Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2007-10-01 Perception And Thought 55:13
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Thought is often related to as a “problem” in meditation. It is much more useful to include thought as an object of awareness: once we understand the nature of thought, it loses it power over us.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : October 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-10-01 Vipassana Meditation The Science Of Mindfulness 60:07
Ruth Denison	Download Listen
Instructional overview of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, focusing on intentional investigation, your attention with an allowing attitude. Vipassana, clear seeing, as outcome to this practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Vipassana: Awareness of the Nature of Life

2007-10-01 Guided Movement Meditation 63:04
Ruth Denison	Download Listen
Cultivating skiils to live closely with this bodily process through sense experience. Practice in lying down, sitting, standing, and moving or walking.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Vipassana: Awareness of the Nature of Life

2007-09-25 Metta - Guided Meditation 42:40
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
What is Metta? Introduction to self and benefactor
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2007-09-19 Relationship As Spiritual Practice I 62:13
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Much of our meditation practice in the west has been focused on individual practice, in silence and often solitude. While there are many traditional Buddhist resources for taking relational, communicative interactions as practice, there is also a need for developing forms to deepen such practice. We identify the Buddhist resources for this practice and offer some beginning exercises.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2007-09-06 Things Are As They Are 59:22
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
When practicing meditation we can observe different sensations in the body, feelings, states of mind, and mind objects. They are as they are – and we need to recognize and understand that.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : September 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-08-20 Sanctuary 62:28
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Making your meditation, your heart and your life a sanctuary.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-08-18 Guided Meditation and Talk 55:22
Ayya Jitindriya	Download Listen
Gaia House : Illuminating the Heart of Awareness

2007-08-08 Awakening From The Story Of Self 1:22:23

Tara Brach

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Our life experience is shaped by the stories we tell ourselves and the underlying belief that "something is wrong with me." Meditation allows us to recognize and release the grip of the stories that confine our sense of wholeness, peace and inner freedom.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2007-08-08 The Eight Fold Path 58:27
Marvin Belzer	Download Listen
An overview of the Eight Fold Path with emphasis on the ways we practice it on meditation retreats and with a special focus on effort and mindfulness.