Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2009-01-12 Stories About How Mindfulness Works 45:34
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Stories about wisdom - how knowing profoundly that everything is changing, that our experience is created by myriad factors beyond our control, that acceptance and compassion create a peaceful mind - and how mindfulness creates that wisdom - paying attention
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Scientists Retreat

2009-01-08 Wisdom Sustains Equanimity - Equanimity Sustains Wisdom 63:09
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
This talk, filled with contemporary stories as well as traditional accounts of the Buddha's enlightenment, makes the connection between wisdom and equanimity - and shows how lovingkindness, compassion, and appreciation are permutations of equanimity in situations that are neutral, unpleasant (troubling) and excitingly pleasant.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta

2008-12-06 Compassion 48:01
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House : Heart of Kindness, Mind of Kindness

2008-11-24 Compassion 69:31
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-11-21 Unity Of Compassion And Emptiness 61:24
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Lots of stories exploring Compassion and Emptiness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-10-30 Ascending the Altar 34:52
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
What is renunciation? Patiently we learn how to let go of the thoughts and actions that enslave us to samsara. And we begin to understand what it takes to tame the ego and cultivate greater and greater compassion in its boundless quality. Through this magnificent process, we study the way to ascend the altar and sit with our teacher, the Buddha.
Birken Forest Monastery

2008-10-25 Opening Talk for the Heart of Wisdom and Compassion 58:00
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Heart of Wisdom and Compassion

2008-10-15 Equanimity In The Face Of Conflict 67:02

Tara Brach

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This talk, given on the eve of a presidential debate, explores how we can awaken from the conditioning that turns us against ourselves and others. The guided meditation offers an opportunity to choose a place of conflict and reactivity with others, and discover what is possible when we turn towards our deepest wisdom and compassion.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-10-04 The Wise Heart: A Compassionate Response To Suffering 52:25
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk discusses the Buddha's Teaching and the Enneagram's teaching on suffering; its cause and cessation and how the development of compassion heals and transforms suffering in ourselves and in the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : The Enneagram in Insight Meditation Practice

2008-09-05 Wise Intention 51:07
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Our intentions link us to the world, sharpen our thoughts, words actions. The intentions of renunciation Kindness and Compassion shape an ethical liberated heart and life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Engaged Mystic: Meditation for Life