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Dharma Talks
2000-07-20 Chachakka Sutta—The Six Sextets, Part 2 61:03
Bhikkhu Bodhi
MN148.02
Sri Lanka BPS

2000-07-20 Impermanence And Wisdom 58:03
Joseph Goldstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-07-20 Learning How To Live - Reflections On The Kalama Sutta (Part II) 59:46
Larry Rosenberg
Buddha invites the Kalama people to test his teachings in their lives and suggests ways to do this
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-07-19 Healing Our Hearts With Compassion 60:19
Kamala Masters
Developing the healing force of compassion helps us to open to the pain of our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2000-07-18 Learning How To Live - Reflecting On The Kalama Sutta (Part I) 47:36
Larry Rosenberg
Buddha invites the Kalama people to test his teachings in their lives and suggests ways to do this.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-07-16 States Of Enlightenment: Working With The Hindrances 60:08
Joseph Goldstein
Acknowledging how working with the basic hindrances moves us toward enlightenment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-07-16 Self Knowing 46:39
Larry Rosenberg
The heart of our practice is self knowing, expanding our capacity to receive our own experience without separation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-07-15 Loving Our Imperfections 36:16
Arinna Weisman
There is never cause or reason for anything but love.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-07-13 Chachakka Sutta—The Six Sextets, Part 1 52:20
Bhikkhu Bodhi
MN148.01
Sri Lanka BPS

2000-07-12 Guided Meditation on Equanimity 43:40
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2000-07-11 Stillness 43:00
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2000-07-10 Questioning - Absolute and Relative 46:17
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2000-07-07 The End Parts of Q&A Sessions from 04/07, 05/07 & 06/07 25:48
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-07 Gratitude and Thanksgiving - Part Two 16:53
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-07 Gratitude and Thanksgiving 1:31:16
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-07 Early Morning 3 17:57
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-07 The Current Of True Being 47:58
Sharda Rogell
When wanting and not wanting quiet down, one can know true being.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-07-06 Questions About The Lancet of Sitting Chan 1:33:59
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-06 The Lancet of Sitting Chan - Part Three 29:23
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-06 Rathavinitha Sutta - The Simile of The Relay of Chariots 63:51
Bhikkhu Bodhi
MN24
Sri Lanka BPS

2000-07-06 Five Levels of Bodhicitta 1:33:09
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-06 Early Morning 2 1:14:55
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-05 The Lancet of Sitting Chan - Part Two 1:34:32
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-05 The Nature of Dependent Origination - Part Two 60:04
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-05 The "No" Of Love 41:54
Rodney Smith
We are never sure how love will act once it is released
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-07-04 The Lancet of Sitting Chan - Part One 1:32:03
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-04 The Nature of Dependent Origination 1:29:50
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-03 Investigating Hua-To 1:28:47
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-03 Hua-To Method 1:25:08
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-02 Silent Illumination - Part Two 1:19:21
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-02 Freedom Through Non-Clinging 44:12
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2000-07-02 Freedom Of The Heart 55:32
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2000-07-02 Silent Illumination - Part One 1:26:48
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-02 Early Morning 1 1:34:30
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-07-01 Commentary: Verses From Tao Te Ching 47:25
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2000-07-01 Introductory Talk for Retreat 60:08
Master Sheng-Yen
Gaia House Illuminating the Mind

2000-06-29 The Five Spiritual Faculties - part 2 60:43
Tara Brach
Cultivating the natural capacities of our awakening being. Part 2 of 2
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-06-26 A Gathering Of Elders (Buddhist Commentary Talk) 56:01
Jack Kornfield
Discription of Western Buddhist teachers conference, including the highlight of a visit by the Dalai Lama.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-06-25 A Non-Violent Life 47:55
Michele McDonald
Understanding what conditions bring about peace.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Young Adults Retreat

2000-06-24 The Red Pill Or The Blue Pill? 33:13
Rebecca Bradshaw
Making the radical choice to be awake in this moment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-06-22 The Five Spiritual Faculties - part 1 56:46
Tara Brach
Cultivating the natural capacities of our awakening being. Part 1 of 2.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-06-12 Discriminating Wisdom 57:16
Jack Kornfield

2000-06-10 Contemplating The Body As The Four Elements 50:22
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
This talk draws from a number of suttas to demonstrate both the importance of developing body awareness and the skills needed to do it well.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-06-10 Courage, Right Effort And Freedom 54:54
Michele McDonald
Trusting different skillful means to balance our effort in practice on the road to freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2000-06-07 Care Of The Body And The Practice Of Vipassana Meditation 1:32:57
Larry Rosenberg
The benefits to Dharma practice of bodily care; the dangers of craving and attachment which can arise with increased energy, health, attachment.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2000-06-07 The Four Noble Truths: Understanding The Wisdom Teachings 54:45
Michele McDonald
Understanding emptiness: leaving no trace of identification with experience.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2000-06-05 The Kindness Of Renunciation That Leads To Peace 53:03
Michele McDonald
Seeing all aspects of renunciation as kindness rather than deprivation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2000-06-03 Aloneness and Intimacy 20:18
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2000-06-03 Carry The Practice In The World 1:16:31
Joseph Goldstein
given at Mid America Dharma
Mid America Dharma

2000-06-02 Reflections on Emptiness 45:35
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2000-06-01 Enlightenment 66:41
Jack Kornfield
date unknown

2000-06-01 Acceptance 42:39
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2000-06-01 Dignity On The Path 54:34
Michele McDonald
Planting the seeds of love, compassion, joy and equanimity results in the harvest of dignity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta Retreat

2000-05-31 The Five Spiritual Faculties 45:07
Susan O'Brien
Applying these wholesome qualities to the practice of metta, compassion, joy and equanimity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-05-30 Das ungeteilte Herz 57:18
Ursula Flückiger
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2000-05-30 Liberation Through Non-clinging 63:58
Joseph Goldstein

2000-05-30 Love And Hate 49:22
Michele McDonald
Ways of working mindfully with discontent and understanding the importance of connection.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta Retreat

2000-05-29 SR/Mon Night 1:34:54
Ajahn Jamnian

2000-05-28 Closing Talk - Motivating Our Practice In Daily Life 61:32
Carol Wilson
Ways to reconnect with our purpose and motivation in our day-to-day practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-05-28 Understanding Lovingkindness Practice 49:19
Michele McDonald
How to deepen our connection to ourselves and all beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta Retreat

2000-05-27 We Are All Doing Time 66:10
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-05-27 Wise Concentration, with Sister Dipankara 65:34
Jack Kornfield

2000-05-26 The Four Wise Efforts 56:47
Sally Armstrong

2000-05-25 Unknown 58:43
James Baraz

2000-05-23 Freedom From Conflict 58:07
Carol Wilson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-05-22 Intention 58:44
James Baraz

2000-05-20 Make Of Yourself A Light: Care And Understanding 47:07
Steven Smith
Approaching experience with a caring, accepting awareness.

2000-05-11 Living Fully In The Present; The Four Foundations Of Mindfulness - part 2 42:46
Narayan Helen Liebenson
continuation of part 1.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-05-09 Living Fully In The Present; The Four Foundations Of Mindfulness - part 1 46:04
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Learning to open fully to life as it is.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-05-08 Respect 57:10
Jack Kornfield

2000-05-07 Wise Effort, Working with Difficulties 50:32
Narayan Helen Liebenson

2000-05-04 Non-Complaining Buddha 26:31
Reb Anderson
Gaia House Retreat with Reb Anderson

2000-05-04 Aloneness and Intimacy 45:09
Christina Feldman

2000-05-03 Endangering One's Truth 23:23
Reb Anderson
Gaia House Retreat with Reb Anderson

2000-05-03 Patience And Courage 47:34
Michele McDonald
Relating to liberating ourselves as a way of life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-05-03 Bowing To The Sacred Within 61:10
Tara Brach
Awakening from the trance of self and recognizing our natural radiance.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-05-02 Being Realised By All Things 1:29:14
Reb Anderson
Gaia House Retreat with Reb Anderson

2000-05-02 Acceptance 48:22
Christina Feldman

2000-05-01 Intro Talk: Self As Story 32:42
Reb Anderson
Gaia House Retreat with Reb Anderson

2000-05-01 Take the One Seat 59:23
Jack Kornfield

2000-04-30 Being in the Ocean of Life 46:44
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2000-04-30 Leading From the Heart 56:31
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2000-04-30 Dharma Gates 51:32
Christina Feldman

2000-04-29 Neither Clinging To Nor Avoiding 42:13
Christopher Titmuss
To touch bare actuality ends problematic existence.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and Inquiry

2000-04-29 Afternoon Inquiry 54:28
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and Inquiry

2000-04-29 Learning How to Read Your Life 49:35
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2000-04-29 The Blessing Of Awareness 58:49
Tara Brach
Relating to pain and pleasure with a wise and healing attention.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-04-28 Increasing Our Capacity For Life 41:19
Sharda Rogell
When we meet difficult experiences through embodiment rather than transcendence, it increases our capacity to open to the immensity of our life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-04-27 Immediate And The Ultimate 46:46
Christopher Titmuss
The significance of awareness for liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and Inquiry

2000-04-27 Inquiry # 3 40:28
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and Inquiry

2000-04-26 Am I Committed To Fully Awakening? 41:54
Christopher Titmuss
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center CIMC Wednesday Talks

2000-04-26 Am I Committed To Fully Awakening? 2 30:52
Christopher Titmuss
Q & A
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center CIMC Wednesday Talks

2000-04-25 Wise Attention 41:45
Christopher Titmuss
Mindfulness is not the end but a key to a liberating wisdom..
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and Inquiry

2000-04-25 Inquiry # 2 66:43
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and Inquiry

2000-04-24 Inquiry # 1 53:51
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and Inquiry

2000-04-24 Emptiness: Poetry Of Nagarjuna 67:54
Jack Kornfield
An evening talk shared with Stephen Batchelor. Speaking from Batchelor's book of poetic translations, Verses From the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-04-24 The Eightfold Path 8: Wise Samadhi 38:31
Rodney Smith
Samadhi completes the circle as it contains the wholeness of the path with its oneness of mind.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2000-04-23 The Relational Field 67:24
Ajahn Sucitto
Gaia House Breathing Like A Buddha

2000-04-23 Right Action 36:58
Christopher Titmuss
There are 4 kinds of action. One involves inner development.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and Inquiry

2000-04-22 Turning Around the Momentum of Karmic Formations 69:27
Ajahn Sucitto
Gaia House Breathing Like A Buddha

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