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Dharma Talks
2016-12-31 Metta - Breathing - Abiding 39:38
Akincano Marc Weber
Experiential guided metta
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 10 to 31 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-12-31 Heart Meditation: Awakening Loving Presence 35:33
Tara Brach
We each have an intrinsic capacity for loving presence, and there are powerful ways of paying attention that bring this potential alive. This meditation uses the image and felt sense of a smile to bring a relaxed receptivity to the body. We then engage with our future self (our Being when our heart is fully awake) and explore what it means to embody the fullness of that wisdom and love.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-31 Morning Meditation Instruction 5:49
Anam Thubten
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-31 2nd morning instructions 56:35
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight 2016 New Year's Retreat

2016-12-31 Morning Meditation 32:54
Anam Thubten
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-31 Second Morning Instructions - Body Breathing 45:39
Yanai Postelnik
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2016-12-31 Mindfulness and Experiencing a Living Being 58:29
Ajahn Sucitto
A truly excellent exploration of mindfulness, what it’s about, and how to get our minds around it
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-31 Maranasati ~ Contemplation of Death 38:40
Ayya Santacitta
Guided Meditation
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-30 Evening Chant - Om Tare 8:00
Anam Thubten
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-30 Intensity, Clinging and Anatta in the teen years (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:09
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Teen Retreat

2016-12-30 Courage and Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:26
Spring Washam
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-12-30 Meditation and Letting Go 53:08
Yanai Postelnik
Reflections on renunciation and letting go as a foundation for deepening meditation practice and wellbeing.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2016-12-30 Evening Dharma 57:12
Anam Thubten
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-30 It Depends How You See It 51:31
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House New Year Retreat

2016-12-30 Dharma practice in difficult times. 45:57
Caroline Jones
Our world is facing great challenges. This talk explores some of the ways our meditation practice and spiritual friendships can help us meet these.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 10 to 31 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-12-30 Benevolent Space, Guided Meditation 57:51
Pascal Auclair
Benevolent Space, Guided Meditation
True North Insight 2016 New Year's Retreat

2016-12-30 End of Retreat Questions and Answers 58:40
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Transforming the Mind and Healing the Heart: 24th Annual Non-Residential Year-End

2016-12-30 Forgiveness: on a teen retreat 29:53
Erin Selover
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Teen Retreat

2016-12-30 Q & A: Parami; Luang Por Chah; the Busy Mind 62:08
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn Sucitto answers questions from the retreatants on various subjects, including patience, determination, and peace
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-30 What is an Insight? 17:21
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight 2016 New Year's Retreat

2016-12-30 Questions and Answers 31:06
Yanai Postelnik
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2016-12-30 How to Train an Elephant 55:23
Ajahn Sucitto
How to encourage the mind, dropping our need to know what happens next and our expectation of never being good enough; how to generate good will and how to breathe.
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-30 Morning Meditation Instructions with Question/Response 12:02
Tara Brach
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-30 1st morning instructions and guided meditation 40:54
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight 2016 New Year's Retreat

2016-12-30 Meditation: A Liberating Awareness - Embodying Full Presence 30:08
Tara Brach
This meditation establishes fertile grounds for presence by gladdening the mind, a mindful body scan, collecting the attention and including all that arises in a kind, clear presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-30 It Is Possible 21:31
Ayya Santacitta
Reflection on Right Effort
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-30 Kayanupassana - Body Posture 1:43:24
Akincano Marc Weber
The body as support for contemplation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2016-12-30 A Skilful Use of Puja 34:36
Ajahn Sucitto
Explanation of the devotional element of chanting and its uplifting quality, bringing forth reflection and stopping inner chatter
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-29 Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017: Reflecting on What We've Learned and Where We're Heading 59:14
James Baraz
As we leave 2016 and open to 2017, how can we learn and grow from what's past and set ourselves in the right direction as we face an uncertain future? This talk includes recent Spirit Rock's Statement of Values: Spiritual Sanctuary and Refuge and the teacher meeting out of which it came. James reflects on his recent Huffington Post article "Holding Hands Together: From Helplessness to Empowerment." Finally, there is a ritual for letting go of the past and creating a wise intention for the future.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2016-12-29 Opening Talk 1:23:40
Yanai Postelnik
Reflections on renunciation and letting go as a foundation for deepening practice and well-being.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2016-12-29 Opening Talk - Edited 51:10
Yanai Postelnik
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2016-12-29 Getting at the Mind and Into the Body 55:49
Ajahn Sucitto
Developing skilful intentions and letting go of self-creating and self-judgment
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-29 No Mud No Lotus 46:10
Ayya Santacitta
Working with the Five Hindrances
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-29 This Sensitive Life - And some practice reminders (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:34
Alexis Santos
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-12-29 The Path of Peace 55:09
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Transforming the Mind and Healing the Heart: 24th Annual Non-Residential Year-End

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 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 Morning Reflection 22:32
Ayya Anandabodhi
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

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

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

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

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

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