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Dharma Talks
2016-12-29 Establishing the Ground 57:27
Ajahn Sucitto
Putting thoughts, goals and ideas into perspective; dropping into the body
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-29 Reflection and Meditation on Compassion 42:59
Hugh Byrne
Compassion has been called ‘the quivering of the heart in response to suffering.' Cultivating a compassionate heart helps us to hold kindly our own painful feelings and emotions, and engage with the suffering of others, near and far.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-29 Guided Standing Meditation 24:12
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn Sucitto guides the retreatants in an introductory standing meditation
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-29 Morning Instruction on Meditation and Awareness 7:29
Anam Thubten
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-29 Morning Reflection 22:32
Ayya Anandabodhi
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-29 Meditation - Nine Breathing Exercises to release Dead Energies 33:00
Anam Thubten
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-29 Guided Meditation: The Skill of Making Mistakes 39:42
Ajahn Sucitto
A meditation to develop the ability to play, make mistakes, try again
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-29 Metta Meditation 41:13
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided Meditation
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-28 The Story of the Self 37:37
Ayya Anandabodhi
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-28 Guided Meditation: The Three Fields of Heart 21:03
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn Sucitto encourages us to use the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha as a frame of reference, symbols for our minds
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-28 Being Gentle (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:48
Nikki Mirghafori
Gentleness is the fastest way to land at the retreat and the best way to be with the guests visiting our mind. The acronym F.I.R.E. is presented - F: Friendliness, I: Intention, R: Relaxation, E: Enjoyment as a gentle fire to infuse our practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-12-28 Love - and Death 61:32
Tara Brach
To live our lives fully, we need to embrace the natural unfolding of birthing and dying. Yet we are deeply conditioned to resist loss, to pull away from fear and grief. Through a powerful Inuit story shared by Clarissa Estes, this talk explores how our practices of presence can open us to what we avoid, and free us to love without holding back.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-28 Settling In 21:54
Ajahn Sucitto
Suggestions for entering a retreat; settling into one’s current experience, orienting oneself to a new place
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-28 Guided Heart Meditation 44:02
Anam Thubten
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-28 Walking Meditation Instruction 9:56
Hugh Byrne
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-28 AM Instruction and Question/Response 12:10
Tara Brach
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-28 Morning Meditation - Awareness and Aliveness 26:44
Tara Brach
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-28 First Foundation of Mindfulness ~ Bodyparts 41:26
Ayya Santacitta
Guided Meditation
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-27 Peace Through Not Clinging to Views 52:09
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Transforming the Mind and Healing the Heart: 24th Annual Non-Residential Year-End
Attached Files:
  • Natural Buddhism by Gil Fronsdal (Link)

2016-12-27 Following the Thread 11:35
Ajahn Sucitto
In community we follow the thread of our varied interactions with others and do our best to skillfully respond to how the place of practice presents itself.
Tisarana Buddhist Monastery :  Morning Meeting Offerings

2016-12-26 Respect 13:16
Ajahn Sucitto
Speaking on Respect, Ajahn Sucitto explores what it means to develop this wholesome attitude with ourselves and others.
Tisarana Buddhist Monastery :  Morning Meeting Offerings

2016-12-25 Looking at the Face of the Mind 6:25
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn Sucitto offers a short talk encouraging us to look at the face of the mind.
Tisarana Buddhist Monastery :  Morning Meeting Offerings

2016-12-25 Entering the Place of the Buddha 12:45
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn Sucitto suggests: when we enter a place of practice we are entering the place of the Buddha, the mind of the Buddha.
Tisarana Buddhist Monastery :  Morning Meeting Offerings

2016-12-24 Willing to Make a Mistake 12:56
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn Sucitto explains how we have to be willing to make mistakes in order to learn and understand. And we need to examine the fear we have of making mistakes.
Tisarana Buddhist Monastery :  Morning Meeting Offerings

2016-12-22 An Evening with Betsy Rose 56:17
Betsy Rose
Betsy Rose, singer, songwriter and dharma teacher talks about her travels world wide this past year, what she learned and how to hold the current political climate.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2016-12-22 Guided metta meditation. 45:23
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 10 to 31 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-12-21 The Revolution of Tenderness – Part 2 65:54
Tara Brach
These two talks explore our capacity to be tender – sensitive and responsive to ourselves and others. This capacity marks a radical evolutionary shift from a self-centered existence shaped by fear, to a life lived from the realization of our collective belonging and the preciousness of all life. The talks examine the conditioning that inclines us toward dissociation and emotional reactivity, and the practices of presence that evolve our heart and awareness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2016-12-21 Q&A 52:44
Pascal Auclair
Community Q&A on last night of LGBTQ retreat
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2016-12-21 From the Garbage Dump to the Empty Buddha (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:04
John Travis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat

2016-12-21 Reflections on Chronos and Kairos 47:25
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-12-21 Words on the qualities of the heart and a guided reflection 44:46
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2016-12-21 Practicing Loving the Stranger 1:53:09
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-12-20 Embracing The Black 33:25
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2016-12-20 Metta: unstoppable friendliness 35:35
Anushka Fernandopulle
Explanation and guided meditation of metta-. Goodwill, lovingkindness, benevolence
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2016-12-20 How practice developed in this queer body. 44:10
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2016-12-19 Practicing with Darkness and Light at the Winter Solstice 60:17
Donald Rothberg
This time of greatest darkness is a time, when we may, like the earth, stop much of our outward activity, going inward for the sake of renewal and return. As we settle our minds, bodies, and hearts, we open to the generative and fertile darkness and stillness of the unknown and the difficult, and to the gifts, insights, and light that manifest through such opening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat

2016-12-19 Instructions on working with emotions, moods and mind states 47:11
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2016-12-19 Spirit Rock, Spring Washam, Warrior Heart - Path of the Bodhisattva 61:55
Spring Washam
A heartfelt talk on the life of Shantideva. Core teachings on meeting obstacles and using difficulties as the noble path forward. Teachings on the archetype and journey of the bodhisattva.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2016-12-19 Q&A 42:57
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2016-12-19 Morning instructions– day one 51:06
Anushka Fernandopulle
Sitting and walking instructions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2016-12-18 What do we Trust as Refuge 56:38
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2016-12-18 Endings and Beginnings 58:53
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-12-17 Knowing Presence, Discovering Freedom 41:36
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Knowing Presence - Discovering Freedom

2016-12-17 Oren J. Sofer and Miki Kashtan - Spirit Rock - Leadership on the Bodhisattva Path Integrating Power and Love - morning session 2:02:58
Oren Jay Sofer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-12-17 Oren J Sofer and Miki Kashtan - Spirit Rock- Leadership on the Bodhisattva Path Integrating Power and Love - afternoon session 1:43:05
Oren Jay Sofer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-12-15 Q&A 60:00
Rodney Smith
Covering a variety of subjects.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Heart

2016-12-15 “Make Peace with Your Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Your Inner Critic.” 57:52
Mark Coleman
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2016-12-15 Inviting the precepts to tea. 49:33
Caroline Jones
Some thoughts on how to make friends with the five ethical training guidelines.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 10 to 31 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-12-14 Sailing in Unfavorable Winds 19:17
Doug Phillips
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2016-12-14 The Revolution of Tenderness - Part 1 1:15:33
Tara Brach
These two talks explore our capacity to be tender - sensitive and responsive to ourselves and others. This capacity marks a radical evolutionary shift from a self-centered existence shaped by fear, to a life lived from the realization of our collective belonging and the preciousness of all life. The talks examine the conditioning that inclines us toward dissociation and emotional reactivity, and the practices of presence that evolve our heart and awareness. from Tara’s talk: Pope Francis invites us to “live the revolution of tenderness,” which is expressed through closeness, compassion and service...
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2016-12-14 Complete class with instructions, guided meditation and talk 61:08
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-12-14 Finding the Middle Way 46:00
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-12-14 The Calling of the Bodhisattva 2 - Vow and Ritual 68:13
Donald Rothberg
After a talk continuing to explore the need for contemporary versions of the Bodhisattva, we engage in reflection and ritual, developing personal vows for ourselves as Bodhisattvas in training, and expressing them before the group (the latter is not in the recording).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-12-13 Birthing the quiet mind 43:44
Rodney Smith
We often miss direct and simple portal of silence, into the sacred.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Heart

2016-12-13 Sitting In The Middle Of It 30:29
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2016-12-13 Cours complet 64:21
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-12-12 Cours complet 1:21:22
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-12-12 The Fearless Heart 57:52
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Loving-Kindness and Compassion

2016-12-12 Spirituality and Politics (Drop-in at Spirit Rock) Part 2 of 2 2:16:14
Jack Kornfield
Monday Night Dharma Talk at Spirit Rock
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2016-12-11 Perspectives on pain. 47:54
Rodney Smith
There is the pain of our narrative. The pain of desire, The pain of separation, The pain of the time – all are terminated through our willingness to meet the here and now
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Heart

2016-12-11 Cultivating LovingKindness 53:25
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Loving-Kindness and Compassion

2016-12-11 Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration 51:08
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-12-11 The Four Elements: Body Awareness as a Support for Tranquility and Insight 55:42
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2016-12-11 8FP Wise Speech part 2 7:52
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2016-12-11 8FP Wise Speech part 1 44:26
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2016-12-11 More Suggestions for Practicing Tonglen 40:22
Zohar Lavie
These recordings are part of a ten month course entitled Living Fearlessly with Change - Exploring Ageing, Illness and Death Through Buddhist Practice and Service.
Gaia House (Bala Brook) Living Fearlessly with Change

2016-12-11 Spirit Rock - Equanimity: Finding Balance in Our Practice with James Baraz 5:31:45
James Baraz
Equanimity is a highly valued quality in Buddhist teachings. It is one of the Four Divine Abodes, one of the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, and one of the Ten Paramitas or Perfections.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-12-10 Meeting Suffering -- Ignorance or Trust? 40:34
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2016-12-10 The Novice With An Empty Bowl 24:50
Ayya Medhanandi
A humble novice with his bowl empty exemplifies where true riches lie in this world. Meditating deep in the unchartered borders within, gain those riches by giving up worldly pursuits. See the value of what is true and what reveals the truth to us. Beyond confusion, beyond wanting, beyond harmful ways of being, purify the mind and seek that jewel of the heart's true peace, clear and free.
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

2016-12-10 Guided Meditation on Spacious Compassionate Awareness 44:25
Zohar Lavie
These recordings are part of a ten month course entitled Living Fearlessly with Change - Exploring Ageing, Illness and Death Through Buddhist Practice and Service.
Gaia House (Bala Brook) Living Fearlessly with Change

2016-12-10 Spirit Rock, The Buddha's Path of Well-Being and Happiness 6:50:32
Howard Cohn
The Buddha was called 'the Happy One'. His teachings and path provide a clear and inspiring vision of our capacity to use our life to fulfill our goal of happiness. This talk of Insight Meditation will follow the Buddha's Way of mindfulness, concentration and love, illustrating how each of us, through a gradual process of applying loving awareness to our moment-to-moment experience, can move from clinging and attachment to letting go and freedom, from confusion to clarity, and from tension to ease of well-being.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-12-10 Teja Bell- Spirit Rock Day 5: Morning Sit with Instructions 37:19
Teja Bell
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat

2016-12-09 Teja Bell - Spirit Rock:Metta and Qigong: Opening Compassion 58:59
Teja Bell
Teja brings the core transmissions of Metta and Qigong both practically and into the broader view, interlacing the Dharma, where compassion and wisdom meet.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat

2016-12-09 Day 10 - Closing 29:43
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
in English, Myanmar and Vietnamese
Saddhamma Meditation Society :  Fall Retreat 2016 with Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-12-09 Tempel Smith - Spirit Rock Day 4: Morning Sit with Instructions 37:14
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat

2016-12-09 Precepts and Forgiveness 17:11
Ajahn Sucitto
(refuges and precepts, final reflections and goodbye, metta chant)
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-12-09 Every moment is a Dhamma door 19:07
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-12-09 Morning Chanting in Pali 12:38
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-12-08 Spring Washam - Spirit Rock: Dharma Talk: Compassion 58:36
Spring Washam
Meeting the Grief Chief of Compassion
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat

2016-12-08 "The Power of Equanimity" 56:49
James Baraz
Equanimity not only helps us stay balanced in difficult times. It is a foundation for strong, effective response, especially in response to the forces of greed, hatred and power.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2016-12-08 Establishing ‘the Temple’ through Puja & reflection 26:30
Ajahn Sucitto
Puja, reflections and evening chanting in English
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-12-08 Tempel Smith - Spirit Rock Day 3: Metta Practice 37:18
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat

2016-12-08 Day 9b - Interviews 1:57:28
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
in English and Vietnamese
Saddhamma Meditation Society :  Fall Retreat 2016 with Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-12-08 Day 9a - Interviews 1:52:45
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
in English and Myanmar
Saddhamma Meditation Society :  Fall Retreat 2016 with Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-12-08 Mark Coleman - Spirit Rock: Day 3: Morning Sit with Instructions 36:33
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat

2016-12-07 Metta: Sanctuary and Service 58:26
Tempel Smith
By welcoming beautiful qualities of heart, and becoming mindful of difficult qualities, our hearts become a sanctuary for ourselves. This sanctuary is a gift to the world and is also the place our love comes to serve the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat

2016-12-07 Spiritual Reparenting 1:12:21
Tara Brach
When we are not sufficiently nurtured in childhood, we are inclined toward anxiety, depression, addiction and other forms of suffering. In a deep way, we do not feel at home with others, and are disconnected from our own body, heart and spirit. This talk explores how meditation offers "spiritual reparenting” as we learn to bring interest, understanding and love to our own inner vulnerability. This process of healing extends to our relationships with others and our larger society - by reaching out to widening circles with interest and care, we bring increasing harmony and peace to our world. "How do we love ourselves into healing?" From a place of caring, ask, "Where does it hurt?"
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2016-12-07 How We Abandon Life 54:15
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-12-07 How curious presence leads to care 38:32
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-12-07 Mark Coleman - Spirit Rock: Day 2 Metta Practice 43:01
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat

2016-12-07 Day 8b - Interviews 1:42:34
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
in English and Vietnamese
Saddhamma Meditation Society :  Fall Retreat 2016 with Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-12-07 Day 8a - Interviews 1:51:02
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
in English and Myanmar
Saddhamma Meditation Society :  Fall Retreat 2016 with Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-12-07 The Calling of the Bodhisattva in Our Times 65:26
Donald Rothberg
We explore the contemporary need for a new kind of Bodhisattva, one dedicated both to awakening and to helping others. We examine the Bodhisattva's resonance with the indigenous shaman and the Jewish and Christian prophets, and identify some of the qualities and capacities in which the contemporary Bodhisattva trains.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-12-07 Four basis of clinging 60:25
Ajahn Sucitto
Clinging is a mechanism that generates a sense of self. It is conditioned by craving and can be noticed and released in terms of: sense pleasure, becoming, systems and customs, and notions of self.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-12-06 Five Principles of Inner Safety 15:00
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2016-12-06 Freedom from the Inner Critic 53:51
Mark Coleman
What is the inner critic and how does it impact our mind, heart and practice. This talk describes how the critic manifests and the many strategies we can use to find freedom in relation to it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat

2016-12-06 Don't Know Mind 36:13
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2016-12-06 Découvrir ce que c’est que d’être 52:45
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-12-06 Day 7b - Interviews 2:04:33
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
in English and Vietnamese
Saddhamma Meditation Society :  Fall Retreat 2016 with Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-12-06 Day 7a - Interviews 1:56:05
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
in English and Myanmar
Saddhamma Meditation Society :  Fall Retreat 2016 with Sayadaw U Tejaniya

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