Dharma Talks

This site is an archive of Dharma talks given by Mary Grace Orr and other teachers at Vipassana Santa Cruz. The links will take you to talks by individual speakers. The download instructions provide technical information on retrieving the talks. Please enjoy the talks. These talks are freely available for download or to listen to in streaming audio.

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Ajahn Amaro June 2010
Questions and Answers Download Play 1:11:48
Meditation and Dharma Talk Download Play 1:27:28
Meditation and Vesak Dharma Talk Download Play 2:08:24
Questions and Answers Download Play 38:56
Guided Meditation Download Play 48:07
Meditation and Dharma Talk Download Play 1:29:15
Ajahn Anandabodhi
Welcoming the Buddha, 6/4/11 Download Play 2:38:52
Vesak Celebration, 6/5/11 Download Play 1:10:35
Ajahn Thanasanti
Retreat Dharma Talk 5/23/08 Download Play 43:09
Talk Given at VSC on 3/18/10 Download Play 52:07
Ayya Tathaaloka
Life as a Western Buddhist Nun Download Play 1:40:07
Carla Brennan
Acceptance Download Play 27:45
Attachment, Non-Attachment and Love Download Play 31:30
Avoidance, Idenification or Wisdom Download Play 31:14
Creating Space for Spaciousness Download Play 31:10
Don't Waste Your Pain Download Play 47:46
Generosity Download Play 48:00
Healing Power of the Mindful Heart Download Play 47:29
The Nature of Practice Download Play 31:21
Need to Do Your Work Download Play 31:18
No One to Be Download Play 31:33
Nothing to Do Download Play 33:14
Nowhere to Go Download Play 32:23
Peace Download Play 29:35
Retreat Talk 5/24/08 Download Play 58:07
Wise Speech Download Play 31:17
Gil Fronsdal
Retreat Practice, Insight Retreat Center Download Play 51:35
Kevin Griffin
Body Awareness Meditation Download Play 35:55
Buddhism and Recovery Download Play 46:42
Lama Surya Das
Dzogchen Download Play 1:14:13
Mirka Knaster
Munindra Download Play 48:14
Noah Levine
Dharma Punx Talk Download Play 41:36
Richard Shankman
Working with Difficulties Download Play 1:01:35
Tenzin Chogkyi
Tibetan Practice Download Play 1:27:02
John Travis
The Graduated Path and View Download Play 49:31
What Is All This About? Download Play 55:13

The fine print...

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The vast majority of these files are covered by Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved license. You can't repackage talks to sell to others (as opposed to giving them away), nor can you use only portions of the talks in another project or product. You must always credit the person or organization who owns this Creative Commons copyright. If you give the talks to others, you must inform them the talks are protected by copyright in this way.

Some teachers, including most monastics, have placed their talks in the public domain, so even the modest restrictions above do not apply. This is an act of trust by those making these talks available as an offering, not an invitation to take any particular action. We ask that you keep in mind that treating these talks as precious Dharma teachings is itself a valuable practice of the teachings.