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2016-01-07 Morning talk 45:15
Ajahn Sucitto
coming out of self view; bringing forth energy; recalling the spiritual faculties; applying wise energy regardless of the system used; calm as a consequence of faith and confidence; two recollections; don’t let the citta be bound by historical or domestic considerations; willingness to do the work; feeding the citta; mindfulness of the body, the inevitable decay of the body; what is it that evades or finds truth uncomfortable; differing views of Samadhi; the” I-am” looking for support; learning to push away the hindrances through experience; noticing craving, ill will and resistance; using metta, compassion, mudita, upekkha to approach unification of the citta by removal of the 5 hindrances; now is the time to rise up to it; restlessness, boredom, doubt; know them as they are not as myself; this is not worthy of this citta; using the wisdom factor to find appropriate attention; who is that?; feel how it is; going beyond thought; discernment of the release of grasping; the shift moment and the growth of confidence in it; noticing the struggle to find something; what about the measurelessness/ the sign-less?

2016-01-06 Group B Interview 1 57:42
Ajahn Sucitto
1. On energy and breathing; 2. On 'traffic lights' 3. Moderating the practice 4. On dealing with rapture; 5. On world-weariness & death; 6. On choiceless awareness; 7. Mindful responses to sense contact; 8. On 'not being good enough'; 9. On fatigue
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand

2016-01-03 The Buddha's Path of Well-Being and Happiness - Afternoon Session 2:35:37
Howard Cohn
This day of Insight Meditation will follow the Buddha's Way of Mindfulness, Concentration and Love, illustrating how each of us can move from clinging and attachment to freedom, from confusion to clarity and from tension to ease of well-being.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-01-03 The Buddha's Path of Well Being and Happiness - Morning Session 3:17:10
Howard Cohn
This day of Insight Meditation will follow the Buddha's Way of Mindfulness, Concentration and Love, illustrating how each of us can move from clinging and attachment to freedom, from confusion to clarity and from tension to well- being.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-01-02 It’s Like This Now 58:51
Ajahn Sucitto
This one slogan can be a reminder of how to sustain mindfulness as we leave the retreat. What we’ll notice is that most of the time, right now there is dukkha caused by the underlying ‘me’ sense. Meditation is an essential part of our spiritual training, but not the only part. Working in community is an invaluable aspect of spiritual training – it provided a context where we can get past the ‘me’ sense and get to the ‘we’ sense.
Uttama Bodhi Vihara :  Meditation Retreat with Luang Por Sucitto in Uttama Bodhi Vihara (UBV)

2016-01-01 Q&A: Tortuous Suffering of Sexual Desire 49:29
Ajahn Sucitto
How to work with sexual desire/energy; self-guilt; what does ‘body in the body’ mean; mindfulness while sleeping; stepping back is a precursor to meditation; is inner chatter harmful; doing without tanha; what to do when mind becomes quiet; balancing doubt and faith
Uttama Bodhi Vihara :  Meditation Retreat with Luang Por Sucitto in Uttama Bodhi Vihara (UBV)

2016-01-01 Retreat for New Year's Day - Afternoon Session 1:54:15
Sylvia Boorstein
In the spirit of beginning again and with a renewed zeal for the promised goal of a mind liberated from suffering and a heart available for impartial compassionate response, this day is spent practicing Mindfulness and Metta Meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-01-01 Retreat for New Year's Day - Morning Session 2:32:40
Sylvia Boorstein
In the spirit of beginning again and with a renewed zeal for the promised goal of a mind liberated from suffering and a heart available for impartial compassionate response, this day is spent practicing Mindfulness and Metta Meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-12-31 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness - Guided Meditation 45:37
Ayya Santacitta
New Year's Retreat
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2015-12-30 Q&A: Losing the Taste for Teddy Bears 36:11
Ajahn Sucitto
How to contemplate on death and sickness; “Russial doll”contemplation of body; how to practice for insight; mindfulness as a refuge in busy city life
Uttama Bodhi Vihara :  Meditation Retreat with Luang Por Sucitto in Uttama Bodhi Vihara (UBV)

2015-12-30 Don’t Concentrate - Absorb 42:04
Ajahn Sucitto
Liberation requires clearing citta of its contracted state. We can learn to care for our citta, to know what lifts and steadies it to bring it out of contraction. In meditation we try to concentrate and feel even more constricted. Opening up the body and accessing the vitality that comes from mindfulness of breathing can have a calming effect.
Uttama Bodhi Vihara :  Meditation Retreat with Luang Por Sucitto in Uttama Bodhi Vihara (UBV)

2015-12-28 Attitudes that Support Mindful Presence: Acceptance, Kindness, and Curiosity 63:56
Hugh Byrne
An essential element of mindfulness practice is to cultivate a willingness to be with our experience just as it is. Consciously cultivating qualities of deep-rooted acceptance, kindness, and interest in our experience supports freeing our minds and opening our hearts.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2015 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2015-12-19 What is Mindfulness ? 58:16
John Peacock
Gaia House What is Mindfulness ?

2015-12-12 Investigating Reality: Awareness, Inquiry and Waking Up - Afternoon Session 67:23
Eugene Cash
The meditative process includes active exploration of body, heart, mind, self and other - the whole of Reality. In addition to mindful awareness and kindness, waking up evokes our curiosity, wonder and intelligence as we discover the fullness of humanity living in each of us.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-12-12 Investigating Reality: Awareness, Inquiry and Waking Up - Morning Session 2:58:01
Eugene Cash
The meditative process includes active exploration of body, heart, mind, self and other - the whole of Reality. In addition to mindful awareness and kindness, waking up evokes our curiosity, wonder and intelligence as we discover the fullness of humanity living in each of us.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-12-09 Desire: A Current of Homecoming 1:13:53
Tara Brach
Desire is intrinsic to our aliveness, yet when we have unmet needs, it can possess us. This talk explores how to relax open the grip of wanting and heal the suffering of addiction. You will learn how to bring mindfulness and compassion to the roots of desire, and be carried home to open loving presence. “Recovery is also about spirit – about dealing with that ‘hole in the soul’ … so how does this hole get filled and become holy space?”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-12-02 "One Who Set Out to Study Fear" 66:18
Donald Rothberg
An exploration of the importance, personally and socially, of practicing with fear. We work especially with these tools: (1) mindfulness and the study of fear (What is fear? How does it manifest in the body, emotions, and thinking); (2) heart practices like metta and compassion; and (3) developing wise and skillful responses.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-11-21 Recognizing and Empowering the Five Faculties 49:12
Jaya Rudgard
Getting to know the five faculties of faith, energy, mindfullness, concentration and wisdom that make up the meditating mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Retreat

2015-11-20 Deeply Conditioned Patterns Of Perfectionism 62:38
Rebecca Bradshaw
Discusses untangling "Karmic Knots" - 6 stages of mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2015-11-15 Introduction to Mindfulness - Part Two 38:40
Howard Cohn
We explore what mindfulness is and how to begin to cultivating a mindfulness practice, as well as begin to understand how we bring this wakeful capacity to everything we do.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-11-15 Introduction to Mindfulness - Part One 1:32:09
Howard Cohn
We explore what mindfulness is and how to begin to cultivating a mindfulness practice, as well as begin to understand how we bring this wakeful capacity to everything we do.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-11-12 Right Mindfulness 37:29
Dawn Neal
This talk by Dawn Neal is the third in a speaker series titled "Eight-Fold Path of Awakening." Mindfulness is an important component of the Eightfold Path and supports the development of the other Path factors. By practicing Right Mindfulness, we can become aware of any state of mind and soften habitual reactions such as blame and inner criticism.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Eight-Fold Path of Awakening

2015-11-09 Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Feeling - Week 8 62:42
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Feeling

2015-11-05 1st Foundation Of Mindfulness - 32 Parts Of Body, Elements, and Mindfulness Of Death 55:30
Erin Treat
This talk explores the 1st Foundation Of Mindfulness, with particular attention to the gift of being with dying
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2015-11-03 Mindfulness of Body 48:58
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary

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