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Dharma Talks
2024-01-16 Metta for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:37
Kaira Jewel Lingo
We introduce sending metta for all beings and the guided meditation leads us to offer metta to self, a dear friend or benefactor, neutral person, difficult person and then in the 2nd half of the meditation much guidance is offered for the ways we can include all beings in our metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-16 Morning Reflections: Letting Go, Even of "My Dharma Practice" 5:36
Tara Mulay
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2024

2024-01-15 Mindfulness of Breathing with Awareness of Feeling Tones 62:10
Jenny Wilks
Reflections and Guided Meditation
Gaia House Mindfulness, Breath by Breath

2024-01-15 Justice is What Love Looks Like in Public: Honoring Dr. King and Cultivating Bodhicitta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:32
Kaira Jewel Lingo
We begin with Al Lingo, Kaira Jewel Lingo's dad telling stories of his time in the Civil Rights Movement working with Dr. King and then explore the importance of cultivating our hearts and minds to be able to support justice in the world, and also the importance of cultivating bodhicitta. We end with Dr. King's words condemning the war in Vietnam and the damaging effect of militarism on our collective health, and our current bloated military budget.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-15 MLK Day: A Perspective on Socially Engaged Buddhism 1:44:05
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2024-01-14 Metta Practice with Difficulties and Challenges: Metta for the Difficult Person, Practicing with the Judgmental Mind, and Forgiveness 63:41
Donald Rothberg
We begin by exploring the nature of some of the challenges of metta practice, including with difficult emotions, body-states, and thoughts, and how to practice when these challenges arise. The spirit is that of understanding challenges as part of the path of learning. We then focus on one way of deliberating bring metta practice to a challenging situation, through metta with the difficult person, followed by an account of one particular challenge, the “judgmental mind,” its nature and how to practice with it; this includes a short selection from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s’ sermon, “On Judging.” Lastly, there is an introduction to forgiveness practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-14 Freedom and the Jewel of Sangha 51:04
Pamela Weiss
This talk will celebrate the life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and the women who surrounded him.
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community SFI Sunday Nights

2024-01-14 Guided Equanimity Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:01
Gullu Singh
In this session Gullu shares a short dharmette about equanimity and then guides an equanimity practice using phrases.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-14 Concluding Talk 48:12
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary :  Sayadaw U Tejaniya Meditation Retreat, 2024

2024-01-14 Desire in Relation to Renunciation - Talk 34:13
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2024-01-14 Desire in Relation to Renunciation - Meditation 28:56
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2024-01-14 Desire in Relation to Renunciation - Talk 33:24
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2024-01-14 Mettā for the Neutral Person (Retreat at Spirit) 53:03
Gullu Singh
In this session Gullu guides a meditation practice focusing on sending loving kindness to a person we do not know well, sometimes referred to as the friendly stranger.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-14 Morning Reflections: That Which Does Not Guarantee Power to Draw the Next Breath 8:22
Tara Mulay
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2024

2024-01-14 The Dharma of Martin Luther King Jr. 1:16:26
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center BIPOC Voices - Series

2024-01-13 Reflections on Mettā and Equanimity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:39
Gullu Singh
Mettā can be a foundation of cornerstone for Equanimity (Upekka). As we cultivate a mind that is more and more impartial the mind where Mettā can shine evenly on everyone the mind becomes less attached to preferences and this quality of mind is more able to meet any moment with ease.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-13 Introduction to Compassion Meditation and Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 4:32:57
Kaira Jewel Lingo
We cover what compassion is and how it can help soothe our pain much better than avoiding or denying it. We distinguish between compassion and pity and then offer a variety of compassion phrases we can use. In the guided meditation, we begin with a dear friend who is undergoing some kind of suffering and then move on to ourselves, offering self-compassion for our own physical or mental suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-13 10 meditation: cultivating the heart energy of mettā or kindness 22:31
Jill Shepherd
A short meditation to develop mettā, beginning by establishing well-being in the body then attuning to the energy of kindness at the heart-centre
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 09 instructions: cultivating skilful mind-states such as mettā or kindness 6:26
Jill Shepherd
Short instructions for developing mettā or kindness as a skilful mental quality
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 08 instructions: proliferation 8:01
Jill Shepherd
Short instructions for working with mental proliferation or papanca, seeing the chain reactions that cause it and coming back to the immediacy of sense-based experience to re-ground awareness
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 07 meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions 25:19
Jill Shepherd
Steadying awareness on the experience of breathing, then opening to sounds, thoughts and emotions coming and going
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 06 instructions: mindfulness of mind 13:12
Jill Shepherd
Instructions for paying attention to the mind and mental activity, knowing thoughts and emotions without taking them personally and identifying with them
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 05 meditation: mindfulness of hearing and physical sensations 24:28
Jill Shepherd
Steadying awareness on the experience of breathing, then opening to hearing and physical sensations through the whole body
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 04 instructions: mindfulness of mindfulness itself 14:22
Jill Shepherd
Exploring different qualities of mindfulness, opening up from the "anchor" of the breath to bring awareness to sounds and physical sensations
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 03 meditation: mindfulness of breathing 26:52
Jill Shepherd
Establishing mindfulness of the body sitting, then bringing awareness to the rhythm of breathing and the subtle energetic effects of inhaling and exhaling
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

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