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Hi all, This is a talk about how to work with competitive energy and how to transform it from something destructive into something creative. I gave this talk at the River Road Unitarian Universalist Church on Wednesday, June 24th. Upcoming Offerings [ NEW ] July 15th, 7:00-8:30 PM , Drop-in Session, RRUUC, 6301 River Rd, Bethesda, MD 20817 July 29th, 7:00-8:30 PM , Drop-in Session, RRUUC, 6301 Riv...

Hi friends, This is the fourth and final talk in a series on the Limitless Attitudes (Pali: appamaññā), which are also called the Divine Abodes (Pali: Brahmavihāra). The topic of this talk is Goodwill (Metta). The talk was recorded at River Road Unitarian Universalist Church on June 3rd. I hope you find it helpful. Upcoming Offerings June 24th, 7:00 - 8:30 PM , Drop-in Session, RRUUC, 6301 River R...

Hi everyone, I gave this talk last night at the River Road Unitarian Universalist Church (RRUUC) on caring, one of the four Limitless Attitudes (Pali: Apāmāṇa). Enoy! Upcoming Offerings June 3rd, 7:00 - 8:30 PM , Drop-in Session, RRUUC, 6301 River Rd, Bethesda, MD 20817 June 14th, 7:00 - 8:30 PM , Drop-in Session, Downtown Dharma @ Yoga District, 1910 14th St, NW Washington, DC June 24th, 7:00 - 8...

Hi everyone, I gave this talk last night at the River Road Unitarian Church on rejoicing, one of the four Limitless Attitudes (Pali: Apāmāṇa). Enjoy! Upcoming Offerings May 6th, 7:00 - 8:30 PM , Drop-in Session, River Road Unitarian Universalist Church (RRUUC), 6301 River Rd, Bethesda, MD 20817 June 3rd, 7:00 - 8:30 PM , Drop-in Session, River Road Unitarian Universalist Church (RRUUC), 6301 River...

Hi friends, This is the first talk in a series I’m offering on the Limitless Attitudes (Pali: Appamāṇa), which are also called the Divine Abodes (Pali: Brahmavihāra). I am working my way backward through the Limitless Attitudes, starting with equanimity, which is often taught last and is the subject of this talk. This was recorded at Downtown Dharma on April 12th. I hope you find it beneficial. Up...

Hi everyone, This is a recording of the talk I gave on Monday night on Right View. It is the last talk in this series on the Eightfold Path. I hope you find it helpful. Upcoming Events March 12th - March 15th: Residential meditation retreat in the Insight tradition. Seven Oaks Retreat Center, Madison, VA. To learn more or register follow this link: https://imcw.org/event/?eventId=1678 March 25th ,...

Hi everyone, Here is the talk I gave on Right Intention at River Road Unitarian Church on February 4th. I hope you find it helpful. Upcoming Offerings: Retreat March 12 - 15, Madison, VA: “The Path of the Restful Warrior” is a residential Insight meditation retreat that I’m teaching with Dechen Ellen McSweeney. Click here for more information and registration. Drop-in Classes February 23rd, 7:30 P...

Hi everyone, This is a talk on Right Speech and its place in the Eightfold Path that I gave at Downtown Dharma on January 4th, 2026. The recording also includes the Q&A that followed the talk. Also, I learned last night that the audio posts I have been sending out are also podcasts, published to Apple Podcasts and Spotify and elsewhere. In order to make it easier to find them across the web, I gav...

Hi friends, This is a recording of the talk I gave last night at River Road Unitarian as well as the Q&A that followed. The subject is Right Action and Its Place in the Eightfold Path. I hope you find it beneficial! Upcoming Events 3-Day Meditation Retreat in the foothills of the Shenandoah Mountains A meditation retreat is a chance to learn how your mind works, experience the peace that comes fro...

Dharma talk on Right Livelihood given on 12-1-25 at Downtown Dharma, hosted by Yoga District on 14th street. Get full access to Devin Maroney at devinmaroney.substack.com/subscribe

Hi friends, Here is the talk I gave last night at the River Road Unitarian Church on Right Effort and Its Place in the Eightfold Path. It’s about how to invite the dharma into every aspect of our lives, gently, moment-by-moment. The recording also includes the Q&A that followed the talk. Upcoming Offerings Residential Retreat: I’m happy to let you know that registration is now open for a 3-night r...

Samma Sati, often translated as Right Mindfulness, is the seventh aspect of the eightfold path. Mindfulness, in some respects, is the element of the path that gets the most attention in Western culture, and yet is is a concept that is burdened with many denotations and connotations that it was never intended to carry. Last night’s talk at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill explored the si...

Hi friends, Here’s the talk I gave last night at the River Road Unitarian Church. It’s about the journey to (and from) a quiet mind. With love and blessings, Devin Get full access to Devin Maroney at devinmaroney.substack.com/subscribe

Hi friends, I gave this talk last night at River Road. I hope you enjoy it. Upcoming Events: I’m offering a two-day non-residential retreat in Glen Echo, MD on October 11th and 12th with my friend and colleague Ellen McSweeney. You can learn more and register here. https://www.futurevessel.art/events My next drop in class is at Yoga District on 14th St. with Downtown Dharma on Sunday September 7th...

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This is the recording of the talk I gave Wednesday evening at the IMCW meditation class at the River Road Unitarian Church. I’ll be teaching there monthly. It’s worth coming in person if you can. The group discussions, which are not recorded, are full of love and humor and wisdom. This talk is on the second noble truth, described with a story about giving my kids honeysuckle nectar and their quest...

This is the dharma talk and meditation from a class I taught last Wednesday (I’ll be teaching there again this Wednesday). The talk is about defining dukkha. I pointed out that after 2,600 years, there still isn’t an agreement about what exactly dukkha refers to or how we would define it in English, despite the fact that it is the cornerstone of the most foundational teaching in the Pali Canon. Ra...