Dharma Talks

This site is an archive of Dharma talks given by Mary Grace Orr and other teachers at Vipassana Santa Cruz. The links will take you to talks by individual speakers. The download instructions provide technical information on retrieving the talks. Please enjoy the talks. These talks are freely available for download or to listen to in streaming audio.

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Mary Grace Orr
Video
Gratitude - Spirit Rock, June 2011
Audio
20th Anniversary of Vipassana Santa Cruz Download Play 43:33
Actualities Download Play 16:38
Anger Download Play 45:10
Befriending Oneself Download Play 32:42
The Big Picture Download Play 17:36
The Brahma Viharas Download Play 43:49
Buddhism in the West Download Play 47:12
Buddhist Lists Download Play 42:30
Concentration Download Play 37:08
Diversity Download Play 22:40
The Eight Worldly Dharmas Download Play 23:16
The Eightfold Path Download Play 40:39
Faith Download Play 43:57
Fear and Anxiety Download Play 44:49
Fear Not Download Play 41:50
The Five Aggregates and Suffering Download Play 37:29
Five Faculties Download Play 25:45
Finding Meaning Download Play 34:28
Five Subjects for Frequent Recollection Download Play 45:45
Forgiveness, Compassion and Gratitude Download Play 42:25
Four Bases of Power Download Play 39:29
Four Foundations of Mindfulness Download Play 46:06
The Four Noble Truths Download Play 39:05
The Four Noble Truths Download Play 43:28
Gratitude Download Play 18:34
Happiness Download Play 34:24
How Many Things Are You Missing Download Play 43:08
If You Can't Meditate, Travel Download Play 33:33
Impermanence Download Play 41:07
Impermanence, Reflecting on the Tsunami Download Play 22:16
Importance of Practice Download Play 40:47
Intention Download Play 39:22
Joy and Happiness Download Play 38:16
Karma Download Play 10:55
Letting Go Download Play 33:11
Liberative Dependent Origination I Download Play 33:29
Liberative Dependent Origination II Download Play 37:12
Liberative Dependent Origination III Download Play 22:27
Liberative Dependent Origination IV Download Play 25:07
Like the Ocean Download Play 38:00
Lovingkindness 4/22/2010 Download Play 33:58
Lovingkindness 3/3/2011 Download Play 25:22
Many Ways of Practice Download Play 29:04
Meditation Instructions Download Play 14:11
Merit Download Play 35:33
Metta Download Play 28:53
Mindfulness Download Play 34:36
Mindfulness of the Body Download Play 43:10
Nature of Self Download Play 15:49
Nothing to Do, Nowhere to Go, No One to Be Download Play 54:59
The Nature of Suffering Download Play 17:21
Oh, To Be Human Download Play 37:51
On Becoming a Buddha Download Play 1:00:19
The One Who is Not Busy Download Play 33:12
Questions Download Play 11:36
Questions About Practice Download Play 33:12
Relationship as Practice Download Play 38:52
Refuges and Precepts Download Play 24:08
Retreat Talk 5/26/08 Download Play 52:35
Renunciation Download Play 29:29
The Sea Turtle Dharma Talk Download Play 44:52
The Seven Treasures Download Play 39:04
Six Places to Rest the Mind Download Play 37:01
Tastes of Liberation Download Play 30:35
Tearing Down the House Download Play 37:59
Things As They Are Download Play 34:42
Transcendent Dependent Orignation Download Play 33:29
Treasures Download Play 34:31
Watch Your Mind Download Play 34:22
Ways of Letting Go Download Play 35:19
The Wings of Awakening Download Play 52:10
Wise Effort Download Play 33:01
Wise Speech Download Play 42:14

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