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Lectures
These lectures, given by Thanissaro Bhikkhu at various meditation centers and about 40–60 minutes long on average, provide a systematic and focused explanation—and Q&A—on selected Dhamma themes.



2019
Practicing the Dhamma in Accordance with the Dhamma

December 3rd, 2019 | Duration: 100 min | Singapore
Listening to the Dhamma

December 2nd, 2019 | Duration: 101 min | Singapore
Right View: Mundane and Transcendent

November 1st, 2019 | Duration: 75 min | Portland Friends of the Dhamma
Right View Comes First

October 1st, 2019 | Duration: 48 min | Insight Meditation South Bay


Ajaan Geoff reviews the Four Noble Truths as the categorical teaching of the Buddha—true and always beneficial. He describes the duties that enable us to fully understand and comprehend them and how the three characteristics—Dukkha, Anicca, Anatta—are used in support of these duties and this understanding.
The Present Moment is Not the Goal

September 29th, 2019 | Duration: 55 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Skill in Questions (Part 1/3)

September 28th, 2019 | Duration: 105 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)


For the purpose of putting an end to suffering, the Buddha divided questions into four types: those that deserve a categorical answer, those that deserve an analytical answer, those that deserve that the person asking the question be cross-questioned, and those that deserve to be put aside. To know where a particular question falls within these categories, he said, is a sign of discernment. This day-long course looked at how the Buddha himself applied this scheme to the questions that other people asked him and to the questions he asked himself during his search for awakening. The purpose is be to gain a deeper understanding of the Buddha’s teachings by seeing what kinds of questions they were and were not intended to answer, and to gain a better sense of what kinds of questions we should be asking ourselves to guide our practice.
Skill in Questions (Part 2/3)

September 28th, 2019 | Duration: 78 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Skill in Questions (Part 3/3)

September 28th, 2019 | Duration: 81 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Self & Not-self (Part 1)

March 2nd, 2019 | Duration: 151 min | Kusala Toronto
Self & Not-self (Part 2)

March 2nd, 2019 | Duration: 135 min | Kusala Toronto
2018
The Karma of Now

November 29th, 2018 | Duration: 70 min | Dharma Bums Temple
Equanimity

November 6th, 2018 | Duration: 20 min | Pacific Hermitage (White Salmon, WA)
Refuge

September 26th, 2018 | Duration: 44 min | Insight Meditation South Bay
In the Elephant's Footprint

September 23rd, 2018 | Duration: 39 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Clinging and Craving (Part 1)

September 22nd, 2018 | Duration: 80 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Clinging and Craving (Part 2)

September 22nd, 2018 | Duration: 76 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Clinging and Craving (Part 3)

September 22nd, 2018 | Duration: 95 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
In the Elephant's Footprint

April 25th, 2018 | Duration: 36 min | Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
2017
Untitled (Part 3/3)

December 17th, 2017 | Duration: 90 min | Singapore
Untitled (Part 2/3)

December 16th, 2017 | Duration: 91 min | Singapore
Untitled (Part 1/3)

December 15th, 2017 | Duration: 93 min | Singapore
Merit is More Important Than You Think

October 19th, 2017 | Duration: 78 min | Dharma Bums Temple
Ananda: The Man with the Questions

September 19th, 2017 | Duration: 35 min | Insight Meditation South Bay
Wisdom over Justice

September 18th, 2017 | Duration: 46 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Ten Perfections: Discernment Teachings (Part 1)

September 16th, 2017 | Duration: 89 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Ten Perfections: Metta (Part 2)

September 16th, 2017 | Duration: 86 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Ten Perfections: Truth and Virtue (Part 3)

September 16th, 2017 | Duration: 95 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Ten Perfections: Persistence and Giving (Part 4)

September 16th, 2017 | Duration: 79 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Ten Perfections: Renunciation Endurance Equanimity (Part 5)

September 16th, 2017 | Duration: 59 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
2016
The Treasures of Spiritual Materialism

September 25th, 2016 | Duration: 42 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Noble Eightfold Path (Part 1)

September 24th, 2016 | Duration: 89 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Noble Eightfold Path (Part 2)

September 24th, 2016 | Duration: 85 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Noble Eightfold Path (Part 3)

September 24th, 2016 | Duration: 85 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
What is Insight and What Good is It?

March 9th, 2016 | Duration: 39 min | Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
2015
The True Dharma Has Disappeared

September 20th, 2015 | Duration: 43 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Thai Forest Masters (Part 1)

September 19th, 2015 | Duration: 86 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Thai Forest Masters (Part 2)

September 19th, 2015 | Duration: 83 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Thai Forest Masters (Part 3)

September 19th, 2015 | Duration: 77 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Art and Study of Practice

March 18th, 2015 | Duration: 78 min | Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
2014
Buddhist Romanticism (Part 1)

April 26th, 2014 | Duration: 113 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Buddhist Romanticism (Part 2)

April 26th, 2014 | Duration: 80 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Buddhist Romanticism (Part 3)

April 26th, 2014 | Duration: 93 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
2013
The Brahmaviharas (Part 1)

October 12th, 2013 | Duration: 75 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Brahmaviharas (Part 2)

October 12th, 2013 | Duration: 92 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Brahmaviharas (Part 3)

October 12th, 2013 | Duration: 105 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Refuge and Protection

October 10th, 2013 | Duration: 51 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
2012
Equanimity is Overrated

April 29th, 2012 | Duration: 36 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Papañca (Part 1)

April 28th, 2012 | Duration: 64 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Papañca (Part 2)

April 28th, 2012 | Duration: 31 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Papañca (Part 3)

April 28th, 2012 | Duration: 85 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Papañca (Part 4)

April 28th, 2012 | Duration: 66 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Five Aggregates

April 23rd, 2012 | Duration: 39 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Lessons from the Kalama Sutta

March 14th, 2012 | Duration: 29 min | Cambridge Insight Meditation Center


The Kalama Sutta is most famous for its encouragement not to place total trust in traditions and texts, but it also encourages you not to place total trust in your sense of reason and preferences. So where can you place your trust? This talk focuses on the dilemma posed by the sutta's recommendations, and the way it proposes out of the dilemma.
Willpower Strategies

January 8th, 2012 | Duration: 37 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
2011
Quality of Metta

May 1st, 2011 | Duration: 41 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Karma and Causality (Part 1)

April 30th, 2011 | Duration: 91 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Karma and Causality (Part 3) [Part 2 unrecorded]

April 30th, 2011 | Duration: 79 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Teachings of Ajahn Lee

April 25th, 2011 | Duration: 43 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
2010
The Usefulness of Judgment

April 18th, 2010 | Duration: 39 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Mindfulness and Concentration (Part 1)

April 17th, 2010 | Duration: 94 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Mindfulness and Concentration (Part 2)

April 17th, 2010 | Duration: 76 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Mindfulness and Concentration (Part 3)

April 17th, 2010 | Duration: 68 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Mindfulness and Concentration (Part 4)

April 17th, 2010 | Duration: 34 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Importance of Questions

April 12th, 2010 | Duration: 50 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Selves & Not-Self (Part 3)

March 18th, 2010 | Duration: 40 min | New York Insight Meditation Center
Selves & Not-Self (Part 2)

March 17th, 2010 | Duration: 42 min | New York Insight Meditation Center
Selves & Not-Self (Part 1)

March 16th, 2010 | Duration: 36 min | New York Insight Meditation Center
2009
Faith and Ardency

May 4th, 2009 | Duration: 51 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Generosity

May 3rd, 2009 | Duration: 45 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Anatta (Part 1)

May 2nd, 2009 | Duration: 117 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Anatta (Part 2)

May 2nd, 2009 | Duration: 63 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Anatta (Part 3)

May 2nd, 2009 | Duration: 45 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Noble Wealth

February 25th, 2009 | Duration: 40 min | Cambridge Insight Meditation Center


The inner qualities that provide wealth for the mind—a sense of freedom and security—regardless of outside conditions.
2008
What is Wrong with Buddha Nature

October 6th, 2008 | Duration: 49 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Wealth

October 5th, 2008 | Duration: 43 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
2007
Bringing Wisdom to Good Will

May 6th, 2007 | Duration: 45 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Dependent Co-Arising: Guided Meditation (1 of 10)

May 5th, 2007 | Duration: 29 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Dependent Co-Arising: Introduction and Q&A (2 of 10)

May 5th, 2007 | Duration: 21 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Dependent-Co Arising: Readings and Q&A (3 of 10)

May 5th, 2007 | Duration: 31 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Dependent Co-Arising: Description & Analysis (4 of 10)

May 5th, 2007 | Duration: 41 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Dependent Co-Arising: Readings (5 of 10)

May 5th, 2007 | Duration: 31 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Dependent Co-Arising: Bodily Fabrication (6 of 10)

May 5th, 2007 | Duration: 24 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Dependent Co-Arising: Readings (7 of 10)

May 5th, 2007 | Duration: 29 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Dependent Co-Arising: Mental Fabrications (8 of 10)

May 5th, 2007 | Duration: 29 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Dependent Co-Arising: Consciousness (9 of 10)

May 5th, 2007 | Duration: 39 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Dependent Co-Arising: Readings (10 of 10)

May 5th, 2007 | Duration: 23 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Wisdom of the Ego

April 30th, 2007 | Duration: 40 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
2006
Appropriate Attention

May 7th, 2006 | Duration: 41 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Breath: A Vehicle for Liberation (Part 1)

May 6th, 2006 | Duration: 75 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Breath: A Vehicle for Liberation (Part 2)

May 6th, 2006 | Duration: 71 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The Breath: A Vehicle for Liberation (Part 3)

May 6th, 2006 | Duration: 69 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Emptiness Revisited

May 1st, 2006 | Duration: 43 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
The War on Karma

February 15th, 2006 | Duration: 79 min | Insight Meditation Society
2005
Heedfulness

May 1st, 2005 | Duration: 43 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
War on Karma

April 25th, 2005 | Duration: 52 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Heedfulness

February 2nd, 2005 | Duration: 83 min | Cambridge Insight Meditation Center


Heedfulness—the Buddha's final teaching—provides the context within which his other teachings on the path should be undestood.
2004
Customs of the Noble Ones

April 25th, 2004 | Duration: 42 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Iddhipada: The Bases for Success (Part 1)

April 24th, 2004 | Duration: 61 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Iddhipada: The Bases for Success (Part 2)

April 24th, 2004 | Duration: 64 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Iddhipada: The Bases for Success (Part 3)

April 24th, 2004 | Duration: 52 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Iddhipada: The Bases for Success (Part 4)

April 24th, 2004 | Duration: 44 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Iddhipada: The Bases for Success (Part 5)

April 24th, 2004 | Duration: 66 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Happiness

April 19th, 2004 | Duration: 50 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Anger

February 4th, 2004 | Duration: 91 min | Cambridge Insight Meditation Center


Approaching anger skillfully, both by developing a proper understanding of it and by using the many tools that can be used to keep the mind from being overcome by it.
2003
Three Characteristics

March 30th, 2003 | Duration: 33 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Five Aggregates

March 29th, 2003 | Duration: 247 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Holding on

March 24th, 2003 | Duration: 41 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Not-Self: Taking a Fresh Look

January 29th, 2003 | Duration: 67 min | Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
The Question of Not-Self

January 28th, 2003 | Duration: 103 min | New York Insight Meditation Center
2002
Four Bases for Success

March 31st, 2002 | Duration: 30 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Buddhist Romanticism

March 25th, 2002 | Duration: 44 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Untitled

February 6th, 2002 | Duration: 87 min | Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
2001
Persistence in Practice

October 8th, 2001 | Duration: 44 min | Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City, CA)
Dhamma Talk

February 14th, 2001 | Duration: 71 min | Insight Meditation Society