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Dharma Talks
2020-07-14 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, Week 2 - Meditation 55:51
Mark Nunberg
Intro talk followed by guided meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center Intro To Mindfulness Meditation

2020-07-14 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, Week 2 - Talk 29:50
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Intro To Mindfulness Meditation

2020-07-13 A Bigger Sky 64:00
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2020-07-13 Buddhist Studies – The Eightfold Path: The Buddha’s Path of Awakening, Week 2 – Meditation 27:33
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: The Eightfold Path

2020-07-13 Buddhist Studies – The Eightfold Path: The Buddha’s Path of Awakening, Week 2 – Talk 26:33
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: The Eightfold Path

2020-07-12 Guided Meditation: Anicca or Inconstancy 12:41
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-07-12 Real Dharma at 86: Jane Elliott Teaching About Racism 1:38:06
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2020-07-12 98 The Noble Search MN4 & 26 DN16 32:10
Bhante Bodhidhamma
To draw the series of talks to a close, a recap of the BUddha's search and final passing into Total Nibbana (Parinibbana)
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-07-12 The Liberating Value of Non-Harming - Meditation 32:54
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-07-12 The Liberating Value of Non-Harming - Talk 46:43
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-07-12 Unravel the Web 42:29
Ajahn Sucitto
Our habitual tendencies and conditioning weave a web of saṃsāra that we keep running around on. But we can generate new formulations and programs to steady and calm the mind, get it fit for the work of liberation. Mindfulness of body and breathing, and brahmavihāra cultivation are recommended practices.
Cittaviveka Vassa 2020 Opening Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery

2020-07-12 Growing Wisdom through Meditation 4 1:56:34
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-07-12 Guided Meditation -- Anicca or Inconstancy 12:41
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-07-12 Guided Meditation -- Investigation 24:13
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-07-11 Where to put our effort 20:21
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-07-11 Breath Energy Guided Meditation 39:12
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-07-11 97 At Catuma MN67 16:33
Bhante Bodhidhamma
The Buddha as disciplinarian, dismisses noisy monks. When he allows them to return, he talks about the four kinds of fear of those who go near water.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-07-11 The Path Is Made by Walking 34:05
Ayya Santacitta
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2020-07-11 Open Road – Out of Pressure 38:50
Ajahn Sucitto
Citta doesn’t start out liberated. It has to come through ignorance, craving and grasping. We can learn from this, what is the wrong path and what is the right path. The right path gets obscured by feeling and perception. Steady the energies and stay out of the activities of mind – the right path is there, it’s an open road.
Cittaviveka Vassa 2020 Opening Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery

2020-07-10 95b The Incontrovertible Truth 12:02
Bhante Bodhidhamma
A short addition to 95a. Discussion on Nibbana and mention of the Four Types of Persons
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-07-10 How Not to Be a Hot Mess 63:15
James Baraz, Craig Hase, Devon Hase, Eve Decker
Devon and Craig Hase join James in sharing about their new book How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Survival Guide for Modern Life. The book offers a playful exploration of living a life of Integrity based on the teachings of the Buddha. Devon and Craig lead meditation retreats throughout North America and Europe. Devon teaches at the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock. Craig spent six years in a Zen monastery and teaches mindfulness meditation, and dharma full time.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2020-07-10 Closing Session 27:08
Jaya Rudgard
Closing of the online retreat
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-10 Closing Session 27:08
Chris Cullen
The closing session of the online retreat, featuring Jaya Rudgard and Mat Schencks
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-10 The Many Arms of Kuan Yin, and Equanimity's Near Enemy - Passivity 61:11
Chris Cullen
Recording from the online retreat. Mat Schencks contributes to this talk.
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-10 Refresh Energy through Breathing 29:24
Ajahn Sucitto
Refreshing and regenerating energy is a necessary part of our practice to counter tense, constricted and disconnected states. Mindfulness of breathing is a means for toning up. We can go to the energetic bases of these tendencies and clear them.
Cittaviveka Vassa 2020 Opening Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery

2020-07-10 In This Very Life -- 2020-07-10 57:22
Kim Allen
Finishing up the Anatta-Lakkhana Sutta and continuing with the Fire Sermon
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-07-09 03 guided meditation: standing then walking 14:07
Jill Shepherd
Instructions to continue mindfulness of the body while changing posture from sitting to standing, then walking together as a group, in a circle
Auckland Insight Meditation Foundations of Insight

2020-07-09 02 guided meditaton: mindfulness of the breath then physical sensations 24:21
Jill Shepherd
Beginning with mindfulness of breathing to develop stability of mind, then opening to physical sensations throughout the whole body
Auckland Insight Meditation Foundations of Insight

2020-07-09 Buddhist Practice and the Transformation of Racism 1: Training in Wisdom and Developing Wise Perspectives on Racism 1:14:35
Donald Rothberg
In this first talk in a three-part series, we work with the traditional model of a threefold training in wisdom, meditation, and ethics, beginning with identifying three perspectives that can guide our understanding and practice. The first is to remember the Buddha's rejection of the caste system and its core claims, and the welcoming of all, from any caste or from no caste, into his community. The second is to understand how greed, hatred, and delusion, the transformation of which is at the center of our practice, are not just individual but also institutional and systemic in nature. The third is to see how race, in terms of blackness and whiteness, is a social construction without biological reality, appearing in history at a certain point a little over three centuries ago (we look in some detail at how whiteness appeared in colonial Virginia at the end of the 17th century); it is a construction very clearly connected with divide-and-conquer strategies by the wealthy elite, which then has terrible consequences.
Insight Meditation Tucson :  Buddhist Practice and the Transformation of Racism

2020-07-09 01 talk: mindfulness of body 21:51
Jill Shepherd
Using the tool of mental noting to develop a strong foundation of mindfulness of the body, and how this helps cultivate a healthier relationship to the body
Auckland Insight Meditation Foundations of Insight

2020-07-09 Joint Reflections on the Brahma Viharas 47:24
Jaya Rudgard
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-09 Joint Reflections on the Brahma Viharas 47:24
Chris Cullen
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-09 95a The Incontrovertible Truth 22:06
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Buddha's arguments against nihilism, that there are no consequences to actions and fate.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-07-09 Guided Meditation on appreciation, compassion and kindness 45:18
Jaya Rudgard
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-09 Thinking without a Thinker 34:04
Ajahn Sucitto
When full ground is not properly established, thinking creates the thinker. With proper ground, it’s possible to hover over the thought process and listen deeply to the underlying emotional stream. Establish ground using a simple meditation object that the mind can easily access and stabilize on.
Cittaviveka Vassa 2020 Opening Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery

2020-07-08 Meditation: The Space of Loving Awareness 18:21
Tara Brach
This meditation begins by guiding us through a scan: opening to inner space and aliveness, then to outer space, and then continuous space, filled with the light of awareness. We explore how every experience belongs to this infinite awake space of our Being, and can be held with tenderness and love.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-07-08 The Heart Crosses the Abyss - Three Inner Trainings 49:11
Tara Brach
In the moments when we either resist or get possessed by our strong emotions, we are in a trance, and cut off from openhearted awareness. This talk explores the truth that “it’s not what’s happening, it’s how we’re relating.” We look at three key trainings that help us relate to difficult emotions with a wise and compassionate presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-07-08 Willingness to be Uncomfortable 63:47
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2020-07-08 94 The Enquirer 13:16
Bhante Bodhidhamma
The Buddha asks his followers not to just accept he is fully liberated, but to look at his behaviour to see whether there is in any impurity.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-07-08 Talk: the role of perceptions and formations in creating identity 32:39
Jill Shepherd
An overview of how the clinging-aggregates of perception and formations can create a fixed identity for oneself and others, then touching in to this process in relation to racial identity. Includes a quote from Shakil Choudhury's work on racial and social justice education and psychological literacy: https://deepdiversity.animaleadership.com/2018/11/28/the-hole-in-racial-justice-a-love-letter/
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society

2020-07-08 Cultivating Appreciative Joy & Compassion 45:36
Chris Cullen
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-08 Commitment to Lightness 38:46
Ajahn Sucitto
In our practice we’re looking not so much at what we want but what we want to release ourselves from – clinging. We challenge the compulsiveness of our reactions, to fight or to grab, with a commitment to lightness. We apply ourselves with deliberate, steady, lightness of touch so things can move and release.
Cittaviveka Vassa 2020 Opening Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery

2020-07-08 Guided Meditation -- the Four Elements 16:40
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-07-08 Transformation of the Analytical Mind -- session 6 1:18:36
Kim Allen
Last session out of 6 -- Wisdom and Awakening
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-07-07 Features of Developed Mindfulness 13:42
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-07-07 Intro to Mindfulness Meditation Week 1 - Meditation 18:52
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Intro To Mindfulness Meditation

2020-07-07 Intro to Mindfulness Meditation Week 1 - Talk 58:45
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Intro To Mindfulness Meditation

2020-07-07 Freeing the heart: a walk through the awakening factors 47:40
Jaya Rudgard
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-07 93 Angulimala 20:21
Bhante Bodhidhamma
How a murderer became an arahat!
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-07-07 Practising with the Hindrances 61:10
Chris Cullen
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-07 Foundation for Meditation 43:55
Ajahn Sucitto
To relax the activity of the mind, awareness – citta – needs something else to stand on. We set up internal and external foundations that generate the sense of steadiness and stability. This enables us to get perspective and step back from the stream of energies and mind-states that we call ‘myself.’
Cittaviveka Vassa 2020 Opening Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery

2020-07-06 Buddhist Studies – The Eightfold Path: The Buddha’s Path of Awakening, Week 1 – Meditation 37:05
Mark Nunberg
Introduction to this seven-week course, followed by chant and guided meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: The Eightfold Path

2020-07-06 Buddhist Studies – The Eightfold Path: The Buddha’s Path of Awakening, Week 1 – Talk 50:12
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: The Eightfold Path

2020-07-06 Hope 64:48
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2020-07-06 Grounding, Enjoying, Spacious Allowing – Cultivating Samādhi 45:06
Chris Cullen
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-06 Monday Night Dharma Talk 58:04
Eugene Cash
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2020-07-06 92 The Exposition of the Elements MN140 cont. 19:32
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Continued
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-07-06 Sitting and Grounding 44:54
Chris Cullen
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-06 Opening Session 62:47
Jaya Rudgard
This was the opening session for the online retreat Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times. It also features Chris Cullen (co-teacher) and Mat Schencks (assistant).
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-05 Saturday Public Talk: Āsalha Puja – The Pleasure of Release 49:46
Ajahn Sucitto
On Āsalha Puja we commemorate the occasion when the Buddha gave his first teaching on the Four Noble Truths and the Middle Path of Practice. By cultivating this Path, the mind stops looking outside of itself – it finds pleasure in itself.
Cittaviveka At Home with the Homeless: Ajahn Sucitto Locked Down

2020-07-05 91 The Exposition of the Elements MN140 23:29
Bhante Bodhidhamma
The Four Foundations for awakening are explored: wisdom, truth, relinquishment and peace. A very juicy discourse. The ex-king, Pukkusati, becomes an arahat.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-07-05 Understanding the Skill and Freedom of a Non-fixed Mind - Meditation 38:08
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-07-05 Understanding the Skill and Freedom of a Non-fixed Mind - Talk 36:16
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-07-05 Morning Meditation 59:20
Noliwe Alexander
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-07-05 Dhamma Stream Online Puja: Guided Meditation – The Content of the Mind 10:09
Ajahn Sucitto
Contemplating the mind, not trying to change or explain it, knowing it as just a mental state, a result of causes and conditions. If feeling pressed upon by the mind, pause and widen. Bring attention to the body. Determine the appropriate attitude for settling.
Cittaviveka At Home with the Homeless: Ajahn Sucitto Locked Down

2020-07-04 What is and is not Dhamma 18:17
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-07-04 Relaxed, Alert, & Happy Guided Meditation 35:16
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-07-04 90 The Six Sets of Six MN148 16:41
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Beginning with active parts of Dependent Origination, the Buddha takes us through virtually all of the Dhamma. A good revision discourse.Do we understand all the lists?
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-07-04 Celebrando Asalha Puja 54:32
Dhammadīpā
Homenaje al Buddha, refugio en las tres joyas de Buddha, Dhamma y Sangha, los cinco preceptos laicos del Budismo Theravada, y una plática acerca del Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, lo que hoy en día entendemos como el primer discurso del Buddha. Parte de un programa especial el 4 de julio, 2020, el día de la luna llena de ese mes.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2020-07-04 Heart Practices in the Time of Pandemic and Racism 55:33
Pawan Bareja
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-07-04 התהוות מותנית ותחושת העצמי 1:20:04
Zohar Lavie
SanghaSeva קבוצת ישיבה אונליין בתובנה

2020-07-04 Heart Practices 59:08
Carol Cano
Morning Meditation Heart Practices, Brahmaviharas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-07-03 In This Very Life -- 2020-07-03 58:02
Kim Allen
Sutta Study -- Anatta-Lakkhana Sutta SN 22.59
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-07-03 Applying Early Buddhist Perspective to Contemporary Issues 55:09
James Baraz
Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo has just written an essay exploring how the early Buddhist perspective shows that diversity work can become an integral part of the Buddhist path of practice. We will explore some of Ven. Analayo's ideas and see how we can apply them in our own practice. We'll also touch a recent article by Bhikkhu Bodhi, another esteemed Buddhist scholar, entitled "From Tragedy to Hope: Reflections on the Killing of George Floyd".
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2020-07-03 89 Kosambi MN48 19:21
Bhante Bodhidhamma
The monks in the monastery are locked in an argument and the Buddha comes and gives advice as to how to create a harmonious community. Then explains the extraordinary knowledge of a Stream-enterer, the first Spiritual Attainment,
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-07-03 Where does it Hurt? 58:50
Noliwe Alexander
Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-07-03 Emotions and Mind States 35:02
Carol Cano
Sit with Instructions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-07-02 02 guided meditation: mindfulness of breathing 22:51
Jill Shepherd
An introduction to mindfulness of breathing, using the rhythm of the breath to steady awareness and then refining mindfulness to stay connected with the details of the breath, one half-breath at a time
Auckland Insight Meditation Foundations of Insight

2020-07-02 01 talk intro to insight meditation 19:30
Jill Shepherd
A short introduction to insight meditation, its purpose and the key techniques for developing mindfulness (sati) and stability of mind (samadhi)
Auckland Insight Meditation Foundations of Insight

2020-07-02 88 At Samagama Discourse MN104 20:28
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Afraid of the breakup of the order when he dies as seems to have happened when the leader of the Jains died, the Buddha explains the Six Roots of Disputes, the Four Kids of Litigations and the Seven Settlements.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-07-02 Energy & Patience 59:55
Jozen Tamori Gibson
Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-07-02 Guided Meditation on the Hindrances 41:34
Pawan Bareja
Sit with Instructions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-07-02 Muditā: An Introduction & Meditation 56:27
Jozen Tamori Gibson
Morning Meditation Heart Practices, Brahmaviharas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-07-01 Meditation: Calling on Our Inner Bodhisattva 21:11
Tara Brach
We each have within us the very source of wisdom and love. This meditation calls forward that essence, our awakening heart, so we can seek guidance and nurturing for the parts of us that need a healing attention.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-07-01 Shame, Healing and Transformation 48:43
Tara Brach
Being at war with ourselves blocks us from evolving our consciousness and living from our hearts. This talk distinguishes between toxic and healthy shame, as well as shame about our individual self and our group identity. We explore how, with self-compassion and courageous honesty, we can respond to negative, painful feelings about ourselves in a way that serves awakening and alignment with our deepest values.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-07-01 The Dharma Is a Bridge over Troubled Waters 44:00
Ven. Pannavati Bhikkhuni
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2020-07-01 87 The Wilderness of the Heart MN16 22:09
Bhante Bodhidhamma
The Five Wildernesses, the Five Shackles, the Four Roads to Success and ... committed enthusiasm!
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-07-01 Guided Meditation -- Gathering the Mind 20:46
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-07-01 Transforming the Analytical Mind -- session 5 1:23:34
Kim Allen
Fifth of a six-part series
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-07-01 Mental States and Uncertainty 55:50
Carol Cano
Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-07-01 Beyond the Worldly Winds 57:45
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - July 2020

2020-07-01 Vedanā (Feeling Tone) - Guided Meditation 39:05
Jozen Tamori Gibson
Sit with Instructions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-07-01 Karuna 59:13
Noliwe Alexander
Morning Meditation Heart Practices, Brahmaviharas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-06-30 Cultivating Patience 45:06
Shaila Catherine
Shaila Catherine discusses the importance of patience in our practice. This talk explores benefits, opportunities, and challenges that we experience when cultivating this often under appreciated virtue of patience.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2020-06-30 86 The Root of All Things MN1 24:20
Bhante Bodhidhamma
MN1 continued and how all the relationships of self to self and self to other pan out.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-06-30 Body / Breath 33:06
Noliwe Alexander
Sit with Instructions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-06-30 Metta as Revolutionary Practice 60:08
Pawan Bareja
Morning Meditation Heart Practices, Brahmaviharas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-06-29 4 Principles for Social Change: Change the Narrative 65:48
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2020-06-29 85 The Root of All Things MN1 21:02
Bhante Bodhidhamma
The way we come to understand through perception and then concepts.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-06-28 Five Elements & Awareness 33:09
Ayya Santacitta
Guided Meditation ~ What Compels You to Practice? ~ Retreat for White Heron Sangha
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

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