Talks from 2024
Retreats and series
- Japan Retreat, December 2023 6 talks
- Dependent Origination Conference 2023 17 talks
- Eightfold Path series (2024) 8 talks
- Dependent Origination series (2024) 8 talks
- Zoom Retreat, September 2024 2 talks
- October 2024 Retreat 2 talks
Every talk, newest first
- Ep280: I Renounce My Attainments - Delson Armstrong
In this interview on the Guru Viking podcast, Delson explains his written declaration that he renounces all claims to specific spiritual attainments, including the four-stage path from…
- Oct 19,2024 Retreat: Last Day Talk w/Delson Armstrong
Delson closes a retreat by presenting sila (ethical living) as the foundation for meditation and explaining karma as the mind's immediate response to actions.
- Oct 2024 Retreat: Orientation-Day 1 Metta Instructions Oct 11, 2024
Delson gives an orientation talk for an October 2024 retreat, mainly about intention rather than technique.
- Wrapping Up Sept 2024 Zoom Retreat With Delson Armstrong: The Final Discussion!
Delson closes a Zoom retreat with a short talk and then takes questions.
- Guided Metta Meditation -Beginner-Excellent TWIM Starter 30 min
Delson leads a 30-minute guided loving-kindness (metta) meditation as an introduction to the TWIM approach.
- Sept 2024 TWIM Retreat Orientation: Metta Instructions with a Guided Meditation and Instructions.
Delson leads a guided loving-kindness (metta) meditation for participants of a TWIM retreat, then gives orientation instructions for the retreat.
- Guided Meditation 6 sets 6 -Unique Way of letting go of the links
Delson leads a guided meditation that uses his abbreviated version of the six sets of six from MN148, which he names as the sutta behind it.
- DO Series - Guided Meditation 6 sets 6 & Nibbana Explained
Delson guides a short meditation: loving-kindness to settle the mind, then an abbreviated version of the six sets of six from MN 148, moving through eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind…
- DO Series - The Link of CRAVING/TANHA
Delson explains craving (tanha) as the link in dependent origination that follows feeling and is bridged by the underlying tendencies.
- DO Series - The Link of CLINGING or UPADANA
Delson continues his series on dependent origination with the link of clinging (upadana), which he explains as the "because" that rationalises why we crave, reject or identify with…
- DO Series - The Link of BHAVA-BEING-BECOMING
Delson continues his dependent origination series by explaining bhava (existence, becoming, habitual tendencies) as the link that sits between clinging and the birth of action.
- DO Series - Jati -the link of Birth -Realms of existence
Delson explains jati as classification, drawing on the Aggañña Sutta to show that people are classed by their deeds rather than by birth.
- DO Series - Dukkha -the link of Suffering -The Delson Bot Introduced
Delson opens by demonstrating the Delson Bot, an AI chatbot built on his teachings, and promotes an AMA session.
- How To Know If You Are Awakened (with Delson Armstrong)
Delson Armstrong answers questions about awakening, which he describes as seeing experience in a less personal way so that the sticky sense of "me" and "mine" loosens, even if everyday…
- I ask Delson Armstrong about perceiving awareness; consciousness(es) and Abhidhamma
Delson answers an audience question on how awareness (vinnana) is perceived and how to investigate consciousness, including mano and citta.
- DO Series - Introduction and General Q&A Session
Delson explains how his dependent origination booklets came about: a 2021 writing project that grew out of online retreats, with a planned later volume on the path.
- Guided Meditation -Letting go of the 5 Aggregates with Delson Armstrong at the DO Conf.
Delson leads a guided meditation that opens with loving-kindness toward oneself and then radiates it in all directions, from the room out to the world and beyond.
- On Retreat -Delson talks to the meditators at the Solar Eclipse Retreat
This is a question-and-answer session at a retreat where Delson answers questions from meditators.
- The link of Birth or Jati; "The Dependent Origination Series!" with Delson Armstrong
Delson reads from his booklet on jati, the link of birth in dependent origination (SN 12.11), and explains birth at cosmic, moment-to-moment and everyday levels.
- Is Reality A Projection? (Delson Armstrong)
Delson responds to a question about whether reality is a projection of the mind, and he treats the two readings of that idea as different perspectives on the same experience.
- Meditation Master On How To Practice Intuition (Delson Armstrong)
Delson describes a simple exercise for developing intuition: pose a question to the mind about a meditation block or a life decision, then leave it and go about the day until an answer…
- The Dance of Attention - Infusing Awareness
This short talk, which is largely a narrator's account of a conversation with Delson Armstrong at a Mumbai restaurant, presents attention as the most valuable thing we can give and a…
- What Are Siddhis? Meditation Master Explains (Delson Armstrong) #consciousness
Delson explains that siddhis, the accomplishments or psychic abilities described in the Yoga Sutras, Buddhist texts and other Indian philosophies, come from the Sanskrit root siddh…
- What is Nirodha-samāpatti (Delson Armstrong)
Delson explains nirodha-samapatti, usually translated as the cessation of perception, feeling and consciousness, in which concepts, bare sensations and awareness all stop.
- Forgiveness Meditation Instructions
Delson gives instructions for a forgiveness meditation.
- Forgiveness Meditation Instructions - Short
Delson gives short instructions for a forgiveness meditation.
- Forgiveness Meditation - Zoom Talk by Delson Armstrong
Delson Armstrong teaches the forgiveness practice as taught in the Suttavada and Damasuka tradition, using the statement "I forgive myself for not understanding" repeated quietly, then…
- What is the (Ariya) Jhana? What is Right Samadhi?
Delson explains the meaning of sammasamadhi, or right collectedness, by breaking down the word samadhi and its link to Nibbana.
- What are the (Ariya) Jhanas? What is Right Samadhi?
Delson explains right samadhi, or right collectedness (sama samadhi), as the samadhi that is proper because it leads to Nibbana.
- Delson's 5th Talk on the 8 fold path-Right Collectedness-Jhana-Nibbana
Delson explains right collectedness (samma samadhi) as the eighth path factor, following from right view through right mindfulness, and as the step that leads toward nibbana.
- Delson's 4th Talk on the 8 fold path: Right Mindfulness-Smrti????
Delson continues his eightfold path series with a talk on right effort and right mindfulness (sati), explaining how the 6R's express right effort and how sati means remembering to observe…
- Delson's 4th Talk on the 8 fold path-Right Mindfulness
Delson teaches right effort as the heart of the path and connects it to the 6R's, then explains right mindfulness (sati) as remembering to observe how attention moves between objects.
- 3 Right Action 8 fold path series w/Delson Armstrong
Delson explains the three factors of sila on the Eightfold Path: right speech, right action and right livelihood.
- Talk 13 -Closing Talk- Dependent Origination Conf. with Delson Armstrong
Delson closes a multi-day dependent origination event by urging participants to see the links of dependent origination in everyday life, citing MN28, where Sariputta says that one who sees…
- Talk 10 -Transcendental DO- Dependent Origination Conf. with Delson Armstrong-4K
Delson works through transcendental dependent origination, reading from SN 12.23 (the Upanisa Sutta), and explains how its links run from suffering to the destruction of the taints.
- Talk 12 -Q&A -Nibbana- Dependent Origination Conf. with Delson Armstrong-4K
Delson answers questions after a talk on cessation (nirodha), Nibbana and dependent origination.
- Talk 11 -Nirodha and Nibbana- Dependent Origination Conf. with Delson Armstrong-4K
Delson gives a final talk on nirodha (cessation) and Nibbana, reading from several suttas: SN 41.6 and 41.7, AN 10.6 and 10.7, Iti 44, and an excerpt from DN 11.
- Meditation Master Achieves Human Hibernation (Delson Armstrong)
Delson talks about nirodha, a cessation state entered by intention and ended at a set time, and about early research suggesting that long sessions lower heart rate, metabolism and blood…
- Delson's 2nd talk: 8 Fold Path Series-Right Intention
Delson explains right intention (sammasankappa) as the second factor of the Noble Eightfold Path, working from the Pali and from MN 117.
- Talk 9 -Kamma and Consciousness - Dependent Origination Conf. with Delson Armstrong-4K
Delson explains karma as intention and action, the energy that drives the wheel of dependent origination, and argues that the five aggregates are themselves inherited karma with no one who…
- Delson Armstrong 8 Fold Path Series - Right Intention
Delson explains right intention (sammasankappa) as resolve or wholesome determination, grounded in right view and developed through renunciation, non-ill will and non-cruelty.
- Delson Armstrong 8 Fold Path Series - Right View
Delson opens a study series on the Eightfold Path with right view (samma ditthi), using MN117 (the Mahacattarisaka Sutta) as his source.
- Talk 8 -Upadana (Clinging) - Dependent Origination Conf. with Delson Armstrong-4K
Delson explains upadana (clinging) as the link of dependent origination that follows craving.
- What Exactly is the Deep End of Meditation? | Delson Armstrong
Delson Armstrong describes his own path, from hatha yoga as a teenager through Himalayan training, Kriya, Tibetan practices and metta to TWIM.
- Delson's 1st talk: 8 Fold Path Series-RIGHT VIEW
Delson opens a series on the Eightfold Path by explaining that the path is the fourth noble truth and that right effort runs through all of its factors.
- Dependent Origination 2023 - Day 4 Birth
Delson explains that birth, jati, in the chain of dependent origination means coming into existence or being classified into a type of being, and that it has nothing to do with caste.
- Talk 7 -Bhava (Being) Q&A- Dependent Origination with Delson Armstrong-4K
Delson Armstrong answers participants' questions in a Q&A on bhava (being) within a dependent origination series.
- Talk 6 -Bhava (Being) - Dependent Origination with Delson Armstrong-4K
Delson Armstrong teaches bhava (becoming or existence), the link of dependent origination just before karmic action is produced.
- Dependent Origination 2023 - Day 3 Dukkha
Delson explains dukkha as the unsatisfactory, unstable nature of conditioned existence, using the etymology of su and du with ka (stability) and the image of an off-balance chariot wheel.
- Talk 5 -Q&A Dependent Origination Conf with Delson Armstrong
Delson Armstrong answers questions at the close of a course on dependent origination.
- Talk 4 -Jati (Birth) Dependent Origination with Delson Armstrong-4K
Delson explains jati (birth), the second link of dependent origination.
- Talk 3 -Dukkha (Suffering) Dependent Origination Conf. with Delson Armstrong
Delson explains dukkha as the unsatisfactory, unstable nature of conditioned existence, using the etymology of sukha and dukkha and the chariot-axle image.
- Samadhi explained from renown meditator Delson Armstong #shorts #consciousness
Delson explains samadhi as an umbrella word that can mean an altered state or a state of collectedness, and says its levels overlap with the jhanas.
- Day 1/Talk 1 Introduction to Dependent Origination at the DO Conf. with Delson Armstrong
Delson introduces a dependent origination symposium that is rooted in the suttas.
- Dependent Origination Symposium 2023 with Ācariya Delson Armstrong - Talk #1 Introduction
Delson introduces a dependent origination symposium and a meditation based on DN14 and MN147, in which the practitioner begins with loving-kindness and then contemplates the five…
- Guided Meditation -Letting go of the 5 Aggregates with Delson Armstrong at the DO Conference
Delson leads a guided meditation that begins with loving-kindness, first to oneself, then radiated outward in each direction and through the realms until it fills the room, the city and…
- The Path to Unconditional Freedom with Meditation Master Delson Armstrong
Delson describes his path from Hatha yoga at 13 through Himalayan study, Kriya Yoga and other mystical traditions to teaching TWIM and the 6R's within Suttavada.
- Day 7 8 Fold Path- Japan Retreat Dec 2023
Delson explains the Noble Eightfold Path as the fourth noble truth and as a practical lifestyle, going through each factor from right view to right collectedness.
- Day 5 Five Aggregates- Japan Retreat Dec 2023
Delson explains the five aggregates as heaps of experience and shows how each one (form, feeling, perception, formations, consciousness) is impermanent, dependently arisen and not self.
- Day 8 Upanisa Sutta - The Path to NIbbana- Japan Retreat Dec 2023
Delson walks through the transcendental links of dependent origination from the Upanisa Sutta (SN 12.23), asking how suffering leads to a path out and to the total cessation of suffering.
- Day 4 Jhanas Cont.- Japan Retreat Dec 2023
Delson continues his talk on the jhanas by moving from the form jhanas into the formless attainments, which he calls ayatanas and treats as extensions of the fourth jhana: infinite space…
- Day 3 Enlightenment Factors & Jhana- Japan Retreat Dec 2023
Delson explains the seven enlightenment factors (mindfulness, investigation of states, energy, joy, tranquility, collectedness and equanimity) as qualities that arise naturally when…
- Day 2 First Day Blues Japan Retreat Dec 2023
Delson explains the five hindrances on the second day of a retreat, which he calls the "first day blues." He describes each hindrance (sensual craving, aversion, restlessness and remorse…