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Dharma Talks
2019-10-28 The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha–The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience - Week 8 - Talk 35:23
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha – The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience

2019-10-28 Hinderances As Nourishment For Awareness 53:44
Beth Sternlieb
Our common humanity and what gets in the way of wisdom and love.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-10-27 Morning Instructions - Emotions 52:33
Beth Sternlieb
The commitment to do no harm, a renewable resource.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-10-27 Mindfulness of Breathing: Experiencing Whole Body Awareness and Calming – Meditation 33:11
Mark Nunberg
Chant followed by guided meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-10-27 Mindfulness of Breathing: Experiencing Whole Body Awareness and Calming – Talk 42:07
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-10-27 Metta 29:49
DaRa Williams
True North Insight People of Colour Retreat

2019-10-27 Guided Morning Meditation: body, breath, sounds and body sensations 58:25
Jaya Rudgard
Guided meditation. Q&A relating to pleasant experiences and vipassana romances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-10-26 Qualities Of Wise Mindfulness 61:40
Andrea Fella
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-10-26 Metta Instruction - Self and Easy Person 56:10
Rebecca Bradshaw
Introduction to Metta practice and a guided sitting
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-10-26 Compassion 42:26
Dawn Mauricio
True North Insight People of Colour Retreat

2019-10-26 Metta Reflections 36:17
Shinmu Tamori Gibson
True North Insight People of Colour Retreat

2019-10-26 Saturday morning instructions 49:00
DaRa Williams
True North Insight People of Colour Retreat

2019-10-26 Resilence In Our Times 34:43
Thanissara
Whatever the circumstances, the practice remains
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-10-25 DaRa: Dharma Talk 41:18
DaRa Williams
True North Insight People of Colour Retreat

2019-10-25 Friday morning instructions 60:45
Shinmu Tamori Gibson
True North Insight People of Colour Retreat

2019-10-25 Ajahn Chah's Transmission Of Right View 36:13
Thanissara
Meeting karma vipaka.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-10-24 The Story of Angulimala: Forgiveness and Redemption 57:25
Kevin Griffin
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-10-24 Community as refuge, community as practice 50:30
Jaya Rudgard
Reflections on sangha in its various senses and how it supports our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-10-24 Tranquility: The Turning Point of Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:18
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-24 Metta Practice- Forgiveness for Radiating Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:56
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-24 Day 8 Guided Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:24
Erin Treat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-23 Orientation To Practice 47:22
Winnie Nazarko
An opening talk for a 6-week retreat. This discusses four qualities necessary for success in practice. These are: strong motivation, renunciation, metta/compassion, and patience.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-10-23 Belonging to Each Other – Part 3 of 3 50:20
Tara Brach
Mother Teresa writes that if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. These three talks explore the causes for severed belonging, and pathways to deepening the felt sense of belonging to our own body, heart and spirit, and to all beings. Together the talks offer a natural and powerful progression of lovingkindness or metta reflections, that when practiced regularly can open us to the peace, joy and freedom of trusting our mutual belonging.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-10-23 Meditation: Awake and Alive 18:30
Tara Brach
This guided practice includes a body scan, and an opening to the awareness that includes all of life. From that wakeful openness we offer a relaxed attentiveness to the changing flow, and close with loving kindness to ourselves and our world.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-10-23 Faith, Sincerity, and the Unfolding of Freedom (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:54
Erin Treat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-23 Day 6 Morning Guided Instructions: Pervasiveness of Feeling (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:22
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-23 The importance of cultivating the measureless. 37:53
Kittisaro
Dissolving unwholesome karma through the Brahma Viharas and other practices. The simile of the Salt Crystal.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-10-22 How Vedana Conditions the Moment (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:11
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-22 This Is The Happiness Of The Buddha 49:48
Kittisaro
Gratitude to the parents and Ajahn Chah.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-10-22 Day 5 Morning Guided Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:08
Tuere Sala
Opening to Thoughts through the Ancient Language of Breathing
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-22 Receive The Moment: Cultivating The Friendly Heart 36:11
Kittisaro
Extending Metta above, below, and all around.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-10-21 Stories Of Early Nuns And Modern Woman Teachers 61:50
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-10-21 The Art and Heart of Forgiveness - Monday Night Dharma Talk 1:16:29
Jack Kornfield, Trudy Goodman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-10-21 Day 4 Morning Guided Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:12
Erin Treat
Anchor, Presence + Absence of Hindrances
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-20 Right Effort and the Middle Way 52:33
Jill Shepherd
An exploration of common ways that effort gets unbalanced, and some suggestions for how to bring it back into balance
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-10-20 Wise Relationship with the Hindrances (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:59
Tuere Sala
Practicing with the Hindrances
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-20 Practicing with Dukkha 62:43
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2019-10-20 Day 3 Guided Metta Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:44
Erin Treat
Benefactor and Self
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-20 pm03-dyad exercise+share-'what brings you joy?'-concluding of day 39:24
Jill Satterfield
New York Insight Meditation Center Anxiety: It’s Not All In Your Mind

2019-10-20 pm02-the subtle body and the imagination guided practice and talk 48:36
Jill Satterfield
New York Insight Meditation Center Anxiety: It’s Not All In Your Mind

2019-10-20 pm01-biological, cultural causes for anxiety and the subtle body 39:29
Jill Satterfield
New York Insight Meditation Center Anxiety: It’s Not All In Your Mind

2019-10-20 am07-after the breath, embedded-good-memories 14:56
Jill Satterfield
New York Insight Meditation Center Anxiety: It’s Not All In Your Mind

2019-10-20 am03-awareness as alert signal - physiognomy of anxiety 28:38
Jill Satterfield
New York Insight Meditation Center Anxiety: It’s Not All In Your Mind

2019-10-20 am04-q+a-practice with experiential examples 25:04
Jill Satterfield
New York Insight Meditation Center Anxiety: It’s Not All In Your Mind

2019-10-20 am05-felt-sense+sitting and standing demonstration 32:22
Jill Satterfield
New York Insight Meditation Center Anxiety: It’s Not All In Your Mind

2019-10-20 am06-guided-meditation 20:11
Jill Satterfield
New York Insight Meditation Center Anxiety: It’s Not All In Your Mind

2019-10-20 Beginning Breath Meditation 36:22
Mark Nunberg
Chant followed by guided meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-10-20 Beginning Breath Meditation Talk and Q&A 40:54
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-10-20 Emptiness Practices for Depression and Anxiety: Part 2 27:12
Amita Schmidt
How to utilize the teachings of emptiness for depression and anxiety in Buddhist meditators.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center

2019-10-20 am01-introduction, pain and anxiety 19:59
Jill Satterfield
New York Insight Meditation Center Anxiety: It’s Not All In Your Mind

2019-10-20 am02-four-part-breath-guided-meditation 33:32
Jill Satterfield
New York Insight Meditation Center Anxiety: It’s Not All In Your Mind

2019-10-20 Day 3 Guided Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:15
Phillip Moffitt
Earth to Wind: Stillness to Movement
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-19 Mindfulness of Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:37
Erin Treat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-19 Dharma Talk - Climate Emergency Dharma 57:22
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2019-10-19 Forgiveness Meditation 15:09
Amita Schmidt
An unusual guided meditation in forgiveness using an empty chair. This practice was given to me by Matt Flickstein, Vipassana teacher.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center

2019-10-19 Guided Meditation 37:16
Gavin Milne
Gaia House The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2019-10-19 Practices for Depression and Anxiety: Part 1 38:53
Amita Schmidt
Depression and Anxiety: Practices for Buddhist Meditators, Part 1. (This is part 1 of 2 talks)
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center

2019-10-19 Meditation Instructions (Day 4) 39:44
Gavin Milne
Gaia House The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2019-10-19 Day 2 Morning Guided Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:38
Matthew Brensilver
Rest is Available-Body Breathing
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-19 Equinimity. Let go of the struggle 36:43
Thanissara
Guided reflection from gathering, emptying, to peace.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-10-19 Natural Radiance 6:53:44
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-10-18 Depression, Anxiety, and The Four Noble Truths 29:05
Amita Schmidt
Depression and Anxiety and the Four Noble truths. How depression or anxiety can assist in understanding the Four Noble Truths. Also Amita's personal journey and experiences in this regard.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center

2019-10-18 The Unfolding of the Path (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:08
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-18 Dharma Talk - Contemplating Impermanence 56:34
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2019-10-18 Touching the Mystery 47:02
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on how to touch the mystery of this path and this practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-10-18 Patience with the non-production of Dharmas 49:10
Thanissara
Attending on emptiness: Patience with Sankara is a humble practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-10-18 Day 1 Walking Meditation Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 15:37
Erin Treat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-18 Meditation Instructions (Day 3) 49:13
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2019-10-18 Day 1 Guided Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 34:35
Tuere Sala
Settling into the Body
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-18 Beyond Walls Of The Mind 33:43
Thanissara
All is resident in one awareness. Listening at ease
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-10-17 Dharma Talk - A Handful of Hindrances 57:06
Gavin Milne
Gaia House The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2019-10-17 Karma And The End Of Karma 60:06
Guy Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-10-17 Holding Grief Through Connection 43:47
James Baraz
I [recently] spoke about how sharing our pain by connecting with another helps us hold and process our grief. This week I want to look at the importance of "Connection through Community" and how we can create more community in our lives.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2019-10-17 Guided Lovingkindness (Metta) Meditation 29:35
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2019-10-17 Meditation Instructions (Day 2) 51:04
Gavin Milne
This recording also includes Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2019-10-17 Mount Everest 28:19
Ayya Medhanandi
As the witness of suffering, we gain new eyes to see. A doorway to knowing non-duality opens – there is no 'you', no 'me'. We are in the realm of no separation in one moment – gone beyond opinions, beyond wanting, beyond our pains and brokenness, and our enslavement to all that drives us. Can we see them as empty and powerless apart from the power we give them? Emptying the mind's rubbish each day, every moment that we can – enough to see, to intuitively know unconditional love – we ascend the Everest within to behold the jewel of the heart’s Himalaya.
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

2019-10-16 Meditation: Vast and Timeless Presence 21:16
Tara Brach
The pathway to inhabiting our full presence is including, with mindfulness all parts of experience. This guided meditation explores how we can open, without resistance to the changing flow of sensations, feelings, thoughts and sounds, and discover the boundless awareness that is our true home.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-10-16 Belonging to Each Other – Part 2 of 3 53:42
Tara Brach
Mother Teresa writes that if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. These three talks explore the causes for severed belonging, and pathways to deepening the felt sense of belonging to our own body, heart and spirit, and to all beings. Together the talks offer a natural and powerful progression of lovingkindness or metta reflections, that when practiced regularly can open us to the peace, joy and freedom of trusting our mutual belonging.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-10-16 RAIN on Blame: A Guided Meditation 14:38
Tara Brach
When we are stuck in blame or resentment we are in a trance – the other person becomes an unreal bad other, and our own sense of being contracts into a victimized self, an angry self, a righteous self. Using the acronym RAIN, this practice guides us in bringing mindfulness and compassion to our inner experience, and then to viewing the other with a more open and clear heart. By awakening from the trance of blame, we are able to respond with intelligence and care to the unmet needs that underlie all conflict.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-10-16 Understanding the Benefits of Exclusive Attention Part 3 - Meditation 35:30
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-10-16 Understanding the Benefits of Exclusive Attention Part 3 - Talk 54:27
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-10-16 Dharma Talk - Wholehearted Practice 50:22
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2019-10-16 Meditation Instructions (Day 1) 56:08
Yanai Postelnik
This recording also includes Gavin Milne
Gaia House The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2019-10-16 Like Drew Drops And A Lightning Flash 34:04
Kittisaro
Exploring the relationship of conditions to unconditioned. Teachings of the two roots in the Mahayana and Theravada texts. Shurangma Sutra and Mula Sutta
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-10-15 Guided Meditation: Loving Kindness for the Difficult Person and All Beings 54:16
Brian Lesage
This guided meditation includes instructions for cultivating kindness towards a difficult person as well as all beings. The instructions are followed by a guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-10-15 One Taste: Return To The Root 64:33
Kittisaro
The merging of the Mahayana and Theravada. Kuan Yin's method. Turning the mind to the deathless.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-10-15 La Libre Volunté 51:01
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks given at Maison Mudita, Suisse 2019

2019-10-15 Indestructible Samadhi. 39:57
Kittisaro
Reflections on Shurangama Samadhi. Kuan Yin's meditation method. Retuning the hearing. Mind returning home.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-10-14 The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha - The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience - Week 6 -Meditation 29:24
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha – The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience

2019-10-14 The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha - The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience - Week 6 -Talk 39:16
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha – The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience

2019-10-14 S.E.S-October-Water Element 56:55
Sebene Selassie
New York Insight Meditation Center Sacred Earth Sangha

2019-10-14 S.E.S-October-Water Element-guided meditation 14:30
Sebene Selassie
New York Insight Meditation Center Sacred Earth Sangha

2019-10-14 Meditation Guidée Detaillée 67:32
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks given at Maison Mudita, Suisse 2019

2019-10-13 Equanimity 56:20
Jill Shepherd
An exploration of equanimity as support for - and a fruit of - insight practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-10-13 Understanding the Benefits of Exclusive Attention Part 1- Meditation 36:47
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-10-13 Understanding the Benefits of Exclusive Attention Part 1- Talk 35:24
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-10-12 Freeing the Heart from Implicit Bias 49:43
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on how the practice of sense restraint on retreat can help us unlearn the oppressive biases that we have received from society.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-10-12 Integrity Leads to Awakening 54:22
Ajahn Sucitto
With reference to AN10:61, this teaching reviews the nutriments that result in ignorance, and the nutriments that result in true knowledge and liberation. For the latter, it starts with a person of integrity, with kalyanamitta. We all model something to each other. Cultivating purity of mind, thought, intention, speech, action is then not only for our welfare, but for the welfare of others.
Cittaviveka Vassa 2019 Closing Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Monastery

2019-10-12 Working With Patterns Of Mind 38:56
Thanissara
Releasing old wounds. Directing attention to feeling. Guided Meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-10-12 Approach to Samadhi and Its Benefits 38:53
Ajahn Sucitto
Intention is conditioned to move forward, to move to the next thing. But the encouragement here is to moderate one’s citta – volitional tendencies. Recollect the skillful, linger and deepen into the feeling of it until the mind is gladdened, settled, brought to singularity. There is always more to do on the conditioned level – taking time to store up the good in this way should not be neglected.
Cittaviveka Vassa 2019 Closing Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Monastery

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