Sunday Dharma Talk https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com A dharma talk given by Peter Doobinin offered weekly on Sunday. Sun, 10 May 2026 15:21:23 -0500 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All Rights Reserved Religion & Spirituality:Buddhism 1440 episodic Peter Doobinin Peter Doobinin No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3609096/pod_5.jpg Sunday Dharma Talk https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com 144 144 The Path of the Heart The Path of the Heart https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-path-of-the-heart/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-path-of-the-heart/#comments Sun, 10 May 2026 15:21:23 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/1dc7027c-f92a-3a9c-a1d2-227de79b532e The path is the path of the heart.  It's a spiritual path.  As Peter Doobinin explains, the elements of this spiritual path include generosity, virtue, renunciation, and meditation.  Following this path, we come closer to the heart.  We know happiness of heart.  The talk was given in January 2025. May all beings be happy of heart!

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]]> The path is the path of the heart.  It's a spiritual path.  As Peter Doobinin explains, the elements of this spiritual path include generosity, virtue, renunciation, and meditation.  Following this path, we come closer to the heart.  We know happiness of heart.  The talk was given in January 2025.
May all beings be happy of heart!

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2016 395 full The Dharma is Inside The Dharma is Inside https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-dharma-is-inside/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-dharma-is-inside/#comments Sun, 03 May 2026 16:07:36 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/b1028e8b-0775-331e-bf0f-8c1f738a46ac The dharma is inside.  It's found within each of us.  It's found in this body.  In this very life.  As Peter Doobinin explains, as we develop in the practice of meditation, in the practice of mindfulness of the body, we become more and more in tune with the dharma within us.  This talk was offered in February 2026.

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]]> The dharma is inside.  It's found within each of us.  It's found in this body.  In this very life.  As Peter Doobinin explains, as we develop in the practice of meditation, in the practice of mindfulness of the body, we become more and more in tune with the dharma within us.  This talk was offered in February 2026.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1525 394 full This Very Life This Very Life https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/this-very-life/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/this-very-life/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:15:24 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/20908912-6ee7-3d56-a054-7536eb6d758d The dharma students seeks to know a greater happiness in this very life.  As Peter Doobinin explains, we each have the capacity to live with an awakened heart, to live joyfully, to know the joy of living.  As we learn to move beyond our doubts and self judgments, the path opens up to us; we know what it possible; we begin to realize a greater happiness.  The dharma talk was given at an NY Dharma daylong retreat in January 2026.

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]]> The dharma students seeks to know a greater happiness in this very life.  As Peter Doobinin explains, we each have the capacity to live with an awakened heart, to live joyfully, to know the joy of living.  As we learn to move beyond our doubts and self judgments, the path opens up to us; we know what it possible; we begin to realize a greater happiness.  The dharma talk was given at an NY Dharma daylong retreat in January 2026.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2570 393 full Cultivating Affirmative Thinking Cultivating Affirmative Thinking https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/cultivating-affirmative-thinking/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/cultivating-affirmative-thinking/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:22:58 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/baa51ae0-5b67-389f-8375-8ab103519785 As we move forward in our practice, in our efforts to cultivate skillful, affirmative thoughts we know a greater happiness.  This, as the Buddha tells us, is something we can do.   And it's something we should learn to do, if we want to know a joyful life.  In order to have a joyful life, we have to cultivate joyful thoughts.  Affirmative thoughts.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we cultivate affirmative thinking.  The dharma talk is the last in a series of five talks on "Skillful Thinking" that Peter gave in January 2025.

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]]> As we move forward in our practice, in our efforts to cultivate skillful, affirmative thoughts we know a greater happiness.  This, as the Buddha tells us, is something we can do.   And it's something we should learn to do, if we want to know a joyful life.  In order to have a joyful life, we have to cultivate joyful thoughts.  Affirmative thoughts.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we cultivate affirmative thinking.  The dharma talk is the last in a series of five talks on "Skillful Thinking" that Peter gave in January 2025.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2404 392 full Asking Skillful Questions Asking Skillful Questions https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/asking-skillful-questions/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/asking-skillful-questions/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:06:23 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/05f60ba8-d36d-339d-a5f9-65861b80f812 By asking questions in skillful ways we learn to free the heart of its burdens and know the happiness inside, the happiness of heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains the skill of asking skillful questions.  The talk was given in January 2026.  It's the third in a series of dharma talks on cultivating skillful thinking that Peter offered during the month.

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]]> By asking questions in skillful ways we learn to free the heart of its burdens and know the happiness inside, the happiness of heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains the skill of asking skillful questions.  The talk was given in January 2026.  It's the third in a series of dharma talks on cultivating skillful thinking that Peter offered during the month.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2578 391 full Cultivating Skillful Thinking Cultivating Skillful Thinking https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/cultivating-skillful-thinking-1775077424/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/cultivating-skillful-thinking-1775077424/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/18aae503-b492-3e11-bc8e-f2e8a86aadfd Our happiness in this life depends on the way that we think and the actions that follow.  As dharma students, our task is to abandon unskillful thinking and to cultivate skillful thinking.  In this talk, Peter explains the skill for cultivating skillful thinking, thinking that leads us to true happiness.  The dharma talk is the second in a series of talks on "Skillful Thinking" offered in January 2026. ​"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world." (Dhp 1)

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]]> Our happiness in this life depends on the way that we think and the actions that follow.  As dharma students, our task is to abandon unskillful thinking and to cultivate skillful thinking.  In this talk, Peter explains the skill for cultivating skillful thinking, thinking that leads us to true happiness.  The dharma talk is the second in a series of talks on "Skillful Thinking" offered in January 2026.
​"We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world."
(Dhp 1)

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2665 390 full Fundamentals of Skillful Thinking Fundamentals of Skillful Thinking https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/fundamentals-of-skillful-thinking/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/fundamentals-of-skillful-thinking/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:44:05 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/6c093546-278b-31e6-91af-71c99c62103d This dharma talk is the first in a series of talks on the theme of "Skillful Thinking" given by Peter Doobinin in January 2026.  As Peter explains, the Buddha's path is a path of developing skills.  The skill of skillful thinking is integral to the path.  Through developing skillful thinking we are able to shape our lives, we are able to live with wisdom & compassion, we are able to know the happiness of heart.  In this talk, Peter explains the basics for developing the skill of skillful thinking.

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]]> This dharma talk is the first in a series of talks on the theme of "Skillful Thinking" given by Peter Doobinin in January 2026.  As Peter explains, the Buddha's path is a path of developing skills.  The skill of skillful thinking is integral to the path.  Through developing skillful thinking we are able to shape our lives, we are able to live with wisdom & compassion, we are able to know the happiness of heart.  In this talk, Peter explains the basics for developing the skill of skillful thinking.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2453 389 full Time Well Spent Time Well Spent https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/time-well-spent/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/time-well-spent/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:45:22 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/d8e2cff6-129e-3e1c-9109-1b178a76c970 Meditation is often difficult.  But, as Peter Doobinin explains, it's time well spent.  This talk was given by Peter in December 2025.

]]> Meditation is often difficult.  But, as Peter Doobinin explains, it's time well spent.  This talk was given by Peter in December 2025.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1984 388 full Here & Now Here & Now https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/here-now/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/here-now/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:36:38 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/a2a5b1f4-e3c5-326b-9066-30be61891d0a The practice of the dharma is the practice of being aware in the here & now.  Being aware of our experience, as it is, in the moment.  And, in turn, shaping our experience of the here & now.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains what it is to live in the here & now; and how we're able to do that.  The dharma talk was offered on December 21, 2025.

You shouldn't chase after the past or place expectations on the future. What is past           is left behind. The future           is as yet unreached. Whatever quality is present you clearly see right there,              right there. Not taken in, unshaken, that's how you develop the heart. (MN 131)

]]> The practice of the dharma is the practice of being aware in the here & now.  Being aware of our experience, as it is, in the moment.  And, in turn, shaping our experience of the here & now.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains what it is to live in the here & now; and how we're able to do that.  The dharma talk was offered on December 21, 2025.

You shouldn't chase after the past
or place expectations on the future.
What is past
          is left behind.
The future
          is as yet unreached.
Whatever quality is present
you clearly see right there,
             right there.
Not taken in,
unshaken,
that's how you develop the heart.
(MN 131)

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2253 387 full True Dhamma True Dhamma https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/true-dhamma/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/true-dhamma/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2026 11:30:42 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/bd654fc8-8053-36a5-a3e1-5dfd27b5a174 The truths of the heart, the dhamma, are timeless and deathless.  The dharma has always been there and will always be there.  The Buddha didn't invent the dharma.  He found it.  And he taught a way, a path, by which we might find it.  Our task is to follow the path and, in turn, to be alert to the dhamma, that timeless quality.  It is from this place, that we seek to live.  The talk was offered by Peter Doobinin in January 2025.

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]]> The truths of the heart, the dhamma, are timeless and deathless.  The dharma has always been there and will always be there.  The Buddha didn't invent the dharma.  He found it.  And he taught a way, a path, by which we might find it.  Our task is to follow the path and, in turn, to be alert to the dhamma, that timeless quality.  It is from this place, that we seek to live.  The talk was offered by Peter Doobinin in January 2025.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1889 386 full The Dhamma is Timeless The Dhamma is Timeless https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-dhamma-is-timeless/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-dhamma-is-timeless/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:04:17 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/4f5eeaa4-f792-3626-b14d-f9c2eb92fab2 The dhamma is found inside.  Inside each of us.  It is found inside and it is always there.  It is timeless.  This talk was given by Peter Doobinin at the end of the year in December 2025.

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]]> The dhamma is found inside.  Inside each of us.  It is found inside and it is always there.  It is timeless.  This talk was given by Peter Doobinin at the end of the year in December 2025.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2232 385 full The Truth of Impermanence The Truth of Impermanence https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-truth-of-impermanence/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-truth-of-impermanence/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:56:36 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/24b12b02-98ca-3d84-b88b-609049c05796 There is that which is subject to birth & death; and there is that which doesn't die.  As we understand the truth of impermanence, we gradually move toward knowing the happiness that doesn't die:  the happiness of the heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explain how our understanding of impermanence leads us to a greater happiness in this life.  He encourages us to ask, "Is there a happiness that doesn't die?"  The talk was given at a New York Dharma daylong retreat in December 2025.

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]]> There is that which is subject to birth & death; and there is that which doesn't die.  As we understand the truth of impermanence, we gradually move toward knowing the happiness that doesn't die:  the happiness of the heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explain how our understanding of impermanence leads us to a greater happiness in this life.  He encourages us to ask, "Is there a happiness that doesn't die?"  The talk was given at a New York Dharma daylong retreat in December 2025.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2403 384 full A Greater Happiness A Greater Happiness https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/a-greater-happiness-1771184742/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/a-greater-happiness-1771184742/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2026 14:45:42 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e689a8c6-8cb9-3f81-a6be-38ab07589337 In dharma practice, we learn to change.  We change our karma.  We change our actions.  The skills the Buddha teaches enable us to no longer act our on our past karma ... and in turn, to act in support of the heart.  As we practice these skills, we come to know a greater happiness in this life.  This dharma talk is the fourth in a series of four talks on "The Law of Karma" that Peter Doobinin gave in September 2025.

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]]> In dharma practice, we learn to change.  We change our karma.  We change our actions.  The skills the Buddha teaches enable us to no longer act our on our past karma ... and in turn, to act in support of the heart.  As we practice these skills, we come to know a greater happiness in this life.  This dharma talk is the fourth in a series of four talks on "The Law of Karma" that Peter Doobinin gave in September 2025.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2642 383 full Discernment: The Practice of Heedfulness Discernment: The Practice of Heedfulness https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/discernment-the-practice-of-heedfulness/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/discernment-the-practice-of-heedfulness/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2026 07:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/ded9a57d-410c-370c-9fdb-17e2ee48d79d All skillful qualities, the Buddha teaches, are rooted in heedfulness.  The practice of heedfulness enables us to discern which actions to take, which actions will lead us to a greater happiness in this life.  In this talk, Peter explains the skill of heedfulness, how we develop it, and the importance in doing so.  The dharma talk is the third talk in a series on "The Law of Karma" offered in September 2025.

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]]> All skillful qualities, the Buddha teaches, are rooted in heedfulness.  The practice of heedfulness enables us to discern which actions to take, which actions will lead us to a greater happiness in this life.  In this talk, Peter explains the skill of heedfulness, how we develop it, and the importance in doing so.  The dharma talk is the third talk in a series on "The Law of Karma" offered in September 2025.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2435 382 full Transcending Past Karma Transcending Past Karma https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/transcending-past-karma/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/transcending-past-karma/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:08:45 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/25315ef6-c1bb-3dec-bb39-ff1825245dc7 As the law of karma suggests, our happiness in this life depends on our actions.  As dharma students, we seek to take action that is skillful, informed by lovingkindness and compassion, in the service of knowing a greater happiness.  However, in order to develop in skillful action we have to transcend our habitual way of doing things:  our past karma.  In this talk, Peter explains the process we learn and practice in that effort.  The talk is the second in a series of talks on "The Law of Karma" offered in September 2025.

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]]> As the law of karma suggests, our happiness in this life depends on our actions.  As dharma students, we seek to take action that is skillful, informed by lovingkindness and compassion, in the service of knowing a greater happiness.  However, in order to develop in skillful action we have to transcend our habitual way of doing things:  our past karma.  In this talk, Peter explains the process we learn and practice in that effort.  The talk is the second in a series of talks on "The Law of Karma" offered in September 2025.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2383 381 full Law of Karma Law of Karma https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/law-of-karma/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/law-of-karma/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:00:49 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/699460d8-bd89-3b24-ab3a-c4a24cf32765 Understanding of the law of karma is central to the Buddha's path.  In awakening, we awaken to the law of karma.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes the law of karma; and, importantly, he explains how we come to develop this elemental understanding.  The talk is the first in a series of dharma talks on the law of karma offered in September 2025.

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]]> Understanding of the law of karma is central to the Buddha's path.  In awakening, we awaken to the law of karma.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes the law of karma; and, importantly, he explains how we come to develop this elemental understanding.  The talk is the first in a series of dharma talks on the law of karma offered in September 2025.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2182 380 full The Way of the Heart The Way of the Heart https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-way-of-the-heart/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-way-of-the-heart/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:32:54 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/d90d2ec9-2bc3-3d56-95fe-6e2fb15cdbfc The practice of the dharma is, when developed, a way of life.  It is the way of the heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the way of the heart and how we learn to develop the heart.  He talks about making the resolve to cultivate the way of the heart and encourages us to ask: what is my resolve to follow the way of the heart?  The talk was given in summer 2024.

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]]> The practice of the dharma is, when developed, a way of life.  It is the way of the heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the way of the heart and how we learn to develop the heart.  He talks about making the resolve to cultivate the way of the heart and encourages us to ask: what is my resolve to follow the way of the heart?  The talk was given in summer 2024.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2047 379 full A Spiritual Cure A Spiritual Cure https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/a-spiritual-cure/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/a-spiritual-cure/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:58:30 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/823d65a2-9af1-3e25-8729-a1060701fe69 The Buddha was considered a spiritual doctor.  We have a spiritual disease, he tells us.  And he offers us a spiritual cure.  What is this spiritual disease?  What is the spiritual cure?  How do we apply it?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin discusses these important questions.  The talk was given in August 2024.

]]> The Buddha was considered a spiritual doctor.  We have a spiritual disease, he tells us.  And he offers us a spiritual cure.  What is this spiritual disease?  What is the spiritual cure?  How do we apply it?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin discusses these important questions.  The talk was given in August 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1862 378 full Stages of Meditation Stages of Meditation https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/stages-of-meditation/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/stages-of-meditation/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:10:51 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/10e99845-2764-3352-acbd-c75c948bcd56 In practicing meditation, we go through a process.  It requires learning a skill and putting in the effort.  As we develop in this process, we go through certain stages.  The development of these stages leads us to concentration, a concentration that is strong and useful, a concentration that enables us to come to the heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes basic stages in meditation practice.  The talk was given in September 2024.

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]]> In practicing meditation, we go through a process.  It requires learning a skill and putting in the effort.  As we develop in this process, we go through certain stages.  The development of these stages leads us to concentration, a concentration that is strong and useful, a concentration that enables us to come to the heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes basic stages in meditation practice.  The talk was given in September 2024.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2010 377 full Taking Care of the Heart Taking Care of the Heart https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/taking-care-of-the-heart/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/taking-care-of-the-heart/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2025 15:19:02 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/d87a3dbf-c458-304c-8e28-2fb736daf291 How is the heart?  Are we taking good care of the heart?  These are important questions for us to ask.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we learn to take care of the heart from day to day, moment to moment.  The talk was given in March 2024.   "As a mother would risk her life    to protect her child, her only child,    even so should one cultivate a limitless heart    with regard to all beings."    (Sn 1.8)

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]]> How is the heart?  Are we taking good care of the heart?  These are important questions for us to ask.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we learn to take care of the heart from day to day, moment to moment.  The talk was given in March 2024.
  "As a mother would risk her life
   to protect her child, her only child,
   even so should one cultivate a limitless heart
   with regard to all beings."
   (Sn 1.8)

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1600 376 full The Power of Gratitude The Power of Gratitude https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-power-of-gratitude/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-power-of-gratitude/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2025 13:24:42 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/12155d21-7ccb-3bda-95c0-2ee8f95f38be Gratitude is an essential element of the spiritual path.  When gratitude is developed, we're able to function at the highest level.  We're able to know the happiness of heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the skills for cultivating gratitude and the quality of appreciation.  The talk was given in May 2024.

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]]> Gratitude is an essential element of the spiritual path.  When gratitude is developed, we're able to function at the highest level.  We're able to know the happiness of heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the skills for cultivating gratitude and the quality of appreciation.  The talk was given in May 2024.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2255 375 full Joy of Simplicity Joy of Simplicity https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/joy-of-simplicity/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/joy-of-simplicity/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:41:36 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/b17ac6ea-a720-3f2b-8236-410779327c83 Dharma practice is inherently countercultural.  We're asked to go against the current.  Doing this requires that we develop certain skills.  In an effort to practice simplicity, we practice certain skills.  We learn to see the drawbacks of chasing after sense pleasures; and we learn to know the joy of simplicity.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes the skills that the dharma student cultivates, in making the path, in practicing simplicity, in knowing the joy that it brings.  The talk was given in the fall of 2025.

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]]> Dharma practice is inherently countercultural.  We're asked to go against the current.  Doing this requires that we develop certain skills.  In an effort to practice simplicity, we practice certain skills.  We learn to see the drawbacks of chasing after sense pleasures; and we learn to know the joy of simplicity.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes the skills that the dharma student cultivates, in making the path, in practicing simplicity, in knowing the joy that it brings.  The talk was given in the fall of 2025.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2623 374 full A Life of Goodness A Life of Goodness https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/a-life-of-goodness/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/a-life-of-goodness/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/0ddc2cd0-578e-3ea0-88f2-06f91998d835 What does it mean to develop our goodness?  How do we express our goodness in the world?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the elements of a life of goodness.  As he explains, we seek, as dharma students, to live this kind of life because it brings happiness.  The talk was given at a NY Dharma daylong retreat in the spring of 2025.

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]]> What does it mean to develop our goodness?  How do we express our goodness in the world?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the elements of a life of goodness.  As he explains, we seek, as dharma students, to live this kind of life because it brings happiness.  The talk was given at a NY Dharma daylong retreat in the spring of 2025.

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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2644 373 full There's a Place for You There's a Place for You https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/theres-a-place-for-you/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/theres-a-place-for-you/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/39971e8f-338f-3ea5-ae97-b9f23cfc4806 In the practice of meditation, we make a journey to the present moment.  We make an effort to be here, now.  We may feel at times like we don't want to be here, we may feel like we don't belong.  But the practice of the dharma offers us a way to make this often difficult journey.  In doing so we come to realize that what we do in this life matters.  We come to learn that there is a place for us.  The dharma talk was given by Peter Doobinin at a daylong retreat in New York City in the autumn of 2025.

NY Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> In the practice of meditation, we make a journey to the present moment.  We make an effort to be here, now.  We may feel at times like we don't want to be here, we may feel like we don't belong.  But the practice of the dharma offers us a way to make this often difficult journey.  In doing so we come to realize that what we do in this life matters.  We come to learn that there is a place for us.  The dharma talk was given by Peter Doobinin at a daylong retreat in New York City in the autumn of 2025.

NY Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2370 372 full Living Up to Your Potential Living Up to Your Potential https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/living-up-to-your-potential/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/living-up-to-your-potential/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:11:57 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/edde750f-a493-3878-b550-0efa6bca0eaf The Buddha's path, the dharma, leads us to our greatest potential as human beings.  To use a metaphor the Buddha often offered, we learn to cross the river to the further shore.  By developing in virtue, concentration & insight, we come to the heart.  We come to know a greater happiness: happiness of heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the path that leads us to the potential of the heart.  The talk was given in the spring of 2025.

