New to this practice? Start here, with the talks that explain it from the beginning.
Where are you on the path?
Welcome. This is a home for all of Delson Armstrong's teaching: dhamma talks, retreat sessions, guided meditations and conversations, each with its transcript beside the recording. You are welcome to watch, read and listen, and to take from it whatever helps your practice. The path below is a map to read by: open it anywhere.
The path
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Laying the foundation
Refuge and precepts, the 6R's, and meeting the hindrances when the practice begins.
- Foundations 97 talks
- Beginning practice 77 talks
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The four jhanas
Joy, noble silence, happiness and equanimity, usually taught together as one stretch of the path.
- 1st jhana (joy) 36 talks
- 2nd jhana (noble silence) 26 talks
- 3rd jhana (happiness) 31 talks
- 4th jhana (equanimity) 29 talks
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The formless realms
From infinite space to neither-perception-nor-non-perception, each met with a brahmavihara.
- Infinite space / compassion 29 talks
- Infinite consciousness / empathetic joy 34 talks
- Nothingness / equanimity 40 talks
- Neither-perception-nor-non-perception 45 talks
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Cessation
The cessation of perception and feeling, and dependent origination seen.
- Cessation / DO seen 65 talks
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Awakening
Stream entry, once-returner, non-returner and arahant.
- Stream entry 45 talks
- Once-returner 7 talks
- Non-returner 11 talks
- Arahant 31 talks
Threads along the whole path
Forgiveness, daily life, dependent origination as study, the sutta series and guided meditations, to read beside any part of the path.
- Forgiveness 34 talks
- Daily life / ethics 63 talks
- Dependent origination study 138 talks
- Sutta study series 206 talks
- Guided meditations 31 talks
Start here
For someone new to the practice: what TWIM is, and the 6R's at its heart.
- Guided Loving Kindness Meditation 2 by Delson Armstrong (with Alpha Binaural Beat)
Delson leads a guided loving-kindness meditation of about thirty minutes.
- Introductory Talk on TWIM to Zen Community in Netherlands
Delson introduces TWIM, the meditation practice he teaches, and explains the brahmaviharas as a way to uplift the mind and let go of hindrances, especially ill-will.
- 14 Dec 2021 Online Retreat. Intro on how to practice and Q & A with Delson Armstrong
Delson gives the opening instructions for an online retreat: a metta practice that begins with oneself and then a living spiritual friend, with sitting and walking alternated and the six…
- Day 1 2022 April Retreat 26 May5 - Orientation / Instructions
Delson gives the opening meditation instructions for a TWIM retreat.
Questions people ask
- If experience is conditioned, what sense of agency or choice remains, and how does that fit with mindfulness and wisdom?
DO Series - Introduction and General Q&A Session18:31
- Are wanting and craving different, or is the only difference intensity?
Talk 12 -Q&A -Nibbana- Dependent Origination Conf. with Delson Armstrong-4K0:00
- How do the asavas, the roots and the defilements differ from one another?
Talk 7 -Bhava (Being) Q&A- Dependent Origination with Delson Armstrong-4K0:02
- With the topics so conceptual, what is most important for a practitioner to take from the talks?
Talk 5 -Q&A Dependent Origination Conf with Delson Armstrong0:00
- Did the Buddha's teaching on lay arahats change over time, and can lay people attain arahatship?
Final Day Q&A Day 3/3 Bandra, Mumbai Sept 2023 w/Delson Armstrong Sept 7-9, 202340:32