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2015-01-26 Self-view and the Fourth Satipatthana 58:57
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
Here we look at fourth satipatthana and its specific instructions on what to see and how to see it—the five hindrances, the five aggregates, the six sense bases, the seven factors of awakening, and the four noble truths—with an eye to realizing how this practice helps us overcome self-view.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-01-26 Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention - Week 3 55:23
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention

2015-01-26 Talk: Impermanence, Day 4 61:34
Kamala Masters
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-26 Metta: Adding Person We Have Difficulty With, Day 4 47:32
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-26 Morning instruction: The Simplicity of What is Known, Day 4 12:08
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-26 Morning Instructions 50:21
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-25 Talk: Understanding Equanimity, Day 3 68:27
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-25 The Psychological Body - Self Image, Self Reinforcement and Self Judgement 51:07
Martin Aylward
Continuing from the previous talk, Martin looks at the ways we imagine, maintain and reinforce our psychological sense of self. The talk explores how we live in images and descriptions of who we think we are, layered by our constant critical self evaluation, and points us beyond our psychology to a fuller and freer embodying of our life.
Gaia House This Body is the Universe

2015-01-25 Mindfulness As Recollection Of Being 67:36
John Peacock
A description of the different terms of mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-25 Metta: Integrating Compassion, Day 3 43:18
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-25 Morning Instructions: Awareness of Hindrances, Day 3 16:22
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-25 Morning Instructions 55:13
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-24 Opening Talk 55:05
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2015-01-24 Talk: Four Noble Truths, Day 2 56:17
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-24 The Instinctual Body - Sex, Survival and Social Drives 40:14
Martin Aylward
We are bound by our biology, and our health, longevity and death are largely out of our control. This talk explores the way our biology impacts us, including the influences of the sex drive, the survival drive and the social drive. Martin looks at how we can explore and understand our biology in such a way as to inhabit it freely.
Gaia House This Body is the Universe

2015-01-24 Metta: Oneself, Benefactor, Dear Friend, Day 2 47:20
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-24 Morning Instructions: Relaxing the Body and Mind, Day 2 14:14
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Integration of Love and Wisdom

2015-01-23 The Body is the Universe - Introduction 1:12:28
Martin Aylward
In this talk Martin looks at the tendency to conceive in terms of objects rather than process, unpicking the way we maintain and reinforce the ego structure, and offering a vision of a more expansive and inclusive participation in life.
Gaia House This Body is the Universe

2015-01-21 Qu’est-ce que cette pratique et 1e noble vérité 1:12:02
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-21 Anapanasati 1:15:37
Doug Phillips
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2015-01-21 Listening to the Calling of Our Hearts 1:21:46
Tara Brach
In any moment, our intention - what we are energetically wanting - shapes our life experience. While our deepest intention may be to realize and live from loving awareness, we are often driven by egoic fear and grasping. This talk explores how mindfulness can recognize our prevailing intention, and by staying present, kind and accepting, we can reconnect with the deeper longings that carry us to awakening and freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-01-21 Power and Love: A Tribute to Martin Luther King 49:09
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2015-01-21 The Thinning of the Self 63:55
Donald Rothberg
Insight into "not-self" (anatta) is one of the core aspects of wisdom. After briefly reviewing some of the challenges of understanding anatta, we look at four practical ways to explore anatta, through focusing on 1) everyday and meditative experiences of "flow", 2) studying the "thick" or strong sense of self when it appears, 3) practicing in other ways to "thin" the self, and 4) opening to awareness without a sense of self or identification with the contents of experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-01-20 Cours complet de 1h30 avec intro, méditation guidée, enseignement sur la 2e noble vérité et une dernière méditation 1:26:48
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-20 Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension 44:52
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2015-01-20 Monthly Sitting & Inquiry, January 64:58
Gina Sharpe
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2015-01-19 The Perfect Gift: On Mindfulness & Metta 58:11
Heather Sundberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-01-19 Rethinking How We Get Free 52:06
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
This talk examines popular strategies for behavior change such as willing ourselves into compliance and analyzing our history. And it contrasts these "old ways" with the strategies of Buddhist practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-01-19 Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention - Week 2 65:03
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention

2015-01-18 Lovingkindness, Equanimity, and Daily Life Practice 67:42
Donald Rothberg
In our practice, we aspire toward a kind of wholeness, with no part of our life left out. In this talk, we explore two ways of developing more of such wholeness - (1) through connecting metta with mindfulness and wisdom, here examined especially in connecting metta and equanimity; and (2) through connecting formal metta retreat practice to everyday life practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta

2015-01-18 Dharma For MLK Day 44:06
Anushka Fernandopulle
Holding our practice in a larger context of social change movements and the ongoing work for racial justice and civil rights in our society.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Clear Mind, Open Heart: Insight Meditation Weekend

2015-01-18 Practice Guided by Wisdom 35:26
Kittisaro
Moving beyond rigidity and attachment to views about practice into agility in response to conditions. Working with doubt.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-17 Metta Sutta Talk #2: By not holding to fixed views 60:02
Heather Sundberg
Filled with anecdotes, singing and practical advice, this talk covers the second half of the Metta Sutta, including Metta for All Beings, the Difficult Person, How to Cherish Beings By not Holding to Fixed Views
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta

2015-01-17 Understanding Judgement and Discernment 44:54
Chas DiCapua
How we can bring discernment to bear on our experience instead of judgement. How we cultivate discernment on this path.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Clear Mind, Open Heart: Insight Meditation Weekend

2015-01-17 Where are We Trying to Get to ? 56:12
John Peacock
Gaia House Origins and Applications of Mindfulness (MBCT/MBSR Retreat)

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 1 59:41
Stephen Snyder
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 1 59:38
Tina Rasmussen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 2 63:19
Stephen Snyder
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 2 63:08
Tina Rasmussen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Part 3 14:32
Stephen Snyder
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 3 14:33
Tina Rasmussen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Part 4 1:12:15
Stephen Snyder
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 4 1:12:16
Tina Rasmussen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-17 Yoga of the Heart 39:10
Thanissara
An inner attitude of love, compassion, attunement to goodness, and deep acceptance in the face of obstruction.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-16 Hatred is Never Appeased by Hatred 38:54
Kittisaro
Moving beyond the tendency to make a problem. Metta as an aspect of wisdom. Apartheid of the soul. The eternal law. The Buddha's simile of the saw.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-16 On the Path of the Beautiful and Beloved Community 63:12
Larry Yang
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta
In collection: Engaged Buddhism

2015-01-16 Embodied Mindfulness 53:27
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Origins and Applications of Mindfulness (MBCT/MBSR Retreat)

2015-01-15 Anything Can Happen At Any Time 52:53
James Baraz
The one thing that is certain in life is its unpredictability. Having an awareness that inner and outer circumstances could change in a moment can inform our lives in a profound way. Rather than living with vigilance and fear an on-going understanding of the fragility in life can lead us to more wakefulness, appreciation and freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2015-01-15 Lovingkindness, Compassion, and Forgiveness 65:37
Donald Rothberg
On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, we explore how to extend the awakened heart of Metta when there is pain or distress or difficulty. In particular, we examine the practices of compassion and forgiveness, with Dr. King's work and life as a reference point.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta

2015-01-15 Attitude of Kindness & Great Compassion Ceremony 33:44
Thanissara
Explanation (in brief) of Kuan Yin Great Compassion & Renewal Ceremony - Cultivating kindness in relationship to our experience.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-15 Compassionate Transformation 43:57
Thanissara
Journey through shadow, understanding sankhara - patterning, and the patient and challenging process of compassionate relationship. Mr Mandela's journey into "I love you all"
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-14 Compassionate Transformation 43:57
Thanissara
Journey through shadow, understanding sankhara - patterning, and the patient and challenging process of compassionate relationship. Mr Mandela's journey into "I love you all"
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-14 Enseignement sur la pratique de la méditation 60:34
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-14 Metta Sutta #1: The Joy of Basic Integrity 64:38
Heather Sundberg
Drawing from various commentaries and translations of the Metta Sutta, the talk explores this important teaching from the perspective of practice and how to live it in our lives. Explores the qualities of Trust, Wise Speech, Humility, Contentment, Peace and Integrity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta

2015-01-14 Refuge in Loving Relationships 1:23:32
Tara Brach
Bringing presence to our relationships reveals our connectedness and essential Oneness. This talk explores two domains of this awakening with others: Realizing our shared vulnerability - that we’re in it together - and recognizing the inherent goodness or sacredness that lives through everyone.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-01-14 We are Contenting Ourselves 57:21
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-01-14 Mother of All Phenomena - Contemplating Thus! 34:00
Kittisaro
The liberating aspect of the teaching. Realization of the "unborn, uncreated" The door to the Dharma is never closed. Depth of Kuan Yin.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-13 A Heavenly Messenger Arrives: Today My Father Died. 50:47
Kittisaro
Kittisaro reflects on his father and his death. The ending of greed, hatred and delusion is nibbana. An analogy from the Shurangama Sutra. Entering the living silence.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-13 2e partie, enseignement et méditation de 20 minutes 59:52
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-13 1e partie, intro, instructions et méditation guidée de 25 minutes 28:17
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-01-13 Reflections for the New Year 38:42
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2015-01-12 Nature of Phenonmena Through Insight 35:04
Kittisaro
Balance of samatha and vipassana. Exploration of phenomena, and dhammas, power of seeing impermanence, dispassion and relinquishment.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-12 Deconstructing the Layers of Self-View 57:43
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
This talk includes real practice stories about working with the hindrances and seeing how we deconstruct the layers of self-view.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-01-12 Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention - Week 1 1:27:07
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 3 - Wisdom and Right Intention

2015-01-12 Beginning Again 23:16
Brian Lesage
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2015-01-12 Cultivation of Wise Reflection 43:01
Thanissara
Balance of calm and insight practice, wisdom arising from dukkha, practice of overcoming suffering, Bahiya's (the disciple who understood the teaching quickest) question to the Buddha.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-12 The Dis-ease of Busyness 59:07
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-01-11 Mindfulness of Breathing - Talk 54:54
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2015-01-11 Ajahn Chah's Advice about "Terrorists" 37:36
Kittisaro
Kittisaro reflects on his father's life, as his father approaches death. Seeing and working through the force of greed, hatred and delusion.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-11 Cultivating Inner Freedom: Using the Power of Choice to Live with Integrity Daylong with Oren J. Sofer and Miki Kashtan 24:57
Oren Jay Sofer
Finding Inner freedom -Closing
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-11 Cultivating Inner Freedom: Using the Power of Choice to Live with Integrity Daylong with Oren J. Sofer and Miki Kashtan 49:16
Oren Jay Sofer
Taking full responsibility
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-11 Cultivating Inner Freedom: Using the Power of Choice to Live with Integrity Daylong with Oren J. Sofer and Miki Kashtan 18:09
Oren Jay Sofer
Mastering difficult emotions cont
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-11 Cultivating Inner Freedom: Using the Power of Choice to Live with Integrity Daylong with Oren J. Sofer and Miki Kashtan 25:51
Oren Jay Sofer
Mastering Difficult emotions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-11 Cultivating Inner Freedom: Using the Power of Choice to Live with Integrity Daylong with Oren J. Sofer and Miki Kashtan 27:52
Oren Jay Sofer
Living in Peace with unmet needs - Meditation & Discussion
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Meditation Retreat

2015-01-11 Cultivating Inner Freedom: Using the Power of Choice to Live with Integrity Daylong with Oren J. Sofer and Miki Kashtan 27:34
Oren Jay Sofer
Living in Peace with unmet needs
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-11 Cultivating Inner Freedom: Using the Power of Choice to Live with Integrity Daylong with Oren J. Sofer and Miki Kashtan 0:00
Oren Jay Sofer
(Recording not available) 
Finding inner freedom
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-11 Cultivating Inner Freedom: Using the Power of Choice to Live with Integrity Daylong with Oren J. Sofer and Miki Kashtan 42:00
Oren Jay Sofer
Finding inner freedom
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Meditation Retreat

2015-01-11 Cultivating Inner Freedom: Using the Power of Choice to Live with Integrity Daylong with Oren J. Sofer and Miki Kashtan 23:36
Oren Jay Sofer
Intro & Welcome
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-10 Rediscovering Your Mollyness 61:35
Howard Cohn
Stepping out of and recognizing limited views of ourselves and experiencing ourselves as we are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Meditation Retreat

2015-01-10 The Training of Samadhi - Guided Meditation 30:59
Kittisaro
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-09 Impermanence, Instability, and Selflessness 61:22
Will Kabat-Zinn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Meditation Retreat

2015-01-09 Welcoming 2015: Deep Time and the Web of Interconnection 52:57
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2015-01-09 Renunciation2 - Practice of the First Foundation of Mindfulness 45:16
Thanissara
Moving from reliance on sense bases to immediate practice, here and now, of mindfulness of body/breath - Aspects of attention.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-09 Higher Training of the Mind/ Heart 49:09
Kittisaro
The ancient practice of religion and yoga binds us to limitation in order to go beyond limitation. Cultivating inner access to stability, healing and an abiding of well being through the cultivation of samadhi and jhana.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-08 No Mud, No Lotus 60:46
Howard Cohn
Discovering the four noble truths in real time.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Meditation Retreat

2015-01-08 Renunciation1 - Entering the River of Reality 39:07
Thanissara
The practice of renunciation. Leaving behind & going forth. Contemplation of death. Tolerating uncertainty. Entering the flow of Life as an act of trust. The Great Earth & times of radical shift. Grace. Wisdom of the KoiSan People
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-08 Leaving Behind Apartheid of the Heart 37:58
Kittisaro
Introduction to Mindfulness and Satipatthana Sutta as a training in freedom. Sakka's question to the Buddha about conflict.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-07 Four Domains for Mindfulness 57:39
Will Kabat-Zinn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Meditation Retreat

2015-01-07 Taking Refuge in Your Own True Nature 1:26:42
Tara Brach
The three classic refuges of Buddha (awareness), Dharma (truth) and Sangha (loving relatedness) are each expressions of our deepest essence. This talk reflects on the refuges and includes guided meditations and a closing ritual that helps us remember the pathway home in our daily life. (note: to participate in the ritual you will need a piece of red string about 28 inches long)
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-01-07 Race, Racism, and Spiritual Practice 2 1:10:25
Donald Rothberg
We continue to explore race and racism and how we respond to these through our practice. We focus on (1) the challenges of responding to collective suffering, (2) exploring the ignorance related to race and social conditioning on many levels, and (3) working with the various emotions and thoughts that arise in exploring race and racism.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-01-07 Developing the Yoga of the Mind 29:49
Kittisaro
Realization of Dharma is both gradual and immediate. Ajahn Chah's reflection on Being Dharma. Training in awarness.
Dharmagiri Being Dharma Month Long at Dharmagiri, South Africa

2015-01-06 Closing Talks - Akincano, Catherine, and Yanai 51:47
Yanai Postelnik
Clues for practice and encouragement
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2015-01-05 New Years Resolutions 47:19
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-01-05 Q&A 63:13
Catherine McGee
Responses to questions that have come in during the week.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2015-01-05 Classical Teaching on Non-Self 51:40
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
The Buddha never denied or affirmed the existence of a self. He merely noted that when we relate to the body, feeling, perception, formations and consciousness with attachment, we suffer. Non-identification with the body and mind frees us.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-01-05 Maps and Overview: Stages Of Attention 49:38
Akincano Marc Weber
Where mindfulness can get lost, dimensions of meditative practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2015-01-04 Something and Nothing: A Very Human Path Of Awakening 1:12:01
Yanai Postelnik
The fruition of authentic and liberating practice is revealed through our human like, but not bound by it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2015-01-04 Daylong Retreat talk - The Buddha's Path to Well-Being 1:14:57
Howard Cohn
Talk 3 of 3
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-04 Daylong Retreat talk - The Buddha's Path to Well-Being 65:16
Howard Cohn
Talk 2 of 3
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-01-04 Daylong Retreat talk - The Buddha's Path to Well-Being 1:30:05
Howard Cohn
Talk 1 of 3
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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