Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2012-06-04 Attitudes In Mindfulness Meditation Do Matter 58:26
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Awareness of attitudes in meditation both helpful and unhelpful.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-06-02 Qualities Of Mindfulness (Sati) 65:47
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Synonyms, definitions, role of Sati in Abhidhamma, illustrations for Sati.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-06-02 Introduction To Mindfulness Retreat, Sitting and Walking 66:08
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : IMS Audio Files

2012-06-01 Mindfulness : Time 63:33
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2012-05-29 Guided Six Sense Door Metta Meditation 15:33
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey	Download Listen
A form of loving kindness integrated with our traditional mindfulness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Part 1 – Lovingkindness: Metta Retreat

2012-05-26 Practicing with Difficult Emotions and thoughts 56:56
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We look at several ways to practice when strong, difficult emotions and thoughts are present. 1) Finding antidotes - ways to get unstuck if we are stuck; 2) mindfulness using various tools; and 3) wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening in Service and Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism

2012-05-26 The Practice of Recovery: A Buddhist Approach to Healing Addiction 2:46:58
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
In this daylong retreat we’ll explore the uses of Buddhist practices and teachings in recovery. Blending mindfulness and the12 Steps we will see how fundamental Buddhist teachings like the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, Lovingkindness, and others can be used as fundamental tools in a program of recovery. The day will include lecture, discussion, and interactive exercises, as well as an introduction to mindfulness meditation.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2012-05-23 Training for Intimacy with Life 69:00

Tara Brach

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"Enlightenment is intimacy with all things" teaches Zen Master Dogen. While we long for this intimacy, we are conditioned to avoid the vulnerability and fear that an intimate presence can arouse. This talk explores how our mindfulness and heart practices cultivate the capacity to be intimate with our sensations of aliveness, our emotions and the beings in our life.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-05-22 Instructions: Mindfulness of Dukkha 19:14
Molly Swan	Download Listen
True North Insight : Celebrating Buddha, Dharma and Sangha

2012-05-21 Instructions: Continuity of Mindfulness 17:30
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
True North Insight : Celebrating Buddha, Dharma and Sangha

2012-05-20 Instructions:Mindfulness of Pain and Breathing 26:05
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
True North Insight : Celebrating Buddha, Dharma and Sangha

2012-05-20 Mindfulness of Intention 33:22
Jason Murphy	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2012-05-11 Talk and Meditation on Mindfulness of Emotions 63:43
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Skillful and unskillful ways to be mindful of emotions. Common misperceptions that make working with emotions difficult in meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness Yoga & Meditation Training Program (Retreat 3)

2012-05-10 Practicing With Feeling 56:37
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
An exploration of the implications of mindfulness. Of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral, and suggestions of concrete ways to practice.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2012-05-07 Truthfulness and Sila 40:33
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
A talk given at the third retreat of the Mindfulness for Yoga Teachers training in 2012.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness Yoga & Meditation Training Program (Retreat 3)

2012-05-04 Morning Instructions 21:30
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Women in Meditation

2012-05-01 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness 50:45
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Center

2012-04-28 Goodness, Prescence and Wisdom: The Foundations of Happiness 55:36
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Inner transformation arises from a wholehearted engagement with these three primary areas of development. In living our capacity for generosity and non harming, while being mindful of and receptive to our experience in the present moment, we naturally discover the understanding that liberates dissatisfaction and reveals our inherent potential for happiness.
Gaia House : Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2012-04-21 Wise Love 38:20
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
When loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity combine with mindfulness, we can meet life with care, sensitivity and wisdom.
Gaia House : Work Retreat

2012-04-20 A Map of Transformation for Judgments 55:41
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
With a light hearted tone, the talk outlines five key areas of practice in working with the judgmental mind; Mindfulness, Somatic Practices, Heart Practices, Inquiry into habits and the role of wise friends, Spiritual Community.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2012-04-19 Being With Emotions With Kind Heartness Awareness. 54:19
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
How to bring mindfulness and kindness to emotions.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Kindhearted Awareness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-04-18 The Benefits of Mindfulness Practice 56:47
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : Awareness

2012-04-17 Equanimity - "There in the Middleness" 56:51
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
An exploration of the many ways equanimity brings balance to our lives. Groundlessness to the Brahma Viharas, and liberating insight to our mindfulness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : April 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-04-16 The Art of Mindfulness 48:18
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
What did the Buddha actually teach about mindfulness? How does it differ from a simple attention? This talk explores mindfulness in the context of the Buddhist Path and it leading from pain to peace.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-04-11 Mindfulness of the Body 59:09
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
The purpose and usefulness of embodied meditation: How to stay connected to the body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : One Path: Unity of Concentration and Mindfulness