Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2009-06-25 Mindfulness As A Prayer For Peace 65:35
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Jewish Mindfulness

2009-06-24 Part 2 - Wise Practice 1:18:00

Tara Brach

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This four week series reviews many key components of Buddhist meditation practice. Beginning with intention and attitude, we cover the strategies that help us arrive in presence, the key elements of mindfulness, working with difficult emotional states and the practices that awaken our heart. Each week will include guided meditations and reflections.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-06-24 Mindfulness Practice and the Jewish Year 58:37
Rabbi Sheila Weinberg	Download Listen
Reflection on what we seek to remember in practice, developing the capacity to see which stories serve to develop wholesome qualities and reduce suffering. The center of the talk is a tour through the Jewish year, interpreting each holiday as a form of retreat practice and the opportunity to awaken and develop heart qualities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Jewish Mindfulness

2009-06-23 The Awakening Prophet 63:39
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
One interpretation of Jewish mindfulness connects mindfulness with the Jewish prophetic tradition. This suggests an understanding of spiritual practice as involving both "inner" transformation toward liberation and "outer" transformation toward a liberated society; actually, the two are intimately connected. We first explore, partly through music, the prophetic tradition. We then examine how both our inner and outer practice can be understood in similar ways, following the core principles, in terms of development in wisdom and mindfulness (the mind), compassion and love (the heart), and courage and skillful action (the body).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Jewish Mindfulness

2009-06-17 Part 1 - Wise Practice 1:15:56

Tara Brach

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This three week series reviews many key components of Buddhist meditation practice. Beginning with intention and attitude, we cover the strategies that help us arrive in presence, the key elements of mindfulness, working with difficult emotional states and the practices that awaken our heart. Each week will include guided meditations and reflections.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-06-17 Mindfulness: Befriending Yourself 50:58
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Description of awareness practice and its benefits, including truthfulness with yourself.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : People of Color Retreat

2009-06-17 Practicing with Anger, pt II 59:58
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We review and fill out some of the themes from part I, why it is important and yet often confusing to work with anger; and several guidelines and tools (mindfulness, reflection, heart practices) for practicing with anger individually. We add an overview of how to practice with anger in relational an social contexts with others, focusing especially on skillful speech.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-06-10 Practicing with Anger, Pt I 60:12
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
For many of us, it is hard to know how to practice with anger. We explore some of the reasons for confusion about anger, including the mixed messages we get about anger in many settings, the different connotations of what is translated as "anger" East and West, and the conditioning around anger. We then outline three ways of more "inner" work with anger, through 1) mindfulness, 2) reflections and 3) heart practices like lovingkindness, compassion and forgiveness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-06-08 Mindfulness - Exploring The Universe Within 62:10
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
An introduction about how I came to meditation, followed by a description of the characteristics and function of mindfulness as a tool for exploration and insight.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Liberation of Mind and Heart: Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-06-08 Mindfulness of the Body 1:18:13
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Vivekananda