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Dharma Talks
2011-04-12 The World, the Cause of the World, the End of the World 48:31
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2011-04-12 Satipatthana Sutta, Third Foundation: Division Through Anger 0:14
Rodney Smith
Anger is often unconsciously encouraged because it clears away the doubting mind. "I know why I feel this way, and I am right," says anger. Spiritually we can only approach and understand anger from humility, the opposite direction of righteousness. Anger usually arises as a component of grief where something you cared about was blocked or diverted away from you. If we can see anger as grief, humility is more easily accessed.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2011-04-12 Harness the Chariot - The jhanic factors & the restoration of the peaceful mind 63:58
Steven Smith
Hollyhock :  Metta Vipassana with Mindful Movement

2011-04-12 Instructions and Guided Meditation - Day 4 63:55
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-12 Physical Dukkha 67:33
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2011-04-11 The Awakened Heart 58:46
Jack Kornfield
On Mindfulness... and the uncovering of our "true nature"...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-04-10 Understanding the Defilements 53:46
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-10 To Forget Our Separations 39:15
Jose Reissig
When nothing is "me" our separations vanish. We come to inhabit an open space. Last February, Cairo's Tahrir Square became emblematic of such a space.
Holy Cross Monastery :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat with Jose Reissig

2011-04-10 Impermanence 1:18:26
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2011-04-09 An Appreciation Of Awareness 52:42
Carol Wilson
The elegance of right view: recognizing things as they have come to be (with awaremness) is the condition for wisdom to arise
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-09 Nuclear Free 25:57
Ayya Medhanandi
We have a nuclear reactor within us and a nuclear accident may be taking place inside right now. It’s urgent for us to understand how to heal and free ourselves from this toxicity, and from every form of violence. Meditate, live wisely, and practice kindness. Begin to reconcile the contamination in our minds with compassion, serenity and joy. What a magnificent offering of peace for our troubled world.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2011-04-09 To Forget the Self 34:28
Jose Reissig
Having become aware of the fictional nature of our persona, we can look into whatever remains.
Holy Cross Monastery :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat with Jose Reissig

2011-04-09 Mindfulness Part 2 59:53
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2011-04-08 Encouraging Counsel - Refuges and Precepts 68:10
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-08 Renunciation 54:48
Greg Scharf
The practice of renunciation goes to the very heart of the Buddha's teachings. This talk explores the power of renunciation - the very substance of freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-04-08 The Great Way 64:37
Tempel Smith
Using mindfulness and insight we can expand the range of experiences we can stay conscious within. Freedom arises as we move beyond our attachments and preferences, and into things just as they are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vipassana for the Curious

2011-04-08 To Study The Self 38:54
Jose Reissig
The fictional nature of our persona becomes evident when we are willing to examine the ways in which we fabricate it.
Holy Cross Monastery :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat with Jose Reissig

2011-04-08 Dharma & Recovery: The Examined Life 43:24
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-04-08 The Hindrances 1:37:19
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2011-04-07 Steps 10 & 11: Conscious Contact 67:05
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhism and the Twelve Steps

2011-04-07 4. Joy/rapture (piti) 50:23
James Baraz
Fifth talk in an 8-week series on the 7 Factors of Awakening that began with an overview on March 10, 2011.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2011-04-07 Mindfulness Part 1 1:21:54
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2011-04-06 Realizing Truth--The Power of Wise Inquiry 55:37
Tara Brach
The Buddha considered investigation to be a crucial capacity on the spiritual path. This talk explores how interest and wise inquiry serve emotional healing, intimacy with others and revealing the truth that sets us free.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-04-06 Liberation & Mindfulness 54:45
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-04-06 6. Another model of Dependent Orgination 14:06
Bhante Bodhidhamma
DhammaBytes, date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Paticca Samuppada - Dependent Origination

2011-04-06 Brahma Viharas - Overview 52:05
Pamela Weiss

2011-04-06 Reflections on a Month long Retreat 40:01
Donald Rothberg
Exploration of the major themes of a just completed retreat, including focusing on the essentials of life, practicing fully and opening to the deeper truths.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-04-06 Sila 1:25:40
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2011-04-05 Out Of The Comfort Zone 57:39
Myoshin Kelley
Looking at how we relate to our experience when we hit edges of acceptability.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-04-05 Loss, Grief, and Love 46:08
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2011-04-05 5. paticca samuppada dependent origination to samsara 9:54
Bhante Bodhidhamma
DhammaBytes, date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Paticca Samuppada - Dependent Origination

2011-04-05 Nature of Self 15:49
Mary Grace Orr
Insight Santa Cruz

2011-04-05 Samvega, Spiritual Urgency 55:22
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2011-04-04 Bodhisattva 57:31
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-04-04 4. Tanha Upadana Bhava Craving Grasping Becoming 10:06
Bhante Bodhidhamma
DhammaBytes, date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Paticca Samuppada - Dependent Origination

2011-04-04 Establishing Mindfulness 38:36
Thanissara
Sacred Mountain Sangha - Study-Practice Program
Dharmagiri

2011-04-04 Meditation Instructions 1:36:07
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2011-04-04 14 Qualities To Be Cultivated 53:44
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2011-04-03 3. Salayatana Vedana Phasa Six senses Contact Feeling 12:37
Bhante Bodhidhamma
DhammaBytes, date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Paticca Samuppada - Dependent Origination

2011-04-03 The Whole of the Path - What the Buddha Taught, Part 4 56:13
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-04-03 What the Buddha Taught - The Whole of the Path, Part 3 1:28:03
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-04-03 What the Buddha Taught - The Whole of the Path, Part 2 1:28:27
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-04-03 What the Buddha Taught - The Whole of the Path, Part 1 1:15:04
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-04-03 Metta (Loving Kindness) 47:58
Vinny Ferraro
Gaia House Awakening the Heart Through Training the Mind

2011-04-02 2. Nama Rupa Body Mind 7:20
Bhante Bodhidhamma
DhammaBytes, date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Paticca Samuppada - Dependent Origination

2011-04-02 Mindfulness Of The Body 48:24
Chas DiCapua
How to skillfully use the body as a meditation object on and off retreat, in order to gain the wisdom it has to offer.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Freedom That Includes Everything: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-02 Faith In The Human 43:57
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2011-04-02 Mindfulness, Compassion, Liberation 53:00
Noah Levine
Gaia House Awakening the Heart Through Training the Mind

2011-04-01 The Bodhisatva's Way 56:28
Jack Kornfield
How to awaken and live with the heart of a Bodhisatva.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong Retereat

2011-04-01 Dancing with Life 1:16:48
Phillip Moffitt
Guest Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-04-01 Connecting with the Earth 27:26
Phillip Moffitt
Guided Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-04-01 1. Avijja - not-knowing 8:24
Bhante Bodhidhamma
DhammaBytes, date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Paticca Samuppada - Dependent Origination

2011-04-01 Dana, Sila, Bhavana. 55:28
Greg Scharf
Dana (generosity) and Sila (ethical conduct) are seen as the essential foundation for Bhavana (meditation). This talk explores this relationship, with an emphasis on the practice of generosity as a practice of freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-04-01 Pure Heart's Release 58:04
Sharda Rogell
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Meditation and Inquiry

2011-04-01 Opening Talk for Awakening the Heart Through Training the Mind 61:15
Noah Levine
Gaia House Awakening the Heart Through Training the Mind

2011-03-31 3. Energy/effort (viriya) 55:33
James Baraz
Fourth talk in an 8-week series on the 7 Factors of Awakening that began with an overview on March 10, 2011.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2011-03-31 Bringing The World Into Your Practice 58:25
Mark Coleman
How do we take the wisdom, clarity and insight and the depth of meditative experience into our lives, relationships and all that we do. At the same time, knowing that it is all a seamless continuity of mindful awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-31 Steps 8 & 9: Amends for Ourselves 45:46
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhism and the Twelve Steps

2011-03-31 Metta Meditation Instructions 35:37
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhism and the Twelve Steps

2011-03-31 Love's House: Discovering Your True Identity 49:30
Sharda Rogell
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Meditation and Inquiry

2011-03-30 Part 2: The Healing Power of Self-Compassion 1:16:07
Tara Brach
Learning to hold our own lives with a gentle compassion is a key element in all emotional healing and spiritual awakening. This two part series explores the suffering of being at war with ourselves and the pathway to freeing our hearts. Music at end is Libby Roderick, "How Could Anyone?"
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-03-30 Sacred Space and The Dharma 48:03
Bonnie Duran
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-30 The Power of Mindfulness 55:58
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-03-30 My Religion is Kindness 69:16
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-03-29 Devotion 54:03
Trudy Goodman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-29 Minding the Gap and Stepping into Life 35:36
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2011-03-29 Satipatthana Sutta, Third Foundation: Division Through Doubt 63:04
Rodney Smith
The mind finds endless reasons to energetically split itself in two. "Shoulds," denials, rationalizations, resentments, and countless other states are energetic divisions, where the mind is trying to have what it wants while hiding from its assumed reality. Doubt is perhaps the most common expression of this pattern. Doubt reaches for what it wants with half a heart because it fears the repercussions of being a failure.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2011-03-29 Nudging the Mind Back Home 57:13
Sharda Rogell
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Meditation and Inquiry

2011-03-28 How to Fully Receive Experience 65:50
Phillip Moffitt
Fully receiving experience is a key component in mindfulness that leads to insite.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-03-28 Equanimity- Touching What Is Fragile 45:55
Lila Kate Wheeler
Contact with fragility -- a sane way to live. Some Abhidhamma, some Brahmaviharas; a little of this, a little of that...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-28 For the Benefit of all Beings 52:04
Susan O'Brien
Realizing the ways in which our practice can never be for ourselves alone.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-03-28 The Axis Of Practice 45:24
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

2011-03-27 Dharma Has Touched These Bones 60:36
John Travis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-26 Stories of Our Teachers 45:49
Jack Kornfield
Stories from Bonnie Duran, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-26 The Protection of Mindfulness 57:48
Sharda Rogell
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Meditation and Inquiry

2011-03-26 Going Against the Stream 49:01
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Happiness - Dana Retreat

2011-03-26 Instructions: Walking and Sitting Meditation 52:22
Yanai Postelnik
This talk also includes Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Happiness - Dana Retreat

2011-03-26 Simple Reflections 53:20
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

2011-03-26 Tuning Into Diversity (Sat.Talk) 53:45
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

2011-03-25 Sweet Joy of the Way 48:30
Mark Coleman
Joy is an essential factor of awakening and every step of the Buddhist path supports an opening to happiness, joy and peace -- all the way to Nibbana -- the greatest happiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-25 Opening Talk for A Path of Peace and Happiness - Dana Retreat 69:39
Yanai Postelnik
This talk also includes Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Happiness - Dana Retreat

2011-03-24 2. Interest/investigation (dhamma vicaya) 56:36
James Baraz
Third talk in an 8-week series on the 7 Factors of Awakening that began with an overview on March 10, 2011.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2011-03-24 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness 55:19
Marie Mannschatz
How to relate to feelings in the heart of silence
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-24 Progress of Knowledge: Arising and Passing Away, Equanimity, Nibbana 58:46
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Progression of Insight Knowledge

2011-03-24 Questions and Answers 57:25
Rodney Smith
Probing some of the transitional dharma points.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Heart

2011-03-24 Steps 6 & 7: How Do We Change? 40:36
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhism and the Twelve Steps

2011-03-24 The Mind Set 37:45
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

2011-03-23 Part 1: The Healing Power of Self-Compassion 1:18:30
Tara Brach
Learning to hold our own lives with a gentle compassion is a key element in all emotional healing and spiritual awakening. This two part series explores the suffering of being at war with ourselves and the pathway to freeing our hearts. Music at end is Libby Roderick, "How Could Anyone?"
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-03-23 Enlightenments 59:42
Jack Kornfield
Awakening to mystery and the many forms of liberated consciousness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-23 Opening To The Personal 61:23
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-03-23 Everything is a Mindfulness Bell 43:04
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-03-22 Impermanence of the Aggregates 51:27
Lila Kate Wheeler
Deepening practice by discerning the aggregates and their impermanent nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-22 Progress of Knowledge: Conditionality, Three Characteristics 54:12
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Progression of Insight Knowledge

2011-03-22 Q&A - The Road Less Traveled 25:26
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2011-03-22 Secrets Of The Mind 47:52
Rodney Smith
When the mind is no longer divided, it reveals its secrets.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Heart

2011-03-22 Karma 10:55
Mary Grace Orr
Insight Santa Cruz

2011-03-22 Two Guided Qi Gong Sessions and a Short Talk 1:19:27
Brad Richecoeur
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2011-03-22 Gateways for Liberation 54:30
Norman Feldman
A deconstruction of the conditions that give rise to clinging and dukkha, and an exploration of how the three characteristics become gateways for liberation.
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2011-03-22 Reflections On The Lions Roar-Part 2 31:55
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

2011-03-21 Sweetness of Equanimity 57:04
John Travis
This talk is about the importance and central place of equanimity, in the Buddhist path towards emptyness and awakening
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong Retereat

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