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Dharma Talks in English
2005-05-21 The Karma Of Self & Not-Self 17:21
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
When a sense of self is a useful strategy for finding happiness, and when it's not.
In collection: Self & Not-Self Series

2005-05-21 Seven Virtues Of A Spiritual Friend 69:54
Sayadaw U Pandita
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-05-20 Endowed With Virtous Conduct 68:16
Sayadaw U Pandita
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-05-19 Levels of Jhana - Stages of Insight 61:50
Steve Armstrong

2005-05-19 Endowed With Clear Vision 61:06
Sayadaw U Pandita
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-05-18 A Decent Education 18:48
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
The Core curriculum for life: How to Live, How to Die, How to deal with pain, aging, illness, death & seperation.
In collection: Self & Not-Self Series

2005-05-18 Buddhanussati 64:00
Sayadaw U Pandita
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-05-17 Ancient Dhamma - One Of A Kind 61:52
Sayadaw U Pandita
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-05-16 Samadhi: The Jewel Beyond All Price 58:40
Steve Armstrong

2005-05-16 Opening Talk 1:30:13
Sayadaw U Pandita
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-05-14 Where's The Joy In Practice? 1:31:13
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
With so much emphasis on dukkha, on overcoming the five hindrances, etc., our practice can at times seem bleak. We can balance this and lighten the heart by knowing where and how to find the joy in practice.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2005-05-10 On the Street Where You Live 29:04
Ayya Medhanandi
When a river flows into the sea it acquires one taste, the taste of salt. As our meditation deepens, regardless of age, health, race, gender, culture or social status, delving into the mind, we discover one taste, that is the taste of truth. The world is full of suffering, not what we want it to be. And on the street where you live is your monastery, your garden, the thorns and the flowers, the compost and the field of cultivation – from feeling hopeless despair to the dawning moment when you understand the origin of suffering and the way to the Deathless. Letting go in the very marrow of the moment, spread peace and compassion in all directions – on the street where you live.
Bodhinyanarama Monastery, Stokes Valley, New Zealand

2005-05-09 The Value of Questioning 57:55
Jack Kornfield

2005-05-09 Out Beyond Our Ideas Of Right And Wrong 53:04
Sharda Rogell
What can we trust? Can we trust our conceptual framework of right and wrong? The Buddha's teachings point to something more reliable. What is it?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2005-05-05 Questions And Answers 67:18
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-05-02 Carrying The Blessings 62:26
Ajahn Amaro
Strategies on using the insight and peace from Retreats and regular practice through out our daily lives. (Estimated date of talk. Exact date unknown)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-05-01 One Step and One Kiss 47:39
Molly Swan
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2005-05-01 A Mind Like Fungi 59:20
Ajahn Amaro
Ajahn Amaro recollects his past year on Sabbatical in India, the value of not having to be anybody, and the skillful use of thought in reflective meditation. (Estimated date of talk. Exact date unknown)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-05-01 Unlearning Permanence 37:51
Jose Reissig
This talk starts with an introduction on the futility of amassing knowledge. It then examines the genesis of our implicit belief in the permanence of things, and explores ways to unlearn it.
Philadelphia Meditation Center

2005-05-01 Unlearning Clinging 34:39
Jose Reissig
Unlearning clinging is a corollary of unlearning permanence. This is so because clinging is futile as long as what we cling to is impermanent.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2005-05-01 Unlearning Me 45:51
Jose Reissig
As the Buddha showed, clinging gives birth to the I. The I, in turn, keeps puffing itself up by further clinging. When we understand that this generates nothing but suffering, we are ready to unlearn the I, that is the "Me."
Philadelphia Meditation Center

2005-04-30 Home 55:50
Trudy Goodman
Closing talk about leaving home and being home—a home for the heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley)

2005-04-30 How, Not What - Life As Rhythm 36:35
Ajahn Sucitto
Grasping experiences life as "things." This brings stress. To handle radical insubstantiality, we attune to rhythm, energy—breathing.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2005-04-29 Meditation Processes 57:32
Ajahn Sucitto
Finding a base in the present and releasing into the flow of experience.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2005-04-28 Deepening Daily Life Practice 69:41
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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