Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2010-12-20 Winter Solstice 35:19
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Finding the amazing joy of living, renewed in mystery...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-20 The Unconditioned 29:29
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
01 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2010-12-20 Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light. 58:34
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
At this time of Winter Solstice we explore a number of ways that our practice is to open to the dark (as nature's stillness and silence, as the unknown, as the difficult and as fertile and generative) and to evoke the light, learning better how to hold both.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Solstice Retreat

2010-12-19 Taking Refuge 20:36
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-12-19 Simplicity and Transcendence 2:37:49
Ajahn Yatiko	Download Listen
Excerpt from a Monastic Daylong at Spirit Rock that he co-taught with Ajahn Karunadhammo, also of Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery (abhayagiri.org).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-12-18 Gradual Path and Trauma Tools 32:40
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2010-12-18 Gifts of Practice 50:22
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Gaia House : Young Persons Retreat The Four Noble Truths

2010-12-17 Beauty in the Midst of Adversity: The Practice of Forgiveness 48:22
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Forgiveness: the Wisdom of Our Hearts (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Community)

2010-12-17 Medicine Heart Metta: Guided Forgiveness 41:09
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
May you be well, happy, and peaceful. Learn how to connect with the radiant, loving energy in your heart. Dissolve your opinions and unwholesome attitudes and deepen a quintessential quality for the Path - forgiveness. It is the key to greater loving-kindness for all beings.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2010-12-17 Contemplating Asubha 29:12
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
11 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2010-12-17 Love Sex and Awakening Part 2 35:09
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Denver Dharma Punx
Shakti Vihara

2010-12-17 Opening Talk for the Young Person's Retreat - The Four Noble Truths 68:52
Jake Dartington	Download Listen
This is the opening talk for a retreat that welcomes young people (aged 16 - 25) to explore meditation and the Buddha's teaching on the four noble truths, and how this teaching sheds light on our own difficulties and opens up the possibility of deep freedom. This talk also includes Caroline Jones.
Gaia House : Young Persons Retreat The Four Noble Truths

2010-12-16 Making Peace with Samsara 46:36
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Forgiveness: the Wisdom of Our Hearts (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Community)

2010-12-16 Gifts of Darkness and Letting Go 55:12
Betsy Rose	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2010-12-15 A Personal Journey of Suffering and Finding Compassion 42:54
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Forgiveness: the Wisdom of Our Hearts (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Community)

2010-12-15 Seeing Beyond the Veil 1:15:45

Tara Brach

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The source of our suffering is that we become identified with egoic roles and defenses that separate us from the truth of what we are. This talk explores some of the constricting identities that we take on, and the process of compassionate presence that reconnects us with our natural vitality, openheartedness and wisdom. We then enlarge our focus to seeing past the veil that obscures the sacred presence that shines through all beings.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-12-15 Gradual and Immediate Awakening, II 60:49
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We look in more depth at the path of gradual awakening and its complimentary path and practice of immediate awakening, suggesting a variety of ways to practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-14 We are the Ones we are Looking for 48:55
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2010-12-14 Holding Life Tenderly 51:31
Larry Yang	Download Listen
The path of mindfulness and metta towards freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Forgiveness: the Wisdom of Our Hearts (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Community)

2010-12-14 Recollection of the Sangha-part of a three part series on the Triple Gem: As Refuge, Inspiration, and Meditation Practice 38:10
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
The Triple Gem: Recollection of the Sangha—Community As Refuge. This is the third installment in the three part series on the triple refuge or three jewels. This talk introduces the contemplation of the virtues of the Sangha (sanghanusati) as a support for inspiration, trust, and gratitude for community. The liberating sangha is considered worthy of gifts and offerings; a field of merit; a community people who have made the effort to practice diligently, energetically; and who are cultivating a direct and liberating path.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Triple Gem: As Refuge, Inspiration, and Meditation Practice

2010-12-13 The 1906 Earth Quake 50:57
Norman Fischer	Download Listen
How to work with suffering & fear - How people in the Earthquake experienced it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-13 The Five Hindrances 54:22
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
A discussion of the difficulties we encounter in our practice and some suggestions for how to work with them skillfully.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-12-12 "I Teach One Thing Only" 48:07
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
This "one thing" the Buddha taught and forms a continuum of practice that informs our motivation all along the way.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation and the Heart

2010-12-12 Closing Talk for Loving Kindness Weekend 43:22
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
This talk also includes Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House : Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-12 Metta Practice for Forgiveness of a Difficult Person 41:34
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House : Loving Kindness Weekend