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2022-10-08 Atonement: At-One-Ment (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:56
Eugene Cash
Exploring how we atone: become one with what our experience in meditation and with the truth of each moment. Learning Right Effort as relaxing and giving ourselves to the dharma experientially. True samadhi means to come into harmony with this moment and discover what unfolds now.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-10-08 Guided Practices - seeing as 'friend', holding the hall in Metta, elements practice 54:21
Yahel Avigur
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-08 Dharma Talk - Crossing the Flood 68:08
Gavin Milne
Gaia House The Flow of Awakening

2022-10-08 The Way of Looking of Anatta - not self 40:35
Yahel Avigur
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-08 Further Instructions 15:47
Gavin Milne
Establishing the flow during the day.
Gaia House The Flow of Awakening

2022-10-08 Meditation 25:56
Gavin Milne
Establishing the Flow
Gaia House The Flow of Awakening

2022-10-08 The Ultimate Letting Go Addendum 1:42
Ayya Santussika
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Embracing Change, Mastering Letting Go

2022-10-08 A Kind Questioning and Meditation on Impermanence 48:35
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-08 Instructions 33:56
Gavin Milne
Establishing the flow of awakening
Gaia House The Flow of Awakening

2022-10-08 Q&A 14:39
Guy Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2022-10-08 Vedanā: Teaching and Guided Meditation 28:58
Devon Hase
A short teaching and explanation of vedana from the satipatthana sutta, followed by a guided meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-10-08 The Ultimate Letting Go 15:42
Ayya Santussika
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Embracing Change, Mastering Letting Go

2022-10-08 Morning reflections. Cultivating whole body awareness and the Brahma viharas together. 16:19
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2022

2022-10-07 Hello Little Neurosis: Working with the Nivaranas (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:10
Devon Hase
A description of the hindrances using simile, image and lots of personal stories from solitary retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-10-07 Guided Meditation - Tuning into Metta 65:44
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-07 Working With Difficult Emotions 62:57
Guy Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2022-10-07 Patience 42:45
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2022

2022-10-07 Meditation on awareness, Dhamma talk Part 3 on Satipaṭṭhāna: Mind (citta) 1:33:55
Bhante Sujato
Meditation on awareness. Dhamma talk Part 3 on Satipaṭṭhāna: Mind (citta). The power of awareness. Movement towards subtlety, like an echo or an animal. Focussing on how greed, hate or delusion effect the mind; the mind with or without these. Awareness emerging from contemplation of the body and feeling. Discussion of wanting and not wanting, noticing when hate is reduced. How to see delusion in meditation; moha as thinking you know, delusion as a destraction from knowing often by way of greed and hate.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-10-07 Q&A 40:18
Ajahn Sucitto
01:32 Where can I get a print copy of your book Breathing Like a Buddha? (also PDF here: https://cdn.amaravati.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/27/Breathing-Like-a-Buddha-Web.pdf); 02:24 How can I contribute some dana to you? (also see here: https://www.cittaviveka.org/online-donations and navigate to Chithurst); 04:04 When you speak of the energy body, is that the embodied sense of self? 06:35 What did you mean when you said “The space within and without the body where mental formations form”? 11:33 Could you speak about the phrases the Buddha uses in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta? 13:12 What causes unskilful behaviour or though to arise and to stop? 20:28 How can I work for the benefit for other people without being fearful of making mistakes and hurting others? 22:42 How can I turn the mind from outside to inside with other people around? 27:51 I experience constant internal discussions, comments and judgements about past events. What do I do with this sense of self? 34:02 How do I follow Ajahn’s suggestion to make resolution and intention without getting into goal-seeking on the other hand?
Cittaviveka 2022 Online Teaching

2022-10-07 GM Quietening and investigating 14:42
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka 2022 Online Teaching

2022-10-07 Mitgefühl, Mitfreude und Gleichmut 47:12
Renate Seifarth
Die drei Brahmavihara Karuna (Mitgefühl), Mudita (Mitfreude) und Upekkha (Gleichmut). Um welche Haltungen geht es hierbei, welche Hindernisse gilt es zu überwinden und wie können wir sie entwickeln.
Waldhaus am Laacher See :  Metta

2022-10-07 More About the Way of Looking of Annica and the 5 Aggregates 46:03
Yahel Avigur
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-07 Kindfulness of Breathing Guided Meditation 38:50
Ayya Santussika
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Embracing Change, Mastering Letting Go

2022-10-07 The Way of Looking of Annica - Impermanence 31:08
Yahel Avigur
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-07 Renunciation or Letting Go? and How? 25:50
Ayya Santussika
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Embracing Change, Mastering Letting Go

2022-10-06 Dharma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock) - A Thorn in One's Heart 51:25
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-10-06 From Heartbreak to Compassionate Action 55:06
James Baraz
Kaye Cleave is a sangha member and film producer of the award-winning movie Catherine's Kindergarten. Catherine’s Kindergarten is the story of Kaye's emotional journey to confront her grief after the death of her only child, juxtaposed with her physical journey to a Nepalese mountain village to open a school in memory of her daughter. It is a truly moving experience. I'm proud to be part of Kaye's journey and in the film. Kaye will share some of her story of how the practice helped her process her grief and transform it into compassionate action. We share a clip of the movie and discuss the process of how we can turn heartbreak into meaning.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2022-10-06 The Solid Ground of Dhamma 49:51
Ayya Santussika
Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Embracing Change, Mastering Letting Go

2022-10-06 Skilful Creativity and Imagination 63:54
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-06 Vertrauen und Vergebung 43:50
Renate Seifarth
Beim Üben von Metta mit der Kategorie der Freunde, welche Rolle spielt Vertrauen, was weckt Vertrauen und wie können wir Vertrauen fordern. Gleichzeitig ist es fast normal, dass Vertrauen erschüttert werden kann. Durch Vergebung können wir es wieder herstellen. Eine Reflexion dazu, kann das unterstützen.
Waldhaus am Laacher See :  Metta

2022-10-06 Guided Meditation and Short Reflection - No Preference 46:49
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-06 Relaxing Craving and Clinging 38:09
Yahel Avigur
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-06 Morning reflections. guided body scan. 24:02
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2022

2022-10-05 Wise Intention: A trustworthy guide 51:50
Shelly Graf
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2022-10-05 Meditation: The Center of Now 16:29
Tara Brach
This meditation awakens our senses and then guides us to rest in the changing flow of experience. When the mind drifts, we are invited to relax back into full living presence, into that Beingness that is the center of now.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-10-05 Recognizing Craving and Clinging 53:04
Yahel Avigur
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-05 The Liberating Power of Conscious Intention – Part 2 50:14
Tara Brach
While we can’t change our past, we have the capacity in this moment to remember our deepest intention and seed the future. Intention can become the compass of our heart, guiding and creating our life experience. In these two talks we explore how we awaken mindfulness of intention and how, when we are caught in habits that create suffering, we can find our way home to the deep intention that heals and frees us. The two talks include reflections and practices that can bring the power of intention alive in your life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-10-05 Das Wesen von Samadhi und die Kraft der Dankbarkeit 43:25
Renate Seifarth
Die Metta Praxis zielen auf die Entwicklung von tiefer Konzentration, Samadhi, und die Entwicklung einer wohlwollenden Grundhaltung. Es geht darum, wie dieses samadhi entsteht, wie es sich äußert, was die Faktoren sind. Da gerade mit der Wohltäter-Kategorie geübt wird, geht es am Ende um Dankbarkeit, die gerade hier auftauchen kann und zugleich eine sehr heilsame Wirkung auf uns hat.
Waldhaus am Laacher See :  Metta

2022-10-05 Spectra Continua 43:44
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-05 Ten Ways of Practicing with Reactivity 68:23
Donald Rothberg
We start with a brief review of the last three Wednesday sessions on "Dukkha and the End of Dukkha," including briefly summarizing the teachings of "The Two Arrows" and "Dependent Origination" (going from pleasant/unpleasant to grasping/pushing away); grasping and pushing away are interpreted as the most important meaning of dukkha as reactivity. Then there is an acknowledgment of Yom Kippur occurring on this day and its relationship to our practice. The core of the talk is exploring ten fundamental ways of practicing with reactivity (a pdf of the ten ways will be posted linked with the talk). The talk is followed by discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
Attached Files:
  • Ten Ways of Practicing with Reactivity by Donald Rothberg (Word File)

2022-10-05 Guided Meditation Exploring Ways of Practicing with Reactivity 38:26
Donald Rothberg
After some brief initial instructions in posture, setting intentions, cultivating stability of mind, and basic mindfulness, there is a period of settling, followed by brief instructions on being mindful of any moments of reactivity, and then, some time later, on being mindful of any moderate or greater (while still workable) moments of pleasant or unpleasant experiences, noticing any tendencies to move from pleasant to craving and grasping (one form of reactivity), and to move from unpleasant to not wanting to pushing away in some way (the other main form of reactivity).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2022-10-05 The Power of Perception 58:25
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-04 Learning from Nature: Ecological Intimacy and Equanimity 31:59
Brian Lesage
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2022-10-04 Attunement and Relationship with Experience 48:19
Yahel Avigur
More possibilities with whole body sensitivity, pleasure, pain and attuned relationship with the experience.
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-04 Dangers of Sensuality 46:56
Kim Allen
Graduated Discourse 4
Uncontrived In This Very Life Sutta Study Class – SN 12

2022-10-04 Bases for Samadhi 45:30
Yahel Avigur
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-04 Landing, Arriving, Transitioning into Retreat Mode 58:01
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Liberating Ways of Looking

2022-10-04 Morning Q&A 14:10
Sally Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2022-10-03 Relating Wisely with the Hindrances 28:18
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances

2022-10-03 Relating Wisely With the Hindrances 31:43
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances

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