Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

1999-04-08 Is There Life Before Death - Part III 48:00
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
When we connect with the intimacy of our practice, the "I" falls away and we give life the breathing space it needs to teach us all that we need to learn.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Is There Life Before Death Album

1999-04-06 Is There Life Before Death - Part II 40:22
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
This practice offers us a training in honesty: to see the way it is, to see the obstacles we need for growth, and the foolishness that can make us wise.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Is There Life Before Death Album

1999-04-05 Self-Doubt 53:12
Michael Grady	Download Listen
developing wisdom and faith through our investigation of self-doubt in practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Vipassana Retreat (7 days)

1999-04-04 Is There Life Before Death - Part I 43:16
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Just as we cannot force our breathing, neither can we force our life: it is what it is. Our challenge is to live wholeheartedly and intimately with all that comes our way.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Is There Life Before Death Album

1999-04-04 Is There Life Before Death Album 2:11:39

Larry Rosenberg

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Are we fully alive now? How do we limit our aliveness? These talks illustrate many examples, both ordinary and dramatic, about experiencing intimacy will all of life.

Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-29 Who are You Wanderer 65:14
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

1999-03-26 The Great Good Fortune To Be Able To Practice 56:42
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
the transformative potential - for ourselves and for the world - of practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-25 Eight Fold Path 57:17
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

1999-03-24 Happier and Freer 61:50
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-24 Shining the Light of Death on Life, Part 7 1:32:24
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen

1999-03-24 What Is Investigation? 48:40
Narayan Helen Liebenson	Download Listen
a discussion of meditative investigation and methods
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-23 Transforming Suffering Into Happiness 61:21
James Baraz	Download Listen

1999-03-22 The 5 Aggregates 59:35
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen

1999-03-22 Spiritual Practice in Daily Life with Lama Surya Das 65:24
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

1999-03-20 Lifelong Heart-Healing 65:16
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
This Dharma talk given at the end of a 6-week retreat is about remembering what we are doing here, moving into the middle of our lives so we can see clearly, and paying attention so that we don't miss an opportunity for an awakened heart. Sylvia encourages us not to coast to the finish line, but to do the work we came to do in order to manifest an awakened heart. She also discusses healing from mistakes.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-18 Time 55:08
Howard Cohn	Download Listen

1999-03-17 7 Factors of Enlightenment 57:58
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

1999-03-16 Seeing Through Our Stories 49:27
James Baraz	Download Listen

1999-03-15 Faith and Awareness 55:59
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-14 The Liberating News Of Impermanence 53:41
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Everything arises and passes away, like the breath. How to not be frightened by this or experience "existential angst" from inevitable loss in connection is often what brings us into practice. Liberation is in the heart that is wide enough to hold joy as well as the greatest pain of loss. In managing inevitable loss, we become kinder, softer, gentler and much more careful. To liberate "fixed point of view," we stay awake and attentive, always open for new insights to our stories about ourselves and others. Views change, bodies change, relationships change, but what does not change is the capacity of the heart to respond with compassion and lovingkindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-13 Release Through Self 40:58
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
release occurs through tuning up the self and letting Kamma be felt in awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-12 The Comparring Mired 57:21
James Baraz	Download Listen

1999-03-12 Attachment 1:12:12
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
attachment (clinging or feeling) even to Dhamma, is suffering and is the binding factor of self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-11 Practical People make a Peaceful World 57:00
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-11 Samadhi Is Pure Enjoyment 47:42
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Samadhi, a Pali word, means meditative absorption or a state of concentration. This talk is an exploration of samadhi as the art of refined enjoyment. Approaching our meditation with receptivity, we carefully collect our attention for the full enjoyment of the present moment. This kind of attention is enjoyable and light, balanced and at ease.