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Dharma Talks
2001-01-01 Vipassana Meditation: Four Week Introductory Series - I 1:21:28
Tara Brach
Week I - General Introduction Mindfulness of the body and concentration on the breath adding mindfulness of sensation while encouraging opening to pleasure and pain.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2001-01-01 Vipassana Meditation: Four Week Introductory Series - II 1:27:00
Tara Brach
Week II - Mindfulness of Emotions Exploring ways of working with difficult inner weather systems.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2001-01-01 Vipassana Meditation: Four Week Introductory Series - III 1:25:32
Tara Brach
Week III - Mindfulness of Thoughts Investigating the nature of mind.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2001-01-01 Vipassana Meditation: Four Week Introductory Series - IV 1:27:02
Tara Brach
Week IV - Integrating practice into daily life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2000-12-31 Motivation and Intention 43:56
Adrianne Ross
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-31 Imagination: A New Year’s Talk 27:55
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-31 Purification Of The Heart 49:55
Guy Armstrong
The deepest nature of our heart is intrinsically pure, but it is usually obscured by the visiting forms of wanting, aversion, and confusion. This talk explores how to work mindfully with various kinds of difficult emotions and how mindfulness works to purify our hearts of their influence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-31 Inspiring The Heart 31:02
Rodney Smith
finding and accessing that which sustains our urgency.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-12-30 The Deathless 59:10
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-30 Into the Next Millenium 36:15
Wes Nisker

2000-12-30 Into The Next Millennium 39:43
Wes Nisker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-30 Equanimity 49:03
Sharda Rogell
Examining our judgements so we can live with a wholehearted engagement with life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-12-29 Acceptance, Letting Go, Being Enough 59:12
Adrianne Ross
In the allowing and accepting all of our moments, we let go into the peace of each moment being enough just as it is.

2000-12-29 Acceptance, Letting Go, Being Enough 58:04
Adrianne Ross
In the allowing and accepting all of our moments, we let go into the peace of each moment being enough just as it is.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-29 Life's Lessons 43:32
Rodney Smith
What are the fundamental lessons we learn through living that form the basis of our practice?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-12-27 The Whole Journey 44:51
John Travis

2000-12-20 I Talk To My Friends 56:42
Sylvia Boorstein
A talk about faith. This journey is a feasible one despite it being difficult. Sylvia discusses the problem of wobbly mind and how bewilderment and fatigue can lead to doubt. Talking to our friends holds us up in difficult times.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2000-12-18 Unknown 61:07
Jack Kornfield

2000-12-18 Joy 50:50
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-15 Illusion 1: Taking What Is Insubstantial To Be Permanent 38:34
Rodney Smith
We deliberately attempt to make the insubstantial permanent because of the implications of an insecure world.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2000-12-12 Sound And Silence- Opening The Ear Door 39:38
Marcia Rose
"From listening, spontaneously meditation arises. From listening, a depth, a well of virtues: From listening, truth, fulfillment, knowledge, ……those who hear flower forever." 16th century Indian poet, Nanak A 45 minute sitting meditation, beginning with Nanak's poem and then listening/hearing Tibetan bells, Japanese mok-tok, and other bell tones with alternating moments of silence.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-12-11 Compassion 1:12:12
Jack Kornfield

2000-12-11 Compassion 52:56
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-11 Question And Answer 1:17:38
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-12-09 Closing Talk 55:57
Sharon Salzberg

2000-12-09 Beyond the Grip of Fear, Part 3 of 3 66:36
Gavin Harrison

2000-12-09 Beyond the Grip of Fear, Part 2 of 3 1:32:47
Gavin Harrison

2000-12-09 Beyond the Grip of Fear, Part 1 of 3 64:29
Gavin Harrison

2000-12-07 Choice Words 60:08
Steve Armstrong

2000-12-06 You Are The Path 63:36
Eugene Cash
A view of the Eightfold Noble Path as guidelines for coming into accordance with truth.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-06 The Heart's Release- Abiding In The Immeasurables 60:35
Marcia Rose
Lovingkindness, compassion, empathetic/appreciative joy and equanimity. We weave a tapestry of clear, caring, balanced and appropriate responsivity through our practice. This growing and maturing tapestry made up of these perfectly natural capacities of heart weave into the whole of our life and into all of our relationships.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-12-05 Equanimity: A Guided Meditation 47:56
Joseph Goldstein
Developing equanimity in our relationship towards all beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-12-04 Sila--The Cultivation Of Virtue 50:36
Kamala Masters
Understanding how sila is the foundation of our mindfulness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-12-04 You Are the Path 67:51
Eugene Cash
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-03 Bodhicitta 53:50
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-12-03 Relative and Absolute Bodhicitta 51:55
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-11-30 Metta 65:20
Jack Kornfield

2000-11-30 Closing Talk 61:22
James Baraz

2000-11-29 Madhupindika Sutta 51:17
Sally Armstrong

2000-11-29 Music and the River of Loss 1:48:13
Sylvia Boorstein
with Edie

2000-11-29 Music and The River of Loss 49:39
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-29 Untying Knot 66:35
Sylvia Boorstein

2000-11-29 Untying Knots 60:27
Sylvia Boorstein
with Edie
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-29 Connecting With The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 57:21
Marcia Rose
recognizing each of these seven factors, and how they reflect each other and interweave in both the prelude to and fruit of liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-29 Connecting With The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 69:30
Marcia Rose
Recognizing each of these seven factors, and how they reflect each other and interweave in both the prelude to and fruit of liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-28 Transcendent Dependent Origination 59:21
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-27 Intimacy With All Things 52:29
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor
How being fully present, open and attentive brings us to intimacy with the beautiful and difficult aspects of life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-27 A Dharma Hologram 54:36
Sylvia Boorstein
Reading the Cowherd Sutta illustrates how we need the sangha as a refuge and the practice of metta--as well as right effort, renunciation, right intention, equanimity and compassion--in order for us to come to safety.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-26 Four Wise Efforts 48:18
Sally Armstrong

2000-11-26 Questions & Answers 1:11:25
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-11-25 Wise Intention 60:59
James Baraz

2000-11-24 Dependent Origination 62:48
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-24 Kamma 60:23
Steve Armstrong

2000-11-23 The Practice Of Generosity- A Seamless Circle Of Contentment And Joy 61:45
Marcia Rose
"The greatest gift is the act of giving itself" Generosity is the seed--the foundation of spiritual development. It is the ground of compassion. It is a requisite of Liberation. Generosity--the practice of non-clinging--puts us directly in touch with the reality of interconnectedness. We give to help free ourselves. We give to help, bring joy to and to free others. And, we learn to receive graciously and with trust, just what is given..
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-23 Gratitude For A Precious Human Birth 41:59
Sylvia Boorstein
This talk was given on Thanksgiving expressing gratitude for the human heart's capacity for love and understanding. The preciousness of a human life lies in the potential of our hearts to be transformed. How can we forgive our lives so that we'll have a completely loving heart?

2000-11-22 Five Hindrances 58:02
Sally Armstrong

2000-11-22 Sympathetic Joy 55:44
Sharon Salzberg
Paying attention to the obstacles that get in our way of feeling happiness for ourselves and others, and ways to overcome these.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-11-21 Angulimala Sutta 58:56
James Baraz

2000-11-21 Mudita- Instruction For Practice 50:49
Marcia Rose
Introduction to mudita-sympthetic joy, and practice instructions.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-20 Equanimity 61:28
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-20 Freedom Possible In Every Moment 35:40
Arinna Weisman
Not waiting to find ourselves before opening to the possibility of freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-19 Faith & Wisdom 61:13
Joseph Goldstein
Exploring the meaning and balance of faith and wisdom: the last step depends on the first; the first step depends on the last.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-11-13 Metta 64:10
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-12 Metta 60:21
Kamala Masters
Discovering the very practical aspects of metta practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-11 Selflessness, Uncommon Sense 60:33
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-11-08 Pulling Out The Thread Of "Self" From Emotional Mind States 57:34
Marcia Rose
As self-centeredness fades away, the strong energies of emotional states are purified and transformed.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-07 Compassion Practice Instructions 1:13
Kamala Masters
guided compassion practice using as subjects: 1) a person in suffering 2) oneself, and 3) one's benefactor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-06 Mindfulness 59:33
Kamala Masters
Resting in mindfulness is resting in grace.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-05 The Five Hindrances 62:37
Joseph Goldstein
understanding the forces of desire, aversion, sluggishness, restlessness and doubt within the mind
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-11-03 Impermanence as Uncertainty 1:20:00
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monastic Retreat

2000-11-02 Equanimity 64:21
Jack Kornfield

2000-11-02 Awareness of Death and Letting-go 58:53
Ayya Jitindriya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monastic Retreat

2000-11-02 The Origin of Suffering 1:16:55
Ajahn Siripanna
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monastic Retreat

2000-11-01 Working with Pain 69:39
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monastic Retreat

2000-10-31 Closing Remarks & Guided Metta Meditation 52:16
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-30 Dependent Origination 1:13:15
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monastic Retreat

2000-10-30 Spirituality and Social Response 62:46
Jack Kornfield

2000-10-30 Spirituality and Social Response 64:19
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-10-30 The Brahma Viharas: Our Best Home 61:26
Myoshin Kelley
Learning to be a human being by embracing the natural qualities of our hearts and minds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-29 Dukkha - The First Sign-post to Freedom 54:40
Ayya Jitindriya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monastic Retreat

2000-10-29 Who Can Get Past The Tangles In This World? 53:40
Michele McDonald
Trying to get to Cold Mountain, or the wisdom of someone who is willing to die for freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-28 Heavenly Messenger 1:12:12
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monastic Retreat

2000-10-26 Questions And Answers 62:30
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-25 The Four Noble Truths 57:40
Myoshin Kelley
The Buddha in his very first discourse gave practical instructions as to how one could realize the end of suffering. By understanding and reflecting through direct experience of these truths we can find deepening levels of happiness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-23 Wise Concentration with Sister Dipankara 65:40
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-10-23 Each Moment Is "Just Enough": 7 Factors Of Enlightenment 62:24
Michele McDonald
life as an empty cup
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-23 Awakening From Spiritual Slumber 59:46
Michele McDonald
Discovering how any one of the six doors of our senses can lead to enlightenment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-22 Paying Attention, Taking Action, Letting Go 61:28
Steven Smith
Bringing wisdom with non-attachment and compassionate action together.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-21 Q&A 56:16
Robert K. Hall

2000-10-19 Unknown 67:04
Carol Wilson
Date is estimated.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-19 Liberation Through Non-clinging 60:52
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-19 Nothing to Do, Nowhere to Go, No One to Be 44:16
Mary Grace Orr

2000-10-18 Dharma Talk 61:34
Carol Wilson
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2000-10-18 Forgiveness 58:18
Myoshin Kelley
Learning to let go through opening up our hearts in forgiveness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-16 The Great Being Of Metta & Mindfulness 59:22
Steven Smith
Discovering the attributes of a "great one," a fully liberated and "true-hearted" one, a loyal friend and the ideal of tathagata.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-16 Perfections 59:13
Jack Kornfield

2000-10-15 Doing The Best We Can And Letting Go Of Control 49:57
Michele McDonald
Understanding patience, compassion and equanimity in the face of suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-13 Four Kinds Of Happiness 47:39
Anna Douglas
Understanding happiness as a practice unto itself.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-10-12 The Three Characteristics 51:55
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor
Stories and poems that point to how seeing clearly into suffering and change can help us experience the truth of selflessness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-10-11 Pure Observation -- A Discussion 68:49
Larry Rosenberg
What does it mean "to observe". Questions and suggestions on the art of self observation.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center CIMC Wednesday Talks

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