Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2012-01-11 Part 1: Trusting Your Basic Goodness 1:24:04

Tara Brach

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Einstein says the most important question we will ever ask ourselves is, "Is this universe a friendly place?" Do we trust that there is something essentially benevolent or good about this universe? That we are essentially good? These two talks explore what it means to trust basic goodness, and how this trust naturally emerges through cultivating a meditative presence. (also in video - show tracks)

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-01-11 Four Aspects of Practice 56:29
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-01-11 Holding Your Life in Kindness 58:51
Larry Yang	Download Listen
The practice of joy and gratitude
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta

2012-01-11 Fear and Lovingkindness 55:15
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the nature of fear and how metta is a powerful resource to work with and transform fear.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-01-10 Week 1. Desire 48:46
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : The Practice of Recovery

2012-01-10 Insight and Clear Perception 40:30
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2012-01-10 Fundamentals of the Dharma 14:40:40

Rodney Smith

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In this series we open an exploration of a few fundamental dharma principles. Students will already have some familiarity with many of these topics, and some may seem trivial. But the reality is there is no trivial truth. Any and all truths can only take us as deeply as we allow them to enter. Most of us reach a comfort level with these fundamentals and then build our practice on top of that partial understanding. If our practice is to move forward these principles must be reexamined and thoroughly realized, then the simplest truth can have a profound impact.

Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2012-01-10 Fundamentals of the Dharma: Death and Denial 59:49
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
In this series we open an exploration of a few fundamental dharma principles. Students will already have some familiarity with many of these topics, and some may seem trivial. But the reality is there is no trivial truth. Any and all truths can only take us as deeply as we allow them to enter. Most of us reach a comfort level with these fundamentals and then build our practice on top of that partial understanding. If our practice is to move forward these principles must be reexamined and thoroughly realized, then the simplest truth can have a profound impact. This first homework is looking at death as an expression of denial - the unwillingness to face facts. Death is an example of the many ways we refuse to face life on its terms, the many ways we turn away and pretend life is other than what it is. But the dharma rests on facing facts without distortion, and unless we renew our commitment and trust to doing just that, our understanding will remain superficial.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: Fundamentals of the Dharma

2012-01-10 Befriending the Difficult Person 57:11
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Exploring on the levels of mind-heart-body, including teachings on patience, equanimity, compassion and forgiveness. The talk reflects on befriending the 'difficult' person in metta practice, with the underlying intention of reminding us that we are all in this together; that befriending difficult people can be both workable and transformational and that there are practical tools available to assist us on our journey.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta

2012-01-10 Spiritual Friendships 33:20
Kim Allen	Download Listen
Kalyana mitta, or spiritual friendship, is a foundation of the Buddhist path. Through examining a number of suttas related to friendship, we gain an understanding of the important qualities and ways of relating to wise friends.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley : Tuesday Talks—2012

2012-01-09 Metta Concentration 58:22
Heather Martin	Download Listen
The skill of dropping more fully into the beautiful experience of these wishes, abiding within them, with deeper restfulness. It is through this kind of experience that pure compassion can arise.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta

2012-01-09 Connected View 29:20
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Against the Stream Punx, Denver
Shakti Vihara

2012-01-09 Connected View - Q&A Session 11:40
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Against the Stream Punx, Denver
Shakti Vihara

2012-01-08 Wise Concentration 38:19
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2012-01-08 Metta Practice as a Path of Awakening 60:08
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Metta practice is a training inclining toward the awakened heart. We explore several aspects of this training in terms of the development of a number of capacities, working through what blocks metta, and the integration of metta, mindfulness and wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta

2012-01-08 Aggregates 30:00
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Denver Insight
Shakti Vihara

2012-01-07 In Gladness and in Safety, Omitting None 56:21
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
A presentation of Metta and Mindfulness as integral aspects of each other, using the Metta Sutta, the Buddha's teaching on kindness, as both teh mandate for practice and an overview of the path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta

2012-01-07 Compassion and Mindfulness 59:55
Jenny Wilks	Download Listen
An outline of the relationship between compassion, mindfulness, and insight in Dharma practice and in mindfulness-based therapies.
Gaia House : Origins And Applications Of Mindfulness MBCT MBSR Retreat

2012-01-06 Turning The Mind Towards The Dharma 60:44
Patricia Genoud-Feldman	Download Listen
Supporting our practice with four reflections that highlight the meaning of our life: Precious Human Body, Impermanence and Death, Law of Cause and Effect and the Imperfections of Life.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : January 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-01-06 Great Renunciation, Great Realization and Great Brave Mind 7:12
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
March 2012 Sangha News interview
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : IMS Audio Files

2012-01-06 Modes of Mind and the Four Noble Truths 45:20
Chris Cullen	Download Listen
An introduction to the modes of mind framework which is increasingly used within Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy. Reflections on how to use this in practice and its deeper relationship with the Four Noble Truths.
Gaia House : Origins And Applications Of Mindfulness MBCT MBSR Retreat

2012-01-05 Life Is Our Teacher. Life Is Our Practice 46:27
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Looking at what supports and nourishes a healthy engagement with life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2012-01-05 Time Travel 46:51
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2012-01-05 Wise Mindfulness 43:15
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
this talk will explore aspects of the Satipatthana sutta, the root discourse of insight meditation and mindfulness based applications.
Gaia House : Origins And Applications Of Mindfulness MBCT MBSR Retreat

2012-01-04 Trusting Our Potential For Awakening: Touching The Earth 62:05
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
A reflection on the importance and power of trusting our potential for awakening to the deepest wisdom of truth and freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat