In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we learn to see clearly into the impermanent, not-self nature of conditioned things. He explains why it's important to develop these perceptions into the…
This dharma talk by Peter Doobinin was given on the third night of the April 2026 Eight-Day Retreat at Powell House. As Peter explains, we should learn, as dharma students, to be heedful of how we…
This dharma talk by Peter Doobinin was given on the second night of the April 2026 Eight-Day Retreat at Powell House. In the talk, Peter explains how we learn to practice the dharma by making a joyful…
This dharma talk by Peter Doobinin was given on the first night of the April 2026 Eight-Day Retreat at Powell House. In the talk, Peter describes the practice of taking refuge .... how we take refuge…
This is the fifth in a series of five talks on "The Jhana Qualities" given by Peter in November 2025. In the talk, Peter describes what equanimity is; how, through the practice of breath meditation,…
The third jhana quality is "pleasure." In cultivating skillful pleasure we are learning to establish and maintain a pleasant abiding. When there is a pleasant abiding we remain in the present moment.…
The second jhana quality is 'ease." This quality of ease is sometimes known as rapture, piti in Pali. We might think of it as physical ease. When ease is developed we're in a position to remain…
The first jhana quality is 'singleness of mind." Singleness of mind is focus. When developed in this quality we're able to put our mind where we choose to put it. And keep it there. In this talk,…
The development of concentration, the Buddha teaches, is the heart of the path. The Buddha's concentration, the concentration he learned to develop and then taught is known as jhana. We develop jhana,…
