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Dharma Talks
2022-05-24 Q&A 38:32
Ajahn Sucitto, Laura Bridgman
Questions are précised and some are read later into the file to protect participants’ anonymity. 00:00 Your explanation of sati as putting a ring around proliferation makes sense to me. How best to do the ring-fencing? 12:46 Q2 Does the Buddha say what the purpose of human life is? 17:39 Q3 What happens when you die? 22:37 Q4 Could you speak more about citta resting in itself. 27:24 Q5 Am I trying to do too much when holding a sense of ground and releasing boundaries for myself? 30:20 Q6 Boundaries in relationships when caring for elderly parents.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-24 Composure and Equanimity 46:54
Laura Bridgman
Composure is an inner experience of what's arising, not dependent on our normal preferences and reactions. Sometimes called vipassana we’re aware subtle or strong currents, noticing and not reacting.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-24 The heart of presence 38:24
Leela Sarti
Exploring the nature of the heart and why we have to turn to our grief to be truly human
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Timeless Presence

2022-05-24 Guided Meditation on "vulnerability as a threshold into awareness" 23:10
Rodney Smith
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2022

2022-05-24 Vulnerability as a threshold into awareness. 42:36
Rodney Smith
Living within vulnerability provides ongoing access to formless awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2022

2022-05-24 Currents in the Citta - Sati 54:00
Ajahn Sucitto
Considering the structures of the day we can release those that are not useful and direct them to discover citta and an inner balance, not just 'the next thing'.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-24 Guided Standing Meditation 50:40
Ajahn Sucitto
Standing form is a powerful way to bring one into the realities of embodiment which can be taken then to sitting or walking.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-23 Dancing with the Way Things Are: Impermanence 53:45
Susie Harrington
Impermanence is the nature of things, in our practice we have the opportunity to see it and learn to dance with this fundamental aspect of our experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Refuge, Finding Home: A Retreat in Nature

2022-05-23 Monday Night Dharma Talk 43:34
Amana Brembry Johnson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2022-05-23 Sati - The Third Indriya 56:19
Ajahn Sucitto
Sati-mindfulness, or bearing in mind – is the third indriya. It is a powerful ally for liberation. With this we come out of old habits and find freshness, meaning, potency. You feel where your strength arises.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-23 The mind wants to lead - being listens 42:08
Leela Sarti
Exploring how to live and practice from another vantage point than the mind as the forerunner
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Timeless Presence

2022-05-23 Joy 43:29
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2022

2022-05-23 Guided Standing Meditation 40:06
Ajahn Sucitto
With standing it's difficult to drift off. Feeling connection to and the strength of the ground and using the bones for support rather than muscle.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-22 Week 2 - Guided Meditation (2) 36:13
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House Exploring Vedana (Online Series)

2022-05-22 Q&A 36:14
Ajahn Sucitto, Laura Bridgman
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-22 Week 2 - Dharma Talk 27:56
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House Exploring Vedana (Online Series)

2022-05-22 Week 2 - Guided Meditation (1) 21:01
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House Exploring Vedana (Online Series)

2022-05-22 Discovering Joy in Dharma Practice 1:29:36
Dawn Neal
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community SFI Sunday Nights

2022-05-22 05 talk: facing up to impermanence, endings, loss 15:27
Jill Shepherd
Following a reading on the passing of the Buddha, reflecting on the truth of impermanence and how none of us are immune to it; moving into a ritual to acknowledge recent losses, and strengthen inner qualities to be able to navigate change with more ease
Auckland Insight Meditation 2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight

2022-05-22 Further Reflections on Energy - Viriya 19:39
Laura Bridgman
We use practice as a process of discovery, of learning in this moment, with no agenda starting with inner listening, meeting the not yet known.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-22 04 talk: awakening mutuality 16:09
Jill Shepherd
Exploring what Awakening or Nibbāna means, then exploring some words by Thomas Hubl to explore how sangha or community can develop mindfulness, mutuality and mirroring as a support for insight
Auckland Insight Meditation 2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight

2022-05-22 Body Work 26:23
Laura Bridgman
A combination of massage and tapping techniques to relax the body.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-22 Opening talk and meditation 66:28
Leela Sarti
Simplicity, slowing down, silence
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Timeless Presence

2022-05-22 03 talk: introduction to the life of the Buddha 7:39
Jill Shepherd
Finding points of commonality in our own lives with the life of the Buddha, then moving into relational practice exploring what motivated us to step out of the "palace of delusion"
Auckland Insight Meditation 2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight

2022-05-22 Walking Suggestions 6:18
Ajahn Sucitto
Our energy is normally inclined to the front of our bodies. Is there a wider approach?
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-22 02 meditation: cultivating gratitude 22:23
Jill Shepherd
Orienting the heart-mind towards gratitude as a support for muditā, appreciative joy
Auckland Insight Meditation 2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight

2022-05-22 01 talk: What is Vesak? 5:56
Jill Shepherd
A brief introduction to what Vesak is, and the structure of this day of practice
Auckland Insight Meditation 2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight

2022-05-22 Cultivating the Wholesome and Letting Go of the Unwholesome 67:17
Zohar Lavie
A Dharma talk, meditation, and questions and responses session, the questions are not recorded, only the responses.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - May 2022

2022-05-22 Walking Suggestions 6:17
Ajahn Sucitto
Our energy is normally inclined to the front of our bodies. Is there a wider approach?
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-22 Metta instructions for the "neutral person" 53:34
Winnie Nazarko
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2022-05-22 Discovering the Energy of Presence 44:45
Ajahn Sucitto
The retreat theme acknowledges we need allies in cultivating awareness, something outside our normal self structure but available, in spite of the personality. Aspiration/ faith are the first of these.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-21 Compassion 57:11
Winnie Nazarko
The importance of compassion in the Buddhist path. Discussion of its relationship to Metta, and a description of its near and far enemies. Examples of its applicability including in the situation in Ukraine
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2022-05-21 Opening Identification 1:35:45
Nathan Glyde
Regarding the aggregates of existence (form; preferences; perceiving; mental activity; knowing) as areas we can open around. Shifting from identification and ownership to just happening activities for greater freedom and well-being.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - May 2022

2022-05-21 Reflections on Energy / Viriya 17:51
Laura Bridgman
Understanding and engaging with energies we bring into a retreat can help us to be aware of and shed reactions to them. This transition is an important learning opportunity.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-21 Q&A 35:19
Ajahn Sucitto, Laura Bridgman
(Questions are précised and read later into the file to protect participants’ anonymity) 00:12 Q1 One-pointedness; 08:22 Q2 Can you comment on the widely taught practice of one pointed concentration; 16:31 Q3 I struggle with narratives filled with self-limiting beliefs I create in meditation and daily life. Can you help with this please?; 30:31 Q4 When do we choose open curiosity versus directed compassion or loving kindness? What is the relationship between them and their utility?
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-21 Body Work 27:56
Laura Bridgman
A combination of massage and tapping techniques to relax the body.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-21 Guided Meditation on "descending into the heart" 23:42
Rodney Smith
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2022

2022-05-21 Descending into the heart 35:20
Rodney Smith
To complete its transformation, awareness must enter the body/mine form and transform the spiritual heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2022

2022-05-21 Reflections 46:49
Ajahn Sucitto
Words like “central axis” and “periphery” help create a template for awareness of all the senses in a field rather than seizing on points or a particular sensory experience. This is citta / mind/ heart, an awareness of a psychosomatic field.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-21 Reflections on Loneliness 60:57
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2022-05-21 Morning instructions – Metta and dear friend 49:56
Devin Berry
Instructions for working with a dear friend. Guided practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2022-05-21 Standing Meditation 41:40
Ajahn Sucitto
Becoming aware of the spinal axis and the space around it. This can be used in any position.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-20 Guided death contemplation, Dhamma talk on Carrion sutta – Amaganda 1:40:22
Bhante Sujato, Bhante Akāliko
From Harris Park. Death contemplation guided by Bhante Akāliko. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato: Carrion sutta (Snp 2.2) Amaganda: literally "raw stench". A (presumably) hard-core vegan ascetic challenges the Buddha about his eating a cooked meal with meat. The Buddha's response: a conduct of practicing the four Brahma Viharas is what a monastic / ascetic lifestyle is about.
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • Carrion sutta (Snp 2.2) by suttacentral.net (Link)

2022-05-20 The skilful use of precepts 11:10
Ajahn Sucitto
Refuges and precepts provide a field of conscience and concern that wards off carelessness, imbalance, distractedness and negativity – and helps in moving towards a true norm that won’t let us down.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-20 Guided meditation: relaxing the grasping 26:47
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2022

2022-05-20 Relaxing the grasping 42:18
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2022

2022-05-20 Guided Meditation 19:19
Ajahn Sucitto
Gathering ourselves into a field of collective awareness, we tune into a sense of shared belonging and support with other human beings.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-20 Metta instructions in guided meditation 58:14
Oren Jay Sofer
Overview of Metta practice with instructions for working with the benefactor
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2022-05-19 talk: connecting with the more than human world 16:48
Jill Shepherd
Investigating how our sense of community can be expanded to include the more than human world, closing with some relational practice in pairs, exploring our kinship with all beings
Auckland Insight Meditation Auckland Insight weekly talks 2022

2022-05-19 Love as the Default Position of the Mind 50:36
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

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