Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2011-04-19 Four Elements Meditation—Instructional Talk and Guided Meditation 41:58
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
This talk introduces the Four Elements Meditation as a systematic method for developing mindfulness of the body. A guided meditation and instructions are provided that reveal the body as a dynamic interaction of characteristics classified as earth (hardness, roughness, heaviness, softness, smoothness, lightness), water (flowing, cohesion), fire (heat, cold), and wind (supporting, pushing).
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley : Tuesday Talks—2011

2011-04-19 Four Domains of Mindfulness - Flame of Awareness 7:13
Steven Smith	Download Listen
Hollyhock : Metta Vipassana with Mindful Movement

2011-04-14 Wisdom and Compassion 45:52
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Inherent in mindful awareness are qualities of love and clarity which over time grow into compassion and wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2011-04-13 Four Aspects of Mindfulness 54:35
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-04-11 The Awakened Heart 58:32
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
On Mindfulness... and the uncovering of our "true nature"...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-04-09 Mindfulness Part 2 59:53
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Vivekananda

2011-04-08 The Great Way 64:37
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
Using mindfulness and insight we can expand the range of experiences we can stay conscious within. Freedom arises as we move beyond our attachments and preferences, and into things just as they are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Vipassana for the Curious

2011-04-07 Mindfulness Part 1 1:21:54
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Vivekananda

2011-04-06 Liberation & Mindfulness 54:45
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-04-04 Establishing Mindfulness 38:36
Thanissara	Download Listen
Sacred Mountain Sangha - Study-Practice Program
Dharmagiri

2011-04-02 Mindfulness Of The Body 48:24
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
How to skillfully use the body as a meditation object on and off retreat, in order to gain the wisdom it has to offer.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Freedom That Includes Everything: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-02 Mindfulness, Compassion, Liberation 53:00
Noah Levine	Download Listen
Gaia House : Awakening the Heart Through Training the Mind

2011-03-31 Bringing The World Into Your Practice 58:25
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How do we take the wisdom, clarity and insight and the depth of meditative experience into our lives, relationships and all that we do. At the same time, knowing that it is all a seamless continuity of mindful awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-30 The Power of Mindfulness 55:58
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-03-28 How to Fully Receive Experience 65:50
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Fully receiving experience is a key component in mindfulness that leads to insite.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-03-26 The Protection of Mindfulness 57:48
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Te Moata Retreat Center : Meditation and Inquiry

2011-03-24 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness 55:19
Marie Mannschatz	Download Listen
How to relate to feelings in the heart of silence
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-23 Everything is a Mindfulness Bell 43:04
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-03-17 1. Mindfulness (sati) 51:30
James Baraz	Download Listen
Second talk in an 8-week series on the 7 Factors of Awakening that began with an overview March 10. James highly recommended the booklet The Power of Mindfulness by Nyanaponika Thera as a precise and concise guide for "tidying the mental household." The talk ends with a homework assignment for the week.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-03-17 The First Foundation of Mindfulness 54:27
Marie Mannschatz	Download Listen
Mindfulness of the Body in retreat practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-12 A Mindful Way 53:03
Thanissara	Download Listen
Mindfulness as: training of attention container for transformation, wise discernment way to - the beyond and refuge.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-10 Overview of the 7 Factors of Awakening 55:53
James Baraz	Download Listen
The 7 Factors of Awakening are the Buddha’s list of qualities that need to be developed in order to fully awaken. This eight-week series begins with an overview of all 7 Factors followed by a discussion of each individually in greater depth over the coming weeks. Besides exploring them theoretically, James encourages us to take them on as practices as we go through the weeks seeing how we can consciously cultivate them and bring them into our daily lives. The seven factors are: Mindfulness Interest/investigation Energy/effort Joy/rapture Calm/tranquility Concentration Equanimity
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-03-10 Honoring Our Human Journey 51:33
Thanissara	Download Listen
Mindfulness as a healing container for meeting and transforming our deeper wounds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-09 Trusting Our Secret Beauty 1:20:58

Tara Brach

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When caught in emotional suffering, we sense that we are living from a reactive, contracted place, and don't trust or like ourselves. This talk explores the severed belonging that is the genesis of that doubt, and the two wings of mindful presence and love that carry us home to our natural wholeness and goodness of Being.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-03-08 4th Foundations of Mindfulness/7 Factors of Awakening 37:39
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
What are the seven factors of awakening? How do these qualities support the journey of unfoldment?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : 4th Foundations of Mindfulness/7 Factors of Awakening