Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2009-12-05 Wilderness of the Heart 59:18
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Gaia House : Wilderness of the Heart

2009-12-04 Out of This World 27:40
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
By deeply examining the mind as the Buddha taught, we see our stark human predicament, why we suffer and the real source of happiness. For he awakened to suffering’s end and the noble path to freedom. With immense gratitude for his teaching, we learn how we are caught grasping the world, compelled by its impingement and tormented ever after. We realize the ineffable vanquishing of that disease – when we stop giving vent to the wanting mind and live each moment from a pure compassionate and wise awareness. And so, quite apart from the world, we directly know here and now, within our own heart – the truest joy, the supreme peace of Nibbana.
Toronto Theravada Buddhist Community (TBC)

2009-12-04 Dharma 101 45:49
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
A review of the very basic teachings of the Buddha - i.e. The Four Noble Truths -, paying particular attention to their pragmatic and experiential nature.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat

2009-12-04 Opening Talk for Wilderness of the Heart Retreat 38:19
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Gaia House : Wilderness of the Heart

2009-12-03 Undoing Mental Knots 45:00
Anam Thubten	Download Listen
"Undoing Mental Knots" or "Getting Rid of Concepts"
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2009-12-03 Beginners' Class - The Frontier of Intimacy 21:44
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Hospice
Sati Saraniya Hermitage : Hospice Talks and Guided Meditations

2009-12-02 Practicing with Views Part I 63:22
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the nature of "views" (or strong beliefs or opinions) and how to practice with them by 1) grounding ourselves in some of the famous passages on views in the teachings of the Buddha, 2)identifying why and how views can be problematic and lead to suffering, and 3) offering practices this week to explore our views, whether personal, political or religious/spiritual.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-11-30 The Perfections/Paramitas with Kilung Jigme Rinpoche Part 2 68:10
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Theravadat & Tibetan approaches to the paramitas Part 2
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-11-30 The Perfections/Paramitas with Kilung Jigme Rinpoche Part 1 8:06
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Theravada & Tibetan approaches to the paramitas... Introduction to Rinpoche
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-11-30 Ananda 64:58
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : November 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-11-30 Acceptance and Surrender: Personal Stories 57:09
Robert K. Hall	Download Listen
Acceptance involves "letting in" and "letting out" regardless of approval or disapproval. Surrender can only happen when "the me" opens to it all - the yes and the no, the me and not-me.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving

2009-11-29 Energy and Intimacy Part 1 55:07
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-11-29 Intimacy with the Body and Breath 34:32
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Guided Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-11-28 Trust And Letting Go Into The Unknown 58:54
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
A talk given on a weekend retreat. With Trust as our main support, we begin to let go of our hopes and fears and drop into the truth of uncertainty. This is the doorway to freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Living an Awakened Life: Insight Meditation Weekend

2009-11-28 With Every Breath, You Are Alive 57:28
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
This talk weaves together questions from interviews about sexuality and gratitude for humanness with the 4 noble truths and 4 great vows and a smattering of dependent origination.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving

2009-11-27 To Stand in the Middle of All Things 49:55
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
An exploration of the quality of equanimity and the unshakable balance that it brings.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : November 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-11-27 Wheel of Freedom 53:45
John Travis	Download Listen
The talk shares the wheel of Dependent Origination and how to tap into the Wheel of Freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving

2009-11-26 The Paradox of Completion 55:43
Teja Bell	Download Listen
Completion and Incompletion in the intimate weave of the Dharma of Understanding and then resting in the transcendent wisdom of pure unconditioned awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving

2009-11-25 Gratitude and Generosity 1:16:09

Tara Brach

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While we value gratitude and generosity, our daily life can often have an undercurrent of complaint and an anxious kind of self-centeredness. This Thanksgiving Eve talk explores teachings and practices that reconnect us with the sense of wonder and abundance that characterizes our own awakened heart.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-11-25 4 Foundations as an Evolutionary Journey 58:34
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving

2009-11-25 Distraction 61:52
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We look at the nature of distraction- not attending to what is our intended focus- in three main ways, each of which we can respond to: 1) our distraction moment to moment and how we train in mindfulness, 2) our distraction in our everyday lives, and 3) how our lives become distracted in relation to our deeper intentions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-11-25 Space and Self 53:01
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2009-11-24 Live It Up 49:37
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Overcoming the brain's negative bias. Inclining the mind toward appreciation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving

2009-11-24 Ten Paramis: Equanimity (1) 56:46
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Equanimity is a balance between the relative sorrows and ultimate perfection of the world. It is a full embrace of life as it is, without disturbance.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-11-24 The Paramis 53:25
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat