Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2016-12-11 Perspectives on pain. 47:54
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
There is the pain of our narrative. The pain of desire, The pain of separation, The pain of the time – all are terminated through our willingness to meet the here and now
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation and the Heart

2016-11-02 Awakening Consciousness in Shadowy Times - Part 2 68:50

Tara Brach

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The shadow is the unfaced, unlived fears and emotional pain in our individual and collective psyche. When not brought into awareness it expresses as “no” - the anger, aggression, hopelessness and cynicism that is resisting and opposing life. In this talk we explore how to evolve our consciousness by bringing “yes” - clarity and loving acceptance - to the parts of our being we have been unwilling to feel. This loving “yes” reconnects us to our basic goodness and helps others do the same.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2016-10-30 Meditation as Medicine (MBSR): An Approach to Stress Reduction, Chronic Pain and Illness 6:59:23
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-10-06 Finding Freedom Through Grief 48:53
James Baraz	Download Listen
How can we process deep pain and turn it into deepening compassion and understanding? Kaye Cleave shares her moving story with James and the community about losing her 18-year old daughter and finding a way to transform her grief into meaningful beneficial action. The talk begins with this video about her trip to Nepal to build a school in honor of her daughter. To view the video: Catherine's Gift, go to Youtube.com at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HILTuvNRXrg
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2016-09-22 Pain and Compassion - Reflection Being with Body 59:37
Christiane Wolf	Download Listen
How we perceive the body from the inside and the outside, how mindfulness and compassion helps with physical and emotional pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2016-09-15 Instructions - Opening to Pain & Discomfort 57:36
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
Gaia House : Compassion and Action in a Changing World

2016-09-10 Ground, Balance and Wholeness 33:10
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Guided Sitting Meditation: (Guidance begins at 10 min, and then again at 25 min) Ask the body to align and find balance, then allow it to happen through vitality versus will power. Look for wholeness with regards to physical pain: rather than splitting into a 'me' who has a stiff shoulder – can it be included?
London Insight Meditation : Guided by Nature

2016-09-03 Discovering six sense doors and the body 61:40
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Mindfulness of pain, experience and body
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Uncovering Innate Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend

2016-08-18 Holding the Lotus to the Rock 42:43
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Sariputta said (SN 21.1): “There is nothing in the world with whose change there would arise in me sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, and despair.” It is hard to remember the Buddha’s teachings when the mind is beset with fear and anxiety. But we can escape from these bonds by disempowering the hindrances, calming the mind and seeing with greater wisdom. For this process to bear fruit, we have to fully trust the path alone and not put our trust in the world. A talk given at a 7 day SIMT retreat in the Chapin Mill Zen Retreat Centre, Batavia, Rochester, NY.
Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT)

2016-08-11 Difficulty as Opportunity 46:16
Thanissara	Download Listen
Calm as ground for insight. Disturbance is the path. What hinders can awaken. Emptying reactivity to painful feeling.
Gaia House : From Separation to Seamless Reality