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2016-07-31 Images of the Breath: Energy Body, Colour, and the Beloved (Guided Meditation) 45:48
Rob Burbea
Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception

2016-07-31 Reflections and Meditation 54:37
Catherine McGee
Stories and prayers to support practising with multiple perceptions of matter and the body. Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception

2016-07-30 Appreciating the Ritual of Sitting Meditation - Week 3 54:38
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2016-07-30 Reflections and Meditation 53:40
Catherine McGee
Continuity of openness of the portal of the heart. Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception

2016-07-29 2016 Jhana Retreat - Day 5 - Meditation Instructions 21:56
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2016 Jhana Retreat
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2016 Jhana Retreat

2016-07-28 2016 Jhana Retreat - Day 4 - Meditation Instructions 17:00
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2016 Jhana Retreat
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2016 Jhana Retreat

2016-07-27 2016 Jhana Retreat - Day 3 - Meditation Instructions 14:29
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2016 Jhana Retreat
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2016 Jhana Retreat

2016-07-26 Guided Meditation on the Nature of Mind 12:06
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center iMind: A Retreat for Young Adults

2016-07-26 2016 Jhana Retreat - Day 2 - Meditation Instructions 19:35
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2016 Jhana Retreat
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2016 Jhana Retreat

2016-07-25 Privilege 41:19
Mark Coleman
Dharma Talk from the Monday Night Class at Spirit Rock Meditation center
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-25 2016 Jhana Retreat - Day 1 - Meditation Instructions 21:25
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2016 Jhana Retreat
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2016 Jhana Retreat

2016-07-24 Appreciating the Ritual of Sitting Meditation - Week 2 55:02
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2016-07-19 Appreciating the Ritual of Sitting Meditation - Week 1 40:35
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2016-07-18 On the Path of Secular Meditation 56:53
Martine Batchelor
Exploring anchoring and questioning in the context of secular meditation in terms of goal and values. Looking at meditative experience, and mindfulness of feeling tones.
Gaia House Secular Buddhist Meditation Retreat

2016-07-18 Intro to Equanimity and Guided Meditation 61:39
Zohar Lavie
These recordings are part of a ten month course entitled Living Fearlessly with Change - Exploring Ageing, Illness and Death Through Buddhist Practice and Service.
Gaia House (Bala Brook) Living Fearlessly with Change

2016-07-18 Taking Refuge in Diversity 43:29
Spring Washam
Dharma Talk from Monday Night Meditation Class on July 18, 2016
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 9: Compassion, Investigation, Q&A 30:30
Oren Jay Sofer
Importance of compassion and tools to investigate pain. Q&A on pain at night; balance for workplace; acceptance
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 8: Balance and Guided Meditation 29:37
Oren Jay Sofer
Balance tools continued. Guided meditation for balance and relaxation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 7: Balance Q&A 43:59
Oren Jay Sofer
Q&A on practicing as caregiver; pain at young age; difficulty relaxing; seeking guidance; posture
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 6: Balance and Equanimity 61:09
Oren Jay Sofer
Guided meditation for relaxation. Importance of balance when practicing with pain and tools for cultivating balance in midst of pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 5: Wisdom Q&A 25:50
Oren Jay Sofer
Q&A on self-judgement, self-identity, and severe pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 4: Cultivating Wisdom 52:09
Oren Jay Sofer
How to develop wisdom with pain to shift relation into a transformative experience rather than oppressive. Guided meditation for practicing with wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 3: Q&A 20:23
Oren Jay Sofer
Q&A on isolation, practicing with opiods, and the middle path of being.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 2: Four Ways to Practice with Physical Pain 28:45
Oren Jay Sofer
Sharing reflections on intentions and explorations into what pain is. Overview of the four basic ways of practicing with pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 1: Introduction 20:42
Oren Jay Sofer
Grounding meditation for practicing with pain and intention setting for the day. Introduction into topic of meditation in pain and illness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain - all day recording 5:48:46
Oren Jay Sofer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-16 Familiarizing Oneself with the Way Things Are 1:13:48
Ayya Santacitta
Dhamma reflection with Ayya Santacitta followed by a standing meditation with Ayya Anandabodhi.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-16 Arriving into Body and Breath 2:34:30
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided Meditation from our daylong - Listening to Natural Law - on Saturday, July 16, 2016
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-11 The Self 56:20
Norman Fischer
Dharma Talk from Monday Night Meditation Class on July 11, 2016
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-09 Guided Meditation: Nature of Mind 40:24
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness and Wisdom

2016-07-06 Guided Meditation: Exploring the Judgmental Mind 9:11
Donald Rothberg
A guided meditation on exploring the judgmental mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2016-07-03 Day 4: Evening Instructions & Sitting Meditation 42:40
Anushka Fernandopulle
Sharing experiences with the precepts in daily life. Anushka Fernandopulle, JoAnna Harper, Bonnie Duran and Vance Pryor (trainee)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom: Vipassana Retreat for People of Color

2016-07-03 Day 4: Afternoon Instructions & Sitting Meditation 64:37
Bonnie Duran
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom: Vipassana Retreat for People of Color

2016-07-03 Day 4: Morning Instructions & Sitting Meditation 50:38
Bonnie Duran
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom: Vipassana Retreat for People of Color

2016-07-02 Day 3: Evening Instructions & Sitting Meditation 42:05
Anushka Fernandopulle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom: Vipassana Retreat for People of Color

2016-07-02 Day 3: Afternoon Instructions and Sitting Meditation 59:26
Bonnie Duran
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom: Vipassana Retreat for People of Color

2016-07-02 The Anxiety of Impermanence and the Impermanence of Anxiety, part 1: Intro & meditation 28:32
Ajahn Pasanno
Exploring impermanence and how it can be contemplated in a way that leads to the end of suffering rather than as a cause of anxiety. Part 1: Intro talk and opening meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-02 The Anxiety of Impermanence and the Impermanence of Anxiety, part 2: walking meditation instructions 12:26
Ajahn Pasanno
Walking meditation instructions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-02 Day 3: Morning Instructions & Sitting Meditation 51:08
JoAnna Hardy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom: Vipassana Retreat for People of Color

2016-07-01 Day 2: Evening Instructions & Sitting Meditation 42:25
Bonnie Duran
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom: Vipassana Retreat for People of Color

2016-07-01 Day 2: Afternoon Instructions & Sitting Meditation 53:01
JoAnna Hardy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom: Vipassana Retreat for People of Color

2016-07-01 Day 2: Morning Instructions & Sitting Meditation 45:30
Anushka Fernandopulle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom: Vipassana Retreat for People of Color

2016-06-29 Instructions & Guided Meditation, Yoga on the Park 32:31
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-06-28 Instructions et méditation guidée 28:30
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-06-25 Introduction to Insight Meditation 5:43:22
Howard Cohn
Imagine feeling at home wherever you are. Imagine feeling that your life is so complete - right here, right now - that you do not wish to be anywhere else. This daylong talk will provide the tools to experience this meditative presence wherever you are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-06-25 Morning instructions 58:23
Joseph Goldstein
Review of meditation instructions and working with thoughts and emotions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center People of Color Retreat

2016-06-23 The Fourth Noble Truth- The path 54:38
Sally Armstrong
The fourth noble truth describes the whole path of practice from how we live our lives, develop our meditation practice and deepen wisdom.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center The Four Noble Truths: A Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-06-23 Conventional truth an ultimate truth 61:22
Bhante Khippapanno
Noting the intention is one of the ways to develop the insight knowledge of cause and effect. The importance of the wholeheartedness and devotion in Vipassana meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-06-23 Welcome home– breath and body meditation instructions 60:55
DaRa Williams
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center People of Color Retreat

2016-06-21 Instructions et méditations guidées 29:50
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-06-21 Third Noble Truth & NIbbana 57:49
Guy Armstrong
Explores the relationship of the Third Noble Truth to Nibbana. Describes the traditional understanding of Nibbana in Theravada and the stages of enlightenment. Suggests some classical approaches on meditation practice.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center The Four Noble Truths: A Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-06-21 The The 3 Facets of Practice, in Meditation and in Life 45:38
Martin Aylward
This talk was given on the Summer solstice, and the teachings were held outside under the large Plane tree in the Gaia House gardens. Martin explores 3 facets of awareness practice, seeing how they can be applied in any moment, both within the formality of meditation and moment by moment in our wider lives. The 3 are Embodied Presence, Exploration and Inquiry, and Openness to the Nature of experience.
Gaia House Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2016-06-21 Monthly Sitting & Inquiry - June 2016 64:42
Gina Sharpe
These regularly scheduled evenings will begin with a guided meditation and then open up to our practice questions allowing us time to deepen in Sangha through mindful community discussion.
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2016-06-21 Day 2: Morning Instructions - Working with Pain (REVISED 7/7) Retreat at Spirit Rock 61:42
Diana Winston
This guided meditation focuses on using mindfulness to work with pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-06-20 Examining reality through Vipassana and Q/A 63:15
Nikki Mirghafori
Vipassana as process (vs. content) meditation. Lucid dreaming practice as a method to examine our waking reality. Seeing the three characteristics of existence as the aspects of ultimate reality.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-06-20 Monday Night Meditation Class with Larry Yang 59:15
Larry Yang
Dharma talk from our Monday Night Meditation Class on Monday, June 20th, 2016
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-06-19 Guided Meditation 53:22
Nikki Mirghafori
Instructions on practicing metta as friendliness. Investigating the mind and the mental factors. Followed by Q/A.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-06-18 Meditation instructions on Metta 55:10
Sayadaw U Jagara
A brief description "process versus content" - Followed by a few questions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-06-17 Guided meditation: The Twelve Characteristics of the Four Elements and Q/A 42:32
Nikki Mirghafori
12 characteristics of the four elements and Q/A
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-06-16 The benefits of the Vipannana meditation 62:08
Bhante Khippapanno
1. Seeing the mind clearly 2. Keeping the mind in balance 3. Curing ordinary illness 4. Understanding the Dhamma teachings easily, deeply, and thoroughly 5. Not being reborn in the four woeful states...stream entry
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-06-15 Approaches to meditation 53:33
Sayadaw U Jagara
The way we approach life will determine much the outcome… same with meditation practice. How to adopt the proper distance towards objects and situations
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-06-15 Guided meditation day one - arriving and settling 55:46
Nikki Mirghafori
Guided meditation for settling the mind, walking meditation instructions and Q/A
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-06-13 Monday Night Meditation Class with Jack Kornfield 55:45
Jack Kornfield
Dharma talk from Monday, June 13th, 2016
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-06-13 Open awareness nature meditation 35:05
Mark Coleman
Meditation in nature and discussion.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake In The Wild

2016-06-12 Evening Q&A - Livelihood, Meditation, Striving, Tracing Somatic Experience 52:35
Ajahn Sucitto
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Beyond Time and Space

2016-06-12 Metta Talk: Guided Meditation, Q&A with metta for the difficult person 61:38
Mark Coleman
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake In The Wild

2016-06-12 Guided Meditation on Equanimity 45:43
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2016-06-12 Meditation Instructions 66:16
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2016-06-11 Guided Meditation - Breathing, Mental Perception and Release 27:38
Ajahn Sucitto
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Beyond Time and Space

2016-06-11 Guided Meditation on Mudita 50:27
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2016-06-11 Meditation Instructions on Feeling Tone 64:49
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2016-06-10 Evening Guided Meditation on Body Elements, Skin and Breathing 45:36
Ajahn Sucitto
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Beyond Time and Space

2016-06-10 Guided Compassion Meditation 41:54
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2016-06-10 Dharma and Recovery - Meditation 6.10.16 53:02
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-06-10 Meditation Instructions - The Body and Intensity 65:14
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2016-06-09 Cultivating Mindfulness 3:48:42
with Renee Burgard, Shaila Catherine, Sharon Allen
This series is an introduction to the meditative development of mindfulness through which we refine our ability to focus and bring clear attention to all aspects of experience. We will cultivate mindfulness of breath, sensations, emotions, thoughts and actions. This series includes exercises that enhance mindfulness, support the establishment of a daily meditation practice, and highlight balanced awareness in work and home life.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2016-06-09 Mindfulness with Breathing 1:13:48
Shaila Catherine
Shaila Catherine gave the first talk in a four-week series titled "Cultivating Mindfulness." This talk focused on using the breath as the meditation object. When we observe our breath, our mind is free from unwholesome states, such as anger, greed, or doubt, because we are simply connecting with the very ordinary experience of breathing. We are not being pushed or pulled by desire or aversion. In fact, when we connect with the breath, we experience ease and happiness.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Cultivating Mindfulness

2016-06-09 Guided Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation 44:26
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2016-06-09 Meditation Instructions on Breath 58:11
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2016-06-08 Four Elements: Talk and Guided Meditation 1:10:55
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage 2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-07 La joie, cours III, cours complet avec méditations guidées et enseignements 1:30:50
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-06-04 Morning instructions and guided meditation– Day eight 12:29
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Liberation of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-06-03 Skillful Understanding Through Dhamma Eyes 61:34
Steve Armstrong
Right views of Dhamma, meditation & liberation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Through Dhamma Eyes with Awareness and Wisdom

2016-06-03 Cultivating the Heart of Love 4:42:26
Mark Coleman
Cultivate awareness through mindfulness meditations and develop a compassionate orientation through heart opening practices. Teachings will focus on the integration of love and awareness so that mindfulness practice is fused with a kind, receptive presence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-06-01 Real but Not True: Freeing Ourselves from Harmful Beliefs 1:11:30
Tara Brach
Thoughts and beliefs are navigational maps that are not inherently true. Rather, some serve us and others cause feelings of separation, self-aversion and/or blame of others. We can free ourselves from harmful beliefs by investigating them with a dedicated, mindful and courage presence. This talk guides us in mindful investigation through an illustrative story, an outline of steps, and a guided meditation that addresses limiting beliefs surrounding interpersonal conflict.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2016-06-01 Reflections and a Ritual for a Spirit Rock Transition: Impermanence, Letting Go, Appreciations, and Intentions. 64:43
Donald Rothberg
On the occasion of the last gathering and teaching in Spirit Rock's Community Meditation Hall-- a talk, reflections by those present, and a ritual.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-05-31 Meditation Is Enlightenment Itself 36:25
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2016-05-31 Introduction to compassion and a guided meditation 41:38
Greg Scharf
A short introduction to the second Brahma Vihara - karma/compassion, followed by a guided meditation– Receiving compassion from benefactors
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Liberation of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-30 Directional Metta instructions 45:07
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
Guided loving kindness meditation instructions developing a field of care around us in all directions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Liberation of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-30 Monday Night Meditation class at Spirit Rock with Mark Coleman 52:06
Mark Coleman
The Forgiving Heart
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-05-30 Morning instructions and guided meditation 57:16
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Liberation of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-29 Final Meditation Instructions 28:32
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-05-28 Meditation Instructions 24:59
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-05-27 Meditation Instructions 30:10
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-05-26 Meditation Instructions 16:30
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-05-25 Meditation Instructions 17:12
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-05-25 The Third Noble Truth and Nibbana Part 1 52:10
Tempel Smith
Introduction and Meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) DPP5 at Angela Center May 2016

2016-05-24 Instructions et méditation guidée de 15 minutes 20:55
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-05-24 Embracing it all: taking the practice home with gratitude 58:53
Nikki Mirghafori
What is the role of metta meditation in relationship to the Vipassana practice? How do we take the practice home? On the cushion? Daily he practice? What's the role of gratitude in embracing all of life
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-24 Meditation Instructions 30:14
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg Sayadaw U Tejaniya

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