AudioDharma: Diana Clark's most recent dharma talks
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Dharma talks given by Gil Fronsdal and various guest speakers at the Insight Meditation Center. Each talk illuminates aspects of the Buddha's teachings. The purpose is the same that the Buddha had for his teachings, to guide us toward the end of suffering and the attainment of freedom. To learn more about the Insight Meditation Center, visit our website at https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/.
Episodes
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Happiness That Doesn't Have to Be Ours
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.11.09 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/....
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A Different Kind of Safety
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.11.02 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/rRaN1JvHeEQ. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider...
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Dharmette: The Safety of Seeing Clearly
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.10.21 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/....
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Practice Notes: Gripping and Opening
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.10.21 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/....
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What Do We Really Want?
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.10.19 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/wbxFJAoHrGM. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors...
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Knowing the Edge of What We Know
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.10.05 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* This talk explores the wisdom of recognizing the limits of what we know, distinguishing genuine uncertainty from an unwillingness to see uncomfortable truths, and discovering through...
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One Arrangement Becomes Another
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.28 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Drawing on Jane Hirshfield’s poem Two Kerosene Lanterns, this talk explores how clinging to fixed ideas of who we are creates suffering, and how recognizing our resistance to change can...
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Keeping Practice Connected to What Matters
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.21 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Drawing on the Buddha’s teachings about wise reflection, this talk explores how periodically examining our motivations and what we are cultivating through meditation can help us adjust…
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Freer in Relationship to Emotions
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.20 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/lWJ__1Anbo0. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider...
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Dharmette: Deepening Practice (5/5): Letting Change Teach Us
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.18 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Drawing on the Meghiya Sutta, this talk explores how directly experiencing the arising and passing away of phenomena deepens wisdom, transforms our relationship to difficulties, and...
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Guided Meditation: Letting Change Show Itself
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.18 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/2e4oECsZGv8?feature=share. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk,...
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Dharmette: Deepening Practice (4/5): Our Part in Practice
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.17 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Drawing on the Meghiya Sutta, this talk explores how steady, wise effort helps deepen meditation practice by cultivating wholesome qualities, letting go of unhelpful habits, and...
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Guided Meditation: Gently Inclining the Mind
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.17 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/hZh-VYdsaNw?feature=share. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk,...
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Practice Notes: Before Responding
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.16 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/....
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Dharmette: Practicing Patience
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.16 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/....
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Dharmette: Deepening Practice (3/5); Conversations that Open the Heart
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.16 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Drawing on the Meghiya Sutta, this talk explores how conversations can deepen our practice by challenging assumptions, opening new perspectives, and helping us move toward greater...
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Guided Meditation: Becoming Receptive
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.16 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/15ztT0Dp9Zc. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider...
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Guided Meditation: Feeling Supported
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.15 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/tYiAbb-ZMlI?si=jCwdKHUyox23wol-. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this...
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Dharmette: Deepening Practice (2 of 5): Living Life with Care
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.15 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Drawing on the Meghiya Sutta, this talk explores how ethical living deepens meditation practice by helping us recognize unhelpful habits of mind, refrain from reinforcing them, and bring...
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Guided Meditation: Touching the Wish to Not Harm
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.15 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/xTc_EGy7MPQ. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider...
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Dharmette: Deepening Practice (1 of 5): Spiritual Friendship
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.14 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Drawing on the Meghiya Sutta, this talk explores how spiritual friendship and practicing with others can deepen meditation, offer fresh perspectives when we feel stuck, and support us…
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The Doorways We May Not Notice
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.09.07 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Inspired by Rosemerry Trommer’s poem How It Is Now, this talk explores how noticing the small doorways of everyday life can help us move beyond habitual reactions and discover new...
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Pushing the Rock Up the Hill?
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.07.27 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Inspired by a poem by Rosemerry Trommer, this talk explores how to distinguish effort rooted in care from struggles fueled by identity, comparison, and control—and what might become...
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Knowing Knowing
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.07.20 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Shifting attention to the simple act of knowing breaks us free from reactive stories, without turning awareness into something new to cling to. ******* Video of this talk is available…
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Mindfulness as Coming Alive to Life
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.07.06 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Practicing mindfulness is like learning to gently listen to our lives, helping us step out of our busy thoughts and step into the richness of the present moment. ******* Video of this…
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Frameworks for Understanding Experience
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.29 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Recognizing unhelpful mind states through practical frameworks breaks us free from reactive stories, allowing wisdom to reduce suffering. ******* Video of this talk is available at:...
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When Measuring Becomes Me-ing
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.15 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Comparing ourselves to others—whether as superior, inferior, or equal—only serves to construct an unstable identity and reinforce separation; recognizing this habit opens the door to...
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Dharmette: When Life Doesn't Obey Us (5/5): Other People Are Not Ours to Control
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.12 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* This final talk in the series When Life Doesn't Obey Us explores how our desire to change other people—even when rooted in genuine care—can become a source of distress, and how letting…
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Guided Meditation: We Cannot Make Their Choices for Them
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.12 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/GX1e9tC6Wr0?feature=share. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk,...
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Dharmette: When Life Does Not Obey Us (4/5): The Moment is Always Moving
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.11 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* As part of the series When Life Doesn't Obey Us, this talk explores how recognizing that each moment is continually changing can transform our relationship to uncertainty…
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Guided Meditation: Meeting the Moment That is Already Here
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.11 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/wJf7As03ouk?feature=share. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk,...
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Dharmette: When Life Does Not Obey Us (3/5): Thoughts Think Themselves
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.10 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* This third talk in the series When Life Doesn't Obey Us explores how recognizing that thoughts arise from causes and conditions, rather than our conscious control, can help us relate to...
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Guided Meditation: Noticing Thoughts Arise
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.10 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/8yecMJcLBzk. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider...
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Dharmette: When Life Does Not Obey Us (2/5): Caring For What We Cannot Control
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.09 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* This second talk in the series When Life Doesn't Obey Us explores how recognizing that our bodies are continually changing and beyond our full control can help us shift from resisting...
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Guided Meditation: Meeting the Body with Care
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.09 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/faIzJxascmY. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider...
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Listening for What's Beneath the Suffering
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* When we listen beneath the surface of our discomfort, we often discover impossible expectations—like wanting perfect control or absolute certainty. ******* Video of this talk is…
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Dharmette: When Life Does not Obey Us (1/5); Comfort Comes and Goes
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* This first talk in the series When Life Doesn't Obey Us explores how noticing the impermanence of comfort and discomfort can help us release the expectation that life should always feel...
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Guided Meditation: Being With the Coming and Going of Comfort
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.08 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/tKowCXuKMl8?si=BxaClLSPeeHP4Pn8. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this...
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Dharmette: Listening to this Moment
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.03 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/....
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Practice Notes: Mindfulness as Less Managing, More Listening
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.03 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/....
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Supports for Practice: Aspiration, Trust, Courage
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.06.01 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Exploring how aspiration, trust, and courage nurture our practice offers a sustainable alternative to sheer willpower. ******* Video of this talk is available at:...
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Impermanence and Uncertainty
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.05.25 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* This talk explores how opening to change, uncertainty, and endings can support letting go and greater freedom ******* Video of this talk is available at:...
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Being a Refuge for Others
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.05.19 at the Big Springs Retreat Center in Sierra City, CA. ******* Refuge Broad and Deep (2026-05-13 00:00:00 -0700) ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma…
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Mindfulness of Emotions using the RAFT tool
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.05.16 at the Big Springs Retreat Center in Sierra City, CA. ******* Refuge Broad and Deep (2026-05-13 00:00:00 -0700) ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma…
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Mindfulness of Breathing & walking instructions
This talk was given by Kim Allen and Diana Clark on 2026.05.14 at the Big Springs Retreat Center in Sierra City, CA. ******* Original venue from app: BSRC ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a...
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Disenchantment
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.05.11 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* This talk explores how seeing clearly what does and does not truly satisfy can soften our seeking and open the way to letting go and freedom. ******* Video of this talk is available at:...
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Dharmette: Creating Conditions for Peace
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.05.06 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/....
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Practice Notes: Simply Becoming Available
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.05.06 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/....
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Control and Surrender
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.05.04 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* This talk explores the shift from trying to control the moment to allowing the moment to change us. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/vKRvX8Guc7s....
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From Judgment to Discernment
This talk was given by Diana Clark on 2026.04.27 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* This talk explores the difference between judgment and discernment, and how seeing experience clearly without turning it into a fixed identity can support greater ease and freedom.…
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Dharma talks given by Gil Fronsdal and various guest speakers at the Insight Meditation Center. Each talk illuminates aspects of the Buddha's teachings. The purpose is the same that the Buddha had for his teachings, to guide us toward the end of suffering and the attainment of freedom. To learn more about the Insight Meditation Center, visit our website at https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/.
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