Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2012-11-21 Exploring Identity 51:11
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving Insight Retreat

2012-11-21 Out of the Cycle of Suffering 43:51
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Exact date of talk is uncertain. Retreat was November 18 - 23, 2012
Shakti Vihara : Porthole to Pure Presence - Nov, 2012

2012-11-21 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness IV-Mindfulness of Feeling-Tone 60:03
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore 1. Why attention to feeling-tone is so crucial for our practice and freedom; 2. the nature of the feeling-tones of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral; and 3. seven ways to practice with feeling-tone.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-11-21 Vipassana Meditation Instructions 51:42
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Overview of vipassana/mindfulness meditation instructions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving Insight Retreat

2012-11-20 Thanksgiving 44:41
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2012-11-20 Cultivation and Letting G0 54:29
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Exact date of talk is uncertain. Retreat was November 18 - 23, 2012
Shakti Vihara : Porthole to Pure Presence - Nov, 2012

2012-11-20 Compassion and Metta 56:33
Spring Washam	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving Insight Retreat

2012-11-19 Spiritual Athlete 27:55
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Every Canadian knows Terry Fox, a teenage athlete who lost his leg to cancer, continued to train as a runner, and ran across Canada with one leg before he succumbed to his illness. His mission was to raise money for cancer research so others would not suffer. A legacy for our own journey - spiritual heroism, undaunted effort, magnanimous vision, valiant heart. The training begins now - for as along as it takes.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2012-11-19 Loving-kindness for the Earth 24:51
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving Insight Retreat

2012-11-19 A Few More Steps On The Eight Fold Path (part 2) 64:08
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-11-19 Working Skillfully with Pain 35:56
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How to work with the inevitable pain and stress in life - using three methods: 1) Mindfulness, 2) Resourcsing, 3) Loving-kindness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving Insight Retreat

2012-11-19 Reflections on Gratitude 16:43
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Exact date of talk is uncertain. Retreat was November 18 - 23, 2012
Shakti Vihara : Porthole to Pure Presence - Nov, 2012

2012-11-19 Guided Meditation - Mental States and Compassion 31:54
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
17 minute guided meditation on finding peace in the body and opening to states of mind and thinking as support for awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving Insight Retreat

2012-11-18 Anapanasati in 2’s 29:50
Gregory Kramer	Download Listen
Anapanasati in 2’s
Sevenoaks Pathwork Center : Annual Whole Life Community Retreat

2012-11-18 The Hindrances 53:32
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2012-11-18 Beyond Insufficiency 27:01
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Exact date of talk is uncertain. Retreat was November 18 - 23, 2012
Shakti Vihara : Porthole to Pure Presence - Nov, 2012

2012-11-18 Approaching the Dharma: Part One - Unbinding the World 60:50
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : November Solitary

2012-11-17 Mindfulness Of Body 60:05
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
How the body can be used as an object of awareness that leads to understanding of how things are.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-11-17 Opening Day Instructions 64:56
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Opening day mindfulness meditation instructions and orientation to the principles of mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving Insight Retreat

2012-11-17 Compassion 38:58
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
this talk explores the need for compassion and considers what helps and hinders its arising.
Gaia House : November Solitary

2012-11-15 Equanimity: Balanced Radiance Of Mind 65:12
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
A description of what equanimity is, and why it is not indeference/ apathy. How equanimity develops in insight meditation, and what the state of "high equanimity" is like.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-11-15 Cast Aside the Costume 49:44
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2012-11-14 Working With Fear 60:44
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
How to work with the fears that limits us and explore the nature of fear itself.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-11-14 Hands Off the Controls 1:16:18

Tara Brach

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We are deeply conditioned to respond to impermanence and inevitable loss by trying to control our experience. Our egoic reactivity prevents us from responding wisely to our life, and living the moments fully. This talk looks at how we can let go of controlling, open to the groundlessness we run from, and reconnect with the deep intelligence and love that flows through our being.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-11-14 The Noble Eightfold Path to Freedom - Talk 1 of 3 1:32:46
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
The Fourth Noble Truth expounded by the Buddha is that there is a Path to Freedom, to Liberation, to the sure heart’s release. He said that freedom is possible, and that if it were not possible, he would not ask us to walk the path to it. How can we use all of our life, its 10,000 joys and its 10,000 sorrows, as the ground of liberation, of freedom? By understanding the three pronged path of Meditation, of living a life of Integrity, and of developing Wisdom and putting our understanding into action, liberation is not a distant goal, but a present moment experience. Through practice, reflection and inquiry, we will deepen our understanding of the Path, its obstacles and its realization.
New York Insight Meditation Center : The Noble Eightfold Path
In collection: The Noble Eightfold Path to Freedom - Talk 1 of 3