Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2010-11-28 Equanimity 62:03
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
The quality of equanimity develops in our practice by studying what gets in the way of equanimity, and by cultivating the conditions that support it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-28 Resting in the Clear Mind of Non Reactivity 53:49
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Perth, Australia : Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-11-27 Identity and Identification 57:10
Will Kabat-Zinn	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-27 Understanding the Defilements 60:45
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Perth, Australia : Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-11-26 Taking Refuges as Practice 37:48
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Perth, Australia : Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-11-26 The Psychodynamics in Meditation (Part 3 - Dimensions of the Personal Journey) 66:52
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
With wisdom and sensitivity, we can learn to use both the view of emptiness and the view of self to bring a completeness to our unfolding liberation and to know the joy and openness of ongoing discovery.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-24 Loving Life: Gratitude and Generosity 1:16:36

Tara Brach

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Love is innate, and blossoms as we intentionally cultivate it. This talk on two natural expressions of loving life--gratitude and generosity--includes several guided reflections that awaken the heart.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-11-24 Cultivating Generosity and Gratitude 60:30
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We examine the nature of generosity and gratitude and both how to cultivate them , and what stands in the way of their expression through stories and teachings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-24 Investigation 32:31
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Investigation is the willingness to probe beneath assumption to discover what is true.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-23 Rest in Natural Great Peace 49:18
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2010-11-23 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Feelings Unleashing Thoughts 4:41
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Feelings move quickly into a narrative that captures our attention and promotes further images, all with their own feelings and further story. The sense of "I" arises, and we are surrounded by feelings and reactions to feelings, giving us a sense of ourselves in time and space. We call this life.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-11-22 Compassionate Presence 57:48
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Transformation happens in the realm or context of compassionate presence. How do we learn to offer compassionate, loving attention to ourselves, each other, and our world?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving Retreat

2010-11-22 Guided Meditation - Clearing Dukkha 44:13
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2010-11-21 Dependent Origination 60:33
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
A practical discussion on the Buddha's teaching of dependent origination.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-21 Hindrances and Such 56:19
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-21 Inspiration to Train the Mind 56:53
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-21 Thanksgiving Talk 45:38
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2010-11-21 Gratitude - Full Moon Vigil 21:59
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Colorado Springs, CO
Shakti Vihara

2010-11-21 Practice Here, There and Everywhere 61:31
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-20 Three Kinds Of Craving 56:31
Will Kabat-Zinn	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-20 Spiritual Allegory: The Chilean Miners 49:55
Robert K. Hall	Download Listen
Acceptance, Surrender, the human condition and the amazing story of the Chilean miners entrapment and rescue.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving Retreat

2010-11-20 The Psychodynamics in Meditation (Part 2) 59:27
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Through the development of various skillful means, we can unlock the innately liberating dynamism at the heart of our emotional life, allowing deep healing, freedom, and the natural unfolding of our full potential.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-19 Gratitude and Generosity 60:39
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
How these qualities acknowledge interdependency and release the heart from clinging.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-19 Reflection: The Power of the Mind 5:47
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-18 Reflections on Bhikkhunis 51:27
James Baraz	Download Listen
James examines some of the recent history surrounding Bhikkhunis and Western Buddhist practice.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2010-11-18 Patience - The Art Of Caring Slowly 57:27
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
The poet John Ciardi defined patience as the art of caring slowly. This talk explores the qualities of this powerful and essential parami.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-18 De Sache ufe ä Grund gaa: Weises Ergründe aus Üebig (yoniso manasikāra) 1:10:20
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Über verschiedeni Forme vo Ergründe i dr Lehr vom Buddha u was me dermit cha afa.
Zentrum für Buddhismus - Bern

2010-11-18 Closing Morning Talk on Emptiness 46:06
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Brief overview of emptiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-18 Reflections on Compassion 44:48
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
A look into the power of the tender open heart.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-18 Through The Looking Glass: The Reality of Not Self 1:11:06
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-17 A Listening Presence - Three Domains of Training 1:15:43

Tara Brach

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Cultivating the capacity for listening is essential to loving well and to realizing the truth of who we are. This talk focuses on three key facets of deep listening--non-distractedness, not-controlling and seeking to understand-- that can awaken an intimacy with our inner life and others. Guided meditations on listening precede and are included within the body of the talk.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-11-17 Emptiness and Karma 60:13
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
At first glance it might seem the teaching of karma, in which our actions bring results to ourselves, might be in contradiction to the understanding that our experience is empty of a self. However, the two teachings on emptiness and karma actually need each other for liberation to be possible.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-17 Teachings on the Practice of Reflection 20:33
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Teachings on the practice of reflections, and duided reflections on what inspired and challenged you in the Emptiness Retreat, and what you will take home with you.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-17 Practicing with Intentions 46:52
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore 1) The nature of intentions, 2) The importance of intentions in our practice, 3) karma and intentions, and 4) how to practice with intentions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-17 Reflections on Compassion 33:52
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Guided reflective meditations on compassion for someone who is suffering, for oneself, and for the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-17 Compassion Needs Emptiness 47:03
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
True compassion needs space to function. The less self-obsessed we are, the more responsive and connected our hearts can be.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-17 Investigation, Noble Uncertainty, Spiritual Inquiry 56:51
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
The awakening factor of investigation moves us to look deeply into our experience, acknowledging that there is always more to understand in the simplicity and mystery of being alive here and now. As we learn to bring a deep and open-hearted curiousity to our each moment and to our very existence itself, without taking any position on our self or this world, life can open to reveal the deepest truth of freedom.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-17 Reflection: Transformation and Relinquishment of Afflictive States of Mind 16:27
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-16 Emptiness in the Mahayana 64:19
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-16 The Empty Nature of Awareness 68:12
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
We can be aware of many objects in meditation. It's also possible to turn our attention to awareness itself. The talk explores what happens when we do this. Is awareness findable? Does it come and go? Is it conditioned? And what is the value of meditating like this?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-16 Big Mind Guided Meditation 44:15
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Joy & its Causes 65:46
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
How Joy can be found, nourished and brought alive in the very circumstances of our life. Shifting from our loyalty to suffering, to a deeper freedom of heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-15 Don't Believe the Second-Hand Story 45:20
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2010-11-15 Dependent Origination As a Pointer to Emptiness 57:34
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The Buddha's teaching on Dependent Origination are among his most profound and challenging. This teaching clearly shows how ignorance leads to suffering, and implicit in this is the way out of suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Emptiness and Letting Go 57:40
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
How emptiness is experienced through the letting go of clinging and concepts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Emptying the Mind 40:25
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Guided Meditation on emptying the mind of all concepts to the point of letting go of attachments.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Dimensions of Insight 34:58
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Explores the personal and universal stories we are invited to investigate and understand.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-14 What versus Why 60:16
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
We have a strong tendency to try to understand why things happen to us. This talk explores meeting what is happening moment to moment, which begins to reveal the "why" of the present moment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-14 The Emptiness of Phenomena 57:07
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
All the phenomena of our senses are empty of any solid substance or essence. It may be more appropriate to refer to phenomena as "appearances" rather than "objects." This theme is explored through the Sutta "A Lump of Foam" in the Samyutta Nikaya.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-14 Happiness Leads to Samadhi 57:48
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-14 Intuitive Awareness Talk 4 55:31
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-14 Putting the World Together Again 37:48
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Our dedication to appropriating all that comes our way has wreaked havoc with our collective life. It has caused much collateral damage to both society and the environment, and has grievously damaged the core of our social integrity. To reverse the damage we need, first and foremost, to restore this integrity.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-11-14 The Five Aggregates Are Empty 69:57
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The Buddha often used the schema of the Five Aggregates to show that what we take to be self is actually impermanent and unsatisfactory, and that clinging to the aggregates will bring suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-14 Meditation on the Aggregates 45:48
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-14 Investigation 54:39
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-13 Dependent Origination 53:40
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Talk on Emptiness for Emptiness: Meditation and Study retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-13 Wise Effort 55:49
Will Kabat-Zinn	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-13 Intuitive Awareness Talk 3 52:06
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-13 Divesting Ourselves of Possesiveness 39:34
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Much of our life is dedicated to establishing ownership of all that comes our way: things, territory, others, etc. In so doing we end up fragmenting both the owned and the owners. To become whole we need to divest from this project. Time: 39:34
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-11-13 The Parable of the City 55:46
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Wellington Insight Meditation Community : Secular Buddhism

2010-11-13 Formation of Self-View 1:11:25
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The Buddha said many times that no self is to be found in the phenomena of our senses. But still, the sense of a self in us arises over and over. This talk explores through sutta references how this sense of self is created in the moment and how it can cease.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-13 Morning Instructions 39:34
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-13 Reflection: The Conceit of Self 6:58
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-12 The Three characteristics as Pointers to Emptiness 58:13
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-12 Intuitive Awareness Talk 2 33:10
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-12 Practicing Intimacy 42:30
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
To practice meditation is to practice intimacy, first with ourselves, and eventually with all beings. Time: 42:30
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-11-12 Stream Entry 59:09
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Wellington Insight Meditation Community : Secular Buddhism

2010-11-12 Dharma in Brief 1:19:34
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
First talk for the Emptiness: Meditation and Study Retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-12 Guided Morning Instructions 42:55
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Mindfulness of what is happening and how we relate to it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-12 Guided Meditation 41:33
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
Expanding Awareness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-12 The Psychodynamics in Meditation (Part 1) 62:48
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Through the development of various skillful means, we can unlock the innately liberating dynamism at the heart of our emotional life, allowing deep healing, freedom, and the natural unfolding of our full potential.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-12 Reflection: Faith 16:20
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-11 Introduction to Emptiness Retreat 49:19
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk was given on the opening night of the Emptiness Retreat. It introduces the theme of emptiness as a lack of unchanging essence or substance. This retreat encourages us to explore the possibility that things are not as they appear to be.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-11 The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 57:31
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
An overview of the 7 Factors of Enlightenment - powerful, wholesome, helpful, mental factors which arise naturally in practice and directly incline the mind & heart toward liberation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-11 Intuitive Awareness Talk 1 57:20
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-11 The Four Noble Truths 62:34
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Wellington Insight Meditation Community : Secular Buddhism

2010-11-11 Goodness and Joy : Uplifting the Heart 53:34
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Spiritual practice rests on a deep trust in the fundamental wholesomeness of our hearts seeking for happiness. We can learn to honour the goodness of our core motivation, even as we recognise our need to deepen the skill and wisdom with which we pursue genuine wellbeing. This includes recognising the importance of connecting with that which brings joy to our heart as part of our spiritual practice, and honouring our own wholsesome qualities and actions.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-10 Releasing Karmic Patterns 1:20:15

Tara Brach

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We all have conditioned patterns of thinking and behaving that keep us identified as a separate, deficient self. This talk investigates the roots of this conditioning and ways that pausing and awakening mindfulness can free us to live from our inherent love and wisdom.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-11-10 Twelve Reasons Why We Practice 62:00
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Connecting with our deep motivation for practice is a crucial support. We explore a number of interwoven motivations for practicing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-10 Conditioned Arising 58:57
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Wellington Insight Meditation Community : Secular Buddhism

2010-11-10 Mindfulness Part 2 61:05
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-09 Your Basic Goodness 46:49
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2010-11-09 Reflections on Death 49:04
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
How reflecting on our own impermanence can be a support in practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : November 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-11-09 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Neutral Feelings 58:18
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Neutral feelings pervade our life when we try to maintain a high level of intensity for our life's purpose and meaning. Busyness is an indication of this dependency, but as soon as the energy decreases below an established threshold, our mind wonders, and we become dull, listless, and uninterested. Awareness has not waned in the slightest, but we have been conditioned to stop paying attention.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-11-09 What is Secular Buddhism 54:19
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Wellington Insight Meditation Community : Secular Buddhism

2010-11-09 Recollection of the Dhamma-part of a three part series on the Triple Gem: As Refuge, Inspiration, and Meditation Practice 54:00
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
The Triple Gem: Recollection of the Dhamma—The Liberating Teachings. This is the second installment in a three part series on the three jewels or three refuges. This talk introduces the practice of contemplating the Dhamma (dhammanusati) as a meditation practice that enhances joy, delight, energy, and faith in the efficacy of the path. The reflection considers the Dhamma as good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, pure in its meaning and in its detail, immediate, timeless, inviting one to come and see, worthy of application, to be experienced by the wise.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Triple Gem: As Refuge, Inspiration, and Meditation Practice

2010-11-09 Mindfulness Part 1 1:25:12
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-08 Developing the Parami' Part 2 61:43
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk continues an exploration of the Buddhas teachings in the Paramis - specifically focusing on the Parimi of Love ( metta) energy, persistence, truthfulness and morality.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-08 The World Led by Mind 32:37
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Cultivating mindfulness of thought and how it shapes the world.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-07 Not Self and Selfing 57:10
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
An exploration of the Buddha's teaching on anatta (not Self) and how we can understand this teaching by observing what we take to be self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-07 Understanding Joy in Meditation Practice 51:13
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-07 Attributes of Inner Beauty: Wisdom 53:34
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Maui, Hi : Daylong Meditation, Maui Hawaii

2010-11-07 The Path Ahead: Integrating Our Life into our Practice 41:49
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
A talk given on the closing morning of retreat that lays out the way to live with wise intentions for liberating our habitual tendencies and living an awakening life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : The Art of Embodied Presence

2010-11-07 Seasons of the Heart: the Third Foundation of Mindfulness 49:49
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
This talk reflects on ways of practicing skillfully with mind states and emotions. These sometimes challenging areas of experience are a gateway to deepening clarity and opening the heart, when met in the present moment with understanding, acceptance and kindness.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-06 Relaxing the Fixated 'I' 52:52
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Unless we understand how we cling to the conditions of our mind and body as "me", we will live within a narrow and confined view and miss the revelation of our true beingness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : The Art of Embodied Presence

2010-11-06 The Spiritual compost 48:04
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
It is clear that spiritual practice is aimed towards the development of wholesome states. Yet our mind-streams have currents of greed, hatred and delusion - how can we use these very states to our own benefit?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-06 The Mystery of Vedana: A Key to Liberation 69:19
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
The contemplation of vedana, the Second Foundation of Mindfulness, provides a powerful tool to dismantle suffering; it can also reveal surprising and profoundly liberating truths about the nature of reality.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-06 Concentration 68:02
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Wise Concentration Weekend

2010-11-05 Our Strategies Aren't Working: the Arising of Compassionate Heart 59:16
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
A simple and clear exposition on the Buddha's insights into releasing, grasping and suffering. This is the release that opens our heart to great compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : The Art of Embodied Presence

2010-11-05 How the Dharma Saved My Life 64:49
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
How to work with self-loathing and doubt. How the Noble truths lead to freedom. How the Buddha guides us on the eight-fold steps on how to live our lives, train our minds and grow in wisdom. The Dhamma is most excellent in the beginning, middle, and end.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness of the Body