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Dharma Talks
2023-03-15 Meditation: Say “Yes” to Life 11:49
Tara Brach
This guided practice awakens a relaxed and friendly attention that rests in the breath and opens to whatever is arising. We deepen that presence with the intention to truly say “Yes” to experience, allowing life to be just as it is.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2023-03-15 Deepening and Quieting 56:58
Dana DePalma
This guided meditation invites deepening and quieting, with lines of poetry from Mary Oliver.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-03-13 The Three Refuges - Recognizing Faith - Week 1 - Meditation 28:11
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies - The Three Refuges

2023-03-13 Guided meditation in Sayadaw U Tejaniya style. Day five of retreat. 64:20
Alexis Santos
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivating Awareness and Wisdom

2023-03-12 Consistent Commitment increases Capability 50:56
Ajahn Achalo
A dhamma talk and Q&A to a Canadian dhamma group in Toronto 12 March 2023. Questions are précised: 30:12 Q1 - We all often slip in the practice. What is the best way to get back into it? 34:18 Q2 - How can we maintain mindfulness when we don't accomplish what you set out to do? How can we not let that frustration set us further back? 41:15 Q3 - I've noticed a real cultural difference between the East and the West in the sense of guilt and shame. Can you comment? 45:31 Q4 - During meditation what should I do to control my thoughts? More on this group here: https://www.theravadabuddhistcommunity.org/
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2023-03-12 Making Space for Transformation 21:20
Ayya Anandabodhi
The practice of giving, ethics, and meditation can undo the confusing experience of being a separate individual person, as we attune more fully to the nature of the way things are.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2023-03-11 Q&A at Kihikihi Meditation Center 58:52
Ajahn Sucitto
00:18 Q1 When experiencing feelings and emotions is it part of the practice just to experience the suffering?07:59 Q2 When dealing with powerful emotions, is the foundation that you speak of built from continuous practice, being real? 17:15 Q3 If self enquiry is to bring us to a place of open heatedness, why do we carry these stories with us? How has that come about, that is has become so important to us? 33:43 Q4 Do you think that as you go on the path that you can experience suffering more? Because you are more aware of it? 46:34 Q5 How do you develop the level of understanding and insight that you have? 52:36 Q6 How can we find the balance between intentionally cultivating skillful qualities and accepting or allowing them to emerge?
Bodhinyanarama Monastery, Stokes Valley, New Zealand

2023-03-11 Grounding Meditation 45:04
Dana DePalma
Guided Meditation emphasizing grounding and then gently opening to thoughts, including a poem by Matty Weingast from "The First Free Women."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-03-10 Guided Meditation - Muditā 42:04
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Awakening the Heart

2023-03-10 A Gladdening of the Mind (Pamojja) Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:59
Phillip Moffitt
A guided meditation utilizing the naturally arising felt-sense approach to gladdening the mind (pamojja) beginning with the Arriving Sequence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

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