NY Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> The Buddha's path, the dharma, leads us to our greatest potential as human beings.  To use a metaphor the Buddha often offered, we learn to cross the river to the further shore.  By developing in virtue, concentration & insight, we come to the heart.  We come to know a greater happiness: happiness of heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the path that leads us to the potential of the heart.  The talk was given in the spring of 2025.

NY Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2297 371 full Passion for Dhamma Passion for Dhamma https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/passion-for-dhamma/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/passion-for-dhamma/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:27:35 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/5a0fcf26-e3be-3813-a6ce-525354ac08c0 In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we develop enthusiasm for the dharma, for our practice, for the path that leads to a greater happiness.  He talks about what this enthusiasm comprises and how it enables us to move forward in our practice.  As he notes, this kind of enthusiasm for dhamma is essential for us to cultivate as we make an effort to awaken and make the most of our lives.  The talk was given in the summer of 2025.

NY Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we develop enthusiasm for the dharma, for our practice, for the path that leads to a greater happiness.  He talks about what this enthusiasm comprises and how it enables us to move forward in our practice.  As he notes, this kind of enthusiasm for dhamma is essential for us to cultivate as we make an effort to awaken and make the most of our lives.  The talk was given in the summer of 2025.

NY Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2204 370 full Finding Dhamma Finding Dhamma https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/finding-dhamma/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/finding-dhamma/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2025 17:52:59 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/92ff242e-a2a5-380b-a324-182f52b8dc86 As dharma students, practicing in accord with what the Buddha taught, we learn to incline to knowing the dhamma.  We learn to know moments of freedom, peace, true happiness.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we put ourselves in position to know dhamma.  He offer practical suggestions for finding dhamma in our day-to-day lives.  The talk was given in the summer of 2025

NY Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> As dharma students, practicing in accord with what the Buddha taught, we learn to incline to knowing the dhamma.  We learn to know moments of freedom, peace, true happiness.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we put ourselves in position to know dhamma.  He offer practical suggestions for finding dhamma in our day-to-day lives.  The talk was given in the summer of 2025

NY Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2113 369 full Moving Beyond Fear: Fear of Death Moving Beyond Fear: Fear of Death https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/moving-beyond-fear-fear-of-death/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/moving-beyond-fear-fear-of-death/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:13:03 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/8025da1a-976c-3e1f-9966-066a78660bee In this talk Peter Doobinin discusses an elemental teaching of the Buddha's, the Buddha's teaching on fear of death.  As the Buddha tells us, if we develop certain qualities, we'll be able to move beyond the fear of death.  Specifically, there are four qualities that the dharma student develops that will enable her to move beyond this existential fear.  The dharma talk is the concluding talk in a series on "Moving Beyond Fear" that Peter offered in June 2025.

NY Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> In this talk Peter Doobinin discusses an elemental teaching of the Buddha's, the Buddha's teaching on fear of death.  As the Buddha tells us, if we develop certain qualities, we'll be able to move beyond the fear of death.  Specifically, there are four qualities that the dharma student develops that will enable her to move beyond this existential fear.  The dharma talk is the concluding talk in a series on "Moving Beyond Fear" that Peter offered in June 2025.

NY Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2015 368 full Moving Beyond Fear: The Other Side of Fear Moving Beyond Fear: The Other Side of Fear https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/moving-beyond-fear-the-other-side-of-fear/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/moving-beyond-fear-the-other-side-of-fear/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:06:31 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/426a3435-f6e7-3d11-b6ce-3cd715967cf3 We learn, as dharma students, to relate to fear skillfully.  In this effort, we learn to meet fear with love.  We learn to meet experience that is fearful with the heart, with metta, compassion, joy.  This is elemental to our training.  We have this profound potential, to meet things with love.  We become more and more able, as we practice, to move beyond fear.  The other side of fear is love.  And love will always see us through.   This is the fourth in a series of talks given by Peter Doobinin in June 2025 on the theme:  "Moving Beyond Fear."

NY Dharma: www.nydharma.org 

]]> We learn, as dharma students, to relate to fear skillfully.  In this effort, we learn to meet fear with love.  We learn to meet experience that is fearful with the heart, with metta, compassion, joy.  This is elemental to our training.  We have this profound potential, to meet things with love.  We become more and more able, as we practice, to move beyond fear.  The other side of fear is love.  And love will always see us through.  
This is the fourth in a series of talks given by Peter Doobinin in June 2025 on the theme:  "Moving Beyond Fear."

NY Dharma: www.nydharma.org 

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2032 367 full Moving Beyond Fear: Mindfulness of Fear Moving Beyond Fear: Mindfulness of Fear https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/moving-beyond-fear-mindfulness-of-fear/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/moving-beyond-fear-mindfulness-of-fear/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:14:44 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/3c07e5a6-22f2-3447-a83d-0c6e3edc78e4 As dharma students, we're asked to confront fear.  And, in this effort, we're asked to be skillful.  We're asked to develop certain skills.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains the elements of the skill for practicing mindfulness of fear.  If we develop this skill, we'll be able to meet fear and, in turn, move beyond it.  The talk is the third in a series of dharma talks offered in June 2025 on the subject of "Moving Beyond Fear."

New York Dharma: www.nydharma.org 

]]> As dharma students, we're asked to confront fear.  And, in this effort, we're asked to be skillful.  We're asked to develop certain skills.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains the elements of the skill for practicing mindfulness of fear.  If we develop this skill, we'll be able to meet fear and, in turn, move beyond it.  The talk is the third in a series of dharma talks offered in June 2025 on the subject of "Moving Beyond Fear."

New York Dharma: www.nydharma.org 

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2237 366 full Moving Beyond Fear: A Home for the Mind Moving Beyond Fear: A Home for the Mind https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/moving-beyond-fear-a-home-for-the-mind/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/moving-beyond-fear-a-home-for-the-mind/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:51:51 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/f061857e-3f60-310d-8a86-b47cf274255c This dharma talk is the second in a series of talks given by Peter Doobinin in June 2025 on the theme: "Moving Beyond Fear."  In this talk Peter explains the critical role that concentration plays in the dharma student's ability to move beyond fear.  He describes how we learn to "put to good use" our concentration in this effort. May all beings find freedom from fear!

New York Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> This dharma talk is the second in a series of talks given by Peter Doobinin in June 2025 on the theme: "Moving Beyond Fear."  In this talk Peter explains the critical role that concentration plays in the dharma student's ability to move beyond fear.  He describes how we learn to "put to good use" our concentration in this effort.
May all beings find freedom from fear!

New York Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2137 365 full Moving Beyond Fear: Qualities to Develop Moving Beyond Fear: Qualities to Develop https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/moving-beyond-fear-qualities-to-develop/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/moving-beyond-fear-qualities-to-develop/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2025 13:33:53 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/9b83e84e-32f0-3c94-840e-6cd9a344eb99 This talk is the first in a series of dharma talks given by Peter Doobinin in June 2025 on the theme of "Moving Beyond Fear."  In this talk Peter describes an essential principle of the Buddha's, that to meet fear we must develop certain qualities.  In the talk Peter discusses these qualities, what they are, how we become developed in them, and how they enable us to meet fear.  

]]> This talk is the first in a series of dharma talks given by Peter Doobinin in June 2025 on the theme of "Moving Beyond Fear."  In this talk Peter describes an essential principle of the Buddha's, that to meet fear we must develop certain qualities.  In the talk Peter discusses these qualities, what they are, how we become developed in them, and how they enable us to meet fear.  

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2432 364 full The Values of the Dharma Student The Values of the Dharma Student https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-values-of-the-dharma-student/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-values-of-the-dharma-student/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2025 16:13:43 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/6602a38a-fe9f-33aa-861a-b52d339628ff In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes the values of a dharma student and how we can develop these values.  The values that we cultivate as dharma students lead us to a greater happiness in this life.  And the teachings of the Buddha provides us with skills that enable us to cultivate these values.  The dharma talk was given in the spring of 2025.

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]]> In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes the values of a dharma student and how we can develop these values.  The values that we cultivate as dharma students lead us to a greater happiness in this life.  And the teachings of the Buddha provides us with skills that enable us to cultivate these values.  The dharma talk was given in the spring of 2025.


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]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2061 363 full Your True Home Your True Home https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/your-true-home/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/your-true-home/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:58:17 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/6a90a740-ee3e-3fef-94d4-676982dd883a The path of the dharma is path that leads us home.  We find our true home inside us.  In the body.  And, ultimately, in the heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the journey to our true home.  To the place where we know true happiness.  The talk was given in the spring of 2025.

]]> The path of the dharma is path that leads us home.  We find our true home inside us.  In the body.  And, ultimately, in the heart.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the journey to our true home.  To the place where we know true happiness.  The talk was given in the spring of 2025.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2001 362 full Effort Pleasure Love Effort Pleasure Love https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/effort-pleasure-love/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/effort-pleasure-love/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2025 08:09:40 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/6cc9f55a-e7ac-3969-957f-7111816d9c7d The development of concentration, the unfolding of the path, is a process.  We move, in deepening our practice, from effort to pleasure to love.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains the elements of this process, the cultivation of the Buddha's path.  The talk was given on the final night of the NY Dharma April 2025 Eight Day Retreat

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]]> The development of concentration, the unfolding of the path, is a process.  We move, in deepening our practice, from effort to pleasure to love.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains the elements of this process, the cultivation of the Buddha's path.  The talk was given on the final night of the NY Dharma April 2025 Eight Day Retreat

www.nydharma.org 

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3523 361 full Time & Timelessness Time & Timelessness https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/time-timelessness/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/time-timelessness/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:10:42 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/a9c99a58-0c5f-36aa-9d76-2919a1f76911 In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin offers thoughts about the passing of time and that which transcends birth & death, coming & going.   The talk was given on the 6th night of the NY Dharma April 2025 Retreat at Powell House. May all beings live in ease and peace.

]]> In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin offers thoughts about the passing of time and that which transcends birth & death, coming & going.  
The talk was given on the 6th night of the NY Dharma April 2025 Retreat at Powell House.
May all beings live in ease and peace.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3899 360 full The Burdens on the Heart The Burdens on the Heart https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-burdens-on-the-heart/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-burdens-on-the-heart/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/55e3341a-b073-3303-900e-61891bfb3807 To know a greater happiness, to make the most of our lives, we're asked, as dharma students, to free the heart of its burdens.  We're asked in this effort to practice mindfulness of these burdens, the afflictions that prevent us from the heart.  Indeed, the Buddha's first noble truths gives us this task:  to comprehend these burdens:  dukkha.  In this dharma talk Peter Doobinin describes the burdens on the heart and the practice of insight that enables us to put them down.  The talk was given on the fifth night of the NY Dharma April 2025 Eight-Day Retreat.

New York Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> To know a greater happiness, to make the most of our lives, we're asked, as dharma students, to free the heart of its burdens.  We're asked in this effort to practice mindfulness of these burdens, the afflictions that prevent us from the heart.  Indeed, the Buddha's first noble truths gives us this task:  to comprehend these burdens:  dukkha.  In this dharma talk Peter Doobinin describes the burdens on the heart and the practice of insight that enables us to put them down.  The talk was given on the fifth night of the NY Dharma April 2025 Eight-Day Retreat.

New York Dharma:  www.nydharma.org 

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3680 359 full Contentedness Contentedness https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/contentedness-1756037254/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/contentedness-1756037254/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2025 07:07:34 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/28cc138d-dc23-36c1-8f08-42994f026baa What does it mean to know contentedness...?  And how do we develop this sublime state of being...?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin discusses what it is to be content ... and why it is something that we should aspire to.  The talk was given at the NY Dharma April 2025 Eight-Day retreat.

www.nydharma.org 

]]> What does it mean to know contentedness...?  And how do we develop this sublime state of being...?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin discusses what it is to be content ... and why it is something that we should aspire to.  The talk was given at the NY Dharma April 2025 Eight-Day retreat.

www.nydharma.org 

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2998 358 full Strength of Mind Strength of Mind https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/strength-of-mind-1755446450/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/strength-of-mind-1755446450/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2025 11:00:50 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/2d6c4e47-21a4-34e5-a627-7717b154b4d4 When developed in strength of mind we're able to meet the difficulties and challenges in life; and we're able to make the most of life, to know the joy of living.  What does it mean to have strength of mind?  How do we develop it?  And why should we?  In this dharma talk Peter Doobinin discusses these important questions.  The talk was given at the April 2025 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> When developed in strength of mind we're able to meet the difficulties and challenges in life; and we're able to make the most of life, to know the joy of living.  What does it mean to have strength of mind?  How do we develop it?  And why should we?  In this dharma talk Peter Doobinin discusses these important questions.  The talk was given at the April 2025 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3270 357 full Training the Mind Training the Mind https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/training-the-mind-1754829211/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/training-the-mind-1754829211/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2025 07:33:31 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/67aee4aa-6bff-3d2f-a84d-e59490f5d350 Meditation is the practice of training the mind.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes some essential skills for training the mind.  Particular attention is paid to working with the "fetters" of restlessness, doubt, and self identity view.  The dharma talk was given on the second night of the NY Dharma April 2025 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> Meditation is the practice of training the mind.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes some essential skills for training the mind.  Particular attention is paid to working with the "fetters" of restlessness, doubt, and self identity view.  The dharma talk was given on the second night of the NY Dharma April 2025 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3191 356 full The Path of Skillful Resolve The Path of Skillful Resolve https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-path-of-skillful-resolve/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-path-of-skillful-resolve/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2025 10:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/30fd58c2-a2f0-39dd-a6f7-ea3219246ebc Why, in practicing the dharma, is it important to learn to establish skillful resolve?  What does it mean to establish skillful resolve?  How do we establish skillful resolve?  In this talk Peter Doobinin discusses these essential questions for every dharma student.  The dharma talk was given at the NY Dharma April 2025 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> Why, in practicing the dharma, is it important to learn to establish skillful resolve?  What does it mean to establish skillful resolve?  How do we establish skillful resolve?  In this talk Peter Doobinin discusses these essential questions for every dharma student.  The dharma talk was given at the NY Dharma April 2025 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3219 355 full Freedom from Doubt Freedom from Doubt https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/freedom-from-doubt/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/freedom-from-doubt/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/8178f57b-ec0a-3a6f-a99d-5314c5d01459 As we make an effort to be present, to practice the dharma, we'll encounter doubt.  Doubt in ourselves.  Doubt in the path.  All beings experience doubt; those who are able to move forward on the journey of awakening are those who learn to meet doubt skillfully.  In this talk Peter Doobinin explicates the skill for practicing mindfulness of doubt.  And how, in turn, we develop in conviction.  The talk was given in the winter of 2024.

]]> As we make an effort to be present, to practice the dharma, we'll encounter doubt.  Doubt in ourselves.  Doubt in the path.  All beings experience doubt; those who are able to move forward on the journey of awakening are those who learn to meet doubt skillfully.  In this talk Peter Doobinin explicates the skill for practicing mindfulness of doubt.  And how, in turn, we develop in conviction.  The talk was given in the winter of 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2446 354 full A Window of Time A Window of Time https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/a-window-of-time/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/a-window-of-time/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/8608f5e4-c340-38c3-ba7d-fda42cdd521a Life is short.  If we learn to understand, truly, the brevity of the time we have in this life, we'll be able to make the most of the time we have.  In this talk, offered in the winter of 2024, Peter describes how to skillfully reflect on the truth of death.  As he explains, this practice of 'mindfulness of death' is an essential element of practice for the dharma student looking to know a true happiness.

]]> Life is short.  If we learn to understand, truly, the brevity of the time we have in this life, we'll be able to make the most of the time we have.  In this talk, offered in the winter of 2024, Peter describes how to skillfully reflect on the truth of death.  As he explains, this practice of 'mindfulness of death' is an essential element of practice for the dharma student looking to know a true happiness.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2209 353 full Compassion for Thinking Compassion for Thinking https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/compassion-for-thinking/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/compassion-for-thinking/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2025 14:26:38 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/c408ddf7-e62e-34ef-8d68-23c0f852de9b Through wisdom and compassion we're able to abandon habitual patterns of unskillful thinking, our painful narratives.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we develop mindfulness of thinking and, in turn, how we develop compassion for thinking.  The dharma talk was given in September 2024.

]]> Through wisdom and compassion we're able to abandon habitual patterns of unskillful thinking, our painful narratives.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we develop mindfulness of thinking and, in turn, how we develop compassion for thinking.  The dharma talk was given in September 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2010 352 full Faith in the Goodness of Life Faith in the Goodness of Life https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/faith-in-the-goodness-of-life/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/faith-in-the-goodness-of-life/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2025 13:21:54 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/27c4cb15-453c-31a0-8602-2574d257d0f1 There is a goodness in life.  But we're often not bringing our awareness to it.  In this talk Peter Doobinin explains how we develop faith in the goodness in life, how we learn to know this goodness, why it's essential that we make this effort.  The talk was offered in the spring of 2025.

]]> There is a goodness in life.  But we're often not bringing our awareness to it.  In this talk Peter Doobinin explains how we develop faith in the goodness in life, how we learn to know this goodness, why it's essential that we make this effort.  The talk was offered in the spring of 2025.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1806 351 full Compassion & Freedom Compassion & Freedom https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/compassion-freedom/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/compassion-freedom/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2025 12:13:39 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/94ad31de-55d0-3f6a-a1fb-4af4909af11c Our capacity to know happiness in the this life - true happiness - depends on our ability to open to difficulty, pain, suffering.  Meditation practice enables us to meet difficulty ... and to respond with the heart, with wisdom and compassion.  From the heart, we move forward in life, happily, joyfully.  In this dharma talk Peter Doobinin explains how our practice leads us to the heart, to freedom, to true happiness.  The talk was given in July 2023.

]]> Our capacity to know happiness in the this life - true happiness - depends on our ability to open to difficulty, pain, suffering.  Meditation practice enables us to meet difficulty ... and to respond with the heart, with wisdom and compassion.  From the heart, we move forward in life, happily, joyfully.  In this dharma talk Peter Doobinin explains how our practice leads us to the heart, to freedom, to true happiness.  The talk was given in July 2023.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2130 350 full The Challenge of Compassion The Challenge of Compassion https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-challenge-of-compassion/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-challenge-of-compassion/#comments Sun, 22 Jun 2025 18:24:30 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/83b87f29-2f40-36be-a30f-8041a1fb5c3e The skillful response to suffering - our own suffering, the suffering of others, the suffering in the world - is compassion.  As dharma students, we're asked to cultivate this sublime attitude of the heart.  But it's not always so easy to do.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin discusses the challenges we face in developing compassion ... and how to develop in our skill so that we're able to cultivate compassion.  The talk was given in the summer of 2023.

]]> The skillful response to suffering - our own suffering, the suffering of others, the suffering in the world - is compassion.  As dharma students, we're asked to cultivate this sublime attitude of the heart.  But it's not always so easy to do.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin discusses the challenges we face in developing compassion ... and how to develop in our skill so that we're able to cultivate compassion.  The talk was given in the summer of 2023.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1860 349 full Refuge Within Refuge Within https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/refuge-within/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/refuge-within/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2025 18:15:33 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/d2bf9def-f56d-3c46-85f8-8c2588c90b5c In meeting life, in all its difficulties and challenges, it's essential that we have a place to go for refuge.  As dharma students, we find refuge in our communities.  And the ultimate refuge is the refuge that we find within.  Developed in our practice, we learn to rely, in all the circumstances of life, on being able to find refuge within.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains the skill of developing refuge ... and putting that refuge to good use.  The talk was given in November 2023.

]]> In meeting life, in all its difficulties and challenges, it's essential that we have a place to go for refuge.  As dharma students, we find refuge in our communities.  And the ultimate refuge is the refuge that we find within.  Developed in our practice, we learn to rely, in all the circumstances of life, on being able to find refuge within.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains the skill of developing refuge ... and putting that refuge to good use.  The talk was given in November 2023.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2274 348 full Respect for Concentration Respect for Concentration https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/respect-for-concentration/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/respect-for-concentration/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2025 17:36:15 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/9b76bb3f-d05a-38b5-aede-89b93a2f41fe The Buddha encouraged his followers to have "respect for concentration."  When we have this respect for concentration, we practice.  We develop our meditation.  We develop in the Buddha's concentration:  jhana.  When concentration, through effort and determination, becomes developed, we're more able to take skillful action in our lives; we're more able to understand our experience of life; we're more able to develop insight; we're more able to know true happiness.  This talk by Peter Doobinin was given in the autumn of 2023.

Over there are the roots of trees; over there, empty dwellings. Practice jhana, monks. Don't be heedless. Don't later fall into regret. This is our message to you." (MN 19)

]]> The Buddha encouraged his followers to have "respect for concentration."  When we have this respect for concentration, we practice.  We develop our meditation.  We develop in the Buddha's concentration:  jhana.  When concentration, through effort and determination, becomes developed, we're more able to take skillful action in our lives; we're more able to understand our experience of life; we're more able to develop insight; we're more able to know true happiness.  This talk by Peter Doobinin was given in the autumn of 2023.

Over there are the roots of trees; over there, empty dwellings. Practice jhana, monks. Don't be heedless. Don't later fall into regret. This is our message to you." (MN 19)

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2106 347 full Consequences of Actions Consequences of Actions https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/consequences-of-actions/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/consequences-of-actions/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2025 14:36:36 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/67cc2ba0-793d-3fd8-b047-2e61e2cb4ae2 All beings, the Buddha tells us, have a wish for happiness of heart.  And, as the Buddha tells us, our happiness depends on our actions.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we cultivate discernment, the skill of understanding the consequences of our actions.  As we develop this skill we move toward knowing a greater happiness in this life. The dharma talk was given in November 2023.

]]> All beings, the Buddha tells us, have a wish for happiness of heart.  And, as the Buddha tells us, our happiness depends on our actions.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we cultivate discernment, the skill of understanding the consequences of our actions.  As we develop this skill we move toward knowing a greater happiness in this life. The dharma talk was given in November 2023.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1957 346 full Bodhisatta Bodhisatta https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/bodhisatta/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/bodhisatta/#comments Sun, 25 May 2025 17:43:35 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/108c18e0-4acf-30cb-ab89-278eef437d3a A bodhisatta is a being who is striving for awakening ... a being who follows the dharma, who practices the dharma in accord with what the Buddha taught.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the qualities of the bodhisatta, and the elements of a practice in accord with the dharma.  As he explains, we all have the ability to follow this path ... and to know the happiness of heart that it leads us to.  The talk was given in November 2024.

]]> A bodhisatta is a being who is striving for awakening ... a being who follows the dharma, who practices the dharma in accord with what the Buddha taught.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the qualities of the bodhisatta, and the elements of a practice in accord with the dharma.  As he explains, we all have the ability to follow this path ... and to know the happiness of heart that it leads us to.  The talk was given in November 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2507 345 full A Lot of Love A Lot of Love https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/a-lot-of-love/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/a-lot-of-love/#comments Sun, 18 May 2025 18:40:12 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/c93a1d75-c623-326b-88a2-35d862f6a4c3 Life, by its nature, is often difficult.  As human beings we're all faced with the inevitable truths of illness, aging, death, separation.  And of course there is much in the world that is difficult, challenging, painful.   And there is much that we find in ourselves that is painful.  The Buddha's teaching offer us a path through difficulty, and, in turn, to happiness. This, as Peter Doobinin, explains is the path of the heart:  the path of love.  In this talk, Peter describes how we learn to meet life, in all its joy and sorrows, skillfully, from the heart.  It's the heart that will see us through.  The talk was given in December 2024.

]]> Life, by its nature, is often difficult.  As human beings we're all faced with the inevitable truths of illness, aging, death, separation.  And of course there is much in the world that is difficult, challenging, painful.   And there is much that we find in ourselves that is painful.  The Buddha's teaching offer us a path through difficulty, and, in turn, to happiness. This, as Peter Doobinin, explains is the path of the heart:  the path of love.  In this talk, Peter describes how we learn to meet life, in all its joy and sorrows, skillfully, from the heart.  It's the heart that will see us through.  The talk was given in December 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1899 344 full What is Clinging? What is Clinging? https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/what-is-clinging/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/what-is-clinging/#comments Sun, 11 May 2025 12:41:57 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/4077512a-9eb4-3184-8442-17312c7d0496 The teachings of the Buddha tells us that dukkha, or suffering, comes from clinging; and that, in turn, if we abandon clinging, we'll know a true happiness in life.  But what is clinging?  As Peter Doobinin explains, if we come to understand what clinging is, then our ability to abandon it will be greatly enhanced.  In this talk he discusses what clinging is, and how this understanding enables us to let go.  The talk was given in March 2025.

]]> The teachings of the Buddha tells us that dukkha, or suffering, comes from clinging; and that, in turn, if we abandon clinging, we'll know a true happiness in life.  But what is clinging?  As Peter Doobinin explains, if we come to understand what clinging is, then our ability to abandon it will be greatly enhanced.  In this talk he discusses what clinging is, and how this understanding enables us to let go.  The talk was given in March 2025.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1982 343 full Two Important Skills Two Important Skills https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/two-important-skills/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/two-important-skills/#comments Sun, 04 May 2025 11:34:31 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/0b58219e-c08d-3496-ae6b-deb44c0a42c5 In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes two important skills that we learn to develop in an effort to meet the difficulties in life.  The practice of insight meditation is a practice of developing skills.  These skills are "skills for lifetime."  If we develop them, practice them, we're surely know a greater happiness in this life.  This talk was given in March 2025.

]]> In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes two important skills that we learn to develop in an effort to meet the difficulties in life.  The practice of insight meditation is a practice of developing skills.  These skills are "skills for lifetime."  If we develop them, practice them, we're surely know a greater happiness in this life.  This talk was given in March 2025.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2194 342 full Cultivating Skillful Thinking Cultivating Skillful Thinking https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/cultivating-skillful-thinking/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/cultivating-skillful-thinking/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/85584e7e-a728-3f94-9336-9c9b938002fd Our path, in practicing the dharma, includes abandoning unskillful thinking and cultivating skillful thinking.  It is essential, as we make our way toward a greater happiness, that we learn to cultivating skillful thinking in all our postures, as we go through our days and nights.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes basic skills for cultivating skillful thinking.  As he notes, these are skills that we all can develop.  And if we do, it will benefit us profoundly in our efforts to know the fruits of the path.  The talk was given in March 2025.

]]> Our path, in practicing the dharma, includes abandoning unskillful thinking and cultivating skillful thinking.  It is essential, as we make our way toward a greater happiness, that we learn to cultivating skillful thinking in all our postures, as we go through our days and nights.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes basic skills for cultivating skillful thinking.  As he notes, these are skills that we all can develop.  And if we do, it will benefit us profoundly in our efforts to know the fruits of the path.  The talk was given in March 2025.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2198 341 full Abandoning Unskillful Thinking Abandoning Unskillful Thinking https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/abandoning-unskillful-thinking/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/abandoning-unskillful-thinking/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/adb55d57-e2e4-3ecd-b5ef-f050cc8cff53 All that we are, the teachings of the Buddha tell us, begins with our thinking.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains skills we develop in the service of abandoning unskillful thinking.  The emphasis in the talk is on working with thinking in the course of our days.  The talk was given in March 2035.

]]> All that we are, the teachings of the Buddha tell us, begins with our thinking.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains skills we develop in the service of abandoning unskillful thinking.  The emphasis in the talk is on working with thinking in the course of our days.  The talk was given in March 2035.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2179 340 full Ultimate Reality Ultimate Reality https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/ultimate-reality/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/ultimate-reality/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2025 15:03:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/d8d10c42-23b2-39d8-b881-1a732416c76f As dharma students our task is to know reality.  And, as the Buddha tells us, there is a conditioned reality, the reality of the senses; and there's an unconditioned reality, a reality that is timeless.  The path leads us to knowing this reality:  ultimate reality.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin discusses ultimate reality, what it is, and what we need to do to know it.  The talk was given in the winter of 2025.

]]> As dharma students our task is to know reality.  And, as the Buddha tells us, there is a conditioned reality, the reality of the senses; and there's an unconditioned reality, a reality that is timeless.  The path leads us to knowing this reality:  ultimate reality.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin discusses ultimate reality, what it is, and what we need to do to know it.  The talk was given in the winter of 2025.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1808 339 full Beginning to Live Beginning to Live https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/beginning-to-live/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/beginning-to-live/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/417cf771-19bd-3f3d-a154-3e7f50cfefc0 A dharma talk given by Peter Doobinin in January 2025 as he turned 70 years old.  In the talk Peter talks about the possibility of happiness ... a happiness that transcends time.  In practicing the dharma, as the Buddha teaches, we open ourselves, in any moment, to the profound possibilities of the heart.  To a greater happiness.  This happiness is always available to us; it is this happiness that, as dharma students, we seek to know.

]]> A dharma talk given by Peter Doobinin in January 2025 as he turned 70 years old.  In the talk Peter talks about the possibility of happiness ... a happiness that transcends time.  In practicing the dharma, as the Buddha teaches, we open ourselves, in any moment, to the profound possibilities of the heart.  To a greater happiness.  This happiness is always available to us; it is this happiness that, as dharma students, we seek to know.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1886 338 full Journey to the Heart Journey to the Heart https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/journey-to-the-heart-1743353497/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/journey-to-the-heart-1743353497/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2025 11:51:37 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/29344a63-a3a3-306e-b200-be14232b8844 Where do we look for happiness?  Is our practice leading us to a happiness of heart?  A reliable happiness?  A greater happiness?  In this talk, Peter Doobinin talks about how we make the journey to the heart ... and how, in making that journey, we come to know a greater happiness.  The talk was given at a daylong retreat in 2015.

]]> Where do we look for happiness?  Is our practice leading us to a happiness of heart?  A reliable happiness?  A greater happiness?  In this talk, Peter Doobinin talks about how we make the journey to the heart ... and how, in making that journey, we come to know a greater happiness.  The talk was given at a daylong retreat in 2015.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1994 337 full A Different Way of Learning A Different Way of Learning https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/a-different-way-of-learning/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/a-different-way-of-learning/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2025 11:47:39 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e879504f-a373-3ce1-a305-1b44493ef089 In dharma practice, we are developing a wisdom that's found in the heart.  Typically, we seek intellectual wisdom, the wisdom attained by thinking.  In dharma practice, we're engaging in a different way of learning.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes this way of learning, the way in which we develop liberating wisdom, the wisdom in the heart.  The talk was given in the summer of 2016.

]]> In dharma practice, we are developing a wisdom that's found in the heart.  Typically, we seek intellectual wisdom, the wisdom attained by thinking.  In dharma practice, we're engaging in a different way of learning.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes this way of learning, the way in which we develop liberating wisdom, the wisdom in the heart.  The talk was given in the summer of 2016.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2000 336 full Making a Commitment to the Heart Making a Commitment to the Heart https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/making-a-commitment-to-the-heart/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/making-a-commitment-to-the-heart/#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2025 19:27:05 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/d3c2f52a-1fc1-342a-83f9-21a01b02cdc6 We should take care of the heart, the Buddha tells us, the way a mother would take care of her newborn baby.  As dharma students we learn to make a commitment to the heart.  In this dharma talk Peter Doobinin discusses what i means to make a commitment to the heart ... and how we're able to do that.  The talk was given in 2016 at a Downtown Meditation Community Lovingkindness Retreat.

]]> We should take care of the heart, the Buddha tells us, the way a mother would take care of her newborn baby.  As dharma students we learn to make a commitment to the heart.  In this dharma talk Peter Doobinin discusses what i means to make a commitment to the heart ... and how we're able to do that.  The talk was given in 2016 at a Downtown Meditation Community Lovingkindness Retreat.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3350 335 full Joy & Faith Joy & Faith https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/joy-faith/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/joy-faith/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2025 11:45:51 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/476e1e38-385e-322b-9540-34835593c6c3 This dharma talk was offered by Peter Doobinin at the end of the year in December 2024.  In the talk, Peter discusses how we might bring joy and faith into the year to come.   May all beings find true happiness in their days!

]]> This dharma talk was offered by Peter Doobinin at the end of the year in December 2024.  In the talk, Peter discusses how we might bring joy and faith into the year to come.  
May all beings find true happiness in their days!

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1877 334 full According to Reality According to Reality https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/according-to-reality/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/according-to-reality/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2025 18:56:47 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/c708d0ce-5aba-3913-bbd5-f94a3ba81616 As meditation students, as Peter Doobinin explains, we learn to see things "according to reality."  Much of the time, we're enmeshed in thought worlds.  Lost in thought.  In our practice, we begin to see things as they are.  We abandon our stories.  And in the process, we come to know the truth of our goodness, the truth of the dharma inside us.  The talk was given in December 2024.

]]> As meditation students, as Peter Doobinin explains, we learn to see things "according to reality."  Much of the time, we're enmeshed in thought worlds.  Lost in thought.  In our practice, we begin to see things as they are.  We abandon our stories.  And in the process, we come to know the truth of our goodness, the truth of the dharma inside us.  The talk was given in December 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1837 333 full What You Are What You Are https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/what-you-are/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/what-you-are/#comments Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:14:35 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/26da89ff-b75e-3cc3-92fb-6be74c83fefd The dharma student resolves to follow a spiritual path in an effort to find freedom from grasping and to free the heart of its burdens.  In doing so, we come to learn that what we're grasping on to, our stories, our suffering, is not who we are.  We come to learn what we are, our true nature.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we come to understand these truths.  The talk was given in December 2024.

]]> The dharma student resolves to follow a spiritual path in an effort to find freedom from grasping and to free the heart of its burdens.  In doing so, we come to learn that what we're grasping on to, our stories, our suffering, is not who we are.  We come to learn what we are, our true nature.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we come to understand these truths.  The talk was given in December 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2227 332 full The Effort to Be Where You Are The Effort to Be Where You Are https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-effort-to-be-where-you-are/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-effort-to-be-where-you-are/#comments Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:16:29 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/77cdb224-500d-3146-9d83-6f1b292a9acc Spiritual practice requires that we make great effort over a period of time; at the same time, we're asked to know the present moment and find happiness in it.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin discusses this paradox of the spiritual path.  He explains how we learn to bring skillful effort to the moment ... and how by doing so, we learn to know happiness of heart.  The talk was given in January 2024.

]]> Spiritual practice requires that we make great effort over a period of time; at the same time, we're asked to know the present moment and find happiness in it.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin discusses this paradox of the spiritual path.  He explains how we learn to bring skillful effort to the moment ... and how by doing so, we learn to know happiness of heart.  The talk was given in January 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2288 331 full The True Path The True Path https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-true-path/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-true-path/#comments Sun, 09 Feb 2025 19:00:41 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/280bcaa2-72c9-3996-9636-580f0e0de12b This dharma talk was given at a daylong retreat in New York In November 2024.  In the talk, Peter Doobinin explains the Buddha's path, the story of his awakening, and the three knowledges he came to in his journey.  These three knowledges provide for the basis of right view.  The story of the Buddha's awakening offer us a way, a dharma, that we can follow; but, as Peter describes, it is us to us to make the effort to follow the path.  If we're true to the path, we'll come to a greater happiness.  As the Thai meditation master Ajaan Lee said, "if we're true to the dhamma, the dhamma will be true to us."

]]> This dharma talk was given at a daylong retreat in New York In November 2024.  In the talk, Peter Doobinin explains the Buddha's path, the story of his awakening, and the three knowledges he came to in his journey.  These three knowledges provide for the basis of right view.  The story of the Buddha's awakening offer us a way, a dharma, that we can follow; but, as Peter describes, it is us to us to make the effort to follow the path.  If we're true to the path, we'll come to a greater happiness.  As the Thai meditation master Ajaan Lee said, "if we're true to the dhamma, the dhamma will be true to us."

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2385 330 full Basic Skills: Skillful Intention Basic Skills: Skillful Intention https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/basic-skills-skillful-intention/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/basic-skills-skillful-intention/#comments Sun, 02 Feb 2025 16:16:32 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/31e85d93-66a2-3f10-80eb-aaa55d2df7c6 We shape our lives, in the service of knowing a greater happiness, through the cultivation of skillful intention.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains skillful intention, what it is, how we develop it.  The dharma talk is the fifth in a series of five talks on "Basic Skills" that were offered in June 2024.

]]> We shape our lives, in the service of knowing a greater happiness, through the cultivation of skillful intention.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains skillful intention, what it is, how we develop it.  The dharma talk is the fifth in a series of five talks on "Basic Skills" that were offered in June 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2236 329 full Basic Skills: Heedfulness Basic Skills: Heedfulness https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/basic-skills-heedfulness/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/basic-skills-heedfulness/#comments Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:39:27 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/85fe8ffe-226b-301e-b11f-9122d9d987e8 Heedfulness, the Buddha teaches us, is the root of skillfulness.  The practice of heedfulness enables us to take action in support of the heart, action that will lead us to happiness of heart.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes the elements of this essential skill.  The talk is the fourth in a series of talks on "Basic Skills" that Peter gave in June 2024.

]]> Heedfulness, the Buddha teaches us, is the root of skillfulness.  The practice of heedfulness enables us to take action in support of the heart, action that will lead us to happiness of heart.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes the elements of this essential skill.  The talk is the fourth in a series of talks on "Basic Skills" that Peter gave in June 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2362 328 full Basic Skills: Natural Meditation Basic Skills: Natural Meditation https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/basic-skills-natural-meditation/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/basic-skills-natural-meditation/#comments Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/9240eaca-629c-31d5-8981-2ebc2a21aca8 In developing dharma practice, we seek to maintain present moment awareness, mindfulness, and our connection to the heart in all our postures, all the activities of our lives.  This is "Natural Meditation."  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes the skill of Natural Meditation and the great benefits in developing this skill.  The talk is the third in a series on "Basic Skill" that Peter offered in June 2024.

]]> In developing dharma practice, we seek to maintain present moment awareness, mindfulness, and our connection to the heart in all our postures, all the activities of our lives.  This is "Natural Meditation."  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes the skill of Natural Meditation and the great benefits in developing this skill.  The talk is the third in a series on "Basic Skill" that Peter offered in June 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2106 327 full Basic Skills: Walking Meditation Basic Skills: Walking Meditation https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/basic-skills-walking-meditation/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/basic-skills-walking-meditation/#comments Sun, 12 Jan 2025 18:16:23 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/18a5f90b-78a7-399d-9bd7-a583f11b63a5 In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the basic skill of walking meditation.  As he explains, this key element of dharma practice enables us to make a transition from formal sitting meditation to being mindful in our lives.  The talk is the second in a series of talks on "basic skills" that Peter offered in June 2024.

]]> In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the basic skill of walking meditation.  As he explains, this key element of dharma practice enables us to make a transition from formal sitting meditation to being mindful in our lives.  The talk is the second in a series of talks on "basic skills" that Peter offered in June 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2150 326 full Basic Skills: Mindfulness of Breathing Basic Skills: Mindfulness of Breathing https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/basic-skills-mindfulness-of-breathing/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/basic-skills-mindfulness-of-breathing/#comments Sun, 05 Jan 2025 19:50:31 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/c1c4e417-3607-3c0f-8070-34e7632e7048 This is the first talk in a series of dharma talks on "Basic Skills" offered by Peter Doobinin in June 2024.  In this talk, Peter discusses, in detail, the steps of breath meditation.  As he notes, it's a "lifetime practice" and a practice, as the Buddha noted, that leads us to true happiness.

]]> This is the first talk in a series of dharma talks on "Basic Skills" offered by Peter Doobinin in June 2024.  In this talk, Peter discusses, in detail, the steps of breath meditation.  As he notes, it's a "lifetime practice" and a practice, as the Buddha noted, that leads us to true happiness.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2277 325 full The Joyful Truth of Life The Joyful Truth of Life https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-joyful-truth-of-life/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-joyful-truth-of-life/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:43:10 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/85a0835a-de45-3e4c-be13-ab49a1aa1377 The path leads us to the goodness of the heart.  It's a joyful path.  It's a joyful life.  We're asked, in making the path, to abandon that which is keeping us from the heart.  Specifically, the ways in which we cling, our holding on, our wanting ... and not wanting.  What's left, when we let go is the purity of heart.  In this talk, given in the summer of 2024, Peter Doobinin describes the dharma student's task: to know purity of heart.

]]> The path leads us to the goodness of the heart.  It's a joyful path.  It's a joyful life.  We're asked, in making the path, to abandon that which is keeping us from the heart.  Specifically, the ways in which we cling, our holding on, our wanting ... and not wanting.  What's left, when we let go is the purity of heart.  In this talk, given in the summer of 2024, Peter Doobinin describes the dharma student's task: to know purity of heart.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1654 324 full Commitment to the Heightened Mind Commitment to the Heightened Mind https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/commitment-to-the-heightened-mind/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/commitment-to-the-heightened-mind/#comments Sun, 22 Dec 2024 13:32:35 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/88922b4a-a078-3c75-b345-c5dd541f8dc4 What is our commitment to the heightened mind?  From the heightened mind, we're able to develop insight and find freedom from suffering.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how & why we develop the heightened mind  ... and how we develop in our commitment to it.  The dharma talk was offered in February 2024.

]]> What is our commitment to the heightened mind?  From the heightened mind, we're able to develop insight and find freedom from suffering.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how & why we develop the heightened mind  ... and how we develop in our commitment to it.  The dharma talk was offered in February 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2007 323 full The Other Side of Despair The Other Side of Despair https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-other-side-of-despair/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-other-side-of-despair/#comments Sun, 15 Dec 2024 13:02:42 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/96ed1e28-037c-358c-a717-1da58a442d39 Life, by its nature, presents us with things that are difficult.  There is, of course, illness, aging, death.  We'll be separated, the Buddha tells us, from all that we find dear and appealing.  This is the way it is, and as dharma students we learn to develop acceptance - equanimity - in relationship to these basic truths about life.  In this talk, Peter explains how, if we develop this sort of acceptance, we can know a happiness in life.  In spite of life's challenges and difficulties, there is great happiness and joy.  The dharma talk was given in October 2024.

]]> Life, by its nature, presents us with things that are difficult.  There is, of course, illness, aging, death.  We'll be separated, the Buddha tells us, from all that we find dear and appealing.  This is the way it is, and as dharma students we learn to develop acceptance - equanimity - in relationship to these basic truths about life.  In this talk, Peter explains how, if we develop this sort of acceptance, we can know a happiness in life.  In spite of life's challenges and difficulties, there is great happiness and joy.  The dharma talk was given in October 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1530 322 full Reliable Happiness Reliable Happiness https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/reliable-happiness/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/reliable-happiness/#comments Sun, 08 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/9d74003d-12da-3988-922d-6d2eb6cbf1a7 The Buddha's path is a path of happiness.  In following this path, we learn to know a reliable happiness.  What does this mean?  Why is it so important to make an effort to know this happiness?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin discusses these questions.  The talk was given in September 2024.

]]> The Buddha's path is a path of happiness.  In following this path, we learn to know a reliable happiness.  What does this mean?  Why is it so important to make an effort to know this happiness?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin discusses these questions.  The talk was given in September 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1544 321 full Stay In Tune Stay In Tune https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/stay-in-tune/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/stay-in-tune/#comments Sun, 01 Dec 2024 12:40:01 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/bf538ced-207d-37b6-8e06-c1b314149e46 In all the circumstances of our lives, we seek, as dharma students, to stay in tune.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we learn to stay in tune regardless of the situations we encounter.  In staying in tune, we have a skillful relationship to the thoughts and emotions that arise; we're able to maintain a certain space; we're able to stay close to the heart.  The dharma talk was given in October 2024.

]]> In all the circumstances of our lives, we seek, as dharma students, to stay in tune.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we learn to stay in tune regardless of the situations we encounter.  In staying in tune, we have a skillful relationship to the thoughts and emotions that arise; we're able to maintain a certain space; we're able to stay close to the heart.  The dharma talk was given in October 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1987 320 full The Blessing of Life The Blessing of Life https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-blessing-of-life/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-blessing-of-life/#comments Sun, 24 Nov 2024 13:26:11 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/b07b0641-9e1d-39b2-8f5e-ec497ca7209d This life is a profound and precious gift.  As dharma students, it's integral to the path to remember the blessing of life.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin talks about how we learn to recognize the preciousness of life and cultivate gratitude for life.  And how this reflection brings joy.  The talk was given in October 2024.

]]> This life is a profound and precious gift.  As dharma students, it's integral to the path to remember the blessing of life.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin talks about how we learn to recognize the preciousness of life and cultivate gratitude for life.  And how this reflection brings joy.  The talk was given in October 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2062 319 full Working with Thinking Working with Thinking https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/working-with-thinking/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/working-with-thinking/#comments Sun, 17 Nov 2024 12:49:31 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/92e8a816-149d-30d2-97a0-9fa8988dca63 Working skillfully with our thinking, in meditation and in our daily lives, is an extremely important element in dharma practice.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes how, by bringing insight to our thinking, we're able to abandon sticky thoughts and afflictive narratives.  The talk was given in October 2024.

]]> Working skillfully with our thinking, in meditation and in our daily lives, is an extremely important element in dharma practice.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes how, by bringing insight to our thinking, we're able to abandon sticky thoughts and afflictive narratives.  The talk was given in October 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2112 318 full Commitment to Love Commitment to Love https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/commitment-to-love/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/commitment-to-love/#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/701fd02e-7b6c-3bc9-a768-a094525d7e03 What is our commitment to the heart...?  What is our commitment to taking action in support of the heart...?  What is our commitment to love...?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explore these questions.  He describes how we learn to take action informed by love.  And how we develop that resolve.  The talk, given in July 2024, is the fourth talk in a series of four talks on Lovingkindness. May all beings find ease of being and happiness of heart!

]]> What is our commitment to the heart...?  What is our commitment to taking action in support of the heart...?  What is our commitment to love...?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explore these questions.  He describes how we learn to take action informed by love.  And how we develop that resolve.  The talk, given in July 2024, is the fourth talk in a series of four talks on Lovingkindness.
May all beings find ease of being and happiness of heart!

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2560 317 full The Wish For a Greater Happiness The Wish For a Greater Happiness https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-wish-for-a-greater-happiness/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-wish-for-a-greater-happiness/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2024 13:49:01 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/5677b165-8c96-31b4-a767-8b0685c05a1b What is our wish for ourselves?  To what degree are we driven by our wishes for the so-call worldly satisfactions?  In cultivating lovingkindness, we are learning to develop the wish for a happiness that transcends that kind of happiness.  We're developing our wish for a greater happiness.  The happiness of heart.  This dharma talk, given in July 2024, is the third in a series of talks on Lovingkindness. May all beings be happy of heart!

]]> What is our wish for ourselves?  To what degree are we driven by our wishes for the so-call worldly satisfactions?  In cultivating lovingkindness, we are learning to develop the wish for a happiness that transcends that kind of happiness.  We're developing our wish for a greater happiness.  The happiness of heart.  This dharma talk, given in July 2024, is the third in a series of talks on Lovingkindness.
May all beings be happy of heart!

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2389 316 full Becoming Wholehearted Becoming Wholehearted https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/becoming-wholehearted/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/becoming-wholehearted/#comments Sun, 27 Oct 2024 19:06:58 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/1c05c5e2-98e2-3115-8839-1a83adaee5d8 This talk is the second in a series of talks on the theme of "Lovingkindness" given by Peter Doobinin in August 2024.  As Peter explains, our efforts to connect to the heart, to lovingkindness (metta) must include both the cultivation of the heart and the abandoning of the that which is a burden on the heart.  In the talk, Peter describes how we cause the heart to be burdened and how we relieve the heart of its burdens.

May all beings be happy of heart.

]]> This talk is the second in a series of talks on the theme of "Lovingkindness" given by Peter Doobinin in August 2024.  As Peter explains, our efforts to connect to the heart, to lovingkindness (metta) must include both the cultivation of the heart and the abandoning of the that which is a burden on the heart.  In the talk, Peter describes how we cause the heart to be burdened and how we relieve the heart of its burdens.

May all beings be happy of heart.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2214 315 full Your Wish to Be Happy Your Wish to Be Happy https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/your-wish-to-be-happy/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/your-wish-to-be-happy/#comments Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:09:50 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/5b013c8f-fac9-34fa-8c89-bddccfb6d956 This is the first in a series of talks on Lovingkindness that Peter Doobinin gave in July 2024.  The essence of lovingkindness in found in our wish for happiness, for ourselves and others.  All beings, the Buddha tells us, have this wish.  In this dharma talk, Peter discusses how we develop our wish to be happy. May all beings be happy of heart!

]]> This is the first in a series of talks on Lovingkindness that Peter Doobinin gave in July 2024.  The essence of lovingkindness in found in our wish for happiness, for ourselves and others.  All beings, the Buddha tells us, have this wish.  In this dharma talk, Peter discusses how we develop our wish to be happy.
May all beings be happy of heart!

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2082 314 full Sense of Purpose Sense of Purpose https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/sense-of-purpose/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/sense-of-purpose/#comments Sun, 13 Oct 2024 11:10:03 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/81f26419-e70f-3355-8a62-956d629e8bc8 What is our sense of purpose in this life?  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains how following the Buddha's path, living along spiritual lines, being a dharma student, give our lives a sense of purpose.  The dharma talk was given on the final night of the April Retreat at Powell House in 2024.

]]> What is our sense of purpose in this life?  In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains how following the Buddha's path, living along spiritual lines, being a dharma student, give our lives a sense of purpose.  The dharma talk was given on the final night of the April Retreat at Powell House in 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3572 313 full The Resolve to Let Go The Resolve to Let Go https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-resolve-to-let-go/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-resolve-to-let-go/#comments Sun, 06 Oct 2024 14:32:52 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/d3bd1f18-3d26-3024-b031-a1fdb478b89f In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin discusses the art of letting go.  As Peter explains, developing the resolve to let go is essential, if we're going to let go, know freedom from suffering, and find our way to the heart.  The talk was given at the April 2024 Eight Day Retreat.

]]> In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin discusses the art of letting go.  As Peter explains, developing the resolve to let go is essential, if we're going to let go, know freedom from suffering, and find our way to the heart.  The talk was given at the April 2024 Eight Day Retreat.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3586 312 full Understanding the Burdens on the Heart Understanding the Burdens on the Heart https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/understanding-the-burdens-on-the-heart/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/understanding-the-burdens-on-the-heart/#comments Sun, 29 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/9fd39e91-6fc8-38e6-9259-0319a807d89d In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin takes an in-depth look at the Buddha's seminal teaching on the Four Noble Truths.  By accomplishing the tasks the Buddha sets forth in this teaching, we're able to rid the heart of its burdens and know true happiness in this life.  The talk was offered in April 2024 at the Eight-Day Retreat at Powell House.

]]> In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin takes an in-depth look at the Buddha's seminal teaching on the Four Noble Truths.  By accomplishing the tasks the Buddha sets forth in this teaching, we're able to rid the heart of its burdens and know true happiness in this life.  The talk was offered in April 2024 at the Eight-Day Retreat at Powell House.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3668 311 full Dharma for Everyone Dharma for Everyone https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/dharma-for-everyone/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/dharma-for-everyone/#comments Sun, 22 Sep 2024 08:21:22 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/583527de-f5c8-3369-935f-9b00d128c63b In following the path of the dharma, we come to know our goodness.  The goodness that each of us, as human beings, has within.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we come to know this goodness .... and how this knowledge informs our way forward.  The talk was given at a daylong retreat in Berlin in September 2024.

]]> In following the path of the dharma, we come to know our goodness.  The goodness that each of us, as human beings, has within.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we come to know this goodness .... and how this knowledge informs our way forward.  The talk was given at a daylong retreat in Berlin in September 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2074 310 full Surrender to Awareness Surrender to Awareness https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/surrender-to-awareness/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/surrender-to-awareness/#comments Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:41:00 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/6a534529-69ea-3c18-ab8f-55fd0f92b317 In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the simple practice of awareness.  If we can trust in awareness, our innate wisdom will lead us to freedom, the end of suffering, true happiness.  In the talk Peter explains the obstacles to awareness ... and how we learn to develop in awareness.  The talk was given at the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the simple practice of awareness.  If we can trust in awareness, our innate wisdom will lead us to freedom, the end of suffering, true happiness.  In the talk Peter explains the obstacles to awareness ... and how we learn to develop in awareness.  The talk was given at the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3474 309 full Being In Tune Being In Tune https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/being-in-tune/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/being-in-tune/#comments Sun, 01 Sep 2024 11:16:31 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/772e24da-eabf-35fa-9deb-2e1e2dbf995d The Buddha described the quality of "being in tune with the dharma."  When we're in tune our practice flourishes.  Our life flourishes.  We live in accord with the heart.  In this talk, Peter explains what it means to be in tune ... and how we learn to be in tune.  The dharma talk was given on the third night of the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> The Buddha described the quality of "being in tune with the dharma."  When we're in tune our practice flourishes.  Our life flourishes.  We live in accord with the heart.  In this talk, Peter explains what it means to be in tune ... and how we learn to be in tune.  The dharma talk was given on the third night of the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3401 308 full Inclination of Awareness Inclination of Awareness https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/inclination-of-awareness/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/inclination-of-awareness/#comments Sun, 25 Aug 2024 07:15:42 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/d400c72c-05a0-3203-989b-ee4c4f472c08 The habits of our minds often lead us to difficulty and pain.  But we can learn to train our awareness.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how by learning to incline our awareness in a skillful way, we move toward a greater happiness in life.  As he explains, the ability to cultivate ease and sukkha (pleasure), to maintain a pleasant abiiding in all our postures, is integral to this process.  The talk was given at the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> The habits of our minds often lead us to difficulty and pain.  But we can learn to train our awareness.  In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how by learning to incline our awareness in a skillful way, we move toward a greater happiness in life.  As he explains, the ability to cultivate ease and sukkha (pleasure), to maintain a pleasant abiiding in all our postures, is integral to this process.  The talk was given at the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3633 307 full Changing the Mind Changing the Mind https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/changing-the-mind/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/changing-the-mind/#comments Sun, 18 Aug 2024 10:42:43 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/35b9c6bb-73d6-386b-9006-68730f2eb95c All that we are, the Buddha tells us, begins with our thoughts.  As dharma students, we learn to cultivate thinking that is skillful:  thinking that will lead us to a true happiness in this life.  We can do this.  We can change our minds.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin, describes the processes for changing the mind.  The talk was given on the first night of the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> All that we are, the Buddha tells us, begins with our thoughts.  As dharma students, we learn to cultivate thinking that is skillful:  thinking that will lead us to a true happiness in this life.  We can do this.  We can change our minds.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin, describes the processes for changing the mind.  The talk was given on the first night of the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3441 306 full Reliable Things Reliable Things https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/reliable-things/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/reliable-things/#comments Sun, 11 Aug 2024 15:03:22 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/ecfd45a5-c95b-3aed-8853-b3e3af19c208 The Buddha's path, the dharma, is a path of knowing a true and reliable happiness.  In making this path, as Peter Doobinin describes, ,we learn to put aside our preoccupation with things that aren't reliable, things, including the pleasures of the world, that can't bring reliable, lasting happiness.  The talk was given at a Downtown Meditation Community Three-Day Retreat in 2016.

]]> The Buddha's path, the dharma, is a path of knowing a true and reliable happiness.  In making this path, as Peter Doobinin describes, ,we learn to put aside our preoccupation with things that aren't reliable, things, including the pleasures of the world, that can't bring reliable, lasting happiness.  The talk was given at a Downtown Meditation Community Three-Day Retreat in 2016.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3031 305 full Taking Care of the Mind Taking Care of the Mind https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/taking-care-of-the-mind/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/taking-care-of-the-mind/#comments Sun, 04 Aug 2024 15:34:04 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/69ff74af-90f7-3769-a01e-293a337cd74f Are we taking good care of the mnd?  What does this mean?  How do we take good care of the mind?  Why is it so important?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explores these questions.  The talk was given at Downtown Meditation Community on a Sunday night in 2014.

]]> Are we taking good care of the mnd?  What does this mean?  How do we take good care of the mind?  Why is it so important?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explores these questions.  The talk was given at Downtown Meditation Community on a Sunday night in 2014.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1380 304 full Bringing Insight to Thinking Bringing Insight to Thinking https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/bringing-insight-to-thinking-1722200364/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/bringing-insight-to-thinking-1722200364/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2024 15:59:24 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/f10c9d5a-df54-35a3-bfc4-eb6ac91976ed In our efforts to know a greater happiness in life, it's essential that we learn to abandon unskillful thinking.  But simply making an effort to put aside unskillful thinking isn't enough; we need to learn to bring insight to thinking.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we develop this skill.  The talk was given in September 2014.

]]> In our efforts to know a greater happiness in life, it's essential that we learn to abandon unskillful thinking.  But simply making an effort to put aside unskillful thinking isn't enough; we need to learn to bring insight to thinking.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we develop this skill.  The talk was given in September 2014.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1572 303 full Taking Refuge Taking Refuge https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/taking-refuge/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/taking-refuge/#comments Sun, 21 Jul 2024 19:15:23 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/f3eb75fe-4ecb-37d7-95a3-a184420aa892 As dharma students, we seek to live in a certain way.  We live in the world but we don't follow the ways of the world.  What does this mean?  As Peter Doobinin explains in this talk, we come to understand how to make this path, the path of the dharma dharma, through the process of taking refuge.  The dharma talk was given in January 2015.

]]> As dharma students, we seek to live in a certain way.  We live in the world but we don't follow the ways of the world.  What does this mean?  As Peter Doobinin explains in this talk, we come to understand how to make this path, the path of the dharma dharma, through the process of taking refuge.  The dharma talk was given in January 2015.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1702 302 full What Freedom Is What Freedom Is https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/what-freedom-is-1721000557/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/what-freedom-is-1721000557/#comments Sun, 14 Jul 2024 18:42:37 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/8b473094-2d58-353e-a244-bcfb5b747825 What is freedom?  It's a term we might often use ... but perhaps we're not so sure about what it is.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains what, in the Buddha's teaching, freedom is ... and how we practice it.  The talk was given at a Downtown Meditation Community retreat in the winter of 2013.

]]> What is freedom?  It's a term we might often use ... but perhaps we're not so sure about what it is.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains what, in the Buddha's teaching, freedom is ... and how we practice it.  The talk was given at a Downtown Meditation Community retreat in the winter of 2013.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 3245 301 full Commitment to Happiness Commitment to Happiness https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/commitment-to-happiness/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/commitment-to-happiness/#comments Sun, 07 Jul 2024 18:41:49 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/454a18c1-9f68-3425-a3f5-137fa4cca1e5 In this dharma talk, given in 2015, Peter Doobinin discusses the effort we make to abandon clinging and know true happiness.  To what extent is it a priority for us to let go of aversion & desire?  What is our commitment to happiness?  These are questions we learn to ask in making this noble effort.

]]> In this dharma talk, given in 2015, Peter Doobinin discusses the effort we make to abandon clinging and know true happiness.  To what extent is it a priority for us to let go of aversion & desire?  What is our commitment to happiness?  These are questions we learn to ask in making this noble effort.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 1773 300 full The Joyful Path The Joyful Path https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-joyful-path-1719778769/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-joyful-path-1719778769/#comments Sun, 30 Jun 2024 15:19:29 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/40526943-d31d-3606-bd2c-0fa4ca97a88b It's a joyful path.  When we practice the dharma, in accord with the dharma, what the Buddha taught, we know great joy.  And although the path asks us to comprehend our pain and suffering, as Peter Doobinin explains, when we do this skillfully, it's joyful.  The dharma talk was given in January 2024.

]]> It's a joyful path.  When we practice the dharma, in accord with the dharma, what the Buddha taught, we know great joy.  And although the path asks us to comprehend our pain and suffering, as Peter Doobinin explains, when we do this skillfully, it's joyful.  The dharma talk was given in January 2024.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2210 299 full Living Along Spiritual Lines Living Along Spiritual Lines https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/living-along-spiritual-lines/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/living-along-spiritual-lines/#comments Sun, 23 Jun 2024 13:22:14 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e4082cc4-00a1-36f7-b77c-31b0ab6ab0f8 The dharma student, resolved to following the Buddha's path, strives to live her life along spiritual lines.  What does this mean?  How do we develop in our resolve?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explores these questions.  The talk was given on New Year's Eve in 2023.

]]> The dharma student, resolved to following the Buddha's path, strives to live her life along spiritual lines.  What does this mean?  How do we develop in our resolve?  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explores these questions.  The talk was given on New Year's Eve in 2023.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2107 298 full The Truth of Our Goodness The Truth of Our Goodness https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-truth-of-our-goodness-1718566272/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/the-truth-of-our-goodness-1718566272/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2024 14:31:12 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/fce362e9-34ef-3e40-9606-93c9b7135c63 In making the journey of awakening, it's essential that we take joy in our goodness and the goodness in the world.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we learn to reflect on our goodness ... and how, in turn, we come to know the truth of our goodness.  The talk was given in December 2023.

]]> In making the journey of awakening, it's essential that we take joy in our goodness and the goodness in the world.  In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we learn to reflect on our goodness ... and how, in turn, we come to know the truth of our goodness.  The talk was given in December 2023.

]]> Peter Doobinin false No 2299 297 full Knowing What Matters Knowing What Matters https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/knowing-what-matters/ https://sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/e/knowing-what-matters/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2024 14:58:39 -0500 sundaydharmatalk.podbean.com/a2e2cfad-e29d-3154-a2e8-8c4c58e854d7 In following the path the Buddha put forth, the dharma, we learn to take a step back and reflect.  As Peter Doobinin describes, it's important to reflect on what matters in this life.  To know what matters.  In this talk, given in December 2023, Peter discusses the elements of making this reflection and developing in understanding. 

]]> In following the path the Buddha put forth, the dharma, we learn to take a step back and reflect.  As Peter Doobinin describes, it's important to reflect on what matters in this life.  To know what matters.  In this talk, given in December 2023, Peter discusses the elements of making this reflection and developing in understanding. 

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