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Dharma Talks
2018-04-23 Generosity 29:17
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on the heart quality of generosity.
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2018-04-23 Introduction to Metta Practice 35:40
Oren Jay Sofer
A brief overview of the practice of loving-kindness, in particular as it relates to speech and interactive practice. Includes guidance and instructions.
Sacred Stream Center :  Mindful Communication: A Wise Speech Retreat

2018-04-23 Wise Speech and the Path of Awakening 55:29
Donald Rothberg
We explore (1) the importance of speech practice, (2) the place of speech practice in traditional and contemporary paths of awakening, (3) the central resource from the teachings of the Buddha on speech practice--the four core ethical guidelines, and (4) some ways to implement these guidelines and connect them with other practices.
Sacred Stream Center :  Mindful Communication: A Wise Speech Retreat

2018-04-23 Instructions 2 30:54
Martine Batchelor
Second Instructions
Gaia House Sŏn (Zen) Retreat

2018-04-23 Q&A 03 3:16
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Ling Shan Temple :  2018 Taiwan Ling Shan Temple Retreat 德加尼亚禅师灵山禅寺禅修营

2018-04-23 The Day After Earth Day 63:39
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2018-04-23 Group 02 1:49:30
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Ling Shan Temple :  2018 Taiwan Ling Shan Temple Retreat 德加尼亚禅师灵山禅寺禅修营

2018-04-22 The Path of Son and its Relevance to Mindfulness Practice 46:47
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Sŏn (Zen) Retreat

2018-04-22 Working With Expectations In Practice 47:46
Michael Grady
Discovering ease in our meditation prectice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Living Dharma: Mindfulness, Kindness & Wisdom

2018-04-22 Noble Eightfold Path (Right view) 56:15
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2018-04-22 Q&A 02 4:19
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Ling Shan Temple :  2018 Taiwan Ling Shan Temple Retreat 德加尼亚禅师灵山禅寺禅修营

2018-04-22 Instructions 1 27:32
Stephen Batchelor
First Instructions
Gaia House Sŏn (Zen) Retreat

2018-04-22 Q&A 01 16:36
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Ling Shan Temple :  2018 Taiwan Ling Shan Temple Retreat 德加尼亚禅师灵山禅寺禅修营

2018-04-22 The Ephemeral Nature of Experience - Talk 39:39
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-04-22 The Ephemeral Nature of Experience - Meditation 28:17
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-04-22 Group 01 1:13:27
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Ling Shan Temple :  2018 Taiwan Ling Shan Temple Retreat 德加尼亚禅师灵山禅寺禅修营

2018-04-22 Closing Talk 33:58
Heather Martin
with Pascal Auclair
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair and Heather Martin

2018-04-21 Opening Talk 1:49:20
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Ling Shan Temple :  2018 Taiwan Ling Shan Temple Retreat 德加尼亚禅师灵山禅寺禅修营

2018-04-21 Instructions and Talk 2:43
Heather Martin
with Pascal Auclair
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair and Heather Martin

2018-04-20 The inner critic revisited. 40:01
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-04-20 Questions and Answers 66:29
Heather Martin
with Pascal Auclair
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair and Heather Martin

2018-04-20 Lecture 13 1:21:54
Bhikkhu Analayo
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nibbāna: The Mind Stilled
Attached Files:
  • Nibbana - Lecture 13 by Bhikkhu Analayo (PDF)

2018-04-20 Evening Session Day 1: Generosity/Renunciation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2:11:39
Thanissara
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dedicated Practitioners Program Six; Retreat #3

2018-04-20 Instructions and Talk 34:19
Heather Martin
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair and Heather Martin

2018-04-20 The Role of Presence in Communication 22:15
Oren Jay Sofer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindful Communication: How to Create Real Dialogue & Healthy Relationships

2018-04-20 What is Real Dialogue? 34:39
Oren Jay Sofer
A brief exploration of "real dialogue" and the Buddha's teachings on Right Speech.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindful Communication: How to Create Real Dialogue & Healthy Relationships

2018-04-20 Guided Meditation: Settling and Arriving 16:10
Oren Jay Sofer
A short, simple meditation to arrive and settle, ending with a guided reflection on intention.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindful Communication: How to Create Real Dialogue & Healthy Relationships

2018-04-19 "Clear Comprehension Part 1" 51:40
James Baraz
In the Satipatthana Sutta (MN#10), the Buddha's discourse on mindfulness, the Buddha instruct's us to contemplate mindfully, ardent and clearly comprehending each of the four foundations. "Clear comprehension" also translated as "clearly knowing" includes four areas of context for our mindfulness practice. In this talk the first two aspects of Clear Comprehension are explored: "Clear Comprehension of Purpose" and "Clear Comprehension of Suitability of Action."
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2018-04-19 The Boundless Nature of the Heart 60:32
Heather Martin
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair and Heather Martin

2018-04-19 Instructions and Talk 33:25
Pascal Auclair
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair and Heather Martin

2018-04-18 Talk and Chant 12:09
Heather Martin
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair and Heather Martin

2018-04-18 Dreamcatchers 38:09
Amita Schmidt
Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community :  The Connected Heart

2018-04-18 Meditation: Mind Like a Vast Sky 18:12
Tara Brach
This meditation opens with listening and discovering the sky-like awareness that includes changing sounds, thoughts, feelings and sensations. The sounding of bells and chimes assists in connecting to and resting in the boundless and loving awareness that is our true home.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-04-18 Listening with an Awake Heart – Part 2 58:35
Tara Brach
Deep listening – to our inner life, each other and our world – is an intrinsic expression of our awakened heart. Yet because we have strong conditioning to be caught in wants and fears, there is often much interference in the field of communications. These two talks are an opportunity to intentionally deepen your capacity to listen in a way that leads to increased understanding and connection. You’ll have the opportunity to investigate what gets between you and deep listening, and to practice the key elements that nurture receptive presence. The second talk includes questions and responses that focus on having an agenda instead of listening, the feeling that we don’t have enough time, listening when we feel reactive (hurt, defensive, intimidated, angry) and the need to feel heard.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-04-18 Self Forgiveness - Guided Meditation 31:01
Devin Berry
Brief reflections and a guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2018-04-18 Characteristics 61:16
Pascal Auclair
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair and Heather Martin

2018-04-18 Patience and Forgiveness 56:10
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2018-04-18 Things Are Not As They Appear 5: The Emptiness of Phenomena 64:47
Donald Rothberg
After a brief review of the previous talks in this series, we look at the "constructed" or "empty" nature of phenomena (trees, chairs, and other "external" objects), with perspectives from psychology, philosophy, the neurosciences, and especially, Buddhist practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-04-18 Morning Instructions - Thoughts 48:11
Rebecca Bradshaw
Guided meditation, different objects including thoughts
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2018-04-18 Instructions and Talk 40:12
Heather Martin
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair and Heather Martin

2018-04-18 Guided Meditation on Mindfulness of the Flow of Phenomena 39:06
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-04-17 Doubt--Faith/Confidence/Trusting 60:17
Heather Martin
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair and Heather Martin

2018-04-17 Four Faces Of Compassion: Mary Tara, Kwan Yin, and Tinkerbell 57:58
Rebecca Bradshaw
Discusses aspects of compassion and how to feel them within ourselves.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2018-04-16 Day 1: Evening Practice and Teachings, Part 2 (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:31
Anne Cushman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Restore, Refresh, Renew

2018-04-16 The Five Spiritual Faculties - Week 6 - Meditation 29:18
Mark Nunberg
Note: Week 5 not recorded due to technical dificulties
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Spiritual Faculties - The Engine of Awakening: Faith, Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration, and Wisdom

2018-04-16 The Five Spiritual Faculties - Week 6 - Talk 34:47
Mark Nunberg
Note: Week 5 not recorded due to technical dificulties
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Spiritual Faculties - The Engine of Awakening: Faith, Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration, and Wisdom

2018-04-16 Kusala and Akusala, Wholesome and Unwholesome 60:47
Pascal Auclair
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair and Heather Martin

2018-04-15 Noble Eightfold Path (overview) 56:32
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2018-04-15 Understanding the Happiness of Letting Go - Part 2 - Talk 42:48
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-04-15 Understanding the Happiness of Letting Go - Part 2 - Meditation 34:55
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-04-15 Attitudes and Skills 63:55
Heather Martin
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair and Heather Martin

2018-04-15 Day 6: AM Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 15:21
Will Kabat-Zinn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight and Awakening

2018-04-15 8FP program -- Wise Mindfulness part 2 47:11
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2018-04-14 Flickering Reality 53:14
Pascal Auclair
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Meditation Retreat with Pascal Auclair and Heather Martin

2018-04-14 Questions and Answers (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:14
Anushka Fernandopulle, Will Kabat-Zinn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight and Awakening

2018-04-14 Introduction to Metta Practice and Guided Meditation 51:45
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2018-04-14 Day 5: AM Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:40
Will Kabat-Zinn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight and Awakening

2018-04-13 Knowing the Animal Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:30
Anushka Fernandopulle
Further reflections on being an animal body and mind. Reflections on precepts, compassion and the fellowship of suffering. You are not alone, no matter what your trouble.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight and Awakening

2018-04-13 Contentment 44:50
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-04-13 Lecture 12 1:25:29
Bhikkhu Analayo
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nibbāna: The Mind Stilled
Attached Files:
  • Nibbana - Lecture 12 by Bhikkhu Analayo (PDF)

2018-04-13 Day Four: PM Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:31
Will Kabat-Zinn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight and Awakening

2018-04-13 Morality and Mental Purification - Dharma and Recovery 2:02:10
Kevin Griffin
Dharma and Recovery
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-04-13 Day Four: AM Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:37
Anushka Fernandopulle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight and Awakening

2018-04-12 "Remembering What We Know" 53:46
James Baraz
Often our meditation practice helps us understand or see for the first time something that’s never been clear before. That experience of insight where exclaim to ourselves “Aha!” It can have a profound impact that genuinely shifts our perspective. However, even after this powerful glimpse of seeing with new eyes, the old habits and thought patterns still have their influence and we can forget what we know to be true. This is particularly frustrating and can lead to great doubt. How can we both honor our familiar old friend, confusion, and remember to access the wisdom in our new understanding?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2018-04-12 The Happiness of Renunciation 63:31
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Residential Retreat CMRC

2018-04-12 Insight and Awakening 40:41
Anushka Fernandopulle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight and Awakening

2018-04-12 Day Three: AM Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:02
Will Kabat-Zinn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight and Awakening

2018-04-12 Five Faculties 2 -- Faith into Energy 34:01
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2018-04-11 There In The Middleness 41:24
Ayya Santacitta
Engaging with the practice from a place of stability and openness. When you have gone too far, change direction.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-11 Meditation: A Listening, Receptive Awareness 23:56
Tara Brach
The capacity to truly listen allows us to realize the vast and sensitive awareness that is our true essence. This meditation focuses on listening to sounds, and then listening to and feeling the whole changing flow of life. When carried off by thought, we notice and then relax back into a receptive and listening presence. There’s nothing to do, simply letting life be as it is, and resting in the freedom of awake, open awareness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-04-11 Listening with an Awake Heart - Part 1 50:22
Tara Brach
Deep listening - to our inner life, each other and our world - is an intrinsic expression of our awakened heart. Yet because we have strong conditioning to be caught in wants and fears, there is often much interference in the field of communications. These two talks are an opportunity to intentionally deepen your capacity to listen in a way that leads to increased understanding and connection. You’ll have the opportunity to investigate what gets between you and deep listening, and to practice the key elements that nurture receptive presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-04-11 Teachings on Emptiness - Talk 48:43
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-04-11 Teachings on Emptiness - Meditation 30:26
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-04-11 The Interrelationship Between Love and Wisdom 30:10
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Residential Retreat CMRC

2018-04-11 This Animal Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:08
Anushka Fernandopulle
What we are doing on retreat, connecting with our animal existence as part of practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight and Awakening

2018-04-11 Day Two: AM Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:03
Anushka Fernandopulle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight and Awakening

2018-04-11 Thinking It Over (Drop in program at Spirit Rock) 2:06:00
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-04-10 Seeing the World with Quiet Eyes: Equanimity and Reactivity 69:04
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Residential Retreat CMRC

2018-04-10 Day One: PM Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:01
Anushka Fernandopulle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight and Awakening

2018-04-10 Sense Of Urgency 43:29
Ayya Santacitta
Guided meditation on death.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-10 Day One: AM Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:07
Will Kabat-Zinn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight and Awakening

2018-04-10 Right Concentration/Stability/Collectedness 34:22
Ayya Santacitta
The function of unifying the other mental factors in the task of cognition, in combination with Right View.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-10 Love 2.0 11:52
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2018-04-09 Journey to Awakening the Four Heavenly Messengers 64:08
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Residential Retreat CMRC

2018-04-09 Being The Knowing 40:06
Ayya Santacitta
Guided meditation on awareness of awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-09 A Peaceful Heart - How to live with balance, equanimity and a peaceful heart. 60:12
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2018-04-09 Reflections On Right Mindfulness 32:24
Ayya Anandabodhi
An overview of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness and working with greed, aversion, and delusion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-09 Tranquility and Action 26:13
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2018-04-08 The Five Spiritual Faculties 58:52
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Residential Retreat CMRC

2018-04-08 Post retreat talk 1 19:24
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2018-04-08 Post retreat talk 2 37:34
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2018-04-08 Guided Meditation On The Four Brahma Viharas 38:06
Ayya Anandabodhi
Radiating the qualities of Metta (benevolence), Karuna (compassion), Mudita (appreciative joy), and upekkha (equipoise).
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-08 The Happiness of Letting Go - Talk 37:40
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-04-08 The Happiness of Letting Go - Meditation 30:10
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-04-08 Closing Retreat Talk with entire teaching team (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:27:27
Mark Coleman
Closing retreat instructions and taking the practice into daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat

2018-04-08 Sixth Path Factor - Right Effort 27:59
Ayya Anandabodhi
Finding balance and developing the four aspects of Right Effort the 6th factor of the Eight Fold Path.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-07 Reflections On Right Livelihood 31:02
Ayya Anandabodhi
Reflections and poems on Right Livelihood, the fifth fold of the Eight Fold Path.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-07 Two Guardians of the World: Hiri and Ottappa 52:21
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Residential Retreat CMRC

2018-04-07 From Punk Rock to Sage (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:19
Mark Coleman
Mark explores his journey of his Dharma practice over the last 36 years, starting in London as a punk rocker & ending up as a Dharma teacher at Spirit Rock.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat

2018-04-07 Right Action 47:46
Ayya Santacitta
It is impossible to separate meditation from the ethical foundation that makes it possible.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

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