Ginger Clarkson Dharma Talks through 2018

The following talks, most of which are by Ginger Clarkson, have been given at the weekly meditation sittings of Insight Meditation Houston. They are sorted by speaker and, in Ginger’s case, by series topics. New talks are added regularly.

By Ginger Clarkson

On Buddhist Principles

The Three Refuges
Foundations of Mindfulness

The Eightfold Path

Right Speech – 12/26/2016
Right Action and Right Livelihood – 1/9/2017
Right Effort – 1/16/2017
Right Concentration – 1/23/2017
Right Mindfulness – 1/30/2017
Right View
Right Thought
Right Speech
Right Action-Livelihood
Right Effort
Right Concentration
Right Mindfulness

Jack Kornfield “No Time Like the Present”

Awakening Joy

Awakening Joy 1
Awakening Joy 2
Awakening Joy 3
Awakening Joy 4
Awakening Joy 5
Awakening Joy 6
Awakening Joy 7
Awakening Joy 8

The Paramitas

1st Paramita – Generosity (2016)
2nd Paramita – Ethics (2016)
3rd Paramita – Patience (2016)
4th Paramita – Joyous Effort (2016)
5th Paramita – Concentration (2016)
6th Paramita – Wisdom (2016)

1st Paramita – Generosity
2nd Paramita – Ethics
3rd Paramita – Patience
4th Paramita – Joyous Effort
5th Paramita – Concentration
6th Paramita – Wisdom

Forgiveness

Forgiveness Part 1 – 3/13/2017
Forgiveness Part 2 – 3/20/2017
Forgiveness Part 3 – 3/27/2017

Forgiveness-1
Forgiveness-2
Forgiveness-3
Forgiveness-4

Brahmavihara Practices

Compassion for Self and Others – 7/8/2019
Metta as an Art – 6/10/2019
Metta after World AIDS Day 2018 – 12/3/2018
Mudita as Kindness – 10/1/2018
Equanimity – 7/2/2018
Mudita adapted from Noah Levine’s Against the Stream – 6/5/2018
Compassion Practice adapted from Noah Levine’s Against the Stream
Metta Practice – 1/8/2018
Equanimity & Thich Nhat Hanh – 12/11/2017
Equanimity with Updated Koshin Paley Ellison’s Words – 3/5/2018
Equanimity – adapting Jack Kornfield’s Imperfection Practice – 6/5/2017
Guided Gratitude Meditation from Jack Kornfield – 11/20/2017
Metta Practice
Compassion
Mudita
Mudita: Guided Practice
Equanimity
Kindfulness
Mudita as Altruistic Joy
Equanimity per Donald Rothberg
Mudita – The Great Ball of Merit
Compassion & Forgiveness
The Great Ball of Merit – Practicing Sympathetic Joy
Equanimity – Lila Wheeler’s MAC Retreat
Mudita as Altruistic Joy Practice – 2/6/2017
Equanimity Practice – 3/6/2017

Other Topics

Ajahn Chah
Tales of Courage
InterSangha Report
Words about a Silent Retreat
Identity
Kindness to Oneself
Identity and Faith
Identity and The Five Aggregates
Shared Compassion
Be a Light Unto Yourself
Wise Effort
Travel Dharma
Wise Priorities

Tara Brach’s “True Refuge”

Tara Brach’s ‘True Refuge’ (1)
Tara Brach’s ‘True Refuge’ (2)
Tara Brach’s ‘True Refuge’ (3)
Tara Brach’s ‘True Refuge’ (4)
Tara Brach’s ‘True Refuge’ (5)
Tara Brach’s ‘True Refuge’ (6)
Tara Brach’s ‘True Refuge’ (7)
Tara Brach’s ‘True Refuge’ (8)
Tara Brach’s ‘True Refuge’ (9)
Tara Brach’s ‘True Refuge’ (10)
Tara Brach’s ‘True Refuge’ (11)

Shaila Catherine – Retreat, Books

A Retreat with Shaila Catherine
Faith as a Spiritual Faculty
Energy as a Spiritual Faculty
Concentration as a Spiritual Faculty Wisdom as a Spiritual Faculty

Shaila Catherine’s ‘Focused and Fearless’ (1)
Shaila Catherine’s ‘Focused and Fearless’ (2)
Shaila Catherine’s ‘Focused and Fearless’ (3)
Shaila Catherine’s ‘Focused and Fearless’ (4)
Shaila Catherine’s ‘Focused and Fearless’ (5)
Shaila Catherine’s ‘Focused and Fearless’ (6)
Shaila Catherine’s ‘Focused and Fearless’ (7)

Spring 2014

Gaia Consciousness
Reggie Ray’s ‘Touching Enlightenment’
Compassion for Immigrant Children

2015

Compassion in Action
Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
Second Foundation of Mindfulness
May Sarton’s At Seventy
Concentration: The Collected Nature of the Mind
Silence, by Thich Nhat Hanh
Community as Practice
Seeing All Beings as Your Teachers
Anger & Ignorance
Equanimity
Reflections about Wisdom
Buddha’s Mindfulness

2016

The Banyan Deer
The Abhidhamma, a Buddhist Map of the Mind Part 1
The Abhidhamma, a Buddhist Map of the Mind Part 2
Compassion in Dying
Karma
Dependent Origination
Spiritual Opening at Zen Sesshin Retreat, Won Dharma Center, NY
Wheel of Life
Excerpts & Experience from Jack Kornfield’s Labor Day Retreat
Gratitude

2017

Interbeing, a Buddhist principle of Thich Nhat Hanh – 7/24/2017
Howie Cohn Cenacle Retreat-1/27/17-1/29/17 Review – 5/22/2017
Andrea Castillo’s Intersangha Talk 2017 (edited by Ginger Clarkson) – 5/8/2017
Near Enemies – 1/2/2017
Generosity – 2/27/2017
Summary of InterSangha Meeting at Spirit Rock Meditation Center – 4/12/2017
The Heart of Compassion for Compassionate Houston Week – 4/24/2017
The Book of Joy Part 1 – 8/14/2017
The Book of Joy Part 2 – 8/22/2017
The Book of Joy Part 3 – 9/25/2017
Hurricane Harvey Stories, August, 2017 – 9/12/2017
Inter-Relations of 4 Sublime States, Adapted from Nyanaponika Thera – 11/6/2017

2018

When Loneliness is an Emergency by Jay Barush -12/28/2018
Metta & Rest – 4/18/2018
Creative Compassion, Compassion Houston Week – 4/23/2018
Reflections of Howie Cohn’s MAC Retreat: Compassionate Awareness is Your Best Friend – 4/30/2018
Living in Harmony – 12/17/2018