Here are PDF versions of talks offered at ICBC services going back to 2010.
Fall 2013
- The Life of the Buddha
- The Noble Eightfold Path
- The Noble Eightfold Path: Wisdom
- The Noble Eightfold Path: Mental Development
Spring 2013
- Misconceptions about Buddhism
- The Dalai Lama
- Pema Chödron
- Ananda
- Buddhism as Practice and Philosophy
- Mindfulness of the Body
- Mindfulness of Feelings
Fall 2012 – The Life of the Buddha
- Early Life
- Mara and his Awesome Daughters
- The Awakening
- Sariputta & Moggallana
- Devadatta
- Conditions of a Nation’s Welfare
- Parinirvana
Spring 2012
- The Mangala Sutta (Blessings)
- Buddhist Practice & Philosophy
- Benefits of Regular Meditation Practice
- Concentration
- Insight
- Dependent Origination
- Wholesome & Unwholesome Thoughts & Actions
- Buddhism & Other Faiths
- Buddhism, Sex, & Relationships
Fall 2011 – The Noble Eightfold Path
- The Noble Eightfold Path – Introduction
- Right View 1a: Karma
- Right View 1b: Rebirth
- Right View 2: The Four Noble Truths
- Right Intention 1: Renunciation
- Right Intention 2: Metta & Karuna
- Right Speech
- Right Action & Right Livelihood
- Right Effort
- Right Mindfulness 1: The Body
- Right Mindfulness 2: Feelings, Mind, and Mental Factors
- Right Concentration
Spring 2011
- No Self
- Buddhism & Doubt
- Vipassana
- The Four Noble Truths
- The Buddha Image
- The Noble Eightfold Path
- Why We Meditate
- The Five Hindrances
- Meaning of the Chants (Qualities of the Buddha and Dhamma)
- Transforming Suffering
- Maintaining a Meditation Practice Over the Summer