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Dharma Talks
2009-10-31 Motivations , Agenda, and Aspirations 60:22
Winnie Nazarko
Being aware of agendas we bring to practice and how they may hinder or support our progress. Letting go of complexification to rest in simplicity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-10-31 Making it Your Own Practice 49:12
Larry Yang
Closing last day talk.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditaton

2009-10-29 Through the Looking Glass: The Reality of No Self 69:12
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-29 Five Hindrances 57:21
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-10-29 Five Subjects 45:45
Mary Grace Orr
Insight Santa Cruz

2009-10-28 The Wisdom of Taking Refuge 53:25
Spring Washam
The wisdom of taking the three refuges until we reach enlightenment. How wisdom begins to cut greed, hatred and delusion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditaton

2009-10-28 Emptiness & Compassion Part II 64:52
Donald Rothberg
We first review basic perspectives on emptiness and compassion and then explore three basic ways to access emptiness: 1) being with inner flow of experience and seeing where self and fixation occur, 2) opening to the "flow experience" in activities and relationships and 3) cultivating a sense of interconnection
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-10-27 Ten Paramis: Metta (1) 55:03
Rodney Smith
To love all beings we must love all aspects of our own mind and body experience.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-10-27 Living with Freedom: the Practice of Letting Go 55:30
Larry Yang
Simplicity, Restraint and Renunciation as Metta/Lovingkindness Practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditaton

2009-10-26 Self Compassion 58:31
Tara Brach
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2009 - IMCW Fall Residential Retreat - "Intimacy with Life"

2009-10-26 Self-Compassion 58:31
Tara Brach
(retreat talk) We can only find love and peace in this life if we are able to hold our inner life with compassion. This talk explores the subtle and therefore often unseen ways that we turn on ourselves, and the pathways to a forgiving heart.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2009 - IMCW Fall Residential Retreat - "Intimacy with Life"

2009-10-26 Sitting in the Seat of Truth 43:22
Myoshin Kelley
Looking at different aspects of truth and truthfulness that can be guideposts in our lives
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-26 Giant Lizards and Exploding Stars - Mindfulness, Curiosity and Liberation 62:16
Greg Scharf
Mindfulness is the key to the entire path of practice. We explore the entire universe and plumb the depths of what it means to be human by bring mindfulness to our present moment experience.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-10-24 Truthfulness 33:16
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-24 Practicing with Truthfulness 26:09
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-24 Psychologie de Buddha 56:43
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Lausanne 2009 October

2009-10-24 Grounded and Spacious 55:49
Julie Wester
Resting on the earth; sitting in spacious awareness; experience body as a field of energy. Direct experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditaton

2009-10-23 May I Meet this Moment Fully, May I Meet it as a Friend 53:25
Sylvia Boorstein
How the phrases "May I Meet this Moment Fully, May I Meet it as a Friend," repeated as a focus for concentration, are both the instructions for practice and the goal of practice. How Effort, Mindfulness and Concentration are integral to each other, all present in any moment of clear understanding.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditaton

2009-10-23 Les Facteurs de Liberation 57:47
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Lausanne 2009 October

2009-10-23 Emptiness 42:31
Leela Sarti
Gaia House Embodied Openness, Awakened Presence

2009-10-22 Kamma 48:43
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-22 What Is True Equanimity? 56:07
Sharda Rogell
An exploration into what makes equanimity an expression of the awakened mind, how equanimity gives rise to wise action and how our conditioned habits of mind interface with living a life of balance.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-10-22 Practicing with Renunciation 24:00
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-22 Practicing with Patience 27:49
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-22 Patience 29:15
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

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