Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2015-01-24 Morning Instructions: Relaxing the Body and Mind, Day 2 14:14
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-23 The Body is the Universe - Introduction 1:12:28
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
In this talk Martin looks at the tendency to conceive in terms of objects rather than process, unpicking the way we maintain and reinforce the ego structure, and offering a vision of a more expansive and inclusive participation in life.
Gaia House : This Body is the Universe

2015-01-21 Qu’est-ce que cette pratique et 1e noble vérité 1:12:02
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-21 Anapanasati 1:15:37
Doug Phillips	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2015-01-21 Listening to the Calling of Our Hearts 1:21:46

Tara Brach

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In any moment, our intention - what we are energetically wanting - shapes our life experience. While our deepest intention may be to realize and live from loving awareness, we are often driven by egoic fear and grasping. This talk explores how mindfulness can recognize our prevailing intention, and by staying present, kind and accepting, we can reconnect with the deeper longings that carry us to awakening and freedom.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-01-21 Power and Love: A Tribute to Martin Luther King 49:09
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2015-01-21 The Thinning of the Self 63:55
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Insight into "not-self" (anatta) is one of the core aspects of wisdom. After briefly reviewing some of the challenges of understanding anatta, we look at four practical ways to explore anatta, through focusing on 1) everyday and meditative experiences of "flow", 2) studying the "thick" or strong sense of self when it appears, 3) practicing in other ways to "thin" the self, and 4) opening to awareness without a sense of self or identification with the contents of experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-01-20 Cours complet de 1h30 avec intro, méditation guidée, enseignement sur la 2e noble vérité et une dernière méditation 1:26:48
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-20 Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension 44:52
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2015-01-20 Monthly Sitting & Inquiry, January 64:58
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center : NYI Regular Talks

2015-01-19 The Perfect Gift: On Mindfulness & Metta 58:11
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-01-19 Rethinking How We Get Free 52:06
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
This talk examines popular strategies for behavior change such as willing ourselves into compliance and analyzing our history. And it contrasts these "old ways" with the strategies of Buddhist practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : January 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-01-19 Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention - Week 2 65:03

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention

2015-01-18 Lovingkindness, Equanimity, and Daily Life Practice 67:42
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
In our practice, we aspire toward a kind of wholeness, with no part of our life left out. In this talk, we explore two ways of developing more of such wholeness - (1) through connecting metta with mindfulness and wisdom, here examined especially in connecting metta and equanimity; and (2) through connecting formal metta retreat practice to everyday life practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta

2015-01-18 Dharma For MLK Day 44:06
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Holding our practice in a larger context of social change movements and the ongoing work for racial justice and civil rights in our society.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Clear Mind, Open Heart: Insight Meditation Weekend

2015-01-18 Practice Guided by Wisdom 35:26
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Moving beyond rigidity and attachment to views about practice into agility in response to conditions. Working with doubt.
Dharmagiri : Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-17 Metta Sutta Talk #2: By not holding to fixed views 60:02
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Filled with anecdotes, singing and practical advice, this talk covers the second half of the Metta Sutta, including Metta for All Beings, the Difficult Person, How to Cherish Beings By not Holding to Fixed Views
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta

2015-01-17 Understanding Judgement and Discernment 44:54
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
How we can bring discernment to bear on our experience instead of judgement. How we cultivate discernment on this path.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Clear Mind, Open Heart: Insight Meditation Weekend

2015-01-17 Where are We Trying to Get to ? 56:12
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House : Origins and Applications of Mindfulness (MBCT/MBSR Retreat)

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 1 59:41
Stephen Snyder	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 1 59:38
Tina Rasmussen	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 2 63:19
Stephen Snyder	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 2 63:08
Tina Rasmussen	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Part 3 14:32
Stephen Snyder	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 3 14:33
Tina Rasmussen	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Part 4 1:12:15
Stephen Snyder	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 4 1:12:16
Tina Rasmussen	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Yoga of the Heart 39:10
Thanissara	Download Listen
An inner attitude of love, compassion, attunement to goodness, and deep acceptance in the face of obstruction.
Dharmagiri : Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-16 Hatred is Never Appeased by Hatred 38:54
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Moving beyond the tendency to make a problem. Metta as an aspect of wisdom. Apartheid of the soul. The eternal law. The Buddha's simile of the saw.
Dharmagiri : Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-16 On the Path of the Beautiful and Beloved Community 63:12
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta
In collection: Engaged Buddhism

