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Dharma Talks
2009-01-08 Happiness 38:16
Mary Grace Orr
Insight Santa Cruz

2009-01-08 Wisdom,Happiness and Renunciation 43:22
Ajahn Sucitto
Renunciation and restraint return us to our innate happiness, happiness not reliant on external objects or conditions. Wisdom helps us discern what kind of happiness takes us out – or brings us back to ourselves.
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

2009-01-07 We Need Metta To Do Metta 53:13
Heather Martin
To handle the 'rowdy prisoners' which invariably arise in practice, Metta nourishes and reassures us, so we can relax, calm down, and release the burden of struggles with them.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta

2009-01-07 The Three Refuges 1:26:28
Tara Brach
The spiritual path can be understood as forgetting and remembering. We suffer when we lose sight of truth, of love, of awareness. And we touch freedom in the moments of remembering. This talk includes guided reflections on three gateways to remembering: three refuges--buddha, dharma and sangha--that are the foundation of classical Buddhist teachings and profoundly relevant in our contemporary lives.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-01-07 Why Meditate 58:23
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-01-07 Politics 35:40
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2009-01-06 How Metta Works Through Us 66:12
Donald Rothberg
Metta works, partly in a clear way, partly mysteriously, to help us lead with our hearts, develop deeper concentration, unergo an often challenging process of purification and touch the depths of our being. As we practice, we work through a number of challenges - distraction, sleepiness, the restless mind and body, and the near and far enemies of metta - attached love and ill-will for enemies, particularly harsh judgment of self and others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta

2009-01-06 Pull Your Foot Out Of The Stirrup 45:43
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2009-01-06 Themes of meditation 30:49
Ajahn Sucitto
Through referencing the parable of the cook (S.47:8), we are encouraged to get to know the mind in order to choose the meditation theme that suits it best. There are a range of themes you can use to counteract hindrances: such as death contemplation, unattractiveness of the body, lovingkindness, Buddha and breathing. Through trial and error, find out what is needed.
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

2009-01-05 Are You Brave Enough To Be Transformed By Lovingkindness? 59:58
Sylvia Boorstein
Lovingkindness is presented as a "subset" of mindfulness: Attention to the third foundation of mindfulness, specifically the presence (or absence) of good will in the mind. Meditation is presented as a technique for letting go of all limiting stories (fixed views) that inhibit us from becoming the fully loving (and tolerant) people we could be.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta

2009-01-05 Reflections On Tudong 48:24
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2009-01-04 The Heart Of Dharma 49:52
Yanai Postelnik
The liberating heart of the dharma is revealed when we come to rest, in the realization that what we are looking for has been here all along.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Resolutions of the Heart: New Year’s Retreat

2009-01-04 The Beauty Of Right Intention 35:13
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2009-01-03 The One Thing You Can Do 49:52
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2009-01-02 Being In The Ocean Of Life 49:31
Yanai Postelnik
Learning to let go asks us to trust in the uncontrollable fluidity of life as a medium which holds us, and in which we can open to our deepest nature, which is indestructible.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Resolutions of the Heart: New Year’s Retreat

2009-01-02 Big Mind Meditation 40:07
John Travis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Years Retreat

2009-01-02 Ready Or Not 62:58
John Travis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Years Retreat

2009-01-02 Tidying Up 34:13
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2009-01-02 Journey to a Bow 48:22
Christina Feldman
This talk explores the conceit of self-superiority, inferiority and equality. The conceit of self impacts upon our lives - the understanding of it liberates the heart.
Gaia House Stillness and Insight - The New Year's Retreat

2009-01-01 Dignity and the Qualities of a Ruler 48:56
Bhante Bodhidhamma
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2009-01-01 Giving & Receiving-The Seamless Circle Of Generosity 1:11:31
Marcia Rose
An inner wealth of generosity is a powerful medicine. As our heart heals and opens the wholesome energies of giving and receiving grow and flow within us. We begin to live this seemless circle quite naturally as who we are.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-01-01 Knowing Limitless Freedom 54:58
Sharda Rogell
What is left when we let go of the mental activity of objectifying, and solidifying our reality? What happens when we see into the empty nature of conditioned phenomenon?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Years Retreat

2009-01-01 Hindrances 42:58
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2009-01-01 Intimacy and Stillness 41:10
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Stillness and Insight - The New Year's Retreat

2008-12-31 Stilling The Constructions Of Mind 48:16
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Years Retreat

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