Talks
142 recorded talks and guided meditations by 37 teachers. Filter by kind, length or tradition, or browse by teacher.
- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche22
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche14
- Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche12
- Ajahn Sumedho10
- Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche8
- Thich Nhat Hanh8
- Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche6
- His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama6
- Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu6
- Ajahn Chah3
- Ajahn Sucitto3
- Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche3
- Ajahn Amaro2
- Ajahn Anan Akiñcano2
- Ajahn Brahm2
- Ajahn Jayasaro2
- Ajahn Pasanno2
- Anam Thubten2
- Ayya Khema2
- Buddhadasa Bhikkhu2
- Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche2
- Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche2
- Garchen Rinpoche2
- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo2
- Luang Pu Pramote Pamojjo2
- Ringu Tulku Rinpoche2
- Sharon Salzberg2
- Thanissaro Bhikkhu2
- Ajahn Dtun Thiracitto1
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche1
- Jack Kornfield1
- Joseph Goldstein1
- Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche1
- Luang Por Liem Ṭhitadhammo1
- S. N. Goenka1
- Shunryu Suzuki Roshi1
- Tsoknyi Rinpoche1
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- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche22
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- Ajahn Sumedho10
- Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche8
- Thich Nhat Hanh8
- Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche6
- His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama6
- Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu6
- Ajahn Chah3
- Ajahn Sucitto3
- Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche3
- Ajahn Amaro2
- Ajahn Anan Akiñcano2
- Ajahn Brahm2
- Ajahn Jayasaro2
- Ajahn Pasanno2
- Anam Thubten2
- Ayya Khema2
- Buddhadasa Bhikkhu2
- Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche2
- Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche2
- Garchen Rinpoche2
- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo2
- Luang Pu Pramote Pamojjo2
- Ringu Tulku Rinpoche2
- Sharon Salzberg2
- Thanissaro Bhikkhu2
- Ajahn Dtun Thiracitto1
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche1
- Jack Kornfield1
- Joseph Goldstein1
- Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche1
- Luang Por Liem Ṭhitadhammo1
- S. N. Goenka1
- Shunryu Suzuki Roshi1
- Tsoknyi Rinpoche1
Guided meditations
Practice instructions to follow along with, from 8 teachers.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
A Guided Meditation on the Body, Space, and Awareness
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Basic Breath Instructions
Ajahn Sucitto
Evening Guided Meditation, 17 January 2021
Ajahn Brahm
Friday Night Guided Meditation, 26 June 2026
Ajahn Jayasaro
Guided Meditation at Abhayagiri
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
GUIDED MEDITATION ON CLEAR SEEING
Garchen Rinpoche
Heart Awakening Retreat: Meditation with H.E. Garchen Rinpoche
Sharon Salzberg
Lovingkindness with Sharon Salzberg
Series
Teachings given over several sessions, to follow in order. All series
4 parts · 24 minYongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Basic Goodness and Awareness
4 parts · 2h 17mKhenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Bodhicitta and the Bodhisattva Vow
3 parts · 4h 23mHis Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Four Noble Truths and Dependent Origination
2 parts · 2h 33mHis Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, Leh 2018
2 parts · 46 minDzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
Guru Rinpoche's Principle
6 parts · 56 minYuttadhammo Bhikkhu
How To Meditate
2 parts · 1h 34mAjahn Chah
Meditation Talks by Ajahn Chah, Read by Luang Por Pasanno
4 parts · 5h 54mThich Nhat Hanh
Mindful Breathing: Deer Park Winter Retreat 2004
13 parts · 9h 37mDzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Kathmandu
2 parts · 1h 16mDzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
Teachings on Tara, Sao Paulo
6 parts · 3h 19mKhenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
The Four Dharmas of Gampopa
8 parts · 6h 38mAjahn Sumedho
The Four Noble Truths Retreat
6 parts · 4h 19mChökyi Nyima Rinpoche
The Four Seals of Dharma
3 parts · 38 minKyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche
Three Important Exercises
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
Biography →
Heart Sutra Teachings and Meditation, Hong Kong, Part 1
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche opens a Sunday teaching on the Heart Sutra in Hong Kong, in English, with a silent sitting, a talk on insecurity, and the start of the mantra.
It Depends: Dependent Arising
An evening talk by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, in English, on dependent arising and the mantra Ye dharma hetu, based on a short work by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.
Jangchub Shing: An Insight into Buddhist Truths
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche as guest speaker on Jangchub Shing, a weekly Bhutan Broadcasting Service television programme that presents the Dharma to Bhutanese youth.
Mind Training, Online Talk for Hong Kong University Students
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche on what mind training means in Buddhism, given online to university students in English, followed by their questions.
Part 1: Guru Rinpoche's Principle
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche on Guru Rinpoche's principle, part 1 of 2, broadcast by the Bhutan Broadcasting Service.
Part 2: Guru Rinpoche's Principle
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche on Guru Rinpoche's principle, part 2 of 2, broadcast by the Bhutan Broadcasting Service.
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Part 1
The opening session, on the choice of this text, why view comes first, and the homage on dependent arising.
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Part 10
Expedient and direct meaning, the six perfections in order, apparent arising, and nothing to assert.
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Part 11
Taking refuge, three purposes of the teachings, the moon in water, and whether Madhyamaka has a thesis.
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Part 12
The philosophical schools, no thesis in Prasangika, clarity and emptiness together, and questions.
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Part 13
The closing stanzas, the five paths, the dedication, and a call to translate the texts.
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Part 2
Audience definitions of existence and truth, birth, abiding and ending, and samsara and nirvana as not separate.
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Part 3
The purpose of Madhyamaka, the dream elephant, and whether enlightenment is a true end.
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Part 4
The aggregates and the self as a label, selfless compassion, and the twelve links, ending with questions.
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Part 5
The two truths, meditation as leaving things alone, the magician simile, and why impermanence is taught.
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Part 6
Questions on devotion, renunciation, the similes, karma and emptiness not meaning inaction.
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Part 7
How an illusory path ends illusion, the four truths, and the stanzas from impermanence to selflessness.
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Part 8
No true dwelling, emptiness not denying appearance, why karma is taught, and a long question session.
Sixty Stanzas on Reasoning, Part 9
Practising amid daily life, culture and Dharma, and the two accumulations.
Teachings on Tara, Sao Paulo, Part 1
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche on who Tara is and how perception shapes the practice, given in English in Sao Paulo on 12 June 2014.
Teachings on Tara, Sao Paulo, Part 2
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche goes through the twenty-one Taras with their mantras, gives practice advice and answers questions, in English, in Sao Paulo on 12 June 2014.
Wheel of Life: Interaction with Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
An interaction with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche and a small group of young people in New Delhi on 10 February 2016, based on the Wheel of Life.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Biography →A Guided Meditation on the Body, Space, and Awareness
A short guided meditation with Mingyur Rinpoche, moving attention from the body to sensory experience and then to boundless space, before resting in awareness.
Basic Goodness and Awareness, Part 1
Mingyur Rinpoche introduces awareness as the essence of meditation and basic goodness as an inborn nature to discover, not build.
Basic Goodness and Awareness, Part 2
Mingyur Rinpoche explains that awareness is always present, complete and pure, using space and clouds.
Basic Goodness and Awareness, Part 3
Mingyur Rinpoche teaches how to practise awareness by watching what appears, with a form or sound as support.
Basic Goodness and Awareness, Part 4
Mingyur Rinpoche guides a short practice of watching whatever arises, and closes the introduction to Joy of Living level one.
Befriending Feelings
Mingyur Rinpoche on working with feelings and strong emotion through view, meditation and application, drawing on his own panic attacks.
Calming the Mind: The Practice of Awareness Meditation
Public talk by Mingyur Rinpoche at Lerab Ling, France, 11 September 2010, on calming the mind through awareness meditation.
How to Do Retreat in Daily Life
Mingyur Rinpoche on bringing the qualities of formal retreat into ordinary daily activity.
Letting My Self Die
Interview with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on his near-death experience on wandering retreat, death meditation and the bardo as a gap in ordinary life.
Mind Like Space: Finding Inner Freedom through Meditation
Mingyur Rinpoche explains that awareness is like space, which clouds cannot pollute and which is always pure.
Open Awareness Meditation
Mingyur Rinpoche introduces meditation without an object in two steps, resting first and then letting the mind be as it is, in a live online session.
The First Step on the Vajrayana Path
Mingyur Rinpoche on appreciation as the first practice, awareness, love and compassion and wisdom as inborn qualities, and Buddha nature, with a short practice.
The Inner Sky and Innate Well-Being
Mingyur Rinpoche tells how his father answered his childhood panic attacks with the image of sky and storms, in conversation with a scientist who studies the brain, then guides a short taste of open awareness.
What Happiness Is and How to Find It
Mingyur Rinpoche on what happiness is and why it matters whether we look for it internally or externally.
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Biography →
A Public Talk on the Four Immeasurables
A public talk by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche on bodhichitta and the four immeasurables, translated into English, followed by questions.
Bodhicitta and the Bodhisattva Vow, Session 1
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche begins Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Awakening: three scopes of motivation, relative bodhichitta, merit, refuge, love and compassion.
Bodhicitta and the Bodhisattva Vow, Session 2
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche completes the generation of aspiration bodhichitta and explains who may take the bodhisattva vow and how, with English translation.
Bodhicitta and the Bodhisattva Vow, Session 3
Rinpoche teaches the three trainings of Atisha's Lamp: moral discipline, tranquility and discernment, with a note on Mahamudra practice and a brief recommendation of Vajrayana.
Bodhicitta and the Bodhisattva Vows, Questions
Rinpoche answers audience questions on tonglen and absolute bodhichitta, benefiting others and oneself, merit, balancing service and practice, and emptiness.
Four Dharmas of Gampopa, Session 1
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche opens a teaching on Gampopa's Four Dharmas with the Buddha's prediction of Gampopa and the case for Mahamudra as a path for everyone.
Four Dharmas of Gampopa, Session 2
Rinpoche introduces the Four Dharmas as a union of the stages of the path and Mahamudra, and teaches the first dharma, the mind going to the dharma, through the four thoughts.
Four Dharmas of Gampopa, Session 3
Afternoon session on the second dharma, dharma becoming a path: motivations ranked from temporary protection to bodhichitta, taking and sending, and the bodhisattva vow.
Four Dharmas of Gampopa, Session 4
Morning session on the third dharma, the path dispelling bewilderment: suffering and its causes, then Vajrayana generation stage through the guru, yidam and protector.
Four Dharmas of Gampopa, Session 5
Afternoon session on the completion stage and Mahamudra: the view by inference and by direct recognition, tranquility meditation, and audience questions.
Four Dharmas of Gampopa, Session 6
Final session on the fourth dharma, bewilderment arising as wisdom: the eight consciousnesses, three ways of looking at the mind, and the five wisdoms.
Sukhavati Practice, Session 1
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche on why and how to prepare for rebirth in Sukhavati, the pure realm of Amitabha, with English translation.
Ajahn Sumedho
Biography →
Conscious Awareness Here and Now Is... Silence
A Dhamma talk by Ajahn Sumedho given on 21 February 2025 at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. On conscious awareness in the present moment, and silence.
Just Watching the Mind
A Dhamma reflection by Ajahn Sumedho on simply watching the mind, given on 17 August 2020 at Ratanawan Monastery, Thailand, and published by Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
The Four Noble Truths Retreat, Part 1
Ajahn Sumedho opens a Four Noble Truths retreat in Singapore: taking refuge in awareness, suffering understood rather than escaped, and desire as its cause.
The Four Noble Truths Retreat, Part 2
Ajahn Sumedho on trusting conscious awareness and on three obstructions to the path: self-view, convention and doubt.
The Four Noble Truths Retreat, Part 3
Ajahn Sumedho on the deathless as conscious awareness here and now, and why the body, memory and imagined rebirths are not a refuge.
The Four Noble Truths Retreat, Part 4
Ajahn Sumedho on consciousness as the ground of experience, the Buddho mantra with the breath, the sound of silence, and grief as natural.
The Four Noble Truths Retreat, Part 5
Ajahn Sumedho's public evening talk in Singapore: mindfulness turned inward, the four heavenly messengers, and the four postures.
The Four Noble Truths Retreat, Part 6
Ajahn Sumedho on suppressed emotion, the silence behind thought, the Four Noble Truths as a signpost, and the three characteristics.
The Four Noble Truths Retreat, Part 7
Ajahn Sumedho on the last full day: trusting awareness as the gate to the deathless, personality, generosity, virtue and what rebirth means.
The Four Noble Truths Retreat, Part 8
Ajahn Sumedho's brief closing words at the end of the retreat in Singapore, as the eight precepts give way to five.
Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche
Biography →
An Introduction to Buddhism
Phakchok Rinpoche introduces Buddhism through the Buddha's four lines, the causes of negative action, the four truths and the three turnings, published by Samye Institute.
Keys to Happiness
Phakchok Rinpoche on five practical keys to happiness: space in the mind, emotional blind spots, compassion, contentment and loving-kindness, published by Samye Institute.
Taking It Slowly with Vajrayana: Overview and Advice
Phakchok Rinpoche on why Vajrayana training should proceed step by step, with an overview of the path, published by Samye Institute.
Three Important Exercises 1: Breathing to Settle the Mind
Phakchok Rinpoche explains why he gives three short daily exercises and teaches the first, a four-minute breathing practice.
Three Important Exercises 2: Wishing All Beings Happiness
Phakchok Rinpoche teaches the second of three daily exercises, a three-minute practice of wishing all beings happiness with the breath and hand.
Three Important Exercises 3: The Nature of Mind Is Pure
Phakchok Rinpoche teaches the third of three daily exercises, repeating that the nature of mind is pure, and describes the three together as ten minutes a day.
Understanding Our Negative Emotions
Phakchok Rinpoche on working with anger, pride, jealousy and attachment through space, breath and honest reflection, published by Samye Institute.
Why Meditate, What Is Meditation For?
Talk and question session with Phakchok Rinpoche on the purpose of meditation, published by Samye Institute.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Biography →
Appointment with Life: a Dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh's Dharma talk of 6 July 2014, opening the summer retreat in Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, on mindfulness as the energy that brings us back to the present.
How to Take Care of the Habit Energy of Worrying: a short teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh on sitting meditation, the art of resting and the habit energy of worrying, an excerpt from his 1997 retreat on Buddhist psychology.
Mindful Breathing 1: Embracing Painful Feelings
Thich Nhat Hanh's Dharma talk of 15 February 2004 at the Deer Park Monastery winter retreat, on holding a painful feeling with mindfulness the way a mother holds a baby.
Mindful Breathing 2: Looking Deeply and Compassion
Thich Nhat Hanh's Dharma talk of 25 February 2004 at Deer Park Monastery, on sitting with the Buddha to look at suffering on both sides of a conflict, and on storing understanding for hard times.
Mindful Breathing 3: Contemplating Impermanence
Thich Nhat Hanh's Dharma talk of 3 March 2004 at Deer Park Monastery, opening the last four breathing exercises with impermanence and its link to non-self.
Mindful Breathing 4: The Bell, Interbeing and Nirvana
Thich Nhat Hanh's Dharma talk of 14 March 2004, the last lay day of the Deer Park Monastery winter retreat, on the mindfulness bell at home and the final breathing exercises.
The Art of Being Peace
A Dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hanh dated 13 May 2008 on peace in the body, the family and the world through mindfulness. Published by Plum Village.
Through the Insight of Interbeing
A Dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hanh from 11 October 2012, given during the Autumn Retreat at Lower Hamlet, Plum Village, on interbeing and the transformation of suffering. Published by Plum Village.
Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche
Biography →The Four Seals of Dharma, Session 1
First session of a series by Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche on the four seals of the Dharma, published by DharmaSun.
The Four Seals of Dharma, Session 2
Second session of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche's series on the four seals: faith and reason, impermanence, and attachment, published by DharmaSun.
The Four Seals of Dharma, Session 3
Third session of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche's series on the four seals: the seven branches, refuge and bodhichitta, published by DharmaSun.
The Four Seals of Dharma, Session 4
Fourth session of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche's series on the four seals: practice that changes the mind, death, and Atisha's verses, published by DharmaSun.
The Four Seals of Dharma, Session 5
Fifth session of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche's series on the four seals: karma, meditation and seeing experience as a dream, published by DharmaSun.
The Four Seals of Dharma, Session 6
Sixth session of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche's series on the four seals: practice from waking to sleep, pure realms and lasting peace, published by DharmaSun.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Biography →Four Noble Truths and Dependent Origination, Day 1
Day 1 of a three-day Bodh Gaya teaching on the Sutra on the Four Noble Truths and the Rice Seedling Sutra, given mainly for Indian students, with English translation.
Four Noble Truths and Dependent Origination, Day 2
Day 2 of a three-day Bodh Gaya teaching: the mind and its afflictions, emptiness in the Heart Sutra, and the first half of the Rice Seedling Sutra, with English translation.
Four Noble Truths and Dependent Origination, Day 3
Day 3 of the Bodh Gaya teaching: a bodhichitta ceremony with refuge and a short meditation on emptiness, mantra transmissions, and the close of the Rice Seedling Sutra.
Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, Day 1
The Dalai Lama, in Tibetan with English translation, teaches Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, from its lineages through the chapters on enthusiasm and meditation.
Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, Day 2
Day 2 of the Dalai Lama's Leh teaching on Shantideva's Guide: calm abiding and insight, exchanging self and others, and the wisdom chapter on the two truths.
Middling Stages of Meditation and the Thirty-Seven Practices, Day 2
The Dalai Lama, in Tibetan with English translation, reads Middling Stages of Meditation on compassion, bodhichitta, calm abiding and insight, and begins the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva.
Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu
Biography →How To Meditate I, What is Meditation
Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu on what the word meditation means and the four foundations used for noting experience. First video in his How To Meditate series.
How To Meditate II, Sitting Meditation
The second video in Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu's How To Meditate series, introducing sitting meditation. From his own YouTube channel.
How To Meditate III, Walking Meditation
Part three of Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu's How To Meditate series: a demonstration of walking meditation with silent noting of each step.
How To Meditate IV, Fundamentals of Meditation Practice
Part four of Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu's How To Meditate series: the qualities that make noting practice work, and balancing the five faculties.
How To Meditate V, Mindful Prostration
Part five of Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu's How To Meditate series: a warm-up of mindful prostration before walking and sitting.
How To Meditate VI, Meditation Practice and Daily Life
Part six of Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu's How To Meditate series: the precepts and moderation that support practice, and noting in daily life.
Ajahn Chah
Biography →
Dhamma Nature and Uncertainty: Ajahn Chah's Teachings Read by Ajahn Amaro
Ajahn Amaro reads two talks from The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah at Amaravati on 17 June 2020, the anniversary of Ajahn Chah's birth.
Meditation Talks by Ajahn Chah, Part 2, Read by Luang Por Pasanno
A second reading by Luang Por Pasanno from Ajahn Chah's talks on formal meditation practice, offered at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery on 22 March 2022. A reading of Ajahn Chah's published teachings, not his own voice.
Meditation Talks by Ajahn Chah, Read by Luang Por Pasanno
Luang Por Pasanno reads two of Ajahn Chah's talks on meditation, "Tranquility and Insight" and "Detachment within Activity", at Abhayagiri on 21 March 2022, then takes questions.
Ajahn Sucitto
Biography →
Correcting the Foundations
A Dhamma talk offered by Ajahn Sucitto at Cittaviveka on 29 December 2020, on direct experience, virtue and attention as the ground of practice.
Evening Guided Meditation, 17 January 2021
An evening guided meditation led by Ajahn Sucitto on 17 January 2021 at Cittaviveka, Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, UK.
Evening Guided Meditation, 23 June 2021
An evening guided meditation led by Ajahn Sucitto on 23 June 2021 at Cittaviveka, Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, UK.
Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche
Biography →
Compassion Versus Competition
Public talk by Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche at Lerab Ling, France, 1 October 2010.
The Four Noble Truths
A short talk by Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche, in English, on the Four Noble Truths as an inner reflection on potential, ignorance, cessation and the path.
The Meaning of Taking Refuge
Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche on what taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha means and the commitments that follow, given in English in Oslo on 22 April 2012.
Ajahn Amaro
Biography →
Stress-based Mindfulness Reduction
A Sunday Talk given by Ajahn Amaro on 28 August 2022 at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. On mindfulness and stress.
The Middle Way: Four Remedies to Cure the Pain of Dukkha
A Dhamma talk by Ajahn Amaro published by Amaravati Buddhist Monastery on 29 July 2026 on the Buddha's middle way and the four noble truths.
Ajahn Anan Akiñcano
Biography →
The X-Ray Vision of Vipassanā
A Dhamma talk by Ajahn Anan given on 11 June 2022. Published on the Ajahn Anan Dhamma channel linked from Wat Marp Jan's website.
Understanding the Body, Freeing the Mind
A Dhamma talk by Ajahn Anan, translated from Thai to English, given on 30 January 2025. Published on the Ajahn Anan Dhamma channel linked from Wat Marp Jan's website.
Ajahn Brahm
Biography →Friday Night Guided Meditation, 26 June 2026
Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation of about 25 minutes, recorded at the Friday night session of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia.
Guided Meditation with Ajahn Brahm, 24 January 2026
An intermediate to advanced meditation class: Ajahn Brahm talks about the smile as part of posture, guides a body scan, then sits in silence and answers questions.
Ajahn Jayasaro
Biography →Guided Meditation at Abhayagiri
A guided meditation in English led by Ajahn Jayasaro at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, California, on 18 October 2013. Published on the channel Dhamma by Ajahn Jayasaro.
Guided Meditation for the Buddhist Community at Stanford
A guided meditation by Ajahn Jayasaro offered during an online conversation with the Buddhist Community at Stanford, 13 June 2020. Published on the channel Dhamma by Ajahn Jayasaro.
Ajahn Pasanno
Biography →
A Refuge Within Uncertainty: The Four Protective Meditations
Ajahn Pasanno discusses the Four Protective Meditations, in a reflection given on 14 March 2020 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
The Essence of the Buddha's Teachings
Ajahn Pasanno reflects on mindfulness and its essential function in the Buddha's path of practice. Given on 25 March 2023 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
Anam Thubten
Biography →
Responding from Compassion and Courage
Talk by Anam Thubten on meeting violence and upheaval with compassion rather than hatred, with an invitation to a butter lamp prayer, published by Dharmata Foundation.
What Would Buddha Do? In These Times of Instability, Crisis and Challenge
Talk by Anam Thubten from March 2020 on using the Buddha and Tara as sacred models in a time of crisis, with a Green Tara mantra chanted together, published by Dharmata Foundation.
Ayya Khema
Biography →
First and Second Jhana
A retreat Dhamma talk in English by Ayya Khema on the first and second jhanas, published by Buddha-Haus Metta Vihara.
Purification of Emotions
A Dhamma talk in English by Ayya Khema on the four brahmaviharas, of which this talk covers equanimity and loving-kindness, published by Buddha-Haus Metta Vihara.
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Biography →
Natural Truth
A talk Buddhadasa Bhikkhu gave in English on 10 June 1990 during the international retreats at Suan Mokkh. The Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives recommend turning on captions.
The Heart of Buddhism
A talk Buddhadasa Bhikkhu gave in English at Suan Mokkh on 14 October 1982 for English-speaking listeners. The Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives recommend turning on captions.
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
Biography →
Peaceful Heart: Conversation and Q&A on Patience
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche in conversation at a Boulder Book Store online event for his book Peaceful Heart, on the Buddhist practice of patience, with audience questions.
The Essence of Practice is Letting Go
A weekly online teaching by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, given on Chinese New Year, on letting go as the heart of practice when loss and self-doubt arise.
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
Biography →GUIDED MEDITATION ON CLEAR SEEING
A short guided contemplation by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche on looking closely at your most difficult emotion.
HOW TO DEAL WITH ANXIETY, LOSS, AND UNCERTAINTY
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche on working with fear of an uncertain future by labelling the fear, relaxing, separating what you know from what you do not, and staying positive.
Garchen Rinpoche
Biography →Heart Awakening Retreat: Meditation with H.E. Garchen Rinpoche
A meditation session from the Heart Awakening Retreat, 17 October 2020, with English translation: immeasurable love as the basis, recognising the natural state of mind, then sitting.
Meditation with H.E. Garchen Rinpoche, 26 September 2020
An online meditation session led by Garchen Rinpoche with English translation: looking at the nature of mind, working with thoughts, then a long period of sitting.
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
Biography →
Lojong (Mind Training): Questions and Answers
A question-and-answer session with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo on lojong mind training, on 23 April 2022, with questions from students of an online lojong course.
The Nature of the Mind
A morning talk by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo on knowing the mind directly, from the archive channel of her talks, with guidance on resting as the knower.
Luang Pu Pramote Pamojjo
Biography →
Mindfulness in Daily Life: Samatha, Vipassana and Watching the Mind
A Dhamma talk by Luangpu Pramote Pamojjo, published with English subtitles on his official channel, on developing mindfulness in daily life.
Two Kinds of Concentration: Calm and Upright
A Dhamma talk by Luangpu Pramote Pamojjo, published with English subtitles on his official channel, on the concentration that rests the mind and the concentration that supports wisdom.
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
Biography →
Ethical Emotional Education, Part 1: Ethics
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche on ethics as a way of living without harming oneself or others, across the Vinaya, bodhisattva and Vajrayana trainings, in English.
Love Yourself: Reflecting on Refuge
A talk by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche on what taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha means, and how wishing yourself well is the root of compassion for others.
Sharon Salzberg
Biography →Lovingkindness with Sharon Salzberg
A guided lovingkindness (metta) meditation of about 19 minutes by Sharon Salzberg, published by the Insight Meditation Society.
Real Happiness Meditation Challenge: Questions and Answers
A live question-and-answer session with Sharon Salzberg for participants in her Real Happiness Meditation Challenge, opening with a short guided meditation.
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Biography →Basic Breath Instructions
An evening guided breath meditation in English by Thanissaro Bhikkhu, given at Metta Forest Monastery in March 2026, with basic instructions for meditating with the breath.
Guided Breath Meditation (with Guided Exit)
A guided breath meditation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu, about 40 minutes, from the official dhammatalks.org YouTube channel. Published 2014 under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial licence.
