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2021-05-08 What's the background of the Buddha statue? 5:16
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2021-05-08 Anapanasati Guided Meditation 31:56
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2021-05-08 Projections and Stereotypes 21:23
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2021-05-08 Projections and Stereotypes 21:23
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2021-05-08 The Simile of the Boat 3:21
Ayya Santussika
Q: What image can we hold in mind to see that work is anicca?
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2021-05-08 Unshakable Deliverance of Mind 31:41
Ajahn Sucitto
Mind always has some purpose to it. The aim is to keep refining that, keep it from becoming corrupted. Sustain inner awareness and disengagement. The unshakable deliverance of mind is the ultimate goal, not shaken by the circumstances of life, aging, sickness and death. (Sutta reference: MN 29)
Cittaviveka At Home with the Homeless: Ajahn Sucitto Locked Down

2021-05-08 Guided Meditation - Trust the Simplicity of Body Breathing 12:12
Ajahn Sucitto
Instructions to establish an upright, open and relaxed posture, following the natural expanding and subsiding of breathing. This allows the internal aspect of the body to become more apparent. Train the mind to relax its preoccupations and return to the simplicity of body breathing.
Cittaviveka At Home with the Homeless: Ajahn Sucitto Locked Down

2021-05-07 Breath meditation, translations of the Therigāthā 1:39:10
Bhante Sujato, Bhante Akāliko
At Harris Park – Therigāthā Festival - breath meditation guided by Bhante Sujato. Bhante Sujato interviewed by Bhante Akāliko about translations of the Therigāthā
Lokanta Vihara

2021-05-07 2021-05-07 Lovingkindness Practice Group: The Radiance of Appreciative Joy - Meditation 45:40
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2021-05-07 2021-05-07 Lovingkindness Practice Group: The Radiance of Appreciative Joy - Talk 30:47
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of the Body, Winter 2021

2021-05-07 The Buddha Has a Teaching for Them 21:46
Dhammadīpā
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-07 Buddhanussati ~ A Springboard for the Heart & Mind 23:50
Ayya Santacitta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-07 Recollection of the Buddha's Wisdom and Love 31:28
Ayya Anandabodhi
Sharing a few key stories of the Buddha's life
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-07 Buddhanusati - Recollection of the Buddha 47:19
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided Meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-06 Saying Goodbye: When a Friend Dies 60:25
James Baraz
This past week James felt very fortunate to be with one of his dearest friends in his final days died. This talk explores that life passage. How can we say goodbye to a loved one and grieve fully with the understanding that death is a natural part of the life cycle? How can practice help us through that process?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2021-05-06 talk: Wise Speech p2 18:27
Jill Shepherd
Looking at lesser-known aspects of Wise Speech, including how the Buddha at times endorsed harsh speech if necessary to prevent harm; also exploring the role of wise listening to help discern when and how to speak
Auckland Insight Meditation Living a life of mutual benefit: Exploring the Noble Eightfold Path

2021-05-06 The Four Brahmaviharas are Craving Transformed 42:49
Ayya Santacitta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-06 Radiating Metta for the Entire World 42:50
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided Meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-06 In a World Full of Mixed Messages 27:45
Dhammadīpā
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-06 Filling the mind with metta 44:06
Dhammadīpā
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-05 Meditation: Letting Go into Living Presence 18:31
Tara Brach
We resist reality by tensing our body and contracting into thoughts. This meditation guides us into letting go of resistance by surrendering over and over into the aliveness and presence that is right here.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2021-05-05 Three Dimensions of Conscious Prayer 53:23
Tara Brach
Prayer can be a creative, vibrant and infinitely tender part of our spiritual awakening. This talk explores the dimensions of embodied presence, sincere expression and silence that bring transformational power to our prayers.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2021-05-05 All worldly dharma is Buddha-dharma! 43:40
Ven. Pannavati Bhikkhuni
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2021-05-05 Attuned and in Balance: Wise Effort 47:21
Kate Munding
Wise Effort: Part 6 of a series on the Eightfold Path. Wise effort is explained as attuning to what is happening in the present moment, making adjustments based on conditions and balancing our energy so that it expresses the Middle Path - between striving and burnout - to create a sustainable practice. Reference is made to the teachings of Ajahn Chah and ways to develop a continuity of mindfulness in everyday living. Emphasis on softening and trust in the heart practices that balance the habits of the mind.
Assaya Sangha Assaya Sangha Dharma Talks

2021-05-05 Week 1: The Power of Relationship on a Noble, Whole-Life, Eightfold Path 52:50
Gregory Kramer
Gaia House The Power of Relationship on a Noble, Whole-Life, Eightfold Path

2021-05-05 Anyone Who Understands Impermanence Ceases to be Contentious 1:42:44
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2021-05-05 If You Were to Die Tonight... 65:14
Ayya Anandabodhi
The Buddha encouraged us to reflect on the fact that death could come at any time. This sobering reflection, when used in the right way, brings sharpness and clarity as to what is important in our lives
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-05 The Next Breath is Not Guaranteed 43:49
Dhammadīpā
Mindfulness of the breath, endings, and the nearness of death
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-05 Where Does It Come From ~ Where Does It All Go? 29:46
Ayya Santacitta
A talk on Maranasati ~ Recollection of Death
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-05 Returning to the Mystery We Came From ~ Maranasati 52:51
Ayya Santacitta
A guided meditation on death & dying
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-04 'The Five Elements are Empty of a Self 43:11
Ayya Santacitta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-04 Reflecting on the Nature of the Body (asubha) 30:39
Ayya Anandabodhi
Reflecting on asubha (the non-beautiful) aspects of the body we can find greater peace and acceptance with things as they are. Through this understanding, the mind is released from desire and aversion
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-04 Guided Meditation on Skin, Flesh and Bones 49:01
Ayya Anandabodhi
This practice, one of the Four Protective Meditations, leads us to directly understand the true nature of the body. Through this understanding, the mind is released from desire and aversion and we can accept this body as part of nature, rather than "me" and "mine".
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-04 Emptiness and Suchness 43:09
Heather Sundberg
When we understand that direct experience is not solid/not separate, we can embrace experience in its changing conditionality with the heart of compassion and inclusion born of non-clinging. This is the inter-weaving of the teachings of emptiness and suchness, and the talk will explore teachings and practices which support us to live from this wiser view.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2021-05-02 A Whole Life Path 66:12
Gregory Kramer
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community SFI Sunday Nights

2021-05-02 Noble Birth 14:11
Ajahn Sucitto
With the recognition of the ending of this session, consider birth: what we’ve been through is receding, nothing new yet has begun, and we’re not going back to the same old thing. Birth is arising into that which we’re not yet entirely clear about. Nourish the potency of arising with mental qualities of goodwill, compassion, celebration and equanimity.
London Insight Meditation Clearing the Floods

2021-05-02 Embodying Mettā: A Daylong Retreat 3:34:42
Dawn Mauricio
Those who are familiar with the practice of mettā, or lovingkindness, know that it is one of four divine abidings of the heart according to the Buddha’s teachings. One way that this quality can be cultivated—as traditionally and so frequently taught—is through the recitation of phrases. However, without a deeper understanding or familiarity with the subtle expressions of mettā, or the alternate doorways into cultivating this profound and limitless quality, lovingkindness meditation can mislead us to binary thinking, as in: "I am loving and kind” or “I am not loving and kind." In our daylong together, we will explore the various doorways into cultivating mettā, as well as the spectrum in which it can come alive in our daily lives. All levels and experiences welcome.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2021-05-02 Q&A2 45:41
Ajahn Sucitto
Where is the experience of bodily energies found in the suttas; what is the source of Ajahn’s ‘forensic precision’; how to us somatic presence with the 3rd and 4th foundations of mindfulness; please help with insomnia; experiencing resistance to standing meditation; grief and pain experienced with ‘Future and Past’ exercise; how to deepen into the ‘neither/nor’ space; is samādhi developed by sustaining sati; how to deal with overactive citta; how did you deal with the fear of death when being robbed in India?
London Insight Meditation Clearing the Floods

2021-05-02 Direct Practice: Exploration of Other People and Self 28:33
Ajahn Sucitto
Open up the currents to other people – mistakes, grudges, hurt feelings – and listen. You can’t forgive if you’re still wounded. Use the brahmavihāra to open the heart towards others. Then you have not just cleared the floods, but have been enriched by the relational experience.
London Insight Meditation Clearing the Floods

2021-05-02 Paramis, Week 2: Calling on the Beautiful Qualities of the Heart - Meditation 35:11
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2021-05-02 Paramis, Week 2: Calling on the Beautiful Qualities of the Heart - Talk 38:33
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2021-05-02 Walking Meditation – Walking Through the Mind 4:52
Ajahn Sucitto
In walking, experience the fluidities and exchanges of movement. Walk through the sense realm, noticing how objects change. Walk through your mental field in the same way, the wallpaper changing as you move along. Notes on reclining meditation conclude these instructions.
London Insight Meditation Clearing the Floods

2021-05-02 Direct Practice: Exploring Future and Past 17:06
Ajahn Sucitto
Practice with bringing up notions of future, past, other people and myself and the relationships between them. Receive what is activated in the body and mind without adopting them. Open to the feelings and movements that arise.
London Insight Meditation Clearing the Floods

2021-05-02 Guided Meditation – Exploration of Energies in the Head 23:32
Ajahn Sucitto
First grounding the body, then settling the breathing, guidance to explore and ease areas of the face and head.
London Insight Meditation Clearing the Floods

2021-05-02 Open Mind Open Heart Open Body 24:50
Ajahn Sucitto
Open mind and open heart require open receptivity – listening without taking on, accepting without adopting. This requires the quiet power of embodiment – acknowledgement – which isn’t doing anything other than acknowledging. Things then shift and pass on their own.
London Insight Meditation Clearing the Floods

2021-05-02 Standing Meditation – Open Energy 34:00
Ajahn Sucitto
The standing posture provides a simple process whereby energies can be balanced, soothed and steadied. Opening channels of the body so breathing can flow through, an open energy – light, spacious, repelling obstruction – becomes available.
London Insight Meditation Clearing the Floods

2021-05-02 Precepts and Resolution 26:23
Ajahn Sucitto
It’s very helpful to start the day with resolution: What can I say no to? What can I say yes to? Using the precepts as a frame, generate boundaries that will moderate energies and help you remain firm and grounded in the face of the floods.
London Insight Meditation Clearing the Floods

2021-05-01 Dependent Orignation and how all other importnant teachings are included 49:49
Bhante Bodhidhamma
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2021-05-01 Four Elements & Seven Factors of Awakening ~ A Blessing for Ekuthuleni 49:01
Ayya Santacitta
Guided Meditation
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2021-05-01 Compassion Dhamma Talk 27:08
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

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