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Dharma Talks
2024-07-10 Guided Meditation: Landing in the Breath and Soundscape 56:49
Matthew Brensilver
These recordings are available publicly from a retreat held in person at Big Bear Retreat Center. Learn more about the center and upcoming offerings for retreats in nature, gathered in community. bigbearretreatcenter.org/upcoming-retreats/ Healing the Self, Loving the Self, Forgetting the Self Matthew Brensilver July 9 - 13, 2024 Co-sponsored by Insight Retreat Center (IRC) and Big Bear Retreat Center In this silent retreat, we explore how mindfulness supports the healing of the self. Many of the Buddhist teachings help us to tend to painful memory, old pains and the habits that compound suffering. As we become more gentle and loving towards experience, the self becomes less and less of a preoccupation. The more completely we accept ourselves, the easier it becomes to forget the self and rest in an awareness unencumbered by self-consciousness. This retreat includes sitting and walking meditation instructions, and dharma talks.
Big Bear Retreat Center Healing the Self, Loving the Self, Forgetting the Self

2024-07-05 Meditation Instructions : Two Types of Waiting, and Loving Kindness 57:56
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
Gaia House The Gentle Art of Patience

2024-07-05 Talk - Seeing Through Impatience 59:39
Yahel Avigur
This recording also includes Ven Canda offering instructions for walking meditation.
Gaia House The Gentle Art of Patience

2024-07-02 Week 1, Part 2 - Instructions & Guided Meditation 43:03
Zohar Lavie
Mettā to self, and easy relationship.
Gaia House Mettā and Insight

2024-06-30 Sitting Meditation With Instructions 13:55
Chas DiCapua
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat

2024-06-29 Sitting and Walking Meditation With Instructions 25:03
Chas DiCapua
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat

2024-06-22 Morning Instructions 55:27
Yahel Avigur
Thei recording also includes Catherine McGee offering walking meditation instructions.
Gaia House The Eye of the Heart

2024-06-19 Guided Meditation: Practicing with Views 36:07
Donald Rothberg
After initial instructions in developing stability and concentration, and then mindfulness, there are further instructions, given after 10 and after 20 minutes, on developing more mindfulness of views, stories, and narratives (related to the talk given after the meditation). At the end, there is an invitation to reflect on views or stories that have been prominent in the last few days.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2024-06-13 Instructions and Meditation 51:14
Leela Sarti
Gaia House The Heart That Abides in Emptiness

2024-06-12 Instructions and Meditation 54:15
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House The Heart That Abides in Emptiness

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