Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2004-01-01 Get Real 15:46
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
Reality is threatening when we try to live in our stories and preconceived notions. But when the mind is free of the falsity of delusion, things that are real pose no danger to the mind.
Metta Forest Monastery
In collection: The Present Moment

2004-01-01 Right Now 13:21
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
What you’re doing right now is very important—a principle that applies to any “right now,” because what you’re doing right now is always shaping “right now” as well as the future.
Metta Forest Monastery
In collection: The Present Moment

2004-01-01 Just This Breath 10:28
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
In one breath you’ve got everything you need for the practice, so be fully aware right here, and the fullness of your awareness will develop over time without your having to pace yourself or to plan ahead.
Metta Forest Monastery
In collection: The Present Moment

2004-01-01 Shaping Your Life 11:30
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
As meditators, we can easily slip into the attitude that we’re like people watching T.V.—passive consumers, watching a reality that’s ready-made—but that’s not what’s really going on. We’ve always active, always shaping things, even when we seem to be perfectly still. The purpose of the meditation is to be more careful about our intentions, more alert about how we’re shaping things.
Metta Forest Monastery
In collection: The Present Moment

2004-01-01 Developing Your Potential 15:52
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
The simple things we already have in the present can be put together in such a way that they can lead to true happiness. We don’t have to go searching outside. All we need is to develop what’s right here.
Metta Forest Monastery
In collection: The Present Moment

2004-01-01 The Present Moment 66:58

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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Reality is threatening when we try to live in our stories and preconceived notions. But when the mind is free of the falsity of delusion, things that are real pose no danger to the mind.

Metta Forest Monastery

2003-12-31 Delusion 55:39
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-12-31 Beginning Again 61:41
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-12-31 No Part Left Out: The Unity Of Wisdom And Compassion 41:30
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
A talk on the integration of mindfulness and loving kindness, and on the importance of compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-12-31 Talk On New Year's Eve 63:47
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2003-12-30 Cultivating The Beautiful 46:22
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-12-30 A Warrior's Resolve 1:12:56

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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Metta Forest Monastery

2003-12-29 Refuge and Sanctuary 69:14
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-12-28 Opening Talk and Meditation 57:08
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-12-28 Staying Here 36:43
John Travis	Download Listen
Finding the central point and resting there, which allows things to unwind by themselves.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-12-27 Hiri-Ottappa and Human Relations 61:59
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2003-12-26 The Noble Eight-Fold, Part 4 57:27
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-12-24 The Dharma of Difficult People 2 50:00
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-12-20 The Sublime Attitudes 1:12:34

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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Metta Forest Monastery

2003-12-19 The Noble Eight-Fold, Part 3 62:22
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-12-18 Introduction To Breath Meditation 10:22
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
Learn how to enjoy keeping the mind with the breath. If you spend time with the breath, you get sensitive not only to the breath, but also to what the mind is doing in the present moment and to the way it causes unnecessary suffering for itself.
Metta Forest Monastery
In collection: Exploring The Breath

2003-12-18 Getting To Know The Breath 9:07
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
We live with the breath, and yet we don’t know it, and as a result don’t get as much out of it as we could. The breath can provide food, clothing, shelter, and medicine for the mind if you take the time to get to know it well.
Metta Forest Monastery
In collection: Exploring The Breath

2003-12-18 Insight From The Breath 13:42
Thanissaro Bhikkhu	Download Listen
The type of insight that’s going to make a difference in the mind has to come from the mind’s being solidly based. So, until your mindfulness of the breath is really solid, this is where you want to focus all your efforts.
Metta Forest Monastery
In collection: Exploring The Breath

2003-12-18 Exploring The Breath 1:13:10

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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Learn how to enjoy keeping the mind with the breath. If you spend time with the breath, you get sensitive not only to the breath, but also to what the mind is doing in the present moment and to the way it causes unnecessary suffering for itself.

Metta Forest Monastery

2003-12-17 The Dharma of Difficult People 1 68:01
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center