Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2010-03-31 Deepening Our Formal Meditation Practice 55:42
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Through reflection on just having taught a month-long retreat and several poems, we explore a number of ways to deepen our formal meditation practice through simplicity, focus, building a strong "container", developing mindfulness and lovingkindness in relation to what happens, and increased invocation of the "wise parent" (or grandparent...aka "discipline").
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-03-29 Managing the Gap - Places Where Meditation Doesn't Reach 24:37
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2010-03-28 Guided Meditation 27:34
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Buddhism in the Body - Daylong Retreat

2010-03-26 Opening Talk 54:31
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Introduction To Meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Power of Mindfulness: Insight Meditation Weekend

2010-03-21 Seeing Things As They Are 34:42
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Guided Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-03-20 Guided Metta Meditation 43:12
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-17 Realizing Your True Nature - Four Reflections 1:19:43

Tara Brach

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This talk explores a Tibetan teaching through reflection and guided meditations: Our true nature--our inherent wakefuness, openness and love--is closer than we can imagine; it is more profound than we can imagine; it is easier than we can imagine; and it is more wondrous than we can imagine.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-03-13 Breath Meditation 17:00
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : The Joy of Awakening - Daylong Retreat

2010-03-13 Immeasurable Abiding. 41:25
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Wisdom and compassion emerge from this one mind. Metta and its eleven attendant blessings. Guided meditation on radiancy of metta.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-09 Cultivating Lovingkindness Toward the Body-Guided Meditation 16:12
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley : Meditating on the Body A Five Week Speaker Series

2010-03-08 Walking Meditation 51:25
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : March 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-03-02 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: Wise Effort 56:41
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
It is important to learn the meditation technique, but to adhere too strictly to the form of the practice can mask self-doubt. Risking doing it wrong begins the "art" of practice, and insight develops within the art of quiet observation free from the pressure of failure.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-02-27 Not Knowing 51:52
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
A guided meditation on expanding awareness and an exploration on the theme of not knowing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-25 Basic Meditation Instructions 16:16
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : True Refuge: Realizing and Embodying Loving Presence

2010-02-25 Loving Kindness Meditation 31:13
Hugh Byrne	Download Listen
Guided meditation on loving-kindness with some discussion of the Brahma Viharas' Divine Abodes.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-02-21 Relaxation And Insight 48:27
Michael Grady	Download Listen
Cultivating a wise and open-hearted attitude in meditation practice, frees the mind to relax and see clearly.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-02-21 Guided Meditation 43:15
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2010-02-16 Somebody Anybody Nobody-Guided Meditation 19:38
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley : Meditating on the Body A Five Week Speaker Series

2010-02-15 The Union of Appearance and Emptiness 64:15
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please note that these talks are from a 4 week retreat for experienced meditators. The talks and meditations can be listened to in any order or individually, but as they progressively unfold different levels of understanding of Emptiness, they will probably be more fully understood and the practices more easily developed if taken in series.
Gaia House : Meditation on Emptiness (2010)

2010-02-14 Dependent Cessation and the Unconditioned 69:04
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please note that these talks are from a 4 week retreat for experienced meditators. The talks and meditations can be listened to in any order or individually, but as they progressively unfold different levels of understanding of Emptiness, they will probably be more fully understood and the practices more easily developed if taken in series.
Gaia House : Meditation on Emptiness (2010)

2010-02-13 The Subtlety of Dependent Origination 1:11:31
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please note that these talks are from a 4 week retreat for experienced meditators. The talks and meditations can be listened to in any order or individually, but as they progressively unfold different levels of understanding of Emptiness, they will probably be more fully understood and the practices more easily developed if taken in series.
Gaia House : Meditation on Emptiness (2010)

2010-02-12 No Mind 1:16:51
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please note that these talks are from a 4 week retreat for experienced meditators. The talks and meditations can be listened to in any order or individually, but as they progressively unfold different levels of understanding of Emptiness, they will probably be more fully understood and the practices more easily developed if taken in series.
Gaia House : Meditation on Emptiness (2010)

2010-02-11 Agendas and Judgments 40:33
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
Human beings seek to control their experiences in order to be happy. But when we approach meditation practice with a fixed agenda, we miss the mark. Freedom and liberation comes from learning to harmonize with reality, not in trying to impose our preferences upon it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-11 The Nuts And Bolts Of Compassion Practice. 69:12
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
A short talk on compassion practice, a guided compassion meditation and a discussion about the practice. Questions and answers.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2010-02-10 The Wandering Mind 61:48
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
One of the patterns we meet in meditation, over and over again, is the wandering mind. Exploring this pattern without judgment, we can come to deep understanding about the nature of our minds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February 2010 Month Long