Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2014-04-17 Remembering the Most Important Thing 51:07
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2014-04-17 Wise Responses to Hindrances 52:48
Jake Dartington	Download Listen
Gaia House : A Path of Freedom

2014-04-17 Reflection On Benefits Of Metta 17:43
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-17 Framed By Awareness 56:32
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Our mind /body is held in the grip of kamma, framed by anxiety, grief and other forms of dukkha. Mindfulness replaces this frame with clear, emphatic awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2014-04-17 The Signless Gates Of Liberation 18:27
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Liberation is signless not a sensation, emotion or thought. The gates are signless, desirelessness and emptiness. "uncertainty" is the approach to these gates.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2014-04-17 NY Dharma Punx with Q&A 55:42
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
NY Dharma Punx w/ Q&A
Shakti Vihara

2014-04-16 Q&A 1:26:32
Ajahn Sucitto, Ajahn Jayanto, Ajahn Metta	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2014-04-16 RAIN - Cultivating a Mindful Awareness 1:22:24

Tara Brach

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The acronym RAIN is a powerful tool for interrupting habitual patterns of emotional reactivity and discovering the freedom of an awake, compassionate presence. This talk explores the components of RAIN, how it works, what makes it transformational and typical challenges people encounter. The teachings include a guided RAIN meditation.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-04-16 Path of Service, Volunteer Dharma Talk 61:56
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
This is a dharma talk that Donald gave for our volunteer sangha on the theme of "The Path of Service," which is also the theme that Spirit Rock staff are working with this year.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-04-16 Guided Metta Meditation 1:14:10
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-16 Three Levels of Daily Life Practice 57:43
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After a review of foundational, intermediate and advanced daily life practices, we focus on several central practices, working with intention, using the imagination, grounding in the body and taking difficulties as practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-04-16 Questions and Answers 56:19
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2014-04-16 Where is the Buddha? And where am I? 23:21
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Using a devotional form catalysis a heart energy that is relational. This rather than any image is Buddha"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2014-04-15 Movement, Mirrors and Balance 49:47
Ajahn Jayanto	Download Listen
Finding balance and consistency in using the stuff of life to learn how the heart moves and deepens the practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2014-04-15 Five Spiritual Faculties & Awareness 60:03
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-15 Reflection On Leaonard Cohen Song 2:18
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-15 Out of the Compulsive world 50:46
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The effect of the social structures pressures our sensitivity and has to be dissolved. We do this through real organic breathing
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2014-04-15 Day 7 - Morning Instructions 62:08
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-15 Opening The Field Of The Refuge 41:51
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Faith in awakening is the heartfelt initiator of the practice. It envisions that the process of Dharma is beautiful in the beginning, the middle - the end
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2014-04-15 Harvard Divinity School - Q&A 29:40
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Harvard Divinity School Cambridge, MA
Shakti Vihara

2014-04-14 Ripening spiritual Authority: The Five Indriya 1:15:50
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Indriya "faculties" have innate potential for awakening. Details are given on how they are to be developed and combined
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2014-04-14 Perception of Impermanence 58:46
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-14 Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Right Speech, Action & Livelihood – Week 6 1:21:49

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - The Noble Eightfold Path - Part 1 - Right Speech, Action & Livelihood

2014-04-14 Returning to Daily Life 45:01
Simon Child	Download Listen
Gaia House : A Taste of Chan

2014-04-14 Metta The Hearts Release 1:11:14
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-14 Entering the Process Of the Dharma Through Breathing 49:59
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The Buddha's right view is that there is no "thing" only process. The breathing is a supremely skillful process that supports happiness and freedom
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2014-04-14 Day 6 Morning Instructions 65:24
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-14 Puja; Lifting, Opening the Heart 23:13
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Praying is a way of lifting and opening the heast. It is a kind of offering. A skill that enables the meditator
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2014-04-13 Refuge As A Direct Experience 27:02
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Refuge as a return is our most valuable resource - awareness from this place come intentions that enrich us.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2014-04-13 Refuge As A Direct Experience -- RECOVERED 64:41
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Refuge as a return is our most valuable resource - awareness from this place come intentions that enrich us. Copy of http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/9/talk/22908 with recovered audio
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2014-04-13 A Dhamma Lifestyle: Generosity Parami 69:10
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-13 Silent Illumination 61:35
Simon Child	Download Listen
Gaia House : A Taste of Chan

2014-04-13 Closing Talk 2:40
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Awakening In Our Times

2014-04-13 How Words Create Our Future 20:56
Ayya Santussika	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Mindfulness Care Center)

2014-04-13 Transformation Of Afflictive Emotions 1:14:16
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-13 How Words Create Our Future 26:01
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Mindfulness Care Center)

2014-04-13 Day 5 - Morning Instructions 58:48
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-13 S.O.S. - Sitting on Sunday 1:30:03
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center

2014-04-13 Global Metta and the Web of Life 30:45
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Shakti Vihara

2014-04-12 Introduction to Koans 1:12:43
Simon Child	Download Listen
Gaia House : A Taste of Chan

2014-04-12 Web of Life 52:53
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Awakening In Our Times

2014-04-12 Q&A 39:41
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Awakening In Our Times

2014-04-12 Sky Guided Meditation 36:38
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Awakening In Our Times

2014-04-12 Guided Concentration Meditation 68:41
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-12 Reflection on Breath (Poem) 3:29
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-12 Day 5 Instructions-Working with the Torments 62:24
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-11 Dharma and Recovery 48:13
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-04-11 Understanding the Torments 60:06
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-11 First Evening Dharma Talk 40:53
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Awakening In Our Times

2014-04-11 Introduction to Meditation 66:13
Simon Child	Download Listen
Gaia House : A Taste of Chan

2014-04-11 Mindfulness 22:19
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Awakening In Our Times

2014-04-11 Standing Meditation 10:19
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Awakening In Our Times

2014-04-11 Relaxing into Stillness 32:21
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Awakening In Our Times

2014-04-11 Concentration 1:13:28
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-11 Reflection On Investigation 10:25
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-11 Q&A 53:01
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-11 Day 4 - Morning Instructions 57:44
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-10 Day 3 - Instructions Including Right View 62:26
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-10 Perception, thought and Views 58:43
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
What we feel, we perceive. what we perceive, we think about. But, if the perception is inaccurate, the thoughts are unreliable! Exploring the process of how perception can be influenced by states in the Mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-10 "Fresh off the Cushion" from sitting the monthlong March retreat at Spirit Rock where she was doing intensive metta practice. 50:01
Kate Munding	Download Listen
Tonight at the monastery, James Baraz was there with Kate Janke, IMCB co-guiding teacher. She shared her insights about metta with us which was an evening full of heart.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2014-04-10 The Cultivation Of Metta 55:10
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-10 Opening Talk 38:32
Simon Child	Download Listen
Gaia House : A Taste of Chan

2014-04-10 Reflection On Perfection And Self Judgement 6:13
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-10 Don't Cling - Breaking Slience 5:56
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-09 Q&A 13:53
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-09 4th Noble Truth 9:03
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-09 Right Views of Dhamma, Meditation & Liberation 59:50
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-09 Loving and Losing 1:21:00

Tara Brach

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The way that we relate to impermanence and loss shapes our capacity to live and love fully. This talk, drawing on Mary Oliver’s poem “In Blackwater Woods,” explores three elements in our response to this fleeting, precious life that are integral to our healing and freedom.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-04-09 Mindfulness Part 2 49:50
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-09 Reflection On Mindfulness Of Feelings 11:33
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-09 Three Levels of Daily Life Practice 1 54:37
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After reflecting on some of the challenges of contemporary daily life practice, we look at three levels of such practice, and many types of practices within each level.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-04-09 Meditation Instructions - not clinging 13:19
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-08 Three Jobs of a Yogi 60:41
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
How to begin our practice: right view: why are we doing this? Develop awareness, and persevere with patience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-08 3rd Noble Truth - The End Of Dukkha 53:16
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-08 Dharma Joy 43:27
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2014-04-08 Q&A 6:34
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-08 Q&A 17:19
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-08 Day 1- Initial Instructions, Mindfulness of Mind 66:37
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-07 The Power of Pilgrimage 57:30
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
The wonderful teaching of India and Burma, and exactly where you are today.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-04-07 Introduction to Mindfulness of Mind Retreat 41:21
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Through Dhamma Eyes: Training in Awareness and Wisdom

2014-04-07 2nd Noble Truth 46:56
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-07 Q&A and Talk 24:12
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-07 Guided Meditation On Four Elements 1:10:45
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-07 Reflection On Wandering Mind And Thinking 12:32
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-07 Meditation instructions - Passing Thoughts and Moods 20:23
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-06 1st Noble Truth 66:51
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-06 Mindfulness Part 1 1:16:33
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-06 Reflection On Walking Meditation 27:18
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-06 Q&A 18:15
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students Part 2

2014-04-05 The Path of Freedom 60:24
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
The Buddha clearly laid out a path that describes the human condition and how to navigate the varieties of suffering and pain with awareness, inquiry, mindfulness and compassion. This talk explains essential aspects of working with our human plight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation for the Curious

2014-04-04 The Ups and Downs of Practice 51:55
Diana Winston	Download Listen
How do we navigate the challenges of our meditation practice and what are the potential fruits of practice? Good for beginners.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation for the Curious

2014-04-04 Samvega 66:49
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-04 Reflection On Attitude 9:38
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-04 Opening Talk 1:10:09
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : One Month Hermitage with Marcia Rose

2014-04-03 Steps 11 & 12 44:54
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Exploring connection between Steps 11 and 12 and Dharma.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Buddhism and the 12 Steps Class Series

2014-04-03 Sutta Series: The Angulimala Sutta - MN #86 53:01
James Baraz	Download Listen
One of the most inspiring teachings on the potential for each of us to change. Angulimala, a violent killer, encounters the Buddha, wakes up from his confusion and becomes a holy man. No matter how deep our unskillful habits are, we can take comfort and inspiration in the capacity of the heart to awaken and face in the right direction.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2014-04-02 Stress and Our Evolving Consciousness 1:20:04

Tara Brach

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The universal experience of stress (in Buddhism, called dukkha) is a message that we are not realizing, trusting and living from our true nature. Our habitual reactions to stress - grasping, aversion, resistance - deepen emotional pain and lock us in a limiting sense of egoic-self. This talk explores how, with conscious intention and deepened attention, the stressful difficulties we encounter can become the very grounds of healing and spiritual awakening.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-04-02 Buddha's Awakening 49:13
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen

2014-04-02 Reflections On A Month Retreat 59:39
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Just returned from a month of retreat practice, i offer various reflections on retreat theme, including impermanence and death, working with inner guidance, and taking all experiences in a learning context, and on core practices, (concentration, insight, metta, and open spacious awareness), ending with a brief song.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-04-01 Light and Love 36:04
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma