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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2024-10-15
At Home With the Wise
24:05
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Ayya Medhanandi
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What frees us from fear, anger, sorrow, chaos and all the many other sufferings of the mind? Beneath the rubble and ruin we may feel, in the silent depths of our own heart, there is a treasure. It may be hidden but it is there. And we can know it. Sitting in the still, pure presence of conscious awareness, turn away from thinking, worry, all those mental habits and the heartaches of life. Moment by moment, dive deeply into each breath – not to change anything but to know, to understand what is there. Bow to the silence and let go fleeting worldly pleasures. Just see the heart's intuitive dimension revealed. Listen, know Reality and rejoice.
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Madison Insight Meditation Group
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Noble Mind, Fearless Heart
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2024-10-11
Dependent Origination: Identifying the Place of Power
61:40
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Winnie Nazarko
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This talks describes the Buddha's realization that all things arise and pass away because of causes and conditions. He saw specifically how suffering/dukkha came to be. Once he understood the causes of the arising of suffering, he was able to "reverse engineer" the process, and see how suffering could be brought to an end. He specifically pointed to the vedana (feeling tone) of experience as a specific arising to relate to wisely. On a larger scale, his teachings on the 8 Fold Path to end the clinging which causes dukkha to arise.
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
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2024-10-10
Dukkha and the End of Dukkha: 10 Ways of Transforming Reactivity
61:30
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Donald Rothberg
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In the first part of the talk, we explore the Buddha's core teaching, "I teach dukkha and the end of dukkha." This teaching can be confusing as the Buddha gave at least four different meanings of "dukkha." We examine each of the four and find that only the last sense of dukkha as reactivity, developed in the teachings of the Two Arrows and Dependent Origination, makes sense of "the end of dukkha." We then look at ten ways of practicing with and transforming reactivity (see the attached file), discussing briefly each of the ten. The talk is followed by sharing, questions, and discussion.
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Insight Meditation Tucson
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Attached Files:
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Ten Ways of Practicing with Reactivity
by Donald Rothberg
(Word File)
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2024-10-10
Guided Meditation Exploring Reactivity
33:46
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Donald Rothberg
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After guidance on the basics of our practice--developing stability and concentration, and cultivating mindfulness--and a period of silent practice, there is additional guidance, related to the later dharma talk, on noticing any experiences of reactivity and on exploring moderate or greater experiences of pleasant or unpleasant.
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Insight Meditation Tucson
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2024-10-10
Infinte Love
41:41
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Amita Schmidt
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Our true nature is loving awareness, and this talk gives you practices to strengthen both awareness and love. Learn to move from "my" awareness to THE awareness in every day of your life.
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Tri State Dharma
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2024-10-09
Meditation: Disarming Our Hearts
10:53
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Tara Brach
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Most of us know the suffering of feeling separate from others. In this guided meditation, we explore how we can re-open our hearts by intentionally bringing a caring mindful presence to our own vulnerability, and then extending that presence to include others. When inhabiting that presence, we are able to respond to relational conflict and distance with a growing creativity and love.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2024-10-09
Timeless Heart Wisdom for our Times – Tara Brach and Dan Harris
1:11:29
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Tara Brach
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How do we meet the violence and suffering in our world with a quality of openheartedness and wisdom? In this interview Dan and Tara look at the teachings from the Bodhisattva path (path of awakening beings), Tara’s early draw to this path, and the perspectives and practices that can help us all in responding to our world with as much clarity, equanimity and love as possible.
Learn more about Dan Harris and subscribe to his new substack platform at https://www.danharris.com
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2024-10-08
The Root Cause of Suffering
37:21
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Amita Schmidt
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In this talk you will learn tools to loosen the attachment to the ego perspective: how to step outside the snow globe of you; how to move away from the trance of thoughts; and ways to pendulate to a bigger perspective/view. This talk also has some science quotations from Donald Hoffman and others on infinite consciousness.
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Tri State Dharma
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2024-10-08
Monday Night Dharma talk: non-self
45:26
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Kate Munding
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The Buddha's teachings are sometimes misunderstood or described out of context to give the impression that to awaken means that our sense of self must disappear, that our personality becomes flat-lined, and that we become indifferent to the world around us. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Buddha's teachings show us the way to fully embody this life. To be fully awake is to fully live! The Buddha did not teach vacancy; he taught people how to live without clinging. Please join me this evening for a talk that comes from the inspiration and the clarity this path has to offer on how to live in these times without shutting down, giving up, or turning away.
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Assaya Sangha
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2024-10-05
Q&A
21:13
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The original questions were live. They have been précised and read by a third person.
Q1 A woman asks: I have a sister who's in a care home and lives far away. She's younger than I and I feel a degree of responsibility and want to help her. It's been discovered there's been some theft from her bank account which she has control over. The police and care home staff are involved. So the teaching on activation seems very appropriate for me. I'm noticing that my activation to get involved seems to take me over is getting really difficult to handle. What can you repeat or recommend?
03:02 Q2 I find as I practice more and more, I am less willing to deal with worldly things like money, focusing on the future. There's also a sense of contentment with the way things are. How can I go about my practice as this unfolds?
05:51 Q3 My question is similar to the previous one, finding opportunities to reflect internally rather than be wrapped up in work and everything. These opportunities exist and have improved but they seem to be fewer than I would like. How can I incorporate this with having to live my everyday life? I feel I can't leave everything and just go like the Buddha did and I don't seem satisfied with my current situation. Anything else you can offer?
10:19 Q4 Regarding the kandhas, did the Buddha or could you recommend any dedicated formal practice in this area?
15:39 Q5 I've recently extricated myself from a 5-year relationship which was very difficult for me. It seems like when we extricate ourselves from an arrangement like this it seems like it's become just a dream. All the entanglement and energy put into it and then it just ... ends. I'm asking myself 'Was there ever any love, any care?' And it seems very shocking and it seems like the whole of life is like that. Part of me wants to reach out and say: 'Did you care?' But it's over and that seems pointless. Could you say something about that please?
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Dhamma Stream Online Sessions
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2024-10-05
Die acht weltlichen Winde
31:51
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Renate Seifarth
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Gewinn und Verlust, Ehre und Verachtung, Lob und Tadel, Freude und Leid werden die acht weltlichen Winde genannt, die alle treffen, Erwachte und Nicht-Erwachte. Begegnet der Weise diesen Erfahrungen mit dem Wissen um die Wirklichkeit der Veränderung, findet jedoch kein Hängen statt und ist erlöst vom Leiden.
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Waldhaus am Laacher See
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Vipassana und Karuna
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