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Leigh Brasington's Dharma Talks
at Gaia House
Leigh Brasington
Leigh Brasington studied the jhanas with the late Ven. Ayya Khema, who authorized him to teach retreats on the jhanas. He was also empowered to teach by Jack Kornfield. He teaches numerous jhana retreats throughout the year, at venues that include Cloud Mountain, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Gaia House, Vallecitos, and Southern Dharma.
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2022-02-13
An Evening with Leigh Brasington (online) - Introduction to the Jhanas
2024-11-28
Dependent Origination
2013-10-17
Dependent Origination (and Q&A)
2008-10-18
Dependent Origination and Emptiness
2010-10-08
Dependent Origination and Rebirth
2008-10-16
Dependent Origination Part One
2008-10-17
Dependent Origination Part Two
2022-11-08
Dharma Talk
2022-08-28
Dharma Talk - Nibbāna
2022-08-25
Dharma Talk - Dependent Origination.
2022-08-27
Dharma Talk - Emptiness
2022-08-22
Dharma Talk - Jhanas 1-4
2022-08-24
Dharma Talk - Jhanas 5-8
2022-08-20
Dharma Talk - The Four Noble Truths.
2022-08-23
Dharma Talk - The Fruits of the Spiritual Life.
2022-08-21
Dharma Talk - The Hindrances.
2022-08-26
Dhrma Talk - The Honeyball Sutta
2010-10-05
Discourse on the Fruits of the Spiritual Life
2010-10-09
Emptiness
2024-06-08
Emptiness
2024-11-30
Emptiness
2025-06-21
Emptiness
2010-10-03
Five Daily Recollections and Five Things to do at the Beginning of Meditation
2010-10-09
Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness
2024-11-26
Fruits of Spiritual Life (the gradual training)
2008-10-14
Fruits of the Spiritual Life
2024-06-07
General Principle of Dependent Origination
2013-10-14
Guided Body Scan Meditation (and Q&A)
2022-11-08
Guided Contemplation
2022-08-21
Guided Mettā Meditation
2025-06-20
Honeyball Sutta
2013-10-18
Impermanence and the Illusion of Self (and Q&A)
2010-10-02
Instructions for the First Jhana
2022-11-08
Introduction and Guided Meditation
2010-10-07
Introduction to Dependent Origination
2024-06-06
Introduction to Dependent Origination
2025-06-19
Introduction to Dependent Origination
2010-10-04
Introduction to Satipatthana
2025-06-13
Introduction, Methods for Access Concentration
2010-10-01
Introduction, Mindfulness of Breathing, Precepts
2024-11-22
Introduction, Precepts, Access to Concentration Instructions
2024-06-03
Jhanas 1-4
2025-06-16
Jhānas 1-4
2024-06-05
Jhanas 5-8
2025-06-18
Jhānas 5-8
2008-10-15
Jhanas Five to Eight
2010-10-06
Jhanas Five to Eight
2008-10-13
Jhanas One to Four
2010-10-04
Jhanas One to Four
2024-12-01
Nibbana
2013-10-19
Nibbana (and Q&A)
2023-06-16
Opening Session
2024-11-26
Parts of the Body, & the Body Scan
2022-08-22
Short Guided Mettā Meditation
2022-08-26
Short Guided Mettā Meditation
2022-08-27
Short Guided Metta Meditation
2022-08-28
Short Guided Mettā Meditation
2022-08-23
Short Guided Mettā Meditation.
2022-08-24
Short Reading of the Mettā Sutta.
2022-08-25
Short Reading of the Mettā Sutta.
2024-06-09
Sutta Descriptions of Nibbana
2025-06-22
Sutta Descriptions of Nibbāna
2023-06-19
Teachings
2023-06-22
Teachings
2023-06-17
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-18
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-20
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-21
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-23
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-24
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-25
Teachings, Mettā Meditation
2023-06-25
Teachings; Mettā Meditation
2023-06-25
Teachings; Mettā Meditation
2024-11-25
The (first) Four Jhanas
2025-06-14
The 4 Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path
2024-11-23
The Buddha's Awakening, the Four Noble Truths, and the Eight-Fold Path
2008-10-12
The Five Hindrances
2010-10-03
The Five Hindrances
2024-06-02
The Five Hindrances
2025-06-15
The Five Hindrances
2010-10-06
The Four Elements
2008-10-11
The Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path
2010-10-02
The Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path
2024-06-01
The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path
2025-06-17
The Fruits of the Spiritual Life
2024-06-04
The Fruits of the Spiritual Life (DN2)
2024-11-29
The Honeyball Sutta
2024-11-27
The Immaterial States (the higher jhanas)
2010-10-07
The Second Foundation of Mindfulness
2010-10-08
The Third and Fourth Foundations of Mindfulness
2024-02-06
Week 1, Part 1.
2024-02-13
Week 2, Part 1.
2024-02-27
Week 4, Part 1.
2024-11-24
Working with the Five Hindrances
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2008-10-10
Jhanas and Dependent Origination
2010-10-01
Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorpt…
2013-10-11
Leigh Brasington
2022-02-13
Introduction to the Jhanas
2022-08-19
Jhanas, Insight, and Dependent Origination
2022-11-08
The Five Daily Reflections (online)
2023-06-16
Jhanas, Insight, and Dependent Origination
2023-06-23
Insight Meditation and Yoga
2024-02-06
The Buddhist Art of Contemplation (online series)
2024-05-31
Jhanas, Insight and Dependent Origination
2024-11-22
Jhanas, Insight & Dependent Origination
2025-06-13
Jhanas, Insight and Dependent Origination
