2020-01-18 13 meditation: mindfulness of mind 27:06
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Steadying awareness on the breath and physical sensations, then opening to include sounds, thoughts, and emotions
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-18 12 instructions: mindfulness of mind 9:37
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
A short introduction to exploring mindfulness of the mind, including thoughts, emotions, moods, and mind-states
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-18 First Morning Instructions. Breath and Body 64:53
JoAnna Hardy	Download Listen
Settling and stabilizing in the first foundation of mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Wisdom and Compassion for Our Time: Insight Meditation Weekend

2020-01-17 11 talk: befriending the mind 46:39
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Some ways of developing a wiser relationship to our mental activity: thoughts, emotions, moods and mind-states
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-17 10 guided meditation: metta for the benefactor 21:13
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
A short guided meditation offering metta to the benefactor, using a combination of radiating energy and reciting phrases methods
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-17 09 instructions: metta 19:01
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
A brief introduction to metta or kindness as the first of the four brahmavihara practices
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-17 08 guided meditation: exploring the four elemental qualities 15:51
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
A short guided meditation lying down, bringing awareness to the elemental qualities of earth, water, fire and air within the body and externally
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-17 07 instructions: mindfulness of the body in terms of the four elemental qualities 13:21
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Exploring mindfulness of the body in terms of the four elemental qualities of earth, water, fire and air
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-16 When We Consider Suffering, Kindness is the Only Response 58:46
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  January Metta Retreat

2020-01-16 Ācariya Puja - Recollect Pāramī (Evening Public Talk) 63:47
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
A recollection of the qualities and effects of the teacher, Ajahn Chah. A teacher’s presence can bring forth a lot in people. They recognize the potential for strength that is there for all of us and help us develop pāramī.
Cittaviveka :  Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020

2020-01-16 04 meditation: body scan and mindfulness of breathing 25:12
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Beginning with a body scan inviting tension to soften and relax, then bringing awareness to the breath, starting with the simple knowing of breathing in and breathing out
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-16 03 instructions: sati and samadhi 14:15
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
A short exploration of mindfulness (sati) in the context of insight meditation, and how it is supported by clear comprehension (sampajanno) and stability of mind or non-distractability (samadhi)
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-15 Meditation: Coming Home with the Breath 20:34
Tara Brach	Download Listen
This guided practice has a short period of relaxing the body, and establishes the breath as a home base for attention. We practice arriving again and again, deepening the pathway of homecoming. The meditation ends with lovingkindness for ourselves and our world.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-01-15 Shifting from Limbic to Liberating Itention 48:32
Tara Brach	View Download Listen
Becoming conscious of our intentions is the first step to truly aligning our life with our heart. This talk explores identifying when we are being driven by grasping and fear, and ways we can bring compassion to unmet needs and discover the deeper longing – the liberating intention – that guides us to freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-01-15 Compassion, Community-Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:15
Beth Sternlieb	Download Listen
"One who loves has the key to unlock the door to ultimate reality: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  January Metta Retreat

2020-01-15 From hindrances to awakening factors. 53:23
Jaya Rudgard	Download Listen
Long term and immediate practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-15 Brahmavihara Practice 46:28
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Instructions for "radiating metta" and guided practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  January Metta Retreat

2020-01-15 Sweeping the Body 44:25
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Something in us – citta – searches for release from suffering. It struggles to rise out of old patterns, which means one has to enter them. Sweeping meditation is a skillful means. It’s not just a physical exercise but an opportunity to clear kamma.
Cittaviveka :  Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020

2020-01-15 Instructions of choiceless attention and awareness of awareness 53:53
Yuka Nakamura	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-15 The Buddha under the Tree Story is True 1:55:28
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2020-01-14 The Transformative Power of Metta Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:21
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Guided by a recent translation of a poem about metta practice by an early Buddhist nun, from The First Free Women, we contemplate the simple yet radical and profound spirit of metta practice. The author tells us: "I have followed this Path of friendship to its end. And I can say with absolute certainty—it will lead you home.” We look at how metta cuts through fear, how it deepens concentration, how we work with the challenges of metta practice, how we navigate the “purification process” linked with metta practice, and how we integrate the kind heart, mindfulness, wisdom, and skillful action.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  January Metta Retreat

2020-01-14 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, Week 1 1:29:31
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Course introduction, two guided meditations, and dharma talk
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, Jan-Feb 2020

2020-01-14 Right Intention 55:54
Yuka Nakamura	Download Listen
Our actions are often driven by unconscious or conflicting intentions. How can we align with wholesome intentions and cultivate wholesome mindstates?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-14 Reflections on Metta for difficult people: guided Metta meditation. 45:32
Jaya Rudgard	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-14 Completing the Inner Conversation 40:51
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
We come to Dhamma practice hoping for calm and quiet, but that may be down the track a while. Begin instead with dialogue, listening to the inner chatter with patience and steadiness. As agitated and troubling states are lovingly met, the passion around them fades. We can experience the nibbāna element here and now.
Cittaviveka :  Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020

2020-01-14 Morning Reflections 21:49
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
Seven bojjhangas starting with Sati. Bring balance. Seeing the body as physical elements and identifying some causes for its manifestation.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  January 2020

2020-01-14 Morning Instructions On Thoughts 51:06
Chris Cullen	Download Listen
Exploringintentions in working with thoughts - how to develop mindfulness of thoughts and a deepening understanding of their shaping influence
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-13 Buddhist Studies - Anatta: The Impersonal Nature of Experience - Week 1 1:34:42
Mark Nunberg	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Anatta: The Impersonal Nature of Experience
Buddhist Studies - Anatta: The Impersonal Nature of Experience - Week 1 - Meditation 37:15 Download Listen Buddhist Studies - Anatta: The Impersonal Nature of Experience - Week 1 - Talk 57:26 Download Listen

2020-01-13 Self, Non-self, and the importance of flexibility of view. 62:57
Chris Cullen	Download Listen
An exploration of the Buddha's teaching on anatta (not-self), and the importance also of honoring personhood and cultivating flexibility of view so as to respond appropriately to circumstances. The emptiness of all phenomena is also briefly explained and explored.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-13 S.E.S. January - Intimacy & Imagination - Wise View - Dharma talk 34:36
Sebene Selassie	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center :  Sacred Earth Sangha

2020-01-13 S.E.S. January - Intimacy & Imagination -Wise View - guided meditation 13:13
Sebene Selassie	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center :  Sacred Earth Sangha

2020-01-13 S.E.S. January - Intimacy & Imagination - Reflections 27:13
Sebene Selassie	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center :  Sacred Earth Sangha

2020-01-13 "What Is Meditation" 56:15
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
Meditation is described as "sensitivity, intelligence, and adjustment". Parallels are done with "Sati, Panna, and Viriya" - a trilogy principle seen in MN:117, Mahācattārīsaka Sutta
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  January 2020

2020-01-13 Guided Metta meditation for self and benefactor 43:30
Yuka Nakamura	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-13 What Shape Is Your Mind 46:45
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Unskillful saṇkhāras can be undone in the same way they are formed – through perception. Choose particular tones like friendliness and welcome. Introduce them into the body and ask how it feels. Skillful use of perception and attention can sooth and steady the body’s energy.
Cittaviveka :  Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020

2020-01-13 Climate Change / Ram Dass | Monday Night talk 62:14
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Jack talks about climate change, remembering the bigger picture of life, and the uncertainty of tomorrow. He also shares some memories and honors Ram Dass.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2020-01-13 Instructions and guided meditation: mindfulness of mindstates. 51:12
Jaya Rudgard	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-12 The Sensitive Heart - Meditation 33:43
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2020-01-12 The Sensitive Heart - Talk 44:43
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2020-01-12 Guided Metta Meditation 45:56
Chris Cullen	Download Listen
Brief introduction followed by a guided metta meditation for group, self, and benefactors
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-12 Practising with Ground, Space and Rhythm 45:26
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Contact with the world causes citta to lose its sense of ground, space and rhythm. Use of body is recommended as a meditation theme. We practice to carefully meet contact impression, training intention and attention to be for one’s welfare.
Cittaviveka :  Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020

2020-01-12 Instructions on mindfulness of vedana 54:06
Yuka Nakamura	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-11 The Four Ennobling Truths 61:30
Yuka Nakamura	Download Listen
The teaching on the four ennobling truths speaks to our lived experience. It addresses the existential fact of facing suffering, pain, stress, and conflict in our lives and offers a way to understand the causes and conditions that lead to suffering and to the end of suffering. The four ennobling truths can guide us in our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-11 Anattā Is the Way Out (Evening Public Talk) 52:12
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The unawakened worldly mind seeks to accumulate. It generates a sense of self from holding on. The Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta points to release and letting go. We practice standing back from phenomena, allowing things to move and shift without reacting to them. Just witnessing and awake – this is liberation.
Cittaviveka :  Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020

2020-01-11 Guided meditaation on the five elements in the body. 45:34
Jaya Rudgard	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-11 Saṇkhāra – the Constructor of All 46:24
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
We are encouraged to understand saṇkhāra, the programs that take hold of us and result in unskillful states. It is possible to not act on these programs, release some of their pressure, and turn the citta towards skillful states.
Cittaviveka :  Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020

2020-01-11 Morning instructions on body 56:50
Chris Cullen	Download Listen
Review of first day instructions, suggestions about deepening and sustaining connection with anchors and practicing with discomfort and pain.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-10 Practicing with the elements. 59:46
Chris Cullen	Download Listen
An exploration of ways of practicing with perceptions of the five elements - earth, water, fire, air, space - so as to cultivate samadhi, realize non-self (anatta) and understand the appearance and fabrication of perception and intention.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-10 Instructions on practicing with the hinderances. 44:35
Yuka Nakamura	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-10 Direct Practice – Feeling, Perception and Saṇkhāra 40:21
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Citta is only touched by feeling and perception. Through not seeing this, not feeling and directly handling it, the whole realm of dukkha gets fabricated. Meet experience directly, with mindfulness and wisdom, and suffering eases up.
Cittaviveka :  Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020