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Dharma Talks
2012-07-24 The Graveyard of Memory and Q&A 43:36
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2012-07-24 Discourse 60:34
Michele McDonald
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

2012-07-24 Instructions and Questions 1:16:33
Steven Smith
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

2012-07-24 Introduction to Mindfulness - Week 3 1:25:24
Mark Nunberg
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-07-24 Monthly Sitting and Inquiry: Jul 24, 2012 31:22
Gina Sharpe
Join us for a Monthly Sitting and Inquiry with NYI Guiding Teacher, Gina Sharpe. These regularly scheduled evenings will begin with a guided meditation and then open up to our practice questions allowing us time to deepen in Sangha through mindful community discussion.
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2012-07-24 Fundamentals of the Dharma: Wisdom 54:20
Rodney Smith
Wisdom is the integration of truth into your life. It is not theoretical or abstract in any sense, but a steady confidence of knowing what is true. Wisdom comes from seeing an experience in stillness, free from our normal commentary. Our narrative confines us to just what we have known and in the absence of the narrative arises a new perception. This is called wisdom.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: Fundamentals of the Dharma

2012-07-23 Renunciation 46:43
Ayya Anandabodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-07-23 Instructions and Questions 57:16
Michele McDonald
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

2012-07-23 Discourse 64:02
Steven Smith
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

2012-07-23 The Three Refuges - Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha - Week 4 - Talk 57:58
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Three Refuges - Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha

2012-07-23 Questions and Answers 1:15:41
Bhante Khippapanno
Pilgrimage to the Buddhist Sacred Sites
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-07-23 Being with what is 30:43
Amma Thanasanti
at the Monday Night Denver Against The Stream Group
Shakti Vihara

2012-07-23 Being with what is - Q&A 24:02
Amma Thanasanti
at the Monday Night Denver Against The Stream Group
Shakti Vihara

2012-07-22 Mindfulness of Feelings (Vedana) 49:05
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2012-07-22 Discourse 61:26
Michele McDonald
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

2012-07-22 Opening is Enlivening 57:16
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-07-22 On Choices - A Dharma Dialogue 1:16:36
Amma Thanasanti
A Dharma Dialogue between Jason Murphy and Amma Thanasanti Bhikkhuni at the Santa Cruz Dharma Punx Centre (CA)
Shakti Vihara

2012-07-22 Reflection: Transforming Afflictive Mind States 25:01
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-22 Talk: Practice Here, There and Everywhere 60:50
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-21 Compassion 53:13
Joseph Goldstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-21 Mindfulness - Images of sati and the practice of Satipaṭṭhāna 64:02
Akincano Marc Weber
Sati as analogies in the sutras - 4 satipatthana as 4 channels and vantage points of attention and contemplative practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-21 Metta Instructions 44:43
Michele McDonald
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

2012-07-21 Discourse 59:31
Steven Smith
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

2012-07-21 Morning Instructions 49:17
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-21 Reflection: The Power of the Mind 6:26
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-21 The Ten Ox Herding Pictures 60:03
Martine Batchelor
The path in pictures and its relevance to daily life.
Gaia House Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat

2012-07-21 A Secular Culture of Awakening 62:54
Stephen Batchelor
Reflections on the nature of Secular Buddhism as a culture, its relation to the orthodox traditions of the dharma, and its understanding of sangha (community).
Gaia House Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat

2012-07-20 Don't Stop Short 62:27
Kamala Masters
The Three Pillars of the Dhamma
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-20 Effort and Effortlessness 56:02
Christina Feldman
Wise effort holds the entire path of awakening in its understanding.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-20 Discourse 45:51
Michele McDonald
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

2012-07-20 Questions and Answers 64:13
Bhante Khippapanno
Mindfulness and thinking, momentary concentration, kamma, how to develop the five controlling faculties.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-07-20 Reflection: Poems "Fox" and "Look Again" 4:09
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-19 Stewardship and Intention as Gaia Practices 52:25
James Baraz
This is part 4 of the series 'Appropriate Response at the Tipping Point' that began 6/14. In this talk, James discusses the last two of the five transformational commitments in Bob Doppelt's book From Me to We:

4. Acknowledge your trustee obligations and take responsibility for the continuation of all life
5. Choose your own destiny

Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks
In collection: Appropriate Response at the Tipping Point

2012-07-19 Catching the Right Thought Trains 55:18
Anushka Fernandopulle
Learning how to work with thoughts and "train" the mind for the benefit of yourself and others. Based on Sutta "Two Kinds of Thought" MN19
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-19 Being A Not-Self 56:08
John Peacock
A discussion of anatta.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-19 Metta for the Difficult Person 54:55
Kamala Masters
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-19 Morning meditation Instructions: On citta and the inner climate. 3 practice questions. 51:10
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-19 Reflection: Faith 20:29
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-19 Talk: Through the Looking Glass — The Reality of Not Self 1:11:32
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-19 Vedana 58:29
Martine Batchelor
Exploring how one can become aware of feeling tones and how this could help us in our daily life.
Gaia House Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat

2012-07-19 The Four 60:46
Stephen Batchelor
Reflections on the Four (noble truths/tasks) as the culmination of the practice of mindfulness as described in the Satipatthana Sutta.
Gaia House Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat

2012-07-18 What is the Mind? 61:36
Joseph Goldstein
Clarifying basic terms of consciousness, perception, mindfulness and wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-18 Questions and Answers 60:55
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-18 Awakened Heart 58:48
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-07-18 Questions and Answers 59:00
Bhante Khippapanno
Rapture, patience, true victory, Devas and human beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-07-18 Self and Not-Self II-Five Varieties of Self 64:23
Donald Rothberg
After a review of last week's overview of exploring self and not-self, we look at five aspects of self: 1. a more neutral sense of "mere I" 2. Cultural conditions to be a particular kind of self; 3. the social self related to others 4. the wounded or stuck self; and 5. the subtle aspect of separation from other things are person. We suggest practicing to explore these five varieties.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-07-18 Morning Meditation 52:08
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-18 Reflection: On Bowing, from "Arctic Dreams" 4:45
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-18 No Thoughts? 55:44
Martine Batchelor
What does it mean to have no thoughts? Exploring our mental landscape.
Gaia House Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat

2012-07-18 The Five Bundles 60:21
Stephen Batchelor
Reflections on the Buddha's understanding of human experience as differentiated through the five bundles (khandha/aggregates).
Gaia House Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat

2012-07-17 Straight Talk on the Defilements 57:58
Steve Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-17 The Hindrances and their Psychology. 58:05
Akincano Marc Weber
Investigation of how the hindrances (nivarana) manifest and how to recognize them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-17 The Manure of Bodhi 36:05
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2012-07-17 Introduction to Mindfulness - Week 2 1:33:30
Mark Nunberg
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-07-17 Clarifying the Mind 47:51
Kim Allen
The Buddha likened the Five Hindrances to impurities and disturbances in a pool of water. In this talk, we examine the grosser and finer manifestations of each hindrance, down to subtle levels.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Tuesday Talks—2012

2012-07-17 Reflection: Seeing, Drawing and Emptying One's Self 7:20
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-17 Contact and Creative Engagement 53:55
Martine Batchelor
Looking at the process of grasping which makes us proliferate & exaggerate and creative engagement which helps us to be clear and flexible in our daily life.
Gaia House Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat

2012-07-17 The Hindrances 58:59
Stephen Batchelor
Reflections on the five hindrances as understood through their personification in the figure of Mara (the demonic).
Gaia House Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat

2012-07-16 Joy 50:14
Christina Feldman
This talk explores the spectrum of joy we cultivate on the path of awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-16 Buddhist Studies - The Three Refuges - Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha - Week 3 62:57
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Three Refuges - Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha

2012-07-16 Questions and Answers 61:42
Bhante Khippapanno
Differences between Samatha and Vipassana, clear comprehension, worldly beings and the Nobel ones, etc.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-07-16 What is your original face? 55:16
Anam Thubten
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-07-16 Reflection: Perfection 3:33
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-16 Reflection: Looking and Seeing 20:18
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-16 Loving Kindness 58:31
Martine Batchelor
Exploring the phrases and the meaning and practice of happiness, safety, and ease and their connection to contentment
Gaia House Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat

2012-07-16 Radical Attention 59:28
Stephen Batchelor
Reflections on meditation as radical attention (yoniso manasikara), mindfulness of breathing, and the Satipatthana Sutta.
Gaia House Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat

2012-07-15 Refuge and Renunciation 64:52
Anushka Fernandopulle
What is true refuge and making the practice of refuge your own.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-15 Embodying Your Intention 48:08
John Peacock
An examination of intention and commitment in the context of the three characteristics.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-15 Equanimity in Our Daily Life: Awakening to Our True Nature #2 1:26:07
Bhante Buddharakkhita
What does it means to be awake from moment to moment? Do you have difficulties in finding balance in your life? Are you centered and grounded in your daily life? We will explore the last two of the seven factors of awakening: Concentration and Equanimity. When mindfulness and concentration practice gains momentum, we will begin to find balance in our daily life. Equanimity will organically arise and serve as a supporting factor on the path to inner-peace, true happiness and final awakening.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2012-07-15 Morning Instructions 53:47
Christina Feldman
Posture and Walking
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-15 Reflection: Poem "Merce Cunningham and the Birds" 2:55
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-15 Talk: Investigation and the Creative Process 63:25
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-15 Meditation and Mindfulness 47:29
Martine Batchelor
Exploring a caring and careful mindfulness and making the connection with concentration and experiential enquiry.
Gaia House Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat

2012-07-15 The Everyday Sublime 63:38
Stephen Batchelor
Reflections on the origins and aims of meditation understood as a sensibility rather than a technique.
Gaia House Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat

2012-07-14 Opening Talk 55:07
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-14 Calming the Restless Mind 66:38
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-07-14 Equanimity in Our Daily Life: Awakening to Our True Nature #1 54:39
Bhante Buddharakkhita
What does it means to be awake from moment to moment? Do you have difficulties in finding balance in your life? Are you centered and grounded in your daily life? We will explore the last two of the seven factors of awakening: Concentration and Equanimity. When mindfulness and concentration practice gains momentum, we will begin to find balance in our daily life. Equanimity will organically arise and serve as a supporting factor on the path to inner-peace, true happiness and final awakening. The day will include mindfulness of walking, sitting, standing, discussion group, guided meditation instructions, question and answer session, and Dhamma talks.
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2012-07-14 Equanimity in Our Daily Life: Awaking to Our True Nature 1:45:03
Bhante Buddharakkhita
What does it means to be awake from moment to moment? Do you have difficulties in finding balance in your life? Are you centered and grounded in your daily life? We will explore the last two of the seven factors of awakening: Concentration and Equanimity. When mindfulness and concentration practice gains momentum, we will begin to find balance in our daily life. Equanimity will organically arise and serve as a supporting factor on the path to inner-peace, true happiness and final awakening.
New York Insight Meditation Center Equanimity in Our Daily Life: Awakening to Our True Nature

2012-07-14 Reflection: Poem "Hokusai Says" 6:04
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-13 Three Levels of Renunciation 31:50
Ayya Santacitta
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2012-07-13 Misfortune Transformed 48:09
Ayya Tathaloka
Dhammadharini

2012-07-13 Questions and Answers 69:45
Bhante Khippapanno
On tranquility meditation and vipassana meditation, clear comprehension, Arahantship and contemplating pain
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-07-13 Fear: Dharma Dialogue - Vinny and Amma 47:40
Amma Thanasanti
Urban Dharma, San Francisco CA
Shakti Vihara

2012-07-13 Reflection: The Conceit of Self 7:49
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-12 Compassion and Tonglen Practice 37:13
Lama Palden
Lama Palden discusses compassion and the Tonglen practice of sending and receiving. Please note that the actual practice portion of the talk has been removed since it is important for students to receive direct transmission of the teachings from the teacher.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2012-07-12 Sustaining Presence With Love 24:17
Sharda Rogell
When we are present with experience and can sustain our connection, this allows for a deep intimacy with all things. This brings love, delight, wisdom and responsiveness, as we engage with our life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2012-07-12 Attachment, Letting Go, & Fear 26:25
Amma Thanasanti
San Jose Dharma Punx, Friend's Meeting House, San Jose, CA
Shakti Vihara

2012-07-12 Attachment, Letting Go, & Fear - Q&A 24:28
Amma Thanasanti
San Jose Dharma Punx, Friend's Meeting House, San Jose, CA
Shakti Vihara

2012-07-12 Reflection: The Attitude of Practice 9:27
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-11 Metta, Equanimity and Concentration 53:08
Sally Armstrong
The metta practice is powerful because it works on all aspects of our being. But when it is suffused with equanimity and deepened by concentration, it can really transform our hearts and minds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2012-07-11 For the Benefit of All 53:08
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-07-11 Questions and Answers 65:21
Bhante Khippapanno
Explaining how to be mindful of "pain", "changes"; on different realms in the sensuous world.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-07-11 Self and Not-Self-An Overview 61:17
Donald Rothberg
We explore how the topic of self and not-self can be very confusing, for a number of reasons. We then present five perspectives for exploring this theme, a general way of making some sense of self and not-self and two initial practices to study 1. the sense of self, and 2. experience beyond limited senses of self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-07-11 Instructions Day 2 16:15
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-11 Talk: Mindfulness Part 2 64:57
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2012-07-10 It's Really Possible! 60:32
James Baraz
To love ourselves, love others unconditionally to let in the love that comes our way, to realize more and more that love is our true nature -- these are tehe gifts of metta practice. With sincere intention and commitment, we can realize these fruits. We have everything we need to do this.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2012-07-10 Freedom from Clinging 37:47
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2012-07-10 Fundamentals of the Dharma: Mindfulness 62:01
Rodney Smith
Mindfulness is the ability to generate attention toward oneself or an outside object. It is a step toward more conscious living. But mindfulness is coming from our exertion of will; that is, we are making ourselves mindful. When we relax our efforts, mindfulness goes away. As long as we are in control we will continue to believe in the truth of separation and will not see the end of the assumption of self. This is the spiritual fix we are in: either we let go of mindfulness into effortless awareness, or we stay bound to the person who is making herself conscious and thereby limit freedom.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: Fundamentals of the Dharma

2012-07-10 2-Day Non-Residential Retreat : Loving kindness-Cultivating the Open and Wise Heart 9:04
Donald Rothberg
Practicing metta with the Difficult Person
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Lovingkindness: Two Day Non-Residential Retreat

2012-07-10 Instructions Day 1 31:21
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

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