2012-03-22 Wisdom and Intention 57:04
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The first factor of the Eight fold Path is wise understanding. As we see more clearly the nature of reality, the natural response is compassion and letting go tenderly.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for Scientists and Educators

2012-03-22 Please Don't Know 54:18
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Not knowing is freeing and allows us to step out of stories. This is Wise View.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-22 Facing in the right direction 39:34
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2012-03-22 Morning Instructions - Choiceless Attention 52:39
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for Scientists and Educators

2012-03-21 Istruzioni per la seduta, contemplazione di Dukkha, D R - Sitting Instructions re Dukkha, Qs and As re Doubt 62:52
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Insight and Wisdom

2012-03-21 La compassione, affrontare la realta a cuore aperto - Compassion, Facing Reality with an Open Heart 53:43
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Insight and Wisdom

2012-03-21 02 The Four Noble Tasks 48:14
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
The Pali Canon as a user's manual for this life; reconfiguring the core elements of the dharma; problems with the term "truth;" rewriting the operating system of Buddhism: from Buddhism 1.0 to Buddhism 2.0; the post-metaphysical practice of the four noble tasks; the acronym ELSA.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-21 Alchemy of Wise Effort in Spiritual Life 1:22:46
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
The ground of wise effort is our sincere intentionality toward presence, love and freedom. Yet our habit is to go into trance, and latch on to narrowed intentions of self-enhancement or defense. When this goes on for years, we feel disappointment in our lives, a sense of not being true to ourselves. Through guided reflections, we explore how--in spiritual practice and in relationships--we can connect with our deepest intention and live in a way that expresses our awakening heart and awareness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Guided Meditation - Let Go Into Now 24:22 Download Listen Alchemy of Wise Effort in Spiritual Life 58:24 Download Listen

2012-03-21 Two Sorts of Thinking 58:46
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-03-21 The Three Characteristics 61:20
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
An exploration of the Buddha's teaching on the characteristics of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and not-self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for Scientists and Educators

2012-03-21 Awakening in Awareness 61:18
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After an analysis of the roots of suffering based on the teachings of Dependent Arising, we explore two aspects of the path of awakening. The first aspect is about gradual awakening; the second is about immediate awakening in awareness, first momentary, then gradually stabilized.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-20 Dukkha e la causa di Dukkha - Dukkha and its Cause 55:36
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Insight and Wisdom

2012-03-20 Right Mindfulness, Right Intention 55:48
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-20 You are a Buddha 41:01
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2012-03-20 The Paramitas as the Path 55:37
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Cultivation of morality (in the ten permutations called Perfections (Paramitas) is presented as the path to rather than simply a preparation for meditation. Stories illustrate how the practice of each paramita leads to insight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-20 Bringing the Practice Home 56:55
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
How can the teachings be applied in daily life? The Eightfold Path provides an easily applied guide to bringing the dharma alive. This talk emphasizes the ethical application of the Path and how it impacts our lives in many ways.
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat

2012-03-19 The Path of Joy 48:24
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How to awaken joy through mindfulness, awareness and inclining the mind to that which uplifts the heart...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-03-19 La pazienza - Patience 51:54
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Insight and Wisdom

2012-03-19 01 What is Secular Buddhism? 52:59
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
A definition of the term "Secular Buddhism;" a practice-based rather than belief-based form of the dharma; concern with human flourishing in this life; links with the Hellenistic philosophies of Pyrrho and Epicurus.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-19 Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances - Week 2 1:12:48
Mark Nunberg	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances
The Five Hindrances - Week 2 - Meditation 26:34 Download Listen The Five Hindrances - Week 2 - Talk 46:13 Download Listen

2012-03-19 Holding Your Life with Kindness 53:42
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-19 Essential Reflections - Dasa Dhamma Sutta 56:56
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
at Against the Stream, Ft. Collins CO
Shakti Vihara

2012-03-19 Part One: Inner Critic. Part Two: Healing Aspects of Qi Gong 51:39
Brad Richecoeur	Download Listen
Inner Critic: Looking at how the mind state of 'the critic' can undermine our practice and giving some useful tools of working with it. Healing aspect of Qigong: What is the relationship of 'healing' with awakening of body, heart and mind?
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat

2012-03-18 Istruzioni per la Pratica di Metta Meditazione guidata n. 2 - Metta Instruction, Guided Meditation #2 48:50
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Insight and Wisdom

2012-03-18 Path, View, Concentration 56:18
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-18 Purificare la mente dagli impedimenti - Purifying the Mind of Hindrances 56:24
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Insight and Wisdom

2012-03-18 "The Doors to the Deathless are Open!: Cycles of Awakening". 59:15
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
"The spiritual path moves through cycles. The key is balance." The talk journeys from the ground of ethical conduct through developing concentration, working with doubt, developing insight, working with dukkha of many types, to stabilizing in equanimity and opening to and integrating awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-18 Metta Instructions - Self and Benefactor 56:45
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for Scientists and Educators

2012-03-18 Dukkha and the End of Dukkha 54:31
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
an exploration of ways of finding happiness, including temporarily through sense pleasure and more lasting by inquiry and insight into the nature of the "self" that experiences dukkha.
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat

2012-03-17 Il Dhamma in un Covone di Fieno - The Dharma in a Haystack 59:44
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Insight and Wisdom

2012-03-17 The Great Rain 44:52
John Travis	Download Listen
The talk outlines the Three Characteristics (change - suffering - not self) and the Three Subtle Characteristics (emptiness - suchness - not with the object). Teachings on the 4 Seals and the 5 Aggregates are also offered.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-17 Qi Gong: The Feelgood Factor? 46:01
Brad Richecoeur	Download Listen
Exploring how Qi Gong can help cultivate 'the wholesome' aspects of practice, supporting us to investigate the feeling tones of the body.
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat

2012-03-16 Encouraging Counsel - Opening Talk 49:02
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Insight and Wisdom

2012-03-16 Concentration and it's Development in Practice 60:51
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore (1) the nature of concentration: (2)the qualities developed in concentration practice; (3) how concentration practice (and practice in general) engenders a powerful process of purification of body, heart and mind; (4) the nature of wise effort in concentration practice (balancing active and receptive effort); and (5) the relationship of concentration and insight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-16 09 Stream Entry 63:06
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Negative capability; the ambiguous nature of self; self as process; foundations of ethics; Buddha and the sick monk; definitions of stream entry: as lucid confidence, as freedom from perplexity, as abandoning three fetters; the lay sangha.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-16 Choices around suffering 35:37
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Against the Stream - Dharma Punx group in Denver
Shakti Vihara

2012-03-16 Choices around suffering - Q&A Session 26:39
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Against the Stream - Dharma Punx group in Denver
Shakti Vihara

2012-03-16 Opening Talk for Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat 1:19:13
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat

2012-03-15 Zen Quotes 55:20
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-15 Third Foundation: Just This 45:09
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
The Buddha seems to be suggesting to advance ourselves as little as possible in the Third Foundation. When we see what is arising minimally as "just this," we are essentially taking ourselves out of that seeing.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-03-15 Returning to the Luminous Mind & Heart 55:39
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
A discussion of how the mind is often clouded with unskillful states, the armies of Mara. The Four Powers (Iddhipadas) are ways to develop a more awakened mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-15 08 Mara 56:38
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Reflections on the demonic: what rises up and limits us on the path; Mara and Namuci; the parable of the crow and the piece of rock as an alternative metaphor of freedom; the Buddha's response to Mara who appears as a farmer.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-14 Feeling Tone 57:09
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-14 Flowering, From Within, of Self-Blessing 1:21:03
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
This line from poet Galway Kinnell reminds us of the possibility of meeting our inner life with a loving, healing presence. When we do, we loosen the trance of unworthiness and reconnect with our intrinsic goodness. In turn, we can offer our blessings to others--serving as reminders of the awareness and love that can blossom in all beings.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Guided Meditation - The Dance of Sensations 23:58 Download Listen Flowering, From Within, of Self-Blessing 57:04 Download Listen

2012-03-14 Lessons from the Kalama Sutta 28:31
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
The Kalama Sutta is most famous for its encouragement not to place total trust in traditions and texts, but it also encourages you not to place total trust in your sense of reason and preferences. So where can you place your trust? This talk focuses on the dilemma posed by the sutta's recommendations, and the way in proposes out of the dilemma.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2012-03-14 Loving One's Enemies III 65:47
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We bring in further practices and perspectives to help us work with "enemies" or "difficult persons" including various ethical, body, heart, and mind practices. We close by examining how we may sometimes project onto others our fragmented parts and thus use practice with enemies as opportunities to find greater wholeness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-03-14 The Grace of Connection 58:02
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
A Brahma Vihara talk that emphasizes the importance of equanimity as the foundation for metta, compassion and appreciation. Also the relationship of Wisdom and Equanimity as mutually causal, and how wisdom both sustains equanimity and is a reflection of equanimity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-14 07 Conditionality and The Four 58:41
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Insight into conditionality as the core of the Buddha's awakening; reading of and reflection on the first discourse; the process of the four: embracing dukkha, letting go of craving, experiencing the stopping of craving, cultivating the path.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-13 Awakening 54:52
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-13 Beyond I, Me, Mine 41:48
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2012-03-13 Insight & Diversity 66:31
Ralph Steele	Download Listen
We will use the Four Foundation of Mindfulness as a frame of reference to support the understanding of our relationship with our inner and outer environment.
New York Insight Meditation Center :  NYI Regular Talks

2012-03-13 Freedom of Mind and Heart 57:34
Larry Yang	Download Listen
The Third Foundation of Mindfulness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-13 06 Dukkha and Tanha 60:27
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Definition of dukkha; dukkha and pleasure; "fully understanding" dukkha; the Buddha and Nagarjuna's understanding of the five bundles as not self; definition of tanha (craving); clinging and narcissism.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-12 Maranasati 54:11
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Mindfulness of Life & Death
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-03-12 Ethics, Compassion and Wisdom 44:56
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-12 Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances - Week 1 1:31:12
Mark Nunberg	Listen to tracks Show 3 Tracks
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances
The Five Hindrances - Week 1- Course Introduction 16:14 Download Listen The Five Hindrances - Week 1 - Meditation 19:35 Download Listen The Five Hindrances - Week 1 - Talk 55:21 Download Listen

2012-03-12 Crows Speak: Seven Factors of Awakening 50:06
John Travis	Download Listen
Through a poem, personal stories, and teachings, the talk explores the seven factors of awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-12 05 Namarupa and Consciousness 61:57
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Meaning of the term "namarupa" in Upanishads and early Buddhism; the Buddha's critique of an unconditioned consciousness; the interdependence of namarupa and consciousness like two sheaves of reeds.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-11 Practice 49:12
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-11 Maranasati: Mindfulness of Death 47:06
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2012-03-11 Transforming the Mind 55:41
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-03-11 Compassion as the Path and Expression of Awakening 59:40
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
A "talk from the heart" blending aspects of wisdom and compassion. Teachings on the five recollections, the three characteristics and how to work with difficulties in cultivating compassion are offered through stories from the life of the Buddha, Dipa Ma, Darlene Cohen, Ruth Denison and His Holiness the Karmapa.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-11 04 Experience 57:02
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
The Buddha's criteria for regarding a statement as valid; a pragmatic view of the dharma; the "all" is equivalent to "experience" or "life" -- no need of metaphysical realities; supportive quote by Lucretius; awakening to the delight, tragedy and emancipation of life.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-10 Get a Grip: Concentration as the Antidote to the Flurried Mind 58:31
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
A review of the hindrances and the way in which the factor of concentration, when applied, steadies the mind and allows for clear seeing to prevail.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-10 Meditations on Mind: Learning to Recognize, Accept, Investigate, and Not-Identify with Mental States 15:32
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
This 15-minute recording by Shaila Catherine offers strategies and techniques for meditating on the mind. The acronym RAIN (Recognize, Accept, Investigate, Not-identify) can help us work skillfully with mental states.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2012-03-10 Rest in Natural Being 55:15
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Deeply opening to the impact of the characteristics of human existence; anicca, anatta and dukkha, supports us to grow in wisdom and brings intimacy and aliveness to our being. From the silence of being flows the essential radiant qualities of mind and heart; love, compassion, joy and equanimity. Our unfolding is held and nurtured by the supporting containers of awakening practice; sila, samadhi and panna.
Gaia House :  Rest in Natural Being

2012-03-09 Refuge in Recovery 47:22
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-03-09 Feeling-Tone and Its Importance for our Practice 58:08
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the pivotal practice of mindfulness of feeling-tone (vedana), by 1) understanding feeling-tone in the context of the teaching of dependent arising; 2) examining the nature of pleasant, unpleasant and neutral; and 3) suggesting a number of ways of practicing with feeling-tone.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-09 Turning to Beingness - Life Beyond Judgement 47:55
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
"There is a cry deeper than all sounds whose serrated edges cut the heart as we break open, to the place inside which is unbreakable and whole, while learning to sing" - Rashani There is an illness in being somebody and and illness in being nobody. When we meet that which is hard to bear in our experience in general, and the force of self judgement in particular, we can come to rest in natural being and open to the fullness of life.
Gaia House :  Rest in Natural Being

2012-03-08 Letting Go of Spiritual Views 52:06
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2012-03-08 Second Foundation: Dissolving Form 48:33
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
The second foundation begins to dissolve the form of "I' and the body/mind begins to slowly lose its boundaries revealing the formless.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-03-08 The Wise and Fearless Heart 56:13
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
This talk explores the nature of fear and how it can be countered by the development of the heart. The spacious heart, trained in kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity, supports us in all circumstances.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-08 Opening Talk for Rest in Natural Being 41:52
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Rest in Natural Being

2012-03-07 Freedom in the Midst of Difficulty 1:27:55
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
We suffer when we forget who we are and get caught in a limited sense of self. This talk explores how we become identified with a sliver of what we are, and the pathway to remembering our wholeness. When we know we're the ocean, we are free to relate to the waves with respect, compassion and love.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Guided Meditation - Meeting Life with Your Whole Body 26:40 Download Listen Freedom in the Midst of Difficulty 61:15 Download Listen

2012-03-07 Frog Clarity...5 Spiritual Faculties 53:07
John Travis	Download Listen
One of John's Poems. Talk based on 5 spiritual faculties, more based on faith and heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-07 Loving One's Enemies II 57:21
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We continue to focus on perspectives and practices to help us practice skillfully with those who seem difficult or "enemies." We give attention to further practices and some of the subtleties and complexities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-03-07 Daily Life, Intensive Practice - Same Or Different? Part 3 64:01
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-03-06 Living with Calm Abiding and Don't Know Mind 38:18
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2012-03-06 Take the First Step 58:06
Larry Yang	Download Listen
On walking meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-05 The Perfume of Dharma 62:27
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
The beautiful ways the Dharma is being spread across the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-03-05 Daily Life, Intensive Practice - Same Or Different? part 2 53:40
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-03-05 Body as Teacher: First Foundation of Mindfulness 58:04
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
The central theme of this talk is the Body is the Teacher. Based on the Satipatthana Sutta with First Foundation emphasis, the talk outlines Mindfulness of Breathing, of the four postures, and of full awareness in the continuity of all activities. Offers practical instructions, personal stories, and stories from the time of the Buddha.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-04 Group Discussion: Skilfullness in Practice 49:09
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2012-03-04 Training the Mind 55:12
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-03-04 Suffering and Freedom from Suffering 54:04
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the nature and roots of suffering, using in part the teaching of the Two Arrows to help distinguish "pain" and "suffering" linking the latter with reactivity. Being mindful of suffering and reactivity, and learning to experience pain without suffering opens us to greater freedom. We also explore further the nature of freedom and other ways that freedom may be experienced.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-03 Daily Life, Intensive Practice - Same Or Different? 47:32
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Suggests a way of framing daily life and intensive practice retreats so as to view them as a harmonious whole.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-03-03 Metta and Mindfulness as Aspects of One Another 50:10
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
This talk focuses on mindfulness being about 1) clear seeing - i.e. What do you really want to see? What insight leads to liberation? and 2) progressively cultivating the capacity for unconditional kindness. Metta and mindfulness as inherent in each other.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-02 What has become clear to you since last we met? 46:58
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
We can awaken in every moment. This talk introduces the 37 wings of awakening and teachings of letting go into the present moment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-01 Reflections on the Outstanding Women in Buddhism Award Ceremony 51:11
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2012-03-01 Applying The Four Foundations 39:10
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
The principles of the Four Noble Truths, we are all familiar with, but the application of the principles lie within the integrated understanding of the Four Foundations.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-03-01 Gifts of Practice 51:11
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2012-02-29 Sitting on the Edge of the World 27:30
John Travis	Download Listen
Transition talk for two month retreatants. Change and the loss of one monthers. Supporting the stillness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-02-29 Embodied Presence 1:21:01
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
We often move through the day in a reactive trance, removed from the aliveness of our bodies and this natural world. This talk explores how coming home to our bodies awakens us to living love, creativity and the deepest realization of who we are.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Guided Meditation - Portal of Aliveness 23:49 Download Listen Embodied Presence 57:12 Download Listen

2012-02-29 Refuge In What Is Real 59:16
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-02-29 One Auspicious Day 41:38
Ayya Santussika	Download Listen
at San Jose Insight
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2012-02-29 Birth, Death and Vision for an Amazing Future in a technology world. 66:48
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
With special guests: Jack Kornfield, Johan Wikman and Susan Felix.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-02-28 4 of This and 5 of That 60:58
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
A few words on body awareness, 4 elements and the 5 aggregates.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-28 Live a Life that Leads to Freedom 47:52
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2012-02-27 Contentment 59:02
James Baraz	Download Listen
The Buddha called contentment "the greatest wealth." Contentment, "santutthi" in Pali, supports many other wholesome states including, renunciation, equanimity, peace, gratitude and generosity. We can cultivate contentment on and off the cushion while not being complacent or lazy in our dharma practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-26 Patterns of Becoming 5: the End of Karma 57:38
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The fifth and last in a series of talks discusses the troublesome patterns of mind and volitional action that we identify as self, and how we can step out of them with the tools of dharma practice. The Buddha said that one who is fully awake has found an end to karma, and end to compulsive formations.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long