Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2009-11-06 Contemplating Thought and the Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness 48:22
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2009-11-05 The Rest of Renunciation 53:55
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Find the joy in renunciation as we relinquish the grasping mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : November 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-11-05 Five Aggregates 59:22
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
Given during the two month retreat at IMS, 2009
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Two-Month Retreat

2009-11-05 Buddha's Teaching on Cultivating the Mind 52:49
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
A useful talk to help us understand the play of creative and destructive thoughts that explores one discourse the Buddha gave on cultivating our mind. He shows how we can interrupt patterns of mind that lead to pain and encourage wholesome and positive states to arise.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Study Retreat

2009-11-05 Wisdom 66:49
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We examine how mindfulness is distinguished from, yet leads to wisdom. We explore wisdom especially through the life story of the Buddha, moving from comfort and and illusion to deep wisdom and compassion, and through his first teaching of the Four Noble Truths - the most basic expression of wisdom in the tradition.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2009-11-05 The Middle Way 59:01
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
A reflection on the Middle Way, i.e., the whole eightfold path, as avoiding two "dead ends." This is followed by further thoughts on the Four Noble Truths as tasks that culminate in the eightfold path itself.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Study Retreat

2009-11-05 Patience 60:22
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2009-11-05 Emotions and Freedom 65:50
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2009-11-04 Four Great Efforts 63:34
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Explaining the four great efforts in connection to practice and daily life including tools of awareness and the three characteristics.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Study Retreat

2009-11-04 Intimacy with Life 1:24:03

Tara Brach

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Zen mast Dogen taught that "...to study the Buddhist way is to be Intimate with all Things." This talk reviews the often unconscious ways that we habitually block intimacy and two trainings of attention that foster a natural sense of belonging to this living world and to timeless presence.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-11-04 What the Buddha Really Taught: The Metta Sutta 54:51
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-11-04 Awakening to Life 59:33
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
A reflection on the metaphor of "awakening" as a process rather than a "state" of "enlightenment", which is followed by a reading of the Buddha's First Sermon (Turning the Wheel of Dhamma) in which he presents this awakening as being concerned with the living process of the Four Noble Truths.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Study Retreat

2009-11-04 Vedana 45:28
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2009-11-03 The Secret Beauty of Hearts: Transformations Through Metta 62:34
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Transformation in practice, whether in mindfulness or metta practice, occurs through repetition, patience, understanding and faith, in a sometimes mysterious way. Using poems and stories, we explore the nature of lovingkindness (metta) and the kinds of transformation that occur as we practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2009-11-03 The Poisoned Arrow 60:43
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
A reflection on the Buddha's parable of the "poisoned arrow" (Malunkyaputta Sutta M63). This key text illustrates how the Dhamma is therapeutic, pragmatic and not concerned with metaphysical questions, which the Buddha regards as irrelevant and refuses to comment upon. What he does comment upon is the Four Noble Truths. The talk concludes with a reflection on the Buddha's account of his awakening as an insight into conditioned arising.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Study Retreat

2009-11-02 Insight 61:07
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : November 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-11-02 The Three Trainings: Ethics, Concentration and Wisdom 45:31
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
An exploration of the three trainings and reflection on cultivation and effect.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Study Retreat

2009-11-02 Mindfulness - What It Is and What Makes It Difficult 64:30
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
On this first evening of the retreat, we explore the nature of mindfulness in general and how we practice mindfulness of the body in particular. We then examine the five "difficult energies" (nivarana or "hindrances"), and how they make mindfulness difficult and how to practice when they are present.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2009-11-02 The City 61:18
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
As the first of a series of 6 talks, Stephen outlines his project to "deconstruct" Buddhism in order to uncover the foundational ideas in which it is erected. He then analyzes the Buddha's metaphor of the "ancient path that leads to an ancient city" to suggest that the core teachings of the Dhamma are to be seen as forming the template for a restored civilization...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Study Retreat

2009-11-02 Truthfulness and Authenticity 64:18
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2009-11-02 Aspiration and Intention 27:01
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2009-11-01 Five Contemplations For Everyone 61:04
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Five contemplations recommended by the Buddha that can lead to a sense of spiritual urgency or Samvega
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Two-Month Retreat

2009-11-01 This Path That is Open to All 36:33
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Center

2009-11-01 Compassion the Natural Expression of Wisdom 52:29
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-10-31 The Secular Buddha 63:13
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
An introduction to and overview of the concept of secular Buddhism.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center