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Dharma Talks
2017-09-10 Heaven and Hell have Doors in Perception 54:55
Nathan Glyde
Not about Aldous Huxley's great books, but an exploration of the proximity of those disparate states of being; heavenly moments and hellish ones. Exploring how our reactions to the unfolding experience of life in a wise and kind manner shape what we see. Not offered as a panacea but as a compassionate response that brings intimacy and potential to all of our lives.
SanghaSeva One Day Frome

2017-09-10 Introducing a Full and Easy Breath 44:15
Nathan Glyde
Is it possible to breath into, through, and with all aspects of our experience?
SanghaSeva One Day Frome

2017-09-09 Talk: mudita - appreciative joy 44:18
Jill Shepherd
Exploring the brahma vihara practice of mudita, the obstacles that get in the way of it, and suggestions for beginning to develop the quality of joy as a support for insight practice
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-09 Noble Eightfold Path, Right View Part 2 35:53
Ayya Santussika
First of a series of 9 day-longs, offered by Eastbay Dhamma. This is the afternoon session on the theme of Right View.
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2017-09-09 Noble Eightfold Path, Right View Part 1 41:44
Ayya Santussika
First of a series of 9 day-longs, offered by Eastbay Dhamma. This is the morning session on the theme of Right View.
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2017-09-09 Guided meditation: refining mindfulness of breathing, using mental noting 39:16
Jill Shepherd
Beginning with the instruction to calm the bodily formations, then refining attention on the specific characteristics of each breath
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-09 Very short instructions for refining mindfulness of breathing 4:34
Jill Shepherd
Maintaining relaxed awareness while bringing more precision to mindfulness of breathing, using the tool of mental noting when helpful
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-09 Instructions On Feeling Tone (Vedana) 40:40
Anushka Fernandopulle
Guided meditation and explanation of feeling tone (pleasant, unpleasant, neutral)
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2017-09-08 The five spiritual faculties: energy and mindfulness. 43:00
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2017-09-08 Friday Night Dharma and Recovery with Kevin Griffin 1:58:57
Kevin Griffin
Angulimala and Forgiveness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-09-08 Talk: the ten parami and patience 53:30
Greg Scharf
An overview of the ten parami (perfections) with an emphasis on patience
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-08 Loving The Body 25:37
Pascal Auclair
A guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2017-09-08 Guided meditation: exploring difficult emotions 13:42
Jill Shepherd
Short guided meditation offering some techniques for exploring difficult emotions, including self-compassion
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-08 Instructions: exploring difficult emotions 17:14
Jill Shepherd
Short talk exploring some approaches to working with difficult emotions
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-08 Dhamma Discussion 1:30:56
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Shwe Oo Min DhammaDayada Meditation Centre :  2017 Vassa

2017-09-08 Morning Instructions 57:47
Jean Esther
Working with thoughts as a sense door.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2017-09-07 "Peaceful Warrior in Modern Times" 52:12
James Baraz
The Buddha spoke of the power of non-harming as a support for inner peace and outward harmony. But how can we both commit to being peaceful while courageously and passionately standing up for what we feel is right and make a difference in the world? This talk includes some of the Buddha's words on peace and non-harming as well as two clips of Julia Butterfly Hill speaking about "Anger v. Love" and "Fierce Compassion".
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2017-09-07 Working With The Five Hindrances 50:20
Jean Esther
In meeting the hindrances and afflictive emotions in our lives with out resistance, we find greater and greater pathways to peace in our hearts and minds
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2017-09-07 Talk: from Aversion to Compassion 41:49
Jill Shepherd
Exploring the hindrance of aversion and how it can be transformed through compassion, with an emphasis on self-compassion
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-07 Guided Meditation On Four Wholesome States 32:02
Anushka Fernandopulle
Metta (kindness), compassion, joy, equanimity, Brahma viharas. Explanation and guided practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2017-09-07 Standing meditation observing all four foundations of mindfulness 30:52
Jill Shepherd
Standing meditation exploring all four foundations of mindfulness and the mental factor of intention/volition Interval bells at five minutes with the invitation to sit at any time when the bell rings
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-07 Instructions: four foundations of mindfulness overview and standing meditation 9:26
Jill Shepherd
Four foundations of mindfulness overview, the mental factor of intention or volition, and standing meditation
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-07 On Being - Part 2 39:32
Pascal Auclair
Morning Instructions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2017-09-06 The Causes for Happiness 1:25:56
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2017-09-06 Awareness of Being 26:48
George Mumford
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2017-09-06 Reflections on Driven Doing 56:12
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Mindfulness Beyond the Eight Week Course

2017-09-06 On Being 47:45
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2017-09-06 Who Do You Think You Are? 45:36
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2017-09-06 The Four Noble Truths and the end of dukkha 52:37
Greg Scharf
The dukkha that leads to the end of dukkha, through the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-06 The Two Arrows 1 2:07:14
Donald Rothberg
We explore the powerful teaching and how it might be understood and practiced, this week more in terms of individual inner practice, and next week, more in terms of interpersonal and social action.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-09-06 Morning Meditation Instructions 46:04
Anushka Fernandopulle
First day instructions for sitting and walking meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2017-09-05 Open To Suffering 31:13
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2017-09-05 Feeling Tone (Vedana) and Reactivity 47:45
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Mindfulness Beyond the Eight Week Course

2017-09-05 Talk: viriya, energy, effort and balance 37:48
Jill Shepherd
Exploring how we commonly get off balance, and ways to come back to balance
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-04 The Bodhisattva, Integration, and Next Steps 28:09
Donald Rothberg
Near the end of the retreat, offering of some integrative reflections to help us each reflect on our next steps following our three-day retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhist Practice and Gandhian/Kingian Nonviolence Training

2017-09-04 Forgiveness Practice 51:10
Donald Rothberg
A short talk on the nature of forgiveness, followed by instructions for one type of forgiveness practice, and then guidance in this practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhist Practice and Gandhian/Kingian Nonviolence Training

2017-09-03 "Hatred Never Ceases by Hatred" (Retreat Version) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:46
James Baraz
With so much greed and hatred and cruelty in our world, it is easy to react with anger and ill will; but that only adds to the negativity. There is a better way to respond and bring more consciousness to this situation leading to effective action.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-09-03 Talk: from greed to freedom 54:29
Jill Shepherd
An overview of the three afflictive energies of greed, hatred and ignorance, and how they condition the five hindrances, focusing on greed and desire for sense pleasure. Exploring ways to work skilfully with this energy to move towards increasing freedom.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-03 Thoughts, thoughts, thoughts :) 43:41
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend

2017-09-03 Forms of Meditation Practice in Nonviolence Training; Metta (Lovingkindness) Practice 46:39
Donald Rothberg
First, there is a short account of the various types of meditative practice that complement more outwardly-oriented nonviolence training and that could constitute more inwardly-oriented nonviolence training. Then there is a brief introduction to metta practice, along with guidance in this practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhist Practice and Gandhian/Kingian Nonviolence Training

2017-09-03 Dhamma Discussion 32:34
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Shwe Oo Min DhammaDayada Meditation Centre :  2017 Vassa

2017-09-03 Deconstructing Our Life: Instructional Sit 62:20
Anushka Fernandopulle
Exploring feeling tone(vedana) and the mind as a sense door. What causes tension in the mind. Morning instructions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend

2017-09-02 You are Beautiful as You Are (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:11
Howard Cohn
You are not measurable or comparable. You are a unique beautiful expression of life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-09-02 Emotions, emotions, emotions :) 53:27
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend

2017-09-02 Day 3 Metta Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 29:29
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-09-02 Obstacle Course Of The Mind. 43:39
Anushka Fernandopulle
Working with and through the top challenges to meditation. Approaching them with curiosity and enthusiasm.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend

2017-09-02 The Two Arrows and Nonviolence Training: Teaching and Guided Practice 28:49
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhist Practice and Gandhian/Kingian Nonviolence Training

2017-09-02 Introductions & Overviews--Kazu Haga and Donald Rothberg 24:48
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhist Practice and Gandhian/Kingian Nonviolence Training

2017-09-02 First Morning Instructions 52:24
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend

2017-09-01 Working With the Judging Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:18
James Baraz
We often get lost in our negative judgements about ourselves and how we compare with others. We can work with these mind habits and see them as a catalyst for true compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-09-01 The five spiritual faculties: Faith 50:16
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2017-09-01 Day 2 Metta Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 32:34
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-08-31 The Great Undoing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:07
Sharda Rogell
Why come on retreat? As we orient to the present moment and reconnect with ourselves, we can begin to know what no longer serves us and let go. We open to a bigger picture of the way things are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-08-30 Meditation: Present Heartspace 18:00
Tara Brach
This meditation establishes an embodied presence with the gentleness of a smile-down scan, then opens us to the heartspace that includes the changing waves of experience. It ends with a short lovingkindness meditation that offers prayers for relief of the current great suffering from floods in Texas, India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-08-30 True Resilience – Part 2: Awakening through All Circumstances 48:06
Tara Brach
Spiritual resilience enables us to deepen compassion and wisdom as we navigate life’s difficulties. In this two part series, we will look at the conditions that incline us towards or away from True Resilience, and explore practical and powerful practices that nourish this precious capacity. “The hard times are what move us to become who we really are. We grow through the tough stuff if we are willing to be present. Whatever is arising, without exception, can be a portal to awakening and freedom. If you deepen your attention to the waves, how might it awaken and free you?”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-08-30 Reflection: Cultivating a Loving Heart 7:10
Tara Brach
Love is an innate capacity, and when we intentionally cultivate it, love shifts from a state to a trait. This meditation offers guidance on how to access love, and open ourselves to it in a way that serves this awakening of our hearts. “Know that you’re rewiring your brain, your heart, your body, your mind – and that the more times you do this, the more you really give it 20 or 30 seconds to feel the loving directly, the more access you have to this very innate capacity in your being.”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-08-30 Practice Like You're Sitting on the Stoop 59:14
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
True North Insight Freedom Through Understanding: Insight as the Path to Peace

2017-08-30 Three Characteristics of Experience (Drop in program at Spirit Rock) 1:58:14
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-08-29 The Role of Feelings and Emotions in Decision Making 41:22
Shaila Catherine
Shaila Catherine gave the fifth talk in a speaker series titled "Living Wisely in the World: Caring for Mind, Family, Society, and Planet." She pointed out that feelings and emotions can be rather seductive, especially when we are not mindful of them, because they can unconsciously propel us into action. When feelings are pleasant, the response very often moves the mind towards craving and grasping. When feelings are unpleasant, the response is often aversion. Therefore, feelings should be investigated and understood, instead of being the basis upon which impulsive decisions are made.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Living Wisely in the World: Caring for Mind, Family, Society, and Planet

2017-08-29 Chain Of Dependent Origination 42:45
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2017-08-29 Am I OK Right Now? The 7 Factors of Awakening and Finding Peace 61:29
Michele McDonald
True North Insight Freedom Through Understanding: Insight as the Path to Peace

2017-08-29 Practice Here, There, and Everywhere 54:11
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-29 Alone with Others ISC 14:03
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2017-08-29 Reflection on Bowing 5:15
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-28 Learning to Swim Where 6 Rivers Meet 67:43
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
True North Insight Freedom Through Understanding: Insight as the Path to Peace

2017-08-28 The Art of Wholesome Regret 24:31
Brian Lesage
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2017-08-28 Moving Out of Retreat - Maturing the Heart 57:17
Willa Thaniya Reid
with Jitindriya
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-28 Third Morning Instructions: Working with Thoughts and Guided Meditation 1:12:11
Susie Harrington
Breathing through the skin and working with thoughts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Embodied Heart, Embodied Wisdom

2017-08-28 Loving Kindness Instructions and led Metta meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:59
Gullu Singh
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindful Lawyering: A Meditation Retreat for Law Professionals and Students

2017-08-28 How Mindfulness Supports Better Ethical Behavior for Lawyers with small group exercise. - Retreat at Spirit Rock 53:49
Gullu Singh
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindful Lawyering: A Meditation Retreat for Law Professionals and Students

2017-08-27 Working with Challenging Emotions 51:40
Susie Harrington
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Embodied Heart, Embodied Wisdom

2017-08-27 Compassion Practice 25:34
Amana Brembry Johnson
Self Compassion as a passageway to unblock the heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Embodied Heart, Embodied Wisdom

2017-08-27 Keep Trying: Love and Wisdom for RAIN 60:58
Michele McDonald
True North Insight Freedom Through Understanding: Insight as the Path to Peace

2017-08-27 Trust in Your Capacity to Awaken 62:37
Ayya Jitindriya
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-27 Second Afternoon: Moving Meditation Practice 56:38
Anne Cushman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Embodied Heart, Embodied Wisdom

2017-08-27 Question and Answer Session 27:17
Willa Thaniya Reid
with Jitindriya
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-27 The Fruiting of Anapanasati 32:32
Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-27 Second Morning Instructions: Challenges in Meditation and Guided Meditation-Whole Body Breathing 64:17
Susie Harrington
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Embodied Heart, Embodied Wisdom

2017-08-27 Reflection on Monet Poem 6:49
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-26 Guided Meditation: "Yes" and Friendliness to Self 25:46
Susie Harrington
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Embodied Heart, Embodied Wisdom

2017-08-26 Where the River of Freedom Meets the Ocean of Security 62:55
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
True North Insight Freedom Through Understanding: Insight as the Path to Peace

2017-08-26 Through the Looking Glass - The Reality of Not Self 58:07
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-26 Against the Light Darkness Doesn't Stand a Chance 41:35
Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-26 Mindfulness - Giving Rise to Factors of Enlightenment 1:14:51
Ayya Jitindriya
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-26 First Morning Instructions & Guided Meditation: Body Scan 59:44
Susie Harrington
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Embodied Heart, Embodied Wisdom

2017-08-26 Reflection on Ursula LeGuin's "She Unnames Them" 6:42
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-25 Calm, Clarity and the Contemplation of Anicca 44:26
Ayya Jitindriya
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-25 Guided Meditation - Breathing into the Present 44:54
Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-25 Dhamma Discussion 64:39
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Shwe Oo Min DhammaDayada Meditation Centre :  2017 Vassa

2017-08-25 Question and Answer Session 20:07
Ayya Jitindriya
with Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-25 Waking into Responsiveness 47:08
Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-25 Introduction to Drawing Yourself 8:04
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-25 Reflection on Ross Seized by Beauty 2:05
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-24 Home Is Where The Heart Is 59:58
George Mumford
Training the heart so that it is at home with people, places and things - as they are. Also Q&A
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-08-24 Blending Like Milk and Water 40:41
Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-24 Guided Meditation on Anapanasati 43:34
Ayya Jitindriya
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-24 Leading away from Suffering 32:00
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2017-08-24 Anapanasati and the Foundations of Mindfulness 1:19:37
Ayya Jitindriya
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-24 Reflection on Seeing Drawing 7:47
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-23 30-Minute Meditation: Open Awareness – Relaxing Back into Presence 30:00
Tara Brach
This practice brings attention to the continuous space within and around the body, and the aliveness of sound, sensation and feeling that lives through us. While it’s natural for attention to get distracted, the pathway home is a relaxing back into the awake space that is aware of this changing life. NOTE: from August 2, 2017 for those seeking a full 30-minute open awareness guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

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