Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2016-06-21 The The 3 Facets of Practice, in Meditation and in Life 45:38
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
This talk was given on the Summer solstice, and the teachings were held outside under the large Plane tree in the Gaia House gardens. Martin explores 3 facets of awareness practice, seeing how they can be applied in any moment, both within the formality of meditation and moment by moment in our wider lives. The 3 are Embodied Presence, Exploration and Inquiry, and Openness to the Nature of experience.
Gaia House : Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2016-06-21 Monthly Sitting & Inquiry - June 2016 64:42
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
These regularly scheduled evenings will begin with a guided meditation and then open up to our practice questions allowing us time to deepen in Sangha through mindful community discussion.
New York Insight Meditation Center : NYI Regular Talks

2016-06-21 Day 2: Morning Instructions - Working with Pain (REVISED 7/7) Retreat at Spirit Rock 61:42
Diana Winston	Download Listen
This guided meditation focuses on using mindfulness to work with pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-06-20 The Second Noble Truth: The origin of suffering is craving 51:45
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : The Four Noble Truths: A Retreat for Experienced Students

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