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Dharma Talks
2022-09-10 Cultivation of Insight meditation 31:13
Jenny Wilks
London Insight Meditation Jenny Wilks – Meditation: a deeper calm than stillness

2022-09-10 Cultivation of calmness meditation 35:25
Jenny Wilks
London Insight Meditation Jenny Wilks – Meditation: a deeper calm than stillness

2022-09-09 Chanting, Guided meditation on the breath, Dhamma talk on leadership 1:28:17
Bhante Sujato
Chanting. Guided meditation on the breath; ways to avoid instrumentalising meditation. Dhamma talk on leadership. Comparing the Queen and the Buddha, qualities of leadership the Buddha promoted, as well as leadership in the sāngha.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-09-07 Meditation: Resting in a Sea of Presence 20:49
Tara Brach
This mindful body scan leads us into a practice of relaxing back into awareness, and recognizing the changing waves of sensations, sounds and feelings in the foreground. As we let go into the sea of presence, we discover am increasing sense of wholeness and peace. The meditation ends with a brief lovingkindness prayer.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-09-07 Navigating Conflict with a Wise Heart – Part 1 54:33
Tara Brach
This series of talks offers guidance in transforming conflict into a portal for awakening your understanding, flexibility and compassion. We look at how to heal our own unmet needs and not be dependent on others changing; and how to engage with another person when both are dedicated to mindful communication. We also extend our exploration to societal conflict. The talks are accompanied by reflections and meditations that can directly enhance your capacity to respond to conflict from the most wise and caring part of your being.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-09-07 Guided Meditation Exploring Reactivity 38:27
Donald Rothberg
After initial instructions for settling and stabiliizing, and then for basic mindfulness, there are about 10 minutes for stabilizing, followed by brief instructions to track reactivity, and about 10 minutes later for exploring moderate or great levels of pleasant or unpleasant (when in the workable range for mindfulness), noticing any tendencies toward reactivity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2022-09-05 Instructions -Reflections on Finding the Spaciousness of Awareness, & Guided Meditation 43:58
Jaya Rudgard
Gaia House Encountering the Practice of the Heart

2022-09-04 Instructions - Importance of Body in Practice, Guided Meditation 40:46
Sumedha
Gaia House Encountering the Practice of the Heart

2022-09-03 Chanting, Guided meditation, Dhamma talk on the Dvayatānupassanāsutta 1:27:46
Bhante Sujato
Chanting. Guided meditation focused on pairs of contrasting ideas to encourage contemplation on wholesome and unwholesome qualities in the mind. Dhamma talk on the Dvayatānupassanāsutta from Sutta Nipāta 3.12 (Contemplating Pairs). Detailed analysis of this sutta of contrasting pairs with correlation to dependent origination; of which one pair aspect leads to the origination of suffering, and the other pair aspect leads to the cessation of suffering. Brief discussion on the history, organization, and grouping of numbers in the suttas.
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • Snp 3.12 (Contemplating Pairs) by suttacentral.net (Link)
  • The Numbered Discourses: things that are useful every day by Bhante Sujato (Link)

2022-09-03 Lightly Guided Meditation - Touching the Earth, Opening Around Hindrances 29:28
Sumedha
Gaia House Encountering the Practice of the Heart

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