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Dharma Talks
2009-01-20 Practice Q and A 58:13
Rodney Smith
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-01-20 Emptying the Boulders of the Mind 43:10
Thanissara
Using the breath to steady the mind, to reflect on impermanence and to see ‘non ownership’ The boulder is not heavy if you don’t pick it up This is ‘how it is’ – methods to access the third noble truth Replacing reactivity with mindfulness – the flood stopper
Dharmagiri Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-19 The First Noble Truth 53:48
Susan O'Brien
How a skillful engagement with suffering leads to greater ease.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-01-19 Through the Gateway of Dukkha 40:19
Kittisaro
The 4 truths that en-noble as we grow through them The 8 kinds of Dukkha – Anando, ex marine & monk, bowing through anger Death is also impermanent, seeing through impermanence, one touches peace. When the causes of dukkha break up, it ceases - revealing the timeless dharma.
Dharmagiri Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-19 The End of Mark Making 37:39
Kittisaro
The tendency of the proliferating mind to designate permanence to the transitory through the process of thought Papanca – conceptual proliferation creates the billion fragments of the world The Diamond Sutra – The Guest and the Host What remains? Kappa’s question to the Buddha
Dharmagiri

2009-01-18 Suffering as Opportunity 37:19
Thanissara
The Buddha’s reluctance to teach The first turning of the Dhamma wheel The Four Noble truths and accompanying practices Contemplating desire – resolving dukkha – the primary split.
Dharmagiri Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-18 The Four Noble Truths 41:33
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2009-01-18 The Centrality of Minfulness 37:16
Thanissara
Replacing reactivity of mind with mindfulness Mindfulness as container & as that which reveals & discerns what is Citta conditioned by perception & sankhara Healing the citta through mindful awareness Finding balanced energy as a support for mindfulness
Dharmagiri Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-17 Presentations In Neuroscience #3 29:04
Sylvia Boorstein
Melissa Rosenkranz-U. Wisconsin; Praveen Chopra-private; Paula Sigafus-Kaiser; Sarah Bowen-U. Washington; Jim Saveland-US Forest Service; Michael Warren-Claremont Graduate U.; Francis Haberli-U. Wisconsin;Charlie Thompson-U. Washington
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Scientists Retreat

2009-01-17 Presentations In Neuroscience #2 31:43
Sylvia Boorstein
Koren Wright- Argosy U., Phoenix, AZ;Chad Johnson-U. Oklahoma; Kendra Markle-Kaiser: Daniel Levinson-U.Wisconsin; Larry Greischar-U. Wisconsin; Michael Haggerty-UC Davis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Scientists Retreat

2009-01-17 Presentations In Neuroscience #1 39:30
Sylvia Boorstein
Johnathan Schooler-UCSB; Stuart Eisendrath-UCSF; Lisa Lindeman-U.Wisconsin; Liz Wang-Changchi U. Taipei, Taiwan;Carmen Schooler-U. Maryland;Peta McAuley-Hong Kong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Scientists Retreat

2009-01-17 Transcendence Includes It All 59:55
Ajahn Sucitto
The process of liberation is sometimes referred to as ‘transcendence’. Transcendence means you meet feeling, and mind gets bigger than that, includes it all. It is a natural mode of the mind, to meet and include. Enlightenment factors enable this stepping back and non-involvement. We can then meet the results of kamma and realize liberation.
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

2009-01-17 Wise Mindfulness 59:01
Christina Feldman
Gaia House An Exploration of Mindfulness MBCT/SR Retreat

2009-01-16 It's Uncertain 40:49
Kittisaro
Meeting Ajahn Chah in Thailand Know the breath and you’ll know everything Opening the Dharma Eye Underlying pervasive peace Samsara & Nibbana arise at the same place
Dharmagiri

2009-01-16 Inherited Kamma-Broadening The Range Of Practice 36:52
Ajahn Sucitto
In general, practice is about creating the type of environment which can hold, accommodate and handle our kamma – whether that is internal and external. Enlightenment factors work to dissolve the encrusted compulsive reactions. Then we have more space, more choice in what we do and don’t do.
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

2009-01-16 The Four Noble Truths 52:12
John Teasdale
Gaia House An Exploration of Mindfulness MBCT/SR Retreat

2009-01-15 2009 Monthly Sitting Group, Month 1: Overview of the Samatha Practice 63:51
Tina Rasmussen
Includes: The three stages of practice (Sila, Samatha, Vipassana); The Buddha’s practice of the jhanas; Why do this practice?; and an overview of the path of practice as taught by Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw; meditation instructions.
Various

2009-01-15 Practice in Ordinary Daily Life 69:15
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2009-01-15 Through The Looking Glass - The Reality Of No-Self 66:24
Marcia Rose
Can we look into the clear mirror of the dhamma? Can we face the "looking glass" with a willingness and humility and keep looking into this mirror of our 'self' without interpretation or judgement? It is only then that we begin to see and know the impersonality of presently arisen thoughts, censations,feelings and states of mind. Can we keep looking until we begin to experience and know that it's not all about "me" and teach the heart/the mind of freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-01-15 Death Reflection 52:52
Wes Nisker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Scientists Retreat

2009-01-15 Working With Strong Emotions 45:51
Trudy Goodman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Scientists Retreat

2009-01-15 Knowing Through Dispassion 37:24
Ajahn Sucitto
Mindfulness offers the ability to sustain, to notice, and therefore to be wise. Through this we can experience feelings that arise as energy in the body. Stepping back, there is a shift from being in these to a knowingness of them, with resultant dispassion. This is the liberating process of insight.
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

2009-01-15 Opening Talk for An Exploration of Mindfulness MBCT/SR Retreat 60:03
Christina Feldman
Gaia House An Exploration of Mindfulness MBCT/SR Retreat

2009-01-14 Humble Of Heart 1:11:49
Tara Brach
As consciousness evolves, there is a deepening understanding of the interdependence of all of life. This wisdom naturally leads to an authentic humility--an awakening from the burden and violence of self-importance. In this talk we explore the relationship between being humble of heart, and living with kindness and compassion. There is particular attention to the necessity of humility and deep listening--as individuals and societies--if we are to respond to conflict in a way that can bring peace to this earth.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-01-14 The Path of Inquiry 59:00
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

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