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Dharma Talks
2018-04-24 Goals in Meditation 3:05:54
with Andrea Fella, Dawn Neal, Kim Allen, Shaila Catherine, Tony Bernhard
We invited several local teachers to share both the personal aims that guide their practice and their understanding of the goals of the Buddhist Path. We asked them the following questions: What is the goal of Buddhist practice? What do you personally hope to achieve through your practice? What is a reasonable way to assess our progress – how can we tell if we are on track? How can we work skillfully with goals in the context of mindfulness-based practices that emphasize present moment awareness? This series will explore both the ultimate and relative goals of Buddhist practice. It will address the benefits and limitations of having goals, and explore some related practice issues: comparing, expectations, craving for attainments, inspiration, and the potential for discouragement. Join us for an illuminating look into some aspects of your practice you may never have considered!
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2018-04-24 Instructions et méditation guidée, Montréal 27:03
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2018-04-24 Guided Meditation: Relaxed & Curious Body Scan 35:23
Oren Jay Sofer
A simple body scan, with emphasis on approaching the practice with a relaxed, curious and friendly attitude.
Sacred Stream Center :  Mindful Communication: A Wise Speech Retreat

2018-04-23 The Five Spiritual Faculties - Week 7 - Meditation 30:41
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Spiritual Faculties - The Engine of Awakening: Faith, Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration, and Wisdom

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

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

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

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

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

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

2018-04-12 "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

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

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

2018-04-09 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

2018-04-08 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 - Meditation 30:10
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

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

2018-04-06 Radiant Karuma and Mudita Practice 40:16
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided meditation on the radiating practice of compassion and appreciative joy.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-05 Radiating Metta 47:02
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided meditation on Metta practice, based on the Buddha's teaching
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-04 Meditation: Awareness and Flow 19:45
Tara Brach
This guided practice awakens all the senses with an embodied presence, allowing an opening to the moment-to-moment changing flow of experience. We then relax back, resting as the changeless open awareness that is conscious of the flow, and includes all life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

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