Guy Armstrong's Dharma Talks
Guy Armstrong
I have always enjoyed working with practitioners who are continuing to deepen their practice. In the many long retreats I teach at both IMS and Spirit Rock, I feel free to pass on the deepest pointings I’ve found in the teachings of the Buddha in the Pali Canon. Those are my guiding lights in practice and understanding.
It is fun for me to take the most difficult concepts and put them into accessible language, to unwrap the mystery. So I try to find ways to explore the breadth of concepts like "emptiness" -- to see how the entire path can be explained in terms of this synonym for nibbana. One of my aims is to bring the goal of freedom into the here and now. This way practitioners get a taste of freedom, so they know what they are heading toward on their journey to liberation.
The tools of mindfulness and lovingkindness can be picked up by anyone. They are easy to understand and they bring immediate benefit to our lives. The essence of vipassana is ideally suited to western society, especially to the resonance between our psychological turn of mind and our quest for spiritual understanding.
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Select from Guy Armstrong's
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2008-04-11
A Brief History Of Buddhism In India - part 1
2008-04-12
A Brief History Of Buddhism In India - part 2
1995-07-26
Accepting Life's Characteristics
1996-03-18
Accepting Ourselves
2013-02-18
Afternoon Bhrama Vihara Practice - Compassion
2005-07-14
An Appropriate Response
2019-06-15
An Appropriate Response
2008-02-02
An Attitude Of Mindfulness
2008-11-02
An Attitude Of Mindfulness
2003-11-14
Awakening Concentration
2008-03-19
Awareness Is Like The Unconditioned
2022-06-19
Awareness: Turn, recognize, rest
2010-11-16
Big Mind Guided Meditation
2015-10-08
Big Mind Guided Meditation
2016-02-20
Big Mind Meditation
2001-01-05
Big Mind: Guided Meditation
2003-05-12
Bodhisattva Path: Plus Rigpa & Nirvana
2017-02-24
Brahma Vihara Instructions
2013-02-28
Brahma Vihara Practice
2011-07-20
Brahma Vihara: Equanimity
2004-07-15
Brahma Viharas And The Vicissitudes Of Life
2013-02-05
Brahma Viharas: Metta
2001-06-10
Cascading Pools of Metta
2001-06-10
Cascading Pools of Metta
2019-06-09
Chanting And Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of Breathing
2022-09-27
Choiceless Attention
2006-01-14
Closing Talk - Mind and Life Retreat
2006-02-09
Concentration
2022-09-23
Concentration
2014-02-26
Connection to Life
2008-02-26
Consciousness, Awareness And Nibbana
1997-06-24
Courageous Living
2016-02-10
Day 11: Morning Instructional Sit- Choice-less Attention
2016-02-13
Day 14 Brahma Viahara Instructions: Metta - all beings-pervading metta in all d…
2016-02-15
Day 16: Brahma Vihara Instructions: Compassion: Suffering person, benefactor an…
2016-02-20
Day 20: Brahma Vihara Practice: Mudita for the neutral person and the difficult…
2016-02-02
Day 3 Morning Instructional Sit
2016-02-05
Day 6 Brahma Vihara Instructions: Metta for Self, Benefactor and Dear Friend
2016-02-06
Day 7 Morning Instructional Sit
2015-09-13
Day One Instructions For the Three Month Retreat
1995-04-14
Death And Three Characteristics
2021-03-23
Deepening in Emptiness
2016-02-01
Delighting in the Wholesome
2001-10-18
Dependent Origination
2000-11-24
Dependent Origination
1998-03-07
Dharma In The Workplace
2012-12-04
Emptiness and Karma
2010-11-17
Emptiness and Karma
2019-06-28
Emptiness and Karma
2017-05-04
Emptiness is Everything
2017-05-01
Emptiness: A Practical Introduction for Meditators (Drop-in at Spirit Rock)
2002-02-22
Empty Knowing
2016-09-11
Entering the retreat: refuges and precepts
2012-06-21
Factors of Awakening
1997-04-21
Faith
2001-11-25
Faith And Awareness
1999-03-15
Faith and Awareness
2002-05-08
Faith as a Spiritual Faculty
1987-06-04
Fear
2004-11-26
Fear And Fearlessness
2017-09-28
First and Second Noble Truths
2017-02-03
First and Second Noble Truths (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2007-11-04
First Noble Truth: Suffering
2011-09-25
Five Aggregates: Self and Emptines
2019-10-08
Forgiveness Meditation
2012-11-30
Formation of Self-View
2010-11-13
Formation of Self-View
2016-06-18
Four Noble Truths: An Overview
1987-06-03
From Ego to Expansiveness
2008-11-30
From Ignorance Come Impulses
2009-02-21
From Ignorance Come Impulses
2013-02-26
Guided Meditation - Empty Awareness
2012-09-25
Guided Meditation - The Practice Of Forgiveness
1996-06-15
Healing And Freedom
2004-02-17
Healing And Freedom
2005-02-03
Impermanence
2009-10-05
Impermanence
2004-10-26
Impermanence: A Characteristic Of Existence
2015-10-16
Impulses Come From Ignorance
2024-09-03
Instructions: Energetic impact of breathing
2003-05-14
Integrating Vipassana & Dzogchen
2010-11-11
Introduction to Emptiness Retreat
2013-10-20
Joy and Happiness
2015-10-23
Joy and Happiness
2003-11-07
Judging Ourselves
1999-03-01
Karma
2022-10-21
Karma
2004-12-10
Karma & The End Of Karma
2011-10-16
Karma and the End of Karma
2008-12-07
Karma And The End Of Karma
2019-10-17
Karma And The End Of Karma
2017-02-22
Karma and the End of Karma (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2011-09-11
Keys To A Long Retreat
2002-03-11
Living in a World of Change
2011-07-18
Loving Kindness, Movement of the Heart
2011-07-16
Loving Kindness; Reflecting on our Goodness
2007-12-03
Loving-Kindness And Gratitude
2001-09-25
Meditation In The Eight Fold Path
1997-01-27
Metta & Concentration
2011-07-21
Metta and Connection
2008-02-13
Metta, Tenderness And Connection
2000-07-26
Metta: Effort and Fruits
2005-07-10
Metta: Its Near & Far Enemies
2008-07-13
Metta: Near And Far Enemies
2011-07-17
Metta: Near and Far Enemies
2004-01-08
Metta: Purity And Purification
2011-02-19
Metta: Tenderness & Connection
2011-10-09
Metta: Tenderness and Connection
2006-02-04
Mindfulness
2006-10-14
Mindfulness Of Breathing
2017-09-14
Mindfulness of Breathing
2019-09-12
Mindfulness Of Breathing
2022-06-02
Mindfulness of breathing
2022-09-16
Mindfulness of Breathing
2022-06-05
Mindfulness of breathing combined with a body scan
2022-06-07
Mindfulness of Breathing: 3 sensations in inbreath & outbreath
2010-10-11
Money as Dharma Practice
2014-02-22
Morning Instruction - Expansive Awareness
2010-11-13
Morning Instructions
2013-02-08
Morning Instructions
2013-04-14
Morning Instructions
2017-09-15
Morning Instructions
2019-06-26
Morning Instructions
2019-06-28
Morning Instructions
2019-09-12
Morning Instructions
2022-09-14
Morning Instructions
2024-07-16
Morning Instructions
2012-03-22
Morning Instructions - Choiceless Attention
2015-09-23
Morning Instructions - Intention or Cetanā in Pali
2015-09-23
Morning Instructions - Intentions
2019-09-18
Morning Instructions - Thoughts
2013-02-14
Morning Instructions Day 12
2014-02-06
Morning Instructions Day 5
2016-09-17
Morning instructions–mindfulness of moods and emotions
2013-02-10
Morning Instructions, Day 7 - Mindfulness of Thoughts
2019-06-24
Morning Instructions: Abiding in Emptiness
2012-12-03
Morning Instructions: Big Mind
2019-10-11
Morning Instructions: Big Mind Guided Meditation
2016-09-23
Morning instructions: choiceless attention
2017-09-27
Morning Instructions: Choiceless Attention
2019-09-22
Morning Instructions: Choiceless Attention
2014-02-15
Morning Instructions: Day 14
2014-02-10
Morning Instructions: Day 9
2022-09-20
Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of sensations in the body, with special atten…
2019-06-23
Morning Instructions: Natural State
2019-06-18
Morning Instructions: Objects, Space, and Awareness
2019-06-11
Morning Instructions: On Metta Practice
2019-06-16
Morning Instructions: Pervading Metta for All Beings
2019-06-14
Morning Instructions: Practice of Mudita
2019-06-13
Morning Instructions: The Practice of Compassion
2017-09-21
Morning Instructions: Thought Game
1999-03-08
Motivation In Practice
2016-02-20
Mudita for the Neutral Person and the Difficult Person
2005-11-24
Mudita, Joy And Gratitude
2008-07-15
Mudita: Guided Meditation
2007-07-18
Mudita: Practicing Joy And Gratitude
2011-02-22
Nature of Awareness
2019-06-20
Nature of Awareness, Part 2
2003-05-13
Non-Dual Awareness
2012-02-06
Patterns of Becoming 1: Introduction
2012-02-11
Patterns of Becoming 2: The Five Aggregates
2012-02-17
Patterns of Becoming 3: Unentangled Knowing
2012-02-21
Patterns of Becoming 4: Karma and Rebirth
2012-02-26
Patterns of Becoming 5: the End of Karma
2006-04-11
Practicing Rigpa - Part 1
2006-04-12
Practicing Rigpa - Part 2
2000-12-31
Purification Of The Heart
1999-02-22
Purification of the Heart
2003-03-25
Purity And Purification
2022-10-08
Q&A
2022-10-22
Q&A on Karma
1996-06-03
Relating Wisely With Anger
1996-06-10
Relating Wisely With Fear
2003-05-11
Relating With Emotions; Plus Mindfulness, Consciousness And Awareness
1999-09-23
Renunciation
1999-02-15
Renunciation
2007-11-01
Right Attitude
2006-04-13
Rigpa Consciousness and Nirvana
2007-11-19
Second Noble Truth: Craving
1987-06-01
Self Acceptance
2013-02-07
Self and Proliferation
2013-10-06
Seven Factors Of Awakening
2019-09-26
Seven Factors Of Awakening
2015-10-09
Seven Factors of Enlightenment
2022-09-30
Seven Factors of Enlightenment
2001-11-29
Since Feeling Is First
2010-09-12
Starting A Long Retreat
2013-06-16
Sutta Study Class Series: Majjhima Nikaya; All the Taints, Part 1 of 2
2013-06-16
Sutta Study Class Series: Majjhima Nikaya; All the Taints, Part 2 of 2
2013-01-20
Sutta Study Class: The Honeyball Sutta (part 1)
2013-01-20
Sutta Study Class: The Honeyball Sutta (part 2)
2006-04-15
Taking the Practice Home
2019-06-29
Taking the Practice Home
1999-03-22
The 5 Aggregates
2019-06-24
The Aggregates Are Empty
2013-04-13
The Attitude In Awareness
2008-03-15
The Attitude Of Awareness
2007-07-14
The Benefits Of Metta
2001-05-23
The Buddha Knows The Dhamma
2001-05-27
The Eight Worldly Conditions
2012-12-01
The Emptiness of Phenomena
2010-11-14
The Emptiness of Phenomena
2010-11-16
The Empty Nature of Awareness
2010-10-01
The Factors of Awakening
2014-02-05
The First Noble Truth
2005-12-02
The Five Aggregates
2008-01-12
The Five Aggregates
1998-12-01
The Five Aggregates - part 2
1998-11-28
The Five Aggregates - part I
2016-10-09
The five aggregates are empty.
2008-11-16
The Five Aggregates Are Not Self
2013-09-22
The Five Aggregates Are Not Self
2015-10-02
The Five Aggregates Are Not Self
2016-02-14
The Five Aggregates Are Not Self
2016-09-25
The five aggregates are not self
2017-10-05
The Five Aggregates Are Not Self
2019-10-03
The Five Aggregates Are Not self
1994-12-30
The Five Hindrances
1997-07-20
The Five Hindrances
2013-09-15
The Five Hindrances - Part 1
2001-10-04
The Four Noble Truths
2001-07-09
The Fruits Of Metta Practice
2006-04-09
The History of Buddhism in India - Part 1
2006-04-10
The History of Buddhism in India - Part 2
2002-02-03
The Joy In Renunciation
2003-03-28
The Nature Of Awareness
2019-06-19
The Nature of Awareness
2024-07-18
The Nature of Awareness, Part 1
2016-02-09
The Power of Lovingkindness
2016-10-02
The power of lovingkindness
2019-06-10
The Power of Lovingkindness
2001-07-06
The Power Of Metta
2003-11-28
The Power Of Metta
2002-12-02
The Power Of Metta: Is Insight Enough?
2003-11-01
The Power Of Mindfulness
2007-04-05
The Practice of Joy and Gratitude
1999-03-06
The Practice of Loving Kindness
2008-04-01
The Pure And Luminous Mind
2011-02-12
The Seven Factors of Awakening
2009-02-14
The Seven Factors Of Awakening - part 2
2010-09-17
The Sources Of Happiness
2017-10-12
The Third Noble Truth and Nibbana
2002-05-23
The Three Characteristics
2012-03-21
The Three Characteristics
1999-02-25
The Three Characteristics
2007-11-26
Third Noble Truth & Nibbana
2016-06-21
Third Noble Truth & NIbbana
2024-07-14
Tranquility and insight
2002-07-20
Transcendent Dependent Origination
2000-11-28
Transcendent Dependent Origination
2016-10-17
Transcendent dependent origination
2017-10-19
Transcendent Dependent Origination
1998-11-24
Uncovering Ego
2010-10-07
Unentangled Knowing
2011-10-03
Unentangled Knowing
2013-02-19
Unentangled Knowing
2013-10-13
Unentangled Knowing
2011-02-27
Unentangled Knowing
2011-07-28
Unentangled Knowing
2016-02-19
Unentangled Knowing
2007-04-02
Untitled
2001-08-01
Vicissitudes of Life
2001-08-01
Vicissitudes of Life
2012-01-15
Week 1, Part 1: Introduction to the Suttas
2012-01-15
Week 1, Part 2: Introduction to the Suttas
2011-02-07
Where Does Happiness Come From?
2007-11-12
Working With Difficult Emotions
2005-11-11
Working With Difficult Emotions
2006-10-27
Working With Difficult Emotions
2008-11-09
Working With Difficult Emotions
2010-09-23
Working with Difficult Emotions
2011-07-24
Working with Difficult Emotions
2011-09-18
Working with Difficult Emotions
2012-06-18
Working with Difficult Emotions
2019-09-19
Working with Difficult Emotions
2022-10-07
Working With Difficult Emotions
2016-09-18
Working with difficult emotions.
2015-09-25
Working With Fear
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Select one of Guy Armstrong's 51 retreats
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1900-01-01
IMCB Regular Talks
1900-01-01
Monday and Wednesday Talks
1987-06-01
Gaia House Retreat
1998-02-01
IMS Audio Files
2003-03-21
Vipassana Retreat
2003-11-01
November 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2004-11-01
November 2004 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2004-11-05
Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2005-11-01
November 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2006-01-07
Mind Life Retreat
2006-10-13
Vipassana Intensive
2007-07-13
Metta Retreat
2007-11-01
Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2008-01-08
Scientists Retreat
2008-02-01
Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat
2008-03-14
From Awareness to Wisdom: Exploring the Mind
2008-03-28
Living Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat
2008-04-10
Dzogchen Retreat
2008-07-11
Metta
2008-11-01
Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
2009-02-01
Insight Meditation February
2009-09-26
Two-Month Retreat
2010-09-11
Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2010-11-11
Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat
2011-02-05
February Monthlong Insight Retreat
2011-07-15
Metta Retreat
2011-07-22
July Insight Meditation Retreat
2011-09-10
Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2012-01-15
Sutta Study Class Series with Guy Armstrong & Richard Shankman
2012-02-01
Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long
2012-03-16
Insight Meditation Retreat for Scientists and Educators
2012-06-16
Awareness and Wisdom: An Insight Meditation Retreat
2012-09-08
Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2012-11-28
Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat
2013-02-03
February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat
2013-04-12
The Nature of Awareness: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students
2013-09-10
Three Month - Part 1
2014-02-01
February Month Long Retreat - 2014
2015-09-12
Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2016-01-30
February Month-long
2016-06-17
The Four Noble Truths: A Retreat for Experienced Students
2016-09-10
Three-Month Part 1
2017-01-28
February Month-long Retreat
2017-09-12
Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2019-06-01
June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2019-09-10
Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2022-06-01
June 2022
2022-09-13
Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2024-07-05
Unification of Mind: Concentration Retreat
2024-07-16
The Nature of Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students
2024-09-01
September 2024
2006-04-09
The History of Buddhism in India - Part 1
44:24
This talk recaps some key elements in the development of Buddhism in India from the death of the Buddha through the splits that occurred in the early schools of what could be called classical or Nikaya Buddhism. It highlights some of the philosophical issues that caused the divisions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2005-07-14
An Appropriate Response
55:10
Lovingkindness and the other brahma viharas show us the possibility of an appropriate response to the joys and sorrows of life. The practice of mudita for oneself leads to the beautiful state of gratitude.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2005-07-10
Metta: Its Near & Far Enemies
56:36
What supports lovingkindness is the sincere caring we give in each moment as we say a metta phrase. What obstructs metta are its near and far enemies; affection with attachment and aversion such as sadness, fear, anger, or judgement.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2005-02-03
Impermanence
58:55
It's very helpful to reflect on the way we experience change in the course of our human life, including our own aging and death. But even more freeing is discovering the direct insight into the momentary arising and passing of all phenomena through our practice of mindful observation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
