Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2014-12-14 Evening - Finding rhythms and structures you need and taking them home with you - 3 characteristics 55:51
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
What can you take with you from the retreat? Using the occasion of retreat to develop wisdom of understanding - the 4 satipatannas / foundations of mindfulness; the transient nature of satisfaction; the rich man and the Porche; things are never finished; this is “mine”; seeing how conditions give rise to certain kinds of thinking; the release of the citta from clinging generally happens a little bit at a time; training the wisdom element.
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand : Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-14 Preparing and encouraging a place for the Chitta - Settling into Samatha - Emptying - Forgiving 52:22
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Finding a place to rest; preparing a nest to allow the citta to settle with the body; breathing through the body; releasing the past, cleaning the house; mindfulness of death; forgiveness of oneself and others
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand : Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-12 Cultivating Sati 31:14
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Mindfulness is like a hand to hold things; how and why and want to hold? The need for correct application, correct object, correct way of holding. The breath and its vitality.
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand : Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-12 Reflection on the Satipatanna sutta and the Anapanasatta sutta 57:31
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Sati - the quality that allows remembering; different types of bodies we can experience inwardly through mindfulness of our physical senses and the mind; cultivating feelings from honesty, calm, patience and metta/ loving kindness - cultivating the citta/ heart; four places to live in a complete practice; wise attention; what do I feel/ feel like? Sankharas or energies / vitalities in the body; feeing oneself from the trap of the senses using the body of the breathing ; what knows how to breathe? Cultivating the experience of anapanasati - purifying through breathing. Discovering and working with tensions in the body - widen and soften. Breathing calm and patience into the body, nursing the body.
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand : Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-12 Morning Reflection - How to practice 53:04
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The nature of praise; the nature of Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha. Filling the heart with faith and aspiration; cultivating uprightness of the body, the mind; being present in the river of our lives with all experiences. Mindful of the body - moving through the body and optimizing the posture. Mindful of attitude.
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand : Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-07 4th Foundation of Mindfulness Part 1 of 3 1:35:00
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Talk from the 4th daylong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2014-12-02 The Liberating Power of Mindfulness and Kindness 47:07
Dana DePalma	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : The Joy of Letting Go-Restoration, Forgiveness, Renewal Retreat Schedule

2014-11-26 A Generous Heart 1:18:02

Tara Brach

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Our deep potential is to live from an awake, loving heart. This talk looks at how, with a kind and mindful attention, we can decondition habitual tendencies toward grasping and self-centeredness, and nourish the sense of connectedness and care that gives rise to generosity. As we bring these heart practices alive in our most immediate relationships, they have the power to evolve consciousness in widening circles across the world.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-11-22 Wise Clarity About The Causes Of Happiness 57:04
Bonnie Duran	Download Listen
This talk reviews the core elements of mindfulness and how we use it to uncover our intentions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2014-11-21 How Faith, Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration and Wisdom Open 54:12
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
A reflection on the "five Spiritual faculties", intrinsic capacities of the human mind, open and are known in spiritual practice. Howe the relate to balance and balance each other.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : November 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge