2020-02-11 Cultivation 52:16
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
The idea of cultivation (Bhavana) is the key to Buddhism. This talk relates this concept to the development of the four foundations of mindfulness, especially the first.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  February 2020

2020-02-11 Buddha Not Buddhist 20:18
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2020-02-11 Day 10 Afternoon Instructions: Practicing Forgiveness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:54
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
As we further open our hearts to include even difficult people, it is very helpful to learn how to practice forgiveness. Often when deeply hurt our hearts hold resentments and yearn for accountability before it would be willing to risk opening again. And yet when others feel out resentment, judgment and the need for accountability they too shut down defensively. Starting with a good friend whom you have a history of love and trust, or even your companion animals, you can build a path of forgiveness. Some times we will never get full accountability, yet we can move beyond the pain of resentment to heal ourselves here and now.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-11 3rd Day Instructions: Vedana, emotions 50:28
DaRa Williams	Download Listen
Review of instructions to date and expansion to include vedana and emotions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Clarity, Compassion and Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-02-11 Day 10 Morning Instructions: Dhammavicaya (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:16
Susie Harrington	Download Listen
Guided meditation exploring investigation/ inquiry/discrimination, through the lenses of wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-11 The Seven Factors of Awakening 1:24:08	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
with Kim Allen, Shaila Catherine
The Seven Factors of Awakening offer an effective framework for cultivating the mind, overcoming the hindrances, and balancing the energetic and calming forces that develop through meditation. When these seven factors are well developed, the mind is ripe for awakening. This series will explore each factor to reveal its importance, function, and role in the process of awakening.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
Mindfulness 35:38 Shaila Catherine Download Listen Investigation 48:30 Kim Allen Download Listen

2020-02-11 Mindfulness 35:38
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
Mindfulness (Sati in Pali) is a whole-hearted observation of the present moment with a quality of mind free of desire/aversion. It forms the basis for cultivating all the Awakening Factors.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: The Seven Factors of Awakening

2020-02-11 Investigation 48:30
Kim Allen	Download Listen
What is meant by investigation (damma vicaya in Pali) and how do we prepare ourselves to undertake it.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: The Seven Factors of Awakening

2020-02-10 Dhammavicaya: Opening the Door to Insight (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:52
Susie Harrington	Download Listen
Dhammavicaya, the factor of discrimination, is one of the 7 factors. IT is a lens through which we can meet our experience, and cultivate understanding & insight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-10 Buddhist Studies - Anatta: The Impersonal Nature of Experience - Week 5 1:27:52
Mark Nunberg	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Anatta: The Impersonal Nature of Experience
Buddhist Studies - Anatta: The Impersonal Nature of Experience, Week 5 - Meditation 29:15 Download Listen Buddhist Studies - Anatta: The Impersonal Nature of Experience, Week 5 - Talk 58:37 Download Listen

2020-02-10 S.E.S. February - Intimacy & Imagination -Wise View - Dharma Talk 30:14
Sebene Selassie	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center :  Sacred Earth Sangha

2020-02-10 S.E.S. February - Intimacy & Imagination - Reflections 28:29
Sebene Selassie	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center :  Sacred Earth Sangha

2020-02-10 Metta as a Brahmavihara & Support for Liberation 55:32
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Metta is one of the four Brahmaviharas and how the act as a supportive base for the practice of insight meditation
Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centre :  6th Annual Metta Retreat - Part 2

2020-02-10 Gratitude, Generosity, and Compassion - beginning with Sujata. 57:40
DaRa Williams	Download Listen
Reflections on self compassion, compassionate engagement and action.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Clarity, Compassion and Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-02-10 Trois niveaux de protections dans psychologie bouddhiste, Retraite chez Mudita, Suisse 1:17:19
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  TNI Regular Talks

2020-02-10 Instructions: Listening, and Mindfulness of Feeling Tones 27:28
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Meditation and Mindfulness in Daily Life

2020-02-10 Des émotions affligeantes vers celles libératrices, Retraite chez Mudita, Suisse 58:51
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  TNI Regular Talks

2020-02-10 Morning Instructions: Grounding in the Body 45:46
Tuere Sala	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Clarity, Compassion and Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-02-10 Day 9 Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:41
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Thinking subject
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-09 Practice as a Path of Happiness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:47
James Baraz	Download Listen
Sometimes we can misunderstand practice as mainly overcoming suffering. The Buddha spoke of cultivating and increasing wholesome states and being mindful of the "gladness of the wholesome."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-09 Dharma Talk: Contact, Feeling Tone and Perception 60:43
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Meditation and Mindfulness in Daily Life

2020-02-09 The Ten Courses of Wholesome Action, Part 2 - Meditation 32:15
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2020-02-09 The Ten Courses of Wholesome Action, Part 2 - Talk 55:31
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2020-02-09 Refuges, Precepts and Reflections 61:57
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
We can establish Firm Centre Open Heart as a core way of being. Refuges and precepts offer support as we train to remain awake and attentive outside of retreat. Vows of virtue and morality, when held with firm flexibility, allow wholesome qualities to be transmitted through the open heart.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-09 Opening and Soothing the Causal Field 57:04
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The theme of the retreat, Firm Centre Open Heart, is a reminder of what the work is. Remaining steady in the “here-ness” of body, and opening the energetic field supports the releasing of kamma. In return you receive the natural beauty of your heart.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-09 Balancing the masculine and feminine energies. 47:50
Tuere Sala	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Clarity, Compassion and Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-02-09 Rencontrer le plaisir et le déplaisir, Retraite chez Mudita, Suisse 46:50
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  TNI Regular Talks

2020-02-09 The Ten Courses to Wholesome Action, Part 1 - Meditation 28:47
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2020-02-09 The Ten Courses to Wholesome Action, Part 1 - Talk 43:01
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2020-02-09 Instructions: Mindfulness of Body & Working with the Hindrances 40:05
Chris Cullen	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Meditation and Mindfulness in Daily Life

2020-02-09 La présence au corps et aux états mentaux, Retraite chez Mudita, Suisse 58:50
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  TNI Regular Talks

2020-02-09 Day 8 Morning Instructions: Choiceless Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:26
James Baraz	Download Listen
Guided meditation letting go of the primary object and allowing receiving each moment as it presents itself.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-09 Turning Attention Back to the Source 36:54
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Rather than asking why things arise, ask where. Turn attention towards the field of body, behind where phenomena arise. This is a quiet and stable place.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-08 Equanimity : Resting the Mind Before It Falls Into Extremes (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 68:46
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
The importance of developing equanimity in our lives as meditators on the path of purification of mind/heart, and living in the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-08 How to Sustain an Open Heart 66:54
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
We can notice where we add stress to an already painful, difficult situation. The cause is tanhā and upādāna, craving and clinging. Use meditation to review the craving mind and feel the feeling without closing around it. The duty of the heart is to allow phenomena to arise and pass away.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-08 L’attention dirigée et non-dirigée, Retraite chez Mudita, Suisse 42:52
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  TNI Regular Talks

2020-02-08 Premières instructions et méditation guidée, Retraite chez Mudita, Suisse 47:51
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight :  TNI Regular Talks

2020-02-08 Day Seven Morning Instructions: Resting Wakefully in Breath & Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:01
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
With the further settling of the mind we can deepen our intimacy with the breath and body. From a wakeful connection to the body and a sense of happiness we can explore areas of pain and mental activity. With the calming of mental activity we open to deeper samadhi.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-08 The Calming Effects of Puja 24:54
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The devotional practices of pūjā can be used to steady the energetic field. Resonate simple sounds, images and meanings in the body to steady thought energy and open the heart.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-08 The Healing of an Opened Heart 58:02
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
An open heart is a transmitter of good qualities. Unsettled energies cause intentions and actions to lack clarity and steadiness. Relate to the energies of body, speech and mind with receptivity, compassion and goodwill. It’s the tonality that matters.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-07 Steps in Developing Mindfulness of Breathing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 67:06
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
The Buddha described detailed steps we can take when developing and deepening our practice of mindful breathing. This talk covers steps 1-8 out of 16 classical steps given in discourses on this meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-07 Lovingkindness Practice Group - Meditation 41:53
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Chant followed by guided lovingkindness meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Monthly Lovingkindness Practice Group

2020-02-07 Lovingkindness Practice Group - Talk 7:30
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Short talk on lovingkindness
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Monthly Lovingkindness Practice Group

2020-02-07 Equanimity. 49:12
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  February 2020

2020-02-07 Lovingkindness_Practice_Group - Meditation 52:14
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Monthly Lovingkindness Practice Group

2020-02-07 Lovingkindness Practice Group - Talk 39:41
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Monthly Lovingkindness Practice Group

2020-02-07 Q&A 52:06
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Can non-monastics in the west reach enlightenment? Attachment in relationships; How to encourage care for the environment; Qualities that free us from world of senses; Freedom from rage resulting from abusive relationships; Compassionate response to racist remarks
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-07 Day Six Afternoon Instructions: Brahma Viharas - Forgiveness & Metta for Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:34
James Baraz	Download Listen
A guided meditation directing forgiveness & metta toward our body, mind & heart
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-07 Day Six Morning Instructions - Hindrances (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:03
Beth Sternlieb	Download Listen
Meeting hindrances with mindfulness & compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-07 The Liberating View 13:53
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
A good part of our practice is adjustment in view. The divided view always leads to stirring and agitation. Deal with the rippling of energy directly in the wide overall field of body.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart