2012-03-11 Compassion as the Path and Expression of Awakening 59:40
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
A "talk from the heart" blending aspects of wisdom and compassion. Teachings on the five recollections, the three characteristics and how to work with difficulties in cultivating compassion are offered through stories from the life of the Buddha, Dipa Ma, Darlene Cohen, Ruth Denison and His Holiness the Karmapa.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-11 04 Experience 57:02
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
The Buddha's criteria for regarding a statement as valid; a pragmatic view of the dharma; the "all" is equivalent to "experience" or "life" -- no need of metaphysical realities; supportive quote by Lucretius; awakening to the delight, tragedy and emancipation of life.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-10 Get a Grip: Concentration as the Antidote to the Flurried Mind 58:31
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
A review of the hindrances and the way in which the factor of concentration, when applied, steadies the mind and allows for clear seeing to prevail.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-10 Meditations on Mind: Learning to Recognize, Accept, Investigate, and Not-Identify with Mental States 15:32
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
This 15-minute recording by Shaila Catherine offers strategies and techniques for meditating on the mind. The acronym RAIN (Recognize, Accept, Investigate, Not-identify) can help us work skillfully with mental states.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2012-03-10 Rest in Natural Being 55:15
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Deeply opening to the impact of the characteristics of human existence; anicca, anatta and dukkha, supports us to grow in wisdom and brings intimacy and aliveness to our being. From the silence of being flows the essential radiant qualities of mind and heart; love, compassion, joy and equanimity. Our unfolding is held and nurtured by the supporting containers of awakening practice; sila, samadhi and panna.
Gaia House :  Rest in Natural Being

2012-03-09 Refuge in Recovery 47:22
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-03-09 Feeling-Tone and Its Importance for our Practice 58:08
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the pivotal practice of mindfulness of feeling-tone (vedana), by 1) understanding feeling-tone in the context of the teaching of dependent arising; 2) examining the nature of pleasant, unpleasant and neutral; and 3) suggesting a number of ways of practicing with feeling-tone.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-09 Turning to Beingness - Life Beyond Judgement 47:55
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
"There is a cry deeper than all sounds whose serrated edges cut the heart as we break open, to the place inside which is unbreakable and whole, while learning to sing" - Rashani There is an illness in being somebody and and illness in being nobody. When we meet that which is hard to bear in our experience in general, and the force of self judgement in particular, we can come to rest in natural being and open to the fullness of life.
Gaia House :  Rest in Natural Being

2012-03-08 Letting Go of Spiritual Views 52:06
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2012-03-08 Second Foundation: Dissolving Form 48:33
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
The second foundation begins to dissolve the form of "I' and the body/mind begins to slowly lose its boundaries revealing the formless.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-03-08 The Wise and Fearless Heart 56:13
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
This talk explores the nature of fear and how it can be countered by the development of the heart. The spacious heart, trained in kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity, supports us in all circumstances.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-08 Opening Talk for Rest in Natural Being 41:52
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Rest in Natural Being

2012-03-07 Freedom in the Midst of Difficulty 1:27:55
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
We suffer when we forget who we are and get caught in a limited sense of self. This talk explores how we become identified with a sliver of what we are, and the pathway to remembering our wholeness. When we know we're the ocean, we are free to relate to the waves with respect, compassion and love.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Guided Meditation - Meeting Life with Your Whole Body 26:40 Download Listen Freedom in the Midst of Difficulty 61:15 Download Listen

2012-03-07 Frog Clarity...5 Spiritual Faculties 53:07
John Travis	Download Listen
One of John's Poems. Talk based on 5 spiritual faculties, more based on faith and heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-07 Loving One's Enemies II 57:21
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We continue to focus on perspectives and practices to help us practice skillfully with those who seem difficult or "enemies." We give attention to further practices and some of the subtleties and complexities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-03-07 Daily Life, Intensive Practice - Same Or Different? Part 3 64:01
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-03-06 Living with Calm Abiding and Don't Know Mind 38:18
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2012-03-06 Take the First Step 58:06
Larry Yang	Download Listen
On walking meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-05 The Perfume of Dharma 62:27
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
The beautiful ways the Dharma is being spread across the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-03-05 Daily Life, Intensive Practice - Same Or Different? part 2 53:40
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-03-05 Body as Teacher: First Foundation of Mindfulness 58:04
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
The central theme of this talk is the Body is the Teacher. Based on the Satipatthana Sutta with First Foundation emphasis, the talk outlines Mindfulness of Breathing, of the four postures, and of full awareness in the continuity of all activities. Offers practical instructions, personal stories, and stories from the time of the Buddha.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-04 Training the Mind 55:12
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-03-04 Group Discussion: Skilfullness in Practice 49:09
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2012-03-04 Suffering and Freedom from Suffering 54:04
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the nature and roots of suffering, using in part the teaching of the Two Arrows to help distinguish "pain" and "suffering" linking the latter with reactivity. Being mindful of suffering and reactivity, and learning to experience pain without suffering opens us to greater freedom. We also explore further the nature of freedom and other ways that freedom may be experienced.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-03 Daily Life, Intensive Practice - Same Or Different? 47:32
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Suggests a way of framing daily life and intensive practice retreats so as to view them as a harmonious whole.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat