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Dharma Talks
2015-04-03 On Thought - Strategies of Pacification (eve talk) 66:16
Akincano Marc Weber
Gaia House Practising Presence - Touching the Still Heart

2015-04-03 The Way Things Are: Uncovering the Deep Truths of Experience - Friday evening 1:31:50
Martin Aylward
Meditation practice is a way of directly and intimately exploring life in the laboratory of our own hearts and minds. In cultivating and deepening our practice, we learn about our inner compulsions and contractions, learning to soften and release them. Simultaneously though, meditation also reveals to us the nature of reality, the way life is, how experience forms and impacts on consciousness. This evening and day with Martin Aylward will focus on some of the more difficult aspects of Buddhist teaching, offering ways to make these profound subjects accessible and even obvious. Martin will lead us experientially into teachings on ‘emptiness’, ’suchness’ and the fluid, ephemeral nature of experience, pointing us towards an immediate and intimate understanding of these deep and important themes. We will learn together how to approach the deep nature of experience, and how the contemplation of these themes transforms us, bringing together the personal and impersonal aspects of Buddhist practice.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2015-04-03 Attention - Body (morning instruction) 32:28
Akincano Marc Weber
Gaia House Practising Presence - Touching the Still Heart

2015-04-02 Intro to Insight 44:18
Sally Armstrong
Week 4 Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Introduction to Insight Meditation Class Series - Spring 2015

2015-04-02 Healing Water of Compassion 59:38
Mark Coleman
This talk explores the central role of compassion in Dharma practice--how we cultivate it and what fruits it brings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation for the Curious Retreat

2015-04-02 Intro - Retreat Attitude - Format - Gestures 26:26
Akincano Marc Weber
Gaia House Practising Presence - Touching the Still Heart

2015-04-02 Metta-Day 2 31:30
Noah Levine
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation for the Curious Retreat

2015-04-02 Instructional Sit- Day 2 42:01
Noah Levine
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation for the Curious Retreat

2015-04-01 The Buddha and Mara are Homies 49:12
Noah Levine
The 5 Hindrances and the path of mindful awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation for the Curious Retreat

2015-04-01 Three Liberating Gifts: Part 2 - Inner Fire 1:16:34
Tara Brach
This 3 part series is based on a teaching story from the Upanishads that shows our potential to awaken from an ego-based trance and discover the full luminosity and freedom of our natural awareness. In each class we'll explore one of the three gifts considered as essential on the spiritual path. The first is the capacity to forgive, to let go of the blame and resentment that prevents our hearts from being open and free. The second gift is "inner fire," the capacity to devote ourselves wholeheartedly to what we most cherish. The third gift is a "mirror" or the capacity to look deeply into our own hearts and minds and realize the truth of who we are. Each class includes guided meditations that explore how these gifts can be nourished right here and now in our lives.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

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