Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2008-07-03 First Sit To First Jhana - talk #2 49:55
Stephen Snyder	Download Listen
This talk was given by both Tina Rasmussen and Stephen Snyder includes: landmarks leading up to first jhana; how to apply skillful effort; overview of the jhana factors; and actions that support practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : July 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-07-03 Why Do Intensive Retreat Practice? 55:52
James Baraz	Download Listen
Why would you do a silent meditation retreat? This talk explores the value and experience of silent retreat practice. Along with James, Kate Janke, who returned from sitting a month at the Forest Refuge in Barre, Massachusetts, a few days before this was recorded, shares her thoughts and personal experience of retreat practice.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2008-07-02 Conscious Activity 1:19:34

Tara Brach

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Most meditation guidance is aimed at formal sitting practice. Yet we spend much of our lives "doing" activities and often, in a way that lacks presence. This talk explores the practical ways that we can transform ego-based doing into activity that is aligned with our heart and expresses our natural creativity, joy and wisdom.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-07-02 Question and Answers: Meditation and Awakening - Session 1 36:02
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-07-02 What Is The Jhana Practice? #1 66:22
Tina Rasmussen	Download Listen
This talk includes: how the jhanas fit into Buddhist practice; overview of the entire samatha practice; the three types of concentration; and differences from other practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : July 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-07-02 What Is The Jhana Practice? #1 66:22
Stephen Snyder	Download Listen
This talk was given by both Tina Rasmussen and Stephen Snyder: how the jhanas fit into Buddhist practice; overview of the entire samatha practice; the three types of concentration; and differences from other practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : July 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-07-02 Equanimity - The Ocean Of Experience 50:22
Larry Yang	Download Listen
The last of the seven factors of awakening. What is equanimity as a practice and how does it impact communities who have experienced trauma.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : People of Color Retreat

2008-07-01 Revising the principles of vipassana 43:18
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2008-07-01 Tranquility And Concentration 53:07
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Two necessary factors in realizing the already awakened mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : People of Color Retreat

2008-06-30 Sanctuary 62:12
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Oiling the gate to the garden
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-06-30 Energy And Joy 62:39
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Energy is a factor that is useful for preventing or overcoming unwholesome states of mind and for cultivating wholesome states of mind. A joyful mind is a natural outcome of this unfolding prcess that leads to freedom and enlightenment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : People of Color Retreat

2008-06-29 Quarterly Community Gathering: Refuge in Sangha 23:34
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-06-28 Happiness: Not Forgetting The Gladness Of Heart In Practice 58:06
James Baraz	Download Listen
Abhayagiri Monastery

2008-06-28 Happiness: Not Forgetting The Gladness Of Heart In Practice 1:11:21
James Baraz	Download Listen
Abhayagiri Monastery

2008-06-28 Working With Papanca And Self-View 61:10
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness Training for Yoga Teachers

2008-06-28 Releasing, Receiving and Awakening Our Life - A Dana Retreat 48:48
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
This is the opening talk for a retreat that aims to integrate the practice of meditation with the ideas and doctrines that support and illuminate such practice. This talk also includes Stephen Batchelor.
Gaia House : Releasing Receiving And Awakening Our Life A Dana Retreat

2008-06-28 Releasing, Receiving and Awakening Our Life - A Dana Retreat 54:55
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Through meditation practice we can learn to release the pressure and demands we place on our experience to be different, and receive life just as it is. Unconditionally engaging with each moment we can awaken to innate peace and freedom.
Gaia House : Releasing Receiving And Awakening Our Life A Dana Retreat

2008-06-27 41. Dana - Sila – Bhavana 61:36
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Three-Month Retreat

2008-06-27 Taking A Fresh Look At Life On Retreat - part 4 68:28
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Life on retreat; life back home. The same? Different? Perhaps there is just life- always. Leaving the retreat; going home.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2008-06-26 Paramis Series #7 Truthfulness 47:07
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Sitting on the hotspot of truth.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-06-26 Reflections On Thinking 60:31
Doug Phillips	Download Listen
How does thought operate as a system driving our minds and actions towards incoherence and suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2008-06-25 The Blessings Of Soul Recognition 1:20:37

Tara Brach

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Based on one of the great legends from the court of King Arthur, this talk examines the freedom that is possible when we can see past the veil of illusion and realize the true nature that shines through all beings.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-06-25 40. Dealing with Negativity 64:56
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Three-Month Retreat

2008-06-25 The Science Of Meditation 58:57
Diana Winston	Download Listen
This talk discusses the current research in mindfulness, including the areas of physical health, attention, mental health, self-compassion, and brain research.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness Training for Yoga Teachers

2008-06-25 Taking A Fresh Look At Life On Retreat - part 3 59:54
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Life on retreat; life back home. The same? Different? Perhaps there is just life- always. The Buddha’s onapalda sutta (King Pasensadi goes on a diet) will be explored in detail regarding mindful eating as a wisdom practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students