2005-07-12 The Heart of Buddhist Meditation 47:14
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2005-07-12 Disturbing Emotions: Poison Or Food For Wisdom 39:20
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
How to skillfully relate to unwholesome and disturbing emotions and see them as opportunities for insight.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2005-07-12 The Metta Sangha, The Metta Sutta 53:35
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
This talk celebrates the importance of community as a support for practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-07-11 Four Stages of Awakening 43:04
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2005-07-11 The Wisdom of Ajahn Chah 59:25
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

2005-07-11 Forgiveness: The Doorway To An Open Heart 61:33
James Baraz	Download Listen
In order for metta to flow unobstructed, we need to be able to forgive—ourselves for ways we don't measure up to our high standards or unskillful actions, others for past hurts and life for the disappointments we experience. This talk explores these different levels of forgiveness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-07-10 Contact and Feeling 47:54
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2005-07-10 Metta: Its Near & Far Enemies 56:36
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
What supports lovingkindness is the sincere caring we give in each moment as we say a metta phrase. What obstructs metta are its near and far enemies; affection with attachment and aversion such as sadness, fear, anger, or judgement.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-07-10 Wise Concentration 44:22
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Wise concentration is cultivated both in our life and formal meditation. At its heart lies the commitment to be undissuaded from our Path of Awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2005-07-10 Wisdom Of Impermanence 42:07
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Impermanence teaches us the way to find the freedom of Non-Clinging.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2005-07-09 The Meditative Path 45:43
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2005-07-05 Breath By Breath 8:40
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
Learning a patient approach to breath meditation.
In collection: Breath Meditation Series

2005-07-05 Talk In Berkeley 57:08
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2005-07-04 Guided Meditation 30:19
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
Guided breath meditation, step-by-step through the body.
In collection: Breath Meditation Series

2005-07-02 Going Home 49:49
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen

2005-07-02 I'm Saturday Morning 52:03
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
Noticing mundane experiences can help us realize the difference between conventions and reality.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-07-02 Mother Earth, Father Sky, & The Middle Way 66:13
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
Practicing with the Middle Way & the 4 Noble Truths.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-07-01 Learning How To Live—Self-Knowing In Action: Part 5 45:21
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
SAME AS TALK 1
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana & Viniyoga Retreat

2005-07-01 Listening To The Sounds Of The Morning 64:37
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
Instructions on how to open up to pure awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-30 Learning How To Live—Self-Knowing In Action: Part 4 60:57
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
SAME AS TALK 1
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana & Viniyoga Retreat

2005-06-30 A Sense Of Relaxed Attention 67:43
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
Learning to balance effort in our practice takes the application of our intuition.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-29 Learning How To Live—Self-Knowing In Action: Part 3 48:21
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
SAME AS TALK 1
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana & Viniyoga Retreat

2005-06-29 Suffering is Your Friend 1:27:23
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen

2005-06-29 That Which Is Inclusive 66:25
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
Noticing the sound of silence and space which are open and inclusive forms of reflections.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-29 It Is The Way It Is 1:12:01
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
The value of reflecting on thought and thinking other than merely thinking about thinking.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-29 Closing Talk with Questions And Answers 2:29:52
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-28 Developing a Generation of Kalyana Mittas 1:35:27
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen

2005-06-28 Developing a Generation of Kalyanamittas 1:38:46
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen

2005-06-28 In Awareness There's No Dukkha (AM Instructions) 1:14:55
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
When we dwell with Mindfulness and Awareness we can realize freedom from suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-28 Where Jackals Cease 1:12:55
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
Using awareness of consciousness to realize the Third Noble Truth of cessation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-27 Learning How To Live—Self-Knowing In Action: Part 2 51:01
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
SAME AS TALK 1
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana & Viniyoga Retreat

2005-06-27 From A Tender Mind To A Mature Mind 1:33:25
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-26 Space & Conciousness 61:36
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
Contemplating Space & Conciousness in the here & now as the path of practice, and using the sound of silence for realizing Dhamma.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-26 Unconditional Love 66:22
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
The importance of starting practice from the unconditional, and Metta as unconditional love.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-26 Five Controlling Factors And Five Strengths 1:36:49
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-25 Learning How To Live—Self-Knowing In Action: Part 1 50:01
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
What is the purpose of practice? Awakening. What is Awakening? Living in intimacy with all things.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana & Viniyoga Retreat

2005-06-25 Death & Deathlessness 67:33
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
The Dhamma is something ordering, but we constantly over-look it and get stuck in the world of ideas and rational thought. Developing awareness of feelings and welcoming the totality of experience grounds us in the Deathless.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-25 Five Spiritual Faculties - Beginning Of Series 53:40
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-24 Letting Go of Patterns of 'I' 54:33
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2005-06-24 Opening Talk with Doug Phillips 31:50
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen

2005-06-24 Awakened Awareness 45:52
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
Introductory teaching and Instructions for a ten day retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-24 Stopping And Cutting Off The Currents 1:17:52
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-23 Love 52:52
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2005-06-23 Asava 1:20:22
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-22 Stepping out of Self-Deception 46:51
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2005-06-22 Anqulimala Sermon & Forgiveness 49:47
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-22 One Dhamma 1:12:58
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-21 There is a Field Beyond Right and Wrong 54:29
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2005-06-21 The Three Awakenings 42:18
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2005-06-21 Desire And Responsibility In Practice 69:28
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-20 The Time of Our Lives 56:11
Wes Nisker	Download Listen

2005-06-20 Practicing Persistently (Sakkacca Kiriya) 1:14:16
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-19 What Does it Mean to Be Here? 53:59
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2005-06-19 Practicing Respectfully (Sakkacca Kiriya) 1:35:07
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-18 Relax, Observe, and Allow 48:48
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2005-06-18 Negligence And Vigilance In Sila 1:16:13
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-17 Refined Form Of Negligence And Vigilance In Doing Dana 1:10:55
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-16 The 3 Trainings To Free The Mind 51:26
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Keep your daily practice on track with three essential elements.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-16 Negligence And Vigilance - part 2 1:11:24
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-15 Negligence And Vigilance - part 1 68:40
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-14 Protecting Others Through Metta And Karuna 69:16
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-13 The Wheel Of Dhamma 17:12
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
The Four Noble Truths as a guide for dealing with experience so as to put an end to suffering.
In collection: Up For The Challenge Series

2005-06-13 Moral Shame And Moral Fear Of Wrongdoing 69:22
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-12 Seven Motivations In Asking Questions, Sati Spreading Over Object 60:37
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-11 Five Qualities Of Fire 1:11:27
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-10 Rushing Towards An Object 1:13:19
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-09 Teachings For The Fire Worshipers 68:03
Ajahn Jamnian	Download Listen
Recommend first listening to the talk, "The Middle Way - Keeping the Mind in the Middle". In "Teachings for the Fire Worshipers", Ajahn Jumnien displays a picture of a father, mother and child with a band of light surrounding them. Teaching given in Thai with English translation by Amdee Vongthongsri and Joseph Kappel.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center)

2005-06-09 The Wholesome And The Unwholesome 1:16:51
Ajahn Jamnian	Download Listen
Cravings; Wholesome and Unwholesome acts. Teaching given in Thai with English translation by Amdee Vongthongsri.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center)

2005-06-08 65 Min Of Being High 49:31
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
What I know after 50 years.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-08 Anger Reveals The Five Aggregates 47:34
Ajahn Jamnian	Download Listen
The five aggregates together create a sense of self. To separate from this sense of identity, use Pure Awareness. Teaching given in Thai with English translation by Amdee Vongthongsri and Joseph Kappel.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center)

2005-06-08 Qualities Of Mindfulness (Sati) 66:46
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-07 Forgiveness And Joy 45:31
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
NO CD: This talk discusses how forgiveness emerges out of understanding of our own and others suffering and how the suffering in this world is balanced by the third Brahma Vihara of sympathetic joy.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2005-06-07 In-Line With The Dhamma 17:40
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
The problem with delusion is that it's always threatened by reality. If you learn to admit reality, act in-line with the way things actually are, then there's nothing threatening.
In collection: Up For The Challenge Series

2005-06-07 Satipattana 66:40
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-06 Equanimity and Going Home 1:11:38
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Illuminating the Awakened Heart

2005-06-06 Letting Go 59:07
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

2005-06-06 Establishment Of Mindfulness (U Patthana) 1:10:25
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-05 Mudita - a Feat of Joy 58:24
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Illuminating the Awakened Heart

2005-06-05 Unseating The Inner Tyrant 62:08
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Overcoming inner self-criticism.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2005-06-05 Impurities Of Insight - (Vipassana U Pakkilesa) 1:16:07
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-04 Passion, Compassion, Dispassion 55:25
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Illuminating the Awakened Heart

2005-06-04 How to Live 1:35:04
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2005-06-04 Up For The Challenge 17:28
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
A long line of people going back over 2,500 years have been up for the challenge of the practice. Are you going to join them?
In collection: Up For The Challenge Series

2005-06-04 Way Out (Niyyana) 1:12:13
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-04 Learning How To Live: Self-Knowing In Action - part II 1:10:25
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
see above
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center :  CIMC Wednesday Talks

2005-06-03 Mindfulness and the Brahma Viharas 47:35
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Illuminating the Awakened Heart

2005-06-03 Dukkhanupassana Nana - Anattanupassana Nana 1:13:31
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-02 Developing a Generation of Kalyana Mittas 1:54:23
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-02 Emotions - Energy In Motion 51:25
Diana Winston	Download Listen
Practical tools for working with emotions. How to connect with emotions when they seem elusive or unavailable to you.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-02 Anicca - Anupassana Nana 69:12
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-06-01 Unlearning Dualism 37:59
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Dualism can be described as a polarity project. We polarize our options as desirable or undesirable, and lose interest in that which does not fall into either extreme. This duality provides a footing for clinging and for the birth of the I. Seeing through this charade helps us unlearn it.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2005-06-01 Overcoming Latent Defilements 1:10:43
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-05-31 The Middle Way - Keeping The Mind In The Middle 1:44:07
Ajahn Jamnian	Download Listen
The root cause of suffering. The Middle Way. Keeping the mind in the middle. Sati and Mahasati. In the talk, Ajahn Jumnien refers to medical illustrations of human anatomy. The teaching is given in Thai with translation in English by Phra Somchat, Amdee Vongthongsri and Ginger Vathanasombat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-05-31 The Dhamma Uplifts The Dhamma Practitioner 65:54
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-05-30 Buddha's Victory Over Mara 1:16:01
Ajahn Jamnian	Download Listen
Four aspects of Dhamma. Path of practice discerned as The Eight Fold Path. The Buddha's victory over Mara. The teaching is given in Thai with English translation by Ajahn Passano.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-05-30 Conquering Oneself With Sila, Samadhi, And Panna 1:11:24
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-05-29 Accomplishing The Four Noble Truths Simultaneously 1:25:09
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-05-28 The Value Of One Moment Of Mindfulness 62:39
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-05-27 Self Control 16:49
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
One of the reasons we focus on the present moment is so we can see our intentions as we act and learn to take control of our choices.
In collection: Self & Not-Self Series

2005-05-27 Impermanence 1:10:07
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge