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Dharma Talks
2019-09-22 The Refuge of Wisdom, Part 1 - Meditation 32:13
Mark Nunberg
Begins with chanting the Five Subjects for Frequent Recollection, followed by a guided meditation.
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-22 The Refuge of Wisdom, Part 1 - Talk 37:30
Mark Nunberg
Last few minutes of audio are missing.
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-22 Morning Instructions: Choiceless Attention 60:26
Guy Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-22 Emotions 36:04
Chas DiCapua
Understanding the place of emotions in daily life and the part they play in the development of the eightfold path.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Meditation, Nature and Awareness

2019-09-21 Unbearable Wholeness of Being (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:01
Mary Grace Orr
An exploration of the new cosmology, evolution and the Buddhist teaching of anatta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-21 Day 5 Dharma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:12:46
Wes Nisker, Leslie Booker, Vinny Ferraro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation

2019-09-21 Gratitude Body Scan (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:12
Christiane Wolf
Body Scan
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-21 32 Parts of the Body Chant (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 10:00
Bob Stahl
Chanting the 32 Parts
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-20 Meditation on Tears, Grease, Saliva, Mucus, Oil of the Joints, Urine (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 38:49
Mary Grace Orr
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-20 Freedom in the Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:18
Bob Stahl
More teachings on the 32 Parts of the Body. Why this practice. What are the benefits?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-20 Day 4 Dharma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:51
Wes Nisker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation

2019-09-20 The Transformative Power of Seclusion, Solitude, and Silence 53:00
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on these important qualities on the spiritual path. It explores this by getting a felt sense of these through a poetic understanding of these terms.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-20 Anatta. The third in a series of three talks on the three characteristics of experience: impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and not me or not mine. 53:46
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-09-20 Feminine Perspectives in Buddhism 26:27
Ayya Santacitta
Sacramento Insight Meditation

2019-09-20 Meditation on Bile, Phlegm, Pus, Blood, Sweat, Fat (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:42
Christiane Wolf
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-20 Morning Meditation Instructions On Vedana 57:41
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-19 No Time to Play Small: Acting with Courage, Wisdom and Love 62:07
James Baraz
Greta Thunberg’s fearless willingness to speak the truth has inspired millions of youth to follow her lead resulting in the hugely successful September 20th Worldwide Climate Strike. Thunberg calls being on the autism spectrum her “superpower” because she doesn’t care what others think of her and only cares about telling the truth. Can we be like her, let go of our self-consciousness, not hold back and speak and act with honesty and courage?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-09-19 Our History is Here Inside Our Body: The Individual and Collective Experience (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:08
Christiane Wolf
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-19 What I Learned From a Dead Whale (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 27:02
Leslie Booker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation

2019-09-19 Working with Difficult Emotions 60:18
Guy Armstrong
Describes ways to work with difficult emotions in general. Offers particular guidance on meditating with the states of desire, anger, self-judgment, grief, and fear.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-19 Developing Deep and Vast Compassion - Level 2 Meditation #2 1:10:16
Ajahn Achalo
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2019-09-19 Developing Deep and Vast Compassion - Level 1 Meditation #1 56:47
Ajahn Achalo
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2019-09-19 Developing Deep and Vast Compassion - Talk part 2 38:39
Ajahn Achalo
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2019-09-19 Guided Meditation on Large Intestines, Small Intestines, Stomach, Feces, Brain (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:30
Bob Stahl
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-19 Handeln und Sprechen als Praxis 40:22
Renate Seifarth
Kurze Impulse für unsere Praxis im Alltag. Im Zentrum des Dhammaweges stehen Wahrheit und innerer wie äußerer Frieden als Ziel. Diese leiten uns auch in unserem Handeln und Sprechen. Wichtig ist die Motivation aus der heraus wir agieren. Sie drückt sich aus in großzügigen Geben, Teilen und Helfen. Im Sprechen orietieren wir uns an unserer Wahrheit und suchen eine wertschätzende, verbindende Kommunikation.
Buddha-Haus :  Sieben Tage Vipassana und Metta

2019-09-19 Guided Meditation on Heart, Liver, Diaphragm, Spleen, Lungs (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:09
Mary Grace Orr
Instruction on 32 Parts
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-19 Morning Instructions 59:40
Jill Shepherd
Review of the meditation instructions so far, moving from the anchor and opening to whatever aspect of experience is predominant.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-18 Trust in Our Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:19
Mary Grace Orr
Exploring trust as an element of practice, as well as the remaining faculties (energy, mindfulness, concentration & wisdom).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-18 Training the Mind & Heart - Part 2 - Meditation 31:57
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-18 Training the Mind & Heart - Part 2 - Talk 59:16
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-18 Developing Deep and Vast Compassion - Talk part 1 42:34
Ajahn Achalo
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2019-09-18 32 Parts of the Body: Flesh, Sinews, Bones, Bone Marrow, Kidneys (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:18
Christiane Wolf
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-18 Practicing with Conflict 4 1:12:15
Donald Rothberg
In our fourth exploration of how to practice with conflict, we examine four practice resources, inviting listeners to keep in mind, as we explore the resources, a conflict (whether an inner conflict, an interpersonal conflict, or a larger social conflict); conflict is understood as a difference of, or tension between, positions or values or needs. The first resource is that of the tools of our inner practice: mindfulness practice, heart practices such as compassion, lovingkindness, and forgiveness, and ways to work with difficult emotions and thoughts such as anger, fear, sadness, frustration, the judgmental mind, etc. The second resource is that of the "win-win" or "both-and" model of conflict transformation, in which the aim is to move from an "either-or" or "win-lose" framework toward the "win-win" way of meeting the underlying values or needs of both sides; at times, we may need to move away from the "win-lose" framework through "avoidance" (time outs, cease-fires, etc.) or compromise, on the way, if possible, to "win-win." The third resource is that of empathy, taken as a practice central to working with conflicts of any kind. The fourth resource is that of working with attachments to fixed views that typically arise in conflict situations of any kind, especially through through mindfulness, inquiry, empathy, and heart practices.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-09-18 Day 2 Meditation on Head Hair, Body Hair, Nails, Teeth and Skin (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:33
Bob Stahl
Meditation on first 5 parts of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-18 Morning Instructions - Thoughts 60:18
Guy Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-17 Within This Fathom Long Body: An Introduction to the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:45
Bob Stahl
What brings us to practice? The wisdom of the body ...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-17 Introduction To Guided Metta Meditation 55:45
Carol Wilson
Self and benefactor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-17 Guided Metta -- You Got Love Coming 39:59
Vinny Ferraro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation

2019-09-17 Viriya als Kraft und Fähigkeit entfalten 43:55
Renate Seifarth
Viriya gehört zu den fünf Kräften oder fünf Fähigkeiten, die wir für unsere Entwicklung brauchen. Viriya lässt sich allgemein als Energie bezeichnen und drückt sich manchmal als Anstrengung, Bemühen oder Beharrlichkeit aus. Hier geht es vor allem darum, wie wir Energie in der Meditation entfalten können.
Buddha-Haus :  Sieben Tage Vipassana und Metta

2019-09-16 Reflections On The First Noble Truth 60:37
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-16 The Buddha's Liberating Teachings on Dukkha - The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience - Week 2 - Talk 37:25
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha – The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience

2019-09-16 The Buddha's Liberating Teachings on Dukkha - The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience - Week 2 - Meditation 30:42
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha – The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience

2019-09-16 Die Kraft der Sammlung samadhi 45:06
Renate Seifarth
Samadhi ist ein wichtige Kraft für Einsicht. Es werden unterschiedliche Formen der Sammlung unterschieden, die Moment-zu-Moment Sammlung und die Vertiefungen Jhana. Weiter wird dargelegt, welche inneren und äußeren Bedingungen uns helfen, samadhi zu entwickeln und welche Stadien wir in der Entwicklung durchlaufen.
Buddha-Haus :  Sieben Tage Vipassana und Metta

2019-09-16 Monday Night Dharma Talk 60:27
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-09-16 Morning Instructions on working with the hindrances and framing of the importance of working with sexual energy on retreat. 57:14
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-16 The Elements & Being OK with Uncertainty 32:58
Ayya Santacitta
Guided Meditation
Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community

2019-09-16 Four Supports for Letting Go 48:54
Ayya Santacitta
Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community

2019-09-15 Five Hindrances 59:23
Jill Shepherd
An overview of the five hindrances: afflictive states that get in the way of clear seeing
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-15 Mindfulness - Training the Mind & Heart - Meditation 34:25
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-15 Mindfulness - Training the Mind & Heart - Talk 56:04
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-15 Learning from Mistakes: practicing with the vipallasa in everyday life 29:35
Dhammadīpā
a talk given at a non-residential retreat at Dharma Zephyr Insight sangha in Carson City, NV
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-09-15 Motivation und Ausrichtung in unserer Praxis 41:55
Yuka Nakamura
Warum praktizieren wir? Was motiviert uns? Wonach streben wir? Der Vortrag geht auf unterschiedliche Vorstellungen des Weges und seines Ziels ein - Nibbana, das Bodhisattva-Ideal, säkulare Vorstellungen etc. Wichtig ist, dass wir für uns klären, was uns anspricht und uns auf einen Weg einlassen.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2019-09-15 Metta 41:38
Renate Seifarth
Die Entwicklung eines grundlegenden Wohlwollens und Mitgefühls gilt als zweiter Flügel in der Praxis. Die Metta-Meditation ist ein Weg diese Haltung zu entwickeln. Es wird auf die Bedeutung hingewiesen und warum die Praxis eine innere Haltung in uns verankern kann
Buddha-Haus :  Sieben Tage Vipassana und Metta

2019-09-15 Moving From Misperception To Clear Seeing-Meditation 27:56
Mark Nunberg
Guided meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center

2019-09-15 Moving From Misperception to Clear Seeing - Talk 39:44
Mark Nunberg
Post-guided meditation talk and Q&A with group
Common Ground Meditation Center

2019-09-15 Loving Kindness guided meditation - metta 11:51
Dhammadīpā
a talk given at a non-residential retreat at Dharma Zephyr Insight sangha in Carson City, NV
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-09-15 Morning Instructions - Opening To Sensations 60:20
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-14 Going for Refuge - A Beautiful Movement of the Heart 55:39
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on the act of Going for Refuge as a movement of the heart. This movement offers freedom through reorienting our lives toward the spiritual path.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-14 Rechte Absicht 60:51
Yuka Nakamura
Der Buddha betonte die Absicht als Schlüssel zu Glück und Frieden. Oft sind wir uns jedoch der Absichten, die hinter unseren Entscheidungen und Handlungen stehen, nicht bewusst. Basierend auf der Dvedhāvitakka Sutta diskutiert der Vortrag die unheilsamen Absichten von sinnlichem Verlangen, Übelwollen und Grausamkeit und die heilsamen Absichten von Entsagung, liebender Güte und Mitgefühl. Er geht auch darauf ein, wie wir den Geist schulen und transformieren können.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2019-09-14 Beginning, Middle and End: a guided meditation on breath 10:03
Dhammadīpā
a talk given at a non-residential retreat at Dharma Zephyr Insight sangha in Carson City, NV
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-09-14 The Path to Seeing Clearly: working with the vipallasa 35:12
Dhammadīpā
a talk given at a non-residential retreat at Dharma Zephyr Insight sangha in Carson City, NV
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-09-14 Morning Instructions 58:33
Jill Shepherd
Continuing working with the three anchors: whole body, breathing, sounds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-14 Turning Upright What Had Been Turned Upside Down 30:31
Ayya Santacitta
Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community

2019-09-13 Dukkha - the second in a series of three talks on the three characteristics of experience: impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and not me or mine. 50:15
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-09-13 Die Kraft heilsamer Absichten 53:46
Yuka Nakamura
Im Buddhadharma bezieht sich Karma auf die Absicht, die hinter einer Handlung steht. Sie ist es, die wirksam ist. Der Buddha betonte die Wichtigkeit, unsere Absichten vor, während und nach dem Handeln, Sprechen und Denken stets zu prüfen. Der Vortrag geht auch auf den geschickten Umgang mit Fehlhandlungen ein und die Möglichkeit, sich immer wieder neu auszurichten.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2019-09-12 A Lineage of Goodness: Ode to Benefactors 54:53
James Baraz
A talk about how our benefactors impact us, wisdom and love they pass on from their benefactors and how we transmit those beautiful qualities to others who pas it on as well. No one "owns" those qualities. Rather we are part of a lineage of goodness.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-09-12 Mindfulness Of Breathing 58:22
Guy Armstrong
What mindfulness is and why mindfulness of breathing is such a valuable meditation in our tradition.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-12 Day 2 Dharma Talk: Paddling to the Far Shore (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:53
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness & Heartfulness for Insight & Liberation

2019-09-12 Morning Instructions 61:12
Guy Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-11 Day 1 Afternoon Sit with Instructions: Building our relationship with physical pain (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:27
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness & Heartfulness for Insight & Liberation

2019-09-11 Morning Instructions on relaxation and beginning to connect with an anchor in meditation 37:54
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-11 Practicing with Conflict 3 64:20
Donald Rothberg
We review what we’ve explored so far about practicing with conflict, including our conditioning and stereotypes about conflict (typically with views of conflict as negative), ways to bring our meditation practice into working with the “inner” states (emotions, thoughts, bodily states) that arise with conflict, and the “both-and” or “win-win” perspective on approaching conflict. We then bring in a further important resource—empathic understanding of another—outlining a simple way to “practice” empathy. We then work with an exercise bringing empathy to someone with whom one is in conflict. Then we discuss all of this.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-09-10 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation - Week 1 1:26:35
Mark Nunberg
Week 1 of a 6 week introductory course to Mindfulness Meditation. Starts with a 15 minute guided meditation followed by a 30 minute Dharma Talk followed by another 30 minutes of guided meditation and finally 15 minutes of discussion/Q&A led by Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

2019-09-10 A boring Talk With Lots Of Sutta Quotations! 48:47
Greg Scharf
Mindfulness of feelings (vedana)
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-09-09 The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha–The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience - Week 1 - Meditation 32:05
Mark Nunberg
Introduction followed by chant and guided meditation.
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha – The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience

2019-09-09 The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha–The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience - Week 1 - Talk 50:24
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha – The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience

2019-09-08 Climate Breakdown and the Dharma - Part 4 26:23
Victor von der Heyde
An overview of harm and effectiveness in social and political movements.
Australian Insight Meditation Network Climate Breakdown and the Dharma

2019-09-08 The Mind of the Great Sage 50:50
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2019-09-08 Meditation as a Practice of Letting Go - Part 1- Talk 35:57
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-08 Meditation as a Practice of Letting Go - Part 1 - Meditation 38:04
Mark Nunberg
Chant followed by meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-08 AM01-intro & dharma talk 60:39
Martin Aylward
New York Insight Meditation Center Wisdom, Love and Presence: Awakening the Three Centers of Head, Heart and Belly

2019-09-08 AM02- Guided Meditation 25:53
Martin Aylward
New York Insight Meditation Center Wisdom, Love and Presence: Awakening the Three Centers of Head, Heart and Belly

2019-09-08 AM03- Guided Meditation 29:53
Martin Aylward
New York Insight Meditation Center Wisdom, Love and Presence: Awakening the Three Centers of Head, Heart and Belly

2019-09-08 am04-concluding-remarks-morning-session+qa 24:02
Martin Aylward
New York Insight Meditation Center Wisdom, Love and Presence: Awakening the Three Centers of Head, Heart and Belly

2019-09-08 pm01-standing meditation & movement 14:45
Martin Aylward
New York Insight Meditation Center Wisdom, Love and Presence: Awakening the Three Centers of Head, Heart and Belly

2019-09-08 pm02-guided-meditation-heart-center+sound (ooow) 32:23
Martin Aylward
New York Insight Meditation Center Wisdom, Love and Presence: Awakening the Three Centers of Head, Heart and Belly

2019-09-08 pm03-movement-interaction-exercise+sharing 47:29
Martin Aylward
New York Insight Meditation Center Wisdom, Love and Presence: Awakening the Three Centers of Head, Heart and Belly

2019-09-08 pm04-mind-Vijñāna-Sampajañña-Sati 25:06
Martin Aylward
New York Insight Meditation Center Wisdom, Love and Presence: Awakening the Three Centers of Head, Heart and Belly

2019-09-08 pm05-mind-guided-meditation-short 9:07
Martin Aylward
New York Insight Meditation Center Wisdom, Love and Presence: Awakening the Three Centers of Head, Heart and Belly

2019-09-08 pm06-qa+closing rmearks 11:17
Martin Aylward
New York Insight Meditation Center Wisdom, Love and Presence: Awakening the Three Centers of Head, Heart and Belly

2019-09-07 Dharma Talk - Unshakeable Tenderness 56:19
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2019-09-07 A Sangha Gathering 66:42
Ajahn Pasanno
Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-09-07 A Sangha Gathering Q & A 41:00
Ajahn Pasanno
Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-09-07 Guided Meditation 42:21
Nathan Glyde
Meeting all things with Metta and Equanimity
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2019-09-07 Meditation Instructions - Equanimity 61:55
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2019-09-07 Morning Instructions 59:46
Jean Esther
Introduction of the 2nd foundation of mindfulness. Mindfulness of feeling.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTQAI Community

2019-09-06 Dharma Talk - The Nearest Joy 50:30
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2019-09-06 Anicca - Impermanence 45:06
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-09-06 Guided Mudita Practice with Insight Dialogue 48:37
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2019-09-06 Metta for a friend and neutral person 45:01
bruni dávila
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTQAI Community

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