2008-10-15 Equanimity In The Face Of Conflict 67:02
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This talk, given on the eve of a presidential debate, explores how we can awaken from the conditioning that turns us against ourselves and others. The guided meditation offers an opportunity to choose a place of conflict and reactivity with others, and discover what is possible when we turn towards our deepest wisdom and compassion.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Meditation 29:25 Download Listen Equanimity In The Face Of Conflict 37:37 Download Listen

2008-10-15 The Gift of Being - Guided Meditation 17:25
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Hospice
Sati Saraniya Hermitage :  Hospice Talks and Guided Meditations

2008-10-14 Metta For All (No One Excluded) 45:37
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
A Guided Meditation - Radiating Metta upwards and downwards and in all directions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2008-10-01 Inviting Mara To Tea 1:12:00
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One of the great archetypal themes in the Buddha's life is facing Mara, the shadow side of greed, hatred and delusion. Rather than being seduced, fighting or running away, the Buddha simply recognized Mara's presence and invited him to tea. This talk and guided meditation explores the theme of a radical and engaged presence, and how it directly translates into a sacred path of healing and freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Meditation 22:45 Download Listen Inviting Mara To Tea 49:15 Download Listen

2008-09-17 Behind the Veil of Thoughts - Guided Meditation 15:51
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Hospice
Sati Saraniya Hermitage :  Hospice Talks and Guided Meditations

2008-09-03 Turning Towards What You Love 49:55
Tara Brach	Download Listen
There is a saying: The road to hell is paved with bad intentions. From the Buddha we learn the path to freedom arises from wise intentions. Yet because we habitually grasp after what will immediately relieve or comfort or please us, we often do not listen to our deepest intentions. We forget that in this brief life, what matters most is loving presence. This evening of talk and guided meditations invites participants to examine intentions in their relationships, and to reflect on living from a more awake connection with our heart.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-09-03 Pure Listening - Guided Meditation 19:28
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Hospice
Sati Saraniya Hermitage :  Hospice Talks and Guided Meditations

2008-08-27 Listening To Our Life 1:21:28
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Listening in a full and open way allows us to come home to our natural state--awake, vast awareness. In an immediate way, a listening attention dissolves the tangles of fear and craving that obscure our wholeness. This class includes both a talk and guided meditations on deep listening to our inner experience and with others.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Meditation 27:48 Download Listen Listening To Our Life 53:40 Download Listen

2008-08-14 Equanimity Practice - part 4 of 4 68:07
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Short introduction and guided equanimity practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight and the Art of Equanimity: Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-08-13 Equanimity Practice - part 3 of 4 64:48
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Short introduction with general guidelines and guided equanimity practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight and the Art of Equanimity: Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-08-12 Equanimity Practice - part 2 of 4 46:45
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Short introduction with general guidelines for practice. Guided equanimity practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight and the Art of Equanimity: Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-08-12 Talk Five: Samatha, Nibbana, and the Emptiness of Perception - The Relationship Between Concentration and Insight 60:37
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
Gaia House :  The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)

2008-08-12 Fourth Morning Instructions 18:46
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
Gaia House :  The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)

2008-08-11 Introduction To The Brahma Vihara Practice Of Equanimity - part 1 of 4 69:36
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Guided equanimity practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight and the Art of Equanimity: Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-08-11 Talk Four: Jhanas One to Four 64:43
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
Gaia House :  The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)

2008-08-11 Third Morning Instructions 18:42
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
Gaia House :  The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)

2008-08-10 Talk Three: Wise Effort and Wise Attachment 60:52
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
Gaia House :  The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)

2008-08-10 Second Morning Instructions and Guided Meditation 46:19
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
Gaia House :  The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)

2008-08-09 Talk Two: Understanding the Heart 65:52
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
Gaia House :  The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)

2008-08-09 First Morning Instructions and Guided Meditation 43:58
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
Gaia House :  The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)

2008-08-08 Talk One: Introduction to the Art of Concentration (Samatha Meditation) 45:03
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
Gaia House :  The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)

2008-08-03 Guided Metta Meditation 29:43
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
Guided Metta meditation using the benefactor, self, good friend, and neutral person as the objects of metta. Special emphasis on relaxation and being open.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2008-08-02 Guided Meditation - Day 3 with Questions And Answers 41:51
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Reflecting on own goodness, forgiveness; benefactor, self and friend.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2008-08-01 Beginning Metta 28:30
Amita Schmidt	Download Listen
Benefactor and self - guided metta meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2008-07-25 Guided Mudita Meditation 47:19
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-24 Guided Morning Sit with Q&A 52:25
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-24 Guided Equanimity And Forgiveness Meditation 52:25
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-23 Guided Meditation - Equanimity 65:15
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-21 Guided Metta Meditation 46:01
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-19 Morning Guided Meditation - Kamala Masters; Walking Meditation Instructions - Steve Armstrong 57:37
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-16 Upekkha: Guided Meditation 57:54
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta

2008-07-15 Mudita: Guided Meditation 44:13
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This is a guided meditation on the quality of appreciative joy, or mudita. There is also a short introduction on the role of appreciative joy in the four divine abidings (brahma vihares).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta

2008-06-18 Smiling Moon - Guided Meditation 17:58
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Hospice
Sati Saraniya Hermitage :  Hospice Talks and Guided Meditations

2008-06-17 Guided Meditation on Equanimity 31:00
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation And Contemplative Inquiry

2008-06-15 Guided Meditation - Cultivating Appreciation 39:30
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2008-06-08 Guided Meditation - The Four Elements 36:03
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2008-05-26 Paramis Series #3 Energy That Sustains 52:10
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
An exploration of the energy that is directed towards liberation and guided by right view and intention.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-05-05 Early Morning Guided Meditation 5:30 AM 62:49
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Entering the Sacred: Monastic Retreat

2008-05-03 Meditation On Body Alignment And Energy - 5:30 AM 67:25
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
A guided meditation on centering in the body, cultivating attention, and awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Entering the Sacred: Monastic Retreat

2008-04-28 Guided 24:58
Jason Murphy	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-04-16 Meeting Fear With A Wise Heart - part 2 1:15:58
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These talks investigate how fear, nature's protector, proliferates and becomes a trance of fear and the cause of deep suffering. We look at the "body of fear"- the thoughts, physicality, emotions and behaviors that express and fuel the trance of fear. Through stories and guided reflections we explore the ways that Buddhist meditation can free us from the grip of unhealthy fear.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Meditation 23:34 Download Listen Meeting Fear With A Wise Heart - part 2 52:24 Download Listen

2008-04-15 Guided Metta 64:29
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Hermitage

2008-04-09 Meeting Fear With A Wise Heart - part 1 1:10:54
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These talks investigate how fear, nature's protector, proliferates and becomes a trance of fear and the cause of deep suffering. We look at the "body of fear"- the thoughts, physicality, emotions and behaviors that express and fuel the trance of fear. Through stories and guided reflections we explore the ways that Buddhist meditation can free us from the grip of unhealthy fear.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Meditation 24:57 Download Listen Meeting Fear With A Wise Heart - part 1 45:57 Download Listen

2008-03-19 Our Heart's Aspiration 1:13:51
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This talk weaves two teachings that are key to awakening. "The most important thing is remembering the most important thing" helps us be guided by the compass of our heart in living our lives. And discovering that "what we long for is already here" lets us trust that the love or peace we seek is found in the fullness of presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Meditation 27:54 Download Listen Our Heart's Aspiration 45:57 Download Listen

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

2008-02-13 The Ethics of Sunyata 1:31:39
John Peacock	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House :  Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-02-12 The Birth of a Bodhisattva 1:13:46
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House :  Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-02-10 Love and the Emptiness of Things 1:30:39
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House :  Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-02-10 Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards dharmas 38:49
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House :  Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-02-09 Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion 47:40
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House :  Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)