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Dharma Talks
2015-06-24 Part 1: Devotional Practices 37:55
Tara Brach
The sacred feminine expresses the realization of our belonging, our innate interdependence with all of life. These two classes explores inner practices that help us open to our longing to belong, and awaken the power of prayer.  
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-06-24 El mundo de los pensamientos y de los sentido 56:38
Rebecca Bradshaw
Insight Retreat Center

2015-06-24 Love and Fearlessness in Charleston 47:44
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2015-06-24 Day 2 Brahma Vihara Practice: Compassion 60:12
Lesley Grant
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-24 Practicing the First Ethical Precept--Non-Harming 65:11
Donald Rothberg
Set in the larger contexts of the importance of ethical practice, we focus on the meaning and practical of non-harming, with some reflections on responding to the killings of nine African Americans at a bible study class in Charleston, South Carolina.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-06-24 Day 2: Morning Instructional Sit 45:56
Lesley Grant
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-24 Reflection: Mapping specific tasks for individual Satipaṭṭhāna channels - Instruction cittānupassanā Questions 48:12
Akincano Marc Weber
Why body? Purpose and role of body contemplation practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-23 Wise Attention 46:29
Sayadaw U Jagara
Wise attention deals with how we are directing our mind. We have the ability to choose what we think about, and how we pay attention. Wise attention can be divided into two parts. First, it deals with guarding the mind, so we can maintain a balanced mind, and protect the mind from various kinds of defilement such as the five hindrances. Second, wise attention encompasses the development of our mind, which starts with improving the quality of our observation. This improvement then leads to understanding, clarity and wisdom.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2015-06-23 Instructions et méditations guidées 30:44
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-06-23 Mindfulness - The Multifaceted Jewel 57:37
Mark Coleman
Mindfulness has so many dimensions and can be hard to define, yet it is a central pillar of the Dhamma path. This talk explores some of it's dimensions and qualities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat

2015-06-23 Quatre efforts sages 54:27
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-06-23 Day 1 Brahma Vihara Practice: Loving-kindness /Metta 58:32
Lesley Grant
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-23 Guided meditation – body and mind: Resting in one's own gaze 58:57
Akincano Marc Weber
Sense channel check; settling into whole-body awareness, dislodging the self perspective with the bent gaze
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-22 The Reality of Mindfulness 68:56
George Mumford
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-22 Guided mettā-meditiation 50:04
Akincano Marc Weber
Metta with images
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-22 Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Body - Week 1 1:26:52
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Body

2015-06-22 Reflection: Obstacles-1: On sleepiness & numbness 38:37
Akincano Marc Weber
Manifestations - possible causes - remedies
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-21 Clear comprehension (sampajaññā): the contextualising of sati 50:54
Akincano Marc Weber
Meaning of the term - Function in meditation and life –Textual references from Suttas - Ajahn Buddhadhasas reading of sampajaññā - 4 sampajaññā in the exegetical tradition
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-21 Dharma Lessons from Sayadaw U Tejaniya: Mindfulness of Mind 1:25:59
Steve Armstrong
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2015-06-21 Reflection: The link between vedanā and citta. The space after the disappearing stage 16:16
Akincano Marc Weber
Clarification on vedanā and citta - Paying close attention to the disappearance and the climate in the space opening up.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-20 The importance of mindfulness to liberation 53:34
Winnie Nazarko
A description of the nature of mindfulness (sati), why it is key in Buddhist practice and how it's trained in meditation practice. Given at short IMS retreat
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Letting Go of Distraction: Insight and Metta Weekend

2015-06-20 Look No Further: Alive as the Three Refuges 60:35
Erin Treat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Loving the House That Ego Built

2015-06-20 Attention and intention – Functions of the citta 48:24
Akincano Marc Weber
Three main functions of the citta; contemplative traditions in search to heighten the power of understanding; voluntary and involuntary attention; mind-training and the essentially intentional nature of mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-20 with Ayya Santacitta Q&A with Metta 45:20
Ayya Anandabodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-20 Motivation 20:01
Ayya Santacitta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-20 Heart Opening 36:46
Ayya Santacitta
Guided Meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-20 Lovingkindness: the Path of Peace 46:40
Ayya Anandabodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-20 Instruction: Ānāpānasati - vedanā questions 14:52
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-19 Aim for the Highest Happiness 1:13:44
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Loving the House That Ego Built

2015-06-19 The Fabric of our Community: Generosity and Being in Harmony 1:10:26
Steve Armstrong
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-19 Instruction: Kāyānupassanā: underneath the label of “body” & More on Breathing - Walking instruction - Short Guided Standing 46:07
Akincano Marc Weber
Paying attention to the disappearing phase localizing states in bodily vocabulary - 5 questions to the breath - 4 stages of an event.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-18 From Insight Practice to Spacious Awareness 60:49
Donald Rothberg
We examine practicing with the Three Characteristics, particularly with Dukkha (suffering) and anatta (not-self). Then we explore "spacious awareness," a type of non-conceptual awareness beyond the splits of knower and known, particularly in the teachings of the Buddha and the Thai Forest tradition, with some reference to Tibetan and Zen traditions. Thirdly, we outline a number of ways to access this kind of awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-18 "Nice Guys Sometimes Finish First: Barbara Weiss, Steve Kerr and Pope Francis" 54:06
James Baraz
We are inspired by the goodness of others. Even more, their example motivates us to do good ourselves. The term "Elevation Response" is used in psychology to describe this phenomenon. The talk describes three people whose lives are inspirations and whose examples can help us bring out the best in ourselves.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2015-06-18 The Undefended Heart 59:03
Erin Treat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Loving the House That Ego Built

2015-06-18 Sati and some of its functions 40:52
Akincano Marc Weber
Sati and Saññā
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-18 Archeology of the Heart 62:41
Steve Armstrong
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-18 Day Three: Afternoon Instructions with Qigong 1:14:15
Teja Bell
Spirit Rock Meditation Center From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-18 Meditation Instructions - Taking the Seat of One Who Hears 24:45
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-18 Reflection: Ānāpānasati - Breath and body 25:57
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-17 Understanding Things as they Really Are: From Concentration to Insight 54:01
Susie Harrington
Concentration is a skillful means that provides a foundation for understanding things as they really are (Yatha Bhuta). Through the direct experience of impermanence, freedom unfolds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-17 To Feed or Not to Feed 59:04
Ayya Tathaloka
Ayya Tathaaloka speaks to the Oakland Against the Stream sangha.
Dhammadharini

2015-06-17 Discussion of Practice 66:47
Matthew Daniell
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2015-06-17 Beloved Community 1:20:27
Tara Brach
Martin Luther King’s term, “Beloved Community,” points to our potential for living together with love, justice and respect. This talk explores the often hidden expressions of racism that fuel separation and violence, and pathways toward healing and freeing our collective hearts.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-06-17 Housebuilder, You Have Been Seen 67:55
Howard Cohn
The inspiration for the retreat title, "Loving the House that Ego Built." Waking up to the way that this house of ego is built moment by moment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Loving the House That Ego Built

2015-06-17 Sati and its images in the Suttas 44:45
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-17 Awareness and Five Faculties 57:06
Steve Armstrong
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-17 How the Dalai Lama Did Not Say Something New 60:05
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-06-17 Reflection - On relating to body 56:06
Akincano Marc Weber
Language & relational analogies and senses - two camps of meditators - meeting my own meditative "gold standard"
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-16 Metta chant in Pali 3:50
Winnie Nazarko
A version of the Metta Chant, by the retreatants at a June 2015 IMS retreat
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-16 Instructions et méditation guidée 30:39
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-06-16 Concentration (Samadhi) Practice 58:01
Donald Rothberg
A practically-based exploration of the nature of concentration and its place in practice, how to practice concentration (complementing the morning instructions), five challenges of concentration practice and how to work with them, and the relationship of concentration and insight practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-16 A taste Of Truth 49:35
Winnie Nazarko
Comments about our hopes before going on retreat, and how we tend to evaluate what happens. The usefulness of wise reflection and what it is - in reviewing the retreat.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-16 Envisioning Your Practice 39:16
Anushka Fernandopulle
Mission Dharma

2015-06-16 Ce que Martine m’a enseigné 55:40
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-06-16 The Four Elements - Your Body, Your Mind, This Earth 67:32
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-16 Bhāvanā & Satipaṭṭhāna: Sketch of the 4 Channels of experience 47:45
Akincano Marc Weber
Bhāvanā–"Calling into being“ - Satipaṭṭhāna as Orientation
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-16 Allowing Awareness of All of Life (Shame and Vulnerability) 31:26
Alexis Santos
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-16 Instructions - Vedana 21:35
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-16 Reflection: Aspiration - Attitude - Body 30:59
Akincano Marc Weber
kāyānupassanā - 3 Questions
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-15 Evening Talk from Touching the Earth Retreat 47:09
Suvaco
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-15 Bodhicitta: The Awakened Heart Mind 67:04
Pat Coffey
The power of Bodhicitta, we cultivated is a powerful antidote to greed, ill will and delusion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-15 Encouraging Counsel 56:54
Steve Armstrong
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-15 "Karma as empowerment: this moment's intentional action conditions the next" 54:50
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-15 Guided metta meditation and chant 42:01
Winnie Nazarko
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-15 Chanting, Guided Meditation, Preparation for Ritual, Offering Ourselves 32:27
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-15 Morning Reflections 34:56
Suvaco
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-15 Basic meditation instructions for the first day of retreat 54:06
Pat Coffey
Basic meditation instructions that includes special attention to relaxation and sacred "pause" of awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-14 The Art Of Mindful Living - Part 2 66:48
Matthew Daniell
From suffering to freedom Park two Skillful relationship of Shamatha (calm) and Vipassana (clear seeing) in all postures and it all times. Daily life practice as one
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-14 First Evening Talk - The Hindrances 45:33
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-14 Gaining Understanding from the Torments 59:11
Steve Armstrong
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-14 What Do We Do When We Meditate 54:54
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2015-06-14 Guided Loving Kindness Meditation 41:31
Pat Coffey
Extending loving kindness to self
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-14 Afternoon Guidance and Guided Meditation, Posture, The Mid-Line 59:42
Suvaco
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-14 Morning Guidance, Sitting Meditation 45:08
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-13 Do you know what it feels like to be free? 44:53
Ruth King
Bringing our loving offerings into the world as a creative expression of practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Aging, Dying and Awakening

2015-06-13 Day 5 The 7 Factors of Awakening 50:28
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-13 Being fully in 54:19
Winnie Nazarko
A discussion of the quality of faith is a necessary ingredient for spiritual opening. And a discussion of what faith (saddha) is not what we may think it is
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-13 Skillful Views....Seeing through Dharma eyes 56:54
Steve Armstrong
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-13 L'arc de la pratique 59:03
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La nature humaine

2015-06-13 Metta meditation (loving kindness) 44:08
Matthew Daniell
Wishing well: for self, an easy being, a diversity of beings (spontaneously chosen) and all beings
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-13 Day 5 Instructions on 4th Foundation 30:30
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-13 Day 5 The 5 Aggregates & 6 Sense Spheres 53:15
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-13 Day 5 4th Foundation Introduction 1:11:13
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-13 Meditation Instructions - Day Three 57:23
Pat Coffey
Includes emphasis on emotions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-12 Challenging Energies Of Life and Practice 66:02
Pat Coffey
Cultivating a kindly accepting relationship with the challenging energies of life - is essential to happiness and freedom. In this talk we explore those energies and offer practical methods of working with them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-12 "Karma" and the "Present Moment" 54:55
Kate Munding
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2015-06-12 Intrinsically empty, Naturally Radiant - Relative and Ultimate Bodichitta Part II 57:21
Joseph Goldstein
Compassion as an act of emptiness
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 1 to June 14 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-12 Day 4 Sutta Comments on 3rd Foundation 46:36
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-12 Agrippement, tonalité et engagement créatif 60:00
Martine Batchelor
True North Insight La nature humaine

2015-06-12 Day 4 3rd Foundation Morning Q&A 36:11
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-12 Day 4 Instructions on 3rd Foundation 30:24
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-12 Day 4 3rd Foundation Mind 37:35
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-12 Day 4 1st & 2nd Foundations Q&A 57:30
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-11 Wisdom of Aging 62:01
Eugene Cash
Exploring the paradox of aging and dharma practice. Through dharma practice we discover the possibility of maturing as a human at ages 50 and older. Meditation uncovers what we know and the unknown through our presence, awareness and curiosity. The Two Truths reveal both conventional and ultimate truths of reality as we continue to practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Aging, Dying and Awakening

2015-06-11 The Art Of Mindful Living - Part 1 66:41
Matthew Daniell
Part 1 of the journey of suffering to the end of suffering. Building the foundation of calming(shamatha) and beginning to see into life(vipassana), daily life and formal practice as one wise attitude.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-11 Une pratique naturelle et révélatrice 43:12
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La nature humaine

2015-06-11 Day 3 Collective Vedana Managment 55:29
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-11 Day 3 Morning Q&A 33:47
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-11 Day 3 Instructions on 2nd Foundation 33:11
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-11 Day 3 2nd Foundation Vedana 48:16
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

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