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Dharma Talks

Howie has dharma talks on many topics available for download. Dharma talks given on Tuesday nights at Mission Dharma are listed below.  If you appreciate being able to access these talks online, please consider offering dana to Mission Dharma.
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Recorded Zoom Sessions from 2022 
February 15, 2022, The Four Noble Truths, A Heart Teaching, Howie Cohn
February 8, 2022, Awareness is Peace, Howie Cohn
February 1, 2022, Lokiyasukha, the Dependant Happiness, Howie Cohn
January 25, 2022, Tribute to Thich Nhat Hahn, Howie Cohn
January 18, 2022, Kindness, Mercy, and Compassion, Howie Cohn
January 4, 2022, Metta to Counterbalance the Inner Critic, Mary Davis

Recorded Zoom Sessions from 2021

December 14, 2021, Remember the Clear Light of Awareness, Howie Cohn
December 7, 2021, A Beacon of Wisdom, Howie Cohn

November 30, 2021, Persistent Equanimity, Howie Cohn

November 23, The Awesomeness of Existence, Howie Cohn
November 16, 2021, What are Your Relationships?, Howie Cohn
November 9, 2021, The Joy of Renunciation, Howie Cohn
November 2, 2021 The Four Ennobling Truths, David Lewis
October 26, 2021, Self Metta as Self Care, Mary Davis
October 19, 2021, Our Only True Refuge, Howie Cohn
October 12, 2021, Waking Up Where We Are, Howie Cohn
October 5, 2021, Beyond the Story of Self, Howie Cohn
September 28, 2021, The Immeasurable Qualities of the Heart, Howie Cohn
September 21, 2021, Harvest Moon, Howie Cohn
September 14, 2021, Awe and Wonder, David Lewis.
September 7, 2021, Anger, Tuere Sala 
August 31, 2021, Cultivate Lovingkindness to Ease the Cycle of Suffering, Howie Cohn
August 24, 2021, Natural, Quiet Awareness as the Antidote to the Drama of Afflictive Emotions, Howie Cohn
August 17, 2021, Virya: Courage and Gentle Perseverance, Tara Mulay
August 10, 2021, Learning to Recognize Counterfeit Coins, Howie Cohn
August 3, 2021, Learning to Die: The Practice of Letting Go, Howie Cohn
​July 27, 2021, Kindness, Howie Cohn
July 20, 2021, An Open Mind is Free, Howie Cohn
July 13, 2021, A Mind Free of Craving, Howie Cohn
July 6, 2021, Step Out of that House of Identity, Howie Cohn
​June 22, 2021, Interrupting Papancha with the Simple Unfolding of Present Experience, Howie Cohn
June 15, 2021, Mindfulness is Always the Answer, David Lewis
June 8, 2021, It's Not Personal, and It's Exquisitely Personal, Howie Cohn
June 1, 2021, With Gail Andersen - Creating a Life of Integrity, Howie Cohn
May 25, 2021, A Tribute to Yvonne Ginsburg, Howie Cohn
May 18, 2021, Unfolding into Now and Rising Above the Four Floods, Howie Cohn
May 11, 2021, Your Thoughts Have no Substance, Howie Cohn
May 4, 2021, Generosity, the Mutual Support of the Dharma, Howie Cohn
April 27, 2021, Generosity, the Mutual Support of the Dharma, Howie Cohn
April 13, 2021, The Three Pillars of the Dharma : Dana, Sila, Bhavana, Howie Cohn
March 30, 2021, May We Dedicate our Lives to the Lessening of Ill Will, Howie Cohn
March 23, 2021, Learning to Feel to Transform our Anger into Grief, Howie Cohn
March 2, 2021, Wisdom through Meditation versus Study and Reflection, David Lewis
February 23, 2021, See our Common Humanity, Howie Cohn

Audio Dharma Talks 2021
​April 27, 2021, A Case of Mistaken Identity, Howie Cohn
April 20, 2021, The Dharma of Daffodils, Howie Cohn
​February 2, 2021, Your Task is Not to Seek Love, Tuere Sala
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Dharma Talks from 2020
March 10, 2020 Practicing in Place #1
February 18, 2020  Unwholesome Thoughts, Victoria Cary
February 11, 2020, Buddha Not Buddhist, Howie Cohn
January 21, 2020, A Shift in Perspective, Howie Cohn
January 7, 2020, Letting go, Booker Leslie



Dharma Talks from 2019
December 3, 2019, Q&A and Dharma Talk, Cultivating compassion, Howie Cohn
November 12, 21019, The Nectar of Immortality, Howie Cohn
November 9, 2019, The Meaning of Sangha, Mary Davis
October 1, 2019, Letting go, Howie Cohn
July 7, 2019 Loosening The Grip, Yvonne Ginsberg
June 25, 2019 Seasons of Change, David Lewis
​June 11 2019 The benefit of practice together, Howie Cohn
​June 18, 2019 Waves Don't Get Separated From The Ocean, Howie Cohn
June 4, 2019 Attention and Awareness, Yvonne Ginsberg
May 28, 2019 Coming Out of The Tangle of Confusion, Howie Cohn
May 21, 2019 You and Your Idea of you, Howie Cohn
April 16, 2019 Wanting More Of This & Less Of That, Howie Cohn
April 9, 2019 Being In The Midst Of It All, Yvonne Ginsberg
March 26, 2019 I Let Myself Feel It, Howie Cohn
March 19, 2019 We Don't Know What's Going To Happen, Howie Cohn
March 12, 2019 Embodied and Disembodied, Howie Cohn
March 5, 2019 The Imagined Me In Our Mind, Howie Cohn
February 26, 2019 See Your Fellow Bugs, Howie Cohn
February 19, 2019 The Wonder of Being Is In Plain Sight, Howie Cohn​
​February 12, 2019 Missing What's Happening In Real Time, Howie Cohn
February 5, 2019 What You Frequently Dwell Upon Becomes The Inclination Of Mind, Howie Cohn
January 29, 2019 What Monkeys Are Like, Howie Cohn
January 22, 2019 A View Of Self Is Not Self, Howie Cohn
January 15, 2019 Living In Accordance With The Truth, Howie Cohn

Dharma Talks from 2018
December, 18, 2018 Love and The Awakened Heart, Howie Cohn
​November 27, 2018, You Are What You're Looking For, Howie Cohn
​November 13, 2018, The Internal Story We Carry With Us, Howie Cohn
November 6, 2018, The Miracle Of Awakening, Howie Cohn
October 23, 2018 The World We Create With Our Mind, Howie Cohn
October 16, 2018 Suffering & Happiness, Howie Cohn
October 2, 2018 The Illusion Of Seperateness, Howie Cohn
September 25, 2018, Questions & Answers, Howie Cohn
September 18, 2018 The Three Fetters, Howie Cohn
September 11, 2018, Relationship To Practice, Howie Cohn
September 4, 2018, For The Next 100 Days, Howie Cohn
August 28, 2018 The Internal Dialogue, Howie Cohn
August 21, 2018 Open Conversation Q&A, Howie Cohn 
August 14, 2018 You Mind In The Same Location As Your Body, Howie Cohn
August 7, 2018 Expanding The Circle Of Sensitivity, Howie Cohn
July 31, 2018 Seeing Into The Heart Of Humanity, Howie Cohn 
June 26, 2018 Unconditionally Happy, Howie Cohn
June 19, 2018 All In This Together, Howie Cohn
June 12, 2018 Resilience, Howie Cohn
May 22, 2018 Insightful Investigation, Yvonne Ginsberg
April 24, 2018 Survivability, Howie Cohn
April 17, 2018 Taking Refuge in the Dharma, Tara Mulay
April 3, 2018 Security, Howie Cohn
March 27, 2018 Possibility of Inner Peace, Howie Cohn
February 20, 2018 Open Secret, Howie Cohn
February 13, 2018: Service and Sangha, Howie Cohn

January 30, 2018 The Way Out Is In, Tara Mulay
January 23, 2018 A Personal Story of Dharma, Devin Berry
January 15, 2018 Kusala, Howie Cohn
January 2, 2018 Others and No Others, Howie Cohn
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Talks from 2017
December 26, 2017 Inner Sanctuary, Yvonne Ginsberg
December 19, 2017 Between the Thoughts, Howie Cohn
November 21, 2017 Thankful for Nothing, Howie Cohn
November 14, 2017 Relating to the Present, Howie Cohn
October 17, 2017 Mission Dharma's Commitment Statement, Howie Cohn
October 3, 2017 Upekkha, Noliwe Alexander
September 19, 2017 Resilience, Howie Cohn
September 12, 2017 Redemption Song, Howie Cohn
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September 5, 2017 Open To Suffering, Howie Cohn
August 29, 2017, Chain Of Dependent Origination, Howie Cohn
August 15, 2017, We Are All In This Together, Howie Cohn
August 1, 2017 Finding Your Own Way, Howie Cohn
June 20, 2017, Being Human Beings, Howie Cohn
​June 13, 2017, Not Waiting For Happiness, Howie Cohn
May 16, 2017, Melting Our Heart Open, Howie Cohn
​May 9, 2017, Joy and Freedom, Howie Cohn
May 2, 2017, Let Our Hearts Not Forget, Howie Cohn *New*
March 21, 2017, One's Approach To Practice, Howie Cohn
March 7, 2017, Peace In The Awareness, Howie Cohn *New*
​February 28, 2017, Q&A, Howie Cohn
February 21, 2017, Becoming, Tara Malay
February 7, 2017, Refuge in the Dharma, Howie Cohn
January 31, 2017, Gain and Loss, Howie Cohn
​January 24, 2017, Compassion and the Mystery, Howie Cohn
January 17, 2017, Racial Awareness, Howie Cohn (partial recording)
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Talks and Videos from 2016
Videos:

August 23, 2016: Metta Sutta, Howie Cohn
August 9, 2016: What We All Share, Howie Cohn
July 26, 2016: Right Intention, John Martin
July 12, 2016: Keep Your Heart Open, Howie Cohn

July 5, 2016: Circle of Generosity, Howie Cohn
June 28, 2016: Desire for Liberation, Howie Cohn
June 21, 2016: The Joy of Giving, Howie Cohn

May 31, 2016: Real Time, Howie Cohn
May 24, 2016: Let Go, Howie Cohn
April 26, 2016: Being Mindful (The Miracle of Mindfulness), Howie Cohn
March 29, 2016: Freedom (Liberation through Dana, Sila, Bhavana), Howie Cohn
March 22, 2016: The Comparing Mind, Howie Cohn
March 15, 2016: Invitation to Meditation (Launch of Howie's Book), Howie Cohn
March 8, 2016: Stability (Unstuck from the World), Howie Cohn
March 1, 2016: May You Be Truly Happy, Howie Cohn

Audio:
December 27, 2016, The Dharma's Call to Wise Action, YvonneGinsberg
December 20, 2016, Embracing The Black, Howie Cohn
December 13, 2016, Sitting In The Middle Of It, Howie Cohn
December 6, 2016, Don't Know Mind, Howie Cohn

November 29, 2016 Our Capacity to Awaken, Howie Cohn
November 22, 2016 Open Your Heart, Howie Cohn

November 15, 2016 Cultivating Equanimity in Times of Uncertainty, Howie Cohn
November 8, 2016 Things As They Are, Howie Cohn
October 25, 2016 Be Kind to Yourself, Howie Cohn
October 11, 2016 Long Time Sufferer, Noliwe Alexander
October 4, 2016 What You Are Feeling Is Just Right, Howie Cohn
September 27, 2016 Right View, Chandra Easton
September 20, 2016 Untrained Mind and Trained Mind, Howie Cohn
September 13, 2016 Monkey Mind, Howie Cohn (New)
September 6, 2016 Sanctuary of Sanity, Howie Cohn
August 30, 2016 Fountain of Teaching, Howie Cohn
August 23, 2016, The Metta Sutta, Howie Cohn 
August 16, 2016 Nothing Ever Happened, Howie Cohn
August 9, 2016 What We All Share, Howie Cohn
August 2, 2016 Learning to Touch The Inner Safety, Howie Cohn

July 19, 2016 Teacher Appreciation, Howie Cohn
July 12, 2016 Keep Your Heart Open, Howie Cohn
July 5, 2016, A Feast of Joy To Which All Are Invited, Howie Cohn
June 21, 2016 The Solstice and the Light of Awarness, Howie Cohn
June 7, 2016 You Never Know, Howie Cohn
May 31, 2016 Meditation Is Enlightenment Itself, Howie Cohn
May 17, 2016 Balancing the Heart and Mind, Spring Washam
May 10, 2016 The Backwards Step, David Lewis
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May 3, 2016 Who We Are, Yvonne Ginsberg
April 26, 2016 The Miracle of Mindfulness, Howie Cohn
April 19, 2016 Individuality and the Absolute, Howie Cohn
April 12, 2016, Ignorance of Racism, Howie Cohn
April 5, 2016, The Truth of the Way Things Are, Anushka Fernandopulle

March 29, 2016, Liberation through Dana, Sila, Bhavana, Howie Cohn
March 15, 2016, Book Launch and Interconnectedness, Howie Cohn
March 8, 2016, Unstuck from the World, Howie Cohn
March 1, 2016, May you truly be happy, Howie Cohn
February 2, 2016, Bodhisattva Training, Howie Cohn
January 19, 2016, Be In Your Groove, Howie Cohn
January 12, 2016, Mini-Nirvana, Howie Cohn
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Talks and Videos from 2015
Video:

November 17, 2016: Truth with the Way Things Area (Double Down on Sila), Howie Cohn
October 27, 2016: The Power of Coming Together, Howie Cohn
October 20, 2016: Impermanence (Back to the Basics), Howie Cohn
October 13, 2016: The End of Suffering (Right View), Howie Cohn
October 6, 2015: Choose the Light of Awareness (Don't Go Down the Rabbit Hole), Howie Cohn
September 15, 2015: Freedom from Addiction (Collected and Composed), Howie Cohn
September 18, 2015: Dharma Under the Stars, Howie Cohn
August 25, 2015: Peace of the Wild Things (Peace is the Natural State of Mind), Howie Cohn
August 18, 2015: Sure Heart's Release (Go For It), Howie Cohn
August 11, 2015: Desiring Peace (You are the Earth), Howie Cohn
July 28, 2015: Mindfulness (Keeping One's Center), Howie Cohn
June 23, 2015: Be Kind, Howie Cohn
June 9, 2015: Back to Nature (You Are Nature), Howie Cohn
April 2015: Winds of Change, Howie Cohn
May 5, 2015: Bugs in a Bowl, Howie Cohn
March 31, 2015: As Geese Fly (Cultivating Wise View), Howie Cohn
March 17, 2015: The Richest Person on Earth, Howie Cohn
March 10, 2015: The New Normal, Howie Cohn
February 3, 2015: Love, Howie Cohn

January 27, 2015: No Mud No Lotus (Immediate Living Experience), Howie Cohn
January 20, 2015: Sitting in Peace (Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension), Howie Cohn
January 13, 2015: Sewing the Seeds of Dharma - Reflections for the New Year, Howie Cohn


Audio:
December 29, 2015, New Year, YvonneGinsberg
December 22, 2015, Solstice, YvonneGinberg

December 15, 2015, The Compelling Present, Howie Cohn
​December 1, 2015, What are you practicing, Howie Cohn
November 24, 2015 Thank You, Howie Cohn
November 17, 2015 Double Down on Sila, Howie Cohn
November 10, 2105 Interconnectedness, Howie Cohn
November 3, 2015, Walking Each Other Home, Howie Cohn
October 20, 2015 Back to Basics, Howie Cohn
October 13, 2015 Right View, Howie Cohn
​October 6, 2015, Don't Go Down The Rabbit Hole, Howie Cohn

September 15, 2015 Collected and Composed, Howie Cohn (See Video Page for Better Sound Quality)
August 25, 2015, Peace is the Natural State of the Mind, Howie Cohn
August 18, 2015, Go For It, Howie Cohn
August 11, 2015, You Are The Earth, Howie Cohn
July 28, 2015, Keeping One's Center, Howie Cohn
July 21, 2015, What Am I Defending?, Howie Cohn
July 7, 2015, Addiction of Wanting to be Stirred Up, YvonneGinsberg
June 16, 2015, Envisioning Your Practice, Anushka Fernandopulle
June 9, 2015, You Are Nature, Howie Cohn
June 2, 2015, Here, Howie Cohn
May 26, 2015, Individual yet Not-Self, Howie Cohn
May 19, 2015, Self View and Insecurity, Howie Cohn
May 5, 2015, Bugs in a bowl, Howie Cohn
April 21, 2015, Dig the Present, Howie Cohn
April 14, 2015,Relax a little bit, Howie Cohn
March 31,2015, Cultivating Wise View, Howie Cohn
March 24, 2015, Shift Happens, Howie Cohn
March 17, 2015, You Who are the Richest, Howie Cohn
 
March 10 2015, The New Normal, Howie Cohn
March 3, 2015, Dwelling in the Living Present, Howie Cohn
February 24, 2015, Opening to Silence, Howie Cohn
February 17, 2015, The Virtuous Life, Venerable Pannavati
February 10, 2015, 30th Anniversary Q&A, Howie Cohn
February 3, 2015, Love, Howie Cohn
January 27, 2015, Immediate Living Experience, Howie Cohn
January 20, 2015, Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension, Howie Cohn
January 13, 2015, Reflections for the New Year, Howie Cohn
January 6, 2015, The Days of our Lives, Yvonne Ginsberg

Talks and Videos from 2014
Video:
April 22, 2014: Equanimity- In Honor of Earth Day, Howie Cohn
April 7, 2014: Joy, Howie Cohn
March 18, 2014: One Essential Mind- Myriad Forms, Howie Cohn
March 11, 2014: You Are What You Think
March 4, 2014: You Are Not What You Think
February 25, 2014: Vive la Difference
February 18, 2014: Open Relaxation and Letting Go

February 11, 2014: The Miracle of Awakening
February 4, 2014: Marry the One who Won't Divorce You
January 29, 2014: State of the Union
January 21, 2014: The Healing Power of Mindfulness and Love

January 14, 2014: What Seeds Will You Plant?
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Audio:

December 30, 2014: Your Inner Buddha Seed, Yvonne Ginsberg
December 23, Vulnerability as Dharma Practice, Yvonne Ginsberg
December 16, 2014, Turning the Wheel of the Dharma, Howie Cohn

December 2, 2014: The Nature of Mind, Howie Cohn
November 25, 2014: On Ferguson - When the Way Things Are is Hard to Bear, Howie Cohn
November 18, 2014: The Second Arrow, Howie Cohn
November 11, 2014: What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?, Howie Cohn

October 28, 2014: Teachings on Not-Self, Howie Cohn
October 21, 2014: The Mark of No-Self, Howie Cohn
October 14, 2014: Questions & Answers, Howie Cohn
October 7, 2014: Luminous is the Mind, Howie Cohn
September 30, 2014: Keep Calmly Knowing Change, Anushka Fernadopulle
September 23, 2014: Cultivating Kindness, Howie Cohn
September 16, 2014: Practice for Difficult Times, Howie Cohn
September 9, 2014: Joy, Howie Cohn
September 2, 2014: To See Through the Self, Howie Cohn
August 26, 2014: Joy On and Off of the Cushion, Howie Cohn
August 19, 2014: Taking Refuge, Howie Cohn
August 12, 2014: Practicing in Difficult Times, Howie Cohn
August 5, 2014: Freedom, Howie Cohn
July 29, 2014: The Bliss of Consciousness, Howie Cohn
July 22, 2014: On Practice, David Lewis
July 15, 2014: Forgiveness in Buddhism and Psychology, Tom Moon
July 8, 2014: The Practice of Metta, Spring Washam
July 1, 2014: Training the Mind, Anushka Fernandopulle
June 24, 2014: Mindfulness of the Body and Feelings, Howie Cohn
June 17, 2014: The Dharma of Sports, Anushka Fernandopulle
June 10, 2014: The Gifts of Practice, Howie Cohn
June 3, 2014: Opening to Freedom, Howie Cohn
May 27, 2014: Practicing in Difficult Times, Howie Cohn
May 20, 2014: Being Still and Quite, Yvonne Ginsberg
May 13, 2014: The Paramis, Howie Cohn
May 6, 2014: Bringing Your Practice to Work, Elad Levinson
April 29, 2014: The Four Noble Truths in Action, Howie Cohn
April 22, 2014: In Honor of Earth Day, Howie Cohn
April 8, 2014: Dharma Joy, Howie Cohn
April 1, 2014: Light and Love, Howie Cohn
March 18, 2014: One Essential Mind- Myriad Forms, Howie Cohn
March 18, 2014: Meditation - Skylike Nature of the Mind, Howie Cohn
March 11, 2014: You Are What You Think, Howie Cohn
March 4, 2014: You Are Not What You Think, Howie Cohn
February 25, 2014: Vive la Difference, Howie Cohn
February 18, 2014: Open Relaxation and Letting Go, Howie Cohn
February 11, 2014: The Miracle of Awakening, Howie Cohn
February 4, 2014: Marry the One Who Won't Divorce You, Howie Cohn
January 29, 2014: The State of Union, Howie Cohn
January 21, 2014: The Healing Power of Mindfulness and Love, Howie Cohn
January 14, 2014: What Seed Will You Plant?, Howie Cohn
January 7 , 2014: Awareness of What We Are - The Gift of Meditation, Yvonne Ginsburg

Talks and Videos from 2013
Videos:
December 10, 2013: Integrating Your Life into Your Practice
November 19, 2013: You Are Not Your Fault
November 12, 2013: Anger Does Not Cure Anger
November 5, 2013: Death and Deathlessness
October 22, 2013: Stay Where You Are- Q&A
September 24, 2013: Cultivating Harmlessness
September 17, 2013: The Blessing of Silence (Connecting with Life Right Where it Touches You)
September 10, 2013: The Sacred Pause
August 27, 2013: Being Aware (It's Too Close, Too Vast, Too Wondrous)
August 20, 2013: Happiness (The Happy Sangha)
August 13, 2013: Big Mind Light
August 6, 2013: Taking Care of the Dharma
July 16, 2013: Selflessness and Interconnection
July 2, 2013: Eat the Dharma (Let Go and Find Unshakable Peace)
June 25, 2013, Desire for Awakening
June 11, 2013: From Me to We
June 8, 2013: Half-Day Retreat in San Francisco -Loving the House that Ego Built
June 4, 2013: The Promise of Awakening

'Talks:

December 31, 2013: Letting Go of Views, Yvonne Ginsburg
December 17, 2013: Who is Skeptical?, Howie Cohn
December 10, 2013: Integrating Your Life into Your Practice, Howie Cohn
December 3, 2013: Brilliant Selling of Samsara, Howie Cohn
November 26, 2013: Talk not recorded and no video
November 19, 2013: Interbeing, Howie Cohn
November 12, 2013: Talk Not Recorded - View Video Here
November 5, 2013: Death and Deathlessness, Howie Cohn
October 29, 2013: Freedom Through Stillness, Yvonne Ginsburg
October 22, 2013: Stay Where You Are - Q&A, Howie Cohn
October 15, 2013: Awareness, Howie Cohn
October 8, 2013: Howie's 60th Birthday- Video Available
October 2, 2013: Our Dear Green Earth, Howie Cohn
September 24, 2013: Cultivating Harmlessness, Howie Cohn
September 17, 2013, Connecting With Life Right Where it Touches You, Howie Cohn
September 10, 2013, The Sacred Pause, Howie Cohn
September 3, 2013, Introduction to 100-Day Retreat in Daily Life - The Five Training Precepts, Howie Cohn
August 27, 2013, It's Too Close, Too Vast, Too Wondrous, and Too Easy, Howie Cohn
August 20, 2013, The Happy Sangha, Howie Cohn
August 13, 2013, Big Mind, Howie Cohn
August 6, 2013, Serving the Divine, Howie Cohn
July 30, 2013, The Practical Aspects of Investigation, Yvonne Ginsburg

July 23, 2013: Talk Not Recorded
July, 16, 2013: Selflessness and Interconnection, Howie Cohn
July 9, 2013: View of Self, Tom Moon
July 2, 2012: Let Go and Find Unshakeable Peace and Freedom, Howie Cohn
June 25, 2013: The Desire for Awakening, Howie Cohn
June 18, 2013: The Jewel of the Sangha, Yvonne Ginsgerg
June 11, 2013: From Me to We, Howie Cohn
June 4, 2013: The Promise of Awakening, Howie Cohn
May 28, 2013: The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Howie Cohn
May 21, 2013, The Dharma is Not an Escape -- The Way Out is In, Howie Cohn
May 14, 2013: The Skylike Nature of Mind, Howie Cohn
May 7, 2013: Vulnerability, Awareness, and Strength, Yvonne Ginsberg 
April 30, 2013: When the Heart-Mind is Open, Howie Cohn
April 22, 2013: Awareness is Natural, Howie Cohn
April 16, 2013: Awful -- Responding with Compassion after the Boston Marathon Bombing, Howie Cohn
April 9, 2013: The Four Wise Efforts, Howie Cohn
April 2, 2013: Talk not recorded
March 26, 2013: Altruistic Joy, Howie Cohn
March 19, 2013: Question and Answer, Howie Cohn
March 12, 2013: The Clear Light of Your Existence - In Memory of Carlos Ramirez, Howie Cohn
March 5, 2013: Spring Cleaning, Howie Cohn
February 26, 2013: Seconds Away from Freedom, Howie Cohn
February 19, 2013: What Can I Give to the World Today?, Howie Cohn
February 5, 2013: Your Idea of You is not You, Howard Cohn
January 29, 2013: The Paramis, Howie Cohn
January 22, 2013: Reliable Refuge, Howie Cohn
January 15, 2013: The Miracle of the Present Moment, Howie Cohn
January 8, 2013: The Four Attachments, Arinna Weisman
January 1, 2013: Transcendence, Connection to the Timeless, and New Year's Intentions, Howie Cohn

Talks from 2012
December 18, 2012, Heartfulness, Tom Moon
December 11, 2012, Skillfully Responding to the Voices of Mara, Howie Cohn
December 4, 2012, Solving the Case of Mistaken Identity, Howie Cohn
November 20, 2012, Thanksgiving, Howie Cohn

November 13, 2012, Finding Peace in this Sea of Insecurity, Howie Cohn
November 5, 2012, The Open Secret, Howie Cohn
October 30, 2012, Let the World Adjust to You, Howie Cohn
October 23, 2012, When We Have No Preferences, Howie Cohn
October 16, 2012, Letting Go of Attachments, Howie Cohn
October 9, 2012, Faith, Howie Cohn
October 2, 2012, Connecting Lovingly with Yourself and Others, Howie Cohn
September 25, 2012, The Dharma of Non-Postponement, Howie Cohn
September 18, 2012, Cultivating Wholesome Actions and Realizing a State of Awe, Howard Cohn
September 11, 2012, The Home of Experience, Howie Cohn
September 4, 2012: Back to School, Howie Cohn *** Introduces 100-Day Retreat in Daily Life***
August 28, 2012, What's Happening Now?, Howard Cohn
August 21, 2012, Generosity and Lovingkindness, Howard Cohn
August 7, 2012, The Path of Vulnerability, Mark Coleman
July 31, 2012, Keep it Simple, Howard Cohn
July 24, 2012, The Graveyard of Memory & Q&A, Howard Cohn
July 17, 2012, The Manure of Bodhi, Howard Cohn
July 10, 2012, Freedom From Clinging, Howard Cohn
July 3, 2012, The Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, Howard Cohn
June 26, 2012, The Four Noble Truths, Howard Cohn
June 19, 2012, What is Your Next Step?, Howard Cohn

June 12, 2012: Wisdom, Yvonne Ginsberg
June 5, 2012: Trust in Awareness, Howard Cohn
May 29, 2012: Rest in the Mind's True Nature, Howard Cohn
May 22, 2012: Practicing the Dharma with Others, Howard Cohn
May 15, 2012: Taking Refuge in the Laughing Buddha, Howard Cohn
May 8, 2012: The Dukkha of Praise and Blame, Howie Cohn
May 1, 2012: Soothing the Anxious Heart, Howie Cohn
April 17, 2012: Pacify the Bully, Howie Cohn
April 10, 2012: Spring Awakening, Yvonne Ginsberg
April 3, 2012: Dying to Ideas of the Self and Practicing Resurrection, Anushka Fernandopulle
March 27, 2012: Questions and Answers, Howie Cohn
March 20, 2012: You Are a Buddha, Howie Cohn
March 13, 2012: Beyond, I, Me, Mine, Howie Cohn
March 6, 2012: Living with Calm Abiding and Don't Know Mind, Howie Cohn
February 28, 2012: Live a Life that Leads to Freedom, Howie Cohn
February 21, 2012: Happiness Free of Hunger, Howie Cohn

February 14, 2012: Love, Howie Cohn
February 7, 2012: Living with Ease, Howie Cohn
January 31, 2012: Rains Retreat - Taking Refuge, Howie Cohn *** Introduces 60-Day Retreat in Daily Life***
January 24, 2012: Dana, Sila and Bhavana, Howie Cohn
January 17, 2012: Practicing the Five Recollections, Anushka Fernandopulle
January 10, 2012: Insight and Clear Perception, Howie Cohn
January 3, 2012: Opening to Life, Howie Cohn

Talks from 2011
December 27, 2011: Presence and Transformation, Yvonne Ginsberg
December 20, 2011: Solstice- Reflecting on the Light Within, Yvonne Ginsberg
December 6, 2011: Working with the Hindrances, Howie Cohn
November 29, 2011: Happiness Now- Why Wait for the Weekend, Howie Cohn
November 22, 2011: Thanksgiving, Howie Cohn
November 15, 2011: Simplicity of the Quiet Mind, Howie Cohn
November 9, 2011: The True Happiness of Freedom, Howie Cohn
November 1, 2011: Occupy the Six Senses, Anushka Fernandapulle
October 25, 2011: Here and Now, Howie Cohn
October 18, 2011: Inclusion and Exclusion, Howie Cohn
October 11, 2011: Forgiveness, Howie Cohn
October 4, 2011: You Are What You Are Looking For, Howie Cohn
September 27, 2011: We Are What We Practice, Howie Cohn
September 20, 2011: Widening our Circle, Howie Cohn
September 13, 2011: Music of the Heart, Howie Cohn
September 6, 2011: Stay Where you Are, Howie Cohn
August 30, 2011: Planting Seeds, Howie Cohn
August 23, 2011: Liberation through Non-Clinging, Howie Cohn
August 16, 2011: Back to Nature, Howie Cohn
August 9, 2011: The Prison of Comparing, Will Kabat-Zinn
August 2, 2011: Inherent Fulfillment, Will Kabat-Zinn
July 26, 2011: Stay Where You Are, Howie Cohn
July 19, 2011: The Topic for Every Day is Love, Howie Cohn
July 12, 2011: The Search for Safety, Howie Cohn
July 5, 2011: Overcoming Guilt, Tom Moon
June 28, 2011: Liberation is Natural, Yvonne Ginsberg (recording is incomplete)
June 14, 2011: Freedom is Right Here, Howie Cohn (requires Quicktime Player)
May 3, 2011: A Wise Relationship with Suffering, Howie Cohn
April 27, 2011: Awareness of Body, Howie Cohn
April 5, 2011: Loss, Grief, and Love, Howie Cohn
March 29, 2011: Minding the Gap and Stepping into Life, Howie Cohn
March 22, 2011: Q&A- The Road Less Traveled, Howie Cohn
March 15, 2011: Letting Our Hearts Break, Howie Cohn
March 8, 2011: Love-The Reason we Practice, Howie Cohn
March 1, 2011: Forgetting and Remembering, Howie Cohn (requires Quicktime Player)
February 22, 2011: You are Indescribable, Howie Cohn
February 15, 2011: This Body, The Path, Howie Cohn
February 8, 2011: Metta- Reteaching a Thing its Loveliness, Howie Cohn
February 2, 2011: It's all Miraculous, Howie Cohn
January 25, 2011: The Triple Gem, Howie Cohn
January 18, 2011: Against the Stream, Howie Cohn
January 11, 2011: The Four Noble Truths- Kickoff of the 100 Day Retreat, Howie Cohn
January 4, 2011: Meditation and Anxiety, Tom Moon

Talks from 2010
December 28, 2010: Cutting the Flow of Conditioning, Yvonne Ginsberg
December 21, 2010: Darkness and Light on the Solstice, Yvonne Ginsberg
December 14, 2010: We are the Ones we are Looking for, Howie Cohn
December 7, 2010: Reflecting on Sacredness, Ajahn Anandabodhi
November 30, 2010: Connecting with this Very Moment, Howie Cohn
November 23, 2010, Rest in Natural Great Peace, Howie Cohn
November 15, 2010: Don't  Believe the Second-Hand Story, Howie Cohn
November 9, 2010: Your Basic Goodness, Howie Cohn
November 2, 2010: Realms of Consciousness, Anushka Fernandopulle
October 26, 2010: Embracing your Mollyness, Howie Cohn
October 19, 2010: Stepping Out of Our Identities, Howie Cohn
October 12, 2010: Touching our Fear, Howie Cohn
October 5, 2010: You are that Gleam, Howie Cohn
September 21, 2010: Purity and Happiness: Howie Cohn

Many thanks to the Light of the Dhamma Sangha for recording these videos at the September 2011 retreat in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and for making them available on YouTube. Please click on the title below the video to go to the YouTube page for the full-size video.

Perception of Suffering
Thinking, Thought, and Letting Go
Morning Q&A
Big Sky Meditation
Insight Meditation
Aspects of Practice Q&A
Dana and Generosity


Additional Talks given at retreats can be found at www.dharmaseed.org
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