Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2008-03-02 Guided Meditation 48:32
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2008-03-02 Precious Human Life 43:03
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Our life is precious, holding within it the possibility on nurturing liberating wisdom. Reflections on death and impermanence bring a sense of urgency to our path
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-03-01 Metta: Developing Goodwil 56:41
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2008-03-01 Opening Talk with Narayan and Maddy 38:05
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2008-03-01 Dissolving The Crystal Of Perception 45:38
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2008-03-01 On Happiness 45:15
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
We all seek happiness, but what are we actually seeking? This talk explores a deepening understanding of the conditions for happiness, and the struggle inherent in our searching for it. Martin points to our deepenng capacity for recognizing and resting with what the Buddha referred to as 'a path of happiness, leading to the highest happiness, which is peace'.
Gaia House : Tranquility Insight and Awakening

2008-02-28 Mingling Our Minds With The Dharma 63:31
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
This talk describes how the journey of our life and practice is to mingle our hearts and minds fully with the Dharma. The eight-fold path is the descriptive template we can use; this talk focuses particularly on wise view and wise intention, the first two steps.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-28 Power 39:29
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-02-27 The Art Of Practice: Mindfulness 1:12:58

Tara Brach

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In the Art of Practice, we explore key techniques in preparing the grounds for true meditation. These include relaxation, identifying a home base, awakening the senses and re-mindfulness. These "skillful means" allow us to arrive Here, and to rest in a natural mindfulness, awake and open awareness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-02-27 Practicing in Daily Life: The Creative Use of Restraint 56:17
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-02-27 Growing Goodness 60:16
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Many of the Buddha's teachings are counter intuitive - we sit still to find freedom, we let go to receive. Opening to suffering and working skillfully with the kilesas - greed, aversion and delusion - actually bring us greater freedom and happiness. This talk is on the beautiful qualities called the Paramis that directly counter the force of the kilesas.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-27 The Universality Of The Dharma 47:15
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
The Universality of the Dharma
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-02-26 Consciousness, Awareness And Nibbana 63:33
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
It is the direct realization of the unconditioned, or nibbana, that is considered enlightenment in the Buddha's teachings. This talk explores how consciousness and awareness can be understood as links in practice to the flavor of the unconditioned.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-26 Facing Fear With An Inquiring Mind 53:42
Michael Grady	Download Listen
Application of Shamatha Vipassana practice in working with fear.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-02-25 Monday Night Meditation 1:41:16
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-02-25 Faith And Wisdom 55:43
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Two of the five Spiritual Faculties. Exploring: -What we actually believe in, rely on, value. -The difference and sometimes distance between knowledge, ideas, beliefs and wisdom - the integrated absorbed and deeply understood truths.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-25 Contact and Creative Engagement 50:52
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : Breaking Free Of Habits

2008-02-25 Noble Eightfold Path - part 2 - Right Effort, Mindfulness And Concentration 55:42
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Preparing the ground for wisdom to flourish.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : February 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-02-24 Unplugged: Reflections from One Month on Retreat 41:59
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2008-02-23 Acht ethische Grundlagen des Glücks 39:15
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Verbundenheit und Glück durch nicht-verletzendes, heilsames Verhalten
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2008-02-23 Big Mind Meditation 43:33
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
A version of Joseph Goldstein's Big Mind meditation using bells and reminders to allow your mind to be like a clear empty sky and allow the different experiences to arise and pass without interference.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-23 Breaking Free of Mental Habits 61:19
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Looking at the three different levels of habits - intense, habitual and light - and exploring the mental patterns.
Gaia House : Breaking Free Of Habits

2008-02-22 The Four Reminders 69:07
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
We have the opportunity to make something of this precious life, that has such fortunate conditions that can also quickly change. The seeds we plant have results. Orienting ourselves toward the Dharma can free us from the samsaric loop.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-21 Unity Of Emptiness And Compassion 60:51
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-21 Wise Effort 33:01
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz