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Dharma Talks
2019-04-12 Guided meditation 10:36
Jean Esther
True North Insight Relating to Ourselves and Others with the Heart of a Buddha

2019-04-11 Opening to the abundance of the moment 50:38
Kate Munding
These sunny days, green hills, and the smell of spring are inspiring this week's talk on opening to the abundance of the moment. I'd like to explore with you how easy it is to get stuck in a rut of "not-enoughness". This could be a feeling of lack within your self or in your relationships with others. It might be how you view your life or society as a whole. How can we open our hearts and minds to see the fullness of life that is available and right in front of us? How can we use the practices of awareness and gratitude to come into a fuller acceptance of how things really are and find peace.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-04-11 The Four Stages of Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:03
Ayya Anandabodhi
Overview of the Four Stages of Awakening and the The Ten Fetters.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness of Breathing

2019-04-11 The Middle Way 56:05
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Sǒn Retreat

2019-04-11 Guided Meditation 42:41
Kate Munding
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-04-10 Meditative Experiences 50:42
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Sǒn Retreat

2019-04-10 Meditation: Letting Life Be 22:55
Tara Brach
This meditation establishes an atmosphere of loving kindness with the “smile”; relaxes and awakens through the body; and guides us into a spacious presence. We then rest in that presence, letting go of any controlling, and simply allow life to be as it is. It’s in “letting be” that we come home to the luminosity and tenderness of natural awareness. We close with a verse from Mary Oliver…
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-04-10 Beyond the Controlling Self – Part 2 49:22
Tara Brach
It’s natural that we do what we can to ward off danger and further ourselves. While our control strategies – such as aggression, judging, planning, seeking approval, pretending – have a developmental role, they are not a recipe for happiness, intimacy and freedom. An essential part of our evolution is to recognize when we are over-managing our lives, and learn to let go of the controls. These talks explore how we can release the grip of the over-controller, and the profound awakening of our hearts and minds that is possible in the shift from doing to being.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-04-10 From the Ordinary Habitual Mind to the Buddha-Mind 3: Practicing with the Body 1.” 1:26:32
Donald Rothberg
After an overview of ten aspects of the transformation of the ordinary habitual mind, and a review of the first, examining how thinking is transformed, we look at (1) the nature of contemporary habitual experience of the body, (2) the nature of the awakened experience of the body, and (3) how we practice to enact this transformation, particularly focusing on various aspects of mindfulness of the body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-04-09 In Praise of Ignorance 53:13
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Sǒn Retreat

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