Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2015-07-01 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness & Liberation 56:06
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
We bring our imaginary trunks full of stuff to a retreat. Through the practice of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness clarity and wisdom arise, leading to freedom in our hearts and minds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Annual People of Color Retreat-Deepen Your Dharma, Deepen Your Freedom

2015-07-01 Practice for the welfare of all beings 43:58
Jean Esther	Download Listen
We practice meditation to recognize the changing conditions of life and how we respond to suffering in ourselves and in our world
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Teen Retreat

2015-07-01 Part 2: Devotional Practices 1:18:28

Tara Brach

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The sacred feminine expresses the realization of our belonging, our innate interdependence with all of life. These two classes explores inner practices that help us open to our longing to belong, and awaken the power of prayer.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-07-01 Sati-More on Mindfulness: its Images, Functions and Relations 58:20
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Sati in the Suttas – Contexts and Descriptions from the Early Buddhist Tradition
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-07-01 Ordinary Bodhisattvas Change the World 54:02
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2015-07-01 Guided Metta Meditation: Benefactor 45:22
DaRa Williams	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Annual People of Color Retreat-Deepen Your Dharma, Deepen Your Freedom

2015-07-01 Practicing the Second Ethical Precept - Not Taking That Which Is Not Given 60:06
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After a brief review of the general nature of ethical practice, we look at outer, inner, and social dimensions of practicing the Second Precept - not taking that which not given - including a song and discussion of some of the challenges of such practices.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-07-01 Reflection: 4 Satipaṭṭhāna channels as a map of experience – identifying them in our experience. 34:04
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Sati as attuned attentional relationship. Two dimensions of training mindfulness: (i) temporal continuity (ii) spatial stability. Preferences and inclinations of meditators for one above the other are natural but need challenging. Instructions for a day's practice of kāyānupassanā.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-07-01 Guided Metta w/Forgiveness 47:39
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : Integration of Wisdom and Compassion

2015-07-01 We've Never Been in This Moment Before w/Q&A 67:10
Alexis Santos	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : Integration of Wisdom and Compassion

2015-06-30 Holding Life Tenderly 50:48
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Mindfulness and Lovingkindness in Our Lives
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Annual People of Color Retreat-Deepen Your Dharma, Deepen Your Freedom

2015-06-30 Upādāna and diṭṭhi as fuel for suffering 48:01
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Text and context - vedic background of attachment (upādāna) - diṭṭhi and how we got there in the first place.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-30 Continua of Practice: From Denial to Openness 56:05
Rodney Smith	View Download Listen
There is an acceptable tension we each carry and are reluctant to address spiritually. That tension holds our thoughts, attitudes, self-beliefs, and projections together in a systematic self-serving way. It is the collection of aggregates laced together with our narrative that we will protect at all costs, and it is all tied to our current worldview.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society : Continua of Practice Series
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2015-06-30 Loving Kindness Practice 29:46
Jean Esther	Download Listen
Instructions for easy being, self, other
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Teen Retreat

2015-06-30 Guided Metta Meditation: Dear Friend and Self 45:51
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Annual People of Color Retreat-Deepen Your Dharma, Deepen Your Freedom

2015-06-30 The Ecology of Compassion 67:33
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : Integration of Wisdom and Compassion

2015-06-29 Thinking 58:00
Matthew Brensilver	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-06-29 Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Body - Week 2 1:24:42

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Body

2015-06-29 Introduction to Equanimity and Instructions 56:25
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Four Immeasurables

2015-06-29 Intention-attention-mindfulness: choices and challenges. 56:52
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
3 Questions - body as anchor and resting place for attention.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-29 The Vulnerability of Mindfulness:Being with What Is 38:05
Alexis Santos	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : Integration of Wisdom and Compassion

2015-06-28 The Power of Joy 44:27
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Four Immeasurables

2015-06-28 Dharma Series - Parami - The Ten Perfections 29:47:04

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with Gabe Keller Flores, Mark Nunberg

Common Ground Meditation Center : Weekly Dharma Series

2015-06-28 Parami - The Ten Perfections - The Four Floods 48:38
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center : Weekly Dharma Series
In collection: Dharma Series - Parami - The Ten Perfections

2015-06-28 Mudita Guided Meditation 39:36
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Four Immeasurables

2015-06-28 Question and Response at Closing with Tara Brach, La Sarmiento, and Luisa Montero-Diaz 34:55
La Sarmiento	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2015 IMCW Women's Retreat - The Heart of Buddhist Meditation

2015-06-28 Introduction to Mudita and Instructions 54:23
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Four Immeasurables

2015-06-28 Reflection (and goodbye to 10 yogis) Medakathalikā - Caring for oneself and caring for others 12:00
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
History of the acrobats: Individualism and altruism.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-28 The Five Spiritual Faculties 59:59
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : Integration of Wisdom and Compassion

2015-06-27 How Mindfulness, Concentration and Insight Work Together-Part II 68:56
Richard Shankman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-27 Working with Difficult Emotions 37:04
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Four Immeasurables

2015-06-27 You Can't Always Get What You Want 56:16
La Sarmiento	Download Listen
When we have the courage to be with life as it unfolds, we have access to experiences that transform suffering into wisdom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2015 IMCW Women's Retreat - The Heart of Buddhist Meditation

2015-06-27 Heart Meditation: Three Domains of Forgiveness 34:13
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Instruction and guided meditation on the three domains of forgiveness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2015 IMCW Women's Retreat - The Heart of Buddhist Meditation

2015-06-27 Guided Lovingkindness (Metta) Meditation 44:30
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Four Immeasurables

2015-06-27 Introduction to Metta and Instructions 54:24
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Four Immeasurables

2015-06-27 Day 5 Morning Instructional Sit 59:27
Richard Shankman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-27 Reflection - Four dimensions of contemplative practice. 40:15
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Naming the big tasks in contemporary language; possible pitfalls in each of the dimensions
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-27 Faith:Confidence in Our Potential 53:35
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : Integration of Wisdom and Compassion

2015-06-26 A Magnificent Moment 60:24
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat

2015-06-26 Mindfulness of Emotions 52:26
Gary Buck	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-26 Unfolding of the Sacred Feminine (retreat talk) 60:01
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The sacred feminine expresses the qualities of heart that emerge as we open beyond identifying with the egoic, separate self. In this talk, Tara tracks a series of challenging experiences in her own life that catalized an awakening of heart, and explores how for each of us, the places of difficulty can help us realize our belonging to life and the loving awareness that is our true essence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2015 IMCW Women's Retreat - The Heart of Buddhist Meditation

2015-06-26 Impermanence and Forgiveness 50:49
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Four Immeasurables

2015-06-26 On Not-Knowing: What hinders relationship – Agatis and 5 different dimensions of avijjā 54:53
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Differences between moha and avijjā; a footnote on the wheel of becoming.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-26 Protecciones sanas para el corazon: el amor bondadoso y la ecuanimidad 62:17
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Insight Retreat Center

2015-06-26 Day 4 Brahma Vihara Practice: Upekkha/Equanimity 69:21
Gary Buck	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-26 Friday Afternoon Seminar Session 2:17:02
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat

2015-06-26 Guided Compassion Meditation 46:24
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Four Immeasurables

2015-06-26 "Coming Back" - Meditation Instructions with Q and A 13:27
Tara Brach	Download Listen
A special recording from the first morning of the 2015 IMCW Women's Retreat that offers further guidance and addresses some frequently asked questions about meditation.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2015 IMCW Women's Retreat - The Heart of Buddhist Meditation

2015-06-26 Introduction to Compassion, Meditation Instructions 56:46
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Four Immeasurables

2015-06-26 Day 4 Morning Instructional Sit 54:47
Lesley Grant	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-25 How Mindfulness, Concentration and Insight Work Together - Part 1 61:21
Richard Shankman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-25 The Great Balancing act 46:15
JoAnna Hardy	Download Listen
A talk about the Buddha's invitation for all colors and genders to liberate themselves, not based on birth right but on personal character and integrity
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : People of Color Retreat

2015-06-25 "Seeing the Big Picture" 53:49
James Baraz	Download Listen
"The key to equanimity is a spaciousness that holds all of our dramas in widest perspective. This talk was inspired by the film Planetary."
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2015-06-25 Meditacion Metta 37:11
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Insight Retreat Center

2015-06-25 Day 3 Brahma Vihara Practice: Mudita 61:52
Lesley Grant	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-25 Day 3 Morning Instructional Sit 58:34
Lesley Grant	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-25 Reflection-Quick overview of Satipaṭṭhāna-channels. 44:14
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
The predicament of mind trying to understand itself; meditation as hopeful but messy business.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-24 Self Compassion and Hindrances 59:23
Diana Winston	Download Listen
This talk weaves together the theme of self-compassion with how to work with hindrances that arise when we practice. We explore working with our minds, cultivating kindness for ourselves, and the recognition of our shared humanity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat

2015-06-24 Repetition & Effort/ Qualities of the Dharma 65:21
Gary Buck	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-24 Journey to Self Discovery 1:29:33
George Mumford	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2015-06-24 Part 1: Devotional Practices 37:55
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The sacred feminine expresses the realization of our belonging, our innate interdependence with all of life. These two classes explores inner practices that help us open to our longing to belong, and awaken the power of prayer.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-06-24 El mundo de los pensamientos y de los sentido 56:38
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Insight Retreat Center

