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Dharma Talks
2020-03-30 Talk Starting Inaugural Lockdown Evening Meditations 29_03_20 24:14
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2020-03-29 Taking Care of the Heart and Mind, Week 2 - Meditation 35:22
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-03-28 Noble Truths meditation 25:29
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-03-28 guided meditation for beginners 17:16
Jill Shepherd
A short guided meditation beginning with a body scan, inviting any tension held in various parts of the body to release, then a few minutes of mindfulness of breathing Suitable for complete beginners
Auckland Insight Meditation

2020-03-28 beginning meditation instructions 6:35
Jill Shepherd
A very short introduction to mindfulness meditation suitable for complete beginners
Auckland Insight Meditation

2020-03-27 Basics for Insight Meditation, Vipassana Bhante Bodhidhamma 42:44
Bhante Bodhidhamma
We need to be sure of three things to practice well: what does the Buddha mean by Right Awareness; how do we deal with what undermines Right Awareness; and what exactly are we supposed to be investigating.
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2020-03-26 Guided meditation: orienting to compassion 26:18
Jill Shepherd
A guided meditation orienting to compassion, in response to coronavirus
Auckland Insight Meditation

2020-03-25 Meditation: Touching Peace 22:51
Tara Brach
This guided meditation offers a pathway to quieting our mind and calming anxiety. We begin with long deep breathing, and with the breath, engage the image of a smile and relax through the body. Then we practice resting in relaxed awareness, allowing waves of thoughts, feelings and sensations to come and go. The meditation ends with a beautiful verse from poet Philip Booth.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-03-23 All Community Sit 18:54
Bob Stahl
Group meditation in the Insight Buddhist tradition, includes a Sit, short Dhamma talk, and discussion & connection
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-03-22 Taking Care of the Heart and Mind - Part 1 - Meditation 36:44
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-03-21 Breath/Divine Abidings meditation 29:38
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-03-18 Guided Meditation for Times of Pandemic: “Calling on Your Awakened Heart” 23:43
Tara Brach
In the midst of difficulty we need access to our deepest wisdom and love. This guided meditation calls forth this loving presence by opening to the heart and spirit of whatever being in our life we most experience as calm, wise and compassionate.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-03-18 Facing Pandemic Fears with an Awake Heart 59:14
Tara Brach
While it’s natural to feel fear during times of great collective crisis, our challenge is that fear easily takes over our lives. This talk explores how the mindfulness and compassion of the RAIN meditation can help us find an inner refuge in the face of fear, and deepen our loving connection with each other.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-03-16 Buddhist Studies: Cultivating Wholesome Relationships, Week 2 - Meditation 30:23
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course: Cultivating Wholesome Relationships

2020-03-16 Well-being in the time of Coronavirus - COVID-19 35:24
Nathan Glyde
A guided meditation offering mettā (well-wishing) towards those working the frontlines of health care and social care, those whose bodies are affected by the virus or disease themselves, and those taking precautions (like being in isolation). Opening our hearts and minds to all those affected, and beyond to all beings everywhere, can help reduce our stress and allow us to be more available to support. Includes a brief introduction: skip first 3 mins to get to the beginning of guided meditation. May all beings be cared for and well in heart-mind and body.
SanghaSeva A Response to Coronavirus

2020-03-16 Guided Meditation – Setting Up a Causal Loop of Goodwill 27:21
Ajahn Sucitto
Establish the body in upright grounded presence so other structures can be supported by this central structure. Internally, refrain from instinctual differentiations. Include everything without adding what’s not needed. Resonate goodwill through the realm of awareness.
Bosoord Center :  A Whole Life Path: Abiding in Stillness, Engaging with Wisdom

2020-03-14 Coronavirus and the support of the Dharma - Part 2 30:05
Zohar Lavie
A guided meditation to nourish and support us through humanity’s journey through the coronavirus pandemic.
SanghaSeva A Response to Coronavirus

2020-03-14 Instructions and Guided Meditation 54:21
Gavin Milne
Gaia House Nurturing the Compassionate Heart: Moving Beyond the Inner Critic

2020-03-14 Guided Meditation – Recollecting Buddha 31:02
Ajahn Sucitto
The mind needs to resonate many times with something that gives it confidence, assurance, clarity. Buddha represents that. Guidance given to recollect qualities of Buddha, feeling the effects as resonances in the body, lingering to encourage the effects to pervade.
Bosoord Center :  A Whole Life Path: Abiding in Stillness, Engaging with Wisdom

2020-03-13 Embodied Awakening - Meditation 33:59
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-03-13 Guided Meditation 31:56
Gavin Milne
Gaia House Nurturing the Compassionate Heart: Moving Beyond the Inner Critic

2020-03-12 Metta Meditation (for easy person and self) 54:31
Jean Esther
Introduction to the Brahma Viharas and the practice of goodwill.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom Here & Now: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-11 Guided Heart Meditation: Loving Kindness – Befriending our Lives 27:21
Tara Brach
This heart meditation guides us in how to cultivate a deep quality of friendliness in relating to our inner life and each other. The gift of this practice is a direct sense of belonging – knowing that we can never be alone (retreat meditation).
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-03-11 Letting Go - Release - Freedom (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:35
Eugene Cash
Satipatthana - Four Foundations of Mindfulness offers us specific meditation practices with the body, breath, in four postures, in all activities, with the elements, with death, vedana, the heart/mind and the dharmas including hindrances and the seven factors of awakenings. Each of these practices includes a through line: One abides independent, not clinging to anything in the world. The not clinging to body, heart, mind or any experience is both the foundation of the Buddha's teaching and the doorway to freedom. It's the experience of coming into alignment with ' he way things are.'
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong

2020-03-11 Meditating With Physical Discomfort 31:38
Chas DiCapua
Establishing a correct attitude towards physical discomfort, and meditation techniques for including it in one's practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom Here & Now: Insight Meditation Retreat

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