2015-01-16 Embodied Mindfulness 53:27
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House : Origins and Applications of Mindfulness (MBCT/MBSR Retreat)

2015-01-15 Anything Can Happen At Any Time 52:53
James Baraz	Download Listen
The one thing that is certain in life is its unpredictability. Having an awareness that inner and outer circumstances could change in a moment can inform our lives in a profound way. Rather than living with vigilance and fear an on-going understanding of the fragility in life can lead us to more wakefulness, appreciation and freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2015-01-15 Lovingkindness, Compassion, and Forgiveness 65:37
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, we explore how to extend the awakened heart of Metta when there is pain or distress or difficulty. In particular, we examine the practices of compassion and forgiveness, with Dr. King's work and life as a reference point.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta

2015-01-15 Attitude of Kindness & Great Compassion Ceremony 33:44
Thanissara	Download Listen
Explanation (in brief) of Kuan Yin Great Compassion & Renewal Ceremony - Cultivating kindness in relationship to our experience.
Dharmagiri : Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-15 Compassionate Transformation 43:57
Thanissara	Download Listen
Journey through shadow, understanding sankhara - patterning, and the patient and challenging process of compassionate relationship. Mr Mandela's journey into "I love you all"
Dharmagiri : Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-14 Compassionate Transformation 43:57
Thanissara	Download Listen
Journey through shadow, understanding sankhara - patterning, and the patient and challenging process of compassionate relationship. Mr Mandela's journey into "I love you all"
Dharmagiri : Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-14 Enseignement sur la pratique de la méditation 60:34
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-14 Metta Sutta #1: The Joy of Basic Integrity 64:38
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Drawing from various commentaries and translations of the Metta Sutta, the talk explores this important teaching from the perspective of practice and how to live it in our lives. Explores the qualities of Trust, Wise Speech, Humility, Contentment, Peace and Integrity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta

2015-01-14 Refuge in Loving Relationships 1:23:32

Tara Brach

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Bringing presence to our relationships reveals our connectedness and essential Oneness. This talk explores two domains of this awakening with others: Realizing our shared vulnerability - that we’re in it together - and recognizing the inherent goodness or sacredness that lives through everyone.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-01-14 We are Contenting Ourselves 57:21
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-01-14 Mother of All Phenomena - Contemplating Thus! 34:00
Kittisaro	Download Listen
The liberating aspect of the teaching. Realization of the "unborn, uncreated" The door to the Dharma is never closed. Depth of Kuan Yin.
Dharmagiri : Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-13 A Heavenly Messenger Arrives: Today My Father Died. 50:47
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Kittisaro reflects on his father and his death. The ending of greed, hatred and delusion is nibbana. An analogy from the Shurangama Sutra. Entering the living silence.
Dharmagiri : Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-13 2e partie, enseignement et méditation de 20 minutes 59:52
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-13 1e partie, intro, instructions et méditation guidée de 25 minutes 28:17
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-13 Reflections for the New Year 38:42
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2015-01-12 Nature of Phenonmena Through Insight 35:04
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Balance of samatha and vipassana. Exploration of phenomena, and dhammas, power of seeing impermanence, dispassion and relinquishment.
Dharmagiri : Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-12 Deconstructing the Layers of Self-View 57:43
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
This talk includes real practice stories about working with the hindrances and seeing how we deconstruct the layers of self-view.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : January 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-01-12 Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention - Week 1 1:27:07

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention

2015-01-12 Beginning Again 23:16
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community : FIMC Monday Night Talks

2015-01-12 Cultivation of Wise Reflection 43:01
Thanissara	Download Listen
Balance of calm and insight practice, wisdom arising from dukkha, practice of overcoming suffering, Bahiya's (the disciple who understood the teaching quickest) question to the Buddha.
Dharmagiri : Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa