Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2008-01-30 Exploring the World of Loving Kindness 1:11:25
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House : Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-01-29 The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice 1:26:04
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House : Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-01-27 Instructions on Loving Kindness and Guided Meditation 41:19
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House : Loving Kindness Weekend

2008-01-27 Opening Talk for the Metta Retreat - LovingKindness and Compassion as a Path to Awakening 60:21
John Peacock	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House : Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-01-24 Stillness In Movement - Walking Meditation 22:07
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Within the movement of walking, the mind becomes still. There is a lovely quality of movement and stillness. That’s where a centre that begins to occur, a centre of awareness. Not held through fixation or obsession, it arises with the factor of ease, factor of repeated process, just going through it again and again, and clearing out the obstacles.
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat
In collection: A Moving Balance

2008-01-14 Meditation Instructions 4:36
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Meditation Instructions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Scientists Retreat

2008-01-12 Meditation Instructions 14:52
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2008-01-11 Meditation 41:24
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
22 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2008-01-11 Meditation Instructions 4:36
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Meditation Instructions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Scientists Retreat

2008-01-06 Guided Meditation - Balancing Attention 44:49
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2007-12-29 What is Insight? 59:58
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This talk presents a map and overview of the path of Insight Meditation, exploring the different kinds and levels of insight available to us, the possible avenues for its development and deepening, and some of the many ways we can nurture and strengthen its unfolding.
Gaia House : The New Years Retreat Insight Meditation

2007-11-27 Guided Meditation On Equanimity 45:49
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
This is a 45 minute introduction and a guided meditation on Equanimity. By repeating certain phrases, we can decondition our reactive attitude and open our heart to the way things are.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-11-23 Guided Metta Meditation 40:57
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery : November 2007

2007-11-23 Sexual Desire - Meditation In Relationship 50:15
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery : November 2007

2007-11-20 Walking In Benevolence 18:34
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Walking meditation can be difficult because the mind doesn’t feel concentrated, or it can feel oppressive just walking back and forth. But being with the movement of the body, it’s possible to come out of our protective and stiff states, and enjoy the carefree fluidity.
Amaravati Monastery : November 2007
In collection: A Moving Balance

2007-11-20 Guided Meditation - Mudita 46:28
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Mudita or the practice of sympathetic joy opens us to the possibilities of increasing our sense of well-being and happiness. The haqppiness of others when directed towards ourselves, is manifesting as gratitude for the blessings in our life
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-11-19 Standing Meditation 18:03
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery : November 2007

2007-11-14 The Transformative Process In Engaged Practice 43:01
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
It is helpful to identify four broad phases of transformation, whether in the context of intensive meditation practice, everyday life, or engaged practice in the world: (1) building resources (perspectives, tools, methods, the ethical “container”); (2) opening to and honoring our suffering; (3) coming to see in a new way; and (4) the integrative work of stabilizing, grounding, and expressing our insights and learning as we go forth into the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : The Path of Engagement, Retreat 2

2007-11-13 Awakening the Heart: The role of trust and devotion in meditation practice 48:30
Thanissara	Download Listen
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2007-11-04 Meeting the Challenges - Practicing with the Hindrances 62:39
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
A reflection on how to work with the challenges we all encounter in meditation. by recognising craving, aversion, sloth, restlessness, and sceptical doubt as visitors which obscure our deeper truth, we can free ourselves from their grip, revealing the natural pure radiance of the heart and mind.
Gaia House : Solitary Month Retreat

2007-10-29 Quiet The Mind, Open The Heart 69:27
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
The essence of meditation is a shift of identity and awakening of compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-10-24 Living A Life Of Dharma Inquiry 54:42
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Meditation need not be limited to a practice that one can only do a on the cushion. When we bring the passion for truth to the center of our lives, it opens up every moment to be a moment of knowing truth.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2007-10-24 Wisdom 56:52
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
How do we live and act wisely, whether in our meditation practice or in the rest of our lives? The core of our practice is to come back to wisdom moment-to-moment. The main teaching on wisdom that can guide us is the Four Noble Truths. We explore this teaching as a practical guide, requiring an understanding of causes and conditions. Yet wisdom ultimately must also be connected to to two further qualities to be whole - to compassion, and to courage.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2007-10-24 Breaking Free Of Habits 50:16
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
How can meditation help us break free of our mental, emotional, physical habits?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Study Retreat

2007-10-23 A Moving Balance 2:01:01

Ajahn Sucitto

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This is a collection of 9 of Ajahn's earlier dharmaseed files from 2007 to 2021, that give instructions and encouragement on walking meditation. They have been selected to support a book by Ajahn entitled "A Moving Balance". This and other books by Ajahn Sucitto can be downloaded here: Forest Sangha - Books - Ajahn Sucitto