2018-11-28 Meditation: Awareness, Aliveness and Space 18:36
Tara Brach	Download Listen
This guided meditation awakens our awareness within our body, extends to include sound, and invites a resting as awareness that includes all passing waves of experience.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-11-28 Part 1 – Healing Anxiety – How Meditation Frees Us 54:38
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Anxiety and the fear of failure is a pervasive suffering around the world. It is also increasing—along with the pace of life, over-consuming, addiction, noise, polarization and fears for our planet. How do we calm ourselves in a way that brings inner freedom and serves the healing of our larger world? These two talks explore the power of awareness in evolving ourselves beyond the anxiety that grips and confines our lives.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-11-28 Joy in the Midst of Sorrow 65:04
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Fourth factor of Awakening, Joy, in the Awakening Mind, amidst life's vicissitudes.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Seven Factors of Awakening

2018-11-28 Guided Meditation 14 - Charnal ground contemplation 57:27
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-28 Pilgrimage Talks 12 - Buddha's Life - The Final Mahaparinibbana Part 2 38:35
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Kusinara

2018-11-28 Guided Meditation 13 - Death of friends, loved ones and teachers meditation 45:53
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-28 Guided Meditation 12 - Dying peacefully from old age as a layperson 41:53
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-28 Satipattana Guided Meditation Day 2 (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:56
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Mindfulness of Four Elements of the Body
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness as a Path of Awakening

2018-11-28 Practicing Generosity 62:03
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We review last week’s focus on developing gratitude, and continue with the related practice of developing generosity. We explore the importance of generosity across multiple spiritual traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and, in more depth, Buddhism, pointing to several practices of practicing generosity and some of the challenges of such practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-11-28 Day 2 Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:27
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Seven Factors of Awakening

2018-11-28 Day 2 Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:11
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness as a Path of Awakening

2018-11-28 32 Ajahn’s Advice - Play More 51:12
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The Buddha’s instructions for gladdening the mind are not to be skimmed over. Without qualities such as gladness and appreciation we approach practice through the highly conditioned, self-conscious personality. Gladdening must directly touch the citta which cannot be reached through the rational mind or personality. Ajahn suggests accessing citta through imagination and play.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-27 Late Evening Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 22:16
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Loving Kindness Practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness as a Path of Awakening

2018-11-27 Une cure contre la haine 62:43
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  TNI Regular Talks

2018-11-27 Opening to the Pali Chanting of the Satipatthana Sutta 43:18
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
This talk introduces the practice of opening to and meditating upon the chanting of the Satipatthana Sutta, the discourse on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. It utilizes the chanting of Ven. Dr. Omalpe Sobhita Thero.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-27 Bienveillance 28:12
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  TNI Regular Talks

2018-11-27 Investigation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:46
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
The function of 'dhamma vicaya'-Investigation in the service of awakening. How investigation is understood traditionally as well as conventionally. What arouses and sustains ones investigative awareness in formal meditation and life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Seven Factors of Awakening

2018-11-27 The Essence of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:02
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
this talk explores the essences of mindfulness practice, particularly mindfulness of body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness as a Path of Awakening

2018-11-27 A Compassionate Response 53:03
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  November Solitary

2018-11-27 You Are What You're Looking For 18:48
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2018-11-27 Guided Meditation 11 - Devanussati Appreciating Heavenly Beings - Meditation 1:21:55
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-27 Pilgrimage Talks 11 - Buddha's Life - The Final Mahaparinibbana Part 1 35:28
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Kusinara

2018-11-27 Guided Meditation 10 - Holding the Entire World in the Heart of Loving Kindness Meditation 36:57
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-27 Satipattana Guided Meditation Day 1 (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:06
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Mindfulness of the Body
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness as a Path of Awakening

2018-11-27 Day 1, Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:53
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Seven Factors of Awakening

2018-11-27 Day One, Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 67:05
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Includes Cell Phone Renunciation Ritual
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness as a Path of Awakening

2018-11-26 The Buddha's Teaching On Social and Communal Harmony 67:48
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
The Buddha lived and taught in a time of violence and strife. His teachings offer some ky advise for our own social development.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2018-11-26 Guided Meditation 09 - Gently pulling back from thoughts, feelings, emotions 46:09
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-26 Pilgrimage Talks 10 - Buddha's Life - Stages of Enlightenment and Final Nibbana 49:21
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Kusinara

2018-11-26 Guided Meditation 08 - Lotus Visualisation Metta Loving Kindness 1:42:00
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-26 Guided Meditation 07 - Heart Focused Metta Loving Kindness 1:29:01
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-26 La bienveillance, cours complet 1:23:02
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  TNI Regular Talks

2018-11-26 Monday Night Dharma Talk 56:22
Nina Wise	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-11-26 31 Body - The Last Outpost of Sanity 55:10
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The experience of the aggregates doesn’t have to lead to suffering. Addressing the form aggregate of body, Ajahn Sucitto describes ways it teaches us, purifies the heart and mind, and can act as a source of refuge for our long-lasting welfare and benefit.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-25 Anatta And Nibbana 52:43
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
How the chain of cognition leads to proliferative thinking centred around a distorted sense of self, and how mindfulness can stop the cycle, redirecting awareness instead to transcendent dependent origination which culminates in freedom
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-25 Pilgrimage Talks 09 - Buddha's Life - Monuments to The Dhamma, King Pasenadhi's Praise 33:30
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Jetavana Savathi

2018-11-25 Dhamma Talks 07 - Taking the Precepts with Deeper Understanding pt 2 36:19
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Melbourne Buddhist Center

2018-11-25 Understanding the Power of Distraction - Talk 45:10
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2018-11-25 Understanding the Power of Distraction - Chant & Meditation 35:16
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2018-11-25 30 Q&A 1:13:38
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Translation of vipassana bhumi chant; clarificiation around sutta passage that asserts that a female could never become a Buddha; why we chant the Refuge Mantra 9 times; questions around working with perception; skillful contemplation of independence; taking pleasure from food; how to recognize and clear blocked energy in the body
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-25 29 Returning to Center 53:17
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Citta takes the five khandhå as truth, placing faith in them to be reliable and satisfying. The Buddha likened them to murderous thieves, not trustworthy. Truth is found in our center, not the peripherals. This is where our liberation potential lies.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-25 Losing Fear of Formations Talk 2 of 2 38:39
Dhammadīpā	Download Listen
(Talk 1 here - https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/379/talk/53264/)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-11-25 Losing Fear of Formations - Talk 1 of 2 36:03
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
(Talk 2 here - https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/278/talk/53268/)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-11-24 Sila as Our Practice in the World (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:15
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Retreat

2018-11-24 Taking Out the Thorn: The Third Noble Truth 53:05
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
This talk explores the Third Noble Truth and how it can relate to retreat practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-24 Pilgrimage Talks 08 - Buddha's Life - The Buddhas Wisdom, Compassion and Power 28:29
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Jetavana Savathi

2018-11-24 28 The Luminous Citta 27:56
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The aggregates themselves are not problematic, it’s our blind, desperate clinging to them that causes suffering. It’s possible for citta to radiate into the aggregates and into our lives. First what’s needed is the act of withdrawing into a place of refuge to collect and gather. Then the act of integration, bringing qualities of calm, kindness, resolve into our spee
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-23 Untitled (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:09
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Retreat

2018-11-23 Exploring not-self in our own practice. 62:24
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
This talk describes various ways that we can explore the truth of not-self experientially in our own practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-23 Guided Meditation 06 - Meeting Mahapajapati Bhikkhuni Metta Visualisation - Loving Kindness 63:01
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-23 Pilgrimage Talks 07 - Buddha's Life - The Protective Power of Truth 30:47
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Vaisali

2018-11-23 Guided Meditation 05 - Meeting Lord Buddha Metta Visualisation - Loving Kindness 61:05
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-23 Untitled (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:45:32
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Retreat

2018-11-23 Sitting with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:14
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Retreat

2018-11-23 27 Don’t Go into Things until You Can Stay Out of Them 41:53
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
We need firm ground to stand on before meeting the difficulties of our lives. Without that firm place, the difficulties don’t unravel –you unravel. With cultivation of the five spiritual faculties – indriyas – they become rock solid, enabling us to stand back from experience and allow it to unravel and pass.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-22 Excavation of My Notebooks (Retreat at spirit Rock) 38:11
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Retreat

2018-11-22 Pilgrimage Talks 06 - Buddha's Life - First Monastery, Great Disciple Sariputta 55:46
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Rajagaha

2018-11-22 Mudita or appreciative joy guided meditation 41:30
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
A brief overview of mudita, appreciative joy, followed by a guided meditation offering mudita to a good friend who is experiencing success and happiness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-22 26 Fields as a Way of Experiencing Phenomena 16:45
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
In a field of experience, qualities that are assumed to be other people, entities or myself because of the way they’re stuck together can be seen as specific factors that are pliable and flexible. “Field awareness” means a wider span of attention where suppressed, unnoticed, unresolved energies can arise and be discharged, purifying the bodily field.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-22 25 What Sustains a Steady Heart Energy? 49:41
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Compulsive problematic activations can be replaced with conscious deliberate ones aimed at liberation. Whether in daily activities or in the action of meditation, we can steady and calm energy by orienting around skillful signs – generosity, service, clarity – until the mind is comforted and no longer flowing down old tracks.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-22 24 Place Attention Directly on the Here and Now 29:37
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
There is a different way to meet what arises rather than through our conditioned perceptions, one free of self, other people, the future. Place attention on what’s arising directly as it is.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-21 Reclamation of the Sacred 60:38
Kittisaro, Thanissara	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2018-11-21 Meditation: Yes to Life 19:52
Tara Brach	Download Listen
After relaxing our bodies and quieting our minds, this meditation guides us to open to the changing experience of being alive. We ask ourselves two questions: “What is Happening Inside me?” and “Can I be with this?” By learning to bring an unconditional presence and an accepting Yes to our lives, we begin to touch openheartedness and freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-11-21 Authentic Thanks Giving 49:26
Tara Brach	View Download Listen
How do we awaken our natural capacities for gratitude and generosity? This talk explores the pathways of honest presence and purposeful cultivation, and offers several reflections that guide us in contacting and expressing our love.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-11-21 Dependent Arising and Mental Proliferation 46:57
Jenny Wilks	Download Listen
Gaia House :  November Solitary

2018-11-21 Guided Meditation 04 - Breath meditation using Counting 55:39
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-21 Pilgrimage Talks 05 - Buddha's Life - Synergistic Explosion of Enlightenment 38:47
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Bodhgaya

2018-11-21 Day 6: Sitting with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:52
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Thanksgiving Retreat

2018-11-21 Cultivating Gratitude 63:45
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Through teachings, poems, stories, and reference to the science related to cultivating gratitude, we explore the nature of gratitude and how to practice it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-11-21 23 Ānāpānasati – A Model for Cultivation and Freedom 53:34
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
In the search for happiness, we generally only experience the search, marked by discomfort or desperation. Relationship is key. The instructions for ānāpānasati train us to develop a more dispassionate relationship where we learn to stand in the presence of, or witness from, the edge of experience. From here the right kind of relationship, marked by non-expectation and non-aversion, can be cultivated.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-20 The Bhrama Viharas; A Roadmap To Freedom and Mudita, 53:34
DaRa Williams	Download Listen
Forgiveness with a bit on gratitude added in!
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-20 Guided Meditation 03 - Breath meditation noting Rising and Falling 50:35
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-20 Pilgrimage Talks 04 - Buddha's Life - The Buddha's First Liberating Teaching 53:14
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Sarnath

2018-11-20 True Happiness 55:23
Ven. Pannavati Bhikkhuni	Download Listen
Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center

2018-11-19 Moral Restraint and Non-harming. 53:50
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
The Buddha says to develop goodwill and compassion as the second step of the 8-fold path. Steps 3-4-5 show specific ways to practice this.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-19 Questions and Responses 57:24
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  November Solitary

2018-11-19 Pilgrimage Talks 03 - Buddha's Life - The Enlightenment 50:21
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Bodhgaya

2018-11-19 Monday Night Dharma Talk 67:58
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-11-19 Morning Reflections On The Death Of A Benefactor 17:01
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
A friend who sat the 3-month retreat 17 times, has passed away. As she was preparing, this talk by Ajahn Chaah was offered to her.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-19 22 Leave Space for Miracles 54:00
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The cultivation of samatha is to be able to direct one’s intentions and attention away from the afflictive activations, settling into a place where they’re not happening. This place of cooling and ceasing is to be lingered in. Here we come out of the personality and into the realm of the miraculous.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-18 Mindfulness Of The Body - Part 2 55:59
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Continuing to explore mindfulness of the body in terms of its anatomical parts, four elemental qualities, and as a corpse in decay, as ways to develop a wiser relationship to our bodies
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-18 Pilgrimage Talks 02 - Buddha's Life - Inspiring Renunciation and Awesome Determination 43:57
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Bodhgaya

2018-11-18 Dhamma Talks 06 - Going for Refuge and Purifing Virtue with Deeper Understanding pt 1 36:13
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Melbourne Buddhist Center

2018-11-18 Dhamma Talks 05 - A Complete Training in Mindfulness with Refuge, Sila and Four Brahma Viharas 51:59
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Melbourne Buddhist Center

2018-11-18 21 Standing Meditation: Where There Is No Activation in the Body 40:13
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The theme of this meditation is to move attention from more activated areas to parts that have no activation at all. Beginning with the sense of balance and cohesion, guidance is provided to sense through the entire body, sustaining a soft attitude with no time frame, a quality of very little effort.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-18 Strengthening Our Intention 2 47:24
Dhammadīpā	Download Listen
Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center

2018-11-18 Relating Wisely to the Thinking Mind - Talk 40:21
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2018-11-18 Relating Wisely to the Thinking Mind - Chant and Meditation 34:37
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2018-11-18 20 Review of Four Points for Orientation 42:29
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
A review of the four points recommended to orient around: 1) The sacred - virtue and truth, 2) other people, 3) the subtle body/body energies, 4) nature. These are means for becoming more embodied and heartful, and regaining our natural intelligence.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-18 Opening to Allness 6:29:50
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-11-17 Faith and Confidence 49:49
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
This talk explores the importance of faith and confidence on the spiritual path and how to nurture it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-17 Don’t Seek for Truth Outside Yourself 36:40
Ayya Jitindriya	Download Listen
Santi Forest Monastery

2018-11-17 Guided Meditation 02 - Cool Loving Acceptance, Warm Loving Kindness 41:00
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-17 Pilgrimage Talks 01 - Buddha's Life - The Bodhisattas Final Birth 40:35
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Lumbini

2018-11-17 Dhamma Talks 04 - Experiencing and Applying the 5 Spiritual Powers 2:23:05
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Melbourne Buddhist Center

2018-11-17 Guided Meditation 01 - Simple breath meditation with wise reflections 19:31
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Anandagiri Forest Monastery

2018-11-17 Dhamma Talks 03 - What to hold onto, what to let go of in meditation 35:26
Ajahn Achalo	Download Listen
Sam Poh Temple

2018-11-17 Intentions Revealed, Netherlands Retreat 59:04
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  Abiding Mindfully in the Body: Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2018-11-17 18 Brahmavihara Cultivation for a Happy Abiding 47:27
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The qualities of goodwill, compassion, gladness and equanimity can be cultivated to generate a subtle form, a subtle state of consciousness. Abiding and lingering in these qualities, citta sustains consciousness in that mode, sees objects in that light, and experiences itself in that light making human life manageable, fruitful, enjoyable.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-17 19 Q&A 62:17
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
How to clear stuck sankharas (greed/overeating, fear); clarifying samatha, vipassana, samādhi; clarifying language: rūpa, nāma-rūpa
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge