Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2008-02-11 Peacemaking In The Middle East 61:15
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
The hundred beautiful seeds of peace in Israel and Palestine, as reflected in the words of the Dhammapada.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2008-02-11 Monday Night Talk with Jack Kornfield 61:15
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-02-11 Mindfulness, Metta And Wisdom 47:40
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk explores the unity of mindfulness and the qualities of loving kindness, how they support each other and how this leads to living with wisdom and compassion in the world.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2008-02-11 The Hindrances And The Awakening Factors 60:37
Heather Martin	Download Listen
What obstructs us and what helps us on our journey to awakening. How these two clearly explained aspects of our experience alternatively trap us and free us over and over again, as we invite their interplay.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-11 Exploring The Terrain Of Fear 57:37
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Fear often drives our lives in unhealthy ways. This talk explores having a conscious and wise relationship to it.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : February 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-02-10 Choosing Kindness Rather Than Judging 58:58
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Many of us have internalized the message that we are not ok. To begin to be free of this distorted view, we need to understand how it became formed and why it no longer serves us. It is important to bring humor and kindness to this practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-10 Love and the Emptiness of Things 1:30:39
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House : Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-02-10 Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards dharmas 38:49
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House : Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-02-09 Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion 47:40
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House : Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-02-08 Papanca - Why I Can't Be Happy Now 66:52
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Our thinking mind, when unnoticed, spreads out into imaginary worlds about an imaginary version of ourselves. How mindfulness helps us recognize the various trances our mind spins.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-08 Sunyata 62:00
John Peacock	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House : Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-02-07 Practicing in Daily Life 54:24
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-02-07 Buddhist Master Series: Ajahn Dhammadharo 55:31
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2008-02-07 Heart Of Kindness 47:46
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Compassion is the deepest motivation of spiritual practice. Resting upon our understanding of interconnectioness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation Retreat for MBSR & MBCT Professionals

2008-02-07 Morning Instructions 53:37
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Morning Instructions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation Retreat for MBSR & MBCT Professionals

2008-02-07 Inspiration For Practice: The Four Heavenly Messengers 61:22
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
The talk explores the story of Prince Siddartha's encounters with the Four Heavenly Messengers - old age, sickness, death and those who have 'gone forth' in search of the highest happiness. Woven with personal stories and the examples of contemporary masters, the talk also offers practical advice on how to use the experience of the Four Messengers as our teachers and inspiration in practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-06 Gateways To Happiness 1:12:45

Tara Brach

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While we all want to be happy, our habitual ways of pursuing happiness leave us dissatisfied. What prevents us from being happy? What is true happiness? How do we relax and open to the blessings of our life that are always and already here? Though these reflections we explore together our potential to live from a profound place of inner freedom, peace and happiness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-02-06 Self Knowing: A Quiet Passion Part 32 1:18:52
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2008-02-06 Four Noble Truths 60:40
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
The Buddha said that our path of awakening is like swimming upstream - in relationship to the habits of society and the habits of our own minds. So our deep motivation needs to be supported by accurate information. The 4 Noble Truths is a basic context/description of life, suffering and freedom that serves to support and inform all our various methods of practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-06 Dependent Origination 1:27:27
John Peacock	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House : Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-02-05 The Taste Of Freedom 47:58
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
The Four foundations of mindfulness are the doorway in which we can discover a taste of freedom
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation Retreat for MBSR & MBCT Professionals

2008-02-05 Morning Instructions 48:12
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Morning Instructions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation Retreat for MBSR & MBCT Professionals

2008-02-05 Compassion Part Two (Compassion for Ourselves) 18:19
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House : Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-02-04 Morning Instructions 56:40
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Morning Instructions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation Retreat for MBSR & MBCT Professionals

2008-02-04 Mindfulness Of The Body 65:43
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Why and how mindfulness of the body reveals so much so clearly as we untangle the knots.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat