Steve Armstrong's Dharma Talks
at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
Steve Armstrong
My biding motivation for the practice of teaching is to share my interest, my understanding and my confidence in the Buddha's way for a balanced and deeply happy life. Given the pace of our culture and the direction in which it is going, mindfulness is essential to sanity. Since my first vipassana retreat in 1975, I've experienced the wisdom of sanity, peace and freedom.
Now, the challenge in sharing the dhamma is to translate the Buddha's understanding into an idiom that speaks to the whole of our lives. As practice matures, the focus in guiding others shifts from informing the skeptic, inspiring the depressed and doubtful, soothing the suffering, energizing the lazy, cautioning the ambitious to discovering the subtler sources of suffering and happiness in our understanding and behavior. With deepening vipassana insight, students joyfully and confidently disentangle their minds.
In all of this, what sustains me as a teacher is the unwavering confidence that mindfulness is the source of our healing, sanity and freedom. Vipassana practice offers us a perspective on reality that is liberating, both personally and at every level of human interaction. Initially, my unwavering commitment was to the practice. Now my commitment includes service in sharing the dhamma and wherever possible informing, inspiring and encouraging others in the practice.
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Select from Steve Armstrong's
248
talks
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1994-10-01
... It Could Be An Illusion
1994-10-15
... One Way Or Another ...
1994-11-12
... That's Where I'm Going To Make My Happy Home
1994-11-20
"...See Here How Everything Leads Up To This Day..."
1994-10-29
"...Turn On Your Live Light"
1991-10-21
"A Box Of Rain" - Reflections On Death
2015-04-05
"Mindfulness Of Mind" Instructions
1991-05-09
04 Reporting Instructions (U Buddharakkhita)
1991-06-30
57 The Hindrances and their Antidotes (U Buddharakkhita)
2012-08-09
A Life Style Of Awareness
2015-04-09
A Lifestyle Of Awareness
2014-08-09
A Lifestyle Of Awareness - 5 Spiritual Faculities
1993-11-06
Afternoon Q&A
1996-10-01
AM Instructions
1990-11-20
Anatta
2002-11-21
Anatta Characteristic
1996-07-01
Another Way Of Working With The Hindrances
2016-08-06
Attitude and awareness
1997-10-16
Aversion
2017-04-18
Awareness Instructions
2013-04-03
Awareness Of the Four Noble Truths
2011-02-08
Awareness Pure and Simple
2017-08-04
Awareness, Insight, and Liberation
2012-05-07
Awareness: The Five Faculties In Action
2004-12-06
Balance of Mind
2014-08-07
Bedtime Stories
2014-08-03
Bedtime Story - Right Effort or Please Try Harder
1997-09-23
Beginning A Retreat
1998-10-02
Birth, Death And Practice
2002-12-05
Choice Words
1995-07-23
Clear Cutting Of Difficulties
2014-08-10
Closing Sit, Q's & A's. Teacher Comments, Sharing of Merit.
1994-11-26
Commentary On "Jumping Mouse"
2007-08-11
Commentary On The Paramis
2003-11-12
Compassion
1991-11-02
Confusion Of Clarity Of The Body
1992-09-25
Creating Sanctuary
2014-08-02
Day's Reflection on Benefit Of Practice
2015-04-06
Days Reflections
1997-10-23
Death And The Deathless
1991-11-24
Developing the 5 Faculties
1991-12-10
Development Of Paramis: What A Long Strong Trip
2006-11-08
Development Of Wise Understanding
2013-04-06
Dhamma Lesson -
2013-04-02
Dhamma Lesson - Cultivating Equanimity Through Advisersity
2013-04-05
Dhamma Lesson - Taking Refuge
2011-08-06
Dhamma Lesson #1 - "Upon First Hearing The Dhamma"
2011-08-07
Dhamma Lesson #2 - "No Doubt, Oh Poor Me!"
2011-08-08
Dhamma Lesson #3 - "Itching Heat and Snakes"
2011-08-09
Dhamma Lesson #4 - "Ananda Practice to Sleep"
2011-08-10
Dhamma Lesson #5 "Metta For The Military"
2011-08-11
Dhamma Lesson #6 "Taking Refuge In Sangha"
2011-08-12
Dhamma Lesson #7 "Compassionate Wisdom"
2011-08-13
Dhamma Lesson #8 "Rippling Benefits"
2013-03-30
Dhamma Lessons - Complementary Practice Traditions
2013-03-31
Dhamma Lessons - Shwe Oo Min Lineage
2013-04-05
Dhamma Lifestyle Practice - Genorosity
1997-11-27
Dharma Blessings
2012-08-10
Dharma Lesson - A Special Monk
2012-08-09
Dharma Lesson - Faith and Refuge In Sangha
2012-08-08
Dharma Lessons - Monastic Memories
2012-08-07
Dharma Lessons on The Power Of Metta
1994-07-07
Difficult Daze Of Dullness - Doubt
1993-04-01
Distractions Of Pure Mind
1997-10-30
Eightfold Noble Path
2011-08-06
Encouraging Counsel - Practicing Generosity
2011-04-08
Encouraging Counsel - Refuges and Precepts
1999-09-10
Essential Dhamma #1: Three Refuges
1999-09-11
Essential Dhamma #2: Three Pillars Of Dhamma
1999-09-12
Essential Dhamma #3: The Good Fortune Of Mindfulness
1999-09-13
Essential Dhamma #4: Four Noble Truths
1999-09-14
Essential Dhamma #5: Anatta
2011-08-13
Establishing A Dharma Infused Lifestyle
2017-08-11
Evening Reflection
2015-04-10
Evening Reflection - Living a Good Life
2016-08-09
Evening reflection– "Today we have lived a good life"
2016-08-12
Evening reflection– Today we have live a Noble life
2015-04-09
Evening Reflection: Lifestyle Of Awareness
2015-04-04
Evening Reflection: Today We Spent Our Day Wisely
2017-04-22
Eyes Of The World: Guided Meditation
1992-10-03
Five Spiritual Faculties
1992-11-04
Five Spiritual Faculties: Concentration
1999-08-16
Five Spiritual Faculties: Effort
1993-03-06
Five Spiritual Faculties: Mind
1992-10-28
Five Spiritual Faculties: Mindfulness
1992-10-03
Five Spiritual Faculties: Spiritual Confidence
1992-11-14
Five Spiritual Faculties: Wisdom
2008-08-13
Four Noble Truths
2009-08-13
Four Noble Truths
2010-08-12
Four Noble Truths
2016-08-12
Four Noble Truths– Bedrock Buddha Dhamma
1996-10-31
Four Protective Reflections
1992-12-10
Full Sitting And Walking Instructions
2007-08-04
Further Sitting And Walking Instructions
1992-12-09
Generosity
2015-04-06
Greeting Visitors to The Mind
1996-10-29
Guided Compassion
1994-11-29
Guided Equanimity Meditation
1991-11-26
Guided Meditation: Equanimity
1997-10-29
Guided Metta Meditation
2015-04-07
Guided Mindfulness Of Mind
1994-09-25
Happiness: An Overview Of Dharma Practice
1998-11-06
Hindrances As Opportunities
1990-11-04
Ideal Practice
1999-08-22
Identity + Insight
1996-08-24
Identity + Insight
1999-08-18
Identity + Insight: Comparing Mind
2011-04-14
Instruction and Q&A Day 6
2011-04-12
Instructions and Guided Meditation - Day 4
2011-08-07
Instructions and Q&A Day #2
2011-04-15
Instructions and Q&A Day 7
2010-08-07
Instructions Day 1 Primary Object
2010-08-08
Instructions Day 2 : Right attitude - Predominate objects.
2010-08-11
Instructions Day 5
2010-08-13
Instructions Day 7
2017-08-09
Instructions in Awareness and Attitudes of Mind.
2008-08-09
Introduction To Meditation Practice
2012-08-03
Introduction to Retreat - Yogi's Three Jobs
2012-05-03
Investigating The Object, Practice and Understanding
1990-11-11
Jhana Factors vs Hindrances
2010-08-10
Kamma: Opportunity For The Future
2014-08-06
Meditation Instructions
1993-09-25
Meditation Instructions
2011-08-10
Meditation Instructions - 5th Day with Q&A
2011-08-11
Meditation Instructions - Day 6 With Q&A
2013-04-01
Meditation Instructions - Instructions for Awareness
2011-08-06
Meditation Instructions Day #1 with Q&A
1995-10-07
Meditation Instructions, Q&A
1995-09-30
Meditation Instructions, Q&A
1995-11-16
Meditation Instructions, Q&A
1995-10-27
Meditation Instructions, Q&A
1995-10-27
Meditation Instructions, Q&A
1996-08-13
Meditative Insights
2012-05-05
Meeting The Hard And Soft Brick Wall Of Practice
1991-10-09
Mental Factors Of Concentration
1991-12-01
Metta Chanting
1996-06-02
Metta Chanting In Pali
1993-07-27
Metta: Lovingkindness
1993-03-21
Mindfulness In Daily Life
2007-08-04
Mindfulness: Tranquility, Insight, Understanding
2016-08-13
Morning instruction– Stop, wait, do nothing, Let awareness find you
2008-08-14
Morning Instructions
2008-08-11
Morning Instructions
2013-04-03
Morning Instructions
2014-08-03
Morning Instructions
2016-08-07
Morning instructions
2012-08-06
Morning Instructions - Day #3 with Q&A
2012-08-09
Morning Instructions - Day #6
2012-08-11
Morning Instructions - Day #8
2016-08-10
Morning instructions "Working with the kilesas"
2012-08-04
Morning Instructions Day #1
2007-08-09
Morning Instructions Q&A
2017-04-20
Morning Instructions Regarding Torments
2007-08-11
Morning Instructions with Q&A
2007-08-10
Morning Instructions with Q&A
2009-08-09
Morning Instructions with Q&A
2009-08-10
Morning Instructions with Q&A
2009-08-14
Morning Instructions, Guided Sit, Q&A
2009-08-15
Morning Instructions, Guided Sit, Q&A with Kamala
2015-04-09
Morning Instructions: Recognizing the qualities of awareness
2017-08-12
Morning Instructions: Trust your Practice
2015-04-11
Morning Q&A
1993-11-09
Morning Q&A
1993-10-24
Morning Q&A
1993-10-27
Morning Q&A
1993-10-25
Morning Q&A
1993-11-05
Morning Q&A
1993-12-04
Morning Q&A
2017-08-12
Morning Q&A
2017-08-08
Natural Awareness and Wisdom
2017-04-17
Natural Awareness Wisdom
2009-08-07
Opening Talk
2003-10-31
Opening Talk
2007-08-03
Opening Talk - The Power Of Purification Retreat
2016-08-05
Opening Talk: awareness, schedule, formal refuges and precepts
2014-08-01
Opening Talk: Retreat format, refuges and precepts
2009-08-15
Parami - A Life of Dhamma
2010-08-14
Paramis: Householders' Practice of Renunciation
1993-09-24
Peace Of Sanctuary
2014-08-05
Practical Application Of Mindfulness Awareness While Flying
2017-08-12
Practice Of Dana in support of teachings
2011-04-12
Practicing Awareness
2011-04-15
Practicing Well-Being: Living A Dhamma Lifestyle
1991-10-02
Purification Of Mind/First Day Hardest
1995-12-11
Q&A
1995-12-14
Q&A
1995-11-30
Q&A
1995-11-01
Q&A
2017-08-10
Q&A
2017-08-05
Q&A (1st day of retreat)
1993-09-29
Q&A and Morning Instructions
2011-04-13
Q&A Day 5
2017-08-09
Q&A's regarding awareness and attitudes of mind.
2017-08-08
Reflections on a day of practicing the Noble Eightfold Path.
2016-08-06
Reflections on the days practice
2012-05-08
Refuges and Eight Precepts Chanting
2001-11-03
Renunciation Paramis
2017-08-11
Renunciation: Abandoning Craving - the Cause of Dukkha.
1998-10-24
Repetition: Habit of Freedom
1996-10-24
Right Concentration
2012-05-09
Right view
2007-08-05
Second Morning Instructions with Q&A
1993-10-02
Series On Happiness
1993-10-13
Series On Happiness: Happiness Of A Pure Mind - part I
1993-10-20
Series On Happiness: Happiness Of A Pure Mind - part II
1993-11-13
Series On Happiness: Happiness Of Absorption In Love
1993-10-13
Series On Happiness: Happiness Of Ethical Conduct
1993-10-02
Series On Happiness: Happiness Of Generosity
1993-11-27
Series On Happiness: Happiness Of Insight Knowledge
1993-12-09
Series On Happiness: Happiness Of Peace
1995-12-02
Settling On The Path
2010-08-07
Skillful Attitudes For Awareness Practice.
2015-04-04
Skillful views Of Dhamma, Meditation and Liberation
2014-08-02
Skillful Views To Support Practice
1997-07-05
Spacious Empty Mind
1990-12-11
Taking Refuge In The Sangha
2012-08-11
Teaching Support For Dana
1995-11-17
The Beautiful Qualities of Mindfulness
1993-11-14
The Body: Heaven Or Hell?
1998-07-03
The Five Aggregates
1994-10-22
The Five Elements Of Right Effort
1994-07-05
The Gift Of Solitude
1997-11-20
The Great Debate: "Who Am I?"
1995-11-25
The Power of Sharing
2014-08-06
The Protective Power Of Metta For the Military
1993-12-01
The Wheel is Spinning:Dependent Origination
1998-11-20
The Wheel is Turning
2017-04-19
Torments: Known and Released
1991-11-14
Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind: Conceit, Craving, Confusion
1992-12-03
Truthfulness and Determination
2016-08-09
Understanding and working with the torments
2007-08-06
Understanding Defilements
2007-08-10
Understanding Heartfelt Effort
2010-08-14
Understanding Practice of Generosity
2008-08-10
Understanding The Defilements
2009-08-09
Understanding the Defilements
2011-04-10
Understanding the Defilements
2011-08-09
Understanding The Defilements
2013-04-01
Understanding The Tormented Mind
1994-07-11
Universal Insights
1995-06-08
Vipassana Retreat (4 Tapes) - I
1995-06-09
Vipassana Retreat (4 Tapes) - II
1995-06-01
Vipassana Retreat (4 Tapes) - III
1995-06-04
Vipassana Retreat (4 Tapes) - IV
2011-08-05
Welcome, Retreat Format, Refuges and Precepts
2014-08-05
Working to Be Free Of The Tormented Mind
2013-03-30
Yogi Job - Having Right View
2012-08-05
Yogi's Job - Working With Defilements
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Select one of Steve Armstrong's 20 retreats
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1991-05-06
Two Month Retreat
1992-09-23
1992 Three Month Retreat
1996-06-01
10 Day Metta Retreat
1998-02-01
IMS Audio Files
2006-10-13
Vipassana Intensive
2007-08-03
The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat
2008-08-08
Insight and the Art of Equanimity: Weekend Retreat
2008-08-11
Insight and the Art of Equanimity: Insight Meditation Retreat
2009-08-07
Insight and the Art of Equanimity
2010-08-06
Insight and the Art of Equanimity
2011-04-08
Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat
2011-08-05
Insight and the Art of Equanimity
2012-04-27
Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat
2012-08-03
Awareness and Dhamma Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat
2013-03-29
Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom
2014-08-01
Awareness with Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat
2015-04-03
Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom
2016-08-05
Attitude and Awareness, Insight and Integration
2017-04-16
Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness & Wisdom
2017-08-04
Awareness, Insight and Liberation
1994-10-15
... One Way Or Another ...
53:09
two subtle but far-reaching attachments are: 1. to the false beliefs that we are: As solely products of our past conditioning B. that we are in control of the present circumstances 2. the conceit within the comparing mind. our relationship to the present situation can be unhealthy or it can lead to happiness. wise attention chooses one way, not the other
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1994-10-01
... It Could Be An Illusion
55:53
what actually happens in a moment of consciousness? an introductory talk on the Buddha's psychology, when the fluxing nature of mind is investigated, the appearance of "i" is seen to be illusory construction dependent on conditions. mindfulness dispels the illusion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
