Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2006-07-30 Guided Meditation - External Kindness 40:05
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2006-07-19 Guided Meditation - Lifting The Heart 42:36
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The process of samādhi is as important as anything else, wherever the process lands. Give priority to 3 fundamental roots: inclination towards kindness/well-being; protection/warding off what’s harmful; letting go of sense contact.
Cittaviveka : Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-07-18 The Precious Flaw 42:21
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Meditation is not about getting any particular state or feeling. It’s about knowing what’s happening without getting bonded to it. Only by handling experience is there freedom. What we handle is our precious, necessary flaw – our suffering. Meet it and know it as Mara.
Cittaviveka : Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-07-16 Guided Meditation On Energetics - Deepening Ground 47:57
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
In meditation the ground has to be both clear and enjoyable. Make a joyful kind of effort. Refer to breathing to give focus; refer to the physical when the mind spins out. Track energy along the chakras – expand it, spread it around. May this be well.
Cittaviveka : Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-07-16 The Whole Person - integrating bodily, emotive, rational patterns 56:14
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
A teaching on the faculties of body, speech and mind and their patterning, saṇkhāra. In meditation, we work with the energy of these patternings. Clear and soothe body energies with breathing, and heart energies open. Upright presence of body allows us to remain attuned with the madness of the mind.
Cittaviveka : Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-07-15 The Buddha's Prescription For Happiness: Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 57:34
James Baraz	Download Listen
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment are mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, calm, concentration and equanimity. When brought to fruition they lead to the highest happiness we can experience. How can we cultivate these qualities consciously in our meditation practice and in our life?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-07-13 Guided Meditation - Opening To The Sense Of 'other' 21:04
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The tendency is to conceive ourselves as being a separate entity; yet, we’re always in something. There is something around us without which we wouldn’t survive. Practice sensing into the ‘us-ness’, the sense of me and something else. Mindfulness of body and breathing support this practice.
Cittaviveka : Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-07-12 Guided Meditation - Posture 17:51
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-07-12 Guided Meditation – Posture 17:37
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Guidance to use attention to set up a steady, relaxed frame. Breathing sustains a sense of flow throughout, clearing blocked areas.
Cittaviveka : Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-06-24 Teachings Of The Buddha To Rahula 35:00
Corrado Pensa	Download Listen
The talk describes both, Buddhist teachings on everyday's action (body, speech and mind) and teachings about meditation, with strong emphasis on anatta and equanimity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Vipassana Retreat For Experienced Students

2006-06-23 Luminous Mind 56:06
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Exploring identification and attachment obscures the natural radiance. How dis-identification reveals the nature of mind. Buddha described a luminosity of mind. This talk explores the attachments and conceptualization that veil this luminosity and points us directly at the radiance of mind. Includes a guided meditation. The Buddha point to the luminous nature of mind. Our practice allows for recognition and realization of our natural luminosity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-06-03 The Joyful Aspects of Meditation 46:54
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Talks with an Accompanying Czech Translation

2006-04-29 Appropriate Attention 69:12

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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According to the Buddha, appropriate attention is the most important mental factor for attaining Awakening. So what does he mean by attention, and what kind of attention is appropriate? How do the factors of appropriate attention apply to our meditation practice, how do they apply to our lives?

Metta Forest Monastery

2006-04-21 Guided Meditation - Big Sky Mind 42:28
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) : Meditation Retreat

2006-04-15 The Heart of Buddhist Meditation 47:58
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : Zen Meditation

2006-04-12 Practicing Rigpa - Part 2 46:57
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The talk explores different methods for the technique of looking in dzogchen practice as taught by Tsoknyi Rinpoche. It also describes some meditation states that might be mistaken for rigpa (near relatives).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-02-26 Talk And Q&A 2 1:14:04
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
The Buddha's teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight.
New York Insight Meditation Center
In collection: Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-26 Final Talk And Q&A. 41:18
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
The Buddha's teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight.
New York Insight Meditation Center
In collection: Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-25 Guided Meditation 43:06
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
The Buddha's teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight.
New York Insight Meditation Center
In collection: Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-25 Morning Talk And Q&A 1:26:51
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
The Buddha's teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight.
New York Insight Meditation Center
In collection: Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-25 Guided Meditation And Talk 26:10
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
The Buddha's teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight.
New York Insight Meditation Center
In collection: Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-25 Talk And Q&A 1 1:16:49
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
The Buddha's teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight.
New York Insight Meditation Center
In collection: Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-24 Karma Of The Mind 1:47:10
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
The Buddha's teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight.
New York Insight Meditation Center
In collection: Karma Of The Mind

2006-02-24 Karma Of The Mind 7:35:30

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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The Buddha's teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight.

New York Insight Meditation Center

2006-02-13 Speed 64:57
Diana Winston	Download Listen
How speed and busyness manifest themselves in our culture, daily life, and meditation practice. How to work with them, too.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center