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Dharma Talks
2001-01-01 Mindfulness & Clear Comprehension 68:13
Ajahn Pasanno

2001-01-01 Vipassana Meditation: Four Week Introductory Series - I 1:21:28
Tara Brach
Week I - General Introduction Mindfulness of the body and concentration on the breath adding mindfulness of sensation while encouraging opening to pleasure and pain.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2001-01-01 Vipassana Meditation: Four Week Introductory Series - II 1:27:00
Tara Brach
Week II - Mindfulness of Emotions Exploring ways of working with difficult inner weather systems.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2001-01-01 Vipassana Meditation: Four Week Introductory Series - III 1:25:32
Tara Brach
Week III - Mindfulness of Thoughts Investigating the nature of mind.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2000-12-31 Purification Of The Heart 49:55
Guy Armstrong
The deepest nature of our heart is intrinsically pure, but it is usually obscured by the visiting forms of wanting, aversion, and confusion. This talk explores how to work mindfully with various kinds of difficult emotions and how mindfulness works to purify our hearts of their influence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-04 Sila--The Cultivation Of Virtue 50:36
Kamala Masters
Understanding how sila is the foundation of our mindfulness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-06 Mindfulness 59:33
Kamala Masters
Resting in mindfulness is resting in grace.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-16 The Great Being Of Metta & Mindfulness 59:22
Steven Smith
Discovering the attributes of a "great one," a fully liberated and "true-hearted" one, a loyal friend and the ideal of tathagata.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-09-25 Confidence, Courage, Acceptance, Simplicity = 4 Supports Of Mindfulness 57:46
Steven Smith
Paying attention to how confidence, courage, acceptance and simplicity support mindfulness and the spiritual life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-05-30 Love And Hate 49:22
Michele McDonald
Ways of working mindfully with discontent and understanding the importance of connection.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta Retreat

2000-05-11 Living Fully In The Present; The Four Foundations Of Mindfulness - part 2 42:46
Narayan Helen Liebenson
continuation of part 1.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-05-09 Living Fully In The Present; The Four Foundations Of Mindfulness - part 1 46:04
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Learning to open fully to life as it is.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-04-25 Wise Attention 41:45
Christopher Titmuss
Mindfulness is not the end but a key to a liberating wisdom..
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and Inquiry

2000-04-18 Four Foundations of Mindfulness 58:37
Jack Kornfield

2000-04-10 The Eightfold Path 7: Wise Mindfulness 43:53
Rodney Smith
Exploring how mindfulness flows naturally from a wise view.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2000-03-07 Four Foundations of Mindfulness 61:53
Jack Kornfield

2000-02-05 The Practices Of Clear Seeing And Tenderness 49:59
Sylvia Boorstein
Mindfulness and Metta, as integral, implicit aspects of each other, are a unified path to awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-12-06 Nature Of Mind 54:12
Joseph Goldstein
exploring the nature of consciousness, awareness and mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-11-23 The Process Of Awakening: Five Spiritual Faculties 59:42
James Baraz
Faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom build on each other in a natural development. Understanding their relationship gives us a map for how the meditation process unfolds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-11-03 The Art Of Meditation Practice 57:09
Tara Brach
Regular mindfulness and concentration can be a creative and vital ritual of daily practice that becomes essential in opening of our hearts and minds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-11-01 Appreciation As A Source Of Happiness 61:16
James Baraz
The practice of appreciation is an exercise in mindfulness, openness of heart and wisdom. Whether experience is pleasant or unpleasant, inclining our minds toward appreciation allows us to open to our joys and sorrows as valuable gifts that make each moment come alive.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

1999-09-26 The Four Noble Truths And The Four Practices Of Mindfulness 56:34
Jack Kornfield
given at the first annual People of Color retreat at the Spirit Rock. The Noble Truths with a perspective on diversity
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-09-14 Fully Alive- Awakening Through Embodiment 61:27
Tara Brach
The Buddha's teachings on mindfulness begin with mindfulness of our body. By cultivating embodied awareness, we develop the capacity for presence and awakening through all realms of experience.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

1999-09-12 Essential Dhamma #3: The Good Fortune Of Mindfulness 60:46
Steve Armstrong
the essential dhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-09-09 The Buddha's Prescription For Happiness: Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 57:18
James Baraz
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment are mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, calm, concentration and equanimity. When brought to fruition they lead to the highest happiness we can experience. How can we cultivate these qualities consciously in our meditation practice and in our life?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Foundations Of Practice

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