Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks in English

2009-02-28 The Metta Sutta: How Not To Die Of Bitterosity 57:37
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
This has the Metta Sutta as the basic text; but includes a discussion of the Paramitas and the resolve I made with Sharon Salzberg years ago to spend our time "when we are old" in "sitting around praying for people".
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation February

2009-02-26 The Power Of Renunciation 51:03
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
How simplicity and renunciation add focus and strength to our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : February 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-02-26 Practice Here, There and Everywhere 51:00
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

2009-02-25 Compassion And Emptiness 61:22
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Emptiness and compassion are like two sides of the same coin -- they support and balance one another. How can we open to the beauty and suffering in this world; and how can we respond with wise intention?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation February

2009-02-25 Noble Wealth 39:58
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
The inner quialities that provide wealth for the mind - a sense of freedom and security - regardless of outside conditions.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center : CIMC Wednesday Talks

2009-02-25 The Divine Abodes: Joy 1:18:31

Tara Brach

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Lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equinimity, are natural expressions of our awakened heart. In this series of four talks, we will examine what arouses these qualities of a wise heart. Each talk will include guided reflections. Joy naturally arises from the heart space that welcomes all that is. This talk describes four pathways of discovering and inhabiting this intrinsic openness of Being.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-02-24 Ten Paramis: Virtue (1) 58:46
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Virtuous behavior comes spontaneously with interconnectedness. When we see from oneness, there is no impulse to hurt.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-02-24 Creative Wise Compassion 55:43
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : Meditation for Daily Living

2009-02-23 Power Of Compassion 58:58
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
The place of compassion in our lives & practice - What supports the heart to open & what hinders compassion from opening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-02-23 The Joy Of Mindfulness 51:40
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Based on the concept that mindfulness cultivates insights which lead to wisdom to manifest as compassion that is experienced as joy, this talk is about 1) the joy of awakened physical awareness, 2) the joy of psychological clarity, 3) the joy of knowing universal truth, 4) the joy of service and 5) the joy of realizing the basic goodness of human beings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation February