Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2009-06-24 Mindfulness Practice and the Jewish Year 58:37
Rabbi Sheila Weinberg	Download Listen
Reflection on what we seek to remember in practice, developing the capacity to see which stories serve to develop wholesome qualities and reduce suffering. The center of the talk is a tour through the Jewish year, interpreting each holiday as a form of retreat practice and the opportunity to awaken and develop heart qualities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Jewish Mindfulness

2009-06-23 The Awakening Prophet 63:39
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
One interpretation of Jewish mindfulness connects mindfulness with the Jewish prophetic tradition. This suggests an understanding of spiritual practice as involving both "inner" transformation toward liberation and "outer" transformation toward a liberated society; actually, the two are intimately connected. We first explore, partly through music, the prophetic tradition. We then examine how both our inner and outer practice can be understood in similar ways, following the core principles, in terms of development in wisdom and mindfulness (the mind), compassion and love (the heart), and courage and skillful action (the body).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Jewish Mindfulness

2009-06-17 Mindfulness: Befriending Yourself 50:58
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Description of awareness practice and its benefits, including truthfulness with yourself.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : People of Color Retreat

2009-06-17 Part 1 - Wise Practice 1:15:56

Tara Brach

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This three week series reviews many key components of Buddhist meditation practice. Beginning with intention and attitude, we cover the strategies that help us arrive in presence, the key elements of mindfulness, working with difficult emotional states and the practices that awaken our heart. Each week will include guided meditations and reflections.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-06-17 Practicing with Anger, pt II 59:58
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We review and fill out some of the themes from part I, why it is important and yet often confusing to work with anger; and several guidelines and tools (mindfulness, reflection, heart practices) for practicing with anger individually. We add an overview of how to practice with anger in relational an social contexts with others, focusing especially on skillful speech.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-06-10 Practicing with Anger, Pt I 60:12
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
For many of us, it is hard to know how to practice with anger. We explore some of the reasons for confusion about anger, including the mixed messages we get about anger in many settings, the different connotations of what is translated as "anger" East and West, and the conditioning around anger. We then outline three ways of more "inner" work with anger, through 1) mindfulness, 2) reflections and 3) heart practices like lovingkindness, compassion and forgiveness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-06-08 Mindfulness - Exploring The Universe Within 62:10
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
An introduction about how I came to meditation, followed by a description of the characteristics and function of mindfulness as a tool for exploration and insight.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Liberation of Mind and Heart: Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-06-08 Mindfulness of the Body 1:18:13
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Vivekananda

2009-06-01 Natural Resources of Mindfulness 1:10:12
Ajahn Liem Thitadhammo	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-06-01 Practicing Mindfulness Of Mind 59:22
Bhante Khippapanno	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-06-01 Natural Resources of Mindfulness 12:10
Ajahn Liem Thitadhammo	Download Listen
This is Part I, it has an introduction to Ajahn Liem and the Thai Forest Monastery.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-05-18 Satipatthana Sutta - part 46 - The Noble Eightfold Path: Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration, Conclusion. 61:58
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge
In collection: Satipatthana Sutta Series

2009-05-18 The Role of Samadhi in the Four Foundations of Mindfulness 60:10
Richard Shankman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Concentration Retreat

2009-05-17 Mindfulness of Body 56:39
Dori Langevin	Download Listen
The life of the body is a tether to moment to moment experience. Cultivating an enlarged awareness, infused with kindness, plus directly contacting sensations, allows us to be with unpleasant sensations we often call "pain"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-05-16 Supports for Samadhi: An overview of the Buddha’s teachings on some of the beautiful qualities of mind and heart that lead to deepening concentration. 55:22
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The role of concentration is central to the Buddha’s teaching. This can be seen by the emphasis placed on it in some of the key Buddhist lists, such as the Noble Eightfold Path, the Five Spiritual Faculties, the Seven Factors Of Awakening and the 12 links of Transcendent Dependent Arising. This talk looks at the qualities we can develop in our practice that support concentration, such as faith, mindfulness, happiness and contentment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Concentration Retreat

2009-05-12 Factors That Support and Hinder Concentration 58:22
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Any time we practice mindfulness and wise attention, we are weakening the impact of the hindrances, and strengthening what are known as the five jhanic factors: meditative qualities that support the continuity and deepening of our meditation. Each of the jhanic factors actually balances and acts as an antidote to one of the hindrances. This talk looks at how to strengthen the jhanic factors, and use them skillfully as antidotes to the hindrances.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Concentration Retreat

2009-05-09 Into the depths of Silence 59:18
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Listening to silence in our lives, opening to its embrace, reveals a profound and immense power to transform the heart. Deepening in the stillness of meditation, our practice involves mindfulness of all ‘objects’, but must eventually also go beyond objects to realize a truly boundless freedom – of being nothing and having nothing.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-05-07 Intro to Mindfulness Week 5 1:20:52
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-05-04 Awakening to the Mystery of the Body 56:37
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Mindfulness practice and the body - Learning to cultivate the awareness of the body as temple, as mystery and as a vehicle for mindfulness and awakening
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-05-03 Supporting Mindfullness 59:39
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Looking to the natural quality of mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Relaxed Openness: Embodying Presence

2009-05-02 The Gifts of Mindfulness 53:34
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) : Yucca Valley Spring Retreat

2009-04-29 Wise Investigation 1:11:37

Tara Brach

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This talk focuses on the use of inquiry and investigation in energizing a lucid, mindful presence. The interest and care that underlies wise investigation is essential in both healing difficult emotional tangles and in revealing the very nature of reality. Guided meditation included.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-04-28 Intro to Mindfulness Week 4 1:17:02
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
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Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-04-22 Part 2 - Intention and Spiritual Freedom 1:17:19

Tara Brach

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While we can't change the past, it is our intention in this present moment that determines the unfolding of happiness and freedom in our life. When unconscious, our intentions are often shaped by craving and aversion. These two talks explore how we can become mindful of intention, and realize the depth and purity of our innate aspiration toward awakening and freedom.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-04-21 Intro to Mindfulness Week 3 1:29:23
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
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Common Ground Meditation Center