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2014-10-06 Guided Meditation on the Factors of Awakening 38:58
Gregory Kramer	Download Listen
After practicing dhammanupassana in Insight Dialogue, attending to the first four factors of sati (mindfulness), investigation of phenomena, energy and joy, this 40 minutes guided meditation takes us, in silence, through these four and onwards to the three calming factors of tranquility, concentration and equanimity.
Gaia House : Insight Dialogue and Bhava - Becoming and Identification

2014-10-05 The Unknowable Knowable Factors of Awakening 15:07
Gregory Kramer	Download Listen
The mind is more mysterious than thought can comprehend. So to name the factors of awakening is, in some sense, impossible. And yet, we can know something, it can be helpful, even powerful, to actively cultivate these factors in Insight Dialogue meditation as well as in silent meditation.
Gaia House : Insight Dialogue and Bhava - Becoming and Identification

2014-10-05 Engaged Buddhism 9:25:57

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with Larry Yang, Ruth King, Tara Brach, Thanissara, Various

Applying the insights from meditation practice and dharma teachings to situations of social, political, environmental, and economic suffering and injustice. Contributions are offered by individual teachers, and organizations such as Buddhists for Racial Justice.

2014-10-05 S.O.S.—Sitting on Sunday 1:13:41
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
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

2014-10-03 Guided Metta Meditation 1:12:43
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
Guided metta meditation with 'neutral' person being added to self, benefactor and friend. Initial comments plus Q&A
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2014-10-03 Speaking the Truth in Meditation. Listening Deeply 44:49
Gregory Kramer	Download Listen
In meditation, the truth is the truth of experience. To speak the truth, mindfulness is essential; its the only way experience can be known. This talk tracks the act of speaking from the wordless beginnings, through the tension behind the urge to speak (even innocuous speech), an onto the physical act. When the thread of sati is maintained, there is a natural authenticity, a coherence between experience and its symbolization in words. The deep of Listen Deeply is likewise traced, with mindfulness and concentration making possible a continuity of awareness. When such listening and speaking meet, the mind-to-mind transmission is of a different order from ordinary speech.
Gaia House : Insight Dialogue and Bhava - Becoming and Identification

2014-10-02 The Seduction of Doubt 58:00
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
The hindrance of doubt is difficult to recognize and if unseen can derail meditation practice. How to see doubt and practice skillful relationship to it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2014-10-01 Turning Towards Dhukka 16:14
Gregory Kramer	Download Listen
The First Noble Truth is not a philosophical statement; it is a guidance for life and for meditation practice. Turn towards, look at, suffering. Inherent in this teaching is the Buddhas guidance that the only way out is through: denial and avoidance will not work. Meditation itself can be a path of avoidance, as can so many worldly distractions and addictions. On this Insight Dialogue retreat we are committed to turning towards Dukkha with the support of silent meditation, wisdom teachings, and each other.
Gaia House : Insight Dialogue and Bhava - Becoming and Identification

2014-10-01 Relax and the Formation of Self 18:52
Gregory Kramer	Download Listen
The meditation instruction Relax encompasses releasing muscle tension, accepting and allowing present moment experience, tranquility, concentration, and metta. Since the tension of clinging (upadana) is the condition for the arising of becoming, this meditation instruction on relaxing and accepting is central to the process of knowing and releasing the process of self-making.
Gaia House : Insight Dialogue and Bhava - Becoming and Identification

2014-10-01 Ethical Practice 1 - An Introduction 58:11
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the meaning of ethical practice - its relationship to meditation and wisdom practice, how it is more a training than a following of external principles, how there are individual, relational, and social dimensions to our ethical practice, and how it can deepen for us. There's a brief overview of the five lay precepts and a taking of the precepts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-09-29 Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Breathing 41:18
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-09-27 Guided meditation 59:32
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Mindfulness of the body feelings, emotions, thoughts, and hindrances.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2014-09-26 Guided Meditation On Forgiveness 60:54
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Forgiveness does not mean condoning others evil or unskillful behaviors, but it does mean letting go of the emotion connection of feeling hurt and wounded.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2014-09-26 Morning Meditation Instructions 59:20
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Understanding intention
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2014-09-25 A Few Words on Mudita & a 20-min. Guided Vipassana Meditation 27:32
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2014-09-24 Morning Meditation Instructions 62:13
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
Some examples of how things can be noted when practicing "open awareness". Response to a question about "trying" in meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2014-09-23 Body: A Matter of Life 47:34
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
This talk was given as a part of the series "Enhancing Mindfulness Skills: A Seven-Week Series Dedicated to Cultivating Transformative Insight." This talk focuses on "Four Elements." It is a traditional practice of mindfulness of the body. In ancient India, the materiality of the body was thought to be composed of four elements—earth, fire, wind and water. These four elements, in turn, have twelve characteristics—(earth) heaviness and lightness, hardness and softness, roughness and smoothness; (fire) heat and coolness; (wind) pushing and supporting; (water) fluidity and cohesion. All of these characteristics can be known with our mind and in our body. Discerning the characteristics of material elements will lead to a profound contemplation of impermanence and death. Seeing the impermanence of the body, we know we cannot control it. The body is not-self, it is not possessable, not I, and not eternally me. Understanding the impermanence of material elements and this body composed of elements, we learn to let go. This talk concludes with a guided meditation of body scans, with emphasis on the four elements and their respective characteristics.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2014-09-22 Guided Meditation On Pain 60:06
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Meeting pain with mindfulness is a very skilful way of understanding the true nature of unpleasant physical sensation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2014-09-20 Morning Meditation Instructions 60:11
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Working with thoughts
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2014-09-19 Part 6 on the 32 Parts of the Body 44:55
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Meditation on Tear, Grease, Saliva, Mucus, Oil of the Joint and Urine
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2014-09-19 Part 5 of 32 Parts of the Body 54:12
Richard Shankman	Download Listen
Meditation on Bile, Phlegm, Pus, Blood, Sweat and Fat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2014-09-18 Part 4 on 32 Parts of the Body 44:24
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Meditation on Large Intestine, Small Intestine, Stomach, Feces and Brain
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2014-09-18 Part 3 on 32 Parts of the Body 55:53
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Meditation on Heart, Liver, Diaphragm, Spleen and Lungs
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2014-09-17 Part 2 on 32 Parts of the Body 43:16
Richard Shankman	Download Listen
Meditation on Flesh, Sinews, Bones, Bone Marrow and Kidneys
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2014-09-17 Part 1 on 32 Parts of the Body 56:58
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Meditation on Head Hair, Body Hair, Nails, Teeth and Skin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation