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2022-02-20 Guided Morning Meditation 40:00
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-17 Samatha and Vipassana in Harmony, Talk 3 of 3: How Samatha and Vipassana Can Work Together in Harmony, with Guided Meditation 1:19:34
Tina Rasmussen
Insight Meditation Tucson

2022-02-13 Generosity as a Living Liberation Practice 57:21
Jeanne Corrigal, Susie Harrington
Sunday morning instruction and meditation begins with generosity as a living liberation practice of non-clinging, and moves to a guided sit in generosity toward the self (Jeanne). This sit ends with guided instruction in walking with an attitude of offering generosity (Susie).
Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community Gratitude and Generosity: Realizing the Abundant Heart

2022-02-13 Morning Instructions: Meeting our Emotions with Wisdom 39:33
Jean Esther
These guided instructions within formal meditation practice are also applicable in meeting our emotions in our everyday lives.
True North Insight Meeting Our Emotional Life with a Dharma Heart

2022-02-12 Gratitude in the Pleasant and in Embodied Presence 45:29
Jeanne Corrigal
Saturday afternoon guided practice in gratitude for subtle pleasant experiences and in the importance of supporting our meditation through noticing these pleasant states. The sit ends with a guided meditation and walking instruction in experiencing the body through the senses. (Jeanne)
Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community Gratitude and Generosity: Realizing the Abundant Heart

2022-02-12 Gratitude as Reciprocal Relationship 55:32
Susie Harrington, Jeanne Corrigal
Saturday morning dharmette in gratitude and generosity as a reciprocal relationship, rather than a transactional relationship, followed by a guided meditation in the refuges as gratitude practices. (Susie) The sit ends with walking instructions and encouragement to sense the body as a support for the embodied gratitude of being present. (Jeanne)
Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community Gratitude and Generosity: Realizing the Abundant Heart

2022-02-12 Compassion: An Organic Response to Wise Understanding 60:53
Jean Esther
As we discover the 3 characteristics of life in our meditation practice, we begin to recognize their truth in all aspects of life beyond our mediation practice. Through this clear understanding, compassion for self and others emerges organically. The cultivation of compassion practice directed towards our own or others suffering can also strengthen this quality in our minds and hearts. This talk includes some guided practice.
True North Insight Meeting Our Emotional Life with a Dharma Heart

2022-02-12 Morning Instructions: Rooting in Embodiment: 61:02
Jean Esther
Guided instruction in bringing one’s attention to body, breath and sound as foundational for meditation practice.
True North Insight Meeting Our Emotional Life with a Dharma Heart

2022-02-11 Meditative states vs. process, Meditation on impermanence, Dhamma talk on Madhupiṇḍikasutta, Q+A 1:30:59
Bhante Sujato
Bhante Sujato on meditative states vs. meditative process. Meditation on impermanence guided by Bhante Sujato. Dhamma talk on a passage from the Madhupiṇḍikasutta (MN18): about the proliferation going on in the mind. Katukurunde Ñānananda: concept and reality. Q+A: choice without a chooser.
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • MN 18 - The Honey Cake Sutta by suttacentral.net (Link)
  • Concept and Reality by Katukurunde Ñānananda (Link)

2022-02-11 Guided Meditation 43:48
Zohar Lavie
Metta to phenomena.
Gaia House Easing into the Middle Way

2022-02-11 Guided Compassion Meditation for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:10
JD Doyle
Sharing the Buddha's aspiration to teach out of compassion for the world, you are invited to bring that inspiration into your compassion practice. This guided meditation starts with an overview of compassion and then the guided meditation focuses on an easy being and then opens to all beings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-10 Guided Meditation 45:44
Nathan Glyde
Metta with a dash of Anicca.
Gaia House Easing into the Middle Way

2022-02-09 Week 5 - Exploring Equanimity 1:15:34
Kirsten Kratz
Dharma Talk, Guided Meditation, Closing of the Retreat
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-02-09 32 Parts of the Body Meditation: Discovering Freedom within the Body—Week 5 Large Intestines, Small Intestines, Stomach, Feces, Brain 52:24
Bob Stahl
Please join us for this 8-week “32 Parts of the Body” meditation class that has rarely been taught in the West. This practice will cultivate deeper insight into the true nature of the body and most importantly to help see through the identifications, conditionings, beliefs, and narratives – the erroneous view of self. It has also been used for healing illness. Various methods will be taught to strengthen mindfulness of the body and to explore the mind/body connection. Each class will consist of silent and guided meditation, chanting of the body parts and small and large group discussion. These teachings and practices will help develop greater clarity, wisdom, and compassion; and foster the depth of practice.
Insight Santa Cruz

2022-02-09 Guided Meditation 45:53
Zohar Lavie
Relaxed and kind.
Gaia House Easing into the Middle Way

2022-02-09 The Brahmavihara of Compassion 32:25
Dawn Scott
In this guided meditation, we explore the nature of thoughts, opening to their ephemeral, changing, and sensory-influenced nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-08 Guided Meditation 19:17
Zohar Lavie
The middle way of balancing & gathering.
Gaia House Easing into the Middle Way

2022-02-07 Metta for Easy Beings, Difficult Beings, and All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:54
JD Doyle
Guided Metta meditation that begins with an overview of working with difficult or challenging people. Meditation explores the cultivation of Metta, starting with easy beings, moving to difficult beings and ending with all beings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-06 Guided Meditation on Vedana (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 40:09
JD Doyle
This meditation starts with a short introduction to practicing with Vedana (or feeling tone) and then continues with a guided meditation that invites you to bring your awareness to different parts of the body and different senses to recognize Vedana as it arises.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-05 A Wise and Kind Way of Seeing All Things as Unsatisfactory 1:26:10
Nathan Glyde
All changing and unreliable phenomena are neither satisfactory nor dissatisfactory. They neither contain the ingredients for contentment nor for distress. It is in the way of relating to them that the tangle of dukkha (distress) arises, or the openness of freedom, well-being, and happiness come to be. How much freedom might come from reminding ourselves that all things are both non-dissatisfactory and unsatisfactory? Guided meditation and Dharma Reflection, followed by a Q&A.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Feb 2022

2022-02-04 The trapped monkey, Guided meditation, Dhamma talk on mantras as a skillful means, Q+A 1:25:11
Bhante Sujato, Bhante Akāliko
from Mantra Hotel. Introduction by Bhante Akāliko: the trapped monkey. Meditation guided by Bhante Akāliko. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato on the Buddha's idea of mantras as a skillful means, a tool to work with the mind, without intrinsic power. Snp 4.14: craving drives thinking. Q+A: resistance to meditation. Fear. Simile of the cat and the elephant.
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • Little Dust Buddhist Community by littledust.org (Link)

2022-02-04 Guided Bramavihara Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:23
James Baraz
In order to open the heart and extend kindness and compassion to others we need to soften the places of contraction through practicing forgiveness. This guided meditation invites us to practice forgiving ourselves– our body, our mind, and our heart – and then extending it towards others as well.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-04 Guided Meditation on the Four Elements 52:31
JD Doyle
The first foundation of the body is explored with a guided body scan for each of the four elements: earth, water, fire, and air.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-02 Week 4 - Guided Meditation 47:14
Kirsten Kratz
Aspects of Mudita
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-02-02 Meditation: Breathing Through 17:08
Tara Brach
Drawn from a classic Tibetan Buddhist compassion practice, this guided meditation invites us to open to the sufferings of the world, and let it move through our hearts and out again. The blessing of this offering of presence is that our hearts become a transformer of sorrow.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-02-02 32 Parts of the Body Meditation: Discovering Freedom within the Body—Week 4 Heart, Liver, Diaphragm, Spleen, Lungs 46:24
Bob Stahl
Please join us for this 8-week “32 Parts of the Body” meditation class that has rarely been taught in the West. This practice will cultivate deeper insight into the true nature of the body and most importantly to help see through the identifications, conditionings, beliefs, and narratives – the erroneous view of self. It has also been used for healing illness. Various methods will be taught to strengthen mindfulness of the body and to explore the mind/body connection. Each class will consist of silent and guided meditation, chanting of the body parts and small and large group discussion. These teachings and practices will help develop greater clarity, wisdom, and compassion; and foster the depth of practice.
Insight Santa Cruz

2022-02-02 Guided Meditation 45:13
Nathan Glyde
Lingering in happiness.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-02-02 A Guided Meditation in the Manner of Thich Nhat Hanh 36:47
Donald Rothberg
A 35-minute or so guided meditation in the manner of Thich Nhat Hanh (connected with the talk honoring Thich Nhat Hanh). The guided meditation is mostly silent, with three short periods of guidance, using these words: (1) Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out. Breathing in, I calm myself. Breathing out, I feel at ease. (2) Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment. Bring body and mind back to the present moment. So that you do not miss the appointment with life. (3) Breathing in, I see myself as a flower. Breathing out, I feel fresh. Breathing in, I see myself as a mountain. Breathing out, I feel solid. Breathing in, I see myself as still water. Breathing out, I reflect all that is. Breathing in, I see myself as space. Breathing out, I feel free.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2022-02-01 Guided Meditation 44:24
Zohar Lavie
Metta to sensations.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-02-01 Loving Kindness for Ourselves (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 40:59
Tempel Smith
Here is a simply guided meditation to bring kindness and patience to our mindfulness practice. As mindfulness develops it brings both clarity and warmth to our awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-01 Morning instructions: Focusing and unifying the mind 58:45
James Baraz
A guided meditation on deepening concentration using the breath as the primary object.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-01-31 Lightly Guided Metta Meditation 44:32
Nathan Glyde
Easy and neutral relationships, and in relationship to oneself.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-31 First Establishment of Mindfulness 42:31
Dawn Scott
This guided meditation introduces three anchors for attention--sounds, body, and breath--with an emphasis on orienting to the pleasant to pleasurable aspects of the anchor.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-01-30 Guided Mudita Meditation 43:39
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-30 Simple Breath and Body Awareness 30:37
Tempel Smith
All practices of mindfulness begin with commitment toward breath and body awareness. This is where we start our practice and where our practice develops. Here in this guided meditation we simplify our ambition just to rest in the in breath and out breath.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-01-30 Scanning the body for feeling Tone. 64:02
Bonnie Duran
Guided meditation on Vedana.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Befriending the World through Mindfulness

2022-01-29 Guided Metta Meditation 44:24
Nathan Glyde
Cultivating goodwill.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-28 Week 3 - Guided Meditation 42:49
Kirsten Kratz
Breathing w Compassionate Presence
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-01-28 Week 3 - Guided Meditation 40:15
Kirsten Kratz
Holding Self & Other in Compassion
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-01-28 Honoring Thich Nhat Hannh, Breath meditation, Q+A 1:34:56
Bhante Sujato
Honoring Thich Nhat Hannh. Breath meditation explained and guided by Bhante Sujato. Q+A: sīlā, samādhi, paññā as a comprehensive framework for the elements of the path, derived from the Buddha's teaching on the Gradual Training, e.g. in Dīgha Nikāya 2. Breath meditation as opposed to ancient pranayama techniques trying to control the breath. Meditation methods require balance between receiving and doing. Threshold concentration. Weird experiences during meditation.
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • DN 2, Sāmaññaphala Sutta by suttacentral.net (Link)
  • AN 106, Nijjara Sutta by suttacentral.net (Link)

2022-01-26 Week 3 - Exploring Compassion - Karuna 1:24:31
Kirsten Kratz
Instructions & Guided Meditation
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-01-25 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, Week 3 — Opening thoughts and guided meditation 57:02
Mark Nunberg
Meditation begins around 27:30
Common Ground Meditation Center Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation: 6-week course

2022-01-23 Week 2 - Instructions and Guided Meditation 51:05
Kirsten Kratz
-Welcoming All Experience With Kindness and Compassion
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-01-23 Guided Meditation on Compassion 44:54
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Dana Retreat: Inner Peace and Fierce Compassion

2022-01-23 Guided Meditation 31:58
Sari Markkanen
Playing with metta (2) and proceeding into one's base practice (builds on previous meditations from this retreat)
Gaia House Calm and Contented Heart – a Path of Cultivating Samadhi

2022-01-23 Teaching Session & Guided Meditation 1:24:32
Sari Markkanen
Pointers and signposts of deepening, and a few words about metta practice for cultivating samadhi. Guided meditation: Playing with metta (1)
Gaia House Calm and Contented Heart – a Path of Cultivating Samadhi

2022-01-22 Guided Meditation, Teachings. 37:06
Sari Markkanen
Playing with the breath (2) (this one builds on the previous practice)
Gaia House Calm and Contented Heart – a Path of Cultivating Samadhi

2022-01-22 Guided Meditation on the Full Awareness of Breathing 39:18
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Dana Retreat: Inner Peace and Fierce Compassion

2022-01-22 Opening Session for the Retreat 1:20:29
Sari Markkanen
Introduction into samadhi practice. Guided meditation: Playing with the breath (1)
Gaia House Calm and Contented Heart – a Path of Cultivating Samadhi

2022-01-21 Rainbodhi, Tradition and its evolution, Breath meditation, Dhamma talk: the 8-fold path, Q+A 1:23:18
Bhante Sujato, Bhante Akāliko
Bhante Akāliko's Rainbodhi booklet. Thoughts on tradition and its evolution. Bhante Sujato on meditation going against the stream of result based thinking. Breath meditation guided by Bhante Sujato. Dhamma talk: the 8 parts of the 8fold path. Q+A: right livelihood. Connection lost during Q+A.
Lokanta Vihara

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