The following series of Dharma talks have been offered by Senior Teachers of Buddhism at retreats or during the Bear River Meditation Group’s regular weekly meetings.
The Eightfold Path by Reverend Vivian Gruenenfelder
This Dharma talk was provided by Reverend Vivian Gruenenfelder on August 1, 2022. This 28-minute talk on the The Four Noble Truths served as an introductory lecture for a series of talks on The Eightfold Path. The talk references the book The Eightfold Path, edited by Jikyo Cheryl Wolfer. Audio.
Life, Death, Bardo, Rebirth: Everything Falls Away by Reverend Vivian Gruenenfelder
In a week-long retreat in January, 2022 Reverend Vivian Gruenenfelder led the group through a series of teachings on the Buddhist view of death and dying. The audio lectures including a guided meditation as well as an extensive list of resources are here.
The Scripture of Great Wisdom
Reverend Vivian Gruenenfelder gave a series of Dharma talks on The Scripture of Great Wisdom or more commonly translated as The Heart Sutra. Links to the seven talks are below.
Talk One: Monday, December 16th, 2019 (29 min) Audio
Talk Two: Monday, December 30th, 2019 (31 min) Audio
Talk Three: Monday, January 13th, 2020 (31 min) Audio
Talk Four: Monday, January 20th, 2020 (38 min) Audio
Talk Five: Monday, January 27th, 2020 (30 min) Audio
Talk Six: Monday, February 10th, 2020 (27 min) Audio
Talk Seven: Monday, February 17th, 2020 (33 min) Audio
Your Very Mind is Buddha
Links to the Dharma talks by Rev. Vivian Grunenfelder from the 2018 intensive practice retreat are below. Vivian Gruenenfelder provided a list of readings of interest for the retreat.
Talk One: Monday, January 22nd, 2018. (43 min) Audio
Talk Two: Saturday, January 27th, 2018. (38 min) Audio
Talk Three: Monday, January 29th, 2018. (34 min) Audio
Scriptures, Sutras, Invocations – Chanted, Spoken, Unspoken
This series of Three Talks was given by Reverend Helen Cummings during July 2017.
Talk One: Recited Scriptures and our Practice Audio (25mins) Text
Talk Two: Sung Scriptures, Litanies, Invocations and Our Practice Audio (28 mins) Text
Talk Three: Unspoken Scriptures, Unsung Sutras and our Practice Audio (22 mins) Text
Resources: Reverend Helen has made an extensive list of resources available for those interested in listening to audio of recited or sung scriptures or reading further in the various articles and chapters mentioned in this Dharma series. Select “Resources” to access the page with the full listing and links to the audio and text files.
Noble Eightfold Path
Series offered by Reverend Master Shiko Rom, July 2016
The Noble Eightfold Path Talk #1 by Reverend Master Shiko Rom (20 mins) Text of this talk is available here as a pdf.
The Noble Eightfold Path Talk #2 by Reverend Master Shiko Rom (22 mins.) Text of this talk is available here as a pdf.)
The Noble Eightfold Path Talk #3 by Reverend Master Shiko Rom (25 mins) Text of this talk is available here as a pdf.
The Noble Eightfold Path Talk #4 by Reverend Master Shiko Rom (25 mins) Text of this talk is available here as a pdf.
The Ten Oxherding Pictures
Series offered by Reverend Vivian Gruenenfelder in January 2016.
The Ten Oxherding Pictures Talk #1 Introduction (50 min) by Reverend Vivian Gruenenfelder
The Ten Oxherding Pictures Talk #2 Pictures 8 & 9 (34 mins) by Reverend Vivian Gruenenfelder
The Ten Oxherding Pictures Talk #3 Picture 10 (29 mins) by Reverend Vivian Gruenenfelder
The following talk was given at our retreat on April 3rd, 2016, a follow up to the January series.
Going on Beyond the Ten Oxherding Pictures (42 mins) by Reverend Vivian Gruenenfelder
Bodhidharma’s Four Practices
Series offered by Reverend Helen Cummings in February/March 2015
Suffering Injustice – by Reverend Helen Cummings, February 16th, 2015 (25 mins)
Adapting to Conditions – by Reverend Helen Cummings, February 23rd, 2015 (20 mins)
Seeking Nothing – by Reverend Helen Cummings, March 2nd, 2015 (25 mins)
Practicing the Dharma – by Reverend Helen Cummings, March 7th, 2015 (29 mins)