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Dharma Talks
2015-02-03 Love 39:32
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2015-02-03 Brahma Vihara Practice Day 3 45:52
Sally Armstrong
Metta for self & benefactor.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-02-03 Morning Instructions Day 3 14:11
Greg Scharf
"There is a body": Body scanning, sensations, and feeling tone.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-02-02 The Most Important Thing 64:32
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-02-02 Finding True Happiness 54:19
Greg Scharf
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-02-02 Letting Go - A Practice for a Lifetime 46:54
Alan Lewis
Gaia House Inner Listening

2015-02-02 Three Bases of Insight Dialogue 24:54
Gregory Kramer
Insight Dialogue Community (The Clarity Centre)

2015-02-02 Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention - Week 4 62:52
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention

2015-02-02 Brahma Vihara Practice Day 2 47:34
Carol Wilson
Cultivating the Brahmaviharas and Metta Practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-02-02 Morning Instructions Day 2 28:27
Sally Armstrong
A guided meditation on body scanning and awareness of sound
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-02-01 Mindfulness includes everything 52:08
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-02-01 The Three Characteristics 50:40
Bhante Bodhidhamma
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2015-02-01 Inner Listening 41:50
Alan Lewis
Gaia House Inner Listening

2015-02-01 Courageous Living - Sweat Lodge & POC daylong with Carol Cano & Verlinda Montoya 2:05:13
Intro talk - Courageous Living
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-02-01 Morning Instructions Day 1 44:07
James Baraz
Intro - finding an anchor, breath, body, sound
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat

2015-02-01 S.O.S - Sitting on Sunday - 2-1-2015 62:36
Gina Sharpe
These regularly scheduled mornings begin with a guided meditation, sometimes followed by standing or walking meditation. There is a Dharma talk and often a question and answer period where attendees can inquire about practice.
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2015-01-31 Opening Talk 37:00
Alan Lewis
Gaia House Inner Listening

2015-01-30 Non Self 54:51
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-29 Living Your Practice 52:17
Mary Grace Orr
Do good, avoid evil, appreciate your lunacy, and pray for help: how we can work with this teaching in the context of the Eightfold Path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Developing Compassion: The Fruit of Our Practice

2015-01-29 "The Payoff in Suffering" 57:08
James Baraz
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2015-01-29 Taking Your Practice home 56:40
Mark Coleman
How do we integrate practice into daily life? This talk explores how the eight fold path and the five precepts support us in life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Radiance: The Liberating Power of Awareness

2015-01-29 Compassion 63:02
Chris Cullen
Reflections on compassion as resonance and appropriate responsiveness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-28 Suffering and Gratitude 53:14
Norman Fischer
Developing compassion requires us to learn to face pain rather than run from it. Gratitude practice helps us to see that we are connected to every thing- Good and bad. In the end we're grateful even for our pain, which turns out to be the gateway to a deeper love.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Developing Compassion: The Fruit of Our Practice

2015-01-28 Compassionate Awareness 56:37
Mark Coleman
Integrating the qualities of kindness and mindfulness provides the capacity to be with a range of experience in ourselves and others with wisdom and ease.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Radiance: The Liberating Power of Awareness

2015-01-28 Inhabiting Our Bodies with Presence 1:18:26
Tara Brach
Our conditioning is to pull away from our physical experience when it is difficult. When we regularly dissociate, we are removed from the source of our power, intuition and capacity to love in a full way. This talk looks at the ways we leave our body and the path of homecoming to living loving presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-01-28 What Is In "The Present Moment" 69:15
John Peacock
An examination of what it means to be in the present moment and the content of that moment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-28 Dharma of Ferdinand 64:54
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-01-28 Morning Instructions 51:14
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-27 3e noble vérité 57:16
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-27 Meeting Our Suffering 48:26
Mary Grace Orr
Exploring The Four Noble Truths & The practice of Tonglen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Developing Compassion: The Fruit of Our Practice

2015-01-27 Immediate Living Experience 38:55
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2015-01-27 Talk:The Noble EightFold Path, Day 5 61:54
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-27 The Collective Body - Solidarity, Community and Love 47:13
Martin Aylward
In this final talk of the series, Martin looks at the social implications of widening our sense of identification, including not only the world but also other human beings within the field of our experience. The talk explores the suffering born of the us and them mentality and points to how the need to awaken together and take all beings into our heart.
Gaia House This Body is the Universe

2015-01-27 Knowing/Shaping and Liberating The Mind 56:27
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-27 Metta: All Beings and Forgiveness, Day 5 52:15
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-27 Morning Instructions: Impermanence, Day 5 8:15
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-26 Feedback In The Context of Dharma Practice 39:54
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2015-01-26 Bodhisattva Vision 60:33
Norman Fischer
Suffering is pervasive-there's no escape. But we all suffer together in exactly the same way, so we are close to one another. Bodhisattvas know this means love and compassion are the most real emotions in our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Developing Compassion: The Fruit of Our Practice

2015-01-26 Natural Radiance of Mind 56:50
Mark Coleman
What is awareness-What is the nature of mind-This talk explores awareness & how to understand its innate presence & how it can be recognized.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Radiance: The Liberating Power of Awareness

2015-01-26 The Existential Body - From Thing-ness to Process, Knowing to Loving, Subjective to Inclusive 41:26
Martin Aylward
In this talk Martin looks at the tendency to conceive in terms of objects rather than process, unpicking the way we maintain and reinforce the ego structure, and offering a vision of a more expansive and inclusive participation in life.
Gaia House This Body is the Universe

2015-01-26 Knowing And Unknowing Body 62:36
Chris Cullen
Introduces body practices from the Satipatthana Sutta
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-26 Self-view and the Fourth Satipatthana 58:57
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
Here we look at fourth satipatthana and its specific instructions on what to see and how to see it—the five hindrances, the five aggregates, the six sense bases, the seven factors of awakening, and the four noble truths—with an eye to realizing how this practice helps us overcome self-view.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-01-26 Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention - Week 3 55:23
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention

2015-01-26 Talk: Impermanence, Day 4 61:34
Kamala Masters
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-26 Metta: Adding Person We Have Difficulty With, Day 4 47:32
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-26 Morning instruction: The Simplicity of What is Known, Day 4 12:08
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-26 Morning Instructions 50:21
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-25 Talk: Understanding Equanimity, Day 3 68:27
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-25 The Psychological Body - Self Image, Self Reinforcement and Self Judgement 51:07
Martin Aylward
Continuing from the previous talk, Martin looks at the ways we imagine, maintain and reinforce our psychological sense of self. The talk explores how we live in images and descriptions of who we think we are, layered by our constant critical self evaluation, and points us beyond our psychology to a fuller and freer embodying of our life.
Gaia House This Body is the Universe

2015-01-25 Mindfulness As Recollection Of Being 67:36
John Peacock
A description of the different terms of mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-25 Metta: Integrating Compassion, Day 3 43:18
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-25 Morning Instructions: Awareness of Hindrances, Day 3 16:22
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-25 Morning Instructions 55:13
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-24 Opening Talk 55:05
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-24 Talk: Four Noble Truths, Day 2 56:17
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-24 The Instinctual Body - Sex, Survival and Social Drives 40:14
Martin Aylward
We are bound by our biology, and our health, longevity and death are largely out of our control. This talk explores the way our biology impacts us, including the influences of the sex drive, the survival drive and the social drive. Martin looks at how we can explore and understand our biology in such a way as to inhabit it freely.
Gaia House This Body is the Universe

2015-01-24 Metta: Oneself, Benefactor, Dear Friend, Day 2 47:20
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-24 Morning Instructions: Relaxing the Body and Mind, Day 2 14:14
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-23 The Body is the Universe - Introduction 1:12:28
Martin Aylward
In this talk Martin looks at the tendency to conceive in terms of objects rather than process, unpicking the way we maintain and reinforce the ego structure, and offering a vision of a more expansive and inclusive participation in life.
Gaia House This Body is the Universe

2015-01-21 Qu’est-ce que cette pratique et 1e noble vérité 1:12:02
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-21 Anapanasati 1:15:37
Doug Phillips
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2015-01-21 Listening to the Calling of Our Hearts 1:21:46
Tara Brach
In any moment, our intention - what we are energetically wanting - shapes our life experience. While our deepest intention may be to realize and live from loving awareness, we are often driven by egoic fear and grasping. This talk explores how mindfulness can recognize our prevailing intention, and by staying present, kind and accepting, we can reconnect with the deeper longings that carry us to awakening and freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-01-21 Power and Love: A Tribute to Martin Luther King 49:09
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2015-01-21 The Thinning of the Self 63:55
Donald Rothberg
Insight into "not-self" (anatta) is one of the core aspects of wisdom. After briefly reviewing some of the challenges of understanding anatta, we look at four practical ways to explore anatta, through focusing on 1) everyday and meditative experiences of "flow", 2) studying the "thick" or strong sense of self when it appears, 3) practicing in other ways to "thin" the self, and 4) opening to awareness without a sense of self or identification with the contents of experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-01-20 Cours complet de 1h30 avec intro, méditation guidée, enseignement sur la 2e noble vérité et une dernière méditation 1:26:48
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-20 Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension 44:52
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2015-01-20 Monthly Sitting & Inquiry, January 64:58
Gina Sharpe
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2015-01-19 The Perfect Gift: On Mindfulness & Metta 58:11
Heather Sundberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-01-19 Rethinking How We Get Free 52:06
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
This talk examines popular strategies for behavior change such as willing ourselves into compliance and analyzing our history. And it contrasts these "old ways" with the strategies of Buddhist practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-01-19 Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention - Week 2 65:03
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention

2015-01-18 Lovingkindness, Equanimity, and Daily Life Practice 67:42
Donald Rothberg
In our practice, we aspire toward a kind of wholeness, with no part of our life left out. In this talk, we explore two ways of developing more of such wholeness - (1) through connecting metta with mindfulness and wisdom, here examined especially in connecting metta and equanimity; and (2) through connecting formal metta retreat practice to everyday life practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta

2015-01-18 Dharma For MLK Day 44:06
Anushka Fernandopulle
Holding our practice in a larger context of social change movements and the ongoing work for racial justice and civil rights in our society.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Clear Mind, Open Heart: Insight Meditation Weekend

2015-01-18 Practice Guided by Wisdom 35:26
Kittisaro
Moving beyond rigidity and attachment to views about practice into agility in response to conditions. Working with doubt.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-17 Metta Sutta Talk #2: By not holding to fixed views 60:02
Heather Sundberg
Filled with anecdotes, singing and practical advice, this talk covers the second half of the Metta Sutta, including Metta for All Beings, the Difficult Person, How to Cherish Beings By not Holding to Fixed Views
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta

2015-01-17 Understanding Judgement and Discernment 44:54
Chas DiCapua
How we can bring discernment to bear on our experience instead of judgement. How we cultivate discernment on this path.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Clear Mind, Open Heart: Insight Meditation Weekend

2015-01-17 Where are We Trying to Get to ? 56:12
John Peacock
Gaia House Origins and Applications of Mindfulness (MBCT/MBSR Retreat)

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 1 59:41
Stephen Snyder
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 2 63:19
Stephen Snyder
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Part 3 14:32
Stephen Snyder
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Part 4 1:12:15
Stephen Snyder
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 1 59:38
Tina Rasmussen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 2 63:08
Tina Rasmussen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 3 14:33
Tina Rasmussen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 4 1:12:16
Tina Rasmussen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Yoga of the Heart 39:10
Thanissara
An inner attitude of love, compassion, attunement to goodness, and deep acceptance in the face of obstruction.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-16 Hatred is Never Appeased by Hatred 38:54
Kittisaro
Moving beyond the tendency to make a problem. Metta as an aspect of wisdom. Apartheid of the soul. The eternal law. The Buddha's simile of the saw.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-16 On the Path of the Beautiful and Beloved Community 63:12
Larry Yang
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta
In collection: Engaged Buddhism

2015-01-16 Embodied Mindfulness 53:27
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Origins and Applications of Mindfulness (MBCT/MBSR Retreat)

2015-01-15 Anything Can Happen At Any Time 52:53
James Baraz
The one thing that is certain in life is its unpredictability. Having an awareness that inner and outer circumstances could change in a moment can inform our lives in a profound way. Rather than living with vigilance and fear an on-going understanding of the fragility in life can lead us to more wakefulness, appreciation and freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2015-01-15 Lovingkindness, Compassion, and Forgiveness 65:37
Donald Rothberg
On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, we explore how to extend the awakened heart of Metta when there is pain or distress or difficulty. In particular, we examine the practices of compassion and forgiveness, with Dr. King's work and life as a reference point.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta

2015-01-15 Attitude of Kindness & Great Compassion Ceremony 33:44
Thanissara
Explanation (in brief) of Kuan Yin Great Compassion & Renewal Ceremony - Cultivating kindness in relationship to our experience.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-15 Compassionate Transformation 43:57
Thanissara
Journey through shadow, understanding sankhara - patterning, and the patient and challenging process of compassionate relationship. Mr Mandela's journey into "I love you all"
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-14 Compassionate Transformation 43:57
Thanissara
Journey through shadow, understanding sankhara - patterning, and the patient and challenging process of compassionate relationship. Mr Mandela's journey into "I love you all"
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-14 Enseignement sur la pratique de la méditation 60:34
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-14 Metta Sutta #1: The Joy of Basic Integrity 64:38
Heather Sundberg
Drawing from various commentaries and translations of the Metta Sutta, the talk explores this important teaching from the perspective of practice and how to live it in our lives. Explores the qualities of Trust, Wise Speech, Humility, Contentment, Peace and Integrity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta

2015-01-14 Refuge in Loving Relationships 1:23:32
Tara Brach
Bringing presence to our relationships reveals our connectedness and essential Oneness. This talk explores two domains of this awakening with others: Realizing our shared vulnerability - that we’re in it together - and recognizing the inherent goodness or sacredness that lives through everyone.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-01-14 We are Contenting Ourselves 57:21
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-01-14 Mother of All Phenomena - Contemplating Thus! 34:00
Kittisaro
The liberating aspect of the teaching. Realization of the "unborn, uncreated" The door to the Dharma is never closed. Depth of Kuan Yin.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-13 A Heavenly Messenger Arrives: Today My Father Died. 50:47
Kittisaro
Kittisaro reflects on his father and his death. The ending of greed, hatred and delusion is nibbana. An analogy from the Shurangama Sutra. Entering the living silence.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-13 2e partie, enseignement et méditation de 20 minutes 59:52
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

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