2008-01-10 Buddhist Master Series: Taungpulu Sayadaw 51:49
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2008-01-10 Sea Turtle 44:52
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-01-10 Five Hindrances 51:40
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Description of the five hindrances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Scientists Retreat

2008-01-10 Drafting On The Happiness Of Others 60:34
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Mudita and the other Brahma Viharas. How wisdom protects equanimity -- and how equanimity if the birthplace of Metta, Compassion and Joy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2008-01-09 Touching Enlightenment With Our Body 1:12:33
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
We realize and inhabit the fullness of what we are through the gateway of our senses. This reflection includes how we dissociate from our bodies (hearts, each other, earth) and the pathways of belonging. The evening is dedicated to John O'Donahue, a teacher of the divine longing that carries us to belonging.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Meditation 27:58 Download Listen Touching Enlightenment With Our Body 44:34 Download Listen

2008-01-09 Coming Out Of Contraction 18:04
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Winter Retreat

2008-01-09 How Metta And Equanimity Lived Happily Ever After Together 61:46
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Metta is a powerful practice that helps us lead with our hearts, develop concentration, and "purify" our bodies, hearts and minds, working through obstacles to metta and touching our deep luminosity. Yet metta sometimes seems opposed to wisdom and mindfulness practice, and particularly to equanimity. We explore the qualities of equanimity and then how mature metta requires equanimity and mature equanimity requires metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2008-01-09 Knowing, Mindfulness, And Wisdom 54:31
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
A discussion of these important terms exploring their application in the meditative journey.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Scientists Retreat

2008-01-09 "I Shall Not Want" 52:22
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
The second of four talks on the Four Noble Truths, with emphasis on the Second Truth.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-01-08 Sila, Samadhi, Panna 44:38
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2008-01-08 Feeling Good 25:16
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Winter Retreat

2008-01-08 The Union Of Metta, Compassion & Awareness 60:37
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk discusses the qualities of metta, and the unity of mindfulness and metta -- and how compassion arises as a natural turning of the loving heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2008-01-07 Attention And Awareness 21:42
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Winter Retreat

2008-01-07 Everyday Metta - What It Is & What It Is Not 55:15
Heather Martin	Download Listen
How the loveliness of a pure heart is so readily accessible; how Metta infuses mindfulness, and the dangers of misunderstanding "love."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2008-01-07 Faith, Intention & The Precepts: Three Steps To Deepen Your Practice 59:07
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
The training precepts can be utilized for living the dharma in daily life, but to be most effective they need a foundation of faith and intention. Also, by stating the precepts positively and in an expanded fashion, we can find new opportunities for mindfulness and insight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-01-06 Right Intention, Aspiration, Resolve 51:23
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

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

2008-01-05 Descent Into Emptiness 51:10
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Winter Retreat

2008-01-05 Resolving To Change And Accepting Who We Are 48:34
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
This talk explains the skillful use of resolve and restraint. It also examines the open-hearted acceptance of who we are and what arises within us.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  January 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-01-05 Questions And Answers 64:46
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Questions and Answers
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Resolutions of the Heart: New Year's Retreat

2008-01-03 To Gladden The Heart 45:43
Heather Martin	Download Listen
How uplifting our hearts with enthusiasm, trust, appreciation, enjoyments leads directly to calm, clarity and freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Resolutions of the Heart: New Year's Retreat

2008-01-03 Avoiding Bitter-Ocity 63:18
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Sylvia Boorstein is sharing her wonderful wisdom and reflecting from her new book "Happiness is an Inside Job".
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2008-01-02 The Three Refuges 1:21:31
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
This talk reflects on the three gateways to liberating presence-- Buddha nature (our awakened heartmind); Dharma (the living moment, truth, nature of things) and Sangha (spiritual community.) The evening includes a ritual of "taking refuge" that invites our dedication to each domain of awakening and freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Meditation 23:25 Download Listen The Three Refuges 58:06 Download Listen

2008-01-02 Mindfulness Practice: Motivation and Working Ground 56:01
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-01-02 Recovering The Primary Intention 46:24
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Confused by what we want we pursue what we don’t really want.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Resolutions of the Heart: New Year's Retreat

