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Dharma Talks in English
2019-09-21 Day 5 Dharma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:12:46
Wes Nisker, Leslie Booker, Vinny Ferraro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation

2019-09-21 Gratitude Body Scan (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:12
Christiane Wolf
Body Scan
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-21 32 Parts of the Body Chant (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 10:00
Bob Stahl
Chanting the 32 Parts
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-20 Meditation on Tears, Grease, Saliva, Mucus, Oil of the Joints, Urine (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 38:49
Mary Grace Orr
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-20 Freedom in the Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:18
Bob Stahl
More teachings on the 32 Parts of the Body. Why this practice. What are the benefits?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-20 Day 4 Dharma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:51
Wes Nisker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation

2019-09-20 The Transformative Power of Seclusion, Solitude, and Silence 53:00
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on these important qualities on the spiritual path. It explores this by getting a felt sense of these through a poetic understanding of these terms.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-20 Anatta. The third in a series of three talks on the three characteristics of experience: impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and not me or not mine. 53:46
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-09-20 Feminine Perspectives in Buddhism 26:27
Ayya Santacitta
Sacramento Insight Meditation

2019-09-20 Meditation on Bile, Phlegm, Pus, Blood, Sweat, Fat (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:42
Christiane Wolf
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-20 Morning Meditation Instructions On Vedana 57:41
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-19 No Time to Play Small: Acting with Courage, Wisdom and Love 62:07
James Baraz
Greta Thunberg’s fearless willingness to speak the truth has inspired millions of youth to follow her lead resulting in the hugely successful September 20th Worldwide Climate Strike. Thunberg calls being on the autism spectrum her “superpower” because she doesn’t care what others think of her and only cares about telling the truth. Can we be like her, let go of our self-consciousness, not hold back and speak and act with honesty and courage?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-09-19 Our History is Here Inside Our Body: The Individual and Collective Experience 53:06
Christiane Wolf
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-19 What I Learned From a Dead Whale (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 27:02
Leslie Booker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation

2019-09-19 Working with Difficult Emotions 60:18
Guy Armstrong
Describes ways to work with difficult emotions in general. Offers particular guidance on meditating with the states of desire, anger, self-judgment, grief, and fear.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-19 Developing Deep and Vast Compassion - Level 2 Meditation #2 1:10:16
Ajahn Achalo
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2019-09-19 Developing Deep and Vast Compassion - Level 1 Meditation #1 56:47
Ajahn Achalo
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2019-09-19 Developing Deep and Vast Compassion - Talk part 2 38:39
Ajahn Achalo
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2019-09-19 Guided Meditation on Large Intestines, Small Intestines, Stomach, Feces, Brain (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:30
Bob Stahl
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-19 Guided Meditation on Heart, Liver, Diaphragm, Spleen, Lungs (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:09
Mary Grace Orr
Instruction on 32 Parts
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-19 Morning Instructions 59:40
Jill Shepherd
Review of the meditation instructions so far, moving from the anchor and opening to whatever aspect of experience is predominant.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-18 Trust in Our Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:19
Mary Grace Orr
Exploring trust as an element of practice, as well as the remaining faculties (energy, mindfulness, concentration & wisdom).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-18 Training the Mind & Heart - Part 2 - Meditation 31:57
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-18 Training the Mind & Heart - Part 2 - Talk 59:16
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-18 Developing Deep and Vast Compassion - Talk part 1 42:34
Ajahn Achalo
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

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