Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks in English

2016-05-19 Day 2 Sitting/Instructions 58:36
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-19 Ariyan Practice: Refuge in Vulnerability 34:48
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Ariyan realization is of moving beyond the personal identity. This is a step into vulnerability. Through meditation training we learn to ‘touch the ground’ -purity of intention- where the person can’t go.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-18 Intention and Mindfulness as Supports for Joy 55:23
James Baraz	Download Listen
The process of awakening joy starts with the intention to place well-being at the center of your life. Mindfulness is then utilized as the basic tool of a joyful life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-18 Happy for No Reason - Part 1 1:11:01

Tara Brach

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These two talks explore the two different kinds of happiness, the blocks to happiness, and the ways that mindful presence and intentional gladdening the heart (positive neuroplasticity) can open us to our full potential for true happiness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2016-05-18 Transforming the Judgmental Mind 3 - Two ways of Transformation 66:46
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After a brief account of the nature of the judgmental mind, we explore (1) a more direct way of working with judgment through mindfulness, inquiry, reflection, etc.; and (2) a more indirect way of working with judgment, through cultivating awakened states and resources.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-05-18 Handling the Neurotic: The 5 khandha 66:38
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Meditation reveals latent tendencies that can spring to life in 'neurotic' ways. To handle these skillfully we use calming, metta and inquiry. Through this these patterns cease.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-17 Opening Night Talk 63:44
James Baraz, Debra Chamberlin-Taylor, Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-17 Balancing the Heart and Mind 29:13
Spring Washam	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2016-05-17 Q&A on Faith, on Citta, on Viveka 53:39
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
-The nature of faith in the Triple Gem to replace personality-view. -The nature of citta (pronounced 'chitta')-heart, mind awareness. -The difference between disengagement and unfeeling disconnection.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-17 9) Realize-Abandon-Experience-Develop, Part II 54:37
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann