Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2010-06-29 Mindfulness in Daily Life 1:22:34
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-06-24 Path of Kindness 59:07
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How do the practices of mindfulness and metta (loving kindness) work together - and the important of bringing a kind loving presence to working with difficulties and pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-21 Light of Awareness 50:16
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Using the metaphor of light as awareness, this talk weaves in poetry, and teachings of the Buddha to explore the role of mindfulness in the path of practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-06 Mindfulness Of The Body 56:52
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Connecting with the body of bare attention, learning from pleasant and unpleasant sensations.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Liberation of Mind and Heart: Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-06-06 Synopsis of Satipatthana Instructions, Part II 54:16
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Qualities of mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-06-05 Synopsis of Satipatthana Instructions, Part I 69:42
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Exploration of ardent energy (atapa), clear comprehension (sampajanna), "having put away covetousness and discontent for the world (vineyya loke abhijjha domanassam), mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-06-04 Embodied Mindfulness as a Path to Liberation 65:15
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
The vital difference between mindfulness and right mindfulness. What does it mean to have direct experience of the body? Simple practices to develop the "felt sense" of the body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening in the Body: Meditation with Qigong

2010-05-26 New to Mindfulness? 59:42
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Essential Dharma

2010-05-22 Basic Mindfulness of Body - Sitting and Walking 60:04
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Awakening the Body, Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation Weekend

2010-05-19 Desire and Spiritual Freedom 1:18:31

Tara Brach

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The Buddha taught that becoming identified with "wanting mind" obscures our true nature and binds us in suffering. This talk explores a wise attitude in relating to desire, and offers three pathways towards freedom: Mindfulness of "wanting mind," trancing back desire to its source, and radical non-clinging.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-05-01 Mindfulness Of The Body 51:42
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Morning Reflection
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Monastic Retreat

2010-04-28 The Healing Power of the Dharma 60:28
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Mindfulness, the four noble truths, and freedom
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness Retreat for Therapists and Healing Professions

2010-04-28 Embodied Spirit 1:12:55

Tara Brach

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The Buddha taught that mindfulness of the body is a direct path to the realization of truth, to peace and freedom. This talk explores how we leave a present-centered awareness of our body, and the pathways of homecoming.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-04-27 Awareness as Love 59:31
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How do the practices of mindfulness, metta and compassion weave together and support our journey in wholeness, healing and the end of suffering. This talk also relates how these practices support the work of psychotherapists and healers.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness Retreat for Therapists and Healing Professions

2010-04-21 Mindfulness Is It! 48:49
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Power of Presence: Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-04-19 Mindfulness - A True Homecoming 20:11
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Hollyhock : Metta Vipassana Retreat with Mindful Movement

2010-04-16 Mindfulness Part 2 54:35
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2010-04-14 Mindfulness Part 1 1:18:26
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2010-04-08 Resources from the Teachings and Practice of the Buddha for Transforming Distressing States of Body, Heart and Mind 63:55
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We examine the twin tracks of transformation - (1) going into what is difficult, into our suffering and wounds; and (2) cultivating awakened states. We explore the resources of (1) wisdom, through examining the the Four Truths and the arrows; (2) mindfulness as a central tool leading to wisdom; and (3) heart practices such as lovingkindness - all with an eye to their roles in helping us to transform distress.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Transforming Distressing States of Mind, Heart, and Body-For Ourselves and Our World

2010-04-07 Deepening Our Practice II: Deepening in Three Domains of Our Life 58:42
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We build from last week's identification of four broad ways of deepening formal practice: 1) developing simplicity, focus and a sense of clear priorities in one's life; 2) developing a strong support structure in various ways; 3) cultivating, in practice, qualities like mindfulness, metta, wisdom etc.; 4) developing a wise and compassionate sense of the path. We explore what these also mean in two other domains- everyday life (work relationships, family, community, the flow of our days); and our service and action in the larger world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-04-05 Healing 66:35
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
How the power of mindfulness brings healing, freedom, joy, and understanding.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-03-31 Deepening Our Formal Meditation Practice 55:42
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Through reflection on just having taught a month-long retreat and several poems, we explore a number of ways to deepen our formal meditation practice through simplicity, focus, building a strong "container", developing mindfulness and lovingkindness in relation to what happens, and increased invocation of the "wise parent" (or grandparent...aka "discipline").
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-03-30 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: From Mindfulness to Awareness 3:50
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Mindfulness is the tool, awareness is the result. All we need to do to convert the tool into the result is get out of the way.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-03-16 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: Understanding Mindfulness 60:14
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Mindfulness is at the heart of the Buddha's teaching, but few people understand how it evolves from the simple practice of being mindful into a mature, full-embodied awareness.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-03-10 "Wisdom is Wisdom"- Mindfulness Part 1 67:03
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks