Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2014-08-20 As Dawn before Sunrise: 7 conditions for the arising of the 8-fold Path 53:00
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Exposition of S 45, 49-62 / S v 29-32: Seven keys to the arising of the Eightfold Path. A teaching outside of the famous Buddhist charts and yet more than pertinent to the development of the Gradual Path.
Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley

2014-08-20 The Variety of Samadhi Experience 65:55
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Multiple suggestions for firming up the practice at this point, riding the momentum of a collected, unified mind. Includes 'Gladdening of the Mind' guided meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Concentration Retreat

2014-08-20 Bringing Awareness to Doing 1:19:07

Tara Brach

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One of the core domains of egoic trance is addictive doing - chronic activity driven by fear and wanting that keeps us from realizing a wholeness of Being. This talk looks at how addictive doing keeps us in the map of time, identified as a separate self, always on our way somewhere else. We then explore ways we undo this conditioning by pausing and opening to the liberating dimension of Being.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-08-20 Wise View - Illusion and Delusion 54:10
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2014-08-20 Kindness and Love 48:39
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz : Insight Meditation Retreat in Finland

2014-08-20 Practicing with Challenges 4 - Working with Conflict 60:11
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore a more relational way of practicing with challenges, looking at practicing with conflict. We examine some of the personal and cultural conditioning about conflict, as well as ways to bring wisdom, empathy, compassion and skillful action into conflicts, whether inner, interpersonal or social. Conflict is defined more neutrally and simply as a difference in objectives, goals or values.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2014-08-20 Metta Practice, Day 5 63:48
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Radiating Metta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Concentration Retreat

2014-08-20 Morning Instructions Day 5 52:42
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Guided Meditation: exploring the effort side of maintaining continuity of the breath; aiming and sustaining
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Concentration Retreat

2014-08-19 Mindfulness in Close Relationships 41:37
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
This talk was given as a part of the series "Where Rubber Meets the Road: A Series on Mindful Living." A real place for us to check our practice is in our relationships. After all, we are deeply relational beings. Sometimes, our deepest grooves in our minds are only stimulated in relationships. Defilements and habits of mind, such as greed, anger, and delusion, arise in ways that they don't in other situations. In other words, forces of suffering that are latent in other situations can arise in the context of close relationships. Fortunately, this is actually not bad news. Rather, it offers us opportunity to practice, to see ourselves more clearly, to become more free, and to see how we can untangle the love from clinging.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Where Rubber Meets the Road: A Series on Mindful Living

2014-08-19 Beauty, Happiness and the Breath 57:05
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Beauty and happiness are important supports and the proximate causes for the development of concentration. Inclining towards these wholesome qualities with balanced effort is an important part of the practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Concentration Retreat