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2015-09-09 Releasing Limiting Beliefs 1:11:49

Tara Brach

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If we investigate patterns of emotional suffering or “stuckness,” we’ll discover that under our pain is a fear based belief. Until these beliefs are brought into the light of compassionate awareness, they control and confine our lives. This talk reviews key steps of inquiry and mindfulness that help us realize the freedom that comes with awakening from the grip of beliefs.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-09-09 Mindfulness immersed in body - Kāyagatā sati 1:27:48
Patrick Kearney	Download Listen
We explore the role of the body in our meditation practice, using the Buddha’s practice of kāyagatā sati (mindfulness immersed in body) as our guide. We forget we are bodies, fooled by our mind’s ability to create realities that are separate from the bodies we are. We explore the practice of mindfulness immersed in body using the Buddha’s instructions to Mahā Kassapa as our guide: “You should train yourself in this way: “I will not abandon mindfulness immersed in body associated with joy.”
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Month Long Retreat led by Patrick Kearney

2015-09-09 Continuity of Mindful Awareness 56:34
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center : Weekly Dharma Series

2015-09-09 The Story of Bahiya Part 2 55:24
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2015-09-09 Equanimity: Equally Close To All Things 48:22
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
Equanimity allows us to remain present and awake with the fact of things—equally close to the things we like and the things we dislike. Shaila Catherine describes the importance of developing equanimity in two arenas: 1) in response to pleasant and painful feelings, and 2) regarding the future results of our actions. Equanimity develops in meditation and in life. We can use unexpected events that we cannot control to develop equanimity. Our job is not to judge our experiences, but to be present and respond wisely. Equanimity is a beautiful mental factor that can feel like freedom, but if "I" and "mine" still operate, there is still work to be done. This talk includes many practical suggestions for cultivating equanimity.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2015-09-08 Forgetfulness and the Art of Nirvana 62:04
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House : Friendliness, Mindfulness and Liberation

2015-09-08 The fourth satipatthana 69:05
Patrick Kearney	Download Listen
Tonight we explore the fourth satipaṭṭhāna, that of tracking dharma or dharmas (dhammānupassanā). Tracking dharma (singular) involves learning the conceptual framework that gives meaning to the experiences we undergo. We learn to read our experience. When experience means something, then it can transform our life. Tracking the dharmas (plural) entails learning to perceive our experienced world as no more than a flow of phenomena, that arise and cease dependent on conditions. This represents the maturity of insight into not-self (anattā).
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Month Long Retreat led by Patrick Kearney

2015-09-07 The Metta Sutta - a commentary on the Buddhas teaching on cultivating goodwill 56:03
Jenny Wilks	Download Listen
Gaia House : Friendliness, Mindfulness and Liberation

2015-09-07 The three satipatthanas 1:18:37
Patrick Kearney	Download Listen
We survey the first three of the four satipaṭṭhānas, here translated as “foundations of mindfulness” or “domains of mindfulness” – the places where we station our mindfulness. These are body (kāya), feeling (vedanā) and heart/mind (citta). We see these domains represent a linear progression from less to greater ethical sensitivity; and we also see how feeling holds the practice together.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Month Long Retreat led by Patrick Kearney

2015-09-06 Bringing Your Practice into the World 59:56
James Baraz	Download Listen
How your practice can unfold as you leave retreat includes seeing it as a path of happiness; value of opening to suffering; learning to listen to the truth inside and expressing your caring as compassionate action.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Retreat