Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2012-03-13 Insight & Diversity 66:31
Ralph Steele	Download Listen
We will use the Four Foundation of Mindfulness as a frame of reference to support the understanding of our relationship with our inner and outer environment.
New York Insight Meditation Center : NYI Regular Talks

2012-03-13 Freedom of Mind and Heart 57:34
Larry Yang	Download Listen
The Third Foundation of Mindfulness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-13 06 Dukkha and Tanha 60:27
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Definition of dukkha; dukkha and pleasure; "fully understanding" dukkha; the Buddha and Nagarjuna's understanding of the five bundles as not self; definition of tanha (craving); clinging and narcissism.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) : An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-12 Maranasati 54:11
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Mindfulness of Life & Death
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-03-12 Ethics, Compassion and Wisdom 44:56
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) : An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-12 Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances - Week 1 1:31:12

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances

2012-03-12 Crows Speak: Seven Factors of Awakening 50:06
John Travis	Download Listen
Through a poem, personal stories, and teachings, the talk explores the seven factors of awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-12 05 Namarupa and Consciousness 61:57
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Meaning of the term "namarupa" in Upanishads and early Buddhism; the Buddha's critique of an unconditioned consciousness; the interdependence of namarupa and consciousness like two sheaves of reeds.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) : An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-11 Practice 49:12
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) : An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-11 Transforming the Mind 55:41
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-03-11 Maranasati: Mindfulness of Death 47:06
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2012-03-11 Compassion as the Path and Expression of Awakening 59:40
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
A "talk from the heart" blending aspects of wisdom and compassion. Teachings on the five recollections, the three characteristics and how to work with difficulties in cultivating compassion are offered through stories from the life of the Buddha, Dipa Ma, Darlene Cohen, Ruth Denison and His Holiness the Karmapa.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-11 04 Experience 57:02
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
The Buddha's criteria for regarding a statement as valid; a pragmatic view of the dharma; the "all" is equivalent to "experience" or "life" -- no need of metaphysical realities; supportive quote by Lucretius; awakening to the delight, tragedy and emancipation of life.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) : An Introduction to Secular Buddhism

2012-03-10 Get a Grip: Concentration as the Antidote to the Flurried Mind 58:31
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
A review of the hindrances and the way in which the factor of concentration, when applied, steadies the mind and allows for clear seeing to prevail.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-10 Meditations on Mind: Learning to Recognize, Accept, Investigate, and Not-Identify with Mental States 15:32
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
This 15-minute recording by Shaila Catherine offers strategies and techniques for meditating on the mind. The acronym RAIN (Recognize, Accept, Investigate, Not-identify) can help us work skillfully with mental states.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2012-03-10 Rest in Natural Being 55:15
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Deeply opening to the impact of the characteristics of human existence; anicca, anatta and dukkha, supports us to grow in wisdom and brings intimacy and aliveness to our being. From the silence of being flows the essential radiant qualities of mind and heart; love, compassion, joy and equanimity. Our unfolding is held and nurtured by the supporting containers of awakening practice; sila, samadhi and panna.
Gaia House : Rest in Natural Being

2012-03-09 Refuge in Recovery 47:22
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-03-09 Feeling-Tone and Its Importance for our Practice 58:08
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the pivotal practice of mindfulness of feeling-tone (vedana), by 1) understanding feeling-tone in the context of the teaching of dependent arising; 2) examining the nature of pleasant, unpleasant and neutral; and 3) suggesting a number of ways of practicing with feeling-tone.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-09 Turning to Beingness - Life Beyond Judgement 47:55
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
"There is a cry deeper than all sounds whose serrated edges cut the heart as we break open, to the place inside which is unbreakable and whole, while learning to sing" - Rashani There is an illness in being somebody and and illness in being nobody. When we meet that which is hard to bear in our experience in general, and the force of self judgement in particular, we can come to rest in natural being and open to the fullness of life.
Gaia House : Rest in Natural Being

2012-03-08 Letting Go of Spiritual Views 52:06
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2012-03-08 Second Foundation: Dissolving Form 48:33
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
The second foundation begins to dissolve the form of "I' and the body/mind begins to slowly lose its boundaries revealing the formless.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : March 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-03-08 The Wise and Fearless Heart 56:13
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
This talk explores the nature of fear and how it can be countered by the development of the heart. The spacious heart, trained in kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity, supports us in all circumstances.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-08 Opening Talk for Rest in Natural Being 41:52
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Gaia House : Rest in Natural Being

2012-03-07 Freedom in the Midst of Difficulty 1:27:55

Tara Brach

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We suffer when we forget who we are and get caught in a limited sense of self. This talk explores how we become identified with a sliver of what we are, and the pathway to remembering our wholeness. When we know we're the ocean, we are free to relate to the waves with respect, compassion and love.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-03-07 Frog Clarity...5 Spiritual Faculties 53:07
John Travis	Download Listen
One of John's Poems. Talk based on 5 spiritual faculties, more based on faith and heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long