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Dharma Talks
2019-12-03 Cultivating Compassion : Q&A and Dharma Talk 41:10
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2019-12-02 Trois portes inattendues vers le bonheur, cours 3 de 3 1:24:00
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-12-02 Monday Night Dharma Talk 64:30
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-12-01 Dharma Talk - Finding Peace and Stillness in Movement 52:58
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House The Path of Insight Meditation

2019-12-01 Releasing the Mind as a Natural Process, Part 2 - Meditation 34:12
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-12-01 Releasing the Mind as a Natural Process, Part 2 - Talk 59:01
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-12-01 Releasing the Mind as a Natural Process, Part 1 - Meditation 39:07
Mark Nunberg
Chant followed by guided meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-12-01 Releasing the Mind as a Natural Process, Part 1 - Talk 40:42
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-12-01 La sabiduría de reconocer el sufrimiento 40:06
Dhammadīpā
La sabiduría de reconocer el sufrimiento, una plática en español, ofrecido a la comunidad de Montaña Despierta en Xalapa, Veracruz, México como parte de un retiro sobre el tema de los 7 factores de la iluminación
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-12-01 Intimidad con la respiración 16:55
Dhammadīpā
Intimidad con la respiración, una meditación guiada en español, ofrecido a la comunidad de Montaña Despierta en Xalapa, Veracruz, México como parte de un retiro sobre los 7 factores de la iluminación
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-12-01 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat : Final Day Concluding Talk : Bhante Gunaratana 1:15:40
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat

2019-11-30 Mettapraxis im Alltag 54:43
Yuka Nakamura
Unser Alltagsleben ist nicht nur Ausdruck von Metta, welches wir in der Meditation kultiviert haben, sondern auch ein grosses Praxisfeld. Metta kann im Alltag kultiviert werden in Form von Grosszügigkeit, ethischem Verhalten, freundlicher Kommunikation, aber auch durch die Art, wie wir uns selbst und die Welt betrachten - nämlich mit einem Blick für das, was gut ist und mit der Einsicht in unsere Verbundenheit mit allen Wesen.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2019-11-30 Questions and Answers 67:31
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-30 Les 7 facteurs de l’éveil, Ste-Lucie-des-Laurentides 69:08
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La sagesse incarnée

2019-11-30 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat : Day 3 Q&A : Bhante Jayasara 1:17:48
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat

2019-11-30 Instruction - Meeting All Phenomena with Kindness And Care 49:37
Nathan Glyde
Bringing an atmosphere of mettā to all phenomena. Including all the aggregates (khandhas): every vedanā; and all perceptions (saññā); via every sense door of the body (rūpa) in consciousness (viññāṇa). Including the perception of the (saṅkhāra of a) sense of self, and of the sense of mettā.
SanghaSeva Releasing Dukkha

2019-11-30 Meditation Instructions 33:40
Gavin Milne
Gaia House The Path of Insight Meditation

2019-11-30 Investigation des intentions, Ste-Lucie-des-Laurentides 60:22
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La sagesse incarnée

2019-11-30 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat : Day 3 Dhamma Talk : Bhante Jayasara 68:24
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat

2019-11-30 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat : Day 3 Guided Meditation : Bhante Jayasara 34:17
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat

2019-11-29 Mitgefühl, Mitfreude, Gleichmut 59:50
Yuka Nakamura
Der Vortrag stellt die drei Brahmaviharas neben der liebenden Güte vor: Mitgefühl, Mitfreude und Gleichmut.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2019-11-29 Dharma Practice Within Our Planetary Emergency (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:16
Thanissara
The journey of dismemberment and the rising of Earth's immune system through us. A message from Mother Nature through Baba Mandaza Kadenwa
Spirit Rock Meditation Center November Insight Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace, & Gratitude

2019-11-29 The Four Brahmaviharas or Heavenly Abidings 62:17
Rebecca Bradshaw
This talk explores how loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity work together to cultivate a heart that is strong, gentle, and resilient.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-29 Perception and Volitional Formations 48:14
Jill Shepherd
Exploring clinging and release with a focus on the clinging-aggregates of perception and volitional formations.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-11-29 Questionner pensées et perceptions, Ste-Lucie-des-Laurentides 67:21
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La sagesse incarnée

2019-11-29 Guided Breath Energy Meditation 44:17
Nathan Glyde
Exploration of the whole body via breath energy 'imagination' a la Ajahn Thanisarro
SanghaSeva Releasing Dukkha

2019-11-29 Instruction - Opening Contraction to Release Dukkha 46:52
Nathan Glyde
Understanding the dependent origination of dukkha, we work to open the contraction in the body or energy field of awareness that co-arises with dukkha. Taṇhā and Dukkha co-arise — Dukkha appears as Contraction.
SanghaSeva Releasing Dukkha

2019-11-29 L’attention non-dirigée, Ste-Lucie-des-Laurentides 60:47
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La sagesse incarnée

2019-11-29 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat : Day 2 Q&A : Bhante Saddhajeewa 59:09
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat

2019-11-29 Meditación guiada sobre los 6 sentidos 17:17
Dhammadīpā
Meditación guiada sobre los 6 sentidos en español, ofrecido a la comunidad de Montaña Despierta en Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-11-29 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat : Day 2 Dhamma Talk : Bhante Saddhajeewa 67:25
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat

2019-11-29 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat : Day 2 Guided Meditation : Bhante Saddhajeewa 30:06
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat

2019-11-28 Dukkha and Release 64:03
Nathan Glyde
Exploring the middle way between extremes via the wisdom teachings of the dependent origination of tanha and dukkha. At one place I couldn't remember the name of Shinzan Palmo (apologies).
SanghaSeva Releasing Dukkha

2019-11-28 Angulimala's Journey 61:42
Andrea Fella
The Story of a mass murders transformation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-28 Meditación guiada sobre los cuatro elementos 20:27
Dhammadīpā
Meditación guiada sobre los cuatro elementos en español, ofrecido a la comunidad de Montaña Despierta en Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-11-28 Metta und die Transformation des Geistes 57:42
Yuka Nakamura
Metta - Freundlichkeit ist eine der wichtigsten Qualitäten, die wir entwickeln wollen. Wie können wir mit den Hindernissen umgehen, die während der Praxis auftauchen?
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2019-11-28 Renoncer au jugement pour trouver la bienveillance, Instructions et méditation guidée, Ste-Lucie -des-Laurentides 27:37
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La sagesse incarnée

2019-11-28 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat : Day 1 Q&A : Bhante Gunaratana 56:48
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat

2019-11-28 Dissolving the Colonial Mind in the Heart Sutra 32:29
Thanissara
Standing Rock: Seven Lakota Values for Living
Spirit Rock Meditation Center November Insight Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace, & Gratitude

2019-11-28 Enseignement, Ste-Lucie des Laurentides 60:43
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La sagesse incarnée

2019-11-28 Thanksgiving Day Reflection 17:32
Rebecca Bradshaw
The tradition - the colonization - ancestral conditioning - gratitude - and generosity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-28 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat : Day 1 Dhamma Talk : Bhante Gunaratana 65:09
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2019 Thanksgiving Retreat

2019-11-27 This is Peaceful 58:12
Kittisaro
Reflections on Nibbana
Spirit Rock Meditation Center November Insight Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace, & Gratitude

2019-11-27 Thanksgiving Reflections 33:12
George Mumford
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2019-11-27 Meditation: Being Here 21:55
Tara Brach
This guided meditation is an invitation to rest in Hereness—the immediacy and aliveness of full presence. We arrive and quiet with a conscious long deep breath, relax our bodies, awaken our senses, and then bring our attention to relaxing with our moment-to-moment experience. The poem ends with a beautiful poem called “Interlude” by poet Danna Faulds.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-11-27 Gratitude: Entering Sacred Relationships 52:28
Tara Brach
Gratitude arises when we are in sacred relationship with life—present, open and receptive. This talk explores how central gratitude is to our physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, and then looks at the ways we can directly gladden our minds with gratitude. We end with a guided meditation that includes sharings from the group, and a poem of blessing by John O’Donohue with a brief cut from Robert Gass – Om Namaha Shivaya.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-11-27 Cultivating Generosity and Gratitude 63:40
Donald Rothberg
A day before Thanksgiving, we explore the central importance of cultivating generosity (dāna) and gratitude (kataññutā), and their interrelationship. The Buddha teaches (AN 2.11): "These two people are hard to find in the world. Which two? The one who is first to do a kindness, and the one who is grateful and thankful for a kindness done.” We look at a number of ways to practice to cultivate generosity and gratitude, and some of the nuances and complexities of such practices, including the importance of gratitude as a practice in difficult circumstances. Ultimately, these two practices teach us to rest more and more with a sense of interdependence and what Thich Nhat Hanh calls “interbeing.”
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-11-27 Understand, Release, Realize, and Cultivate (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 34:42
Kittisaro
4 Noble Truths, Anatta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center November Insight Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace, & Gratitude

2019-11-27 Cultivating Generosity and Gratitude 66:24
Donald Rothberg
A day before Thanksgiving, we explore the central importance of cultivating generosity (dāna) and gratitude (kataññutā), and their interrelationship. The Buddha teaches (AN 2.11): "These two people are hard to find in the world. Which two? The one who is first to do a kindness, and the one who is grateful and thankful for a kindness done.” We look at a number of ways to practice to cultivate generosity and gratitude, and some of the nuances and complexities of such practices, including the importance of gratitude as a practice in difficult circumstances. Ultimately, these two practices teach us to rest more and more with a sense of interdependence and what Thich Nhat Hanh calls “interbeing.”
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-11-26 Wisdom In Action 63:21
Winnie Nazarko
This talk discusses how to practice mindfulness externally as a participant in the world. Buddhist principles for social engagement are reviewed
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-26 Q&A 65:45
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-11-26 Instructions et méditation guidée 30:18
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-11-26 From Suffering to Compassion(Retreat at Spirit Rock) 32:34
Thanissara
Investigation of dhammas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center November Insight Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace, & Gratitude

2019-11-25 Reflections On Karma 53:06
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-25 Encuentro con el Sexto Ancestro 40:55
Dhammadīpā
Una plática en español, ofrecido a la comunidad de Montaña Despierta en Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-11-25 Trois portes inattendues vers le bonheur, cours 2 de 3 56:10
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-11-24 The Happiness of the Buddha (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:10:22
Kittisaro
Turning point in the Buddha's life. Reflections on mindfulness of breathing. Supports of samadhi. The great return, discovering the treasures of the heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center November Insight Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace, & Gratitude

2019-11-24 Letting go From Fear To Peace 1:16:56
Beth Sternlieb
What is there when we let go of clinging to a limited view of self... When we let go of greed, ill will, and delusion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-24 Experiencing Joyful Interest with Breathing - Meditation 38:51
Mark Nunberg
Meditation with Chanting
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-11-24 Experiencing Joyful Interest with Breathing - Talk 33:28
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-11-23 Samatha Meditation: A Training for Focusing Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:56
Thanissara
Spirit Rock Meditation Center November Insight Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace, & Gratitude

2019-11-23 The Power Of Humility 54:25
Cara Lai
How admitting to not knowing frees us to live in the wonder of our true nature.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-23 Gratitude is not Politeness 19:05
Ayya Santacitta
San Francisco Insight (SFI)
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-11-23 More Than Metta 36:48
Molly Swan
Metta Retreat
True North Insight Awakening the Heart

2019-11-23 Understanding Skillful and Unskillful Identities 43:15
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-11-23 The Skillful and Unskillful Use of Identities - A Workshop 2:09:54
Mark Nunberg
Led by Mark Nunberg, Shelly Graf, Wynn Fricke, and Gabe Keller Flores The Buddha says that any position one takes including being attached to not having any fixed views is “a thicket of views, a wilderness of views, a contortion of views, a writhing of views, a fetter of views. It is accompanied by suffering... and does not lead to disenchantment, dispassion, cessation; to calm, direct knowledge, full Awakening…” In this daylong workshop we will reflect together how necessary and unavoidable it is to use identity to illuminate the social dynamics of our lives, and at the same time how easy it is to become attached and confused by identity, taking it to be more than what it is. The same is true in terms of how the mind relates to any views. There is no way to function in the world without views about this and that. The relevant question is how one can use views without the suffering that comes with attachment. This recording contains the following parts - in order they are: 1 - Guided Meditation with emphasis on recognizing mind states and perceptions of oneself led by Shelly 2 - Introductions by teachers and participants: Name 1-5 identities that arise in our minds conscious or not, useful or not, led by Shelly 3 - Introduction to the workshop and the Buddha’s teachings on Views by Mark followed by Q&A 4 - Panel Presentation: Each teacher discusses skillful use of identity in their lives, 5-10 minutes each, followed by large group discussion facilitated by Gab
Common Ground Meditation Center

2019-11-22 Delusion: The Root Of Suffering 61:29
Rebecca Bradshaw
What it is, how it manifests, and how to transform it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-22 Liberation of Heart-Mind by Metta 42:46
Norman Feldman
Metta retreat
True North Insight Awakening the Heart

2019-11-22 Wisdom and Vedana / Feeling-tone 49:00
Jill Shepherd
Exploring clinging and release with a focus on vedana: knowing worldly and unworldly pleasant, unpleasant and neutral feeling-tones, and understanding why the Buddha placed so much importance on the experience of unworldly feeling-tone as a support for the deepening of dharma practice
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-11-22 Mudita - Appreciative Joy 59:30
Jaya Rudgard
Reflections and guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-22 Morning Q&A 14:13
Rebecca Bradshaw
How do we hold identity in Buddhism?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-21 Attitudes of the Mind 41:25
Kate Munding
In past weeks I've been pulling inspiration from the Satipatthana Sutta, the foundational teachings on mindfulness. I've been linking them to some of it's underpinning truths of change, impermanence, suffering, and freedom from it. I'd like to continue on this thread for tomorrow's talk and bring in the third foundation, the foundation of the mind.. We'll explore how, when we aren't lost in it, the mind is a fascinating subject for our attention. When we understand our mind more fully, we can more fully understand who we are. We'll use this theme to understand better the truth of self and not-self.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-11-21 Disenchantment and Dispassion 59:06
Andrea Fella
Exploring terrain of practice as the mind meets impermanent, unreliable experience.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-21 Metta as Protection 44:05
Molly Swan
Metta retreat
True North Insight Awakening the Heart

2019-11-21 Morning Instructions 11:02
Beth Sternlieb
Balancing effort - relaxation and arousing energies.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-20 What if there were only 4 ways to respond? 58:32
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-11-20 The Perception Of Not-self 52:58
Jaya Rudgard
Anatta: perceiving emptiness in the 5 khandhas, exercising wise attention
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-20 Meditation: Coming Home to Natural Presence 20:56
Tara Brach
This meditation awakens our senses through a body scan and listening to sound, and then invites us to rest in the presence that spontaneously knows the changing stream of experience. Relaxing back and letting everything be just as it is, reveals the natural presence that is our true home.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-11-20 Listening to the Song - Part 2 52:47
Tara Brach
Listening is our gateway to intimacy with our inner life, each other, our earth and spirit. These two talks look at the ways that listening gets blocked and the teachings and practices that help us cultivate the gift of a deep and healing listening presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-11-20 Instructions & Guided Meditation 31:39
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-11-20 Perception: One of the 5 Aggregates of Clinging - Talk 45:14
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-11-20 Perception: One of the 5 Aggregates of Clinging - Meditation 29:27
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-11-20 Fifth Morning - Instructions 38:16
Leela Sarti
This recording also includes Gavin Milne
Gaia House The Beauty of Being

2019-11-19 Enseignement du 19 novembre 2019 59:36
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-11-19 Samadhi - Concentration 54:22
Winnie Nazarko
This talk discusses the role of concentration in meditation, and how to skillfully cultivate it
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-19 Dharma Talk - Desire and Belonging 54:12
Leela Sarti
Gaia House The Beauty of Being

2019-11-19 Guided Metta meditation 51:36
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-11-19 Instructions et méditation guidée 27:42
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-11-18 Javana Hamsa - The Swift Swan 56:13
Greg Scharf
This talk uses an interpretation of a Jataka Story as an introduction to the reflection on opening to impermanence on the path of awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-18 Buddhist Studies: The Five Aggregates, Week 2 - Meditation 13:13
Shelly Graf
Buddhist Studies guided meditation led by Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course with Shelly Graf: The Five Aggregates

2019-11-18 Buddhist Studies: The Five Aggregates, Week 2 - Talk 56:01
Shelly Graf
Second week of 2-week Buddhist Studies course led by Shelly Graf. This is the discussion and q&a portion.
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course with Shelly Graf: The Five Aggregates

2019-11-18 Trois portes inattendues vers le bonheur, cours 1 de 3 1:25:59
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-11-18 Guided Loving kindness Meditation 29:48
Leela Sarti
Gaia House The Beauty of Being

2019-11-18 Monday Night Dharma Talk 69:42
Amma Thanasanti
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-11-18 Third Morning, Instructions 39:16
Leela Sarti
Gaia House The Beauty of Being

2019-11-18 Day 6: Conventional and Liberating Truths (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:26
Brian Lesage
This talk explores the two truths doctrine of Nagarjuna in a way that makes it relevant for our lives and our practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center APP2 Retreat #2: Emptiness

2019-11-17 Complete Balance ~ Complete Contact 38:51
Ayya Santacitta
San Francisco Dharma Collective
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-11-17 Seven Factors Of Awakening 45:39
Beth Sternlieb
The moonlight of awakening shinning through as we let go of clinging
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-11-17 Dharma Talk - Effortlessness 55:53
Leela Sarti
In this recording Leela Sarti is in conversation with her Guest Teacher on the retreat.
Gaia House The Beauty of Being

2019-11-17 Guided Meditation 27:47
Leela Sarti
Gaia House The Beauty of Being

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