Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2012-09-19 Loving Kindness and the Brahma Viharas 54:53
Jenny Wilks	Download Listen
An introductory overview of how the cultivation of metta relates to the other sublime abidings compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity.
Gaia House : Cultivating Loving Kindness

2012-09-17 The Buddhas Last Teachings 66:08
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
The story of awakening and how we can find justice, compassion & wisdom where we are...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-09-12 The Freedom of Yes 1:24:10

Tara Brach

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How do we accept ourselves or others when our actions are causing harm? Does acceptance mean passivity? Does it undermine our efforts towards change? This talk responds to these questions with a simple, illuminating and challenging principle about genuine transformation: Acceptance is the prerequisite of true healing and awakening. Only when we've paused to recognize and allow this moment's experience to be fully as it is, can we respond from our intelligence and compassion to prevent future suffering.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-09-05 Trance of the Unreal Other 1:22:49

Tara Brach

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We are conditioned to perceive people as unreal others- two dimensional characters who lack sentience, vulnerability and goodness. This is often most insidious when we filter people through demeaning culturally driven stereotypes. This talk explores the suffering of living in a trance that separates us from others, and how our practices of mindfulness and compassion enable us to experience what Thoreau calls the "miracle" of seeing through another's eyes, if only for a moment.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-08-29 Compassion and Freedom 52:20
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
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Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-08-27 Creative Engagement and Vipassana 60:42
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Investigating the process of grasping and its opposite, creative engagement. Looking also at how vipassana helps us to develop wise compassion.
Gaia House : Meditation and Mindfulness

2012-08-20 Meeting Life with Kind Presence 45:23
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk explores how the qualities of Mindfulness & Kindness are essential ingredients for meeting experience with wisdom, clarity & love...that allows us to hold ourselves, and difficult times with greater ease and compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-07-28 How Change Happens On This Path 48:53
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
The change from unhappiness and dissatisfaction to happiness and contentment does not come about by trying to get better but through the cultivation of wisdom and compassion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2012-07-28 Compassion, Cultural Sensitivity and Diversity 23:30
Richard Shankman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness in Education - A Retreat and Training

2012-07-27 Cultivating Self-Compassion 53:47
Diana Winston	Download Listen
This talk explores the three components of self-compassion: 1. mindfulness to deal with self-critical thinking; 2. loving kindness, to increase our sense of love for ourselves; 3. and shared humanity, the recognition that we are not alone.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness in Education - A Retreat and Training