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Dharma Talks
2020-05-02 29 Senses Bases Cont. 25:07
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-05-01 The Currency of Covid: Protection from Harm Through Spiritual Awakening 24:16
Ayya Medhanandi
Waking up to our spiritual wealth, we learn the true currency of Covid - it is not fear and frailty but courage, compassion, loving-kindness, community and connection. We see what is protection for ourselves and for each other, dwelling with the Dhamma, the Truth, as our safety - our island and refuge.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2020-05-01 Loving Kindness Guided Meditation 39:44
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-05-01 Loving Kindness Talk 41:37
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-05-01 On the Cross of Our Illusions: A Guided Dying Meditation and Reflections 42:36
Ayya Medhanandi
To simulate the natural process of death is to experience the impermanence of the five aggregates and a pure awareness that knows the inherent emptiness of things as they truly are. Dying is a potent doorway for liberation of mind and the best death we can die is shattering the ego. Then we can let go of fear once and for all. This guided meditation was given during a death and dying retreat in an Australian church in 2004.
Australian Insight Meditation Network

2020-05-01 In This Very Life -- 2020-05-01 49:09
Kim Allen
Sutta contemplation of AN 5.47
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-04-30 talk: seclusion, sangha, samvega (spiritual urgency) 17:16
Jill Shepherd
A short talk exploring how taking refuge in sangha even while we're in seclusion, can strengthen samvega or spiritual urgency. Closes with an invitation to explore in small groups, what's been learned in response to the Covid-19 situation and how it might deepen our dharma practice.
Auckland Insight Meditation

2020-04-30 meditation: slowing, stilling, soothing 28:01
Jill Shepherd
Orienting to the body and the breath to slow down, steady and soothe the heart-mind
Auckland Insight Meditation

2020-04-30 28 The Six Sense Bases MN137 21:55
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-04-30 Your Practice as a Gift to Others (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:49
James Baraz
Our own centeredness and kind awareness becomes one the greatest gifts we can offer others who are in distress. Without fixing or changing our compassionate presence is healing and a source of our own inner well-being, especially when we do't identify with being "the helper".
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Centering: The Gift to Ourselves and Others - Online

2020-04-30 27 What makes a Society Strong 20:42
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-04-30 Closing Session + Q&A 39:36
Oren Jay Sofer
Closing session for the month of April online teachings at the Forest Refuge, with Caroline Jones.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Forest Refuge April Retreat Online

2020-04-29 Sheltering In Love (Part 6): Loneliness as a Portal to Sacred Presence (Part 2) 51:05
Tara Brach
The root of suffering is the pain of separation, the fears and loneliness that arise when we have forgotten our intrinsic belonging to each other and to all of life. These two talks look at the epidemic of loneliness predating the pandemic, and how loneliness is exacerbated in our current global crisis for those living alone, and for those feeling disconnected to themselves and others. We then explore how a courageous practice of compassionate presence - with our inner life, and in relationships - can turn the energy of loneliness into a current of healing and freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-04-29 Meditation: Vipassana - Seeing Life As It Is 27:36
Tara Brach
This classic Buddhist meditation trains us to wake up out of thoughts and to attend to our changing experience with a balanced, clear and open presence. Enjoy a bit longer meditation with several quiet pauses.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-04-29 Being with Uncertainty in These Times 47:47
Sebene Selassie
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2020-04-29 Science and Story 62:23
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2020-04-29 26 More Reflections 32:42
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-04-29 Question & Answer 37:55
Oren Jay Sofer
Open Q&A session, includes such topics as: handling restless thoughts; working with persistent worry; relating wisely to creative thoughts; opening the pain and suffering in the world.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Forest Refuge April Retreat Online

2020-04-29 Wednesday Morning Instructions (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:00
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Centering: The Gift to Ourselves and Others - Online

2020-04-28 Satipatthana Series, Class 10 1:27:47
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2020-04-28 25 Reflections for an Harmonious Society 26:30
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-04-28 Finding Your Center (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:22
James Baraz
How can we find balance in the times of great distress? The process of first connecting with out experience, then holding what's here and finally accessing that place of peace and spacious awareness that can hold it all are discussed. Practices to help find our center are offered.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Centering: The Gift to Ourselves and Others - Online

2020-04-28 Devotion: The Heart of Practice 49:24
Oren Jay Sofer
Without a full heart the practice becomes rote, dry, and uninspired. Without the sacred, we lose our way in the world and misplace our heart's faith in things like money, success, and pleasure. The path invites us to tap into a deeper aspect of the heart/mind and live with a quality of reverence.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Forest Refuge April Retreat Online

2020-04-28 All Community Sit 19:43
Bob Stahl
Group meditation in the Insight Buddhist tradition, includes a Sit, short Dhamma talk, and discussion & connection
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-04-27 Advice to Rahula 66:44
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

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