Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2008-03-15 The Attitude Of Awareness 54:07
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The right attitude for meditation is one free from greed, aversion and delusion. The talk also defines some key terms in practice: consciousness, mindfulness, awareness, and wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : From Awareness to Wisdom: Exploring the Mind

2008-03-14 Brahmavihara Retreat 12:39:57
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
The brahmaviharas are four mental states that the Buddha encouraged for the practice of meditation. They are loving -friendliness (metta), compassion, sympathetic joy (rejoicing in the happiness of others), and equanimity. Through these practices we develop a loving heart, concentration, self-acceptance, fearlessness and happiness. These practices also establish our fundamental connectedness to all life.
Bhavana Society of West Virginia : Brahmavihara Retreat

2008-03-13 Buddhadharma As A Path Of Happiness - part 1: Intention 56:51
James Baraz	Download Listen
This is the first of a series based on cultivating the wholesome states that I share in my Awakening Joy Class. I intend to explore these principles from a more traditional Buddhist perspective and show how they reveal Buddhadharma as a path of happiness. I’ll be suggesting techniques that can be practiced in daily life in addition to formal meditation. This first week we’ll explore the theme of Intention. “Intending is karma,” said the Buddha. Through intention we create our reality. The clearer we are on our intention, the greater influence we have on the direction of our lives.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2008-03-05 The Art Of Practice: Rain 1:19:52

Tara Brach

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This second class in the Art of Practice reviews the basic components of meditation training and illustrates through several stories, the use of the acronym RAIN in awakening loving presence. The session includes a period of question/answer.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-03-05 Opening Talk for Work Retreat - Working and Awakening 37:03
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Opening talk for a retreat that looks at how we may create artificial divisions between what seems 'sacred' and what seems 'worldly'; between 'retreat life' and 'everyday life', 'meditation' and work' and so seek transformation through only a small part of our lives. In opening to a profound wisdom that sees beyond such dualities, we can come to know an authentic freedom that is truly boundless.
Gaia House : A Work Retreat: Working And Awakening

2008-03-02 Guided Meditation 48:32
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2008-02-27 The Art Of Practice: Mindfulness 1:12:58

Tara Brach

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In the Art of Practice, we explore key techniques in preparing the grounds for true meditation. These include relaxation, identifying a home base, awakening the senses and re-mindfulness. These "skillful means" allow us to arrive Here, and to rest in a natural mindfulness, awake and open awareness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-02-25 Monday Night Meditation 1:41:16
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-02-23 Big Mind Meditation 43:33
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
A version of Joseph Goldstein's Big Mind meditation using bells and reminders to allow your mind to be like a clear empty sky and allow the different experiences to arise and pass without interference.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-19 Heavenly Messengers—Aging, Illness, and Death 49:16
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
We are all vulnerable to aging, illness, and death. Everything born will eventually die. How can we contemplate death in a way that brings us to realize the deathless liberation of mind? How can we go beyond birth and death by facing the reality of our existence? Reflecting on death is one traditional way to contemplate the nature of the body. These meditations include contemplating the decaying corpse, body contemplations, noticing that our friends and loved ones perish. We are all friends who share birth, old age, sickness, and death.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley : Tuesday Talks