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Dharma Talks
2011-10-23 Acceptance 47:11
Melanie Waschke
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Retreat

2011-10-23 The Beauty of Generosity Infused with Compassion 61:14
Steve Armstrong
Durango Dharma Center :  Universal Beauty and Well Being

2011-10-23 The Path of Connectedness 34:09
Jose Reissig
In the process of relating to others, we often barricade ourselves behind some form of collective identity; be it our family, clan, race, nationality, religion, whatever. To truly connect we need to drop this we-ego ("wego") and allow ourselves to be vulnerable to love unconditional.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  The Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat

2011-10-23 Spark of Awakening 54:39
Leela Sarti
All human endeavors take some effort, but what is a balanced effort and from what place of our being does it originate? We can train the mind to respond appropriately, to be balanced here and now, but it is never a fixed position. We know what being out of balance feels like. What supports the open ease and wholehearted capacity of inner balance? How can we step out of our own way, so the effort in practice becomes effortless?
Gaia House Embodying the Awakened Heart

2011-10-22 Virya - courage, energy and trust 52:14
Trudy Goodman
The effort or energy factor of enlightenment, practice in retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Retreat

2011-10-22 Emptiness / Sunnata 66:38
Sayadaw U Jagara
Attempt to describe the concept of emptiness Sunnata
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July through October 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-10-22 Our Money or Our Life 41:04
Jose Reissig
The problem with money is that it takes us to a strange and separate world, where only the bottom-line counts. The wall separating this world from the rest of our life stretches out inside ourselves, and splits us in two. A wholesome life requires that we take down this inner wall.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  The Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat

2011-10-22 Awakening the Heart Daylong 28:11
Heather Sundberg
Insight Santa Cruz

2011-10-22 Awakening the Heart Daylong 27:00
Jason Murphy
Insight Santa Cruz

2011-10-22 Opening Talk for Embodying the Awakened Heart Retreat 67:27
Leela Sarti
This talk also includes Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Embodying the Awakened Heart

2011-10-21 Stories Of Some Buddhist Nuns: Then and Now 60:18
Carol Wilson
A brief telling of a few of the first Buddhist nuns, parried with stories of some contemporary Buddhist nuns.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-21 Characteristics of Inner Beauty 38:36
Steve Armstrong
Durango Dharma Center :  Universal Beauty and Well Being

2011-10-21 Standing Up to Greed, Hatred and Delusion 55:49
Ayya Santussika
Insight Meditation Center

2011-10-21 Looking After Me 33:51
Jose Reissig
To do so we must go inside - not to our impersonation by the ego, but to our complex being. Having done so, we are ready to transcend this complexity and find the peace of emptiness.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  The Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat

2011-10-20 Everyday Mind is the Way 54:29
Norman Fischer
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2011-10-20 Contentment: The Peace of Not Wanting What You Don’t Have 67:04
James Baraz
The experience of contentment is the true happiness available through letting go and seeing our experience complete just as it is. Nothing needs to be added or taken away. This talk explores inner contentment, the state of “abundant enoughness”, while distinguishing it from complacency, laziness or just being resigned to the way things are. We can be inspired by a vision of awakening, develop our gifts and make a contribution, while we appreciate things just as they are in the moment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-20 Keeping an Open Heart in a Suffering World 3 41:31
Kirsten Rudestam
Insight Santa Cruz

2011-10-19 Bahiya Sutta - The Art of Pure Observation 64:58
Larry Rosenberg
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2011-10-19 Crossing the Flood 58:30
Andrea Fella
The Buddha often taught the Dhamma through the use of analogy, which can be a powerful way for the teachings to resonate. This talk explores two famous analogies from the Pali Canon, and how we can understand our practice thorugh the imagery of these analogies.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-19 The Divine Abodes: Compassion 1:20:56
Tara Brach
We cultivate compassion by letting ourselves be touched by the suffering within and around us. Because our conditioning is to avoid vulnerability, the path of compassion requires courage and purposefulness. As we awaken to the truth of our connectedness, our hearts become increasingly tender and our actions serve the healing of our world.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-10-19 Questions And Answers 1:20:06
Sayadaw U Jagara
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July through October 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-10-19 Transforming Anger through Understanding Pain 54:31
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-10-19 Getting Down to more Direct Experience II 57:42
Donald Rothberg
We look further at the mechanisms by which we move away from direct experience. unskillfully, driven by reactivity and papanca (conceptual proliferation). We point to practices of tracking thoughts, emotions, reactivity-that help us ground in more direct experience, leading to greater freedom and responsiveness-personally interpersonally, and collectively.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-10-18 Inclusion and Exclusion 42:05
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2011-10-18 Understanding Dukkha 43:50
Kim Allen
Dukkha – variously rendered as suffering, unsatisfactoriness, stress, or struggle – is one of the three marks of existence. According to the teaching on the First Noble Truth, the task related to dukkha is to understand it. This talk examines what dukkha is and is not, and offers guidelines for exploring it deeply.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Tuesday Talks—2011

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