Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2011-01-29 Some Thoughts on Major Life Change 49:04
Alan Lewis	Download Listen
The story of my own disrobing from the monkhood, and a few pointers on how to navigate through major change.
Gaia House : Uncertainty

2011-01-29 Spaciousness and Contraction 48:30
Alan Lewis	Download Listen
How our practice of connecting with and feeling our own stress strengthens our capacity to contain it. When we can contain it without contracting, we can access creative intelligence and compassion.
Gaia House : Uncertainty

2011-01-29 Empty Generalisation(Sat.Talk) 45:11
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-28 Unconditional Mindfulness 60:01
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
Mindfulness and compassion deepen our experience of life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Buddha’s Way to Happiness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-01-28 Contemplating the Aggregates, Part 2 60:33
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
This talk looks at experience through the lenses of the Buddha's teaching in the five aggregates. We take a close look at the ways we cling to feeling, perception and formations.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : January 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-01-28 Introductory Talk on Meditation, and Guided Meditation 1:11:19
Alan Lewis	Download Listen
A talk and guided meditation on being present with the simple rythms of the body, keeping things simple, and anchoring attention in the present.
Gaia House : Uncertainty

2011-01-27 Enlightenment Part 3 54:43
James Baraz	Download Listen
A presentation of non-Buddhist perspectives on enlightenment through stories and quotes of Advaita (non-dualistic) teachers such as Ramana Maharshi, Poonjaji, Eckhart Tolle, and Adyahshanti. The talk ends with a brief guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-01-27 Walking The Buddha's Path Of Happiness 58:33
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Buddha’s Way to Happiness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-01-26 The Transformational Capacity of Tenderness 51:46
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-25 The Triple Gem 42:47
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2011-01-25 Satipatthana Sutta, Third Foundation: The Divided Mind 59:26
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
As we study the Third Foundation of the Satipatthana Sutta we ask what is the mind and how does it seem to create a sense of self having the experience of an external world?
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2011-01-24 Buddhist Studies Course - 7 Factors of Awakening - Week 3 - (2011) (Note: An updated course offered in 2017) 1:24:38

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - (2011) 7 Factors of Awakening (Note: an updated course was offered in 2017)

2011-01-23 Purifying the Mind 56:53
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-01-23 Even Attention 34:49
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-22 The Significance of Kindness and Care 48:55
John Teasdale	Download Listen
Loving Kindness is seen as central in the Buddha's path of practice and increasingly in mindfulness-based applications. This talk considers the reasons for this.
Gaia House : An Exploration of Mindfulness: MBCT/MBSR Retreat

2011-01-21 Contemplating the Aggregates, Part 1 59:09
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
This talk looks at experience through the lens of the Buddha's teaching on the five aggregates. We take a close look at the ways we cling to the body, feeling and consciousness
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : January 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-01-21 The Power of Buddhist Prayer 36:10
Ayya Santussika	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Center

2011-01-21 Papanca - Understanding the Proliferating Mind 51:34
Jenny Wilks	Download Listen
An overview of how to recognize and work with the causes and effects of papanca, based on the Honeyball Sutta.
Gaia House : An Exploration of Mindfulness: MBCT/MBSR Retreat

2011-01-21 Direct Experience-Sankhara & Perception 30:37
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-20 Enlightenment Part 2. 54:15
James Baraz	Download Listen
Enlightenment: It's already here...and right now.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-01-20 Suffering and the Causes of Suffering 56:16
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
The Buddha invited the understanding of Dukkha and its causes to be investigated in every moment of practice.
Gaia House : An Exploration of Mindfulness: MBCT/MBSR Retreat

2011-01-20 The Self In Words 42:46
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-19 Inviting Life's Difficulties to Tea 1:19:43

Tara Brach

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One of the most illuminating themes in the Buddha's life story was the regular appearance of Mara--god of selfishness and greed, anger and fear, doubt and shame. Each time Mara surfaced, the Buddha's response was to say "I see you Mara," and invite him to tea. This talk explores how such unconditional friendliness and wisdom can bring healing and freedom to our lives.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-01-19 Colorings of Consciousness 57:33
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-01-19 Pilgrimage 59:51
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-19 Opening Talk for An Exploration of Mindfulness: MBCT/MBSR Retreat 58:37
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Opening Talk for a retreat that offers the opportunity for those teaching or training in the field of mindfulness-based interventions to deepen their own experience and understanding of mindfulness practice.
Gaia House : An Exploration of Mindfulness: MBCT/MBSR Retreat

2011-01-18 Against the Stream 49:30
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2011-01-18 We Create the World 21:03
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
14 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2011-01-18 Program Deactivation 57:04
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-17 Buddhist Studies Course - 7 Factors of Awakening - Week 2 - (2011) (Note: An updated course offered in 2017) 66:22

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - (2011) 7 Factors of Awakening (Note: an updated course was offered in 2017)

2011-01-17 Practicing Metta in Daily Life - Widening Circles of Metta 49:04
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
As we do on the cushion, we practice metta in daily life in widening circles. We explore sustaining individual formal metta practice, metta in our relationships, and metta in the larger world. (Followed by questions and responses.)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-17 Discussion with Mirka Knaster, author of "Living This Life Fully: Stories And Teachings of MUNINDRA" 64:45
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-16 Metta Chants 10:40
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-16 Lovingkindness as the Practice of Freedom 59:01
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-16 The Tradition Of Integrity(Sat.Tallk) 57:11
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-15 Equanimity: Seeds of an Appropriate Response 62:04
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Using images, stories and quotes from teachers and spiritual leaders, this talk explores the practice of equanimity, discussing the topics of dependent conditions, working with challenges to equanimity, and offering equanimity practice techniques.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-15 Union of Love & Awareness, Part 2 31:18
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This 2 part series explores how mindfulness and metta, though distinct practices, in a mature practice become unified as a loving, kind presence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-01-15 Union of Love and Awareness, Part 1 34:49
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This 2 part series explores how mindfulness and metta, though distinct practices, in a mature practice become unified as a loving, kind presence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-01-14 Forgiveness Meditation 34:57
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-14 How Did I Get Here? 48:18
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
When we snap out of states we often ask: how did I get here? How we answer depends on our levels of non-attachment and insight.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : January 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-01-14 The Courage to Live - the Practice of Forgiveness 58:07
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-14 Un-manageability & Right Effort 42:46
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-01-13 The Joy of a Friendly Heart 68:34
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Exploring how metta cheers us, how a cheerful heart calms and relaxes us; and how a calm, relaxed state ushers in more understanding and so, more metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-13 Enlightenment Part 1. 54:22
James Baraz	Download Listen
The classic Theravadin meditative path to freedom, including progress of insight and stages of enlightenment.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-01-13 Relinquishment 34:41
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-12 Evolving Consciousness--Beyond limiting Identities 1:19:36

Tara Brach

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The flag of trance is identifying as a separate, deficient self. This talk explores how developmentally we can get fixated on fears and unmet needs and cut off from the wholeness of Being that is our true nature. We explore the power of mindfulness --seeking not to change but to understand--and the expression of that understanding as love. The talk includes guided reflections that can help us recognize and awaken from the confines of trance.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-01-12 12. Short Review of the Human Condition 20:19
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-12 How Metta Transforms Us 56:09
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
In this second talk of the retreat, we explore further the spirit of metta, through teachings and stories, focusing as well on the themes of metta as a concentration practice, as opening a process of purification, and, as it matures, as increasingly embodied and wise.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-12 Routine Investigation 56:39
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-11 The Four Noble Truths - Kickoff of the 100 Day Retreat 53:54
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2011-01-11 11. Rounds of Becoming 15:39
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-11 Satipatthana Sutta, Third Foundation: Awareness of the Mind 66:46
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Mindfulness of the body gave us stability of focus and mindfulness of feelings gave us the mechanism for how we project ourselves onto the world. Now we are sufficiently prepared to look at the mind itself.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2011-01-11 Metta as the Heart of Mindfulness 53:31
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
The "Introduction to Metta" talk positions metta as the particular form of mindfulness that reflects the third foundation of mindfulness, attention to the contents of mind. It also is presented as the practice that follows the Buddha's instructions for Wise Effort, the purposeful cultivation in the mind of wholesome states.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-11 The Skillful Mundane 34:04
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-10 Meeting What is with Love & Awareness 58:54
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How do we bring a loving presence to all of our experience- especially to our humanness, failed intentions. Cultivating mindfulness & kindness with our own experience becomes the template for living a wise life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-10 Buddhist Studies Course - 7 Factors of Awakening - Week 1 (2011) (Note: An updated course offered in 2017) 1:33:39

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - (2011) 7 Factors of Awakening (Note: an updated course was offered in 2017)

2011-01-10 10. Samsara Onward Going 21:20
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-10 Samadhi 42:35
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-09 Watch Your Mind 34:02
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
10 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2011-01-09 09. Power 25:33
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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2011-01-09 Jhana Factors 1:57:58
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
The practice of jhana factors. Rapture, joy, walking, weaving contentment & tranquility.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-01-09 Enjoyment 31:56
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-08 The Noble Eight Fold Path (Adrianne Ross & Sharda Rogell) 57:37
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
A concise exposition on the way these eight path factors form a cohesive whole for our practice in daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Essential Dharma

2011-01-08 08. Detailed Sequence Leading to Conflict 14:18
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-08 Perception 33:20
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-08 Resting In Release 49:26
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-07 The Way We Are... and The Way We Want To Be 47:13
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
This talk address the apparent conflict in practice between opening to the way we are and, at the same time, aspiring towards freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : January 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-01-07 Song of Awakening: Confronting the Three Marks of Existence 65:43
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Story of The Buddha's deepening insight into impermanance, suffering and selflessness and how it led to the "Sure Heart's Release."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-07 07. Envy and Niggardliness the Cause of Conflict 13:13
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-07 Intention 28:38
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-06 Untangling Dukkha - 4 Noble Truths 59:24
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
The Buddha showed us the way out of our human predicament of living life as if we were on a wheel in a hamster's cage. The first three Noble Truths are explored to reveal a profound liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Essential Dharma

2011-01-06 Desire Hatred Delusion 45:50
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
09 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2011-01-06 06. Mahakassapa Explains the Cause of Conflict 17:37
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-06 What really matters 54:52
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-01-06 Attention 31:21
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-06 Guidance For Walking 8:15
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-05 True Refuge: Three Gateways to Freedom 1:26:34

Tara Brach

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This talk invites a contemplation of three archetypal domains of spiritual awakening: Buddha-awareness, Dharma- truth (the way things are), and Sangha-loving relatedness. We explore our habit of turning toward false refuges, and the way we can find refuge in that which truely heals our hearts and frees our mind. The evening ends with a living ritual of dedicating ourselves to each of these three gateways to awakening.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-01-05 The Mirror of Mindfulness 52:33
Adrianne Ross	Download Listen
The mirror of minfulness shows us things as they are. Mindfulness grounded in the body brings the stability to know this.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Essential Dharma

2011-01-05 Nothing At All to Worry About 39:22
Ayya Santussika	Download Listen
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Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2011-01-05 05. Clinging causes Anxiety plus 15:45
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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2011-01-05 A New Beginning 44:07
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-05 Skillful Application 29:28
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-04 Being Part Of It All 56:28
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
To deeply realize that we are inextricably a part of a vast web of life, we are invited to open to a deeper inner connection, and to recognize that we are not different to all that is around us.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2011-01-04 Cessation 52:50
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
37 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2011-01-04 04. The Eight Worldy Conditions 17:18
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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2011-01-04 A Blameless Life 49:08
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
This talk explores how ethical conduct fits into a continuum of practice as we move from the isolated state of projection through the relaxation of sila to the inevitable release of faith.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2011-01-04 Big Mind/Heart Meditation 46:55
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Citta - mind heart is open like silence, like space. Guided meditation resting in the sky like nature of mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2011-01-03 A Summary of the Path 36:42
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) : New Year's Retreat

2011-01-03 The Heart Of Silence 59:28
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
What stands out to us in silence. What is our relationship with silence. What about the silence itself? What is it actually?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2011-01-03 Many, Many Opportunities 36:04
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) : New Year's Retreat

2011-01-03 03. The Two Darts 15:47
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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2011-01-03 Mindfulness When It Matters 61:40
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Rather than making New Year’s resolutions that often end in a sense of failure, it is more helpful to look at our life and practice in terms of aspirations, and to ask what do we need to cultivate and what can we let go of in order to support those aspirations? Using mindfulness, we can become more in tune with what really matters to us and also begin to notice the many subtle and even unconscious influences on our choices and behavior.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-03 Monday Night Meditation Lead 47:51
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-02 Feeling and the Quest for Enlightenment 33:50
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) : New Year's Retreat

2011-01-02 The One Who Knows 32:52
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
08 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2011-01-02 02. Divine Messengers 14:53
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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2011-01-02 Worldwide Metta - Guided Meditation 17:04
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : New Year 2011 Retreat on Brahma Viharas

2011-01-02 Contemplation of Mind 28:07
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) : New Year's Retreat

2011-01-02 G.M-Skillful Sitting 54:14
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-01 Stitching Our Life Into Wholeness. 47:42
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
This talk explores the definitions power and impact of mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat