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Dharma Talks
2023-03-23 Awareness and inquiry 27:47
Ajahn Sucitto
Using a retreat for internal strengthening / cleaning, starts with an inventory of where we are and what's happening. It's a deep caring for oneself and one's experience. (Offered at ATBA.)
Vimutti Buddhist Monestary

2023-03-23 The Shift of Practice from “Doing” to “Being” 54:51
James Baraz
While it’s true that it takes effort to come back to the present moment each time the mind wanders, the most profound practice is when we let go of all effort and simply rest in the awareness that’s always here. This shift from “doing” to the complete relaxation of “non-doing” or simply “Being” is what the Tibetans call the deep and subtle practice of “Non-Meditation”.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2023-03-22 The Three Poisons: Past, Present, and Future 60:27
David Loy
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2023-03-22 Meditation: Aliveness and Presence 20:49
Tara Brach
This meditation guides us to wake up our senses and full aliveness through a body scan, and then to rest in the formless presence that is aware of this changing dance of life. We close with a poem by Robert Hall.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2023-03-22 The Power of Deep Listening – Part 1 65:35
Tara Brach
Listening deeply is the gateway to realizing connection. It’s what allows us to move through life with a wise, loving and healing presence. These two talks explore our blocks to true listening, and offer teachings and practices that can directly cultivate this invaluable capacity.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2023-03-22 Dharma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock) Stilling the Storm - Watering the joy of another increases our joy and happiness. Intertwined with social justice. 64:02
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-03-22 Elk, Bobcats, Porcupine, and Turkeys: Reflections on Nature and Metta 44:32
Devon Hase
A dharma talk about the four brahma viharas and nature - how wild things help wake up the heart. Starring many wild and wonderful creatures and lots of retreat stories.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2023

2023-03-22 Reflections On Courage, and Exchange with Dene Donalds 45:51
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Meeting Life with Compassion and Courage

2023-03-22 How to See the Big Picture when Times are Tough 1:19:38
Kaira Jewel Lingo
Includes a meditation & dharma talk (the participant Q/A has been removed)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2023-03-22 Guided Breath Meditation 45:55
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Meeting Life with Compassion and Courage

2023-03-21 Eightfold path – taking the practice into our lives 46:00
Jean Esther
Wise view and wise thought, and ethical conduct are elucidated as guides for living a life with wisdom and compassion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Two Wings of the Dharma: Infusing Our Lives with Wisdom & Compassion

2023-03-21 Mental Formations 53:02
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Meeting Life with Compassion and Courage

2023-03-21 Morning Instructions: feeling tones (vedana) 52:18
Jean Esther
These instructions highlight how to identify feeling tones in meditation, practice, and the importance their identification plays in the release from being lost in aversion, desire, and disconnection
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Two Wings of the Dharma: Infusing Our Lives with Wisdom & Compassion

2023-03-20 A Teacher’s Trauma Resolution Journey 1:47:48
Pawan Bareja
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2023-03-20 Guided compassion practice 46:13
Jean Esther
A guided practice of compassion for someone in our life, followed by a guided practice of compassion for ourselves
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Two Wings of the Dharma: Infusing Our Lives with Wisdom & Compassion

2023-03-20 Seven factors of awakening 48:48
Chas DiCapua
How do factors relate to and balance one another, and their role in liberating the mind and heart
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Two Wings of the Dharma: Infusing Our Lives with Wisdom & Compassion

2023-03-20 Balancing the Brahma Viharas for Insight and Samadhi (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:33
Phillip Moffitt
A guided meditation utilizing the naturally arising, felt-sense practice method to explore how to abide in the Brama Viharas to deepen your practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-03-20 Morning Reflection: Your Open Empty Heart 5:56
Devon Hase
Short reflections on opening the heart to discover its empty fullness.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2023

2023-03-20 Practicing with emotions 61:18
Chas DiCapua
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Two Wings of the Dharma: Infusing Our Lives with Wisdom & Compassion

2023-03-19 'Impossibilities' in Buddhist Teachings; Meeting Life w Courage & Compassion - Reflections, and Exchange with Dene Donalds. 50:22
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Meeting Life with Compassion and Courage

2023-03-19 Protections and Supports of Metta on the Path (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:11
JD Doyle
Metta as the vehicle for the sure hearts release with insight from bell hooks and others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-03-19 Loving Kindness 45:33
Chas DiCapua
Practicing with the easy being. Receiving loving kindness and offering loving kindness to self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Two Wings of the Dharma: Infusing Our Lives with Wisdom & Compassion

2023-03-19 Anattā Practice and the Path of Letting Go 1:14:30
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House Compassion and Emptiness of Self (online retreat)

2023-03-19 Five hindrances as a doorway to release. 52:07
Jean Esther
An introduction to the five hindrances, how they are experienced in the mind and body, and practices that lead to release from their grip.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Two Wings of the Dharma: Infusing Our Lives with Wisdom & Compassion

2023-03-19 The Power of Sangha: My Civil Rights Road Trip 65:37
Ruth King
Spirit Rock Meditation Center BIPOC Voices - Series

2023-03-19 Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation 24:59
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
London Insight Meditation Venerable Canda – “Preparing the Mind for the Natural Breath”

2023-03-19 Emptiness of Self and Compassion. 41:21
Sari Markkanen
Guided meditation.
Gaia House Compassion and Emptiness of Self (online retreat)

2023-03-19 Q&A 21:34
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
London Insight Meditation Venerable Canda – “Preparing the Mind for the Natural Breath”

2023-03-19 Guided practice 32:08
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
London Insight Meditation Venerable Canda – “Preparing the Mind for the Natural Breath”

2023-03-19 The happiness of letting go 38:59
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
London Insight Meditation Venerable Canda – “Preparing the Mind for the Natural Breath”

2023-03-19 Guided meditation 38:32
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
London Insight Meditation Venerable Canda – “Preparing the Mind for the Natural Breath”

2023-03-19 Introduction to the 3 Characteristics -- Week 6: How Does Tranquility Support Insight 29:56
Mark Nunberg
Introduction to the 3 Characteristics -- Week 6: How Does Tranquility Support Insight - Guided Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2023-03-19 Introduction to the 3 Characteristics -- Week 6: How Does Tranquility Support Insight - Talk 39:42
Mark Nunberg
Introduction to the 3 Characteristics -- Week 6: How Does Tranquility Support Insight - Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center Fall Residential Retreat

2023-03-19 Preparing the Mind for the Natural Breath 38:33
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
London Insight Meditation Venerable Canda – “Preparing the Mind for the Natural Breath”

2023-03-19 How we Build Experience: On Vedanā 56:11
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Meeting Life with Compassion and Courage

2023-03-19 Exploring the Emptiness of Self Practice 47:15
Juha Penttilä
Instructions and guided meditation
Gaia House Compassion and Emptiness of Self (online retreat)

2023-03-19 Morning Instructions: the value of anchoring attention. 58:02
Jean Esther
A brief explanation of why anchoring attention in the body is foundational, followed by suggestions as to how to practice in this way
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Two Wings of the Dharma: Infusing Our Lives with Wisdom & Compassion

2023-03-18 Patience and Persistence (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:03
Dana DePalma
The paramis of patience and persistence play key roles in supporting our capacity to stay with the ups and downs of practice without succumbing to reactivity, judgement, or discouragement. This talk explores the active quality of persistence, the receptive quality of patience, and how they compliment each other in support of untangling the tangles of heart and mind in this gradual path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-03-18 Introduction to Brahma Vihara practice 46:21
Jean Esther
A brief explanation of the four Brahma Viharas and their near and far enemies. Followed by a guided, loving-kindness practice for an easy person.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Two Wings of the Dharma: Infusing Our Lives with Wisdom & Compassion

2023-03-18 The Path of Practicing Compassion, and the Life of Bodhisattva as an Example for us. 65:19
Sari Markkanen
Gaia House Compassion and Emptiness of Self (online retreat)

2023-03-18 Instructions - Becoming Aware of the Body & the Dynamic Interplay of Heart, Body and Mind 38:50
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Meeting Life with Compassion and Courage

2023-03-18 Connecting to formal practice to the wider path. 48:05
Chas DiCapua
How the cultivation of mindfulness and concentration, support, deliberation of heart and mind
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Two Wings of the Dharma: Infusing Our Lives with Wisdom & Compassion

2023-03-18 Meeting Suffering with Compassion 39:55
Juha Penttilä
Guided meditation.
Gaia House Compassion and Emptiness of Self (online retreat)

2023-03-18 Inclining the Heart Toward Compassion 1:10:42
Sari Markkanen
Instructions and guided meditation.
Gaia House Compassion and Emptiness of Self (online retreat)

2023-03-18 Dhamma and Gender Identity 1:23:02
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2023-03-18 Settling into the body 59:27
Chas DiCapua
Morning meditation instructions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Two Wings of the Dharma: Infusing Our Lives with Wisdom & Compassion

2023-03-17 Opening Session 1:18:34
Sari Markkanen, Juha Penttilä
Introduction into the theme of the retreat: compassion and emptiness of self practice, and a guided meditation.
Gaia House Compassion and Emptiness of Self (online retreat)

2023-03-17 Landing, Arriving, Settling In 66:42
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Meeting Life with Compassion and Courage

2023-03-17 Morning Reflection: One Serious Story and One Funny Story 8:28
Devon Hase
Short reflections on kindness and compassion
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2023

2023-03-17 Guided Meditation: Abiding in Space (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:27
Phillip Moffitt
A guided meditation utilizing the naturally arising, felt-sense approach to abiding in space. Directly experiencing the fifth element through a gradual process.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

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