Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2013-11-01 Mindfulness of the Breathing Body 48:10
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House : November Solitary

2013-10-31 The Payoff From Fear 44:15
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2013-10-31 Evening Metta Chanting - 3 month course 35:52
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
A short reflection on sharing merit followed by group chanting of Karaniya Metta Sutta in Pali. Followed by chanting of Metta Sutta in English.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-31 Encouragement And Inspiration On The Path Of Meditation 60:00
Dhammaruwan	Download Listen
Impromptu talk on Halloween night. Delight in the Dhamma and the practice of meditation and understanding the sensual pleasures. Expounding stanza on Buddha’s vehicle, the vehicle to Nibbana.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-31 Meditation Instruction Review 58:26
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-30 Satipatthana chanting 41:05
Dhammaruwan	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-30 Healing Self-Doubt 1:22:57

Tara Brach

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Siddhartha Gautama’s last challenge before enlightenment was doubt, and to some degree, most of us live with limiting beliefs about our own worthiness and goodness. This talk looks at the tenacity of self-doubt and the power of mindfulness, investigation and compassion in releasing its grip.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2013-10-30 Toward the Unconditioned - part 2 54:03
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-10-30 Aspects Of Meditation 53:47
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen

2013-10-30 Moods Masquerading as Imperatives - Happy Halloween! 57:24
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-10-29 Satipatthana chanting 37:42
Dhammaruwan	Download Listen
Satipatthana chanting
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-29 Monthly Sitting & Inquiry: October 29 2013 50:39
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Practice questions allowing time to deepen in Sangha through mindful community discussion.
New York Insight Meditation Center : NYI Regular Talks

2013-10-29 Meditation Instructions - Emotions 59:22
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-28 Satipatthana Chant - 3 month retreat 41:59
Dhammaruwan	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-28 Dukkha - Unsatisfactoriness - Week 7 -Talk 55:27
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - Dukkha - Unsatisfactoriness

2013-10-28 Race, Color and Ethnicity in the Early Buddhist Discourses 67:50
Ayya Tathaloka	Download Listen
Images from Ayya Tathaaloka's presentation can be found here.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks
Attached Files: Race, Color, Ethnicity & Other Trappings of Non-self in Early Buddhism_Tathaaloka 2013 by Tatha?loka? Bhikkhuni? (PDF)

2013-10-28 Metta Instructions 59:04
Spring Washam	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-28 Sudden Insight and Gradual Effacement - A Whole Life Path 43:32
Gregory Kramer	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Dialogue - Touching the World

2013-10-27 Awakening In The Body 55:21
Spring Washam	Download Listen
The body as a magnificent vehicle of awakening Emphasis on the body and awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-27 Craving For Identity 32:19
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
We have come to believe that life is about fabricating an identity for ourselves. Yet this brings us much suffering. Only by dropping this obsession for self-identity can we create a space where the many facets of ourselves can unfold.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-27 Open and Free: A Life of Liberation 1:52:54
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Dharma practice points us towards liberation; boundless freedom of being, great depths of love and joy, and a graceful participation in life’s unfolding. What is liberation? What seems to be in the way, right now, of living freely? What is your deepest knowing, and how can it liberate you, here and now? The day will be led by Martin Aylward, and is open to both committed dharma students, and those who may be totally new to practice, but feel themselves drawn to freedom of being. There will include silent and guided meditation practice, teachings and discussion, and some dialog exercises. The day will emphasize a direct exploration of freeing up our life, right in the midst of living it.
New York Insight Meditation Center : NYI Regular Talks

2013-10-27 Morning Instructions and Q&A 60:11
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Beginning with chanting of refuges and precepts, followed by guided meditation/instructions and Q&A
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-27 Community as Practice 1 55:31
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
at Sacramento, CA
Shakti Vihara

2013-10-27 Community as Practice 2 55:31
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
at Sacramento, CA
Shakti Vihara

2013-10-26 Metta Chant and Satipatthana 41:09
Dhammaruwan	Download Listen
Metta and Satipatthana Sutta chanting
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-26 Unhindered 64:30
Max Erdstein	Download Listen
Discovering independence from the five hindrances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-26 Craving For Ownership 40:35
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
The habitual way to secure predictable outcomes is through ownership. When this way prevails, we disconnect from the path of love.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-25 Evening Metta Chanting 37:04
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
A short introduction to quality of friendliness, followed by call and response chanting of the Kalaniya Metta Sutta in Pali, followed by chanting in English
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-25 Mindfulness and Investigation 57:02
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
With mindfulness we investigate the truth in the present moment
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-25 The Fruits of Practice 67:45
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
How to embody the awakened heart. Closing night talk.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-25 Craving For Certitude 36:17
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
We tend to orchestrate our lives so as to secure predictable outcomes. As a result we end up enclosed in artificial scenarios. The alternative, which sets us free, is to trust the unknown.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-25 The Brahmaviharas - Metta (Friendliness) 56:16
Dhammaruwan	Download Listen
Introducing the Brahmaviharas. Fundamental nature of everyone is to be good. Misconceptions of Metta (Friendliness). Importance of friendliness in meditation practice. How to and how not to practice metta or friendliness. Guided meditation instructions.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-25 Review of Guidelines - How to Practice 19:03
Gregory Kramer	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Dialogue - Touching the World

2013-10-24 Is There a Place for God in Buddhist Practice? 61:24
James Baraz	Download Listen
A discussion of the Fall 2013 issue of the Buddhist journal, Inquiring Mind, The God Issue.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2013-10-24 Encouragement For The Practice Of Meditation 56:02
Dhammaruwan	Download Listen
Differences between Eastern and Western teaching traditions. Importance of a Dhamma talk to your practice. How to perceive the practice. Why and how one needs to practice. Stories about Munindraji. The quest for enlightenment of the seven practitioners on the rock.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-24 The Mystery Remains 50:38
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Astronomy, biology and the cultivation of wonder.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-24 Guided Heart Meditation: Taking Refuge in the Beloved 23:06
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2013 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2013-10-24 Listening - Speaking 35:32
Ajahn Sukhacitto	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Dialogue - Touching the World

2013-10-24 Big Sky Bell Meditation AM 41:35
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-23 Nachiketa and the Lord of Death 63:16
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-23 Wings of Homecoming 67:41
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Part of incarnating is to feel separate and forget the mysterious oneness that is our home. This talk explores the two dimensions of awareness that when awakened reveal the openness, lucidity and love that expresses our true nature.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2013 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2013-10-23 Meditation: Guided Metta Practice 26:08
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2013 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2013-10-23 Contact - Open - Suffering - Freedom 23:05
Gregory Kramer	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Dialogue - Touching the World

2013-10-23 The Anatomy of Ignorance - Transforming our Personal Ignorance 60:51
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After reviewing why and how we focus on transforming the different inter-related forms of ignorance - personal, social and spiritual - we focus on ten steps in transforming personal ignorance.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-10-23 Relax - Sati - Samadhi 20:38
Gregory Kramer	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Dialogue - Touching the World

2013-10-23 Morning Instruction, Meditation and Question/Response 38:16
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2013 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2013-10-22 Stay Where You Are - Q&A 43:08
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2013-10-22 Evolving Together 55:35
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
About identity and evolution.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-22 Dependent Origination: Birth 56:54
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Becoming, the previous link in Dependent Origination, is not continuous; it moves from birth to birth to birth as the necessary conditions come together that foster its arising. It is useful to get a sense of the birthing experience of self and what the conditions are that bring this about. Instead of trying to catch your origin, which is a little like trying to observe the first moment after your mind wanders, get a sense of how you inflate, relative to the strength and intensity of the thoughts you have. Notice in times of relative quiet how the egoic sense of you is markedly diminished, and at times of reactivity or heightened enthusiasm, the sense of you is large and noisy. Don't explain this away by saying that "you" became noisy and self-righteous because you care about the issue. Take the personal out of the observation and just notice your relative size as a phenomenon related to the noise of your thoughts and emotions. As this increases, so does that; as this diminishes, so does that. Now contemplate this question: how does the noise of your inflation move in accordance with desire and clinging?
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: Dependent Origination

2013-10-22 Guided Meditation: Compassion Practice - Tonglen 28:56
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2013 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2013-10-22 Retour à l'essentiel. 66:19
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Lausanne 2013 October

2013-10-22 Five precepts and Forgiveness Practice 67:16
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Sharing of merit to all beings and using the five precepts as a foundation for practicing Dhamma daily life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 2

2013-10-21 Working with Anger 53:58
Norman Fischer	Download Listen
How to practice mindfulness & use practice slogans specifically to work with anger...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-10-21 Guest teacher Sharon Salzberg at the NYI People of Color Sangha 1:12:14
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center

2013-10-21 Pleasant Isn't Everything 66:34
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
A reflection and exploration of greed and the downsides of making what is pleasant our primary concern
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2013-10-21 Contemplating Dukkha as Motivation for Liberation 56:14
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Contemplating the first noble truth of dukkha as a motivation for the the third noble truth of liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-21 Buddhist Studies Course - Dukkha - Unsatisfactoriness - Week 6 63:04

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - Dukkha - Unsatisfactoriness

2013-10-21 Une tentative de comprendre le non-soi. 68:25
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Lausanne 2013 October

2013-10-20 Joy and Happiness 62:33
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Joy and happiness are essential aspects of the journey to awakening. This talk explores the role they play and how they can be developed through mudita, virtue, nature, generosity, concentration and insight
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2013-10-20 Effort and The Three Characteristics 59:14
Will Kabat-Zinn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-20 Toward the Unconditioned - part 1 56:48
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-10-20 The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness 4 - Practicing with the Awakening Factors and the Four Noble Truths 1:16:33
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-10-20 The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness 3: Practicing with the Six Senses and the Aggregates 1:49:48
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-10-20 The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness 2 - Practicing with the Five Hindrances 52:50
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Talk, guided meditation, and discussion, with some attention to the model of the six internal and external sense bases.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-10-20 The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness 1 - Introduction 59:36
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Review of the first three foundations of mindfulness and an introduction to the Fourth Foundation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-10-20 Guided Forgiveness Practice 32:13
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Instructions, then a guided forgiveness meditation.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2013 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2013-10-19 The Heartspace That is Our True Home (retreat talk) 64:37
Tara Brach	Download Listen
(retreat talk) - By dedicating ourselves to loving the life that is right here--ourselves--we discover the heartspace that holds this world. This talk explores the pathways of forgiveness, offering and letting in love, and gratitude that reveal the vastness of loving presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2013 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2013-10-19 Clinging and the Path of Letting Go 61:38
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
We are all philosophers of happiness. Retreat practice provides the opportunity to examine our strategies and model of the good life. We often find that we have a redemptive hope in clinging. This talk highlights how we cling and explores a path of letting go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-19 Nibbana (and Q&A) 69:11
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Gaia House : Leigh Brasington

2013-10-18 The Two Most Important Things 1:10:37
Ayya Santussika	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2013-10-18 Anger 101 66:16
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Through mindfulness practice, we can cast off the traces of anger and turn it into opportunities for experiencing inner peace, happiness and freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2013-10-18 Compassion and Wisdom, Two Wings of the Dhamma 19:21
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli : Awareness with Wisdom

2013-10-18 The Two Most Important Things 1:10:37
Ayya Santussika	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2013-10-18 Impermanence and the Illusion of Self (and Q&A) 61:58
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Gaia House : Leigh Brasington

2013-10-17 The Courage to Be Yourself 47:04
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2013-10-17 The Path reflects The Goal 58:07
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
The eight fold path is often emphasized as the set of practices that support us to reach liberation. It is also described as being the" possession" of those who are liberated. So we can understand that in our practice of the eight fold path, we are emulating those who are free.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2013-10-17 Liberation and Mindfulness 62:31
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-10-17 Sitting Instructions with Equanimity 14:39
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli : Awareness with Wisdom

2013-10-17 Guided Equanimity 56:44
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli : Awareness with Wisdom

2013-10-17 Two Rare Persons: #1 Grateful 57:23
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli : Awareness with Wisdom

2013-10-17 Dependent Origination (and Q&A) 1:24:45
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Gaia House : Leigh Brasington

2013-10-16 Seeing the World with Quiet Eyes 66:03
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli : Awareness with Wisdom

2013-10-16 Meditation Instruction: Working with Defilements 14:50
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli : Awareness with Wisdom

2013-10-16 Part 2: Happiness 1:25:49

Tara Brach

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This 2-part series explores conditioned and unconditioned happiness: What blocks us from experiencing true well-being, and the skillful means that allow this natural expression of our being to shine through.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2013-10-16 Dharma Talk 57:51
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2013-10-16 Transcendence 55:00
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-10-16 "It's Incredibly Easy to Get Annoyed" 65:56
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-10-16 Q&A Session 19:33
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Questions about Karma - All beings are owners of their kamma; all beings have kamma as their property
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2013-10-15 Awareness 32:54
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2013-10-15 Guided Meditation Instruction 20:55
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli : Awareness with Wisdom

2013-10-15 Understanding and Working with Defilements 58:16
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli : Awareness with Wisdom

2013-10-15 Generosity: Transforming the Heart 59:40
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1

2013-10-14 Homage to S.N. Goenka 60:31
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-10-14 Metta Meditation #2 43:31
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli : Awareness with Wisdom

2013-10-14 Right Thought, Attitudes of Mind 58:18
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli : Awareness with Wisdom

2013-10-14 The Life of Simplicity 28:10
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community : FIMC Monday Night Talks

2013-10-14 Guided Body Scan Meditation (and Q&A) 1:23:39
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Gaia House : Leigh Brasington

2013-10-13 Metta Meditation #1 44:29
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli : Awareness with Wisdom

2013-10-13 The Common Denominator II 59:32
Will Kabat-Zinn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Natural Mind

2013-10-13 Unentangled Knowing 60:56
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
How the sense of self is created through the links of dependent origination and how not becoming lets us touch a peace that is somewhat unconditioned.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three Month - Part 1