Talks and Meditations with Videos
A collection of all of Tara’s talks and meditations that include videos.
Also view Tara Talks – a web series of short videos from the full-length recordings.
Trusting the Gold (retreat talk)
When we are unaware of the emotions and beliefs that shape our experience, we are in a trance characterized by an identity as a separate, incomplete self. Trance obscures the...
“Play a Greater Part” – Part 2 – Bodhisattva for Our Times
During scary and uncertain times, the habitual reflex is to try to find ground by creating stories about what’s happening and hardening into us-them blame. This only perpetuates...
“Play a Greater Part” – Part 1 – Bodhisattva for Our Times
During scary and uncertain times, the habitual reflex is to try to find ground by creating stories about what’s happening and hardening into us-them blame. This only perpetuates...
The Wings of Awakening – Self-Honesty & Love (retreat talk)
We evolve our consciousness by bringing a clear and kind attention to the tangles of suffering. This talk explores how the "second arrow" of self-judgment imprisons us in...
Awakening Consciousness in Shadowy Times – Part 2
Awakening Consciousness in Shadowy Times - Part 2 - The shadow is the unfaced, unlived fears and emotional pain in our individual and collective psyche. When not brought into...
Awakening Consciousness in Shadowy Times (Part 1)
Awakening Consciousness in Shadowy Times - Part 1 On both individual and societal levels, suffering arises from the unseen, unfelt parts of our psyche. This talk looks at two...
Seeking What’s True – Within Ourselves, Beyond Our Self, With Each Other – (Part 3 of 3)
Seeking What’s True – Within Ourselves, Beyond Our Self, With Each Other – (Part 3 of 3) The ground of the spiritual path is realizing the nature of reality and living our lives...
Seeking What’s True – Within Ourselves, Beyond Our Self, With Each Other – (Part 2 of 3)
Seeking What’s True - Within Ourselves, Beyond Our Self, With Each Other - (Part 2 of 3) The ground of the spiritual path is realizing the nature of reality and living our lives...
Seeking What’s True – Within Ourselves, Beyond Our Self, With Each Other – (Part 1 of 3)
Seeking What’s True - Within Ourselves, Beyond Our Self, With Each Other - (Part 1 of 3) The ground of the spiritual path is realizing the nature of reality and living our lives...
Spiritual Empowerment ~ “A Heart That is Ready for Anything”
Spiritual Empowerment ~ "A Heart That is Ready for Anything" ~ When we are trying to control life, we are removed from presence, and act in ways that separate us from others and...
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