2015-06-24 Love and Fearlessness in Charleston 47:44
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2015-06-24 Day 2 Brahma Vihara Practice: Compassion 60:12
Lesley Grant	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-24 Practicing the First Ethical Precept--Non-Harming 65:11
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Set in the larger contexts of the importance of ethical practice, we focus on the meaning and practical of non-harming, with some reflections on responding to the killings of nine African Americans at a bible study class in Charleston, South Carolina.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-06-24 Day 2: Morning Instructional Sit 45:56
Lesley Grant	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-24 Reflection: Mapping specific tasks for individual Satipaṭṭhāna channels - Instruction cittānupassanā Questions 48:12
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Why body? Purpose and role of body contemplation practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-23 Instructions et méditations guidées 30:44
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2015-06-23 Wise Attention 46:29
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
Wise attention deals with how we are directing our mind. We have the ability to choose what we think about, and how we pay attention. Wise attention can be divided into two parts. First, it deals with guarding the mind, so we can maintain a balanced mind, and protect the mind from various kinds of defilement such as the five hindrances. Second, wise attention encompasses the development of our mind, which starts with improving the quality of our observation. This improvement then leads to understanding, clarity and wisdom.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2015-06-23 Mindfulness - The Multifaceted Jewel 57:37
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Mindfulness has so many dimensions and can be hard to define, yet it is a central pillar of the Dhamma path. This talk explores some of it's dimensions and qualities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat

2015-06-23 Quatre efforts sages 54:27
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2015-06-23 Day 1 Brahma Vihara Practice: Loving-kindness /Metta 58:32
Lesley Grant	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-23 Guided meditation – body and mind: Resting in one's own gaze 58:57
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Sense channel check; settling into whole-body awareness, dislodging the self perspective with the bent gaze
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-22 The Reality of Mindfulness 68:56
George Mumford	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-22 Guided mettā-meditiation 50:04
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Metta with images
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-22 Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Body - Week 1 1:26:52

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Body

2015-06-22 Reflection: Obstacles-1: On sleepiness & numbness 38:37
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Manifestations - possible causes - remedies
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-21 Clear comprehension (sampajaññā): the contextualising of sati 50:54
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Meaning of the term - Function in meditation and life –Textual references from Suttas - Ajahn Buddhadhasas reading of sampajaññā - 4 sampajaññā in the exegetical tradition
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-21 Dharma Lessons from Sayadaw U Tejaniya: Mindfulness of Mind 1:25:59

Steve Armstrong

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Weekly Dharma Series

2015-06-21 Reflection: The link between vedanā and citta. The space after the disappearing stage 16:16
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Clarification on vedanā and citta - Paying close attention to the disappearance and the climate in the space opening up.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-20 The importance of mindfulness to liberation 53:34
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
A description of the nature of mindfulness (sati), why it is key in Buddhist practice and how it's trained in meditation practice. Given at short IMS retreat
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Letting Go of Distraction: Insight and Metta Weekend

2015-06-20 Look No Further: Alive as the Three Refuges 60:35
Erin Treat	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Loving the House That Ego Built

2015-06-20 Attention and intention – Functions of the citta 48:24
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Three main functions of the citta; contemplative traditions in search to heighten the power of understanding; voluntary and involuntary attention; mind-training and the essentially intentional nature of mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-20 with Ayya Santacitta Q&A with Metta 45:20
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-20 Motivation 20:01
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-20 Heart Opening 36:46
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Guided Meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-20 Lovingkindness: the Path of Peace 46:40
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-20 Instruction: Ānāpānasati - vedanā questions 14:52
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-19 Aim for the Highest Happiness 1:13:44
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Loving the House That Ego Built

2015-06-19 The Fabric of our Community: Generosity and Being in Harmony 1:10:26
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective : TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-19 Instruction: Kāyānupassanā: underneath the label of “body” & More on Breathing - Walking instruction - Short Guided Standing 46:07
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Paying attention to the disappearing phase localizing states in bodily vocabulary - 5 questions to the breath - 4 stages of an event.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-18 From Insight Practice to Spacious Awareness 60:49
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We examine practicing with the Three Characteristics, particularly with Dukkha (suffering) and anatta (not-self). Then we explore "spacious awareness," a type of non-conceptual awareness beyond the splits of knower and known, particularly in the teachings of the Buddha and the Thai Forest tradition, with some reference to Tibetan and Zen traditions. Thirdly, we outline a number of ways to access this kind of awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-18 "Nice Guys Sometimes Finish First: Barbara Weiss, Steve Kerr and Pope Francis" 54:06
James Baraz	Download Listen
We are inspired by the goodness of others. Even more, their example motivates us to do good ourselves. The term "Elevation Response" is used in psychology to describe this phenomenon. The talk describes three people whose lives are inspirations and whose examples can help us bring out the best in ourselves.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2015-06-18 The Undefended Heart 59:03
Erin Treat	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Loving the House That Ego Built

2015-06-18 Sati and some of its functions 40:52
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Sati and Saññā
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-18 Archeology of the Heart 62:41
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective : TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-18 Day Three: Afternoon Instructions with Qigong 1:14:15
Teja Bell	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-18 Meditation Instructions - Taking the Seat of One Who Hears 24:45
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House : Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-18 Reflection: Ānāpānasati - Breath and body 25:57
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-17 Understanding Things as they Really Are: From Concentration to Insight 54:01
Susie Harrington	Download Listen
Concentration is a skillful means that provides a foundation for understanding things as they really are (Yatha Bhuta). Through the direct experience of impermanence, freedom unfolds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : From the Breath to Spacious Awareness