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Dharma Talks
2023-08-23 The Superpower of Mindful Witnessing 42:51
Tara Brach
The capacity to witness what is happening inside us with a non-judging attention allows us to respond to life from our full intelligence and heart. This talk looks at the role of witnessing in spiritual practice, and how we can cultivate this superpower in a way that reveals the light or spirit that lives through all beings.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2023-08-23 Vedena: the Secret Teaching of “Here and Now” Freedom (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:57
Kristina Bare
Evening dhamma talk at Summer Insight Retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2023-08-23 Resonance ~ Engaging with Creativity Beyond the Intellect 47:15
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Aloka Earth Room

2023-08-23 The parami of generosity 36:12
Devon Hase
Thoughts and reflections on the paramis, Dana parami in particular
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice

2023-08-23 10 instructions and meditation exploring feeling-tone or vedanā 24:34
Jill Shepherd
How feeling-tone conditions reactivity when there's no mindfulness, then exploring vedanā in relation to the sense doors of seeing, hearing and the body
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Two-week insight meditation retreat

2023-08-23 Guided meditation, instructions: including everything in simplicity 36:06
Matthew Hepburn
Final day guided, mindfulness instructions. Fourth foundation. Six sense spheres. Traces awareness. Just this.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice

2023-08-23 Guided Meditation: Hearing, Sensing, Breathing-Aware of Arising & Passing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:55
John Martin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2023-08-22 08 talk: the four brahmavihāra as supports for releasing the hindrances 28:39
Jill Shepherd
An overview of kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity, and how they can be used as antidote to the hindrances
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Two-week insight meditation retreat

2023-08-22 Guided meditation: metta for difficult beings 45:42
Matthew Hepburn
If metta is taught to be practiced boundlessly, how can we expand our own hearts to that limitless capacity through our dharma training?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice

2023-08-22 06 instructions: following the pathway of the breath 50:21
Willa Thaniya Reid
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Two-week insight meditation retreat

2023-08-22 Instructions with Anchor/Home Base (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:39
Rebecca Bradshaw
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2023-08-21 Living the Middle Way of Self and Not-Self 1:30:52
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2023-08-21 Short Meditation Practice on Practising with Unsatisfactory; Concluding Teachings on Sensational Unsatisfactoriness. 30:22
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Sensational Unsatisfactoriness (online evening session)

2023-08-21 Samadhi (concentration) is a factor of awakening. 48:17
Matthew Hepburn
Stories of samadhi in unlikely places, and a discussion of what factors we can influence, and what factors arise naturally, which support the development of samadhi
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice

2023-08-21 Welcome; Introductory Teachings on the Theme of Sensational Unsatisfactoriness; Guided Meditation on Practising with Unsatisfactory; Further Teachings. 56:46
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Sensational Unsatisfactoriness (online evening session)

2023-08-21 Metta For A Friend 43:34
Devon Hase
Guidance on using metta phrases, and the cultivation of friendliness for a good friend, prentices, (including pets, trees, and nature)
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice

2023-08-21 04 instructions: Mindfulness of the body and mindfulness of breathing 50:29
Jill Shepherd
Establishing a strong foundation of embodied awareness as an antidote to the tendency to be lost in the mind
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Two-week insight meditation retreat

2023-08-20 03 talk: the precepts as support for establishing the wholesome 23:15
Willa Thaniya Reid
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Two-week insight meditation retreat

2023-08-20 Ground in Daily Life 55:00
Leela Sarti
Gaia House Deep Ground Practice

2023-08-20 On Bumpy Roads and Muddy Trails: reflections on tranquility 48:06
Devon Hase
Stories and dhamma on the awakening factor of Passaddhi (calm, peace, tranquility)
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice

2023-08-20 Words Create Worlds 36:44
Pamela Weiss
This talk explores the power of language and potent Buddhist teachings on Wise Speech.
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community SFI Sunday Nights

2023-08-20 Meeting the Unexpected 59:21
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center BIPOC Voices - Series

2023-08-20 The Fire of Illumination 26:34
Ayya Medhanandi
We wish for perfect conditions in life. But true perfection only arises within the awakened mind. So we are like mendicants of the present moment – not able to control or know what lies ahead. Let us not lose heart. In truth, this Middle Way of awareness has great fruit and great benefit, and we can walk it – even in this digitally driven era. Being patient, brave, and staying true to the wisest course, we gain strength and skill at each step. It may feel like balancing on a tightrope of fire. But with unflagging resolve and care, we burn out delusion. And that will be the fire of our illumination.
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

2023-08-20 The Joy of Renunciation - Week 1 - Talk 42:59
Mark Nunberg
The weekly practice groups are designed to be a cornerstone for one's practice by providing ongoing instruction and teachings that will help illuminate the simple but challenging practice of mindfulness. The Buddha taught that mindfulness is the way to go beyond habits of distraction and grasping. To walk this path of wisdom and compassion, we need the support of a community that shares this intention. Each session includes a guided meditation, dharma talk, and discussion. Both experienced and beginning meditators are welcome.
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2023-08-20 The Joy of Renunciation - Week 1 - Meditation 25:34
Mark Nunberg
The weekly practice groups are designed to be a cornerstone for one's practice by providing ongoing instruction and teachings that will help illuminate the simple but challenging practice of mindfulness. The Buddha taught that mindfulness is the way to go beyond habits of distraction and grasping. To walk this path of wisdom and compassion, we need the support of a community that shares this intention. Each session includes a guided meditation, dharma talk, and discussion. Both experienced and beginning meditators are welcome.
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

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