Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2017-02-05 Opening to Experience: How and When (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:03
James Baraz	Download Listen
One of the most profound gifts of retreat practice is learning to open to our experience. We develop confidence, courage, compassion and insight as we are willing to work with all the challenging and beautiful places the mind can take us to. And it's also good to know when it's more skillful to not open to those places if we need to have a stronger container to hold them. Qualities that support this opening such as forgiveness, patience, sense of humor, and self-compassion are explored.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month-long Retreat

2017-02-04 Guided Meditation on Equanimity and Compassion 28:08
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2017-01-31 Tuesday Night Teacher-Led Sit With Mark Coleman 63:22
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Guest teacher Mark Coleman will begin with a guided meditation, followed dharma talk on his new book Make Peace With your Mind – How Mindfulness And Compassion Can Help Free You From The Inner Critic, then open up to our practice questions allowing us time to deepen in Sangha through mindful community discussion.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-01-29 Wise retreat (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:49
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
For some people, the idea of retreat implies some form of escape or avoidance. But actually, meditation retreats, especially long ones, are deep dive into our direct experience, both individual and collective. Though we disengage from the busyness and distractions of our daily life, we are still deeply engaged in understanding the world and our place in it, and can return from retreat more balanced and compassionate, ready to engage wisely with our lives and the issues of our time.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month-long Retreat

2017-01-25 Meeting Dukkha with our Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:39
Kate Munding	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness of Body, Speech and Mind

2017-01-24 Compassion and the Mystery 30:39
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2017-01-22 Compassion Meditation 41:09
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
SanghaSeva : Anandwan Power of Love

2017-01-22 Noble Eightfold Path 03 Talk: Right View and Right Thought/Intention 34:07
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
A re-cap of Right View, followed by an exploration of Right Thought in terms of the intention towards renunciation, the intention towards good-will or metta, and the intention towards non-cruelty or compassion
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

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