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Dharma Talks
2019-10-02 The Five Great Gifts 50:21
Kittisaro
Beginning s month-long retreat. Aligning with refuge. The five great gifts of undertaking the five precepts. Not being in a hurry.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-10-01 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Week Four 1:27:08
Mark Nunberg
Week 4 of a 6 week introductory course to Mindfulness Meditation. Includes 30 minute meditation followed by talk and discussion with the class.
Common Ground Meditation Center Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

2019-10-01 Letting Go 21:30
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2019-10-01 Q&A Resistance Rebirth and Moral Justice What suffers Mindfulness Apps Spiritual Attainments 48:22
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2019-10-01 Die Brahmavihara, Teil 1: Metta 50:07
Renate Seifarth
Die Metta Praxis ist Teil der Brahmavihara-Praxis. Im Vortrag geht es darum, was sich hinter Metta verbirgt, warum diese Qualität von Bedeutung für uns und den Weg des Erwachens ist und wie sie kultiviert wird.
Waldhaus am Laacher See :  6 Tage Metta Retreat

2019-10-01 Guided Metta Meditation 2:09
Leigh Brasington
Do you like to be happy?

2019-10-01 Right View Comes First 47:57
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Thanissaro Bhikkhu reviews the Four Noble Truths as the categorical teaching of the Buddha - true and always beneficial. He describes the duties that enable us to fully understand and comprehend them and how the three characteristics - Dukkha, Annica, Anatta - are used in support of these duties and this understanding.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2019-09-30 Exploring The Experience Of Tanha (Craving) 59:17
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-30 Insight and Resilience in Times of Change 68:21
Oren Jay Sofer
How can our spiritual practice be a source of healing and guidance in troubled times? The Buddhist path and its meditation practice offers a range of resources that can help us face challenges, personally and collectively.
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2019-09-30 Insight and Resilience in Times of Change-guided meditation 36:42
Oren Jay Sofer
How can our spiritual practice be a source of healing and guidance in troubled times? The Buddhist path and its meditation practice offers a range of resources that can help us face challenges, personally and collectively.
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2019-09-30 The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha–The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience - Week 4 - Meditation 30:57
Mark Nunberg
Chant followed by guided meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha – The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience

2019-09-30 The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha–The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience - Week 4 - Talk 30:34
Mark Nunberg
The small group discussions which concluded the session are not included.
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha – The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience

2019-09-30 Compassion in Action 61:28
Pawan Bareja
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-09-30 Holding Love and Grief for the Earth 51:55
Mark Coleman
How the Bramha Viharas - the divine abodes of love, compassion, joy and equanimity arise in relationship to being in nature and how they suggest us holding the grief and pain during climate/eco crisis.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild: Embracing Change

2019-09-29 Working With Afflictive Thought Patterns 1: Wisdom as antidote 52:36
Jill Shepherd
Some suggestions for bringing wisdom to deeply conditioned mental patterns such as "lack" mind and comparing mind
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-29 Pain is Inevitable, Suffering is Optional - Meditation 32:55
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-29 Pain is Inevitable, Suffering is Optional - Talk 57:35
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-29 Insight and Awakening in Nature 45:40
Mark Coleman
Bringing a contemplative awareness in nature reveals profound insight into impermanence, anata (not self) and the nature of reality.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild: Embracing Change

2019-09-28 Coming into Presence through Reflecting on Death and Birth 50:31
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on how reflecting on the inevitability of our death as well as the wonder of our birth establishes presence in a powerful and transformative way.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-28 Why Practice in Nature, Part 1 47:06
Mark Coleman
This talk describes the beauty, joy, presence and wakefulness that arises as we meditate outdoors.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild: Embracing Change

2019-09-27 A Call to Women: Loving our Wounded World 59:15
Konda Mason
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Women's Retreat

2019-09-27 Finding True Refuge 1:38:39
Anushka Fernandopulle
Guided meditation followed by dharma talk (begins at 29 minute mark) and question and answer session (begins at 1 hour mark).
Common Ground Meditation Center Monthly Guest Dharma Talk

2019-09-27 Deep Time on Earth; talk, guided meditation and Q&A 48:54
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight Coming Back to Our Senses

2019-09-26 Seven Factors Of Awakening 63:24
Guy Armstrong
How mindfulness activates wholesome states of mind, including energy and concentration, that lead to full awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-26 Understanding Dukkha 57:18
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight Coming Back to Our Senses

2019-09-26 What We Attend to & How 63:01
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight Coming Back to Our Senses

2019-09-25 The True Promise of Mindfulness 1:24:19
Mark Coleman
In his new book From Suffering to Peace – The True Promise of Mindfulness Mark Coleman, author and senior teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, weaves together contemporary applications with mindfulness practices in use for millennia. His approach to mindfulness and meditation empowers us to engage with and transform the inevitable stress and pain of life, so we can discover genuine peace — in the body, heart, mind, and the wider world. In this evening talk, Mark will lead brief mediations and explore the aspects of his book to help practitioners, of all kinds, access and benefit from the “true promise of mindfulness”.
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2019-09-25 The True Promise of Mindfulness-guided meditation 27:05
Mark Coleman
In his new book From Suffering to Peace – The True Promise of Mindfulness Mark Coleman, author and senior teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, weaves together contemporary applications with mindfulness practices in use for millennia. His approach to mindfulness and meditation empowers us to engage with and transform the inevitable stress and pain of life, so we can discover genuine peace — in the body, heart, mind, and the wider world. In this evening talk, Mark will lead brief mediations and explore the aspects of his book to help practitioners, of all kinds, access and benefit from the “true promise of mindfulness”.
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2019-09-25 One Auspicious Day 61:06
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight Coming Back to Our Senses

2019-09-25 Reporting on Practice & the 5 Hindrances 56:33
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight Coming Back to Our Senses

2019-09-24 2019-09-24 - Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Week Three 1:27:58
Mark Nunberg
Week 3 of a 6 week introductory course to Mindfulness Meditation. Includes 30 minute meditation followed by talk and discussion with the class.
Common Ground Meditation Center Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

2019-09-24 What Connection with Reality Reveals 52:21
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight Coming Back to Our Senses

2019-09-24 Words on Practice & Instructions for Walking Meditation 14:50
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight Coming Back to Our Senses

2019-09-24 Homemade Fake news, Talk and Guided Meditation 41:38
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight Coming Back to Our Senses

2019-09-23 Perception Of Impermanence Leads To Awakening 58:40
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-23 The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha–The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience - Week 3 - Talk 60:08
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha – The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience

2019-09-23 The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha–The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience - Week 3 - Meditation 30:09
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha’s Liberating Teachings on Dukkha – The Unsatisfactory Nature of Sense Experience

2019-09-23 Love, Letting Go and the Nectar of the Dharma - Monday Night Dharma Talk 60:03
Eugene Cash
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-09-22 An Overview Of The Four Brahma Viharas 52:18
Jill Shepherd
Exploring the skillful qualities of kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-22 The Three Joys of Giving 34:05
Dhammadīpā
given at San Francisco Insight sangha
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-09-22 The Refuge of Wisdom, Part 2 - Meditation 30:49
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-22 The Refuge of Wisdom, Part 2 - Talk 51:42
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-22 Insight Santa Cruz's 30th Anniversary Commemoration 1:26:03
Mary Grace Orr
Founding Teacher Mary Grace Orr and current Guiding Teacher Bob Stahl lead a celebration of Insight Santa Cruz's community for the center's 30th year anniversary. Joined by fellow Teachers Carla Brennen, Gil Fronsdal, Jason Murphy Pedilla, Marcy Reynolds. This recording includes silent sitting, brief dharma talks / shares by each of the leading teachers, and community members sharing about what ISC has meant for different people. "This [was] a very special event to honor our Sangha. How special that we have been supported all these years through the generosity of our community and never charged a single cent! How wonderful to have served the Dhamma to thousands of people through the years." - Bob Stahl "The gift of Dhamma, excels all other gifts". - The Dhammapada
Insight Santa Cruz

2019-09-22 The Refuge of Wisdom, Part 1 - Meditation 32:13
Mark Nunberg
Begins with chanting the Five Subjects for Frequent Recollection, followed by a guided meditation.
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-22 The Refuge of Wisdom, Part 1 - Talk 37:30
Mark Nunberg
Last few minutes of audio are missing.
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-09-22 Morning Instructions: Choiceless Attention 60:26
Guy Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-22 Emotions 36:04
Chas DiCapua
Understanding the place of emotions in daily life and the part they play in the development of the eightfold path.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Meditation, Nature and Awareness

2019-09-21 Unbearable Wholeness of Being (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:01
Mary Grace Orr
An exploration of the new cosmology, evolution and the Buddhist teaching of anatta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

2019-09-21 Day 5 Dharma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:12:46
Wes Nisker, Leslie Booker, Vinny Ferraro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation

2019-09-21 Gratitude Body Scan (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:12
Christiane Wolf
Body Scan
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body

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