Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2013-01-17 The Power of Generosity 56:47
James Baraz	Download Listen
James is joined by Phil Catalfo, who runs the Berkeley Neighborhood Food Project, for a rich discussion about the power of generosity. Giving not only benefits the recipient but the giver as well. While BNFP alleviates the suffering of those who are “food insecure;” it also alleviates the suffering of the donors by providing them a means to process their feelings, thoughts, and memories about food, hunger, abundance, guilt, and so on. Participants report a vastly expanded sense of themselves and become profoundly grateful for the opportunity to experience that. They see that “everybody wins” is an actual option in this world. BNFP Website
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2012-12-10 The Power of Generosity 55:31
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
The Buddha spoke highly of generosity. - how does generosity open the heart and bring connection, openness and many wholesome qualities? - what supports and hinders this beautiful quality? - how to practice this in simple gradual and life changing ways?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-11-21 Gratitude & Generosity: Markings of Inner Freedom 1:28:48

Tara Brach

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Those who are genuinely happy, are also naturally grateful for life and generous in living. This Thanksgiving Eve talk explores key ways we block the arising of gratitude and generosity, and practices of mindful presence and direct cultivation that awaken these expressions of the liberated heart.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-09-28 Generosity: Foundation Of The Path 62:48
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2012-09-20 In Praise of Loving Kindness 53:52
Kirsten Kratz	Download Listen
This talks explores how the cultivation of qualities like Loving Kindness, Compassion, Generosity can support, nurture and bring about transformation, ease and healing on a personal level, and how, extending beyond the purely personal, these qualities can support us in responding skilfully to the issues of our times
Gaia House : Cultivating Loving Kindness

2012-09-02 Transforming Suffering into Happiness 64:22
James Baraz	Download Listen
The magic of mindfulness is how it weakens unwholesome (akusala) states of suffering and strengthens wholesome (kusala) states of well-being. This talk explains this process of alchemy: how greed, hatred and delusion are trnsformed into generosity, loving-kindness and wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Retreat

2012-08-21 Generosity and Lovingkindness 37:03
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2012-07-02 Transforming Poison into Medicine 51:45
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Through mindfulness and wisdom, we can transfor the three poisons (greed, hatred and delusion) into generosity, lovingkindness and wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Annual People of Color Retreat: Deepening Your Dharma

2012-05-25 The Unshakable Deliverance of Mind 65:57
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
The clear message of the Buddha is that this holy life has as its end the unshakable deliverance of mind. (The Simile of the Heartwood, MN 29 and 30). This talk is about what is to be cultivated in our lives so that this deliverance is actualized. The cultivation of dana (generosity), sila (living a virtuous life), and bhavana (developing the mind through concentration and insight)….these three lead one securely in the direction of nibbana.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-05-01 Fundamentals of the Dharma: Generosity 57:07
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Why is generosity a fundamental dharma issue? The dharma opens us beyond our self-limitations, and generosity is the essential direction of that opening. There is a balance between staying within ourselves and our understanding without idealizing the dharma while working with our edges that keep us contained within ourselves. Generosity is the authentic journey out of that container where we realize we were never alone or isolated. Generosity is the manifestation in action of connectedness and is the fundamental conduit of a life lived from the heart.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: Fundamentals of the Dharma