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Dharma Talks in English
2018-10-22 Sīla, Samādhi, Pañña 53:57
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation: The Convergence of Wisdom and Love

2018-10-22 The Buddha's Last Teachings: A Story of Inspiration and Wisdom - Monday Night Dharma Talk 62:20
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-10-22 Morning Reflection: Tranquility the 5th Factor of Enlightenment 13:19
Marcia Rose
Exploring this 5th Factor of Enlightenment, Tranquility…our meditative experience of smoothness, quietness, gentleness, and stillness of body, mind, and heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 1 - November 5, 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-10-21 Not Knowing 58:51
Andrea Fella
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2018-10-21 This Sacred Ground 54:22
Leela Sarti
Gaia House Embodying the Awakened Heart

2018-10-21 Day Two, Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 35:35
Dana DePalma
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation: The Convergence of Wisdom and Love

2018-10-21 Relating Wisely to the Thinking Mind - Talk 37:15
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-10-21 Relating Wisely to the Thinking Mind - Meditation 30:31
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-10-20 Mindfulness and the Preciousness of Life 52:20
Dana DePalma
First full day of retreat talk: including mindfulness, the 4 reflections, working with feeling tone, emotions and Rain; and the transformation that takes place in practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation: The Convergence of Wisdom and Love

2018-10-20 Whole Hearted Practice 53:42
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Embodying the Awakened Heart

2018-10-20 Day One, Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:00
Diana Winston
Includes Digital Device Renunciation Ritual at start.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation: The Convergence of Wisdom and Love

2018-10-20 At The Core of The Coreless 28:07
Ayya Medhanandi
We sit at the edge of the heart peering in, tangled by clinging, inflated and inflamed by worldly ways. Yet we long to know the truth of what we are. For that we must explore the inner core. This is a letting go both magnificent and excruciating. So how can we bear it? Burn up all that you think you know to discover that which cannot be burned. It's a corelessness – the pure, unfathomable truth. Trust and see through to the emptiness of 'I' – there is no me and nothing to cling to. That knowledge and vision will set us free.
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

2018-10-19 Teaching From The Metta Sutta - Part 2 59:52
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2018-10-19 Meeting the Environmental Crisis with Wisdom and Resistance 49:09
Mark Coleman
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild, Fall Retreat

2018-10-19 Guided meditation on Mudita/gladness. 47:27
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 1 - November 5, 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-10-19 The Fragrance of Freedom - Meditation 30:06
Anam Thubten
Common Ground Meditation Center Monthly Guest Dharma Talk

2018-10-19 The Fragrance of Freedom - Talk 57:21
Anam Thubten
Common Ground Meditation Center Monthly Guest Dharma Talk

2018-10-19 Open Awareness Meditation 31:30
Mark Coleman
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild, Fall Retreat

2018-10-18 The Power of Sangha + Moving Letter from Australia 54:38
James Baraz, Kate Munding
James and Kate Munding, co-guiding teacher of Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley co-led this evening exploring the power and importance of like-minded friendship and community especially in these times. At the beginning of the talk James reads a moving letter written to the community by a 31-year old woman from Australia named Stephanie whose story of sexual assault James shared in his talk from two weeks before entitled: "The Third Precept: Trauma, Respect and Cultural Wake Up". See: https://dharmaseed.org/talks/52436/
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2018-10-18 Metta Practice: All Beings 46:53
Andrea Fella
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2018-10-18 Ethics as Integral to Enlightenment 47:13
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2018-10-17 Just Enough Awareness 57:19
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2018-10-17 Freedom Through Practicing Right Effort 62:49
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Arousing and balancing effort can serve as a cause and condition for cultivating wholesome states of mind and gaining freedom from unwholesome states of mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2018-10-17 Meditation: Relaxing Back into the Mystery 18:26
Tara Brach
All true meditation guides us back to presence, and the mystery that is our source. In this guided meditation we awaken the senses, collect with the breath, and when lost in thought, practice relaxing back into the aliveness and awareness that is always here. We close with a beautiful poem from poet Danna Faulds.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-10-17 Part 2: Rewiring for Happiness and Freedom 51:10
Tara Brach
The Buddha said, “I would not be teaching this (a path of awakening) if genuine happiness and freedom were not possible.” While this is our potential, we each have deep conditioning to get stuck in feelings of fear, deficiency and separation from others. These talks explore the two interdependent pathways of undoing the conditioning that blocks our potential. In Part I we will look at how we can intentionally arouse states of well-being, and with practice, develop them into ongoing traits that bring presence and joy to our lives. In Part II, we will investigate how to cultivate an unconditional presence, and the radical acceptance and love, that are the grounds of true happiness and inner freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

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