A dharma talk given by Lisa Dale Miller, MFT, at the Marin Sangha on September 18, 2011 celebrating the International Day of Peace. The talk reflects on how to cultivate outer peace, inner peace, and ultimate peace.
The first of two dharma talks given by Lisa Dale Miller, MFT, at the Marin Sangha on November 4 & 11, 2012. A lively discussion and teaching about the relevance of enlightenment for Western Practitioners. This first talk took place 5 days after Hurricane Sandy devastated New York and New Jersey, so the first 10 minutes of the talk focuses on that tragedy.
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Mindfulness of Breath Meditation for Beginners

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Mindfulness of Breath Meditation for Beginners
Lisa Dale Miller, MFT
Lisa Dale Miller, MA, LMFT, LPCC, SEP is a private practice psychotherapist in Los Gatos, CA, specializing in mindfulness psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing therapy for depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction and chronic pain. She is also an outpatient provider for the VA San Jose. Lisa is the author of a highly regarded textbook on Buddhist psychology for mental health professionals, Effortless Mindfulness: Genuine mental health through awakened presence. Training clinicians in the pract ...
Lovingkindness meditation, or metta, is a mindfulness practice for the heart: a beautiful way to cultivate feelings of compassion and love for self, others and ultimately all beings. Lovingkindness Meditation #2 is a 25-minute guided metta practice to generate lovingkindness for a neutral person and then for a somewhat difficult person. Metta meditation should be done at your own pace. It is not necessary to force yourself to move onto this often more challenging metta practice until you fee ...
A dharma talk given by Lisa Dale Miller, MFT, at the Marin Sangha on February 15, 2009 on how to find the freedom in times of uncertainty through the practice of mindful compassion as a means to experience the known and unknown of each moment. visit my web site www.lisadalemiller.com/mbpsych.htm visit my blog mindfulpsyche.blogspot.com
The second of two dharma talks given by Lisa Dale Miller, LMFT, LPCC, SEP at the Marin Sangha on November 10 and 17, 2013. This talk covers the phenomenology of identitylessness and the gateway to its direct experience: awareness.
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The Brahmaviharas: Near and Far Enemies

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The Brahmaviharas: Near and Far Enemies
Lisa Dale Miller, MFT
A dharma talk given by Lisa Dale Miller, MFT, at the Marin Sangha on January 31, 2010 on the four Brahmaviharas and their near and far enemies. visit my web site www.lisadalemiller.com/mbpsych.htm visit my blog mindfulpsyche.blogspot.com
This is the second of two dharma talks given at Marin Sangha in June 2014. In this talk Lisa Dale Miller continues her refutation of a Universal Dharma with a description of Lojong Mind Training and its insistence upon the dreamlike nature of self, mind and world.
This is the first of two dharma talks given at Marin Sangha in June 2014. In this talk, Lisa Dale Miller refutes the controversial claim by Jon Kabat-Zinn and others, that mindfulness-based interventions (MBSR and the like) deliver a "universal dharma"; an accurate depiction of traditional Buddhist meditation practices and implicitly imparts the profound ethical and philosophical aspects of the actual Buddhadharma.
Listen to a dharma talk I gave at Insight Meditation South Bay on February 21, 2017. The talk focused on how to apply the Buddhist teachings on wisdom, compassion and ethical conduct to engage with difficult people or those with whom we disagree.
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Advanced Mindfulness of Breath Meditation

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Advanced Mindfulness of Breath Meditation
Lisa Dale Miller, MFT
This recording will introduce you to Mindfulness of Breath Meditation as a concentration practice or what is known as Shamatha. If you are new to mindfulness of breath meditation, you may wish to down load my recording for beginners and practice this for some time before trying this more advanced practice.
Fierce compassion and discerning wisdom are necessary for cutting through all forms of doubt that impede our capacity to be a source of upliftment and awakening for ourselves and others. This talk is a follow-up to the talk I gave on Fearlessness. Enjoy!
Listen to the second of two talks I delivered at Marin Sangha in May 2016 on Delusion and Non-delusion. This second talk covers the Buddhist psychological description of how non-delusion manifests in human perception and practical steps for cultivating non-delusion in daily life.
This is a dharma talk I gave at marin Sangha on November 5, 2017. The topic of the talk is Bodhicitta: a dedicated, heart-felt desire to fully awaken for the benefit of all other beings. Bodhicitta reminds us that every moment is an invitation to awaken all beings by motivating ourselves to engage in other-regarding behaviors. This is how we take on the responsibility of decreasing the mass of human suffering by seeding the world with at least one more quiescent, wise and compassionate perso ...
The first path factor of the Buddha’s Eightfold Noble Path is right view, also known as wise understanding. Though right view is the first of the Eightfold path factors, it represents the fruition of the succeeding seven path factors. Right view and right intention (the second path factor) together encompass supreme training in wisdom; a training designed to awaken the faculty of penetrative understanding—that which knows things as they truly are. The Buddha defined right view as understandi ...
This is a dharma talk I gave at Marin Sangha on November 5, 2017 on Bodhicitta: the dedicated, heart-felt desire to fully awaken for the benefit of all other beings. Bodhicitta reminds us that every moment is an invitation to awaken all beings by motivating ourselves to engage in other-regarding behaviors. This is how we take on the responsibility …
Fierce compassion and discerning wisdom are necessary for cutting through all forms of doubt which impede capacity to be a source of upliftment and awakening for ourselves and others. This talk is a follow-up to the talk I gave on fearlessness. Enjoy!
Listen to a dharma talk I gave at Insight Meditation South Bay on February 21, 2017. The talk focused on how to apply the Buddhist teachings on wisdom, compassion and ethical conduct to engage with difficult people or those with whom we disagree.
Listen to the second of two talks I delivered at Marin Sangha in May 2016 on Delusion and Non-delusion. This second talk covers the Buddhist psychological description of how non-delusion manifests in human perception and practical steps for cultivating non-delusion in daily life.
The first path factor of the Buddha’s Eightfold Noble Path is right view, also known as wise understanding. Though right view is the first of the Eightfold path factors, it represents the fruition of the succeeding seven path factors. Right view and right intention (the second path factor) together encompass supreme training in wisdom; a training d…
This is the first of two dharma talks given at Marin Sangha in June 2014. In this talk, Lisa Dale Miller refutes the controversial claim by Jon Kabat-Zinn and others, that mindfulness-based interventions (MBSR and the like) deliver a "universal dharma"; an accurate depiction of traditional Buddhist meditation practices and implicitly imparts the pr…
This is the second of two dharma talks given at Marin Sangha in June 2014. In this talk Lisa Dale Miller continues her refutation of a "universal dharma" by describing Lojong Mind Training and its attentiveness to the dreamlike nature of self, mind and world; a unique feature of the Buddhadharma that is not imparted by any mindfulness-based interve…
The second of two dharma talks given by Lisa Dale Miller, LMFT, LPCC, SEP at the Marin Sangha on November 10 and 17, 2013. This talk covers the phenomenology of identitylessness and the gateway to its direct experience: awareness.
The first of two dharma talks given by Lisa Dale Miller, MFT, at the Marin Sangha on November 4 & 11, 2012. A lively discussion and teaching about the relevance of enlightenment for Western Practitioners. This first talk took place 5 days after Hurricane Sandy devastated New York and New Jersey, so the first 10 minutes of the talk focuses on that t…
A dharma talk given by Lisa Dale Miller, MFT, at the Marin Sangha on September 18, 2011 in celebration of the International Day of Peace. The talk focuses on how to cultivate outer peace, inner peace, and ultimate peace.By ldmiller108@comcast.net
This recording will introduce you to Mindfulness of Breath Meditation as a concentration practice or what is known as Shamatha. If you are new to mindfulness of breath meditation, you may wish to download my recording for beginners and practice that for some time before trying this more advanced practice. visit my web site lisadalemiller.com/mbpsyc…
A dharma talk given by Lisa Dale Miller, MFT, at the Marin Sangha on January 31, 2010 on the Four Brahmaviharas (Loving-kindness, Compassion, Altruistic Joy, Equanimity) and their near and far enemies. This talk touches upon the Theravadan and Tibetan Buddhist theories and practices for each of the Brahmaviharas, as well as their application in dai…
A dharma talk given by Lisa Dale Miller, MFT, at the Marin Sangha on February 15, 2009 on how to find the freedom in times of uncertainty through the practice of mindful compassion as a means to experience the known and unknown of each moment. visit my web site www.lisadalemiller.com/mbpsych.htm visit my blog mindfulpsyche.blogspot.com…
This is an update of this very popular Lovingkindness practice recorded in 2007. Lovingkindness meditation, or metta, is a mindfulness practice for the heart: a beautiful way to cultivate feelings of compassion and love for self, others and ultimately all beings. Lovingkindness Meditation #2 is a 25-minute guided metta practice to generate lovingki…
This recording provides step-by-step instruction for beginning meditators in mindfulness of breath meditation. This practice is based upon Buddha's teachings from the Anapanasati Sutta. Lisa Dale Miller, MFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist, specializing in Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy, in private practice in Los Gatos, CA. She has be…