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Dharma Talks
2022-09-20 Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of sensations in the body, with special attention to bodily pain. 60:24
Guy Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2022-09-19 Relating Wisely with the Hindrances - Week 2 - Mudita 60:07
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances

2022-09-19 Die Metta Praxis 49:55
Renate Seifarth
Die Metta-Haltung. Was ist das, warum ist sie bedeutsam und wie kultivieren wir sie.
Buddha-Haus :  Vipassana und Metta

2022-09-19 The Nature of the Path 33:57
Gavin Milne
Gaia House Meditation Day - Home in Awareness

2022-09-19 Awareness as the Journey and the Destination 34:42
Gavin Milne
Gaia House Meditation Day - Home in Awareness

2022-09-19 Introduction and Instructions 59:49
Gavin Milne
Recognising awareness and non-clinging.
Gaia House Meditation Day - Home in Awareness

2022-09-18 Aspiration and resolution: Saddha and Adhiṭṭhāna 51:23
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2022-09-18 Warum meditieren? 48:29
Renate Seifarth
Die innere Ausrichtung legen. Über die tiefen Fragen, die den Buddha zu seiner spirituellen Suche bewegten und Anstöße zur Reflexion, was uns zur Praxis und ins Retreat gebracht hat. Was bedeutet Retreat, Rückzug und was können wir hieraus gewinnen.
Buddha-Haus :  Vipassana und Metta

2022-09-18 Liberative Dependent Arising, Personally and Collectively 45:02
Erin Treat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Rest, Renewal and Regeneration: A Women's Meditation Retreat (392R22)

2022-09-18 Upekkha 26:15
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Cultivating the Lovely (online retreat)

2022-09-18 Potential for Wisdom 1:12:05
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Sep 2022

2022-09-18 Settling into the Body & Breath 48:42
Ayya Anandabodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2022-09-18 Medicine for Letting Go Individually and Collectively 58:04
Ayya Santacitta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2022-09-18 Compassion in Brahmavihara Practice 64:39
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Metta Retreat with Kamala Masters and Mark Nunberg

2022-09-18 Short Meditation Sitting and Samadhi 36:35
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Cultivating the Lovely (online retreat)

2022-09-18 Short Meditation Sitting and Piti (continued) 37:29
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Cultivating the Lovely (online retreat)

2022-09-18 Passaddhi 31:39
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Cultivating the Lovely (online retreat)

2022-09-18 Dhamma, the Supreme Medicine 35:57
Ayya Anandabodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2022-09-17 Teaching on Piti and Short Meditation Sitting 12:45
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Cultivating the Lovely (online retreat)

2022-09-17 Teachings on Viriya (continued) 21:11
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Cultivating the Lovely (online retreat)

2022-09-17 Short Meditation Sitting & Inquiring into Clinging and Non-clinging 7:18
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Cultivating the Lovely (online retreat)

2022-09-17 Short Meditation Sitting, and Teachings on Investigation 33:02
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Cultivating the Lovely (online retreat)

2022-09-17 Mindfulness 33:25
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Cultivating the Lovely (online retreat)

2022-09-17 Retreat - Learning to Trust the Goodness of the Heart - Talk 58:39
Mark Nunberg
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Half Day Retreat

2022-09-17 The Bojjhanga 32:33
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Cultivating the Lovely (online retreat)

2022-09-17 Welcome, and a Short Meditation Sitting 14:10
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Cultivating the Lovely (online retreat)

2022-09-16 Mindfulness of Breathing 56:52
Guy Armstrong
The foremost meditation practice in the Theravadan tradition. There are many benefits and also some potential obstacles in this practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2022-09-16 Chanting, Guided meditation on the breath, Q&A 1:10:21
Bhante Sujato
Chanting. Guided meditation on the breath as a simple kind of abiding; Audience Q&A: Q: How to overcome the body restricting the breath? ~A: 1. Patience. 2. Slight shift to focus on the out-breath 4. Contemplate non-self 5. Focus on pleasure in the breath. Q: How to let go of worry? ~A: Uddhacca-kukkucha one place to look, 'like conditions like' so to be happy tomorrow, do something good now. Q: Is mindfulness different to concentration? ~A: 'Concentration' term can convey controlling solutionism but concentration fine as a word. Q: Technique of being without your breath for 20 minutes by telling the breaths you love them? Q: What did the Buddha say about monarchism? Q: Meditation during lucid dreaming?
Lokanta Vihara

2022-09-15 Lake of Lovingkindness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 23:25
Diana Winston
This playful guided meditation invites us to jump into a lake of kindness and bring our friends, acquaintances, and difficult people along.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness for Everyone: The Basics and Beyond

2022-09-15 Recipe for Freedom: Concentration, Insight, Love, and Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:28
Diana Winston
This talk includes the ingredients needed for deepening practice and finding freedom. It explores how our practice can begin with concentration, add insight into the mix, requires a sprinkling of self- love, and when cooked, opens to the nature of awareness itself. Added bonus: A few quotes from Ted Lasso.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness for Everyone: The Basics and Beyond

2022-09-15 Samma Sati 60:38
Sally Armstrong
What is mindfulness, and what was the Buddha talking about when he encouraged us to practice it? Right mindfulness, or Samma Sati, develops wisdom and understanding, decreasing unwholesome states of mind, and increasing wholesomeness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2022-09-15 Guided Meditation - Mudita - Appreciation 41:56
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2022-09-15 Meditation Instructions - Opening to Wellbeing 51:09
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2022-09-15 Morning Instructions 56:45
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2022-09-14 Meditation is Good! (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:28
Eugene Cash
As we practice we see each moment is Good whether whatever it is. We recognize the Goodness of each moment, the Goodness of being alive, the Goodness of Discover the truth and the Goodness of awakening to freedom. The whole dharma is sitting right here and it is Good!
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness for Everyone: The Basics and Beyond

2022-09-14 We Were Made for These Times: Lessons in Moving through Change, Loss and Disruption 47:44
Kaira Jewel Lingo
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2022-09-14 Meditation: Relaxing with Life 22:50
Tara Brach
This meditation includes a mindful body scan and guidance in relaxing with the changing waves of experience. When we say “Yes” to the moment, we open to the sea of awareness that can include, with care, whatever arises.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-09-14 Navigating Conflict with a Wise Heart – Part 2 57:05
Tara Brach
This series of talks offers guidance in transforming conflict into a portal for awakening your understanding, flexibility and compassion. We look at how to heal our own unmet needs and not be dependent on others changing; and how to engage with another person when both are dedicated to mindful communication. We also extend our exploration to societal conflict. The talks are accompanied by reflections and meditations that can directly enhance your capacity to respond to conflict from the most wise and caring part of your being.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-09-14 Dharma Talk - Community of Compassion & Wellbeing 42:45
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2022-09-14 Religious Imagination: An event can be true even if it did not happen! 1:43:12
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
Attached Files:

2022-09-14 Meditation Instructions - Responding to Difficulty 37:08
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2022-09-14 Morning Instructions 55:32
Guy Armstrong
Introducing the modified meditation instructions from Mahasi Sayadaw, beginning by choosing an anchor in breath, body posture, or sounds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2022-09-13 Opening Session 52:20
Shaila Catherine
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Experiencing the Joy of a Focused Mind

2022-09-13 Dharma Talk - Wise Acceptance 45:32
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2022-09-13 Compassion. 47:55
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2022

2022-09-13 Lovingkindness Meditation for Beginners (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:29
Diana Winston
This recording includes a 51 minute overview introducing the theory and practice of loving-kindness. Then a 20 minute guided loving-kindness meditation focusing on easy person and self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness for Everyone: The Basics and Beyond

2022-09-13 Guided Metta Meditation (Easy Person & Self) 41:04
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2022-09-13 Getting Started with Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 68:34
Diana Winston
This meditation is excellent for beginners, establishing them in their anchor or focus point, with several options of breath, sound, and body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness for Everyone: The Basics and Beyond

2022-09-12 Understanding the Hindrance of Sense Desire - Meditation 33:32
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances

2022-09-12 Understanding the Hindrance of Sense Desire - Talk 38:24
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances

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