Sunday Dharma Talk Peter Doobinin

What would if be like if we could let go of our stories...? In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin desribes how we learn to "not hold on" to our painful narratives about ourselves and the world.  The talk was given at a daylong retreat in 2013.

In meditation practice, we learn to find a rhythm.  We learn to come in to tune.  We learn to be in tune with life.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how our practice leads us to being in tune.  The talk was given in April 2024.

The dharma is found inside.  Although our tendency, as Peter Doobinin explains, is to look for happiness in things outside ourselves, in sense pleasure, in other people, in material things, we find a true, reliable happiness inside.  In this talk, Peter explains what this means and how we come to the dharma inside.  The talk was given in February 2021.

The practice of meditation enables us to "make space."  We become more and more able, in doing so, to find refuge; to bring awareness, and thusly understanding, to our experience; and to know true happiness, a happiness that doesn't die.   In this talk, given in January 2023, Peter Doobinin describes how, by making space, we move toward a greater happiness in our lives.

When we pay close attention to our experience, we understand that what we share with others is timeless and profound.  In following the Buddha's path, we're asked to live in tune with all beings.  What does this mean?  What is our commitment to solidarity with all beings?  In this talk, given in September 2023, Peter Doobinin explores these questions.

We practice meditation so that we can be here, present, and wake, and openhearted, for this life.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we develop the resolve to be present ... and how the practice of breath meditation brings us to the present moment.  The talk was given in March 2024.