Dharmapunx NYC

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If you like this talk, please consider donating: I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I cannot promise to reply to email...

Note: The quality of this recording is marred at times by fabric rustling against iphone microphone, but I'm uploading it to the podcast site as the topic may be of enough interest to make it worth listening to for some.  Talk given at Zencare, january 9, 2016. 

If you like this talk, please consider donating: I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc.  While I cannot promise to reply to emai...

If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching.  The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I...

This talk, short meditation and intention setting chant was presented December 31st, 2015 at Maha Rose Studio in Greenpoint Brooklyn in front of a full house. If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: scraping by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching.  The donation paypal button is...

If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I...

This is the third in a series of self-contained talks covering some of the major ideas of modern psychology and how they intersect with the insights of the dharma.  This talk introduces some of Anna Freud's ideas about defense mechanisms—repression, denial, deflection, intellectualization, etc—and useful ways to live with challenging impulses and energies. If you like this talk, please consider do...

This is the second in a series of self-contained talks covering some of the major ideas of modern psychology and how they intersect with the insights of the dharma.  This talk introduces Albert Ellis ABC Model of how irrational thoughts and beliefs cause needless suffering, and how this theory overlaps with the Buddha's four noble truths. If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,5...

This is the first in a series of self-contained talks on some of the major ideas of modern psychology and how they intersect with the insights of the dharma.  The first talk introduces a few of the great DW Winnicott's theories concerning the true and false self, the good enough mother and the transitional object. If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I t...

If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I...

This is the second of two talks given November 14 during a daylong workshop at Philadelphia Insight 2015. The two talks present an overview to using basic reflective practices as a way to integrate the emotional and rational minds. If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donation...

This is the first of two talks given November 14 during a daylong workshop at Philadelphia Insight 2015. The two talks present an overview to using basic reflective practices as a way to integrate the emotional and rational minds. If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations...

If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I...

The following meditation is my interpretation of the Buddha's wonderful teaching known as The Shorter Teaching on Emptiness. It describes how, though a series of patient reflections, we can gradually shift our attention from the busy world around us to realms of serenity and emptiness. I find it a wonderful practice, and have lead many practitioners through it on retreats. I've made it as streamli...

If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I...

If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I...

This talk was given October 24 at the DharmaPunx NYC 2015 Fall Retreat at Won Dharma CntrIf you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dh...

This talk was given October 23 at the DharmaPunx NYC 2015 Fall Retreat at Won Dharma CntrIf you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dh...

This talk was given October 8 at the Against the Stream 2015 West Coast Retreat If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxn...

If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I...

If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I...

If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I...

If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I...

If you like this talk, please consider donating! In the 2,500 year old tradition I teach entirely by dana: in other words, I scrape by entirely on the generous donations of those who listen and get something from the teaching. The donation paypal button is in the right margin of this page.  Please check out dharmapunxnyc.com for info about classes and one-on-one counseling, retreats, etc. While I...