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Dharma Talks
2009-08-06 Suttas 2 - The Gradual Training 56:34
Ajahn Sucitto
A reading of Sutta extracts that describe the step-by-step instructions of the Buddha. 1) Vin. Mahavagga (on Yassa); 2) DN 2 – Sāmmaññaphala Sutta; 3) MN 53 – Sekha Sutta; and, 4) MN 125 – The Grade of the Tamed. There are similarities across the lists. They refer not so much to ‘do this’ and ‘do that’ kind of lists, but describe a process of cause and effect: do this and allow that, dwell in that, and this will take you to the next step. It is subtler than steps of a technique.
Cittaviveka Vassa Retreat

2009-08-05 Let Everything Happen to You 1:15:39
Tara Brach
The now common adage "what you resist, persists" is a deep and important truth. This talk explores the often unconscious ways that we avoid the difficult parts of our experience, and the meditative strategies for cultivating an accepting and healing presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-08-05 Once, Long Ago: Awakening (2 of 2) 47:06
Rodney Smith
Understanding two historic events provides a clear path to awakening.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-08-05 Practicing with the Eight Worldly Winds, pt 2 58:33
Donald Rothberg
We continue to explore 1) being mindful when a wind is present; 2) the nature of the winds; 3) responding skilfully. We add an emphasis on resting in what is deeper and examine several issues that arise in practicing with the winds
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-08-04 Once, Long Ago (1 of 2) 46:43
Rodney Smith
Making sense of our spiritual journey as we look to two historic events.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-08-03 Working with the Inner Critic 61:01
Mark Coleman
How to work with judgement & free yourself from the torment of the critic
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-08-02 Awakening/Enlightenment 39:10
Amita Schmidt
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2009-08-02 Uncovering the Good Heart 57:25
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-08-02 Purgatory 43:33
Rodney Smith
We arrest our growth by refusing to show up for each moment, despite evidence that there is no other moment to live.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-08-02 Guided Meditation 44:58
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka Vassa Retreat

2009-08-01 Practice in the World: Right Speech 51:16
Joseph Goldstein
Right speech, the third step on the 8-fold Noble Path, is more than a set of ethical guidelines for living in the world. It is the practice of speech in the service of liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation

2009-08-01 Dukkha Unsatisfactoriness et al 50:49
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2009-08-01 Metta: Digging A Good Trench In The Heart 54:49
Anushka Fernandopulle
Explains cultivating the heart of well-wishing and other heart practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2009-08-01 Wrong Way on a One-Way Road 44:26
Rodney Smith
We are so conditioned to the idea of self-improvement that we try to navigate our spiritual journey for the best possible result.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-08-01 The Greedy and Foolish Monkey 1:15:10
John Peacock
Gaia House Mindfulness and the Way of Insight

2009-07-31 How Mindfulness Sets Us Free 50:40
Tempel Smith
In each moment of our lives we have the possibility to awaken or suffer.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2009-07-31 The Sure Heart's Release Part II 64:00
Kamala Masters
Understanding the path of practice that leads to the extinction of suffering. Bhavana - bringing forth what has not yet been developed through concentration practice and wisdom practice of Vipassana.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation

2009-07-31 How Do You Want To Live Your Life? 1:19:24
John Peacock
Gaia House Mindfulness and the Way of Insight

2009-07-30 Trusting Our Own Experience To Teach Us 52:46
Rebecca Bradshaw
How we connect our own experience to teach us about freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2009-07-30 Questions and Answers 2:08:10
Bhante Khippapanno
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-07-30 Parami: A Life of Dhamma 57:40
Steve Armstrong
Development of the 10 qualities of a "good human being" results in a life of dharma, offering contingency plans for the path ahead.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation

2009-07-30 The Woman at the Well 57:49
James Baraz
Ananda, the Buddha's disciple, while on a mission for the Buddha, requested water to drink from a woman of low cast. The woman protested out of fear that her low caste would contaminate Ananda's holiness; to which Ananada replied, "I ask not for caste but for water." A version of the Buddhist text of this story is available here: http://www.mountainman.com.au/buddha/carus_76.htm
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-07-30 Ethics and Responsibility 1:20:40
John Peacock
Gaia House Mindfulness and the Way of Insight

2009-07-29 The Path We Are Practicing 64:22
Bhante Khippapanno
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-07-29 The 8 Worldly Winds, I 59:06
Donald Rothberg
An examination of how we practice with pleasure and pain, gain and loss, fame and disrepute, praise and blame; with stories referring to Buddha's teaching + discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

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