Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2010-10-27 Part 3 - Mindfulness of Thoughts - Introductory Series 1:14:00
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The primary element in meditation is training to awaken from the trance of thoughts. This class explores two key ways that mindfulness supports this awakening. The first is using wise reflection to discern if thoughts are imprisoning us in fear or serving healing and freedom. The second is recognizing when we are in the virtual reality of thinking, and learning to "come back" to living presence. It is by inhabiting this non-conceptual presence that we have access to the love, wisdom and freedom that we cherish.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-10-26 Introduction to Mindfulness - Week 6 of 6 1:21:08
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-10-24 Mindfulness 62:52
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Discusses the balance of concentration and mindfulness, present time nonjudgmental awareness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-10-24 Part 2 Instructions - Day 1 66:34
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Mindfulness Of Breathing
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-10-24 The Turn 51:33
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
A talk on the liberating power of mindfulness and how to turn towards the teeming flow of experience in body, heart and mind and the capacity to be awakened by all things.
Gaia House : Awakening the Heart

2010-10-20 Part 2 - Mindfulness of Emotions - Introductory Series 1:24:15
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Our conditioning is to live in a reactive trance of either resisting or become possessed by strong emotions. This reactivity fuels a trance of being separate from others, and feeling defective and insecure. In this class we explore how to free ourselves from this suffering by bringing a mindful and kind awareness to the stories and feelings that make up our emotional life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-10-19 Introduction to Mindfulness - Week 5 of 6 1:30:49
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
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Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-10-16 Mindfulness of Body 57:42
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
To know 'body as body' is the invitation of the first foundation of mindfulness. Coming to a wise relationship with our body which neither glorifies nor rejects our body we can begin to know body as a vehicle for profound wisdom.
Gaia House : Stillness and Movement Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2010-10-15 How to Hold a Snake 58:22
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Further reflections on the meaning of the term "secular"; the Buddha's comparison of his teaching to a snake; an enquiry into what is distinctive and original in the Buddha's teaching: the principle of conditioned arising, the process of the four noble truths, the practice of mindful awareness, the power of self reliance; reflections on citations from the Pali canon concerning the principle of conditioned arising.
Australian Insight Meditation Network : Teachers' retreat at Springbrook, Queensland, Australia

2010-10-14 Wisdom-suffering, impermanence and the Heart 52:07
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Wisdom across many traditions is understood as a clear and deep seeing of human experience; a seeing that cuts through conditioning and delusion. We look at the relationship of wisdom to mindfulness and the caring heart, particularly at how we see more clearly suffering, its roots and impermanence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2010-10-13 Part 1 - The Art and Science of Meditation - Introductory Series 1:18:46
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The first session defines meditation and describes the Buddhist teachings that give a context to the path of practice. We explore the two basic types of meditation--concentration and mindfulness--and then focus on the ground of mindfulness training: bringing mindful attention to the breath and bodily sensations. Guided meditations include setting intention and the sacred pause; learning to "come back" using an anchor of the breath; and "being here" with an embodied presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-10-13 Mindfulness-What it is and What Makes it Difficult. 50:49
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Mindfulness plays a central role in our practice of living with wisdom and compassion. We explore a number of the qualities of mindfulness as well as the obstacles to mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2010-10-10 Samadhi - Continuity of Mindful Awareness 54:40
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-10-09 Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness 1:10:37
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Mindfulness of the six senses, of the Seven Factors of Enlightenment and the Four Noble Truths.
Gaia House : Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-10-08 The Third and Fourth Foundations of Mindfulness 1:22:25
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Mindfulness of mind-states, of the Five Hindrances and of the Five Aggregates
Gaia House : Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-10-07 The Second Foundation of Mindfulness 1:21:31
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Gaia House : Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-10-05 Introduction to Mindfulness - Week 3 of 6 1:34:11
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
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Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-10-04 Introduction to Satipatthana 61:37
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Mindfulness of breathing, four postures, mindfulness of bodily activities, Charnel Ground Contemplations
Gaia House : Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-10-01 The Factors of Awakening 63:18
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The Buddha talked often of seven factors that prepare the mind for awakening. Headed by mindfulness, the factors are balanced between energizing and calming states. This talk discusses each of the factors, how they are developed, and how to balance them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-10-01 Introduction, Mindfulness of Breathing, Precepts 47:12
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Gaia House : Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-09-27 Mindfulness Maps of the Mind 56:39
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
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Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-09-22 The Power of Mindful Investigation 1:21:45

Tara Brach

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We each have a deep interest in reality--in understanding what is true and who we are. In Buddhist teachings, our interest, and its expression in wise investigation, energize the path of awakening. This talk explores how mindful investigation can free us from emotional suffering, nourish loving relatedness and create the conditions for deep spiritual realization.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-09-21 Morning instructions – Day 10 - Standing meditation 58:49
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The Buddha said that we should be mindful in all four postures – sitting, walking, standing and lying down. We talk a lot about sitting meditation, some about walking and very little about the other two. This session is a guided meditation on standing meditation. Standing can be used as a practice in itself, or as a way to balance energy, especially sleepiness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-09-15 Foundations Of Practice 59:34
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
An exploration of ardor, clean comprehension and mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-09-14 Mindful Living 57:27
Sky Dawson	Download Listen
Developing Sila in practice and on retreat.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1