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Dharma Talks
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

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