Audio Dharma Talks
by John M. Travis

Biography
John has practiced vipassana meditation since 1969. Since 1986, he has been the primary teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation Center. His work and teaching have been very important in the growth and development of Buddhism and meditation in the Northern Sierra Nevada region. His background includes many years of training both in Asia and in the United States with recognized masters of Buddhism, including the Tibetan, Thai and Burmese traditions. He has been a teacher at Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, CA, since 1987. John is married and has children.

Talks
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Loveland, Colorado - May 2007

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Metta Meditation
05/04/07
19:33
Metta Meditation 05/05/07
17:36
Metta Meditation
05/07/07
14:57
Metta Meditation
05/08/07
10:46
Metta Meditations 1
05/09/07
16:50
Metta Meditations 2
05/09/07
19:44
Metta Meditations 3
05/09/07
10:40
Metta Meditations 4
05/09/07
23:19

Nevada City, CA - April 2007

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Deepening Practice
04/30/07
33:38

Reno, Nevada - April 2007

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7 Factors of Enlightenment
04/28/07
40:40

Jackson Hole , April 2007

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Mirror Image
04/14/07
43:44
Embodiment 04/15/07
53:59
7 Factors of Enlightenment
04/16/07
48:26
The Refuge's
04/17/07
48:04
The Self and Who We Are
04/18/07
51:32
Karma
04/19/07
53:10
Instructions Using the Body
04/20/07
30:17
The Noble Eight Fold Path
04/21/07
59:07

Shasta Lake, February 2007

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The Difficult
02/12/07
59:34
Towards the Void 02/13/07
59:32
Valentine's Day
02/14/07
46:16
Cosmology of Karma
02/15/07
46:13
The Path
02/17/07
54:45

January 2007

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Dharma Humor & Emptiness
01/15/07
39:18
Anicca 01/22/07
40:45
Three Jewels
01/23/07
48:08

Jackson Hole , October 2006

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Four Truths
10/07/06
55:16
Body 10/08/06
1:03:52
Mara's Trance
10/09/06
56:55
Self Acceptance & Practice
10/10/06
56:40
Karma
10/11/06
59:41
Two Truths / Death
10/12/06
1:08:33
Dependent Co-arising
10/13/06
53:24
Working the Heart
10/14/06
48:33
Ending Retreat
10/15/06
36:58

 

Origin, July 2005

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Settling In
7/25/05
40:04
Through The Body
7/26/05
42:16
Welcoming The Difficulties
7/27/05
55:19
Turning Out Towards Deeper Water
7/28/05
51:37
Metta
7/29/05
13:46

Nevada City, June 2005
On the Cushion/Off the Cushion
Dr. Thynn Thynn

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In The Moment
6/17/05
45:28
Likes and Dislikes
6/18/05
51:58
Judgement - Rational vs. Irrational
6/19/05
55:03
Three Filters - 1
6/20/05
50:21
Three Filters - 2
6/21/05
1:00:43

Monday Night Talks, April 2005

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Devotion & Pilgrimage 4/25/05
49:35

Jackson Wyoming, April 2005

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View - 4 Ways
4/9/05
44:24
Body
4/10/05
52:08
Hindrance
4/11/05
55:53
Insight
4/12/05
56:25
One Taste - Talk 1
4/13/05
49:04
One Taste - Talk 2
4/14/05
49:48
Ordinariness
4/15/05
54:45
Sound Meditation
4/15/05
41:19
Big Mind
4/17/05
37:01

Shasta Lake, February 2005

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The Four Nobel Truths
2/5/05
41:19
Embodiment
2/6/05
45:01
Knowing Our Difficulties - 1
2/7/05
47:27
Knowing Our Difficulties - 2
2/8/05
46:29
Three Characteristics
2/9/05
1:02:38
Seeing Clearly
2/10/05
47:10
Wheel of Life
2/11/05
55:02

Coram Ranch, January 2005

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Fear as a Basis for Practice 1/31/05
40:23

Sun Valley Idaho Retreat, January 2005

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Dying & The Open Question
1/24/05
56:12
Difficulty & The Unconditioned
1/25/05
51:34
Faith
1/25/05
33:13

Indiana, November 2004

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The Bottom Line
11/6/04
47:06
Waking Through The Body
11/7/04
57:46
Difficulties
11/8/04
54:45
War and Metta
11/9/04
52:34
Rainbow and Practices - 1
11/10/04
1:03:01
Rainbow and Practices - 2
11/11/04

57:47

Jackson Wyoming Retreat, October 2004

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Mind Heart Scrub
10/2/04
41:23
Meditation of Embodiment
10/3/04
53:08
Devotion & The Awakened Heart
10/5/04
47:09
Spiritual Immediacy
10/6/04
53:48
Renunciation & Joy
10/7/04
57:23
Precious Human Birth
10/8/04
53:12
Meditating With Sound
10/8/04
34:30
The Path in the World
10/9/04
55:17
Coming Out of Retreat
10/9/04

27:09

Vajrapani, August 2004

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Challenging the Difficulties
8/9/04
56:45
Beyond the Struggle
8/12/04
54:11

Origin California Retreat, July 2004

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Refuges, Precepts & Overview
7/23/04
34:18
Facing the Problem
Junk vs. Freedom
7/24/04
39:25
Reclaiming the Body
7/25/04
45:59
Opening the Black Bag
7/26/04
51:14
Transcendence vs. Transformation
7/27/04
54:57
The 5 Spiritual Faculties
7/28/04
27:51
The 3 Characteristics of Phenomena
7/29/04
18:11
Big Mind Meditation
7/29/04
40:08
The Wisdom Factor
7/30/04
1:00:51
The Eightfold Noble Path
7/31/04
52:46
The Art of Conducting Ourselves
in the World
7/31/04
38:18

Spirit Rock, November 2002

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Mindfulness and Metta 11/27/02
49:21