Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2012-01-02 The New You in the New Year 60:27
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
How mindfulness and compassion facilitate change. Change can be external or internal and be of three types.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-12-29 The Blessings of Embodied Presence 57:27
Tara Brach	Download Listen
All that we cherish - love, creativity, wisdom and aliveness - becomes available when we come home to an embodied presence. This talk looks at how the two wings of mindfulness and compassion guide us in the midst of difficulty to our inner sanctuary of freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2011 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2011-12-21 No Mud, No Lotus 1:26:06

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with La Sarmiento, Tara Brach

Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom. This solstice talk explores the light of compassion that blossoms when we honor our difficult times with a deep, mindful attention. This solstice evening includes chanting, singing and a candlelighting ceremony. (see video - show tracks)

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-12-21 How Fear Transforms into Love 57:52
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Through stories and practical instruction,s the talk illuminates the direct experience of fear and other challenging emotions and describes the transformation of fear into love through the practices of naming, mindfulness of the body/nervous system, lovingkindness and letting go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat

2011-12-14 Mindfulness and Wisdom 60:55
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
(There is a long pause at the beginning) We complete our exploration of "mature" (or "right") mindfulness, focusing on how mindfulness may be disconnected from wisdom, how it can lead to wisdom, and how "mature" mindfulness is integrated with wisdom (as well as ethics and the awakened heart)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-12-07 Mindfulness and Metta 61:41
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We continue to look at how mindfulness can be understood in the larger context of connection with ethics, wisdom, and the awakened heart. Here we explore how mindfulness and metta can be sometimes seen as separate, but how both practices point to a mature integration-loving awareness, mindful caring, the mindful and wise heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-12-05 Clinging to Self 58:49
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
What is the self, how is it constructed - Who do you take yourself to be. This talk explains how to examine the nature of self - the attachment to self image/identity & how a mindful relationship to it can bring much clarity & peace.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-11-30 Mindfulness and Ethics 63:03
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
In the context of the accelerating application of mindfulness in "secular" settings, we can ask questions about whether mindfulness is sometimes presented as a mere technique. We look at the nature of "nature" or "right mindfulness" (samma sati) and the importance of connecting mindfulness to the awakened heart, wisdom, and to ethics. In this talk, we focus especially on mindfulness and ethics.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-11-16 Mindful Speech 1:22:57

Tara Brach

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Deception, gossip and aggressive speech are pervasive in our culture. This talk looks at the roots of these forms of communication, and the way they entrap us in a contracted and separate sense of self. We then explore the practices that help us speak from a courageous presence, wisdom and love. (video available)

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-11-07 Instructions on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (Part 2) 24:33
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House : November Solitary