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Dharma Talks
2022-11-16 Meeting Fear with Mindfulness and Courage 54:48
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2022-11-16 Meditation: Calling on Your Awakened Heart 23:33
Tara Brach
In the midst of difficulty we need access to our deepest wisdom and love. This guided meditation calls forth this loving presence by opening to the heart and spirit of whatever being in our life we most experience as calm, wise and compassionate. How do we find that inner place of calm in the midst of the storm?
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-11-16 The Calling of These Times – Part 2 49:37
Tara Brach
The Dalai Lama invites us to trust in the power of heart and awareness to awake through all circumstances. What does that look like in the midst of our current global crises? These two talks explore what these times are drawing forward in us individually and collectively, and how we can live true to the full wisdom and love of our beings.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-11-16 Fulfil Ethical Sense and Aspiration 39:09
Ajahn Sucitto
Training precepts provide ancient themes for spiritual development, establishing boundaries of restraint. They are guardians of the world creating happiness for yourself and others.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Mapping the Territory: New Light on the Satipatthana

2022-11-16 Dharma Talk 51:19
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary

2022-11-16 Taking All Experiences as Opportunities for Learning 63:16
Donald Rothberg
One of the central intentions of our practice is to learn from all experiences. This is not easy, both with difficult experiences or with wonderful experiences; we might in both cases revert to habitual forms of consciousness and behavior. We explore ways that we might "turn all obstacles into the path of practice" (as is said in the Tibetan Lojong teachings), or see "the obstacle as the path" (as in Zen). Central is our practice particularly with unpleasant or difficult experiences, studying and transforming our reactivity. We also see how sometimes there are important gifts that come from painful and/or difficult experiences; we share together in the group some of these kinds of experiences. We end with an invitation to practice with this basic intention to learn from everything in the next week!
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2022-11-15 Freedom from fear 62:25
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Meeting fear with mindfulness, courage, and wisdom can lead to peace, happiness, and final freedom
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-11-14 Deep roots of compassion 44:09
Winnie Nazarko
This talk reflects on the deep causes and conditions for what arises in our individual experience. This view supports an understanding of "not self" and compassion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-11-14 Waves of Experience Meditation | Monday Night 19:57
Jack Kornfield
Inviting listeners to breathe softly and naturally amidst it all, Jack helps us flow through waves of thoughts, emotions, and sensations in order to come to rest in loving awareness, the timeless witness dwelling in each of us—who we truly are. “When you notice that a wave has pulled your attention from the breath, receive it. Let go of the attention to the breath, and receive it with the same loving awareness, as if to bow to it gently.”
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2022-11-14 Reflections on the Paramis. 15:41
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 1-15 2022

2022-11-13 Liberation through non-clinging 46:56
Jill Shepherd
An exploration of the clinging aggregate of Saṅkhāra, volitional mental formations, and their role in constructing self-view
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-11-13 Self Forgiveness Meditation 9:14
Amita Schmidt
This is a short, guided meditation exercise in extending forgiveness to a part of yourself. The meditation is designed for healing, and you can practice it as many times as needed, for different ages/parts of yourself.
Clintonville Sangha Ohio

2022-11-13 Cultivating the Four Wise Efforts: Nurturing the Wholesome, Embracing Suffering (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2:12
Thanissara
Spirit Rock Meditation Center DPP7#2

2022-11-13 Awareness of Awareness and Dissolving into Being 2:25
Amita Schmidt
An answer to a question about Awareness of Awareness. Also includes some about "dissolving into Being" as part of our evolution in practice.
Clintonville Sangha Ohio

2022-11-13 Listen to all thoughts like a birdsong. All thoughts are just sounds. 1:00
Amita Schmidt
A brief, additional comment to a student, who mentioned that my suggestion of a practice of "listening to all thoughts like they were a birdsong" was helpful to her.
Clintonville Sangha Ohio

2022-11-13 Dispassion with Existence - Talk 42:16
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2022-11-13 Dispassion with Existence - Meditation 36:09
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2022-11-13 Samadhi: Training, Benefits, Healing, Pitfalls (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:21:36
Thanissara
Anapanasati Sutta, generating wellbeing, subtle energetic healing, ground of insight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center DPP7#2

2022-11-13 Spiritual Resilience and Dharma Micro-Dosing 42:02
Amita Schmidt
A dharma talk about how to strengthen your spiritual resilience/immunity. This talk introduces the idea of dharma micro-dosing and includes some practices to do on a daily basis.
Clintonville Sangha Ohio

2022-11-12 The impulse for intimacy and the Dharma 53:25
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-11-12 Do what we can 6:04
Yanai Postelnik
London Insight Meditation Yanai Postelnik – Love in the time of crisis

2022-11-12 Pain is an invitation to what is needed 7:16
Yanai Postelnik
London Insight Meditation Yanai Postelnik – Love in the time of crisis

2022-11-12 Talk on opening the heart 25:53
Yanai Postelnik
London Insight Meditation Yanai Postelnik – Love in the time of crisis

2022-11-12 Guided meditation 32:00
Yanai Postelnik
London Insight Meditation Yanai Postelnik – Love in the time of crisis

2022-11-12 Opening and responding to the world 24:23
Yanai Postelnik
London Insight Meditation Yanai Postelnik – Love in the time of crisis

2022-11-12 Introduction with practice 17:46
Yanai Postelnik
London Insight Meditation Yanai Postelnik – Love in the time of crisis

2022-11-11 Guided meditation: metta the neutral and difficult person 46:36
Kim Allen
After establishing metta with an "easy being" we can train the heart to offer goodwill to a person we do not know, and also to one who is challenging for us. Our hearts grow stronger as metta deepens and expands.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-11-11 Meditation, Dhamma talk on Muditā 1:17:21
Bhante Sujato
Meditation: Meditation on thoughts and desire. Dhamma talk on Muditā.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-11-11 Equanimity as a Process 40:17
Laura Bridgman
Gaia House November Solitary

2022-11-10 Guided Meditation 41:03
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House Cultivating Goodness, Exploring Fabrication

2022-11-10 Words and the Wordless in Silent and Relational Meditation 31:47
Gregory Kramer
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2022-11-10 Dharma Talk 26:47
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House Cultivating Goodness, Exploring Fabrication

2022-11-10 Welcome and Arriving Meditation 19:09
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House Cultivating Goodness, Exploring Fabrication

2022-11-10 A reading of the Buddha’s teachings on the five aggregates. Sutta ref. SN 22:95;III 140-2 18:36
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 1-15 2022

2022-11-09 Meditation: Being the Ocean and Opening to the Waves 23:56
Tara Brach
We can’t truly open to the waves of life unless we recognize our Oceanness, the formless awareness that is our source. This meditation begins with awakening the senses and then invites us to discover the spacious presence in the background of all experience.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-11-09 The Calling of These Times – Part 1 45:36
Tara Brach
The Dalai Lama invites us to trust in the power of heart and awareness to awake through all circumstances. What does that look like in the midst of our current global crises? These two talks explore what these times are drawing forward in us individually and collectively, and how we can live true to the full wisdom and love of our beings.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-11-09 Perception: distortions of it and training of it (perception) 52:32
Kim Allen
How we label our experience has it major impact on how much we suffer. We can train this function of mind to be wiser and less distorted
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-11-09 Dharma Talk 49:27
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary

2022-11-09 Reflections on Vedana/feeling tone. 15:35
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 1-15 2022

2022-11-08 Dharma Talk 30:32
Leigh Brasington
Gaia House The Five Daily Reflections (online)

2022-11-08 Freedom through the practice of impermanence (anicca) 57:34
Bhante Buddharakkhita
The practice of impermanence can help us to overcome all kinds of cravings and experience freedom from suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-11-08 Guided metta/loving-kindness meditation 46:59
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 1-15 2022

2022-11-08 Guided Contemplation 16:02
Leigh Brasington
Gaia House The Five Daily Reflections (online)

2022-11-08 Introduction and Guided Meditation 23:05
Leigh Brasington
Gaia House The Five Daily Reflections (online)

2022-11-08 Dharma Talk - with DaRa Williams and Jozen Tamori Gibson 47:18
Erin Treat, DaRa Williams, Jozen Tamori Gibson
In this collective offering, we respond to questions asked by participants on the retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Opening to Wisdom & Love: Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-11-07 Q and A after talk - Q&A - Empowering Faith Energizing Practice, Wat Marp Chan 15:22
Ajahn Achalo
04:02 Q1 - How can one truly love oneself? Many times even though we do an entire project we blame ourselves for some mistake and focus on the negative things. 10:25 Q2 - I'd like to know if faith is all about being positive? What about the things that we really can't do? Is accepting that an aspect of faith as well? Ajahn mentions 1) the Anatta-lakkhana Sutta: The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic. It is available here: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.059.than.html 2) Adittapariyaya Sutta: The Fire Sermon, available here: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.028.than.html
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2022-11-07 Thoughts and meditation 55:22
Winnie Nazarko
Is thinking/thought inside or outside of meditation practices? This talk explores how to consider thought, and how do use it to wake up
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2022-11-07 Empowering Faith Energizing Practice, Wat Marp Chan 38:40
Ajahn Achalo
A dhamma talk Ajahn Achalo gave to some Indian monks and Sri Lankan lay people at Ajahn Anan's request.
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2022-11-07 Liberative Dependent Arising 48:14
Erin Treat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Opening to Wisdom & Love: Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-11-06 Right effort 51:14
Jill Shepherd
Exploring ways that effort can become unbalanced, some antidotes, and the Buddhas four-part definition of right effort in the noble eightfold path.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

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