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Kim Allen's Dharma Talks
Kim Allen
Kim Allen has been practicing Insight meditation since 2003, and has trained intensively in the U.S. and Asia with cumulative years of silent retreat. She has practiced with primary teacher Gil Fronsdal and other Western teachers, Theravādan monastics, and a few Mahāyāna teachers, and now offers retreats, sutta study, and experiential Dharma engagement. A teacher and author, Kim aims to bring classical Dharma to a modern context and to encourage lay practitioners in fully living a life of Dharma. Her education includes a PhD in physics and a master’s degree in environmental sustainability, and her website is https://www.uncontrived.org.
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2015-08-29 Truth and Trust 3 24:59
Insight Santa Cruz Truth and Trust
2015-08-29 Truth and Trust 4 22:10
Insight Santa Cruz Truth and Trust
2015-08-29 Truth and Trust 2 19:17
Insight Santa Cruz Truth and Trust
2015-07-30 Three Characteristics 45:07
This is the fourth talk in a speaker series titled Fundamental Buddhist Principles 2015. As we observe our daily and meditative experience, the mind naturally begins to notice "universal" qualities of experience: impermanence (anicca), unsatisfactoriness (dhkkha), and emptiness (anatta). These three - especially impermanence - are gates to spiritual freedom. It's how we relate and react to these three characteristics that determine whether we suffer or be at peace.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Fundamental Buddhist Principles 2015
2015-07-09 Fundamental Buddhist Principles 2015 2:59:01
with Bob Stahl, Kim Allen, Robert Cusick, Shaila Catherine
Buddhist tradition offers a rich tradition of wisdom teachings. This series focuses on the philosophy, principles, practices, and instructions that are fundamental to developing a meditative or Buddhist practice. It is intended as an introduction to Buddhism series, with an emphasis on the primary teachings that guide meditators to a liberating understanding of the mind, world, and life.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
2015-04-30 Mindfulness of Pain, Illness, and Death 44:11
This talk was given as part of the series “Strengthening Mindfulness.” Dukkha, or suffering, includes pain, illness, and death; yet these are inevitable visitors to our lives. It is our practice to gently turn towards what’s difficult and painful in our lives, and understand truly these human experiences. When we are mindful, we become aware that there are the bodily sensations of pain and discomfort that we may not control, and there are our mind’s reactions to these sensations that we may observe and change. Mindfulness of death can lead us to a sense of spiritual urgency, and help us to cultivate compassion for this shared experience among all human kind. This knowledge of commonality can also help us to overcome fear.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Strengthening Mindfulness
2014-05-17 With Valerie Nelson: Walking the Path Toward the End of Life 2:39:30
Insight Santa Cruz
2012-07-17 Clarifying the Mind 47:51
The Buddha likened the Five Hindrances to impurities and disturbances in a pool of water. In this talk, we examine the grosser and finer manifestations of each hindrance, down to subtle levels.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Tuesday Talks—2012
2012-01-10 Spiritual Friendships 33:20
Kalyana mitta, or spiritual friendship, is a foundation of the Buddhist path. Through examining a number of suttas related to friendship, we gain an understanding of the important qualities and ways of relating to wise friends.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Tuesday Talks—2012
2011-10-18 Understanding Dukkha 43:50
Dukkha – variously rendered as suffering, unsatisfactoriness, stress, or struggle – is one of the three marks of existence. According to the teaching on the First Noble Truth, the task related to dukkha is to understand it. This talk examines what dukkha is and is not, and offers guidelines for exploring it deeply.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Tuesday Talks—2011

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