Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2016-01-01 Retreat for New Year's Day - Afternoon Session 1:54:15
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
In the spirit of beginning again and with a renewed zeal for the promised goal of a mind liberated from suffering and a heart available for impartial compassionate response, this day is spent practicing Mindfulness and Metta Meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-01-01 Retreat for New Year's Day - Morning Session 2:32:40
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
In the spirit of beginning again and with a renewed zeal for the promised goal of a mind liberated from suffering and a heart available for impartial compassionate response, this day is spent practicing Mindfulness and Metta Meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-12-31 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness - Guided Meditation 45:37
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
New Year's Retreat
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2015-12-30 Q&A: Losing the Taste for Teddy Bears 36:11
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
How to contemplate on death and sickness; “Russial doll”contemplation of body; how to practice for insight; mindfulness as a refuge in busy city life
Uttama Bodhi Vihara : Meditation Retreat with Luang Por Sucitto in Uttama Bodhi Vihara (UBV)

2015-12-30 Don’t Concentrate - Absorb 42:04
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Liberation requires clearing citta of its contracted state. We can learn to care for our citta, to know what lifts and steadies it to bring it out of contraction. In meditation we try to concentrate and feel even more constricted. Opening up the body and accessing the vitality that comes from mindfulness of breathing can have a calming effect.
Uttama Bodhi Vihara : Meditation Retreat with Luang Por Sucitto in Uttama Bodhi Vihara (UBV)

2015-12-28 Attitudes that Support Mindful Presence: Acceptance, Kindness, and Curiosity 63:56
Hugh Byrne	Download Listen
An essential element of mindfulness practice is to cultivate a willingness to be with our experience just as it is. Consciously cultivating qualities of deep-rooted acceptance, kindness, and interest in our experience supports freeing our minds and opening our hearts.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2015 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2015-12-19 What is Mindfulness ? 58:16
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House : What is Mindfulness ?

2015-12-12 Investigating Reality: Awareness, Inquiry and Waking Up - Afternoon Session 67:23
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
The meditative process includes active exploration of body, heart, mind, self and other - the whole of Reality. In addition to mindful awareness and kindness, waking up evokes our curiosity, wonder and intelligence as we discover the fullness of humanity living in each of us.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-12-12 Investigating Reality: Awareness, Inquiry and Waking Up - Morning Session 2:58:01
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
The meditative process includes active exploration of body, heart, mind, self and other - the whole of Reality. In addition to mindful awareness and kindness, waking up evokes our curiosity, wonder and intelligence as we discover the fullness of humanity living in each of us.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-12-09 Desire: A Current of Homecoming 1:13:53

Tara Brach

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Desire is intrinsic to our aliveness, yet when we have unmet needs, it can possess us. This talk explores how to relax open the grip of wanting and heal the suffering of addiction. You will learn how to bring mindfulness and compassion to the roots of desire, and be carried home to open loving presence. “Recovery is also about spirit – about dealing with that ‘hole in the soul’ … so how does this hole get filled and become holy space?”

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks