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Gullu Singh's most recent Dharma talks (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

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Gulwinder “Gullu” Singh is a corporate real estate attorney who regularly teaches both secular and Buddhist classes and groups at InsightLA and at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, has taught mindfulness at the University of Southern California and has been a guest lecturer on mindfulness at UCLA Law School. Although he was exposed to meditation as a child, he found his own practice when he started his legal career, working at firms where the mindsets where insane and as a result, the job was extremely stressful. Gullu spends several weeks per year teaching silent meditation retreats and has done...

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Gullu Singh: "There is no Self - the Granddaddy of all Fake Buddha Quotes" 04.05.2025 1:13:12

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Meditation & Dharma Talk

Gullu Singh: When the Buddha was Afraid: The Attadanda Sutta 09.02.2025 1:04:53

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Gullu Singh: Brahmavihara Practices (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 14.01.2025 41:22

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Gullu Singh: Morning Instructions Day 4 - Introducing the Neutral Person (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 14.01.2025 46:01

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this guided meditation we expand the sphere of Mettā from Self, Benefactor and Friend to also include the neutral person. This is the person you do not know well or have any strong feeling for or against. The ancient texts describe this as the one that is neither loved nor unloved.

Gullu Singh: First Metta Instructions: Benefactor & Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 11.01.2025 50:39

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The initial instruction in Mettā practice using the phrases and working with the primary categories of benefactor & Self

Gullu Singh: Finding True Refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha 01.12.2024 54:03

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Gullu Singh: Further Instructions on Mettā (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 22.10.2024 45:08

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) On this first day devoted to the practice of mettā, Gullu provides further elaboration to the morning instructions.

Gullu Singh: The Sallata Sutta: the Buddha’s Teaching of the Second Arrow 06.10.2024 1:14:47

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Gullu Singh: Wise View (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 29.09.2024 50:52

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Gullu offers some reflections on wise view.

Gullu Singh: Reflections on the Cultivation of Equanimity 11.09.2024 55:24

(Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)

Gullu Singh, JD Doyle, Kate Munding: Opening Night Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 15.07.2024 1:18:51

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) How to hold stress and suffering with a tender attitude in the mind.

Gullu Singh: Going to Battle or Changing Course: The Five Hindrances 24.06.2024 56:06

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Gullu explores the 5 hindrances (nirvanas) and how to work with them skillfully, allowing them to be teachers rather than enemies.

Gullu Singh: Make a Vow to Pop the Bubble of Thought 14.04.2024 1:26:35

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Gullu Singh: All Things Coverage on Vedana 01.04.2024 1:44:15

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Gullu Singh: Guided Equanimity Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 14.01.2024 43:01

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this session Gullu shares a short dharmette about equanimity and then guides an equanimity practice using phrases.

Gullu Singh: Mettā for the Neutral Person (Retreat at Spirit) 14.01.2024 53:03

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this session Gullu guides a meditation practice focusing on sending loving kindness to a person we do not know well, sometimes referred to as the friendly stranger.

Gullu Singh: Reflections on Mettā and Equanimity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 13.01.2024 58:39

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Mettā can be a foundation of cornerstone for Equanimity (Upekka). As we cultivate a mind that is more and more impartial the mind where Mettā can shine evenly on everyone the mind becomes less attached to preferences and this quality of mind is more able to meet any moment with ease.

Gullu Singh: More General Guidance on Mettā Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 11.01.2024 44:33

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this guided meditation Gullu builds on the instructions for Mettā practice from the morning session.

Beth Sternlieb, Donald Rothberg, Gullu Singh, Jonathan Relucio, Kaira Jewel Lingo: Opening of Metta Retreat and Introduction to Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 10.01.2024 1:33:42

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this Opening talk, the teachers offer a land acknowledgement, introduce themselves, and Kaira Jewel gives a short talk on what metta is, how to practice metta and how we can take refuge in the retreat container.

Gullu Singh: Dharma Talk: Anattā : The Thatagatha has Gone Beyond a Position 23.11.2023 55:19

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This talk explores the Buddha’s teaching of Anattā (Not-self) and ways to practice with the world experience or perception of self and how we can notice with mindfulness how this sense of self ebbs and flows with conditions. The Buddha also suggested beneficial ways to engage the self such as to use conceit as a tool to generate faith.

Gullu Singh: Practice Not Complaining 05.11.2023 33:30

(San Francisco Insight Meditation Community) Complaints are typically a manifestation of some kind of aversion, whether mild or extreme. In this talk Gullu will explore the practice of not complaining in the context of the Buddha's teachings on aversion and ill-will.

Gullu Singh: The 5 Recollections, Samvega and Karma (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 03.10.2023 59:18

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this talk, Gullu reflects on the ancient practice from the Buddha of the 5 subjects for frequent recollection which invites us to contemplate that we are of the nature to age, get sick, to die and be separated from all the dear to us (one way or another) and yet, we have agency to develop qualities of mind and heart that allow us to move through these innate diff...

Gullu Singh: Reflections on the Sangha-Sourced Topics of Hyper Vigilance, the Self Critic, Letting Go, Resentments, Forgiveness, and Not-Self 01.10.2023 59:40

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Adam Stonebraker, Gullu Singh, JD Doyle, Louije Kim: Closing Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 15.09.2023 1:44:46

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Gullu Singh: Overview of the 4 Noble Truths & the 5 Recollections (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 14.09.2023 1:02:34

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this Talk Gullu covers the basics of the 4 Noble Truths, both in terms of the insights and the practice instructions. Some real time inquiries are offered to begin the connect Dukkha with patterns of clinging. Then Gullu talks about motivation for practice and the spiritual urgency that comes with the 5 Recollections.