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Dharma Talks
2019-06-08 02 instructions: befriending the mind 22:00
Jill Shepherd
Introduction to the workshop theme of befriending the mind
Mariposa Sangha :  Befriending the mind

2019-06-08 01 short guided meditation: mindfulness of body and breathing 15:20
Jill Shepherd
Short guided meditation beginning with mindfulness of body and mindfulness of breathing, to help settle in to the workshop
Mariposa Sangha :  Befriending the mind

2019-06-08 Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of Breathing 45:11
Sally Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-06-08 Mindfulness of the Body: Grounding in Bodily Awareness 5:51:06
Ajahn Karunadhammo
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-06-08 What's coming, end of retreat (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:02
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy

2019-06-07 Day 4 Experiential Practice: Forgiveness - Pathway to an Open Heart (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:22
James Baraz
In order to open to true well-being we need to let go of the blocks to an open heart. Practices of forgiveness towards ourselves and others are offered.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy

2019-06-07 Dharma(s) Discovered and Created (Part 2) 1:16:44
Rob Burbea
The talks in this series were recorded by Rob at his home. As well as addressing and inquiring into common Dharma themes such as emptiness, ethics, Awakening, and tradition, they attempt to clarify or explore further various aspects and implications of some of the Soulmaking Dharma teachings and practices, including their bearing on some of those common Dharma themes. PLEASE NOTE: Although not all of it, much of the material presented here will only be properly comprehended when there is already some basis of preparatory experience and understanding of Soulmaking Dharma, in addition to a good working familiarity with Insight Meditation.
Gaia House Four Circles, Four Parables of Stone and Light

2019-06-07 The Musicality of the Mind 62:10
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Liberation of Heart and Mind: Lovingkindness and Insight Weekend

2019-06-07 Gaining Purity through Purification 1:14:14
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-07 09 la pratica nella vita quotidiana luisa 61:23
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2019

2019-06-07 The World Could be Otherwise 2:05:49
Norman Fischer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-06-07 No Self, No Problem: Exploring Self and Identity 4:59:43
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-06-06 Acknowledging the Wholesome 57:21
Kate Munding
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-06-06 Dharma(s) Discovered and Created (Part 1) 2:24:45
Rob Burbea
The talks in this series were recorded by Rob at his home. As well as addressing and inquiring into common Dharma themes such as emptiness, ethics, Awakening, and tradition, they attempt to clarify or explore further various aspects and implications of some of the Soulmaking Dharma teachings and practices, including their bearing on some of those common Dharma themes. PLEASE NOTE: Although not all of it, much of the material presented here will only be properly comprehended when there is already some basis of preparatory experience and understanding of Soulmaking Dharma, in addition to a good working familiarity with Insight Meditation.
Gaia House Four Circles, Four Parables of Stone and Light

2019-06-06 Week 2 Day 6 group E 23:57
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Group interviews
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-06-06 Week 2 Day 6 group D 1:22:53
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Group interviews
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-06-06 08 il kamma bodhidhamma 65:25
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2019

2019-06-06 Morning Instructions Day 4 Mindfulness of thought (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:57
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor
Guided Meditation on Mindfulness of thought. It begins with listening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy

2019-06-05 The Phoenix of Metaphysics (Part 2) 2:15:32
Rob Burbea
The talks in this series were recorded by Rob at his home. As well as addressing and inquiring into common Dharma themes such as emptiness, ethics, Awakening, and tradition, they attempt to clarify or explore further various aspects and implications of some of the Soulmaking Dharma teachings and practices, including their bearing on some of those common Dharma themes. PLEASE NOTE: Although not all of it, much of the material presented here will only be properly comprehended when there is already some basis of preparatory experience and understanding of Soulmaking Dharma, in addition to a good working familiarity with Insight Meditation.
Gaia House Four Circles, Four Parables of Stone and Light

2019-06-05 Meditation: Breath by Breath – Relaxing with Our Life 18:10
Tara Brach
The breath can be a powerful portal to presence. This meditation guides us in relaxing with the breath, including the breath in a body scan, and then allowing the breath to serve as an anchor when the mind gets lost in thoughts. As we settle with the breath as a home base, we find we can then open to the changing waves of experience with increasing balance, clarity and ease.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-06-05 An Appropriate Response: Living from an Awake Heart 51:00
Tara Brach
Much of our suffering comes from reacting to stressful situations with fear or aggression, rather than responding with wisdom and care. This talk explores the pathway of shifting from reacting to responding: this includes learning to pause, awakening the wings of mindfulness and kindness, and reconnecting with our deepest intention.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-06-05 The Heart of It 50:05
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2019-06-05 Transformation and Relinquishment of Afflictive States of Mind 1:21:55
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-05 Week 2 Day 5 group A2 1:54:36
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Group interviews
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-06-05 Day 2 Experiential Practice: Introduction of Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:10:36
Howard Cohn
Exploration and guided "practice" of the boundless heart quality of Metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy

2019-06-05 Week 2 Day 5 group A1 1:42:07
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Group interviews
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-06-05 07 i khandha bodhidhamma 57:06
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2019

2019-06-05 Mindfulness of Body 50:50
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor
A guided meditation on mindfulness of body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy

2019-06-05 Equanimity and Samadhi 51:30
Matthew Brensilver
Substantial overlap with previous talk on samadhi.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Wisdom and Compassion for Our Time

2019-06-05 From the Ordinary Habitual Mind to the Buddha-Mind 7: Transforming Our Ordinary Sense of Self 1 61:05
Donald Rothberg
After situating today’s theme in the context of the nature of the “ordinary habitual mind” and how it is transformed, we look at the fourth parameter of transformation: the nature and sense of self. We start by recognizing the often conceptually confusing nature of this area, and then proposing a primarily practical way to approach the area. We first identify the conditioned sense of self as permanent, independent, and separate, how this sense of self manifests in various ways and why this can be a problem, connected with suffering. , We then briefly suggest how the elements of such a conditioned sense of self are absent in an awakened being and how other positive qualities are present. Finally, while recognizing a number of complexities, including developmental issues, we look at two practical ways to explore and transform the conditioned sense of self: (1) by looking out for and being mindful of when there is a “thick” or “big” sense of self, and (2) finding various ways, in the flow of daily life as well as in formal meditation, to “thin” out the self, developing ways of experiencing with no or much less of a sense of self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-06-05 Basic Mindfulness Instructions and a Guided Meditation on Exploring the Nature of the Self 36:10
Donald Rothberg
Basic Mindfulness Instructions and a Guided Meditation on Exploring the Nature of the Self
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy

2019-06-04 The Phoenix of Metaphysics (Part 1) 2:30:30
Rob Burbea
The talks in this series were recorded by Rob at his home. As well as addressing and inquiring into common Dharma themes such as emptiness, ethics, Awakening, and tradition, they attempt to clarify or explore further various aspects and implications of some of the Soulmaking Dharma teachings and practices, including their bearing on some of those common Dharma themes. PLEASE NOTE: Although not all of it, much of the material presented here will only be properly comprehended when there is already some basis of preparatory experience and understanding of Soulmaking Dharma, in addition to a good working familiarity with Insight Meditation.
Gaia House Four Circles, Four Parables of Stone and Light

2019-06-04 Why "Awakening Joy"? (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:42
James Baraz
The Buddha was called "The Happy One", but often there is more emphasis on overcoming suffering then going for true happiness. It is beneficial to see the teachings in the light of cultivating wholesome states as well - leading to the highest happiness of freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy

2019-06-04 Peau, chaire, os 63:50
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-06-04 Mindfulness of the Body in the Body 1:14:35
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-04 Week 2 Day 4 group E 44:30
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Group interviews
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-06-04 Day 1 Experiential Practice: Self-Compassion: Bringing Kindness to Experience (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:27
Dawn Mauricio
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy

2019-06-04 Week 2 Day 4 group D 1:20:00
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Group interviews
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-06-04 06 originazione dipendente luisa 65:03
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2019

2019-06-04 Day 1 Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of Body and Breath (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:13:30
Howard Cohn
Mindfulness of Body and Breath
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy

2019-06-04 Guided Meditation: How the world impacts the emotional body 46:40
Matthew Brensilver
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Wisdom and Compassion for Our Time

2019-06-03 Soulmaking Dyad Practice 2:39:19
Rob Burbea
The talks in this series were recorded by Rob at his home. As well as addressing and inquiring into common Dharma themes such as emptiness, ethics, Awakening, and tradition, they attempt to clarify or explore further various aspects and implications of some of the Soulmaking Dharma teachings and practices, including their bearing on some of those common Dharma themes. PLEASE NOTE: Although not all of it, much of the material presented here will only be properly comprehended when there is already some basis of preparatory experience and understanding of Soulmaking Dharma, in addition to a good working familiarity with Insight Meditation.
Gaia House Four Circles, Four Parables of Stone and Light

2019-06-03 La peau et les os, méditations guidées 1:21:45
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-06-03 Loving Kindness 31:40
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on this quality of heart, Loving Kindness and the practice of it.
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2019-06-03 Week 2 Day 3 group A2 1:45:49
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Group interviews
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-06-03 Week 2 Day 3 group A1 2:06:09
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Group interviews
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-06-03 05 i sette fattori di illuminazione gautam 61:47
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2019

2019-06-03 The Dharma of Climate Change - Monday Night Dharma Talk 1:18:32
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-06-03 Walking Instructions 0:33
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-02 Logoi and Leanings 1:45:00
Rob Burbea
The talks in this series were recorded by Rob at his home. As well as addressing and inquiring into common Dharma themes such as emptiness, ethics, Awakening, and tradition, they attempt to clarify or explore further various aspects and implications of some of the Soulmaking Dharma teachings and practices, including their bearing on some of those common Dharma themes. PLEASE NOTE: Although not all of it, much of the material presented here will only be properly comprehended when there is already some basis of preparatory experience and understanding of Soulmaking Dharma, in addition to a good working familiarity with Insight Meditation.
Gaia House Four Circles, Four Parables of Stone and Light

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