Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2013-06-26 Part 1: Hope and the Spiritual Path 1:23:30

Tara Brach

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This talk looks at the difference between egoic hopes and fears, and the quality of hopefulness ("holy hope") that is an essential dimension in spiritual experience. We reflect on the three components of hope that serve awakening: Aspiration, Trust and Dedication of energy.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2013-06-26 Freely Giving and Freely Receiving 55:30
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-06-26 Speech Practice 1- Introduction 64:23
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We look at (1) the importance of speech practice; (2) the practice of cultivating inner and outer awareness at the same time; (3) the roles of awareness, intention, and action in speech practice; and (4) the speech guidelines of the Buddha. We end with a guided practice period.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-06-26 Meditation Instructions Part 3 - Choiceless Awareness 36:30
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Choice-less awareness, where we drop the breath as an anchor and just sit without any agenda. Letting life set the agenda
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2013-06-26 Inner and Outer - Sitting at the Threshold 49:44
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
We tend to lean into extremes. How do we find the middle way, again and again? What is it like to tolerate living as the unvarnished living present where the two worlds meet? How to discriminate the greed in the mind from the hearts desire for liberation and truth.
Gaia House : Coming Home - Insight Meditation

2013-06-26 The Slippery Slope of Preferences 1:10:46
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
How do we get bound up in unsatisfactory conditions and what is the way to release?
Gaia House : Coming Home - Insight Meditation

2013-06-25 Effort Part 1 1:10:39
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-06-25 Questions and Answers 58:48
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-06-25 Path of Mindful Awareness 52:37
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk explores what mindfulness is, what supports it and what is revealed in awareness as we cultivate it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening

2013-06-25 There Is Just Life 51:35
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Awareness in action - Part 2
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students