Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2010-05-28 Meditation Instructions 12:05
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2010-05-27 The Life of The Buddha 55:16
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
This talk, in honor of Wesak, looks at the Buddha's life both as the story of an actual person, and as an archetypal story of a spiritual journey, exploring some of the ways that his life & journey may relate to and inform our practice as we follow in his footsteps.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-27 To Be Realized in the Here and Now 65:40
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
The four noble truths explored in real time.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Essential Dharma

2010-05-27 Metta 19:10
Jason Murphy	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2010-05-27 First Noble Truth 48:35
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2010-05-26 Relating Wisely with Fear - Part 1 1:24:16

Tara Brach

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Relating Wisely with Fear Part 1 and 2 - While fear is essential to survival, it can also strangle our capacity to live fully and awaken spiritually. These two talks explore how fear takes over our lives, and the ways we can train our attention to free ourselves from its grip.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-05-26 New to Mindfulness? 59:42
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Essential Dharma

2010-05-25 Intrinsically Empty, Naturally Radiant, Ceaselessly Responsive : An Exploration of the Nature of our Minds 53:19
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-25 The Buddha's Way to Happiness 62:04
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Essential Dharma

2010-05-25 Invocation to the Devas & The Karaniya Metta Sutta Chant 8:31
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-25 Satipatthana Sutta, First Foundation: Integrating Body and Actions 58:44
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Once we have accepted the fact that we cannot control the dharma, our practice opens up to the full catastrophe of living. We open first by backing away from our egoic demands and then by infusing our actions with the wisdom of the body.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-05-24 The Joys of Awakened Heart 63:10
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
How to find and enjoy the fruits of awareness, spacious attention and natural compassion
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-05-23 Mind Like Sky 39:21
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Pure awareness guided meditation using body like a mountain, breath like the wind and mind like the sky as a metaphor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Awakening the Body, Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation Weekend

2010-05-23 Guided Meditation- Upright Purity 49:49
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2010-05-22 The Seven Factors of Enlightenment 54:01
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-22 Live Your Life -The Only One There is to Live 59:10
Jean Esther	Download Listen
Applying the teachings of the Buddha in our daily lives
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Befriending Ourselves and Coming Alive: A Retreat Cultivating Embodiment, Joy & Love

2010-05-22 Insight Dialogue 61:22
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Ajahn Thanasanti and Gina Sharpe discuss aspects of practice between themselves.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Awakening the Body, Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation Weekend

2010-05-22 Open Awareness 1:24:59
Mingyur Rinpoche	Download Listen
Guest Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-05-22 Guided Sit 25:33
Mingyur Rinpoche	Download Listen
Guided Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-05-22 Longing for Freedom 59:10
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
We come to dharma practice with a longing for freedom. This talk explores both the longing, in its importance for awakening the heart and nourishing the spiritual journey, and the Freedom of Being - our capacity to fully and freely inhabit and respond to life, to which this longing points.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation and Contemplative Inquiry

2010-05-22 Basic Mindfulness of Body - Sitting and Walking 60:04
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Awakening the Body, Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation Weekend

2010-05-22 Right Livelihood 40:32
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Gaia House : Work Retreat

2010-05-21 Sacred 68:24
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
The journey we undertake in practice - How to navigate the stages of our meditative journey.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Awakening the Body, Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation Weekend

2010-05-21 Treasuring our Longing for Happiness by Uncovering its Obstacles 58:43
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Treasuring our longing by uncovering the obstructions to happiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Befriending Ourselves and Coming Alive: A Retreat Cultivating Embodiment, Joy & Love

2010-05-21 The Five Aggregates 42:29
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Gaia House : Work Retreat

2010-05-21 Closing Day 42:46
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-20 Vesakha Puja 24:34
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2010-05-20 Breaking the Chains of Craving: Part 4, with guest Kevin Griffin. 59:01
James Baraz, Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Breaking the Chains of Craving: Part 4, with guest Kevin Griffin. Beginning introductions of Inquiring Mind publisher Alan Novidor and editor Barbara Gates.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2010-05-20 Love and Equanimity 57:55
Jean Esther	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Befriending Ourselves and Coming Alive: A Retreat Cultivating Embodiment, Joy & Love

2010-05-20 Path to Joy 37:12
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2010-05-20 The Five Hindrances 42:21
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Gaia House : Work Retreat

2010-05-20 Day 6 Part 1 19:16
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-20 Day 6 Part 2 50:19
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-20 Guided Meditation 49:07
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-19 Guided Joy Meditation 22:01
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Directing the wishes that our virtues and beautiful qualities continue to strengthen and bless us.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Befriending Ourselves and Coming Alive: A Retreat Cultivating Embodiment, Joy & Love

2010-05-19 Desire and Spiritual Freedom 1:18:31

Tara Brach

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The Buddha taught that becoming identified with "wanting mind" obscures our true nature and binds us in suffering. This talk explores a wise attitude in relating to desire, and offers three pathways towards freedom: Mindfulness of "wanting mind," trancing back desire to its source, and radical non-clinging.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-05-19 Cultivating Joy 51:21
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
The eleven practices for cultivating joy and rapture as outlined in the Visudimagga, including contemplating one's own virtue and generosity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Befriending Ourselves and Coming Alive: A Retreat Cultivating Embodiment, Joy & Love

2010-05-19 Compassion and the Judging Mind 58:40
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
The judging mind helps hold the sense of self as a static entity. Compassion allows us to be with all manifestations, however painful, allowing for healing and release.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation and Contemplative Inquiry

2010-05-19 Death and Beyond 25:52
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2010-05-19 Death and Beyond - Q&A Session 30:08
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2010-05-19 Opening Talk for Work Retreat 33:13
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Gaia House : Work Retreat

