dharma Seed.	09-11-2008 62:15
Stephen Batchelor	Enthusiasm: Reflections on ‘Right Effort’ Enthusiasm: Reflections on ‘Right Effort’ – Reflections on the meaning of ‘right effort’ in Buddhist practice as ‘enthusiasm.’ The traditional ‘four great efforts’ are here interpreted as another way of understanding the ‘four tasks,’ which is the way I understand the four noble truths. Listen on Dharma Seed.	21-07-2016 60:02
Yanai Postelnik	The Fearless Heart The Fearless Heart – Loving-Kindness and compassion. Listen on Dharma Seed.	11-03-2014 63:29

GUEST TEACHERS:

Chris Cullen

The Brahma Viharas – The Best Home for the Heart The Brahma Viharas – The Best Home for the Heart – An introduction to the four cultivations of Kindness, Compassion, Appreciative Joy and Equanimity, which have the potential to support and hold us through all of life’s experiences.
Listen on Dharma Seed.

13-01-2017

67:03

Jake Dartington

Four Noble Truths Four Noble Truths – An accessible introduction to the Buddha’s teaching on the Four Noble Truths, reflecting on how we can understand and let go of the causes of struggle in our lives.
Listen on Dharma Seed.

01-01-2016

53:55

Jaya Karen Rudgard

Gratitude and Generosity Gratitude and Generosity – The joy of awakening.
Listen on Dharma Seed.

23-05-2015

59:14

We maintain a library of over 2,000 recorded Dharma talks given at Gaia House, where experienced meditation teachers explore the meanings of the teachings of the Buddha (Dharma) and how they can be applied to our lives today.

Gaia House Dharma talks are available via the DharmaSeed website – a small non-profit organisation, dedicated to preserving and sharing the spoken teachings of Theravada Buddhism. There you can access all of the Dharma talks given at Gaia House since we started recording digitally in 2006. We are slowly digitising and uploading our pre-2006 cassette tape library, so that older talks will gradually become available.

If you are on a Personal or Work Retreat at Gaia House, there is a computer in the library where you can download talks onto the MP3 Players provided. Please do not bring any personal devices into the library e.g. laptops, Smartphones, Memory Sticks or MP3 Players.

Listen now to Dharma Talks given by Gaia House Meditation Teachers, either by searching the Dharma Seed website (links below) or by playing one of the selected talks above.

Dharma Seed: Talks by Gaia House Teachers: Search for talks by Gaia House teachers.
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Dharma Seed: Talks from Gaia House Retreats: Search for talks from a Retreat you’ve attended.
Dharma Seed: Dharma Centre Talks: Dharma Talks from centres around the world.

Donate to Gaia House: Talks are offered freely, however a small donation will help cover administrative and materials costs and enable us to continue to make these talks available in the future. Gaia House suggests a minimum donation of £2 per talk – or whatever you can afford.

Donate to Dharma Seed: Dharma Seed act as a host for our talks. Please note that donations given via the Dharma Seed website will go solely to Dharma Seed.

Order Dharma talks on CD - click to open

If you prefer to use CD’s, please see how to order below. Gaia House aims to keep charges as low as possible, and the income received simply covers the cost of recording and distributing the talks.

UK Orders:

Please send a cheque with a letter clearly outlining your order to:
Faith Burch, Dharma Talks, Gaia House, West Ogwell, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6EW.
Cheques should be made payable to ‘Gaia House Trust’.
- Up to 3 CDs: £5.50 each
- 4 or more CDs: £5.00 each
- MP3 files on a CD: £3 per talk (minimum order of 2 talks)

Rest of the World Orders:

To Order: Please email Faith Burch and request instructions on how to pay:
- Up to 3 CDs: £6.00 each
- 4 or more CDs: £5.50 each
- MP3 files on a CD: £3.20 per talk (minimum order of 2 talks)

We do not take credit card payments for CDs.
Please allow up to 28 days for delivery.

If you need more information before ordering, please email Faith Burch at dharmatalks@nullgaiahouse.co.uk

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Based on recordings at Gaia House.
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