Eve Decker: Talk and Song of the Importance of Self Love

Forgiveness and reflections on Yom Kippur

The desire for Heaven or for Hell: The Choice is yours.

The body is where we store emotions and register deep insights. This talk explores the implication of those facts: how we keep getting caught in thoughts that we know don’t serve us and why it takes time and patience to embody the wisdom our mind knows is true

"Undoing Mental Knots" or "Getting Rid of Concepts"

This is a talk about establishing healing and reconciliation on both a personal and a community level. The Buddha taught was "As long as followers of the Way hold regular and frequent assemblies, they may be expected to prosper and not decline. As long as they meet in harmony, carry on their business in harmony, and break up in harmony, they may be expected to prosper and not decline."

"Refuge in the Sangha"

James and co-author Shoshana Alexander share teachings and excerpts from their book.

In Tibetan teachings the Lion's Roar is the "fearless proclamation that every situation is workable." Being humbled can lead to a profound, wise humility, doubt can lead to strong confidence and vulnerability and can be the path to fearlessness.

James presented another version of this talk at the February 2010 month-long retreat at Spirit Rock.

U Pyinya Zawta presents a dharma talk followed by Q&A, which focuses on conditions in Burma. He is introduced by Hozan Alan Senauke, Vice Abbot of Berkeley Zen Center; Kenneth Wong translates.

U Pyinya Zawta is Executive Director in Exile of the All Burma Monks’ Alliance, a leader of Burma’s Saffron Revolution in the autumn of 2007. In 2008, he and three other exiled monks created a monastery in Utica, New York, where continues to live and organize. He has been imprisoned in Burma as a result of his protests against Burma’s repressive military rule. Along with his dedication to daily Buddhist practice and meditation, works tirelessly to support refugee monks inside and outside of Burma, and to build a free nation for all Burma’s people. Website

A Life Well Lived

James interviews his mom, Selma Baraz (or maybe it's the other way around).

For more from Selma, see also the YouTube video of Selma entitled: Confessions of a Jewish Mother: How My Son Ruined My Life!

Liberation Buddhism

Earth Day: 40th Anniversary

Breaking the Chains of Craving: Part 1

Breaking the Chains of Craving: Part 2