Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2012-12-27 Introduction to Meditation Refuges & Precepts 42:33
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : New Year Retreat 2013 - Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal & Letting Go

2012-12-27 Opening Talk for New Year Retreat 35:47
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
This talk also includes Chris Cullen, Jenny Wilks, and Rob Burbea
Gaia House : New Year Retreat

2012-12-26 Balance as Refuge 55:56
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-12-26 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness- The Fourth - pt 2 2:32
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
This is a short wrap up of this talk. A few minutes between parts 1 and 2 were missed.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Introduction to Insight Meditation

2012-12-26 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness- The Fourth 50:13
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We review the Four Foundations with continued emphasis on the Fourth, including attention to a number of practical situations. Pt 1 of 2. *There are a few minutes missed between pt 1 and 2. Part 2 is the wrap up of the talk.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Introduction to Insight Meditation

2012-12-22 Practice Here And There - Practice Everywhere 67:59
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Exploring what we learned in this retreat and how it translates as good support and protection in out lives in the larger world.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-22 Practice Instructions 41:01
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-22 What's With All This Meditation Then? 48:30
Paul Burrows	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Meditation: A Path of Freedom

2012-12-21 Dissolving Storyline 51:47
John Travis	Download Listen
In usual fashion, one of John's poems followed a teaching on dissolving the four types of mental fixations and opening to the radiant mystery.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation at the Solstice

2012-12-21 The Buddha's Way to Happiness - Interview 4:52
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : IMS Audio Files

2012-12-21 Challenging Energies: How To Attend and Befriend 42:48
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
In practice we are often beset by challenging energies. Cultivating a skillful relationship to them is key to awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-20 A Time For Healing 51:58
James Baraz	Download Listen
Dealing with the tragedy of Newtown, Conn.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2012-12-20 Metta - The Heart's Release 1:14:58
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
There is tremendous fullness of energy constituted by great confidence, strength and very clear straight forwardness that comes from a loving heart... that comes from the heart of Metta.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-20 Christmas Talk re the Path 47:03
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2012-12-20 The Five Aggregates of Self. Mindfulness, meditation and compassion practices to open up to no-self. 59:06
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Talk explores many doorways of investigating the te4achings on self and no-self including developing a healthy sense of self. the four S's of self 1. simple sense of self 2. solid sense of self 3. self-interested sense of self 4. social sense of self
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation at the Solstice

2012-12-20 Guided Concentration/Samatha Sit 43:12
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-19 Samadhi: Gateway to Freedom 62:43
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
The cultivation of samadhi is more than just focusing the mind. The tranquility of deep samadhi is the foundation for insight and awakening
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-19 Turning Toward the Light 1:12:34

Tara Brach

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This solstice talk explores how, in the face of darkness - unconsciousness, ignorance, violence - we can call on the light that is within us. The two pathways are to courageously look directly into the places of suffering, and to include in our gaze, the intrinsic goodness in all beings, in life.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-12-19 Entering the Dark, Entering the Light 58:55
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
In the context of the winter solstice, we explore how to open up to different aspects of darkness (stopping and stillness, not knowing and mystery, difficulty and creativity) and how we, in doing so, open to light.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation at the Solstice

2012-12-19 Healing the Mind 56:28
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-12-19 Morning Meditation Instructions 48:26
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-19 Sitting and Walking Instructions 20:03
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-19 Meditation Instructions: Tranquility 5:56
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Emphasis in instructions is the cultivation of ease, relaxation and tranquility. Note: power failure interrupted recording
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-18 Opening Talk - Welcome 1:16:47
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-18 Troisième caractérisque libératrice 1:10:13
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks