Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2007-10-01 Vipassana Meditation The Science Of Mindfulness 60:07
Ruth Denison	Download Listen
Instructional overview of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, focusing on intentional investigation, your attention with an allowing attitude. Vipassana, clear seeing, as outcome to this practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Vipassana: Awareness of the Nature of Life

2007-10-01 Guided Movement Meditation 63:04
Ruth Denison	Download Listen
Cultivating skiils to live closely with this bodily process through sense experience. Practice in lying down, sitting, standing, and moving or walking.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Vipassana: Awareness of the Nature of Life

2007-10-01 Perception And Thought 55:13
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Thought is often related to as a “problem” in meditation. It is much more useful to include thought as an object of awareness: once we understand the nature of thought, it loses it power over us.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : October 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-09-25 Metta - Guided Meditation 42:40
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
What is Metta? Introduction to self and benefactor
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2007-09-19 Relationship As Spiritual Practice I 62:13
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Much of our meditation practice in the west has been focused on individual practice, in silence and often solitude. While there are many traditional Buddhist resources for taking relational, communicative interactions as practice, there is also a need for developing forms to deepen such practice. We identify the Buddhist resources for this practice and offer some beginning exercises.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2007-09-06 Things Are As They Are 59:22
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
When practicing meditation we can observe different sensations in the body, feelings, states of mind, and mind objects. They are as they are – and we need to recognize and understand that.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : September 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-08-20 Sanctuary 62:28
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Making your meditation, your heart and your life a sanctuary.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-08-18 Guided Meditation and Talk 55:22
Ayya Jitindriya	Download Listen
Gaia House : Illuminating the Heart of Awareness

2007-08-08 Awakening From The Story Of Self 1:22:23

Tara Brach

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Our life experience is shaped by the stories we tell ourselves and the underlying belief that "something is wrong with me." Meditation allows us to recognize and release the grip of the stories that confine our sense of wholeness, peace and inner freedom.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2007-08-08 The Eight Fold Path 58:27
Marvin Belzer	Download Listen
An overview of the Eight Fold Path with emphasis on the ways we practice it on meditation retreats and with a special focus on effort and mindfulness.

2007-07-27 Impermanence: The Gateway To Freedom 50:13
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Deepening our understanding of impermanence with implications for our meditation practice and our lives.

2007-07-25 The Path Of The Bodhisattva - part 3 56:33
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After an overview of the Bodhisattva path, and of the perfections of vow – intention, patience, and meditations, we look at the perfections of wisdom and skillful action. We end with an experiential exercise designed to a different situation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-07-18 The Path Of The Bodhisattva - part 2 53:16
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
In this second session, we first review the path of the Bodhisattva, exploring both the Theravada and Mahayara roots and the qualities (paramis, paramites) developed. We focus on vow – intentions, patience, and meditation, looking at how to make the Bodhisattva training real in our daily lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-07-08 Meditation Overview 59:13
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
This Talk is an overview of the meditative path. It includes working with pleasant and unpleasant sensations in thoughts, emotions and awareness itself
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : People of Color Retreat

2007-06-22 Guided Meditation 51:40
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Benefit Evening with Joseph Goldstein

2007-06-20 Guided Meditation 13:52
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Toronto : Sankhara

2007-06-13 Shining Light on the Body 55:43
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Sometimes mindfulness of the body is neglected for more exalted meditation experiences. However, the first foundation of mindfulness points to the importance of grounding in the body as a central support for presence and connection to our experience, which allows for a deeper investigation into the nature of things.
Gaia House : Insight Meditation and Contemplative Enquiry

2007-06-12 Guided Meditation - Balance 18:56
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Sankhara

2007-06-12 Guided Meditation - Breath Yoga 15:07
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Sankhara

2007-06-11 Something About Love and Mystery 56:48
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Our meditation practice encourages letting go of what is familiar and secure to allow a deeper intimacy with the way things are. As we do this, we open the door to love, trust and the mystery of the unknown.
Gaia House : Insight Meditation and Contemplative Enquiry

2007-06-11 Guided Meditation - Breathing Kamma 16:29
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Sankhara

2007-06-10 Guided Meditation - Control 20:22
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Sankhara

2007-06-10 Guided Meditation - The Sense I Am 23:16
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Sankhara

2007-06-09 Guided Meditation - Intention And Attention 10:55
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Sankhara

2007-06-09 Guided Meditation - The View 18:49
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Sankhara