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Matthew Brensilver's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)

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Matthew Brensilver, MSW, PhD, serves on the Guiding Teachers Committee and Board of Directors at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He was previously Program Director for Mindful Schools and for more than a decade, was a core teacher at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. Each summer, he lectures at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center on the intersections between mindfulness, science and mental health. Before committing to teach meditation full-time, he spent years doing research on addiction pharmacotherapy at the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine. He is the co-au...

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Jun 5, 2026

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Episodes

Matthew Brensilver: The Story of Jumping Mouse (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 18.06.2019

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Equanimity and Samadhi 05.06.2019

(Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) Substantial overlap with previous talk on samadhi.

Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: How the world impacts the emotional body 04.06.2019

(Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Body Settling, Pleasure of the Breath 02.06.2019

(Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Monday Night Dharma Talk 25.03.2019

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: guided meditation 08.03.2019

(New York Insight Meditation Center) Meditation practice cultivates a diverse set of attentional, emotional and introspective skills. Central to the practice of mindfulness is the stabilization of attention. But before our attention stabilizes, practice can be overstimulating. This talk will explore the process through which the mind comes to rest. In developing this steadiness, equanimity (the ca...

Matthew Brensilver: Compulsive Thinking, Concentration & Equanimity 08.03.2019

(New York Insight Meditation Center) Meditation practice cultivates a diverse set of attentional, emotional and introspective skills. Central to the practice of mindfulness is the stabilization of attention. But before our attention stabilizes, practice can be overstimulating. This talk will explore the process through which the mind comes to rest. In developing this steadiness, equanimity (the ca...

Matthew Brensilver: Technology as an Existential Threat to Mindfulness - Matthew Brensilver and Randy Fernando 28.02.2019

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Monday Night Dharma Talk 10.12.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Sila as Our Practice in the World (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 24.11.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Untitled (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 23.11.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Untitled (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 23.11.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Sitting with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 23.11.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Day 6: Sitting with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 21.11.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Sīla, Samādhi, Pañña 22.10.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Ethical Implications of Mindfulness 16.06.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Turbulence and Peace (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 16.06.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Brian Lesage, Matthew Brensilver: Dharma Debate: Samvega versus Softening and Receiving (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 14.06.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Clinging and Space (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 14.06.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Samadhi (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 13.06.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Metta Reflections: Opening to Life Requires Love (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 12.06.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver, Sylvia Boorstein: Closing Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 15.01.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) with assistants Carol Cano and Victoria Cary

Matthew Brensilver, Sylvia Boorstein: Day 2: Evening Practice Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 14.01.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver, Sylvia Boorstein: Day 2: Afternoon Practice Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 14.01.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) with assistants Carol Cano and Victoria Cary

Matthew Brensilver, Sylvia Boorstein: Day 2: Morning Practice Session 14.01.2018

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) With assistants Carol Cano and Victoria Cary

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