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Dharma Talks
2013-05-11 Buddha Positioning System - BPS 25:13
Ayya Medhanandi
The Buddha gives us a flawless positioning system that will guide us to the coordinates of Truth. That ultimate refuge and peace is not to be known anywhere but in the sanctuary of our own heart. To find our spiritual bearings, we explore our true nature and the real origin of our sufferings. Step by step, our wise friends and daily practice of virtue, mindfulness, heroic forbearance, and faith will reinforce and steady us as we navigate the tempests of life. But this is a journey of great joys as well as trials. Like the hollow reed that becomes a flute, we empty ourselves of fear to be the true love we seek
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts: Monastic Retreat

2013-05-08 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness: Here & Now or There & Then 57:53
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center May Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-05-08 Remembering Being 1:14:51
Tara Brach
Our fear-based doings block us from realizing the formless dimension of our Being, and living from that source of wisdom and love. This talk explores the habitual control strategies that keep us from presence; and the role of mindfulness and lovingkindness in reconnecting with the ground of Being.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2013-05-07 Clarifying Terms 58:02
Joseph Goldstein
In Pali - terms for consciousness, perception, mindfulness and wisdom - have some very specific meanings. In English, however there are often multiple meanings for each one of these words. This talk will help to clarify their meanings, particularly as they apply to our meditation practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-05-06 Bodiness: First Foundation of Mindfulness 44:08
John Travis
This talk explores the vertical and horizontal paths of practice, revealed through adventure stories, poetry and teachings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center May Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-05-05 Guardian Of The Mind 56:09
Ayya Medhanandi
Parenting ourselves with mindfulness, wisdom and compassion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts: Monastic Retreat

2013-05-04 When the Canoe Starts to Tip 30:22
Ayya Medhanandi
Right mindfulness developed with meticulous appreciative attention on the breath enables us to tame the wilderness of the mind. If we are careening off course – just when the canoe starts to tip – we notice and immediately rebalance, regaining awareness and sustaining it as best we can. We continue to polish the mirror of the mind each moment, discovering the joy of seeing its true nature: impermanent, imperfect and empty. With nothing to hold onto in the world, we are free to enter the shrine of Truth.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts: Monastic Retreat

2013-04-28 From Mindfulness to Liberation 40:54
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House From Mindfulness to Liberation

2013-04-27 Transforming Suffering into Happiness 60:55
James Baraz
The magic of mindfulness is how it weakens unwholesome (akusala) states of suffering and strengthens wholesome (kusala) states of well-being. This talk explains this process of alchemy: how greed, hatred and delusion are transformed into generosity, loving-kindness and wisdom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2013 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy With Life

2013-04-23 The Five Spiritual Faculties 55:05
Kamala Masters
The balance of faith and wisdom, concentration and energy, with mindfulness leading the way.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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