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2010-11-15 Dependent Origination As a Pointer to Emptiness 57:34
Sally Armstrong
The Buddha's teaching on Dependent Origination are among his most profound and challenging. This teaching clearly shows how ignorance leads to suffering, and implicit in this is the way out of suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Emptiness and Letting Go 57:40
Gil Fronsdal
How emptiness is experienced through the letting go of clinging and concepts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Emptying the Mind 40:25
Gil Fronsdal
Guided Meditation on emptying the mind of all concepts to the point of letting go of attachments.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Dimensions of Insight 34:58
Christina Feldman
Explores the personal and universal stories we are invited to investigate and understand.
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-14 What versus Why 60:16
Andrea Fella
We have a strong tendency to try to understand why things happen to us. This talk explores meeting what is happening moment to moment, which begins to reveal the "why" of the present moment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-14 The Emptiness of Phenomena 57:07
Guy Armstrong
All the phenomena of our senses are empty of any solid substance or essence. It may be more appropriate to refer to phenomena as "appearances" rather than "objects." This theme is explored through the Sutta "A Lump of Foam" in the Samyutta Nikaya.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-14 Happiness Leads to Samadhi 57:48
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-14 Intuitive Awareness Talk 4 55:31
Mark Nunberg
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-14 Putting the World Together Again 37:48
Jose Reissig
Our dedication to appropriating all that comes our way has wreaked havoc with our collective life. It has caused much collateral damage to both society and the environment, and has grievously damaged the core of our social integrity. To reverse the damage we need, first and foremost, to restore this integrity.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-11-14 The Five Aggregates Are Empty 69:57
Sally Armstrong
The Buddha often used the schema of the Five Aggregates to show that what we take to be self is actually impermanent and unsatisfactory, and that clinging to the aggregates will bring suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-14 Meditation on the Aggregates 45:48
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-14 Investigation 54:39
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-13 Dependent Origination 53:40
Gil Fronsdal
Talk on Emptiness for Emptiness: Meditation and Study retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-13 Wise Effort 55:49
Will Kabat-Zinn
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-13 Intuitive Awareness Talk 3 52:06
Mark Nunberg
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-13 Divesting Ourselves of Possesiveness 39:34
Jose Reissig
Much of our life is dedicated to establishing ownership of all that comes our way: things, territory, others, etc. In so doing we end up fragmenting both the owned and the owners. To become whole we need to divest from this project. Time: 39:34
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-11-13 The Parable of the City 55:46
Stephen Batchelor
Wellington Insight Meditation Community Secular Buddhism

2010-11-13 Formation of Self-View 1:11:25
Guy Armstrong
The Buddha said many times that no self is to be found in the phenomena of our senses. But still, the sense of a self in us arises over and over. This talk explores through sutta references how this sense of self is created in the moment and how it can cease.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-13 Morning Instructions 39:34
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-13 Reflection: The Conceit of Self 6:58
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-12 The Three characteristics as Pointers to Emptiness 58:13
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-12 Intuitive Awareness Talk 2 33:10
Mark Nunberg
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-12 Practicing Intimacy 42:30
Jose Reissig
To practice meditation is to practice intimacy, first with ourselves, and eventually with all beings. Time: 42:30
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-11-12 Stream Entry 59:09
Stephen Batchelor
Wellington Insight Meditation Community Secular Buddhism

2010-11-12 Dharma in Brief 1:19:34
Gil Fronsdal
First talk for the Emptiness: Meditation and Study Retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

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