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Dharma Talks
2022-05-06 Die fünf Fähigkeiten (indriya) & Leerheit 54:44
Ayya Santacitta
Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2022-05-06 Meditation on the joyful, soothing breath, Dhamma talk on the three characteristics 1:32:12
Bhante Sujato
From Harris Park. Meditation on the joyful, soothing breath. Dhamma talk on the three characteristics in historical context and their practical relationship to liberation: anicca (impermanence/not-regularity-ness), dukkha (suffering), anatta (non-self). Why are all conditions suffering but all dhammas non-self? The three characteristics as doors to dhammas of the great teachers.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-05-06 Guided meditation: the five recollections 29:57
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2022

2022-05-06 Guided Meditation 15:32
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka 2022 Online Teaching

2022-05-04 Meditation: The Heartspace Where All is Welcome (18:51 min.) 18:51
Tara Brach
This meditation scans through the body, and awakens attention to the open, inclusive awareness that all life arises in. We then explore experiencing that openness in the region of the heart, saying yes to life and including whatever is here with unconditional presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-05-03 Being Aligned with the Dharma & Ecological Perception 67:31
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on interweaving elements of ecological perception with the practice of the Dharma. It is followed by a guided meditation.
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2022-05-01 At Ease in the World 1:21:13
Zohar Lavie
A Dharma talk, meditation, and questions and responses session, the questions are not recorded, only the responses.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - May 2022

2022-04-30 Confidence in the Path – Meditation 29:36
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2022-04-30 Guided meditation equanimity p2 47:29
Jill Shepherd
Based on the Buddha's instructions to Rahula, using the space elemental quality to find spaciousness and non-reactivity in the body, heart and mind
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2022

2022-04-29 Mettā meditation towards one's skeleton, Discussion of corporeality and the mind 1:18:07
Bhante Sujato
From Harris Park. Mettā meditation towards one's skeleton using both visualisation and feeling. Discussion of corporeality and the mind, the sentient body, the role of the breath, the senses. Awareness and peace as a continuum.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-04-28 Seven factors of awakening in emptiness (announcements initially) 42:21
Ayya Santacitta
Guided Meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Therīgāthā – Awakening Verses of the Early Buddhist Nuns: Monastic Retreat

2022-04-28 Guided meditation equanimity P1 46:14
Jill Shepherd
Based on the Buddha's instructions to Rahula, using the earth's elemental quality to orient to steadiness and non-reactivity
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2022

2022-04-27 Meditation: Awareness is Our Home (21:31 min.) 21:31
Tara Brach
This guided practice helps us come into our senses through a body scan. We then rest in the awareness that is listening to and feeling the changing flow of experience. When the mind drifts, the return is a relaxing back to our senses, and to the sea of awareness that includes and experiences the waves of life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-04-27 Guided mudita meditation. 44:19
Ayya Anandabodhi
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Therīgāthā – Awakening Verses of the Early Buddhist Nuns: Monastic Retreat

2022-04-25 Opening the Heart Meditation | Monday Night 26:56
Jack Kornfield
Let yourself settle here on the Earth. Feel how the Earth can completely support you. You can let go. Let the heart be soft to receive whatever arises with compassion. Invite presence. Acknowledge the waves of experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2022-04-25 The body is fragile. Give it back to nature 43:40
Ayya Santacitta
Guided meditation on body parts and emptiness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Therīgāthā – Awakening Verses of the Early Buddhist Nuns: Monastic Retreat

2022-04-24 Guided Meditation for Experiencing Boundless Space (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:53
Phillip Moffitt
A step by step practice for directly experiencing boundless space
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Exploring Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Practitioners

2022-04-24 Radiant Metta meditation. 44:42
Ayya Anandabodhi
Introducing the radiant practice of Metta, a guided meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Therīgāthā – Awakening Verses of the Early Buddhist Nuns: Monastic Retreat

2022-04-24 Tonglen Meditation 19:32
Amita Schmidt
Tonglen is a guided meditation of Tibetan origin that is a reparative response to pain. It is a meditation that actually helps create connection in the midst of suffering. Tenzin Choedrak, during his time of torture, made a daily dedication, "May some human greatness be accomplished through this suffering."
Clintonville Sangha Ohio

2022-04-24 Mountains Are Only Heavy if You Try to Lift Them: Understanding the Buddha's Wisdom – Meditation 35:34
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course: Sensuality, Craving, Contentment and Dispassion

2022-04-24 A Boundless Passion 1:28:15
Nathan Glyde
A guided meditation sending mettā and compassion to phenomena (rather than beings). Then a reflection and discussion about what insights, wisdom, and well-being, we feel from this kind of practice. Plus, where further can this practice take us. For more, see my upcoming course at Gaia House: https://gaiahouse.co.uk/programme-2022/wisdom-of-compassion/
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Apr 2022

2022-04-23 Fine-tuning and strengthening the mind 42:10
Ayya Santacitta
Connected, yet spacious and balanced. Guided meditation on the seven factors of awakening
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Therīgāthā – Awakening Verses of the Early Buddhist Nuns: Monastic Retreat

2022-04-23 Guided Meditation 43:02
Ajahn Sucitto
Guided sitting and standing
London Insight Meditation Relaxing self-boundaries into Dhamma fields

2022-04-23 Guided meditation: samādhi 45:44
Jill Shepherd
Inviting the knowing of pleasant bodily sensations to uplift the heart-mind into appreciation or even joy, which might settle into tranquility then samādhi
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2022

2022-04-22 Meditation on mindfulness of the breath, Dhamma talk about Mahasi techniques 1:19:57
Bhante Sujato
From Harris Park. Meditation on mindfulness of the breath. Dhamma talk about Mahasi techniques e.g. noting, where to watch the breath, influence of Japan in early twentieth century Buddhism, Satipattana Sutta parts, Mahasi and the evolution of the stages of insight.
Lokanta Vihara

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