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Dharma Talks
2020-09-29 The Present Moment is Not the Goal 34:41
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
There’s a common understanding that the purpose of meditation is to fully arrive in the present moment. However, the Buddha taught people to focus on the present moment not as a goal, but as a place where work is to be done to go beyond the present. This talk, based on the essay, “The Karma of Now” will explore the Buddha’s understanding of the present moment, and the implications of that understanding, not only for the practice of meditation, but also for Buddhist practice as a whole.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2020-09-28 The Four Noble Truths: Understanding Suffering, its cause, its release, and the way toward its release - Week 3 - Meditation 30:45
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Four Noble Truths: Understanding suffering, its cause, its release, and the way toward its release

2020-09-28 Day 4 Instructions - Seeing Not-Self Anattā 66:34
Nathan Glyde
Meditation instructions exploring the strategy of not-self–how is it to apply the recipe of seeing this is not me, not mine, not my self? Before that a few words sustaining our meditation experience: 1. keeping the balloon of practice alive through all postures, and 2. the idea of taking a victory lap when the bell rings–rather than ending quickly.
SanghaSeva Insights to Live By

2020-09-27 Morning chanting and guided meditation 1:17:03
Ayya Santussika
AM of Directing the Mind, Cooling the Heart daylong
Portland Friends of the Dhamma

2020-09-27 The exploration and practice of Samatha/Concentration/Calm Abiding through Anapanasati/Mindfulness of Breathing Meditation. 2:22:50
Marcia Rose
The exploration and practice of Samatha/Concentration/Calm Abiding through Anapanasati/Mindfulness of Breathing Meditation.
Mountain Hermitage Sunday International Sangha Online Mini Retreat with Marcia Rose

2020-09-27 Guided Meditation from the Closing Session of retreat. 23:08
Kirsten Kratz
Guided meditation on choosing the practice that serves us right now.
Gaia House The Poetry of Self, The Poetry of Not Self

2020-09-27 Composure with Uncertainty - Meditation 35:43
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-09-26 Tuning into Mettā 43:35
Nathan Glyde
Guided Mettā Meditation - offering an easeful relationship, more neutral beings (the inbetweeners), and the image of oneself then expanding to all beings.
SanghaSeva Insights to Live By

2020-09-26 Day 2 Instructions - Vedanā.mp3 57:10
Nathan Glyde
Meditation Instruction
SanghaSeva Insights to Live By

2020-09-26 Morning Meditation 41:45
Kirsten Kratz
Aligning with our intention for the day, connecting to the part of us that may yearn to contribute to our own healing and the healing of the collective, sensing into our interdependence and relationality, choosing which practice we would like to play with e.g. relating to our body, or playing with the width of our awareness.
Gaia House The Poetry of Self, The Poetry of Not Self

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