Gullu Singh's most recent Dharma talks (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

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Categories: Religion, Spirituality, Buddhism

Gulwinder “Gullu” Singh is a corporate real estate attorney who regularly teaches both secular and Buddhist classes and groups at InsightLA and at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, has taught mindfulness at the University of Southern California and has been a guest lecturer on mindfulness at UCLA Law School. Although he was exposed to meditation as a child, he found his own practice when he started his legal career, working at firms where the mindsets where insane and as a result, the job was extremely stressful. Gullu spends several weeks per year teaching silent meditation retreats and has done over 200 nights of s...

Episodes

Gullu Singh: Cittanupassana (Contemplation of the Mind)

Oct 19, 2025

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Meditation & Dharma Talk

Duration: 01:12:37

Gullu Singh: Obstacles on the Path: Sense Desire & Aversion (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Sep 16, 2025

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Talk Synopsis: Clearing the Poisons – Greed and Aversion This talk explores how the Buddha’s teachings on dukkha and the three unwholesome roots—greed, aversion, and delusion—relate to the common mental obstacles that arise in meditation and daily life. Framed through the lens of the five hindrances, the talk looks closely at how these energies obscure attention and contribute to suffering. The talk includes a practical discussion of temperament—how some of us tend more toward craving, others toward irritation or confusion—and how understanding these patterns can support clarity and compassion. Rather than trying to get rid o...

Duration: 00:55:51

Gullu Singh: Widening the Scope (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Jun 24, 2025

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Gullu reviews focused awareness and expands the frame to include feeling tone, hindrances, and thoughts and emotions.

Duration: 00:55:12

Gullu Singh: Appreciative Metta Body Scan (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Jun 23, 2025

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) A body scan mediation practice to strengthen the capacity to sense in to various parts of the body and connect with sensation with an added twist of appreciating each part of the body and wishing it well.

Duration: 00:44:11

Gullu Singh: When the Buddha was Afraid

Jun 18, 2025

(Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)

Duration: 00:45:58

Gullu Singh: Guided Meditation

May 19, 2025

(Big Bear Retreat Center)

Duration: 00:45:52

Gullu Singh: One Arrow is Plenty, Thanks

May 18, 2025

(Big Bear Retreat Center) Gullu explores Vendana (Hedonic Tone) which is a central and vital Buddhist teaching and the speaks about the Sallata Sutta which explores how we make our suffering worse with resistance, seeking pleasure to cover over the pain, and over-identifying with pain. Sutta text can be found at: https://links.gullusingh.com/8d6c9a

Duration: 00:39:49

Gullu Singh: Appreciative Body Scan

May 17, 2025

(Big Bear Retreat Center)

Duration: 00:43:29

Gullu Singh: Breathing in Experiencing the Whole Body

May 17, 2025

(Big Bear Retreat Center)

Duration: 00:48:04

Gullu Singh: "There is no Self - the Granddaddy of all Fake Buddha Quotes"

May 04, 2025

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Meditation & Dharma Talk

Duration: 01:13:12

Gullu Singh: When the Buddha was Afraid: The Attadanda Sutta

Feb 09, 2025

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Duration: 01:04:53

Gullu Singh: Brahmavihara Practices (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Jan 14, 2025

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Duration: 00:41:22

Gullu Singh: Morning Instructions Day 4 - Introducing the Neutral Person (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Jan 14, 2025

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this guided meditation we expand the sphere of Mettā from Self, Benefactor and Friend to also include the neutral person. This is the person you do not know well or have any strong feeling for or against. The ancient texts describe this as the one that is neither loved nor unloved.

Duration: 00:46:01

Gullu Singh: First Metta Instructions: Benefactor & Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

Jan 11, 2025

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The initial instruction in Mettā practice using the phrases and working with the primary categories of benefactor & Self

Duration: 00:50:39