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Dharma Talks
2012-06-27 Reflections On The Judgmental Mind And Equanimity 55:34
Corrado Pensa
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center IMS Audio Files

2012-06-20 Cultivating Equanimity (Duck Meditation) 1:14:14
Tara Brach
Equanimity, the mindful presence that neither grasps nor resists experience, is the grounds for unconditional love and wise action. This talk explores the conditioning that entraps us in reactivity, and two primary pathways for coming home to this natural state of balance and presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-06-12 Staying Composed and Equanimous In Contemplation 55:38
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Composure, Six factored Equanimity, Clear Comprehension Of Activities
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-06-11 Patience, Neutrality, Equanimity About Formation 58:43
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Nature and significance of P., N., E., in meditation and outside of retreat.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-06-06 Holy Equanimity 60:06
Michele McDonald
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Part 2 – Liberation of Mind and Heart: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-06-05 Surfing the Cosmos: Balance and Primal Sympathy 42:27
Ajahn Sucitto
Dhamma is the Natural and Holistic Order. To know it we need to be balanced and attuned to what were experiencing, to meet what arises with sympathy and hold it with equanimity. Mindfulness of breathing is a practice which develops this balance.
Gaia House Holistic Awareness

2012-06-04 Cultivating the Boundless Mind 60:47
Ajahn Sucitto
Kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity form where sympathetic awareness (anukampa, aka primal sympathy) meets the mind. These are a natural expression of an Awakened heart.
Gaia House Holistic Awareness

2012-05-30 Intimacy with Life - Awakening Love 67:10
Tara Brach
The Buddha taught about four Divine Abodes--dwelling places of the awakened heart mind: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In this four-part series, we will explore the ways our conditioning blocks us from these expressions of inner freedom, and the understandings and practices that enable us to inhabit our full potential.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-05-18 Equanimity 65:24
Lila Kate Wheeler
Non self and various equanimity modes.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Buddha’s Way to Happiness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-05-03 Equanimity 51:04
Christina Feldman
Explores equanimity in relationship to life events, in human relationships and in liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Women in Meditation

2012-05-03 ThuPM-Meditation-on-Equanimity 27:16
Eric Kolvig
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-04-21 Wise Love 38:20
Caroline Jones
When loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity combine with mindfulness, we can meet life with care, sensitivity and wisdom.
Gaia House Work Retreat

2012-04-17 Equanimity - "There in the Middleness" 56:51
Joseph Goldstein
An exploration of the many ways equanimity brings balance to our lives. Groundlessness to the Brahma Viharas, and liberating insight to our mindfulness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-04-06 Equanimity 55:36
Ayya Santacitta
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2012-03-29 Equanimity 46:49
Christina Feldman
Cultivating unshakable balance in the events and relationships of our life - equanimity as liberation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-03-25 Riding the Eight Worldly Winds 60:35
Heather Sundberg
"Pleasure/Pain; Gain/Loss; Praise/Blame; Fame/Disrepute". Talk offers equanimity wisdom teachings and practical tools for "riding the eight worldly winds."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-18 "The Doors to the Deathless are Open!: Cycles of Awakening". 59:15
Heather Sundberg
"The spiritual path moves through cycles. The key is balance." The talk journeys from the ground of ethical conduct through developing concentration, working with doubt, developing insight, working with dukkha of many types, to stabilizing in equanimity and opening to and integrating awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-14 The Grace of Connection 58:02
Sylvia Boorstein
A Brahma Vihara talk that emphasizes the importance of equanimity as the foundation for metta, compassion and appreciation. Also the relationship of Wisdom and Equanimity as mutually causal, and how wisdom both sustains equanimity and is a reflection of equanimity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-10 Rest in Natural Being 55:15
Leela Sarti
Deeply opening to the impact of the characteristics of human existence; anicca, anatta and dukkha, supports us to grow in wisdom and brings intimacy and aliveness to our being. From the silence of being flows the essential radiant qualities of mind and heart; love, compassion, joy and equanimity. Our unfolding is held and nurtured by the supporting containers of awakening practice; sila, samadhi and panna.
Gaia House Rest in Natural Being

2012-03-08 The Wise and Fearless Heart 56:13
Mary Grace Orr
This talk explores the nature of fear and how it can be countered by the development of the heart. The spacious heart, trained in kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity, supports us in all circumstances.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-02-27 Contentment 59:02
James Baraz
The Buddha called contentment "the greatest wealth." Contentment, "santutthi" in Pali, supports many other wholesome states including, renunciation, equanimity, peace, gratitude and generosity. We can cultivate contentment on and off the cushion while not being complacent or lazy in our dharma practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-01-14 Seven Factors of Enlightenment Part 3 63:32
Michele McDonald
Calm, Concentration, Equanimity
Vipassana Hawai'i (Kyaswa Monastery) 2012 Kyaswa Monastery, Burma

2012-01-10 Befriending the Difficult Person 57:11
Heather Sundberg
Exploring on the levels of mind-heart-body, including teachings on patience, equanimity, compassion and forgiveness. The talk reflects on befriending the 'difficult' person in metta practice, with the underlying intention of reminding us that we are all in this together; that befriending difficult people can be both workable and transformational and that there are practical tools available to assist us on our journey.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta

2011-12-21 Dharma: The Musical 7:22
La Sarmiento
La performs three dharma spoof songs for the 2011 IMCW Solstice Celebration. The first - "Waking Up is Hard to Do" - is about the delusion that suffering is easier than the effort it takes to wake up. The second - "Let it go, Let it go, Let it go" (written by Maureen Brady of the Snowflower Sangha in Madison, WI) - is about the practice of holiday equanimity. And the third - "My Mind's Prison Blues" - is a summary of the dharma and practice in the spirit of Johnny Cash. (Lyrics for 1st and 3rd songs by La Sarmiento).
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
In collection: No Mud, No Lotus

2011-12-16 The Wise & Fearless Heart 62:26
Mary Grace Orr
Developing the Brahma Viharas (good will, compassion, gladness and equanimity), to strengthen the heart and meet fear.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-11-17 Steadying the Mind, Opening the Heart 50:20
Winnie Nazarko
Equanimity - that quality of mind which is balanced, steady, and non-reactive - is developed by learning to open skillfully to the full range of our experience. It is equanimity which allows the heart to feel safe enough to open to our own difficult states, and the difficult states of others. Deep equanimity is " the peace that passes understanding", a wisdom and equipoise which can hold it all.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-11-06 Equanimity 31:32
Christina Feldman
Gaia House November Solitary

2011-11-05 The Importance of Equanimity in Action 57:58
Tempel Smith
From small to large actions, the presence of equanimity is important for clear seeing and compassionate responses.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Towards a Secular Buddhism

2011-11-02 Divine Abodes: Equanimity 1:20:55
Tara Brach
Equanimity is the mental state of balance and non-reactivity that arises when we are resting in open, wakeful presence. This talk reviews the key pathways to equanimity in the face of difficulty. We also explore the blessing of equanimity: the freedom to respond to our life with wisdom, compassion and love. (video available)
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-10-27 The Empowerment of Equanimity 65:19
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Retreat

2011-10-26 The Door in the Wall 58:53
Winnie Nazarko
In order to come to clarity and equanimity, the mind must learn to open to all states. Learning how to work with the 5 Hindrances is key to this process, and opens the door to the peace that we seek.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-10-24 Buddhist Studies Course - Mudita & Upekkha- Appreciative Joy & Equanimity - Week 6 52:11
Mark Nunberg
Upekkha - Equanimity
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mudita & Upekkha- Appreciative Joy & Equanimity

2011-10-17 Buddhist Studies Course - Mudita & Upekkha- Appreciative Joy & Equanimity - Week 5 1:31:12
Mark Nunberg
Upekkha - Equanimity
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mudita & Upekkha- Appreciative Joy & Equanimity

2011-10-10 Buddhist Studies Course - Mudita & Upekkha- Appreciative Joy & Equanimity - Week 4 58:31
Mark Nunberg
Mudita - Appreciative Joy Note: Week 3 not recorded
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mudita & Upekkha- Appreciative Joy & Equanimity

2011-09-26 Equanimity Practice 31:35
Mary Grace Orr
Allowing things to be just as they are
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body

2011-09-26 Buddhist Studies Course - Mudita & Upekkha- Appreciative Joy & Equanimity - Week 2 59:32
Mark Nunberg
Mudita - Appreciative Joy
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mudita & Upekkha- Appreciative Joy & Equanimity

2011-09-19 Buddhist Studies Course - Mudita & Upekkha- Appreciative Joy & Equanimity - Week 1 66:53
Mark Nunberg
Mudita - Appreciative Joy
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mudita & Upekkha- Appreciative Joy & Equanimity

2011-09-03 Equanimity 47:27
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Equanimity: Finding Balance in a World of Change

2011-09-02 Opening Talk for Equanimity: Finding Balance in a World of Change Retreat 39:49
Jake Dartington
this talk also includes Paul Burrows
Gaia House Equanimity: Finding Balance in a World of Change

2011-09-01 Equanimity - The Ocean Of Experience 51:30
Larry Yang
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center People of Color Retreat

2011-08-12 Equanimity - Guided Meditation 67:29
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2011-08-11 Equanimity - Guided Meditation 1:13:36
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2011-08-10 Understanding Equanimity 1:10:39
Kamala Masters
How equanimity supports our life in the world and on the cushion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2011-08-10 Equanimity - Guided Meditation 1:17:48
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2011-08-03 Practicing Equanimity 54:31
Pamela Weiss

2011-07-28 The Divine Abiding in Joy and Equanimity 59:07
Steven Smith
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Lovingkindness and Mindfulness Meditation Retreat

2011-07-28 Equanimity 51:44
Pamela Weiss

2011-07-28 The Divine Abiding in Joy and Equanimity 25:43
Steven Smith
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Lovingkindness and Mindfulness Meditation Retreat

2011-07-20 Brahma Vihara: Equanimity 58:48
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2011-07-14 Equanimity and the Brahmavihara 51:16
Mark Coleman
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild: Meditation in Nature Retreat

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