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Dharma Talks
1996-11-11 Working With Wholesome States Of Mind & Heart 44:52
Kamala Masters
cultivating the spiritual seeds of the paramis
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1996 Three Month Retreat

1996-11-10 Five Hindrances 55:53
Sharon Salzberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-11-10 A Pilgrimage of Trust 40:45
Ayya Medhanandi
A guided meditation on death and dying - the final steps in our life's journey. Balance, mindfulness and faith teach us to touch the joy of the present moment as a spiritual pilgrim. Given at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK, Death & Dying Retreat in 1996.
Amaravati Monastery

1996-11-09 Faith and Wisdom 56:15
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-11-09 Joy is Hidden in Sorrow 44:14
Ayya Medhanandi
Death & Dying Retreat - Every moment is an opportunity to transform ourselves by understanding things as they really are and opening to the natural law of life and death. We learn what death is and how to find true peace by following the Noble Eightfold Path and living and dying skilfully.
Amaravati Monastery

1996-11-07 Commitment In Practice 1:26:11
James Baraz

1996-11-06 Wisdom and Compassion 20:05
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-11-03 Meditation Instructions 53:26
Kamala Masters
Date estimated, With Steve Armstrong, Sharon Salzberg, Joseph Goldstein, Carol Wilson, Tape 1
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-11-02 Q&A 64:43
Joseph Goldstein
Tape 4
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-10-31 Four Protective Reflections 64:59
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-10-29 Guided Compassion 46:03
Steve Armstrong
Poor quality original recording
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-10-27 The Wisdom of Loving Kindness 47:36
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

1996-10-26 Working With Fear 62:15
Joseph Goldstein
Recognizing the depth of conditioned fears that keep us closed to our clearest relations of mind and body.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Fear As Practice

1996-10-26 Working With Fear 62:28
Joseph Goldstein
Recognizing the depth of conditioned fears that keep us closed to our clearest relations of mind and body.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-10-26 Working With Fear 43:32
Joseph Goldstein
Recognizing the depth of conditioned fears that keep us closed to our clearest relations of mind and body.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-10-24 Right Concentration 59:16
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-10-23 Perception And Thought 63:30
Carol Wilson
looking at how our relationship to our thoughts creates our perception of reality

1996-10-20 Two Kinds of Love 50:10
Sarah Doering
sd9
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-10-20 Meditación Y Vida Cotidiana 41:21
Jose Reissig
meditation and daily life
Guadalajara, Mexico

1996-10-19 Side A: Instrucciones Para La Meditación Side B: La Intimidad Es Por Dentrofuera 51:50
Jose Reissig
Side A: "Meditation Instructions" includes an introduction that compares our habitual way of being in the world with abiding in awareness; plus sitting and walking instructions. Side B: intimacy is an inner/outer thing.
Guadalajara, Mexico

1996-10-18 Pongamos Fin A La Fabricacion Incesante Del Yo 32:45
Jose Reissig
"Let's put an end to the relentless fabrication of self."
Guadalajara, Mexico

1996-10-14 Paramabodhi-Buddhist Movement in India 66:41
Jack Kornfield

1996-10-12 Desire 53:31
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-10-10 Working with Aversion 65:37
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-10-06 The Five Spiritual Powers 48:30
Sarah Doering
sd7
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-10-06 Renunciation, Kindness, And Freedom 54:12
Michele McDonald
Understanding the kindness that comes with renunciation (letting go), and how this leads to freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1996 Three Month Retreat

1996-10-05 Teachings Of Non-Clinging 44:47
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

1996-10-04 The First Two Factors Of Awakening 40:20
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

1996-10-03 From Fear To Creativity 42:09
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

1996-10-03 Meditation: Art and Science 61:16
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-10-03 AM Instructions 22:06
Kamala Masters
Date estimated, With Steve Armstrong and Sharon Salzberg, walking instructions and Q&A, Tape 2
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-10-02 The Practice Of Equanimity 40:19
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

1996-10-02 AM Instructions 46:14
Carol Wilson
Date estimated, with Joseph Goldstein, Steve Armstrong and Steven Smith
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-10-01 The Issue Of Busyness 39:13
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House

1996-10-01 The Practice Of Equanimit 40:34
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House

1996-10-01 Teachings Of Non Clinging 44:36
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House

1996-10-01 From Fear To Creativity 42:43
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House

1996-10-01 1St Two Factors Of Enlightenment 40:04
Christopher Titmuss

1996-10-01 AM Instructions 51:45
Steve Armstrong
Date estimated, with Michele McDonald, Joseph Goldstein and Steven Smith
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-09-27 Sit and Walk Instructions 1:53:41
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-09-26 Inevitability Of Wisdom Through Practicing Mindfulness 57:21
Michele McDonald
paying attention to life with continuity and purpose
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1996 Three Month Retreat

1996-09-22 Opening Talk 33:40
Joseph Goldstein

1996-09-20 Cultivating Metta 51:17
Tara Brach
Including all of life in heart of lovingkindness. (Date estimated) TB29
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Force Of Metta

1996-09-17 Let Go Into The Mystery 47:34
Tara Brach
awakening thoughts and moving into the sacred and wonder-filled present
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-09-14 The essence of sila 41:12
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

1996-09-10 The Opening And Closing Of Our Hearts 63:02
Tara Brach
awakening to love through mindfulness of fear and longing
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-09-02 A Labor of Love 63:04
Jack Kornfield

1996-08-27 Sukha: Happiness Practices 59:59
Steve Armstrong

1996-08-25 Nothing To Show 28:54
Jose Reissig
What have we accomplished?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-08-24 Identity + Insight 57:05
Steve Armstrong
Who is born? Who dies?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-08-23 Interdependence 40:03
Jose Reissig
Being together in connectedness. "I am because we are."
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-08-21 Nimittas and attachment 55:58
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

1996-08-19 The Most Helpful Thing 62:41
Jack Kornfield

1996-08-17 Commentary On The Poems Of Rumi 33:25
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 8 Day Vipassana Retreat

1996-08-16 The Emptiness Of I 50:01
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 8 Day Vipassana Retreat

1996-08-15 Dukkha, Compassion And A Tea Cup 56:34
Kamala Masters
how opening to suffering with compassion opens in us the understanding of wisdom
Maui, Hi

1996-08-13 Meditation On The Impersonal 43:58
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 8 Day Vipassana Retreat

1996-08-13 Meditative Insights 59:40
Steve Armstrong
Deepening insight into the three universal characteristics reveals that all experience is impermanent, seeing this clearly brings the greatest happiness: peace.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-08-12 Return To The Sacred 58:49
Jack Kornfield
Remembering and reawakening what we most deeply value.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1996-08-12 Return to Sacred 63:39
Jack Kornfield

1996-08-12 No Hugging In The Hall 37:04
Jose Reissig
Connecting with each other with a silent, open heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-08-11 A Matter Of Life 37:22
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 8 Day Vipassana Retreat

1996-08-08 Obstacles In Practice Become Vehicles for Mindfulness, Part 2 62:50
Steve Armstrong

1996-08-07 Obstacles In Practice Become Vehicles for Mindfulness, Part 1 63:32
Steve Armstrong

1996-08-03 Letting Go, Fear And Intimate Relationship 39:47
Thanissara
Gaia House Retreat with Thanissara and Kittisaro

1996-08-02 The Burning House And The Bodhisattva 1:23:11
Thanissara
Gaia House Retreat with Thanissara and Kittisaro

1996-08-01 Karma, Creation And Cessation 45:00
Kittisaro
Gaia House Retreat with Thanissara and Kittisaro

1996-08-01 Compassion, Transcendence And Transformation 30:44
Thanissara
Gaia House Retreat with Thanissara and Kittisaro

1996-07-27 Faith and Fear 59:19
Christina Feldman
Deepening in meditation leads us into territory unfamiliar to us. Fear is the passage way between what is known and what is unknown. Faith teaches us to stay open and present, offering an inner refuge and balance.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat

1996-07-26 Happiness And Insight 65:38
Anna Douglas
exploring the many faces of happiness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-07-22 Freedom In Personal And Life Stories 46:13
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat

1996-07-20 Freedom Within The Forms Of Practice 57:57
Christina Feldman
a guided tour of an ordinary practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat

1996-07-15 Untitled 1:19:22
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-07-14 Dhamma in Everyday Life, Refuges and Precepts 1:34:18
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-07-14 Dhamma in every-day life; Refuge & Precepts 1:32:15
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-07-13 Third & Fourth Jhana; Fifth & Sixth Jhana 1:30:18
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-07-12 The Power Of Silence #4 47:59
Larry Rosenberg
Tape Four
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat Experienced Only
In collection: The Power Of Silence

1996-07-12 Contemplations: Parts of the body, Death and dying (Side "A" only) 48:55
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-07-12 Contemplation on Death and Dying 14:18
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
In collection: Contemplations and Guided Meditations

1996-07-12 Parts of the Body Contemplation 22:56
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
In collection: Contemplations and Guided Meditations

1996-07-11 Humility and Freedom 36:00
Corrado Pensa
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat Experienced Only

1996-07-11 Questions and answers 1:30:59
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-07-10 The Power Of Silence #3 44:14
Larry Rosenberg
Tape Three
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat Experienced Only
In collection: The Power Of Silence

1996-07-10 Anatta - Corelessness 1:12:21
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-07-09 First Jhana & Corruptions of insight; Second Jhana & hindrances 1:15:11
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-07-08 Vipassana Retreat, Part 8 of 8 44:58
Larry Rosenberg
date estimated

1996-07-08 Loving Kindness Meditation: Compassion, Seed of Enlightenment, Sun in the Heart, Fountain of Love 66:26
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-07-08 The Power Of Silence #2 39:20
Larry Rosenberg
Tape Two
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat Experienced Only
In collection: The Power Of Silence

1996-07-08 Loving-Kindness Meditation: Compassion, Seed of Enlightenment, Sun in the heart, Fountain of love 64:49
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-07-08 Fountain of Love 15:06
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
In collection: Loving Kindness Anthology (Classic)

1996-07-08 Love and Compassion 19:54
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
In collection: Loving Kindness Anthology (Classic)

1996-07-08 Seed of Enlightenment 14:48
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
In collection: Loving Kindness Anthology (Classic)

1996-07-08 Sun in your Heart 14:46
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
In collection: Loving Kindness Anthology (Classic)

1996-07-07 Spiritual Intelligence 38:13
Corrado Pensa
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat Experienced Only

1996-07-07 Vipassana Retreat, Part 7 of 8 1:33:01
Larry Rosenberg
date estimated

1996-07-07 Questions and answers 1:31:38
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-07-06 Vipassana Retreat, Part 6 of 8 1:32:36
Larry Rosenberg
date estimated

1996-07-06 The Power Of Silence #1 44:23
Larry Rosenberg
Tape One
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat Experienced Only
In collection: The Power Of Silence

1996-07-06 The Power Of Silence 2:55:57
Larry Rosenberg
A four part series viewing the parched quality of the heart. What does it mean to live? Calming the cascade of the mind. (Four tapes - not available separately.)
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-07-06 3 characteristics of existence: Impermanence, Dukkha, Corelessness 68:02
Ayya Khema
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

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