Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2009-03-18 Part 1 - The Body as a Gateway to Full Presence 1:16:48

Tara Brach

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We have strong conditioning to take false refuge in our mind, and disconnect from our senses. These two talks explore the pathways and gifts of coming home to embodied awareness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-03-18 Wisdom and the Path 57:40
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation March Month Long

2009-03-19 Many Ways 29:04
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2009-03-19 Ice Melts 40:57
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
We can know freedom from suffering when the light of dhamma (or truth) arises. This illumination will melt the impurities formed by unwholesome mind states. Oh, what a freedom! A talk given during a 10 day Ottawa Buddhist Society retreat at the Sisters of St. Joseph Convent, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada in 2009.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2009-03-19 Ice Melts 28:52
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Within us is the seed of awakening. And yet we are so blind. Can we free ourselves by seeing through clouds of delusion, greed and hatefulness? Do we have the resolve and patience to begin and the humility and forgiveness to keep going in hard times? Vigilance in ethical practice, unremitting mindfulness, inner stillness, and sharp discernment melt ignorance and purify the mind. Not only that – joyous and aware, we radiate a fearless unequivocal compassion. When the sun rises, darkness disappears. Just so, we emerge from our blindness, at peace with all conditions
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2009-03-19 Interested Awareness 56:31
James Baraz	Download Listen
This is a three part series of talks on James’ basic meditation instructions: “Receive the moment with a relaxed, interested and kind awareness.”
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2009-03-19 The True Test of Wisdom 50:22
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Truthfulness Parami and what the Buddha taught is the test for wisdom - how to purify the heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation March Month Long

2009-03-19 2009 Monthly Sitting Group, Month 3: How the Jhana Factors Neutralize the Hindrances, and Concentration Practice as Purification of Mind 1:13:58
Tina Rasmussen	Download Listen
Includes: Jhana factors overview; how hindrances relate to jhana factors; the role of sila / wholesomeness in this practice; how concentration practice leads to purification of mind; meditation instructions; and Q&A
Various

2009-03-20 Opening Talk for A Path of Peace and Happiness Retreat 56:16
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House : A Path of Peace and Happiness

2009-03-20 Unencumbered 19:12
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Fire is our teacher - the fire of pain, the fire of persevering through difficulty and the fire of going beyond what we think we are capable of. For we are greater that we know and our journey is one of learning to trust what is right and true. When the heart’s compassion, wisdom, and generosity mature, there is no space for fear. All the dross of the world melts away in the silence of pure presence. Here is the absolute sanctity of awareness, unencumbered, and joyous in the knowledge of pure love itself.
Ottawa Buddhist Society (Sisters of St. Joseph Convent)