Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2009-06-17 Practicing with Anger, pt II 59:58
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We review and fill out some of the themes from part I, why it is important and yet often confusing to work with anger; and several guidelines and tools (mindfulness, reflection, heart practices) for practicing with anger individually. We add an overview of how to practice with anger in relational an social contexts with others, focusing especially on skillful speech.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-06-10 Practicing with Anger, Pt I 60:12
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
For many of us, it is hard to know how to practice with anger. We explore some of the reasons for confusion about anger, including the mixed messages we get about anger in many settings, the different connotations of what is translated as "anger" East and West, and the conditioning around anger. We then outline three ways of more "inner" work with anger, through 1) mindfulness, 2) reflections and 3) heart practices like lovingkindness, compassion and forgiveness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-05-19 Loving Kindness 30:02
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
Loving Kindness, friendliness (metta) is a clear intention and attitude of heart that supports a connected and joyful encounter with life. Metta is not sentimentality; it is not affection or attachment. It is a strong quality of heart that overcomes ill will, hatred, fear, and anger. Loving kindness practice is a way to take responsibility for our own happiness; it is a way to cultivate an attitude to life that supports deep friendship.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley : Four Brahma Viharas
In collections: Four Brahma Viharas, The Ten Paramis

2009-03-11 Without Anxiety About Imperfection 1:17:06

Tara Brach

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The nature of being human is that we get caught in anger and judgment, hurt and fear. This talk explores what it means to be without anxiety towards this universal emotional conditioning as it appears in ourselves and others. Condemning imperfection binds our identity with an imperfect self. As we learn to pause and open to the direct embodied experience of emotions, we discover a space of presence that is filled with compassion and wisdom. Like the ocean, we can include difficult waves of experience and yet remember our inherent vastness, mystery and wholeness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-02-18 Exploring Craving 62:24
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
This talk encourages us to explore the gratification, danger and escape in our personal experience of clinging; with the intention to understand rather than to judge. Meeting our experience with mindfulness/wisdom is the practice of non-clinging.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation February

2009-01-19 Through the Gateway of Dukkha 40:19
Kittisaro	Download Listen
The 4 truths that en-noble as we grow through them The 8 kinds of Dukkha – Anando, ex marine & monk, bowing through anger Death is also impermanent, seeing through impermanence, one touches peace. When the causes of dukkha break up, it ceases - revealing the timeless dharma.
Dharmagiri : Original Brightness Retreat

2008-11-06 The Dharma Practice Of Facing The Crises Of Our Times 1:10:19
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
The challenges and crises of our times are immense - at the current time, there are economic, political, ethical and ecological crises, among others. To face these crises as practice demands, however, the same qualities demanded by the immensity of awakening -- (1) wisdom expressed as the ability to hold together opposites, (2) a deep listening for our calling, (3) a toolbox of skillful means, (4) a heart to transform difficult emotions, such as anger, fear and sadness, and (5) continual persistence and growing confidence in liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Path of Engagement #4

2008-10-30 Forgiveness: A Gift To The World 56:16
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Exploring the process of releasing the heart from held tension, anger, and resentment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2008-10-04 Relating to Anger 34:38
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2008-09-14 Working with Anger and Aversion 57:16
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation