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Dharma Talks
2013-11-29 Questions & Answers: Consciousness/Awareness, Citta/ Mano, Craving/Clinging, Time/Space, Mindfulness of Breathing 1:16:46
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-29 Wise Speech 57:09
Rebecca Bradshaw
The Buddha suggestions on speaking skillfully. Includes recommendations for emailing and texting.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-29 L'attention, dans tous ses états 52:48
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La sagesse incarnée

2013-11-29 Equanimity Reflection and Guided Meditation 57:45
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-29 Action and Presence: Integration Through the Heart 45:49
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-29 Morning 45:28
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-28 Dying into the Deathless 47:07
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-28 Gratitude, Joy & Humility 62:03
Anushka Fernandopulle
Thanksgiving reflections on wholesome qualities including gratitude, generosity, joy humility.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-11-28 From Grabbing to Integration: Fully Understanding the Four Nutriments 57:34
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-28 Following Breath Energy Through the Body 1:29:10
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-27 The Evolving of Generosity 1:26:21
Tara Brach
This talk explores how we can open out of the habit of grasping and deliberately nourish our natural capacity for generosity, for living love.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2013-11-27 The Experience of Feeling 58:31
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-11-27 Relative and Ultimate Bodhicitta: Compassion and Emptiness 57:15
Joseph Goldstein
An exploration of the causes, obstacles and mind states of compassion in our lives and in the world.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-27 Dharma Talk 1:16:51
Larry Rosenberg
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2013-11-27 Everything Is Given 59:27
Pamela Weiss

2013-11-27 Impromptu Interview with Korean Bhikkhuni 61:56
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-11-27 Samatha Supports Insight: Integrating versus Disintegrating 6:46
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-27 Morning 38:53
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-26 The Joy and Preciousness of Change 59:21
Pat Coffey
Change is the fundamental law of nature. How one learns to skillfully be with unwanted change is the difference between a life of peace and a life of anguish. Mindfulness practice addresses this directly.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-11-26 Evening 0:35
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-26 Monthly Sitting and Inquiry: Nov 26, 2013 67:59
Gina Sharpe
Monthly Sitting and Inquiry: Nov 26, 2013
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2013-11-26 Dependent Origination: Death 56:14
Rodney Smith
Birth and aging inevitably lead to dying and death. The Buddha suggests this pattern can be broken by waking up to the sequencing of Dependent Origination. We cannot prevent the body from dying but we can opt out from the paradigm in which "I" die along with it. When we live encased within the idea of "me," with the "me" as real as the physical form we embody, then as the body ages we will fear our death. Interestingly enough, by eliminating everything that lives within the cycle of birth and death, we find our way out of death. Investigating what remains after death or what cannot be born or age can begin to move us away from dependency on form. We cannot rest our answer on the visible world because all we see will be taken away. If _what_ we see dies, perhaps the invisible _seeing_ itself holds the deathless. What is it that sees out of our eyes? Again, not what we see, but the seeing or awareness itself. Awareness gives us the capacity to see, but awareness cannot be seen. Though awareness cannot be seen, it can be intimated through a felt-sense of the body.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: Dependent Origination

2013-11-26 Two Aspects of Awareness: Unifying the Cognitive and the Affective 38:12
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-26 Morning 42:04
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-25 Liberation Through Non-Clinging 55:53
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-25 Suffering and Kindness 53:55
Anushka Fernandopulle
Facing the truth of Dukkha *(strain, unreliability, stress, unsatisfactoriness, suffering) and how kindness is connected. Developing a gentle continuity of awareness on retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-11-25 Touching into Good Fortune 15:44
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-25 Brahmaviharas - equanimity 1:14:21
Rebecca Bradshaw
Overview of the fourth Brahmavihara, equanimity, and instructions in how to practice it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-25 Widening into the Karmic Field 43:55
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-25 Morning 35:48
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-24 Not yet titled 48:33
Spring Washam
The Highest Path to Happiness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-24 Perfectly Human: Difficult States of Mind 55:01
Wes Nisker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-11-24 Responding to Structures with Awareness 45:27
Ajahn Sumedho
15 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2013-11-24 Consciousness and Guilt 45:53
Ajahn Sumedho
31 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2013-11-24 The Theatre of Selves (Part Three) 64:34
Rob Burbea
Gaia House November Solitary

2013-11-24 Cittanupassana: Meeting the Edge of “I am” 63:22
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-24 Morning Q&A - Mindfulness Of The Mind 28:59
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-24 Morning 34:24
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-23 Evening Talk - encouragement on the path 57:47
Dhammaruwan
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-23 Wisdom and Effort 61:37
Andrea Fella
An exploration of wise and balanced effort in our meditation practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-11-23 Five Doors to the Deathless 48:37
Catherine McGee
Gaia House November Solitary

2013-11-22 Chanting 43:13
Dhammaruwan
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-22 Questions & Answers: Grounded in the Body; Walking Meditation; Metta, Heedfulness, Stream Entry 64:18
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-22 Generosity 58:45
Rebecca Bradshaw
Discusses the benefits of generosity and how it supports our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-22 Marana-Sati - Contemplating Death 59:47
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary

2013-11-22 Relinquishing Attachment to Psychological Forms 42:25
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-22 Morning 29:55
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-21 Climate Change, Capitalism, and Buddhadharma 57:26
Joanna Macy
An impassioned talk that includes a little known story from the suttas about the dangers of and suffering caused by the notion of private property. During the talk, winds of 45 mph buffeted the monastery, emergency sirens sounded in the distance, and three power outages occurred. Ends with a lively discussion with the sangha.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks
In collection: One Earth Sangha

2013-11-21 Questions & Answers: Sankhara, Awareness, Jhana 57:52
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-21 Anatta: Not-Self or No Unchanging Self 59:52
Nikki Mirghafori
Understanding Self As A Process: Self is an emergent property of the constituents of our experience (i.e. the five aggregates). Practices pointing to anatta are shared, followed by the connection between anatta and peace & freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-21 What it is Like to be a Human Being 1:15:06
Ajahn Sumedho
03 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2013-11-21 Understanding Conditions 24:34
Ajahn Sumedho
12 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2013-11-21 Practice in Society and Individual Conditioning 58:38
Ajahn Sumedho
30 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014) 00:00 Q1: Have you ever had doubts and considered disrobing?; 03:55 Q2: What do you think of more socially, enviromentally engaged monks? 14:08 Q3 [Some people say] there is a conspiracy of the older monks against women who [they say want to] change the dhamma; 25:42 Q4 What do you think about the future of Buddhism in the west and the different interests of westerners, even some aversion to hearing about the Four Noble Truths?; 50:50 Q5 Is samsara within or also external to the mind of the individual?

2013-11-21 Experiences with Krooba Ajahns 30:22
Ajahn Sumedho
34 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2013-11-21 Questions and Answers 43:34
Christina Feldman
Gaia House November Solitary

2013-11-21 Calm and Insight Through Anapanasati 59:45
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-21 Morning 43:51
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-20 Evening Chanting 36:46
Greg Scharf
A short reflection on sharing of merit followed by chanting of Karaniya Metta Sutta in Pali and English. Meditation period ends with chanting verses of sharing and aspiration
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-20 Questions and Answers 65:10
Joseph Goldstein
Wide range of questions. Creativity, hallucination of view, trauma, stream entry, etc.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-20 Accessing Innate Wisdom 1:24:52
Tara Brach
Wisdom is an innate capacity, but often covered over by trance. This talk explores how we abandon ourselves as we busily seek ways to feel more worthy, loveable and safe. We then look at the pathway home, the radical non-doing and space of silence that allows wisdom and love to flow through.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2013-11-20 Getting Samadhi 35:30
Ajahn Sumedho
24 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2013-11-20 Distortions 1:31:43
Alex Haley
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-11-20 Impermanence and Contingency 1:14:03
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-11-20 The Indriyas: Leaders to Trust 45:33
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-20 Morning 39:02
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-19 What do Buddhas Know? 57:44
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-19 Interbeing 38:52
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2013-11-19 Back to Basics 46:52
Catherine McGee
Gaia House November Solitary

2013-11-19 Morning Reflection and Q&A 16:15
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-19 Timeless Here 49:31
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-19 Morning 48:18
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-18 Patience 50:43
Greg Scharf
Patience is one of our best allies in meditation practice and an essential quality to develop on the path.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-18 Freedom from the Conceit: I Am 53:51
Adrianne Ross
Explores becoming and self identity - the greater cause of happiness is freedom from the conceit I am.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Exploring Awareness

2013-11-18 Instructions on chanting the Anapanasati Sutta & Breathing into Here 38:31
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-18 POC Sangha Evening: Nov 18, 2013 61:15
Gina Sharpe
This sitting group provides instruction in insight meditation and fosters mutual support and understanding among the growing community of people of color who find nourishment and inspiration in the practice.
New York Insight Meditation Center POC Sangha Evening

2013-11-18 The Brahmaviharas - Metta, Mudita, Karuna And Upekha 54:34
Dhammaruwan
Guided Meditation Instructions on Metta and Compassion. The heart of the path is being a good person. Expounding Metta (friendliness), Mudita (appreciative joy), Karuna (compassion) and Upekha (equanimity).
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-18 Erasing the Psychological Thumbprint 57:06
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-17 Hindrances, Right View, and Resting in the Field of Merit 59:28
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-17 The Three Assasins 60:14
Spring Washam
A light hearted talk about letting go, freedom and wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-17 Resting in Awakened Awareness: A Better Way to Live 66:10
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Exploring Awareness

2013-11-17 Evening 8:41
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-17 The Theatre of Selves (Part Two) 62:01
Rob Burbea
Gaia House November Solitary

2013-11-17 Liberate the Body & Stretch the Mind: Self & Not-Self 1:15:59
Wes Nisker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-11-17 Morning 52:42
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-16 Dependent Origination 61:27
Nikki Mirghafori
This talk begins with discussing both the general principle of dependent origination and its specific application to the problem of suffering which results in the twelve links. the multi-life model of the twelve links is discussed, with brief highlights of the one-life moment to moment model mentioned at the end.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-15 Guided Meditation on the Three Strands of Breathing 50:23
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-15 The Art of Being 55:26
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary

2013-11-15 Morning Session 45:10
Ven. Dhammadinna
Mountain Hermitage Listening, Contemplation and Meditation: A Study Retreat on Right View with Ven. Dhammadinna and Tenzin Jesse

2013-11-15 The Hindrances and Their Mythology 68:15
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-15 Morning 49:27
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-14 Questions & Answers: Sankhara, Sense Desire, & Bowing 62:45
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-14 Living In Delusion. Living In Truth 61:24
Rebecca Bradshaw
The movement from delusion to truth with mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-14 Joy 41:59
Christina Feldman
Gaia House November Solitary

2013-11-14 Refuge and Presence 50:47
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-14 Morning 51:40
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-13 Third Noble Truth - The End Of Craving 59:42
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2013-11-13 Part 2: Vulnerability, Intimacy, & Spiritual Awakening 1:22:24
Tara Brach
We each live with uncertainty and the fear of rejection and loss, and we each are conditioned to avoid feeling or expressing that vulnerability. Yet intimacy with this unlived life is the gateway to connecting authentically with others, full aliveness and spiritual realization. These talks explore the ways that we defend ourselves, and the pathway to gently, wisely and intelligently disarming and freeing our hearts.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2013-11-13 Finding Ground in the Body 1:17:05
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 9 to December 8 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-11-13 Finding Inspiration for Practice 61:47
Myoshin Kelley
Guest Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-11-13 Settling, Being With and Just Being 55:35
Pamela Weiss

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