2019-06-30 Happiness 1:12:09
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-30 Clouds in the Sky - Meditation on Thoughts 32:56
Sebene Selassie	Download Listen
Working with thoughts by witnessing their arising and passing away.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Belonging, Connection and Nature: Coming Home Together

2019-06-30 Practice supports at home 34:19
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  A Heart That Resonates

2019-06-30 3rd Noble Truth Dharmette 20:22
Erin Treat, Sebene Selassie	Download Listen
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Belonging, Connection and Nature: Coming Home Together

2019-06-29 Q&A and Equanimity Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 38:18
Diana Winston, Alex Haley	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-29 Present Moment: The Sacred Working Ground of our Practice 58:42
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center

2019-06-29 Four Noble Truths 65:28
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-29 DT (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 32:25
Alex Haley	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-29 06 guided meditation: exploring physical sensations of anxiety and the antidote of metta 31:54
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Working in groups of three, each person taking three minutes to name out loud the physical sensations of social anxiety; then a short guided metta meditation before continuing to name out loud the physical sensations associated with metta/kindness
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Transforming Fear into Fearlessness

2019-06-29 05 instructions: the anatomy of anxiety 9:12
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Deconstructing the chain reaction from basic sense stimuli to proliferation and anxiety thought-loops
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Transforming Fear into Fearlessness

2019-06-29 Taking the Practice Home 60:32
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The key learnings from awareness practices. How to integrate them with classical vipassana practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-29 04 talk: Fear of Dukkha, and Fear IS Dukkha 26:44
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Exploring the courage it takes to meditate and to engage with the Buddha's teachings on the Four Noble Truths, focusing on the First Noble Truth that there is dukkha: suffering, stress, distress, unsatisfactoriness
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Transforming Fear into Fearlessness

2019-06-29 03 meditation: body sitting, breathing 13:49
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
A short guided meditation with an emphasis on settling and soothing the body, heart, mind before starting a study class
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Transforming Fear into Fearlessness

2019-06-29 Q&A (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 21:23
Diana Winston	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-29 Morning Instructions 40:06
Jean Esther	Download Listen
Strengthening Mindfulness Through Practicing With An Anchor
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Teen Retreat

2019-06-29 The Full Spectrum of Awareness, Emphasizing Natural Awareness 50:09
Diana Winston	Download Listen
Day 5 Instructional Sit
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-29 The Five Hindrances as a Vehicle to Freedom 59:20
Solwazi Johnson	Download Listen
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Belonging, Connection and Nature: Coming Home Together

2019-06-29 The Heart that Responds: Compassion Meditation 26:45
Sebene Selassie	Download Listen
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center :  Belonging, Connection and Nature: Coming Home Together

2019-06-28 Forgiveness: guided meditation 34:28
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  A Heart That Resonates

2019-06-28 The Spectrum of Awareness: Natural Awareness 56:28
Diana Winston	Download Listen
This talk explores Natural Awareness - a spacious, effortless, open awareness of awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-28 Day 4 Guided Loving Kindness and Other Practices (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:25
Carol Cano	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-28 Emptiness and Karma 66:01
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
It may seem that the Buddha's teaching on emptiness is incompatible with his teaching on karma, which connects the result of an action with the same being who performed it. But actually, the two teachings need each other to make sense.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-28 Six Sense Doors 1:13:38
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-28 Lecture 33 65:58
Bhikkhu Analayo	View Download Listen
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  Nibbāna: The Mind Stilled
Attached Files: Nibbana - Lecture 33 by Bhikkhu Analayo (PDF)

2019-06-28 Loving Kindness Meditation 30:19
Jean Esther	Download Listen
In this practice, we offer loving kindness to someone who is dear to us plus easy to care about. It could be anyone, including our pets.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Teen Retreat

2019-06-28 Instructions: Meeting Powerlessness 62:06
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  A Heart That Resonates

2019-06-28 Day 4 Morning Instructional Sit: Choice-less Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:44
Alex Haley	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-28 Morning Instructions 47:47
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-27 How we can change our relationship with nature through our practice 50:34
Kate Munding	Download Listen
In preparation for this weekend, the climate emergency, our response to it as Buddhists and as human beings has been on my mind. I will give the talk related to these themes as well as on how we can change our relationship with nature through our practice to better connect with the reality we and our planet are facing. I know James just gave a talk last week on climate change, but I'm guessing this will offer a different approach and voice to this ongoing exploration.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2019-06-27 Day 3 Guided Loving Kindness and Other Practices: Self-Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:53
Diana Winston	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-27 Dharma Talk - Embracing and Transcending the Modern World View 48:03
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Finding True Refuge in a Modern World

2019-06-27 Curious Cats Find Gold (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:39
Alex Haley	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-27 Mindfulness of Mind 1:10:10
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  A Heart That Resonates

2019-06-27 Fifth Day Instructions - Thoughts 42:12
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Finding True Refuge in a Modern World

2019-06-27 Day 3 Morning Instructional Sit: Working With Difficult Emotions: RAIN (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:31
Carol Cano	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-27 Morning Instructions 43:31
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-26 How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 1 44:47
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The mature expression of hope includes three elements: the aspiration for manifesting our full potential, a trust that this is possible, and an energy that engages to serve this unfolding. In this talk, we explore the importance of hope on the spiritual path, its shadow side, and how we can nourish hope through these three elements in a way that serves inner freedom and the healing of our world (a special favorite from the archives).
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-06-26 Presenting the Brahma Viharas and guided compassion practice 34:52
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  A Heart That Resonates

2019-06-26 Day 2 Guided Loving Kindness and Other Practices (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 40:29
Alex Haley	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-26 Emptiness and Compassion 57:16
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Compassion as the expression of a selfless state of mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-26 Finding Stillness in Our Life and Practice 39:52
Doug Phillips	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2019-06-26 Meditation: Awakening Our Full Aliveness 20:23
Tara Brach	Download Listen
We cut off from our aliveness when we are lost in thoughts and on auto pilot. This meditation arouses a receptivity to sensation from “the inside out,” opens the awareness to sound, and then invites a full resting in receptive, dynamic presence (from the archives).
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-06-26 Faith 39:50
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-26 The 5 Forces of Distraction (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:47
Carol Cano	Download Listen
There are five forces of distraction that can grab our attention. They hinder our ability to see clearly and get in the way of cultivating stillness and peace of the mind and heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-26 Being Seen with the Eyes of Compassion - Guided Meditation & Chanting 46:18
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Finding True Refuge in a Modern World

2019-06-26 Instructions: Staying Close to Reality 55:09
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  A Heart That Resonates

2019-06-26 Morning Instructions 42:57
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Body + Consciousness
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-26 Day 2 Morning Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:18
Alex Haley	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-26 The Ultimate Self Protection Mantra 1:48:27
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-06-25 Day 1 Guided Loving Kindness and Other Practices: Universal Love and Kindness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:25
Carol Cano	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-25 Dharma Talk - Resting the Heart in a Classical Refuge 60:37
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Finding True Refuge in a Modern World

2019-06-25 Pure and Beautiful Mind 61:29
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-25 Spectrum of Awareness Practices: Focused Awareness 50:04
Diana Winston	Download Listen
This talk overviews multiple ways of practicing from focused awareness to flexible awareness to natural awareness. Specifically we deal with cultivating concentration and how it can benefit our mindfulness practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-25 Third Instructions - Abiding and Working with the Hindrances 46:17
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Finding True Refuge in a Modern World

2019-06-25 Day 1 Morning Q&A (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:03
Diana Winston	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-25 Stripping Away Mindfully 53:31
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  A Heart That Resonates

2019-06-25 Day 1 Morning Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:47
Diana Winston	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone, The Basics and Beyond without the Hype

2019-06-25 Morning Instructions 45:14
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-24 Understanding Impermanence - Week 1 - Talk 61:57
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Understanding Impermanence

2019-06-24 Understanding Impermanence - Week 1 - Meditation 27:08
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Understanding Impermanence

2019-06-24 The Aggregates Are Empty 61:58
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The five aggregates of form, feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness are empty in two ways. There is no ongoing self in the center, which points to the emptiness of self. All the aggregates are insubstantial, which points to the emptiness of all phenomena.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-24 Morality: A Beautiful, Powerful and Nimble Balance of the Heart - Evening Session - Meditation 33:57
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2019-06-24 Pause 20:14
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
This talk offers reflections on how this one word can be a powerful tool that can lead us into Presence.
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community :  FIMC Monday Night Talks

2019-06-24 What Do You Live For? 20:11
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-24 The Seven Factors of Awakening & Temporary Liberation of the Mind 40:03
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Guided Meditation
Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-24 This Could Be my Last Breath 34:06
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Guided Meditation
Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-24 Creating a Sense of Urgency through Contemplation of Mortality 18:22
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-24 Vulnerability & the Liberating Power of the Seven Factors of Awakening 27:50
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-24 On Lineage and Offering; Guided Meditation 43:11
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Finding True Refuge in a Modern World

2019-06-24 Seven Awakenings 62:44
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-06-24 Morning Instructions: Abiding in Emptiness 44:18
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-23 Morality: A Beautiful, Powerful and Nimble Balance of the Heart - Evening Session - Talk 56:17
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2019-06-23 Dharma Talk - Healing the Crisis of Embodiment 58:10
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Finding True Refuge in a Modern World

2019-06-23 Skillful means 41:26
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2019-06-23 Five Aggregates 1:14:32
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-23 Lecture 32 1:30:16
Bhikkhu Analayo	View Download Listen
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  Nibbāna: The Mind Stilled
Attached Files: Nibbana - Lecture 32 by Bhikkhu Analayo (PDF)

2019-06-23 The Brahmavihara & Temporary Liberation of the Mind 35:09
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Guided Meditation
Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-23 First Instructions and Short Guided Meditation 64:17
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Finding True Refuge in a Modern World

2019-06-23 Morality: A Beautiful, Powerful and Nimble Balance of the Heart - Morning Session 31:06
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2019-06-23 Morning Instructions: Natural State 41:50
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-22 Meditation of the Elements & Temporary Liberation of the Mind 40:48
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Guided Meditation
Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-22 Selfing and Clinging 58:14
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
When no self is formed through clinging, we can rest in the Original Mind as it was described by Ajahn Chah.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-22 The Interpersonal Dimension of the Dharma (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:12
Matthew Brensilver, Brian Lesage	Download Listen
Matthew and Brian share reflections on bringing our spiritual practice into the relational field of our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-06-22 Shift in View with the 9 Bodies (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:14
Tuere Sala	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Nine Bodies of Consciousness

2019-06-22 Papatita Sutta 66:24
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-22 Dana Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 10:52
Tuere Sala	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Nine Bodies of Consciousness

2019-06-22 Radiating Metta With Light Imagery 60:35
Amana Brembry Johnson	Download Listen
There are many doorways into metta practice. This doorway of practice is through guided meditation with 3-D imagery.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat

2019-06-22 02 instructions: written exercises exploring fear 17:44
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Instructions for doing two written exercises, exploring fear in the context of daily life then in the context of meditation and dharma practice
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2019-06-22 01 talk: Transforming Fear into Fearlessness intro 26:04
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Intro talk giving an overview of fear in the context of the Buddha's teachings, and touching in to how befriending fear benefits not only ourselves, but the communities and wider society we live in
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Transforming Fear into Fearlessness

2019-06-22 Turned Upside Down 33:14
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
(The Vipallasa)
Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-22 Instructions - POC Retreat - day 4 57:58
DaRa Williams	Download Listen
Hindrances and review
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat

2019-06-21 Starving the Hindrances & Feeding the Factors of Awakening 37:38
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-21 Reflections on Death and Being Born (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:11
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
This talk shares how reflecting on our death and our precious birth situates mindfulness in a transformative way.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-06-21 POC Retreat - Compassion and Wisdom 62:50
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
These "two wings" of the Dharma are important to understand how it is a balance between opening the heart and developing wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat

2019-06-21 Four Fundamentals of Ethical Conduct 1:10:05
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-21 Guided Meditation: Body and Space (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 39:00
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-06-21 Morning Instructions: Big Mind 44:21
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-20 Self Compassion 46:04
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
at wtm.the breath project.org
Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-20 Eco Dharma 44:35
James Baraz	Download Listen
Inspired by EcoDharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis by David Loy. James shares some perspectives that can give practitioners a sense of how to hold the climate crisis situation skillfully as well as what Dharma teachings have to offer the wider societal conversation at this time.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2019-06-20 Nature of Awareness, Part 2 61:07
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Further explorations of the aspects of emptiness, awareness, and responsiveness. Sunlight in empty space as an analogy for the nature of the mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge