Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2013-02-09 Morning Reflection: The "What" and "How" of experience 18:33
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-02-08 The Wandering Mind 61:39
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
In our meditation practice, we often view the wandering mind as something that we have to overcome in order to deepen in our practice. But we can actually investigate the wandering mind as a mental phenomenon, and learn a lot about the way our minds work, deepening in our practice through this very investigation.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-02-08 The Suffering that Leads to the End of Suffering 55:47
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The First Noble Truth tells us how it really is - there is and there will be suffering in any and every life. But this is not just gloomy news, but rather an invitation to turn towards suffering so we begin to understand it, its nature and its causes, so we need no longer to cause our own suffering, or to feel a vicitm of suffering - that we have done something wrong because we are suffering. Opening to suffering also tenderizes the heart, as we open to the depth and the breadth of our own suffering, and the suffering of the world. This is the path to compassion and to freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-02-08 Metta retreat first talk 65:16
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : A Soft and Radical Transformation of the Heart

2013-02-08 Afternoon Brahma Vihara Instructions 62:17
James Baraz	Download Listen
Metta: forgiveness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-02-08 Morning Instructions 15:56
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Morning meditation instructions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-02-07 Buddhism and the 12 Steps, Week 1, Part C 28:23
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Buddhism & the 12 Steps

2013-02-07 Buddhism and the 12 Steps, Week 1, Part B 17:05
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Buddhism & the 12 Steps

2013-02-07 Buddhism and the 12 Steps, Week 1, Part A 48:52
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Buddhism & the 12 Steps

2013-02-07 Self and Proliferation 61:04
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The ongoing re-generation of the sense of self is reinforced by our tendency to proliferating thoughts. This tendency is explored through the Honeyball Sutta (Majjhima 18).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-02-07 Brahma Vihara-Metta 41:24
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Friend
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-02-07 Morning Reflections: Appreciating the Wholesome 9:57
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-02-07 Morning Instructions 16:35
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-02-06 Embodying True Refuge - Serving and Savoring Life 1:31:18

Tara Brach

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This talk traces the story of the Buddha's awakening, and reflects on four key archetypal elements that are relevant for each of us as we come home to our true nature. There is a particular emphasis on how these elements enable us to encounter challenges in relationships and find our way to openhearted presence. Includes music honoring the launch of Tara's new book, True Refuge: vocal by La Sarmiento and Guru Ganesha with his Kirtan band.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2013-02-06 The Five Hindrances 61:05
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
The hindrances arise naturally within our practice. Developing mindfulness while the hindrances are present both brings in wisdom and transforms the underlying conditions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-02-06 Morning instructions 14:14
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-02-06 Morning Reflection - Musings on Mindfulness 42:56
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-02-05 The Elephant's footprint. The Buddha as physician and his fourfold medicine. 57:46
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
The Buddha as physician and his fourfold medicine.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-02-05 The Foundation of Freedom is Accepting 53:18
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Letting go of: All the wishing for more, for less, for anything else, the whining and defining, the needing and the resisting. Just this simple quiet opening. Aaahh!
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-02-05 The Idea of You is Not You 32:41
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2013-02-05 Dependent Origination: Co-Dependent Arising (1) 56:50
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Dependent Origination asks us to see the world from a vastly different perspective than our normal understanding. It exerts that fundamentally nothing exists independently, and everything is co-dependent upon everything else. Most of us do not see the world in this configuration. Normally we think of ourselves and all other objects as having separate existences. Let us loosen our grasp on seeing life as separately existing and ease ourselves into the symphony at play. Notice that coincidences and chance occurrences are part of the wonderment of inseparability. Nothing is happening randomly by accident. Although even a philosophical understanding of this eases our individual burden, it is the realization of tis fact that dramatically effects our lives. When we see we are not separate from the world around us, we release the need for a personal and binding narrative, and the formless sacred comes into view.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: Dependent Origination

2013-02-05 Brahma Viharas: Metta 58:13
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Metta for Self and Benefactor
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-02-05 Morning Reflection - Mindfulness Practice 44:26
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-02-05 Morning Instructions, Day 2 20:28
James Baraz	Download Listen
The Breath
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2013-02-04 An Ode to Mindfulness 58:21
James Baraz	Download Listen
Why did the Buddha describe mindfulness as the direct path to overcome sorrow and lamentation, end suffering, discontent and realize the highest happiness? This talk reminds us what mindfulness practice is, why it is so profound and describes attitudes that optimally support mindfulness practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat