Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks in English

2016-06-20 Consideration of Compassion and Wisdom 68:31
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective : TCVC June 2016

2016-06-20 The Ambiguity of Self and World 37:04
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
We rely on a sense of certainty and familiarity with how things are, yet when we look closely our experience is uncertain and always presenting anew. Martin looks at the big reference points for our experience; Life, Death, Self and World, pointing to a liberating way of understanding and relating to them that is free of the narrowness of certainty.
Gaia House : Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2016-06-20 Buddhist Studies Course - The Practice of Integrity - Week 1 1:24:34

Mark Nunberg

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Here are some resources to begin our study of the Buddha's teachings on Integrity, Ethical Conduct and the practices of non harming. A friend, Lynn Kelly, has an excellent blog that discusses all the issues of ethical conduct for Lay people from the perspective of the Buddha's teachings

Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - The Practice of Integrity

Attached Files:

The Buddha's Advice to Laypeople by Lynn Kelly (Link)
Five Mindfulness Trainings by Thich Nhat Hanh (Link)
Mindfulness, Intention and the Precepts by Ajahn Jayasaro (Google Doc)

2016-06-20 The benefits of mindfulness of breathing and the importance of morality 61:06
Bhante Khippapanno	Download Listen
There are five benefits 1. having a peaceful mind 2. subtle and refined breathing 3. not being thirsty, no need of drinking water 4. having happy mind states 5. overcoming unwholesome mental state easily Morality is the foundation of concentration and wisdom
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-06-20 Examining reality through Vipassana and Q/A 63:15
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Vipassana as process (vs. content) meditation. Lucid dreaming practice as a method to examine our waking reality. Seeing the three characteristics of existence as the aspects of ultimate reality.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-06-20 Three Wholesome Roots: Generosity 69:23
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : 2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-20 Monday Night Meditation Class with Larry Yang 59:15
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Dharma talk from our Monday Night Meditation Class on Monday, June 20th, 2016
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-06-19 Spaciously & Graciously 43:00
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Martin explores the twin aspects of Wisdom and Love, as they are expressed in relating to our experience. He looks at the compulsions that easily takes up space in our consciousness, and shows how we can soften around them, and at the tendency to be intolerant, both of ourselves and others, and how we can be forgiving and gracious with our own humanness.
Gaia House : Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2016-06-19 Spaciously and Graciously 43:00
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Martin explores the twin aspects of Wisdom and Love, as they are expressed in relating to our experience. He looks at the compulsions that easily takes up space in our consciousness, and shows how we can soften around them, and at the tendency to be intolerant, both of ourselves and others, and how we can be forgiving and gracious with our own humanness.
Gaia House : Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2016-06-19 Questions and Answers with Thanissara and Eugene Cash 59:25
Eugene Cash, Thanissara	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community