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Dharma Talks
2021-08-06 Guided standing meditation 45:13
Ajahn Sucitto
Notice that the body knows how to stand, how to balance, by itself - with no mental effort. Enjoy your feet as the chief of the management team and spread your attention to other members of the team.
Sunyata Buddhist Centre :  Open Stability

2021-08-06 Q& A On effort and relaxation 34:48
Ajahn Sucitto
00:41 Q1 I have trouble relaxing with my meditation. Samadhi seems more available when I sit on the couch with a cup of tea. What can you suggest? 16:47 Q2 Receiving or attuning to what is given can be tricky due to our family and social conditioning. How do we deal with this conditioning? 24:15 Q3 When I sit or walk my body sucks in the air and holds it for maybe 5 seconds. Should I just observe this or is my practice misguided?
Sunyata Buddhist Centre :  Open Stability

2021-08-06 Moving out of meditation 6:22
Ajahn Sucitto
A practice of lingering and noticing what has passed has an open and steadying effect. This is an aspect of mindfulness: to not rush onto the next thing but notice what’s there. This is where samadhi arises. Give yourself a set period of time while meditating, then make the movement out of meditation free and aimless.
Sunyata Buddhist Centre :  Open Stability

2021-08-06 Meditation on the axis 5:22
Ajahn Sucitto
Some brief suggestions on working on posture to sharpen one’s sitting meditation.
Sunyata Buddhist Centre :  Open Stability

2021-08-05 Teachings and Guided Meditation 43:05
Jaya Rudgard
Mindfulness of the Body
Gaia House Inside-outside: the mystery of I, me, mine

2021-08-05 Guided Meditation 59:15
Gavin Milne
Being curious and intimate with the feeling aspect of experience.
Gaia House Inside-outside: the mystery of I, me, mine

2021-08-04 Guided Meditation 34:49
Gavin Milne
Intention; turning towards ourselves with loving awareness
Gaia House Inside-outside: the mystery of I, me, mine

2021-08-04 Guided Meditation: Practicing with the Eight Worldly Winds 2 37:38
Donald Rothberg
After some general instructions for settling and seeing clearly and a period of practice, there is guidance for practicing with the Eight Worldly Winds (pleasure or pain, gain or loss, fame or disrepute, and praise or blame). We focus first on being attentive to moderate or greater levels of pleasant or unpleasant experiences (when the experiences are in the "workable" range). Then we bring in attention to the other Winds, when they arise.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2021-08-04 Practice Instructions and Guided Meditation 57:07
Jaya Rudgard
Settling, grounding and stabilising.
Gaia House Inside-outside: the mystery of I, me, mine

2021-08-02 Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of the Mind, Week 6 - Meditation 30:26
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course: Mindfulness of the Mind

2021-08-01 Paramis Wisdom Week 3 - Meditation 36:52
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2021-07-31 Meditation Basics (ATM Cash) 23:59
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2021-07-31 Meditation with Body Contemplation 32:56
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2021-07-31 Q&A - How is body contemplation important for meditation? 8:52
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2021-07-30 Calm meditation and body scan, Dhamma talk 1:24:25
Bhante Sujato, Bhante Akāliko
Calm meditation / body scan led by Bhante Akāliko; Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato on how the Buddha's concept of impermanence relates to concepts in science, e.g. the speed of light. Upcoming bhikkhuni ordination in Australia!
Lokanta Vihara

2021-07-30 A Breath of Kindness to the Kammic Field 41:40
Ajahn Sucitto
Kamma is a feedback loop of actions and results, out of which comes the experience of ‘me’. We use meditation to step out of the scenarios, recognize the process and change the patterns. Once you see it, you get the meaning – ‘a suffering being’– and the response is sympathy. Use the energy of breathing to calm and clear afflictive states, replacing them with healing.
Cittaviveka Cittaviveka 2021 Rains Retreat - Opening Group Practice

2021-07-29 talk: Wise Mindfulness or sati 30:59
Jill Shepherd
Short talk on what makes mindfulness Right or Wise, then a group guided meditation/contemplation exploring different aspects of sati, based on questions from Gregory Kramer's book A Whole-Life Path
Auckland Insight Meditation Living a life of mutual benefit: Exploring the Noble Eightfold Path

2021-07-29 Guided Meditation, Teachings (Closing Session) 49:40
Nathan Glyde
Keeping the Retreat Alive
Gaia House Coming to Life: Waking up to Intimacy with Existence

2021-07-28 Dharma Talk - Coming to Life on the Meditation Seat and in the World 52:44
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Coming to Life: Waking up to Intimacy with Existence

2021-07-28 Guided Meditation 43:45
Nathan Glyde
Metta to All Phenomena
Gaia House Coming to Life: Waking up to Intimacy with Existence

2021-07-28 Deepening Daily Life Practice 3: A Guided Meditation: Settling, Practicing with Pleasant and Unpleasant and Tendencies to Reactivity, Practicing with the Eight Worldly Winds 37:48
Donald Rothberg
In this guided meditation, we start with about 10 minutes of settling. We then attend to when there is a moderate or greater pleasant or unpleasant feeling-tone, bringing some investigation as to what occurs in ones' experience, including tendencies to reactivity (grasping or pushing away). Toward the end of the guided meditation, there's an invitation to track for those forms of reactivity coming after one of the Eight Worldly Winds (pleasure or pain, gain or loss, fame or disrepute, and praise or blame).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2021-07-27 Guided Metta Meditation 46:00
Zohar Lavie
Metta to Sensations
Gaia House Coming to Life: Waking up to Intimacy with Existence

2021-07-26 Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of the Mind, Week 5 - Talk 49:57
Mark Nunberg
The Buddhist Studies courses are designed for people who have attended three or more mindfulness meditation retreats and have a commitment to daily meditation practice. This ongoing program is designed to deepen our understanding through the study and application of the teachings of the Buddha. Classes will include dharma talks, large and small group discussions, and guided sitting time. Participants will be expected to use the teachings as a focus for their daily practice. Led by Mark Nunberg. This six week course is a continuation of our year-long study of the Buddha’s discourse on the four foundations of mindfulness. With mindfulness of the mind, the Buddha invites us to notice whether the mind is with or without greed, anger, or delusion. We can learn to discern whether the mind is contracted and distracted or whether the mind is open and still. Learning to recognize the shape and quality of the mind is the first step toward deepening insight and release.
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course: Mindfulness of the Mind

2021-07-26 Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of the Mind, Week 5 - Meditation 34:20
Mark Nunberg
The Buddhist Studies courses are designed for people who have attended three or more mindfulness meditation retreats and have a commitment to daily meditation practice. This ongoing program is designed to deepen our understanding through the study and application of the teachings of the Buddha. Classes will include dharma talks, large and small group discussions, and guided sitting time. Participants will be expected to use the teachings as a focus for their daily practice. Led by Mark Nunberg. This six week course is a continuation of our year-long study of the Buddha’s discourse on the four foundations of mindfulness. With mindfulness of the mind, the Buddha invites us to notice whether the mind is with or without greed, anger, or delusion. We can learn to discern whether the mind is contracted and distracted or whether the mind is open and still. Learning to recognize the shape and quality of the mind is the first step toward deepening insight and release.
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course: Mindfulness of the Mind

2021-07-26 Guided Metta Meditation 38:58
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Coming to Life: Waking up to Intimacy with Existence

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