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Talks and Teachings
Honoring Grace (5/28/08)
On Intention (1/9/08)
Inspiration, Aspiration, and Appropriate Response
The Three Characteristics:
Impermanence (Anicca), Suffering (Dukkha), and Not-Self (Anatta)
Three Characteristics: Overview (4/9/08)
Three Characteristics: Anicca—Letting Go (4/16/08)
Three Characteristics: Anicca—Q&A (4/23/08)
Three Characteristics: Dukkha (4/30/08)
Three Characteristics: Anatta (5/21/08)
Three Characteristics: Anatta (2) (6/11/08)
The Five Attitudes for Meditation and Life:
Relax, Include Everything, Pay Attention, Be Kind, and You Are What You Seek
The Five Attitudes: You Are What You Seek
The Five Attitudes: Be Kind (3/5/08)
The Five Attitudes: Be Kind (2)
The Five Attitudes: Relax, Pay Attention, Include Everything (2/27/08)
The Five Spiritual Faculties:
Faith, Wholeheartedness, Concentration, and Wisdom
Five Faculties: Wholeheartedness
Five Faculties: Mindfulness-Part I
Five Faculties: Mindfulness-Part II
Other recorded dharma talks may be downloaded from the following websites:
www.dharmaseed.org
• "The River of Life" (a talk on impermanence)
• "Love Is Wisdom's Natural Radiance"
Go to "Teachers" and type in Pam Weiss.
www.sfinsight.org
• "Right View" (9/9/07)
• "Mindfulness" (4/8/07)
• "Speech, Impermanence and Beauty" (2/11/07)
• "The Buddha's Last Instruction" (5/14/06)
Go to "Talks" and scan for Pam Weiss.
www.insightmeditationcenter.org
Go to "Talks by Zen Teachers" and click on Pamela Weiss.
Guided Meditations
These guided meditations may be downloaded as MP3 files.
Guided Meditation on the Breath-5 minutes
Guided Meditation on the Breath- 15 minutes
Guided Meditation- 20 minutes
Guided Meditation- 30 minutes
Essays
The following four essays were written in conjunction with classes on the Bodhisattva Precepts (ethical guidelines):
Bodhisattva Training - This essay explores Bodhisattva practice and the Precepts.
Taking Refuge - This essay explores the act of taking refuge in the context of the Zen koan "The The World Honored One Points to the Ground."
The Sangha Jewel - This essay describes the essential aspect of community in spiritual practice.
The Third Pure Precept - This essay focuses on the central tenet of Bodhisattva practice: “What does it mean to work for the benefit of all beings?”
These five essays investigate the five major precepts common to all schools of Buddhism: Not Killing, Not Stealing, Not Misusing Sexuality, Not Lying, and Not Intoxicating.
A Zen Approach to Coaching—a description of the intersection between coaching and Zen