Shows / Tea with Mara
Tea with Mara
Audio recordings of live Dharma Talks and Meditations offered in Virtual Reality for the Together with TRIPP community, and the Two Hands Sangha by Rev. George Beecher.
Episodes
- Tea with Mara
You Can't See Me
“You Can't See Me” is a Dharma talk on labels, lineage, and letting compassion lead. We read Chapter 32 "The Finger Is Not The Moon" from Thich Nhat Hanh's Old…
- Tea with Mara
Get Into Wise Trouble
“Get Into Wise Trouble” is a Dharma talk and guided meditation on courageous, compassionate action. Inspired by a moment in Babel by R.F. Kuang, and grounded…
- Tea with Mara
The Motherly Heart
"The Motherly Heart" is a Dharma Talk and brief guided meditation in honor of Mother's Day, that talks about the full spectrum of motherly love, and explores…
- Tea with Mara
You Can't Take It With You
"You Can't Take It With You" is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation on clinging/craving. Specifically inspired by a story in the news this week about the…
Tea with MaraThe Dharma of Star Wars
"The Dharma of Star Wars" is my annual May 4th Star Wars Day Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha. We had BB-8 rolling around and chattering during our…
- Tea with Mara
Take Five and Breathe
"Take Five and Breathe" is a dharma talk on the unique timing signature of life. We want life to be in 4/4 time, but life is a jazz musician, and will throw in…
- Tea with Mara
A Quiet Place to Practice
"A Quiet Place to Practice" is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on Chapter 30 of Old Path White Clouds, discussing the five precepts for…
- Tea with Mara
We Listen And We Don't Judge
"We Listen And We Don't Judge" is a Dharma Talk and brief guided meditation that looks at how we can show up and support people when they are grieving or…
- Tea with Mara
Water Rises Fire Burns
"Water Rises Fire Burns" is a Dharma talk from Two Hands Sangha exploring the themes of Chapters 26 and 27 from Old Path White Clouds. This talk follows the…
- Tea with Mara
Karma and Coffee
"Karma and Coffee" is a Dharma talk and guided meditation exploring how the Dharma shows up in the most unexpected places—like a "Cozy Fantasy" novel (called…
- Tea with Mara
The Sangha Grows
“The Sangha Grows” is a little different from our usual episodes—this one is actually two in one. In our local sangha, we’ve been exploring the Buddha’s life…
- Tea with Mara
If It Ain't Broke...
"If It Ain't Broke..." is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation about learning to pause and reflect before leaping into action to fix something that may…
- Tea with Mara
Yasa and The Boodles
"Yasa and The Boodles" is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on the story of Yasa who gives up his life of drunken debauchery to find peace in this…
- Tea with Mara
Forgetting to Remember
“Forgetting to Remember” is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation inspired by a conversation about those moments when the mind just won’t cooperate—when…
- Tea with Mara
Relaxed Living Through Perfect Imperfection
"Relaxed Living Through Perfect Imperfection" is a Dharma Talk offered at Two Hands Sangha (and the title is a play on the Audi slogan which is explained in…
- Tea with Mara
Not To But Through
"Not To But Through" is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation inspired by a community member on how we aren't actually pushed and pulled by the past or…
- Tea with Mara
Big Wheel Keep On Turning
"Big Wheel Keep On Turning" is a dharma talk that picks up where we left off last Sunday in Two Hands Sangha, after the Buddha's awakening, when he meets his…
- Tea with Mara
Hand Me Down Habits
**Improved Promo Text**“Hand Me Down Habits” is a Dharma talk and guided meditation (32:00) exploring our generational habit energy; the conditioning and…
- Tea with Mara
In The Beninging
"In The Beninging" is a dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha which was an impromptu paraphrasing of the Buddha's origin story taking from sources such as…
- Tea with Mara
The Risks and Rewards of Trust
"The Risks and Rewards of Trust" is a dharma talk and guided meditation (31:21) addressing whether the risks of connection are worth the pain of broken trust…
- Tea with Mara
Letting Go of Foreboding Joy
"Letting Go of Foreboding Joy" is a dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha that asks "How often do we find ourselves bracing for impact just when life is at…
- Tea with Mara
Five Kinds of Joy
“Five Kinds of Joy” is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation (37:29) about something that doesn’t get nearly enough attention in Buddhist spaces—joy. It’s…
- Tea with Mara
Inviting My Younger Self To Tea
"Inviting My Younger Self To Tea" is a Dharma talk inspired by the viral TikTok trend #metmyyoungerselfforcoffee (which itself was inspired by a beautiful poem…
- Tea with Mara
Don't Borrow Tomorrow's Trouble
“Don’t Borrow Tomorrow’s Trouble” is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha inspired by some quotes from Rebecca Yarros' wildly popular book Fourth Wing…
- Tea with Mara
Facing Fear, Finding Refuge
"Facing Fear, Finding Refuge" is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation (27:56) exploring how we meet today’s uncertainties head-on…while still finding…
- Tea with Mara
Self Sabotage and Karma
“Self Sabotage and Karma” is a Dharma talk reflecting on how our unexamined actions (and inaction) create the conditions we find ourselves in—personally and…
- Tea with Mara
Tools, Not Rules
"Tools, Not Rules" is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation exploring how we engage with social media and media in general in a balanced, intentional way…
- Tea with Mara
Not Less Through Loss
“Not Less Through Loss” is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha exploring resilience, hope, and the potential for growth in the face of life’s challenges…
- Tea with Mara
The Dharma of Dianogas
“The Dharma of Dianogas” is a Dharma talk and brief guided meditation (31:25) exploring how a simple shift in awareness can soften anger, reduce stress, and…
- Tea with Mara
Nobody Said It Was Easy
"Nobody Said It Was Easy" is a Dharma talk exploring the challenges and rewards of living with integrity. We dive into why the Noble Path isn’t the…
- Tea with Mara
The Threefold Training
“The Threefold Training” is a dharma talk and guided meditation (33:04) on how to cultivate ethics, concentration, and wisdom for a more stable and…
- Tea with Mara
Information, Knowledge, and Knowing
"Information, Knowledge, and Knowing" is a dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on the difference between these things, and how to help stay safe and sane…
- Tea with Mara
Where Once I was Blind
"Where Once I Was Blind" is a Dharma talk and guided meditation inspired by my experience of getting eyeglasses I've needed for 20 years or more, which led me…
- Tea with Mara
NYEEE 2024 Intention Setting Ceremony
"NYEEE 2024 Intention Setting Ceremony" is the Two Hands Sangha dharma talk portion of our 2024 New Years Eve Eve Eve Intention Setting Ceremony! It was a…
- Tea with Mara
We Know The Way
"We Know The Way" is a dharma talk and brief guided meditation that draws on the wisdom of The Buddha, with a little help from Einstein and Moana, to help us…
- Tea with Mara
Reflections Of The Way Life Used To Be
"Reflections Of The Way Life Used To Be" is a dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on the topic of reflection. Looking back at our year using mindfulness…
- Tea with Mara
What The Hell Am I
"What The Hell Am I" is a Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation on practicing with sickness. When we’re feeling unwell the Buddha reminds us that sickness is part…
- Tea with Mara
The Acorn And The Oak
"The Acorn And The Oak" is a dharma talk and brief guided meditation on the topic of Interconnectedness, or Interbeing, in a very broad accessible way. I've…
- Tea with Mara
Unwrapping Vulnerability and Boundaries
"Unwrapping Vulnerability and Boundaries" is a dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on Bodhi Day exploring how to find balance between being open-hearted…
- Tea with Mara
Pain And The Brain
"Pain And The Brain" is a dharma talk and brief guided meditation on various kinds of pain and how the dharma can help us work with them. We talk about meeting…
- Tea with Mara
The Grateful Heart (The Lost Episode)
"The Grateful Heart (The Lost Episode)" is a Dharma talk and guided meditation (30:20) offered on 11/28/24 in Virtual Reality. This talk was lost during…
- Tea with Mara
Survive And Thrive For The Holidays
“Survive And Thrive For The Holidays” is a dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha about how the holiday season can be a time of joy and connection—but also…
- Tea with Mara
Mindfulness Is A Hoe
"Mindfulness Is A Hoe" is a dharma talk on a community question last week of how to work with worry and anxiety related to situations where we are so worried…
- Tea with Mara
Trust Begins When Actions Match Words
"Trust Begins When Actions Match Words" is a dharma talk and short meditation (35:30) on Trust. We explore the nature of trust—what it means, how it is built…
- Tea with Mara
There In The Balanced Engagedness
"There in the Balanced “Engagedness” takes a deeper look at equanimity and clears up some common misunderstandings. Often thought of as passive or detached, we…
- Tea with Mara
Love The Actor, Fight The Action
"Love The Actor, Fight The Action" wraps up a series of a few talks about where we might find ourselves these days with the world in such upheaval. Last week…
- Tea with Mara
Holding Space With Grace
"Holding Space With Grace" is a dharma talk offered at the Two Hands Sangha based on a community member question. It also dovetails nicely off of the last…
- Tea with Mara
Times Like These
"Times Like These" is a dharma talk and guided meditation (28:15) on giving yourself permission to sit with whatever you're feeling right now, knowing that…
- Tea with Mara
Waiting To Exhale
"Waiting To Exhale" is a Dharma Talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on the topics of coping with the stress we create around impending outcomes, and the way we…
- Tea with Mara
Harmless, Harmed, Harmful, Heedful
"Harmless, Harmed, Harmful, Heedful" is a Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation on this 2024 Halloween about the infamous serial killer from the Buddha's time…
- Tea with Mara
It Takes Two To Tango
"It Takes Two To Tango" is a dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on the topic of strong fixed views, particularly when they are mired in delusion, and how…
- Tea with Mara
Now I Know What I Got
"Now I Know What I Got" is a lyric from a Cinderella song...but more importantly it's a Dharma talk and guided meditation (31:49) on the topic of moving from…
- Tea with Mara
Need A Little Patience
"Need A Little Patience" is a Dharma Talk offered at Two Hands Sangha, about patience. More specifically, about learning to rest in the moment, and let wisdom…
- Tea with Mara
Sustaining Generosity
"Sustaining Generosity" is a Dharma talk on the topic of generosity and all it's aspects, with a (rare for me) focus on the financial aspect as it has become a…
- Tea with Mara
Come Together, Right Now
"Come Together, Right Now" is a dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on conflict and difficulty in community and how to address it. We draw advice from the…
- Tea with Mara
What's The Difference?
"What's The Difference" is a Dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on the topic of "The Whole Mass of Suffering" sutta (MN13). We read the sutta and discuss…
- Tea with Mara
Be A Lantern
"Be A Lantern" is a Dharma Talk and guided meditation (30:46) on the topics of our personal practice and the community. It seems as though the world is…
- Tea with Mara
Managing Overwhelm
"Managing Overwhelm" is a Dharma talk and guided meditation on how to relate to overwhelming stress and discomfort when life seems to be too much. We see this…
- Tea with Mara
Tying It All Together
"Tying It All Together" is a Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation (GM starts at 33:48) on the Five Precepts and how a simple piece of rope can teach us the…
Tea with MaraReflecting On Room Of Mirrors
"Reflecting On Room of Mirrors" is exactly that. A dharma talk and guided meditation (28:30) based on the lyrics of the Metallica song, from their 72 Seasons…