Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2017-01-18 Your Awake Heart Is Calling You 1:12:01

Tara Brach

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As individuals and societies, we are pulled by both the insecurity of our evolutionary past, and by our awake heart, our capacity for mindfulness and compassion. This talk explores the ways we can listen to and respond to the call of our awake heart, by training ourselves to open to vulnerability (our own and others) and widen the circles of compassion.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-01-13 Metta for the Difficult (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 64:48
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
This Talk examines the roots of the journey transformation from struggle & separation to connection & love. Mindfulness of the nervous system, wisdom perspectives, forgiveness, compassion & patience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : January Metta Retreat

2017-01-11 Dissolving Trance with RAIN 1:12:46

Tara Brach

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One of the pervasive expressions of trance is identifying with a limited and separate sense of self. This talk contrasts the self-trance to our intrinsically open, awake and loving awareness. We then explore how the mindfulness and self-compassion in the RAIN practice can directly dissolve trance and reconnect us to our true nature.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-01-06 Acting from the courageous heart. 62:55
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Reflections on inner and outer activism: responding to greed, hatred, and delusion in the world from a place of courageous compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2017-01-05 What Channel Are You Tuned To? 50:52
James Baraz	Download Listen
(Note: This talk has some occasional sound distortion but it's worth it.) As the Buddha said, "We are what we think. With our thoughts we make the world." Our minds can go to the the greatest places of fear, anxiety and ill will or understanding, compassion and peace. When we're lost in confusion we have in us the capacity to remember the goodness and wisdom that our hearts long to connect with. This talk is about remembering that possibility and cultivating access to that Buddha right inside, especially when the outside world is giving us very different messages.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2017-01-02 Guided Meditation on Compassion 43:21
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Guided Meditation
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-31 Opening Our Hearts in Challenging Times 65:32
Hugh Byrne	Download Listen
As we bring loving awareness to our all that is arising in our bodies, hearts, and minds, there is a natural falling away of the illusion of separation - of ‘us’ and ‘them’ - and the cultivation of a wise and compassionate heart. With our hearts open to the suffering of the world, the Bodhisattva path of commitment to healing suffering, division and separation provides us with a vision of engaged action in the world in these difficult times.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-30 Courage and Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:26
Spring Washam	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-12-29 Reflection and Meditation on Compassion 42:59
Hugh Byrne	Download Listen
Compassion has been called ‘the quivering of the heart in response to suffering.' Cultivating a compassionate heart helps us to hold kindly our own painful feelings and emotions, and engage with the suffering of others, near and far.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-15 “Make Peace with Your Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Your Inner Critic.” 57:52
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks