Eugene Cash's Dharma Talks
at San Francisco Insight Meditation Community
Eugene Cash
I am intrigued by how we can live the 'holy life' as lay people. How do we erase the imaginary line between formal sitting practice and the rest of our lives? How can we bring full engagement to formal and informal practice? Is it possible to embody, in our lives, the understanding and insight that comes with intensive training? And can we live our lives in a way that expresses and continues to deepen our realization? These questions fuel my practice and my teaching.
I place a lot of emphasis on the Buddha's teaching about mindfulness of the body. The body is a powerful dharma gate. I encourage people to deeply investigate the body and use it as a place of recollection in daily life.
Our individual and cultural habits, our confusion, all require a sincere and ongoing commitment to spiritual life and practice. In order to mature our 'layastic' practice, we need to develop a palette of practices: mindfulness, loving-kindness, inquiry, reflection, precept practice, service, sutta study, etc.
I believe passionate engagement is the foundation of the spiritual path. Spiritual life blossoms when mindfulness is woven with a heartfelt sense of loving-kindness and compassion. With warm mindfulness as the basis of practice, our attachment to identity, roles and experience begins to loosen. As our experience and understanding matures, faith develops. This nourishes a devotion to practice which further deepens our insights.
It is precious to be born in the human realm and have an opportunity to practice and awaken. May we appreciate our inheritance and bring to life the teachings of the Buddha.
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2007-05-20
“Were Mind and Matter Me …” Reflections on the Skillful Use of Self and Not-Self
2020-06-28
13th: Reflections on 400 Years of Racism in USA
2013-01-20
7 Factors of Awakening
2021-09-12
9/11 20 Years Later
2022-12-18
Adhiṭṭhāna - Right Resolve
2019-06-16
Aging, dying, awakening
2018-02-18
An awakening
2009-06-14
An Overview of the Path
2019-04-14
Anapanasati Retreat: Mindfulness of Breath and Dharma
2021-04-11
Anger and Clarity
2023-10-22
Anicca: Discovering Harmony with Change
2021-06-27
Awakening the Three Centers - Body, Heart, Mind
2013-05-05
Awareness & Human Experience (pt 1)
2013-05-12
Awareness & Human Experience (pt 2)
2016-05-03
Awareness of the body
2021-04-04
Beginner's Mind
2021-10-03
Being Real Together DEI Part 2
2017-06-11
Being with 'what is' on a silent retreat (aging, dying and awakening)
2020-08-09
Bird's Nest Roshi: The Eight Worldly Winds
2007-09-23
Birth-and-Death
2021-02-14
Black History, Our History
2017-07-23
Body dukkha during vertigo experience
2022-05-08
Both/And - The Paradox of Living the Dharma
2017-03-20
Brahmaviharas: Metta
2017-05-14
Brahmaviharas: Mudita
2017-05-21
Brahmaviharas: Upekkha
2022-05-30
Broken Hearts & Right Action
2017-01-27
Buddhist Easter
2020-05-03
Caring, Not Caring, Clinging and Letting Go
2017-01-22
Catalyst For Engaged Buddhism
2006-05-21
Co-creative Dharma Talk
2007-03-11
Co-Creative Talk: Shunyata, Anatta and Anicca: Practice in Everyday Life
2006-07-23
Co-Creative Talk: The World, Anatta and Self Respect
2009-06-07
Collaborative Talk: Eugene Cash & Students
2008-12-14
Collaborative Talk: Students & Eugene Cash
2006-06-11
Compassion
2021-02-28
Compassion for Self and Others
2007-05-13
Concentration and Mother’s Day
2022-09-11
Contemplating 9/11/2001
2020-06-07
Courage & Compassion: Living the Dharma Now
2022-07-17
Courage, Here and Now
2020-04-05
Covid-19 Right Action, Right Practice
2020-03-29
Covid-19, The Big Picture: Being Real, Mindful & Generous
2008-04-06
Crisis in Tibet, Lama Gosananda, The Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman
2006-01-21
Dharma and Creativity
2019-10-06
Different practices in Buddhism
2020-04-26
Discovering Life Without the Judging Mind
2019-04-21
Discovering What Is Within
2012-12-16
Doubt
2020-08-30
Dukkha, Beauty & the Mystery of Life: Learning from Robin Wall Kimmerer
2018-10-07
Earth Care 2018
2022-04-17
Elon Musk, Vulnerability & Awakening
2016-12-18
Endings and Beginnings
2013-08-04
Eros & Sexuality as Part of Practice
2010-05-30
Eugene Cash & Martin Aylward
2022-11-27
Everything is Given – Grateful for Life, Dharma, This Moment
2021-05-23
Exploring the Dharma: Surprise, Discovery, Mystery
2020-08-16
Fascism & Engaged Buddhism Election 2020
2017-02-19
Fear
2006-08-13
Forgiveness: Giving up all Hope of a Better Past
2023-01-08
Four Ennobling Truths
2012-11-11
Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness
2015-07-08
Gay Marriage and Charleston
2006-01-08
Generosity (dana)
2016-05-01
Getting intimate with reality
2023-12-24
Goodbye 2023 Welcoming 2024
2021-09-05
Graceful with the Dukkha of Life
2023-11-26
Gratefulness and the Giving of Thanks
2005-11-27
Gratitude
2012-01-22
Gratitude for the Practice
2021-04-25
Grounded Responsibility
2012-03-04
Group Discussion: Skilfullness in Practice
2012-03-25
Group Discussion: Skilfullness in Practice, pt 2
2021-10-31
Halloween - Celebrating the Magic of Each Moment
2021-10-24
Heart of Emptiness
2006-07-30
Heaven is Other People
2021-01-31
Heavenly Messengers
2024-03-24
Holi: Springing into the Goodness of Being
2007-12-23
Holiday Talk
2017-12-17
Holidays
2020-12-27
Holy Days Hallelujah!
2006-10-01
How Do We Assess Our Practice?
2007-07-29
If It’s In The Way, It Is The Way
2016-05-19
Impermanence and youth
2006-01-29
Impermanence: No Moment Can Be Repeated
2019-07-07
Independence 4th July
2022-01-16
Inspiring People: The Dharma of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. & bell hooks
2021-03-10
Instructions
2006-03-05
Intensive Retreat Practice
2006-12-03
Intensive Retreats
2019-03-31
Intimacy
2017-12-10
Investigating reality
2017-01-08
Letting Go
2007-03-18
Letting Go: The Skill of Release
2023-08-13
Living & Dying: Remembering Wes ‘Scoop’ Nisker: Friend, Colleague, Teacher— Die…
2020-05-10
Living and Practicing with Unknowing
2021-08-15
Living From the Dharma
2016-05-19
Love and Buddhism (Valentine's day talk)
2022-09-04
Loving this Moment
2016-11-06
Maranasati: Mindfulness of Death
2012-03-11
Maranasati: Mindfulness of Death
2021-03-21
Meditation
2018-08-12
Mind and Nature
2019-09-29
Mindfulness and Technology
2016-05-01
Mindfulness of emotions
2012-07-22
Mindfulness of Feelings (Vedana)
2012-08-05
Mindfulness of Mind, part 1
2012-06-24
Mindfulness of the Body, Pt 1
2012-07-08
Mindfulness of the Body, Pt 2
2007-11-18
Mindfulness: Faculty and Power
2007-12-16
Mindfulness: Presence and Participation
2016-08-14
Mudita
2024-02-18
Mutual Vulnerability
2006-01-01
New Year’s Dharma Talk
2023-09-17
Nibbana Sacred Transition Now & Ongoing
2018-04-15
Noble Eightfold Path (overview)
2018-05-20
Noble Eightfold Path (Right Action)
2018-04-29
Noble Eightfold Path (Right Intention)
2018-05-27
Noble Eightfold Path (Right Livelihood)
2018-05-13
Noble Eightfold Path (Right Speech)
2018-04-22
Noble Eightfold Path (Right view)
2008-01-13
On Relationship
2008-03-09
On Retreat: The Skill & Art of Practice
2023-06-18
Our Lineage and Love of Dharma
2020-05-31
Pandemic of Racism: For George Floyd
2019-05-26
Paradox of Reality
2011-08-28
Pilgrimage As Practice
2019-08-18
Poignancy of Human Life
2018-04-08
Post retreat talk 1
2018-04-08
Post retreat talk 2
2021-01-24
Post Retreat: Love and Reality
2020-06-21
Post Retreat: Waking Up Now
2016-05-05
Practice knowing and not knowing
2022-02-06
Practice of Sincerity
2017-03-11
Practice on silent retreats
2017-01-29
Practicing With Anger and Uncertainty
2019-10-20
Practicing with Dukkha
2016-11-20
Practicing with Politics
2006-05-07
Precious Human Birth
2024-05-05
Precious Human Birth- Being Human in a Coplex World
2006-11-26
Questions
2013-05-19
Questions and Answers
2013-01-27
Questions and Answers
2010-01-24
Questions and Answers
2008-04-27
Questions and Answers
2008-03-30
Questions and Answers
2007-09-16
Questions and Answers
2007-08-26
Questions and Answers
2007-05-06
Questions and Answers
2007-03-04
Questions and Answers
2006-09-17
Questions and Answers
2006-08-27
Questions and Answers
2006-06-18
Questions and Answers
2006-06-04
Questions and Answers
2006-01-15
Questions and Answers
2007-11-25
Questions and Answers
2007-12-02
Questions and Answers
2016-06-19
Questions and Answers with Thanissara and Eugene Cash
2020-07-12
Real Dharma at 86: Jane Elliott Teaching About Racism
2021-03-28
Real Life Skillfulness
2013-05-26
Relaxing with Experience
2025-02-09
Responding to Reality with Heart: Compassion and Equanimity
2021-12-19
Retreat and Dukkha and Sukha
2008-03-23
Retreat Questions and Answers
2016-10-16
Right Action
2022-07-24
Right Action in Response to Life
2016-11-27
Right Effort
2024-08-04
Right Effort: In Meditation, in Relationship & in the World
2010-01-17
Right Intention & The Awakened Heart
2008-01-06
Right Intention, Aspiration, Resolve
2006-09-03
Right Livelihood: Virtue, Wisdom and Mindfulness at Work
2016-12-11
Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration
2013-04-07
Right Speech
2021-08-08
Right Speech & Mindful Speech
2016-08-28
Right Understanding
2006-05-28
Samadhi
2023-07-16
Sampajañña: Clear Comprehension, Introspection, Full Awareness
2021-10-10
Sangha - Practicing Together
2020-04-28
Satipatthana Series, Class 10
2020-04-07
Satipatthana Series, Class 4
2020-04-09
Satipatthana Series, Class 5
2020-04-14
Satipatthana Series, Class 6
2020-04-16
Satipatthana Series, Class 7
2020-04-21
Satipatthana Series, Class 8
2020-04-23
Satipatthana Series, Class 9
2020-03-26
Satipatthana Series, Part 1
2020-03-31
Satipatthana Series, Part 2
2020-04-02
Satipatthana Series, Part 3
2007-11-11
Seeing with New Eyes: The Skills and Fruit of Mindfulness
2020-10-11
Self & Not-Self
2022-10-30
SF Insight 30th Anniversary Celebration
2024-06-09
SFI Sunday Nights
2019-06-23
Skillful means
2007-10-28
Student Themes & Talk
2019-06-02
Sukkha and Dukkha of Relationships
2023-03-26
Surrendering to Change
2019-09-01
Surrendering to Impermanence
2007-01-28
Tanha and Transformation
2017-09-17
Techno dukha, and dealing with the judging/comparing mind with compassion
2006-11-19
Thanksgiving
2010-11-21
Thanksgiving Talk
2023-04-30
The 2nd Factor of Awakening: Investigation & Inquiry
2022-02-20
The 2nd Factor of Awakening: Investigation and Inquiry
2007-12-30
The Alchemy of Letting Go
2009-05-11
The Art of Concentration
2006-07-02
The Body of Awakening: Three Stages of Practice
2008-08-10
The Body: Image & Boundary
2007-11-04
The Brahma Viharas: Joy
2007-09-22
The Brahma Viharas: Karuna (Compassion)
2007-08-05
The Brahma Viharas: Metta
2017-03-20
The Brahmaviharas
2016-10-09
The Dharma of "Howl"
2022-01-09
The Dharma of 2022
2020-10-04
The Eightfold Noble Path
2020-11-15
The Eightfold Noble Path: Right Action
2021-01-17
The Eightfold Noble Path: Right Concentration
2020-12-06
The Eightfold Noble Path: Right Effort
2020-11-01
The Eightfold Noble Path: Right Intention
2020-11-22
The Eightfold Noble Path: Right Livelihood
2020-12-20
The Eightfold Noble Path: Right Mindfulness
2020-11-08
The Eightfold Noble Path: Right Speech
2020-10-18
The Eightfold Noble Path: Right View/Right Understanding
2009-07-26
The Eightfold Path: Right Action
2009-11-08
The Eightfold Path: Right Concentration
2009-06-28
The Eightfold Path: Right Intention
2009-07-12
The Eightfold Path: Right Speech
2009-06-21
The Eightfold Path: Right View
2020-09-06
The First Noble Truth: Dukkha
2008-03-16
The Flavors of Retreat
2009-01-18
The Four Noble Truths
2012-11-18
The Hindrances
2016-08-21
The Importance of the Noble Eight-Fold Path
2022-10-02
The Ineffable Goodness of our Nature
2009-12-13
The Judging Mind
2016-06-26
The Love of Being Yourself: Reflections on LGBT Pride
2006-01-22
The Natural Path to Mindfulness: Working with the 5 Hindrances
2008-11-09
The Paradigm Shift
2025-07-20
The Parami of Patience
2020-05-24
The Perfection of Patience
2024-01-07
The Power & Simplicity of Awareness
2006-08-13
The Power of Commitment
2023-01-15
The Powerful Dharma of Love & Freedom – Martin Luther King JR
2008-09-14
The Sattipathana Sutta
2020-09-13
The Second Noble Truth: The Cause of Suffering
2019-08-04
The shock of the Now
2008-12-07
The Three Centers
2017-01-27
The Three Characteristics: Dukkha
2013-01-06
The Truth
2022-06-12
The Truth Will Set You Free
2005-12-11
The Voice of Judgment
2025-06-22
The World of Fear and the Practice of Fearlessness
2008-04-20
Thoughts on a Conversation with Tsoknyi Rinpoche
2021-05-09
Unhardening the Heart
2008-02-24
Unplugged: Reflections from One Month on Retreat
2024-06-09
Upekkhā: Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World
2020-08-02
Viriya In Life Practice: Bringing Energy, Action and Wisdom into the Election
2022-03-13
War and Peace
2021-01-03
Welcoming the New Year with Love
2021-01-03
Welcoming the New Year with Love
2017-09-10
What is consciousness?
2022-08-14
Wisdom and Ignorance: Alex Jones, Donald Trump & Angulimala
2021-06-06
Wisdom of Aging: Awakening to Life
2019-03-24
Women Buddhism Awakening
2019-08-25
Wonderment
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2001-01-01
SFI Sunday Nights
