2007-07-18 Compassion in the Face of Suffering 1:13:52
Patricia Genoud-Feldman	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2007-07-18 The Mind and the Way: Science of Goodness 55:43
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-07-18 Intimacy, Acceptance And Release 45:25
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
In the path of liberating our hearts we learn to be intimate with all things. This talk focuses upon the power of aversion to create alienation and division and the power of mindfulness to uproot ill will.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Path of Liberation

2007-07-18 The Path Of The Bodhisattva - part 2 53:16
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
In this second session, we first review the path of the Bodhisattva, exploring both the Theravada and Mahayara roots and the qualities (paramis, paramites) developed. We focus on vow – intentions, patience, and meditation, looking at how to make the Bodhisattva training real in our daily lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-07-18 Mudita: Practicing Joy And Gratitude 61:01
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Appreciative joy (Mudita) is the third of the divine abidings (Brahma Viharas). When directed to oneself, it enhances the sense of gratefulness. This is an important practice because joy is an integral part of the path to liberation.

2007-07-18 The Imperfections of Insight Part 1 1:36:32
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2007-07-17 The Three Principles Of The Path 39:03
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Cultivating renunciation and letting go, kindness and compassion and insight into the empty nature of things.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Path of Liberation

2007-07-17 A Purified Heart 50:00
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Our spiritual practices allow us to reconnect with our deepest caring for our own happiness and well-being. When this is awakened, we purify our heart and our caring expands to include all beings everywhere.

2007-07-16 Factors Of Enlightenment 61:13
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
The Factors of Enlightenment: A reminder to the heart of our natural awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-07-16 Forgiveness 59:10
James Baraz	Download Listen
Forgiveness is an essential part of Metta practice so that the heart can stay open and the kindness flows out easily. In this talk forgiveness toward ourselves, asking and extending forgiveness with others and forgiveness towards life are explored.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2007-07-16 The Seven Factors Of Awakening, Part2: Calm And Concentration 64:01
Patricia Genoud-Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-07-16 Freedom From Fear And Anxiety 56:55
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This talk explores in detail the tools and approaches we can develop to work skillfully with fear in our lives, both those fears that are obvious and those that are more hidden. There is a genuine possibility of liberation from the power that fear seems to have to constrict us
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Path of Liberation

2007-07-15 The Mind and the Way Q&A Chap 14 58:29
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-07-15 Wisdom Of Boredom 48:04
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Boredom is one of the mental states most difficult to understand yet a familiar companion in our lives. Boredom has much o teach us about the sources of wakefulness and is a doorway to understanding calm and equanimity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Path of Liberation

2007-07-15 Metta As Purification 65:43
Heather Martin	Download Listen
As we settle more into our hearts, we find our beauty. How to hold them all in friendship.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2007-07-14 Freeing The Heart And Mind From Hindrances 50:42
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
How to skilfully work with the five hindrances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Path of Liberation

2007-07-14 The Benefits Of Metta 53:55
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk explains how the practice of loving-kindness works to bring five benefits: a tender heart, the purification of heart and mind, concentration, connection to life, and happiness.

2007-07-14 Go Forth into the World 60:40
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Having entered the stream of the eightfold path, one becomes 'independent of the views of others'. This autonomy is the ground for a new way of being with oneself and the world. It deepens insight and expands empathy, leading to compassion and social engagement.
Gaia House :  Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-14 The Development of Wisdom 1:45:22
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2007-07-13 Awakening, Love and Compassion 64:54
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Looking at the symbols of awakening representing selflessness, showing the importance of love in our spiritual lives, and exploring compassionate activities.
Gaia House :  Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-13 Satipatthana 3: Mindfulness of Mind States 2:00:53
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2007-07-12 Reflections On Power 55:31
James Baraz	Download Listen
This is a reflection stemming from the "Money, Sex, & Power" issue of the Inquiring Mind.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2007-07-12 Mindfulness Of Mind 56:42
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-07-12 Rembrandt's Eyes 64:12
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Rather than four propositions to believe, the four enobling truths are to be seen as injunctions on which to act: Fully know suffering, Let go of craving, Experience cessation, and Creatre a path. Awakening is not, therefore, a 'state', but an ongoing process.
Gaia House :  Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-12 Satipatthana 2: Mindfulness of Feeling Tone 1:20:32
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2007-07-11 Wisdom And Compassion 56:22
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
How wisdom and compassion are developed in the practice of mindful awareness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-07-11 The Path Of The Bodhisattva - part 1: Intention - Vow And Patience 59:12
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
The path of the Bodhisattva is both a traditional and contemporary way of connecting inner practice and helping others. After an overview of the Theravada and Mahayara roots, we explore the practice of (1) intention - vows, and (2) patience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-07-11 Breaking Free of Habits 61:54
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Looking at the three different levels of habits - intense, habitual and light - and exploring mental patterns.
Gaia House :  Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-11 Satipatthana 1: Mindfulness of the Body 1:26:00
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2007-07-10 Turning the Wheel 59:31
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Although initially reluctant to teach, the Buddha goes to Benares and explains to five of his former companions what he has realized. This first sermon, Turning the Wheel of Dhamma (Dhammacakkapavatana Sutta), expands the principle of conditioned arising into the practice of 'four enobling truths'.
Gaia House :  Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-10 The Five Hindrances 1:34:29
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2007-07-09 Buddhist Psychology 63:44
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-07-09 The Three Characteristics 50:36
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-09 The Seven Factors Of Awakening, Part1 57:34
Patricia Genoud-Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-07-09 Five Hindrances 52:25
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Five Hindrances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat

2007-07-09 Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension 1:36:52
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2007-07-08 The Mind and the Way: Themes For Daily Practice 54:47
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-07-08 Meditation Overview 59:13
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
This Talk is an overview of the meditative path. It includes working with pleasant and unpleasant sensations in thoughts, emotions and awareness itself
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat

2007-07-08 The Groundless Ground 60:34
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Who was Siddhattha Gotama and what did he awaken to? A reflection on his own account of the awakening as found in his discourse The Noble Quest (Ariyapariyesana Sutta), which identifies 'conditioned arising' as the foundational insight for an awakened life.
Gaia House :  Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-08 Sila (Virtue) 1:21:49
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2007-07-07 Opening Talk Poc 61:03
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Opening Talk POC
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat

2007-07-07 14 Qualities to Cultivate 65:01
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2007-07-07 Vipassana Instructions 1:47:22
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2007-07-06 The Four Noble Truths And Obstacles To Practice 56:52
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk explores the common obstacles to practice the Five Hindrances of: restlessness, sleepiness, doubt, grasping and aversion. The Hindrances are discussed in the context of the Buddha’s central teaching on the Four Noble Truths.

2007-07-06 Old Habits And Right View 55:22
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-07-06 Opening Talk: Sila, Samadhi, Panna 61:21
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2007-07-05 Reflections On Sexuality 50:39
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2007-07-04 The Dharma And Democracy 58:33
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Thich Nhat Hanh has written of how the encounter of Dharma and democracy will bring something new and exciting to the world. We explore 1. the beauty and dream of democracy and its resonance with the Dharma, 2. what currently needs attention in our would-be democracy and 3. a vision of how the connection of Dharma and democracy mature is vital for ourselves and our world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-07-03 Practice Q and A 58:42
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2007-07-02 Freedom Through Understanding The Six Sense Bases 35:42
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
Understanding how sense contact turns into mental proliferations and it's impact on our ability to be happy. This is important if we are to see through the veil that is constructed by such proliferations.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Teen Retreat

2007-07-02 The Four Contemplations 58:25
Patricia Genoud-Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-30 Die drei Grundlagen des Pfades 45:40
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Loslassen, Liebe, Erkenntnis
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2007-06-30 Training For The Uncondittioned 47:28
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Sankhara

2007-06-30 Mindfulness In Daily Life 53:28
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-29 Vom Leiden und seinem Ende 58:34
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Sinn und Bedeutung der Praxis
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2007-06-29 Satipattana: Sudden And Gradual Enlightenment 1:38:43
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-29 Cultivating Loving Kindness 48:58
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  LovingKindness Weekend

2007-06-28 Introduction to Lovingkindness (Metta) Week 3 1:29:46
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-06-28 Reflections On Money 46:42
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2007-06-28 The World Exists To Set Us Free III 57:19
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Life is to be lived. Learning how to live skillfully in a world that is challenging us by changing in uncertain ways
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-28 Yoga, Tea And Buckaroo Banzai 57:19
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2007-06-28 Nibbana And Stream Entry with Questions And Answers 1:30:39
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-28 Opening Talk for Loving Kindness Retreat 66:49
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  LovingKindness Weekend

