Moon Pointing

Welcome to Moon Pointing! This site is a searchable index of dharma talk transcripts, currently only from the Insight Meditation Center and the Sati Center in Redwood City, California. Below are the 30 most recent additions.

Date Title Speaker
2026-09-11 Guided Meditation: Knowing Awareness; Dharmette: The Truth of Suffering (5 of 5): Wisdom Maria Straatmann
2026-09-10 Guided Meditation: Developing Learning Readiness; Short Talk: Bearing Witness to Harm, Moral Responsibility & Hatred Matthew Brensilver
2026-09-10 Guided Meditation: Befriending Awareness; Dharmette: The Truth of Suffering (4 of 5): Disentanglement Maria Straatmann
2026-09-09 Guided Meditation: Conditions of the Moment; Dharmette: The Truth of Suffering (3 of 5) Conditions from Views Maria Straatmann
2026-09-08 Guided Meditation: Intentions for a Peaceful Heart; Dharmette: The Truth of Suffering (2 of 5) Intentions and Kamma Maria Straatmann
2026-09-07 Guided Meditation: Opening to What Arises; Dharmette: The Truth of Suffering (1): The Truth of Suffering Maria Straatmann
2026-09-04 Guided Meditation: Relaxing into Kindness; Dharmette: Dharma in Our Interpersonal Life (5 of 5) Feeling, Loss, Letting Go & Love - Crowdsourced Questions Matthew Brensilver
2026-09-03 Dharmette: Dharma in Our Interpersonal Life (4 of 5) Love, Grief and Dharma; Guided Meditation: Breathing and Thinking Matthew Brensilver
2026-09-03 Guided Meditation: If you know where are you are, you're not here; Dharmette: Transcendence and Service Matthew Brensilver
2026-08-31 Transforming the Texture of the Mind: How the Practice of Mettā Changes Our Relationships in Unexpected Ways Bhante Rāhula Thera
2026-08-26 Guided Meditation: Embodied Wholeness; Dharmette: Wholesomeness (3 of 5) Abundance Gil Fronsdal
2026-08-25 Guided Meditation: The Craft of Mindfulness; Dharmette: Wholesomeness (2 of 5) Skillfulness Gil Fronsdal
2026-08-25 Forgiveness Maria Straatmann
2026-08-24 Guided Meditation: Healthy Guidance; Dharmette: Wholesome (1 of 5) Finding One's Path Gil Fronsdal
2026-08-21 Guided Meditation: The Meeting of Sensations and Awareness; Dharmette: Qualities of the Dharma (5 of 5) Personally Known by the Wise Gil Fronsdal
2026-08-21 The Naturalistic Teachings of the Buddha: Study, practice, and discussion of the Discourse on the Simile of the Cloth Gil Fronsdal
2026-08-20 Guided Meditation: Release or Growth; Dharmette: Qualities of the Dharma (4 of 5) Onward Leading Gil Fronsdal
2026-08-20 Dharmette: A few reflections on pedagogy; Guided Meditation: Attention is the spear tip of karma Matthew Brensilver
2026-08-19 Guided Meditation: The Call of Sensations; Dharmette: Qualities of the Dharma (3 of 5) Inviting Inspection Gil Fronsdal
2026-08-18 Letting Go of What Came Before Maria Straatmann
2026-08-18 Guided Meditation: Sensations as Doorways; Dharmette: Qualities of the Dharma (2 of 5) Immediacy Gil Fronsdal
2026-08-17 Accepting the Mind (Discovering Ikigai) Max Erdstein
2026-08-17 Guided Meditation: The Body as an Antenna; Dharmette: Qualities of the Dharma (1 of 5) Visible Here Gil Fronsdal
2026-08-14 Guided Meditation: Resolve and the Path; Dharmette: What Each of Us Brings to the Sangha: (5 of 5) The Buddha's Gift David Lorey
2026-08-13 Dharmette: Flexibility; Guided Meditation: Too busy knowing to know who you are Matthew Brensilver
2026-08-13 Guided Meditation: Fewness of Wishes; Dharmette: What Each of Us Brings to the Sangha: (4 of 5) Praise for the Dhamma David Lorey
2026-08-12 Guided Meditation: Knowing and Sensing; Dharmette: What Each of Us Brings to the Sangha (3 of 5); Seeing Clearly David Lorey
2026-08-11 Compliments to the Eightfold Path Jennifer Dungan
2026-08-11 Dispelling Delusion: Exploring the Vipallāsas Through Early Buddhist Poetry Ayya Santussika
2026-08-11 Guided Meditation: Dharma Delight; Dharmette; What each of Us Brings to the Sangha: (2 of 5) Delight in Meditation David Lorey
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