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2011-07-02 Body Awareness - Guided Meditation 38:45
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Four Noble Truths Retreat

2011-07-01 Pittsburgh Retreat Talk Two 22:58
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Talk from retreat at Pittsburgh Buddhist Center, on Metta and meditation instruction

2011-06-30 Lovingkindness (Metta) - Week 2- Meditation 23:58
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center
In collection: Guided Meditations of the Divine Abodes - Lovingkindness (Metta), Compassion (Karuna), Appreciative Joy (Mudita), and Equanimity (Upekkha)

2011-06-29 Four Noble Truths - Guided Meditation 29:28
Amma Thanasanti
from a meditation class - Colorado College, Colorado Springs
Shakti Vihara

2011-06-29 Four Noble Truths - Intro 37:17
Amma Thanasanti
from a meditation class - Colorado College, Colorado Springs
Shakti Vihara

2011-06-29 Four Noble Truths - Q&A Session 29:33
Amma Thanasanti
from a meditation class - Colorado College, Colorado Springs
Shakti Vihara

2011-06-28 Wisdom-Guided Meditation 31:54
Stephen Fulder
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley The Paramis: Awakened Qualities To Navigate Our Daily Lives
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2011-06-28 Being Part of it All 61:19
Yanai Postelnik
Meditation practice invites us to see that we are an inseparable part of the vast web of life, despite the appearance of our separate individuality. This realisation opens our heart to a sense of deep inner connection, and enables us to live in harmony and at peace with the way things are.
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2011-06-26 Guided Meditation - Awareness 31:42
Amma Thanasanti
Annata and Connection Retreat
Shakti Vihara

2011-06-26 Guided Meditation - Body, Breath, Mind 18:15
Amma Thanasanti
Annata and Connection Retreat
Shakti Vihara

2011-06-25 Meditation Instructions: Sitting and Walking 56:24
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2011-06-25 Meeting the Challenges - Working with the Hindrances in Meditation 62:53
Yanai Postelnik
A reflection on how to work with the challenges we all encounter in meditation. Craving, aversion, sleepiness, restlessness, and sceptical doubt are challenging but temporary visitors which obscure our deeper truth. By recognising them as such and learning to work skillfully with them we can free ourselves from their grip, revealing the natural purity and radiance of our heart and mind.
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2011-06-24 Opening Talk for Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat 57:47
Yanai Postelnik
This talk also includes Helen Stephenson. Meditation and yoga are natural partners in the spiritual life. This talk introduces a retreat that draws on the Buddh's teachings of mindfulness and awakening, and the yoga teachings of Patanjali, combining the practices of Hatha Yoga and Insight Meditation. The yoga on this retreat is offered as a spiritual path rather than simply an exercise system.
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2011-06-23 Guided Meditations of the Divine Abodes - Lovingkindness (Metta), Compassion (Karuna), Appreciative Joy (Mudita), and Equanimity (Upekkha) 14:48:56
with Ajahn Jotipalo, Amma Thanasanti, Gail Iverson, Mark Nunberg, Merra Young, Patrice Koelsch, Rebecca Bradshaw, Santikaro
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-06-23 Lovingkindness (Metta) - Week 1 - Meditation 23:03
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center
In collection: Guided Meditations of the Divine Abodes - Lovingkindness (Metta), Compassion (Karuna), Appreciative Joy (Mudita), and Equanimity (Upekkha)

2011-06-23 Virtue - Guided Meditation 6:14
Stephen Fulder
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley The Paramis: Awakened Qualities To Navigate Our Daily Lives
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2011-06-22 Aggregates - Guided Meditation - Sitting 34:56
Amma Thanasanti
Colorado College
Shakti Vihara

2011-06-22 Aggregates - Guided Meditation- Standing 9:25
Amma Thanasanti
Colorado College
Shakti Vihara

2011-06-21 Generosity - Guided Meditation 4:54
Stephen Fulder
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley The Paramis: Awakened Qualities To Navigate Our Daily Lives
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2011-06-20 The Skill of Meditation 60:27
Andrea Fella
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Wise Attention and Opening the Heart

2011-06-17 Guided Meditation - Silence and Space 44:36
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Insight Meditation: Awakening Love and Wisdom

2011-06-17 Guided Meditation - The Five Elements 46:48
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad
Gaia House Insight Meditation: Awakening Love and Wisdom

2011-06-16 Meditation Instructions: Working with Thought - Coming out of Spin 44:51
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Insight Meditation: Awakening Love and Wisdom

2011-06-16 Guided Meditation - Standing Like a Tree 31:59
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad
Gaia House Insight Meditation: Awakening Love and Wisdom

2011-06-16 Guided Meditation - The Lover and the Warrior 41:37
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad
Gaia House Insight Meditation: Awakening Love and Wisdom

2011-06-15 Hindrances - Discussion - Q&A 26:59
Amma Thanasanti
Meditation II on the Hindrances, Bodhi Mind Center
Shakti Vihara

2011-06-15 Hindrances - Guided Meditation 28:57
Amma Thanasanti
Meditation II on the Hindrances, Bodhi Mind Center
Shakti Vihara

2011-06-15 Hindrances - Introduction 39:23
Amma Thanasanti
Meditation II on the Hindrances, Bodhi Mind Center
Shakti Vihara

2011-06-15 Guided Meditation - Gazing with the Eyes of the Buddha 47:45
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Insight Meditation: Awakening Love and Wisdom

2011-06-15 Guided Meditation - This Too Shall Pass 46:40
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad
Gaia House Insight Meditation: Awakening Love and Wisdom

2011-06-14 Meditation Instructions: Framework for Meditation - Vedana 46:23
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Insight Meditation: Awakening Love and Wisdom

2011-06-14 Guided Meditation - Awareness Itself 41:10
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad
Gaia House Insight Meditation: Awakening Love and Wisdom

2011-06-13 Guided Meditation - Responsibility and Thinking 51:07
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad
Gaia House Insight Meditation: Awakening Love and Wisdom

2011-06-12 Guided Meditation - Life and Death 39:49
Ajahn Sucitto
Death contemplation triggered the Buddha's search for the deathless. It is a recommended regular recollection that helps sieve the relative from the more profound. Guidance is given to contemplate various aspects of living and dying with questions for deeper reflection.
Cittaviveka

2011-06-06 Neuro-Factors of Mindfulness 39:25
Rick Hanson
A guided meditation with instruction at the beginning...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-06-01 Part 2: Stress and Meditation 1:15:52
Tara Brach
When we are suffering from stress, we are paying attention to our world in a narrow and rigid way. Through meditations that cultivate a wakeful and open attention, we can dramatically transform the feelings of anxiety and aloneness that underlie all stress.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-05-29 Guided Meditation 50:48
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2011-05-25 Part 1: Stress and Meditation 1:22:13
Tara Brach
When we are suffering from stress, we are paying attention to our world in a narrow and rigid way. Through meditations that cultivate a wakeful and open attention, we can dramatically transform the feelings of anxiety and aloneness that underlie all stress.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-05-21 Mindfulness Talk and Mindfulness Meditation 66:31
Mark Coleman
Introduction to mindfulness with a guided meditation and Q&A
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art and Science of Mindfulness: Insight Meditation Weekend

2011-05-17 Four Foundations Of Mindfulness In Breath Meditation. 45:49
Richard Shankman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Steadying the Mind, Opening to Insight

2011-05-15 Concentration In Relation To Insight Meditation 61:42
Richard Shankman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Steadying the Mind, Opening to Insight

2011-05-14 First Day Jitters and Hopes 54:31
Bob Stahl
This talk is about addressing the first day of a week of intensive meditation practice. Exploration and instructions on working with challenges around gathering inspiration to deepen practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Steadying the Mind, Opening to Insight

2011-05-08 This is Just About Walking 66:40
Larry Yang
All about walking meditation as seen through the lens of the Eightfold Path to Freedom. NOTE: There are some audio quality issues for the first 18:36 minutes...clean thereafter.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) Spring Vipassana Retreat

2011-05-06 Working With Mental States 64:58
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
Through meditation we become more skilled at identifying mental states - discovering what we are experiencing and learning to relate appropriately.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-05-06 20 minutes of meditation and Q&A on becoming, the nature of mind/awareness 63:13
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2011-05-05 Skillful Inclinations: Parami 64:25
Ajahn Sucitto
Through sustained resolve in terms of meditation - a virtue skillful inclination can dissolve aspects of self-view.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2011-05-05 Beyond the Shaping of the Mind 53:07
Martin Aylward
This talk links the concerns of our life, the tendencies of our minds, and the practice of meditation. Martin explores the way our conditioning and mental attitudes colour all our perceptions, and explores how dharma practice invites us to see through our acquired mental shaping, beyond our ideas, to meet life as directly, as deeply, as freely as possible.
Gaia House Whole Life, Whole Practice, Nothing Left Out

2011-05-01 Letting go of Disturbance, Deepening Stillness 60:07
Sally Armstrong
To deepen our meditation practice we need to work skillfully with whatever is a disturbance -- whether it's the gross forms of the hindrances, or the subtlest manifestations of restlessness. This subtle restlessness often comes from a primal anxiety. We need to recognize this and find the stillness in our experience. Then we can truly be with things as they are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration

2011-04-30 Standing Meditation 19:45
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2011-04-24 Morning Sit 29:14
Steve Armstrong
Guided Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-04-22 Thoughts about Thinking 1:31:07
Wes Nisker
Also Big Sky Meditation; Q&A-including reflections on Ancestor Walk and Truth Mandala from day before
Spirit Rock Meditation Center World as Lover, World as Self

2011-04-22 Ethics and Compassion 67:45
Martine Batchelor
Looking at the three trainings of ethics, meditation and wisdom and their application in daily life with the help of ethics and compassion.
Gaia House The Zen Retreat

2011-04-19 Four Elements Meditation—Instructional Talk and Guided Meditation 41:58
Shaila Catherine
This talk introduces the Four Elements Meditation as a systematic method for developing mindfulness of the body. A guided meditation and instructions are provided that reveal the body as a dynamic interaction of characteristics classified as earth (hardness, roughness, heaviness, softness, smoothness, lightness), water (flowing, cohesion), fire (heat, cold), and wind (supporting, pushing).
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Tuesday Talks—2011

2011-04-19 Where the Mind has Nowhere to Rest 65:42
Stephen Batchelor
Hui-neng's definition of sitting meditation; the middle way as the avoiding of the 'deadends' of existence and non-existence; the Greek philosopher Pyrrho as an example of a similar attitude; Hui-ko asks Bodhidharma to 'set his mind at rest'; the infinity of things; emptiness as the unfindability of things; to question 'what is this' is the practice of such emptiness that neither affirms nor denies anything.
Gaia House The Zen Retreat

2011-04-16 Body Awareness Meditation 35:55
Kevin Griffin
Insight Santa Cruz

2011-04-14 Life is Practice, Practice is Life 53:04
Greg Scharf
We often find that we have unconsciously divided our experience into times of "practice" and "life". This talk discusses ways to integrate life and practice both on and off the meditation cushion.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-04-13 Big Mind Guided Meditation 49:09
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-12 Instructions and Guided Meditation - Day 4 63:55
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-04 Meditation Instructions 1:36:07
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2011-04-02 Mindfulness Of The Body 48:24
Chas DiCapua
How to skillfully use the body as a meditation object on and off retreat, in order to gain the wisdom it has to offer.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Freedom That Includes Everything: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-01 Connecting with the Earth 27:26
Phillip Moffitt
Guided Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-04-01 Dana, Sila, Bhavana. 55:28
Greg Scharf
Dana (generosity) and Sila (ethical conduct) are seen as the essential foundation for Bhavana (meditation). This talk explores this relationship, with an emphasis on the practice of generosity as a practice of freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-03-31 Metta Meditation Instructions 35:37
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhism and the Twelve Steps

2011-03-26 Instructions: Walking and Sitting Meditation 52:22
Yanai Postelnik
This talk also includes Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Happiness - Dana Retreat

2011-03-20 The Four Noble Truths 48:25
Norman Feldman
An exploration of the Buddha's Four Noble Truths, giving the meditation practice a context and intention. the relationship between dukkha, clinging and liberation is discussed.
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2011-03-18 Opening Talk for Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat 1:24:43
Norman Feldman
This talk also includes Brad Richecouer
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2011-03-13 Loving Kindness at Work - Guided Meditation 32:29
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Mindfulness at Work

2011-03-13 Walking - Guided Meditation 6:51
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Mindfulness at Work

2011-03-13 Sitting - Guided Meditation 27:00
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Mindfulness at Work

2011-03-12 Investigation 57:24
Mark Coleman
What is investigation as a factor of awakening? How do we cultivate it, what supports it and how do we apply it to our direct experience in meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-12 Natural Contentment 56:28
Rick Hanson
Taking in the Good meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Contentment

2011-03-12 Guided Loving Kindness Meditation 40:06
Thanissara
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-07 Reading The Book Of The Heart 37:16
Kittisaro
Two great oxen: samatha - calming and vipassana - insight- meditation; each supports the other . Hindrances as teachers.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-07 Instructions And Guided Meditation On Cultivating Appreciative Joy 48:06
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Loving Kindness and Joy: A Metta Retreat

2011-03-06 Loving Kindness Instructions And Guided Meditation On Working With The Benefactor 43:30
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Loving Kindness and Joy: A Metta Retreat

2011-03-05 Vedana (Feelings) - Guided Meditation 46:24
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Contact and the Aggregates

2011-03-05 Balance and Awareness - Guided Meditation 44:58
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Contact and the Aggregates

2011-03-05 Guided Meditation on Forgiveness 42:51
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Loving Kindness and Joy: A Metta Retreat

2011-03-05 Guided Meditation: Loving Kindness for Ourselves 41:28
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Loving Kindness and Joy: A Metta Retreat

2011-03-03 Living the Brahma Viharas 58:49
Heather Sundberg
A discussion of the Four Divine Abodes: meditative states, thoughts, and actions to be cultivated in Buddhist meditation:
  • Loving-kindness (Metta)
  • Compassion (Karuna)
  • Sympathetic joy, joy with others (Mudita)
  • Equanimity (Upekkha)
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2011-02-27 Unentangled Knowing 59:04
Guy Armstrong
"Unentangled knowing" is an approach to meditation in which we are aware of things coming and going at the sense doors without becoming caught in them. Supported by tranquility and insight, we can rest in the knowing while being fully awake to life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong Insight Retreat

2011-02-24 Purification of Motivation 43:43
Winnie Nazarko
Our minds have many mixed motivations, and they can be at play in meditation practice. This talk discusses some of the common "ulterior motives" which can be present, how to recognize them and how to re-frame them to make them into skillful supports-not distractions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong Insight Retreat

2011-02-23 Retreats And A Thriving Daily Life Practices (Part 3) 49:49
Larry Rosenberg
A new attitude towards intensive meditation retreats so that our practice in daily life is enhanced.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-02-22 Nature of Awareness 56:04
Guy Armstrong
The Buddha clearly described consciousness as an impermanent part of the mind. Yet many people feel that awareness has some kind of lasting or ongoing nature. How can we understand this seeming contradiction? How can we make awareness itself part of our meditation?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong Insight Retreat

2011-02-22 Guided Meditation - The Play of Appearances 37:22
Rob Burbea
Gaia House Metta and Emptiness (Level 1)

2011-02-21 Retreats And A Thriving Daily Life Practices (Part 2) 50:45
Larry Rosenberg
A new attitude towards intensive meditation retreats so that our practice in daily life is enhanced.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-02-20 Guided Meditation: form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form 60:28
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Metta and Emptiness (Level 1)

2011-02-19 Retreats And A Thriving Daily Life Practices (Part1) 47:31
Larry Rosenberg
A new attitude towards intensive meditation retreats so that our practice in daily life is enhanced.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-02-19 Ethics, Meditation and Wisdom 43:53
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Young Person's Retreat - Ethics, Meditative Calm and Wise Understanding

2011-02-18 The Truth in Ordinary Things 54:39
Winnie Nazarko
Our lives are the raw material for liberating insight to arise. Even outside of meditation, the three characteristics of conditioned things -- impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and not-self -- are present in all experience. Understanding this directly and continuously, in the context of the Buddha's core teachings, leads to liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong Insight Retreat

2011-02-14 Tranquility 27:20
Mark Nunberg
Guided Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-02-12 Seventh Instructions and Guided Metta Meditation: Metta and Emptiness 34:58
Rob Burbea
Gaia House Metta and Emptiness (Level 1)

2011-02-10 Fifth Instructions and Guided Metta Meditation 43:37
Rob Burbea
Gaia House Metta and Emptiness (Level 1)

2011-02-09 Fourth Instructions and Guided Metta Meditation 54:22
Rob Burbea
Gaia House Metta and Emptiness (Level 1)

2011-02-08 Third Instructions and Guided Metta Meditation: Reflections on Including the Friend in Metta 47:25
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Metta and Emptiness (Level 1)

2011-02-07 The Middle Way 62:22
Kevin Griffin
Application of the Middle Way in meditation practice and daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-02-07 Second Instructions and Guided Metta Meditation 54:33
Rob Burbea
Gaia House Metta and Emptiness (Level 1)

2011-02-06 First Instructions and Guided Metta Meditation 56:10
Rob Burbea
Gaia House Metta and Emptiness (Level 1)

2011-02-05 Relationship Between Metta And Mindfulness 49:01
Mark Coleman
How do the qualities of love (metta) and mindfulness relate,support and compliment each other and what happens as we practice these as meditations.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2011-02-05 Breath meditation instructions 1:15:51
Gina Sharpe
First day of retreat instructions.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

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