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Dharma Talks
2020-01-19 Mindfulness of Feeling Tones 39:30
Bob Stahl
Morning Meditation Instructions Day 2
Emmaus Retreat Center :  7-Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-18 Mindfulness of the Body 47:37
Bob Stahl
Morning Meditation Instructions Day 1
Emmaus Retreat Center :  7-Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-18 13 meditation: mindfulness of mind 27:06
Jill Shepherd
Steadying awareness on the breath and physical sensations, then opening to include sounds, thoughts, and emotions
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-17 10 guided meditation: metta for the benefactor 21:13
Jill Shepherd
A short guided meditation offering metta to the benefactor, using a combination of radiating energy and reciting phrases methods
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-17 08 guided meditation: exploring the four elemental qualities 15:51
Jill Shepherd
A short guided meditation lying down, bringing awareness to the elemental qualities of earth, water, fire and air within the body and externally
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-16 04 meditation: body scan and mindfulness of breathing 25:12
Jill Shepherd
Beginning with a body scan inviting tension to soften and relax, then bringing awareness to the breath, starting with the simple knowing of breathing in and breathing out
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-16 03 instructions: sati and samadhi 14:15
Jill Shepherd
A short exploration of mindfulness (sati) in the context of insight meditation, and how it is supported by clear comprehension (sampajanno) and stability of mind or non-distractability (samadhi)
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-15 Meditation: Coming Home with the Breath 20:34
Tara Brach
This guided practice has a short period of relaxing the body, and establishes the breath as a home base for attention. We practice arriving again and again, deepening the pathway of homecoming. The meditation ends with lovingkindness for ourselves and our world.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-01-15 Sweeping the Body 44:25
Ajahn Sucitto
Something in us – citta – searches for release from suffering. It struggles to rise out of old patterns, which means one has to enter them. Sweeping meditation is a skillful means. It’s not just a physical exercise but an opportunity to clear kamma.
Cittaviveka Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020

2020-01-14 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, Week 1 1:29:31
Mark Nunberg
Course introduction, two guided meditations, and dharma talk
Common Ground Meditation Center Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, Jan-Feb 2020

2020-01-14 Reflections on Metta for difficult people: guided Metta meditation. 45:32
Jaya Rudgard
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-13 S.E.S. January - Intimacy & Imagination -Wise View - guided meditation 13:13
Sebene Selassie
New York Insight Meditation Center Sacred Earth Sangha

2020-01-13 "What Is Meditation" 56:15
Sayadaw U Jagara
Meditation is described as "sensitivity, intelligence, and adjustment". Parallels are done with "Sati, Panna, and Viriya" - a trilogy principle seen in MN:117, Mahācattārīsaka Sutta
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2020

2020-01-13 Guided Metta meditation for self and benefactor 43:30
Yuka Nakamura
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-13 Instructions and guided meditation: mindfulness of mindstates. 51:12
Jaya Rudgard
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-12 The Sensitive Heart - Meditation 33:43
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-01-12 Guided Metta Meditation 45:56
Chris Cullen
Brief introduction followed by a guided metta meditation for group, self, and benefactors
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-12 Practising with Ground, Space and Rhythm 45:26
Ajahn Sucitto
Contact with the world causes citta to lose its sense of ground, space and rhythm. Use of body is recommended as a meditation theme. We practice to carefully meet contact impression, training intention and attention to be for one’s welfare.
Cittaviveka Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020

2020-01-09 Morning Instructions 9:00
Sayadaw U Jagara
Meditation requires sensitivity and intelligence from the heart. The seven bojjhangas in practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2020

2020-01-08 Meditation: Relaxed and Awake 17:14
Tara Brach
This guided meditation helps us find ease and wakefulness in our body and mind. With the breath as our home base, we offer a gentle and full attention to the changing waves. We close with a beautiful poem, “Walk Slowly,” by Danna Faulds
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-01-08 The Three Refuges - Gateways to Belonging and Freedom 55:44
Tara Brach
We all need ways to guide our attention that allow us to find wisdom, love and freedom in the midst of our lives. This talk reviews three archetypal gateways—Buddha/awareness, Dharma/truth, and Sangha/loving community. Through teachings, guided meditations and a traditional refuge ritual, we engage together in bringing alive these pathways to healing and peace. (Note: Includes Refuges string tying ceremony and chanting the Refuges at end) St. Teresa of Avila says, “Only at the shrine where all are welcome will God sing loud enough to be heard.”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-01-06 How Turtles Find Their Way Back Home 47:40
Sayadaw U Jagara
Turtles and magnetic fields. Planes of existence and rebirth. Rahula's and Buddha's instructions on four elements and Brahma Vihara, before practicing breath meditation (ānāpāna)
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2020

2020-01-05 Welcoming the Totality of Our Lives, Part 2 - Meditation 30:03
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-01-05 Guided Meditation On Equinimity 42:09
Sharda Rogell
How to bring the mind to more balance and ease in the face of challenges.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2020-01-05 Welcoming the Totality of Our Lives - Meditation 32:47
Mark Nunberg
Chant followed by guided meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

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