2010-05-19 Day 5 Part 1 39:52
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-19 Day 5 Part 2 58:00
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-18 Doubt and Aversion: Understanding How They Influence our Practice and our Lives 53:36
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-18 Sacred Longing 63:36
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Stories and teachings about the Buddha's one fortunate attachment
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-18 The Hero’s Journey - The Return - Dogen 'Fanning' 54:46
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen

2010-05-18 Demands, Defenses and Distractions: Exploring Obstacles to Presence 51:03
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
We get pulled away from ourselves in different ways. This talk explores both the mechanisms of how we get disconnected from being present, and how come those mechanisms exert such a powerful pull on our consciousness. The exploration encourages a careful and caring investigation of those obstacles, as the way to understand, and liberate them.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation and Contemplative Inquiry

2010-05-18 Day 4 Part 1 40:21
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-18 Day 4 Part 2 29:25
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-18 Day 4 Part 3 56:58
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-17 Forgiveness 66:43
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
The art of forgiveness and the skillful means to practice the transformation of the heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-05-17 The Alchemy Of Thirst 62:52
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
Second Noble Truth
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-17 Working with Judgment 52:25
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
The mechanisms of judgment, shame and blame are misguided attempts to protect ourselves when we have no other resources. We can now see how they are unskillful and connect with our inherent beautiful qualities as a resource to meet these energies and let them go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Befriending Ourselves and Coming Alive: A Retreat Cultivating Embodiment, Joy & Love

2010-05-17 Metta Instructions 53:25
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Neutral Person
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-17 Day 3 Part 1 19:58
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-17 Day 3 Part 2 36:24
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-17 Day 3 Part 3 39:40
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-16 Why Connect With What Is Difficult? 49:10
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
Explains why we would want to do such a thing, how it relates to the path of awakening and practical advise on how to do it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-16 Metta Instructions 43:42
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Benefactor
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-16 Day 2 Part 1 40:39
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-16 Day 2 Part 2 35:54
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-16 Sunday Evening Talk 40:16
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-15 Metta - Part 2 56:24
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-15 Metta Instructions 54:16
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Benefactor/Dear Friend
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-15 Befriending Yourself and Others 35:09
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
An early low key metta meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-15 Day 1 Part 1 36:28
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-15 Day 1 Part 2 37:13
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-15 Day 1 Part 3 43:25
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-15 Day 1 Part 4 1:28:51
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-14 Introductory Evening Part 1 23:48
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-14 Introductory Evening Part 2 36:13
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-13 Breaking the Chains of Craving: Part 3 53:46
James Baraz	Download Listen
Breaking the Chains of Craving: Part 3
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2010-05-13 Metta: The Web of Belonging 50:46
Nina Wise	Download Listen
As the mind stills, the heart opens. As the heart opens, we discover how we belong to this earth and live in a web of connection.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Natural Liberation Retreat

2010-05-13 The Buddha's World View 47:16
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
Gaia House : Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-12 Relating Wisely to "Wanting Mind" 1:20:19

Tara Brach

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While desire is intrinsic to life, it can contract into the craving that traps us in suffering. This talk explores how we seek happiness yet become habituated to false refuges--substitutes like over- consuming food, dependent relationships, approval, achieving--that can never bring happiness. Our freedom becomes possible when we forgive the ways we get hooked, and offer a deep, mindful attention to the energies of craving and clinging.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-05-12 The Refuges, Precepts, and Spiritual Faculties 52:49
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
Gaia House : Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-11 Turning the Wheel of Dharma - Part Six: The Path to Awakening: Wisdom 57:33
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge
In collection: Turning the Wheel of Dharma

2010-05-11 Ground of Being 47:43
Nina Wise	Download Listen
When we recognize our Buddha Nature, the boundless awareness at the heart of our being, lovingkindness arises effortlessly as an innate characteristic.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Natural Liberation Retreat

2010-05-11 Satipatthana Sutta, First Foundation: The Body in Movement 61:37
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Movement integrates our insights into living reality rather than theoretical assumptions. When the insights become part of the living tissue of our body, a natural spontaneity arises.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-05-11 Taming the Tigers 47:01
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 The Peace of Letting Go 50:05
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 The Path of Joy 43:59
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 On Anger 29:31
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 Path in Daily Life 47:39
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 Just This Moment 4:40
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 What are the Priorities 58:40
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 Dismantling Who I am 17:36
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 Compassion and Attention 15:30
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 Right Intention 43:12
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-10 3 Principles of Awakening Joy 60:51
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-05-10 Tendencies, Defilements and Hindrances 46:38
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
Gaia House : Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-09 The Judging Mind 48:33
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-05-09 Renunciation & Courage 35:27
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
A talk from a daylong retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-05-09 Encounter with Courage and Renunciation 38:07
Ajahn Metta	Download Listen
A talk given at the Renunciation & Courage daylong.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-05-09 Morning Reflection 26:28
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
The Dharma is always with us.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Monastic Retreat

2010-05-09 Technique Mahasi Vipassana Interview 57:08
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
Gaia House : Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-08 Metta - Part 1 46:22
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
This talk discusses the cultivation of of Loving-kindness both for its own sake, and as a powerful support for the practice of liberation. Includes a detailed discussion of the near and far enemies of Metta, and how to work with them.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-08 The Bodhisattva Way 61:22
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
How to live in this world lightly, with a compassionate heart and the spirit of the Dharma in all things you do.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) : Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-05-08 Chanting: Mind Abiding In Divine Abodes 4:49
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Monastic Retreat

2010-05-08 Overview of BuddhaDhamma 47:49
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
Gaia House