2007-06-27 The Mind and the Way: Now is the Knowing 54:18
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-06-27 Equanimity And Sensitivity 51:22
Corrado Pensa	Download Listen
Crucial role of equanimity and of non self centered sensitivity in Dharma teachings
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-27 The Seven Factors Of Awakening 50:39
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore in general the Seven Factors as a guide to our practice and as an experience of awakened being and presence. We examine each of the seven: mindfulness, investigation, effort, rapture or joy, stillness, concentration and equanimity, with suggestions of what to do to cultivate each quality.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-06-27 Contemplating The Four Noble Truths 1:31:37
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-26 The World Exists To Set Us Free - part II 50:46
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Life is to be lived. Learning how to live skillfully in a world that is challenging us by changing in uncertain ways
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-26 Equainimity About Formations 1:39:48
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-25 Reflections Upon The Protection Of Self And Others 36:30
Corrado Pensa	Download Listen
A comment on the Sedaka Sutta of the Buddha
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-25 Interdependence Day 57:58
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
The 4th of July celebration of American Independence met with the Buddhist teaching of interdependence brings a deeper understanding of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-06-24 A Sense Of Well Being 1:15:02
Steve Armstrong, Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-06-24 Effort, Kamma and Dukkha 53:39
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-24 Seven Guidelines For Action 21:35
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-24 The World Exists To Set Us Free - part I 53:10
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Life is to be lived. Learning how to live skillfully in a world that is challenging us by changing in uncertain ways
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-24 Contemplating The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 1:18:49
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-23 Kamma Creates Self 56:16
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-23 Stillness In Action 48:38
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-23 What Changes As We Practice? 52:10
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Five ways in which we experience a change in view of ourselves and the world as we practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation And Yoga

2007-06-23 Contemplating The Mind, Opening The Heart 49:48
Corrado Pensa	Download Listen
Contemplating suffering in our minds brings about more openness and peace
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-23 Contemplating The Five Aggregates 1:17:49
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-22 Kamma 69:20
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-22 The Beautiful Process 42:59
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-22 Empty Of Self, Full Of Everything 56:34
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Looking at the nature of our being, prior to thoughts awakening to the myriad ways we create and believe a fictional version of ourselves.

2007-06-22 Dharma Discussion 1:19:18
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Benefit Evening with Joseph Goldstein

2007-06-22 Guided Meditation 51:40
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Benefit Evening with Joseph Goldstein

2007-06-22 Introduction To Retreat For Experienced Yogis 51:06
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Introduction to Retreat for Experienced Yogis with brief talk about precepts, refuge, and preliminary instructions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-22 The Fourth Foundation Of Mindfulness: Hindrances 1:11:22
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-21 Introduction to Lovingkindness (Metta) Week 2 1:33:39
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-06-21 Four Brahma Viharas 59:34
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk explores the heart qualities of loving-kindness (Metta) compassion (Karuna) appreciative joy and equanimity (Upekkha) and how they are innate to the heart, yet can be developed and cultivated through practice.

2007-06-21 Ardent Energy And Clear Comprehension 1:10:13
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-20 The Mind and the Way - Noticing Space 55:21
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-06-20 Coming Out Of Auto-Destruction 56:34
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-20 Guided Meditation 13:52
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-20 Questions 40:44
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-20 Summer Solstice And The Factors Of Enlightenment - part 1 50:21
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
The qualities of the summer solstice: stillness (between days with more or less light), light and clarity, openness and space, warmth, and abundant energy, parallel in many ways the factors of enlightenment in the teachings of the Buddha. We explore these qualities through teachings, poetry and suggestions of practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-06-20 The Third Foundation Of Mindfulness: Contemplating The Mind 1:29:16
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-18 "Buddha And His Son" Father's Day 52:58
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Reflections on Father’s Day and Buddha and his son’s teachings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-06-18 Climbing Mt. Nibbana: The Camp Inbetween 1:29:48
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-17 The Mind and the Way: Cleansing the Mind 47:10
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center