2008-01-02 The Path Of Dukkha Or The Path Of Sukha 50:31
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-01-02 The First Noble Truth - part 1 of 4 63:04
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
The first of four lectures on the Four Noble Truths, including poetry from Jane Kenyon, Judith Viorst, and Wislawa Szymborska. Emphasizing the First Noble Truth of Suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-01-01 How Vipassana relates to Daily Life 57:40
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2008-01-01 Vulnerability And Freedom 47:52
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Recognizing the insecurity of our life can compel us to endlessly seek control, or invite us to learn to be at ease with our vulnerability and enter it consciously as a gateway to freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Resolutions of the Heart: New Year's Retreat

2007-12-31 New Years Eve 50:51
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2007-12-31 The Alchemy Of Release 47:48
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
The Buddha describes how the intoxication with youth, health and life fell away. What allows for our intoxications to fall away? How does letting go happen? How do we cultivate awareness, kindness, presence and understanding that allow for the alchemy of release?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-12-31 The Wisdom Of Body Awareness 57:43
Heather Martin	Download Listen
The 1st foundation of mindfullness – How and why it is so beneficial as we turn to the truth of each moment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Resolutions of the Heart: New Year's Retreat

2007-12-31 Joy 65:12
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
The Buddha placed great emphasis on joy (mudita) and Happiness (sukkha) as part of the path. This talk explores the place of these beautiful and precious qualities in our practice, and life. What are the foundations of happiness? What is it that allows the heart to open to joy?
Gaia House :  The New Years Retreat Insight Meditation

2007-12-31 32 Parts of the Body 38:24
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2007-12-30 The Alchemy of Letting Go 53:15
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-12-30 Forgiveness 59:37
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Letting go of resentment and anger – developing the open heart of forgiveness.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-12-30 In Alignment With Zero 51:54
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Aligning our practice to the truth of life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Resolutions of the Heart: New Year's Retreat

2007-12-29 Leaving Your Comfort Zone 53:10
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-12-29 What Matters 52:19
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
A reflection on the importance, the challenges, and the transformative power of being present.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Resolutions of the Heart: New Year's 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

2007-12-28 Present Moment: The Point That Includes Everything 54:57
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-12-28 The Wisdom of Boredom 45:22
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Boredom stimulates agitation and discontent and is most often perceived as a state to be avoided. Seen wisely, boredom is a rich and fertile ground of understanding.
Gaia House :  The New Years Retreat Insight Meditation

2007-12-28 How And The Quality Of Mind 58:40
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
By knowing oneself through how we relate to experience shows us how to develop the freedom of mind
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-12-27 Don't Underestimate The Breath 52:37
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Mindfulness of the body has the breath at the center and includes all four postures, movement, speaking, listening, feelings and all activity. We can practice mindfulness of the breath and also mindfulness with the breath - developing an enlarged awareness. This practice can take us all the way to enlightenment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-12-27 7 Factors Of Awakening - part 2 55:31
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Continuing the exploration with calm, concentration and equimity
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-12-26 The Awakening Factor of Equanimity - Week 2 57:02
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-12-23 Holiday Talk 41:03
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-12-22 Sitting In Amazement 51:24
John Travis	Download Listen
Dealing with personal and collective shadow.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation at the Solstice: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light

2007-12-21 Darkness & Light, Suffering & The End Of Suffering 57:19
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
After sharing a personal story about suffering and the end of suffering, the talk outlines working with "the darkness" and cultivating the light in terms of working with hindrances, physical pain, strong emotions, & cultivating happiness & compassion; the talk concludes with an introduction of Prajnaparamita.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation at the Solstice: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light

2007-12-20 7 Factors Of Awakening - part 1 55:31
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
An exploration of the allies of the mind, cultivating mindfulness, investigation, energy, and rapture.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-12-20 32 Parts of the Body 45:27
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2007-12-19 The True Revolution 68:30
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
In Buddhism, lovingkindness is considered a divine abode, our true home. This talk explores how we can recognize the mask that covers insecurity, inhabit our essential goodness of Being, and let ourselves touch and be touched by love. This awakening into wholeheartedness is the true revolution.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Meditation 18:49 Download Listen The True Revolution 49:40 Download Listen

2007-12-19 The Awakening Factor of Equanimity 56:40
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-12-19 Practicing With Darkness And Light At The Winter Solstice 59:46
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
The earth at the winter solstice invites us to embrace the darkness - as a stopping and stilling, an entry into the unknown, a being with difficulty, a fertile and generative source - and invite the light that comes out of the dark. We connect these themes with our practice and suggest particular further ways to practice at the solstice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2007-12-19 Practicing With Darkness And Light At The Winter Solstice 60:04
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
The earth at the winter solstice invites us to embrace the darkness -- as a stopping and stilling, an entry into the unknown, a being with difficulty, a fertile and generative source -- and invite the light that comes out of the dark. We connect these themes with our practice and suggest particular further ways to practice at the solstice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2007-12-16 Mindfulness: Presence and Participation 41:57
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-12-15 Gladdening the Mind 49:30
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
The Buddha taught that in a mind of happiness, deep attention finds root. This talk explores the ways of gladdening the mind through appreciative joy and the cultivation of spaciousness.
Gaia House :  Gladdening The Mind

2007-12-15 Don't Get Caught! 44:01
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
We often get caught in repetitive patterns of behavior that leads to suffering. How can we begin to see clearly and to find freedom?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-12-14 Opening Talk for Gladdening the Mind 40:16
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Opening Talk for a retreat that explores what it means to have a meditative journey unfold in a mind of gladness.
Gaia House :  Gladdening The Mind

2007-12-14 It's All About Me 62:03
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-12-13 Here 51:34
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Here and how we are with here
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-12-13 Buddhist Master Series: Ajahn Naeb 50:52
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2007-12-13 Hindrances - part 2 63:13
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Working with restlessness and doubt.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-12-12 Path Of Transformation 1:16:34
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
This talk investigates three core themes on the path of spiritual awakening: forgiveness, inner fire or aspiration, and the awareness of what we are...awareness itself. These living currents on the path are explored through an ancient Indian teaching story and guided reflections.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Meditation 24:46 Download Listen Path Of Transformation 51:48 Download Listen

2007-12-12 Joseph's Dharma Story - part 2 67:13
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Joseph's Dharma Story Part 2
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-12-10 The Divine Abodes 66:01
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-12-09 Practice In Daily Life 59:34
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
Bring mindfulness into daily life is a challenging aspect of our practice. Using specific practices for daily life helps to bring the thread of mindfulness throughout our days.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-12-08 The Manner Is The Meaning 35:58
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2007-12-08 Forever Taking Leave 54:37
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Living With Impermanence And Uncertainty

2007-12-07 Devotional Practice 1:53:34
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  CDL DPP Reunion Retreat

2007-12-07 Opening Talk For Living With Impermanence and Uncertainty 54:19
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Living With Impermanence And Uncertainty

2007-12-07 Eight Worldly Conditions 58:49
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The world spins around the alternating pairs of gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disrepute, and happiness and unhappiness. When we bring them into our awareness, we see how much of our time and energy is spent trying to create and hold on to the positive ones, and avoid or get rid of the negative ones. If we see with wisdom, we realize that these conditions are always operating no matter what we do, and that the skillful way to respond to them is to come to a clearer understanding of what actually brings us true happiness and a sense of well-being, and to cultivate that, rather than chase after gain, praise, fame, and superficial happiness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-12-06 Mindfulness 34:36
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2007-12-06 Hindrances - part 1 56:21
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Working with desire and aversion.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-12-03 Loving-Kindness And Gratitude 61:04
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The four divine abidings show us a way to hold all the joys and sorrows of life. This talk focuses principally on the qualities of loving-kindness, which overcomes isolation and connects us to all of life; and gratitude, as a form of appreciative joy that leads to greater contentment and well-being.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-12-03 Prajna Paramita In The Dragon Mountains 61:01
Thanissara	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-12-02 Questions and Answers 47:17
Eugene Cash, Kittisaro	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-12-02 No Road Maps 41:18
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
To be really present in our journey through life we need to put aside the road maps -- i.e. the grids that position us within the familiar -- and transcend them.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat with Jose Reissig

2007-12-02 Turning The Mind Towards Equanimity 54:58
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
This talk explores two of the Buddha's discourses that teach how to establish equanimity associated with insight. He teaches us what leads to more happiness and what leads to more suffering, and essentially, how we can cultivate more pleasure in our lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-12-01 The Crucial Shift 48:14
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2007-12-01 The Journey And The Goal 42:10
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
In our compulsive pursuit of goals we contrive a dichotomy between journey and goal. Understanding that they are one gives poignancy to our lives.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat with Jose Reissig

2007-12-01 A Path of Peace and Happiness - Dana Retreat 49:06
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  A Path Of Peace And Happiness Dana Retreat

2007-12-01 Love Is Wisdom's Natural Radiance 55:00
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
Returning to the Market Place with Gift Bestowing Hands. Allowing the breaking apart to reveal the luminous heart. Love as connection, Kuan Yin and the appropriate response.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Radiant Awareness of Being

2007-11-30 Getting 37:22
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
In the habitual process of getting, the main point is not getting this or that, but getting "the getter" -- that is, becoming somebody.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat with Jose Reissig

2007-11-30 Tasting The Unconditioned 60:22
Kittisaro	Download Listen
The heart already Radiant gets confused by what moves through it. If it shouldn't be this way, it wouldn't be this way. Unfolding into the 4 Noble Truths, realizing the unshakable heart tasting the unconditioned.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Radiant Awareness of Being

2007-11-30 Opening Talk for A Path of Peace and Happiness - Dana Retreat 55:39
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  A Path Of Peace And Happiness Dana Retreat

2007-11-29 Wise Attention 65:43
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
The Buddha spoke of wise attention as the tool that uproots the underlying tendencies of our minds that cause suffering. This talk discusses various means the Buddha taught for practicing wise attention.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Path of Engagement, Retreat 2

2007-11-29 Buddhist Master Series: Ajahn Buddhadasa 55:21
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2007-11-29 Wings of Awakening 52:10
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2007-11-29 The Dharma Is Not The Dharma 60:04
Thanissara	Download Listen
Buddhism + the Dharma is the peel left behind. The immediacy of here and now Dharma. Disenchantment as a doorway is the transcendent. The irritation that rubs to the pearl. The immovable suchness of Being.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2007-11-28 The Mysterious Power Of The Breath 53:19
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Often the power of mindfulness of the breath is underestimated. This talk illuminates the depth of breath as skillful means to develop samadhi, oneness, intimacy, mystery and awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Radiant Awareness of Being

2007-11-28 Questions And Answers 65:20
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Questions and Answers
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-11-28 Requisites For Enlightenment 1:11:10
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
The 10 paramis or requisites for enlightenment that bring a meaningful application of our practice to how we live our lives. This talk explores some of the ways these qualities get strengthened.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-11-27 Faith & Interrelatedness : Practice in Action 43:50
Ajahn Metta	Download Listen
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

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

2007-11-26 Third Noble Truth & Nibbana 61:06
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk explores the third noble truth, or the end of suffering, also described as Nibbana. Nibbana is seen as a transcendent dimension of our being accessible in any moment. Practices that approach this unconditioned element are described also.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-11-25 Questions and Answers 56:01
Eugene Cash, Thanissara	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-11-25 The Awakening Factor of Rapture 34:37
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-11-25 Internalizing The Retreat 40:00
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2007

2007-11-25 Sakkaya Ditthi: Who Do I Take Myself To Be? 58:00
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Our mind becomes obsessed with three views that define who we take ourselves to be, me, mine and myself. Born from confusion about the way things are, we see ourselves and others in a narrow, contracted way and lose contact with our deepest nature. This talk is a clear and candid exploration that encourages practicing with awareness to find out what is true about this person I take myself to be.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2