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Dharma Talks
2018-08-24 Gratitude 50:20
Ariya B. Baumann
Gratitude is a hidden treasure: it is a simple but incredibly powerful quality that brings so much joy and contentment into our life.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

2018-08-23 Chanting 29:05
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat

2018-08-23 'The Dharma and Nature' 54:45
James Baraz
One definition of the word Dharma is Natural law. Trees hold a very special place in the Buddha’s teaching.. The Buddha was born under a tree, enlightened under a tree and died under a tree. He told his disciples to find “roots of trees” to sit and meditate. Trees are the perfect environment to practice in the Thai Forest Tradition. Metta practice was taught by the Buddha in response to actions of “Tree spirits”. We’ll explore the special significance of trees and Nature in the Buddha’s teaching.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2018-08-23 Developing a Skillful Relationship to Happiness in Practice and in Life (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:57
Sally Armstrong
Though the teachings on dukkha (suffering) are an important part of the Buddhist path, a skillful relationship to sukha (happiness) actually played a significant part in the Buddha's awakening. This talk explores the wise use of happiness and pleasure and the cultivation of beautiful qualities of mind, especially in concentration practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2018-08-23 Closing Talk 49:59
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat

2018-08-23 Metta - All Categories 46:14
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat

2018-08-22 Skillful Effort in Concentration Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:03
Donald Rothberg
After some general reflections on the nature of concentration (or samadhi), concentration practice, and its place and importance, we explore the nature of skillful effort. We particularly focus on the balance of "pro-active" effort and relaxation/ease, identifying a number of specific practice tips and suggestions that support development in both aspects of practice, as well as how to cultivate the balance between the two. [A clarification about terminology: There are two terms that have at times been translated as "effort”: (1) The 6th factor of the Noble Eightfold Path is “Right Effort” (same vayama); (2) Viriya is one of the Five Spiritual Faculties and one of the Seven Factors of Awakening and is often translated as “energy,” sometimes as “effort.”]
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2018-08-22 Meditation: Awake & Open Awareness 21:02
Tara Brach
This calming meditation practice helps settle the mind with the breath and then opens to the changing flow of experience, letting life be just as it is.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-08-22 Part 1: Vulnerability, Intimacy, & Spiritual Awakening 59:10
Tara Brach
We each live with uncertainty and the fear of rejection and loss, and we each are conditioned to avoid feeling or expressing that vulnerability. Yet intimacy with this unlived life is the gateway to connecting authentically with others, full aliveness and spiritual realization. These talks explore the ways that we defend ourselves, and the pathway to gently, wisely and intelligently disarming and freeing our hearts.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-08-22 Thoughts 56:13
Ariya B. Baumann
Thoughts are a natural manifestation of the mind. We need to understand the nature of thoughts and then use them wisely and skillfully in our meditation practice and life.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

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