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Dharma Talks in English
2009-06-07 Understanding the Practice of Generosity 49:48
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
The talk includes stories about learning generosity through giving to monks and nuns during the daily dawn walk (pindapad) in Thailand … that is, eeing how this opens a logjam in the heart and one experiences the sheer joy of giving. This talk also outlines and gives examples of the different kinds of giving as listed in AN 8.31 and 8.33.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Integrated Study and Practice Program II, 2009-2010, Study Retreat 1

2009-06-07 Collaborative Talk: Eugene Cash & Students 40:51
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2009-06-07 Breaking the Spell 50:46
Kittisaro
Gaia House The Wings of Awakening

2009-06-07 An Easeful Abiding - Samadhi and the Jhana Factors 1:24
Kittisaro
Gaia House Wings of Awakening

2009-06-07 Breaking the Spell 50:46
Kittisaro
Gaia House Wings of Awakening

2009-06-06 The Five Indriya's 52:40
Thanissara
Gaia House The Wings of Awakening

2009-06-06 Being present to body & breath 42:48
Thanissara
Gaia House The Wings of Awakening

2009-06-06 Being Present to Body Breath 42:48
Thanissara
Gaia House Wings of Awakening

2009-06-06 The Five Indriyas 52:40
Thanissara
Gaia House Wings of Awakening

2009-06-06 Samvega or Spiritual Urgency 52:44
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2009-06-05 Practice in Daily Life 35:07
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Practice in Difficult Times

2009-06-05 Faith and Confidence 43:01
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Practice in Difficult Times

2009-06-05 The Wings of Awakening 69:21
Kittisaro
From Practice of Dhamma to Being Dhamma
Gaia House The Wings of Awakening

2009-06-05 Vipassana Instructions 1:22:44
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2009-06-05 From Practice of Dharma to Being Dharma 69:21
Kittisaro
Gaia House Wings of Awakening

2009-06-04 Generosity - an expression of loving kindness. 60:06
Greg Scharf
The practice of Dana (generosity) as a foundation for insight includes an exploration of the concept of merit sharing the power and goodness that arises from out practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Loving Friendliness: Metta Retreat

2009-06-04 Practice in Difficult Times 26:01
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Practice in Difficult Times

2009-06-04 Verses on the Faith Mind by Seng-T'san (3rd Zen Patriarch of China), part 3 56:43
James Baraz
Tonight James finishes his series on the Faith Mind by the 3rd Zen Patriarch of China. One of the most meaningful lines in this section is: ”To live in this (highest) realization is to be without anxiety about non-perfection.” Cultivating that attitude is a key to freedom. To let ourselves be perfectly imperfect.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-06-03 The Responsive Heart 60:40
Rebecca Bradshaw
Turning the open heart of metta towards suffering, happiness, and peace.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Loving Friendliness: Metta Retreat

2009-06-03 The Attitude that Perpetuates Suffering 1:10:46
Tara Brach
Our conditioning is to conclude that "something is wrong" when we encounter difficulty. This way of relating to experience binds us in a trance--it locks in the identification with a separate, victimized, self; it leads to unwise action and it removes us from presence. This talk guides us in recognizing our often unconscious attitude towards what is happening, and arriving in the unconditional presence that is the source of love, wisdom and freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-06-03 Four Ways That the Noble Person Speaks 1:14:24
Bhante Khippapanno
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-06-03 Aware of the Passing of Time 1:48:57
Sylvia Boorstein
No description given.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-06-02 Appreciative Joy 44:02
Shaila Catherine
Appreciative joy (sympathetic joy, mudita) is the third of four qualities called Brahma Viharas (divine abodes) which are the subjects for this 4-part lecture series. Appreciative joy is presented as an extension of the loving kindness (metta) practice. Joy refers to the ability to delight and rejoice in the success and good fortune of others. Mudita overcomes the hindrances and obstacles of conceit, comparing, envy, avarice, jealousy, aversive criticism, resentment, competitiveness, and boredom.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Four Brahma Viharas
In collection: Four Brahma Viharas

2009-06-02 Connecting With Things As They Are Because We Care 57:48
Michele McDonald
Exploring our ambivalence around connecting with things as they are and discovering and trusting the deep quiet abiding that is always here
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Loving Friendliness: Metta Retreat

2009-06-01 Natural Resources of Mindfulness 1:10:12
Ajahn Liem Thitadhammo
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

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