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2020-06-18 Racism and White Privilege - Part 3: Working with Guilt and Shame 52:18
James Baraz
The Buddha spoke of hiri and ottappa (Shame and Dread) as "The Guardians of the World." These are considered two wholesome states as they can prevent us from engaging in unskillful actions. But guilt and shame associated with internalized racism can paralyze us or put up walls of resistance. This is especially true if we take those feelings personally and blame ourselves for the cultural conditioning we're shaped by. How can we work skillfully with those natural and understandable reactions?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2020-06-18 Opening Session 46:37
Anushka Fernandopulle
This recording also includes Bonnie Duran
Gaia House Decolonizing the Mind and Cultivating the Causes of Happiness

2020-06-18 74 The Shorter Series of Questions and Answers MN44 19:54
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Dhammadina was a nun ans and arahat. Her former husband, Visakha, comes to ask her question on personhood/self, Noble Eightfold Path, concentration and habits/volitional formations
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-06-17 Meditation: Embodied Metta 19:35
Tara Brach
Lovingkindness becomes full when it is energetically experienced in our bodies. This meditation guides us in awakening the receptivity, warmth and openness of metta through our body, and then invites us to rest in the space of loving presence, as we open to whatever arises.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-06-17 Sustaining Our Caring 39:45
Tara Brach
All transformation arises out of love; it is the energy of caring about life that moves us toward inner, relational and societal healing. With a primary focus on our radically re-enlivened movement for racial justice and equity, this talk looks at ways of remembering what matters and consciously nourishing our care.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-06-17 Knowing the Dharma in the Body 45:26
Walt Opie
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2020-06-17 Inanna and The Fierce Feminine 62:51
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2020-06-17 Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Public Talk: Guide to Unrestricted Awareness 1:15:59
Ajahn Sucitto
A good teacher (Acariya) encourages and pushes the mind of the disciple away from the changeable world presented by sense-consciousness, to the more fruitful reality that’s centred on Dhamma. In this talk, the principles of this are pointed out, and as exemplified by Ajahn Chah. This talk was offered on Ajahn
Cittaviveka At Home with the Homeless: Ajahn Sucitto Locked Down

2020-06-17 73 Bhumija Discourse 16:00
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-06-17 Guided Meditation -- Attitude of Metta 16:44
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-06-17 Transformation of the Analytical Mind 3 1:20:35
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-06-17 Buddhist Practice and the Transformation of Racism 1: Five Perspectives 65:27
Donald Rothberg
We open up five perspectives, the first three of which have more to do with understanding and the last two of which have more to do with practice and action. The five perspectives are: (1) remembering the Buddha's elimination of caste within his community; (2) understanding how greed, hatred (including racism), and delusion are not just personal but are also institutionalized; (3) understanding through looking at US history how race is a construction (with terrible consequences)-- both initially in the 17th century and later, commonly linked with divide-and-conquer strategies by those with economic and political power; (4) how our ethical practice calls us not just not to harm in our personal actions, but also not to let harm be done by others; and (5) the identification of different dimensions of transformative practice. The talk is followed by discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2020-06-16 72 Wonderful and Marvellous MN123 13:46
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-06-16 Keeping the practice simple...Keep going (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:09
Alexis Santos
Reflection and guided sitting
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awareness and Wisdom: An Insight Retreat in the Style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2020-06-16 Awareness and wise attitude (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:00
Carol Wilson
Reflection and sitting
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awareness and Wisdom: An Insight Retreat in the Style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2020-06-15 Mistakes the Buddha Made 63:44
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2020-06-15 71 The Greater discourse on the Cowherd. MN33 13:53
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-06-15 Aware of Awareness (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:54
Andrea Fella
Guided Reflection
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awareness and Wisdom: An Insight Retreat in the Style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2020-06-15 How Momentum Builds in our Awareness Practice (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:40
Mark Nunberg
Guided Reflection and Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awareness and Wisdom: An Insight Retreat in the Style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2020-06-14 Buddha as a Social Revolutionary 1:29:57
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2020-06-14 Dhamma Stream Online Puja: Doing the Not-Doing 43:08
Ajahn Sucitto
It’s the compulsiveness and repetitiveness of certain actions that creates the sense of a solid self. So we aim for the end of action, for non-doing, and linger there. Keep relaxing and widening awareness without acting. Energy is released from activations – this is the ending of kamma. *Sutta Reference: AN10:81
Cittaviveka At Home with the Homeless: Ajahn Sucitto Locked Down

2020-06-14 70 The Greater Discourse in Gosingha 13:18
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-06-14 Dimanche 14 juin 2020 1:32:54
Sayadaw U Jagara
Jagara a proposé trois questions pour guider notre pratique et nos actions: Que fais-je? Pourquoi fais-je cela? Qui suis-je? Il a expliqué les relations entre ces trois questions et les quatre sati-sampajanna (compréhension totale de la qualité de présence). Il a aussi été question d’utiliser les conditionnements du soi pour aller au-delà de ceux-ci.
L’Association de méditation Parami :  Sessions en ligne de méditation et de discussion - Printemps 2020

2020-06-14 Dhamma Stream Online Puja: Guided Meditation – Awareness Has No Boundary 11:04
Ajahn Sucitto
Awareness is open – it simply knows and can witness. If we can widen and broaden awareness, we don’t have to get snagged by the circumstances of our “self-package”.
Cittaviveka At Home with the Homeless: Ajahn Sucitto Locked Down

2020-06-14 Morning instruction (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:44
Carol Wilson
Reflections and sitting
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awareness and Wisdom: An Insight Retreat in the Style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2020-06-14 Neurodharma: Science, Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness 4:13:06
Rick Hanson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2020-06-13 69 The Greater Discourse on the Simile of the Heartwood 17:22
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Wrong reasons for practice. Only one good reason!
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-06-13 Understanding Wise Effort (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:45
Mark Nunberg
Guided Reflection and Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awareness and Wisdom: An Insight Retreat in the Style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2020-06-13 Morning instruction (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:08
Alexis Santos
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awareness and Wisdom: An Insight Retreat in the Style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2020-06-13 Nature Radiance: The Freedom of Awareness 3:39:38
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2020-06-13 שלושת מאפייני החוויה 65:23
Zohar Lavie
Hebrew - Three Characteristics - Guided Meditation and Talk
SanghaSeva קבוצת ישיבה אונליין בתובנה

2020-06-12 68 The Greater Discourse on Voidness 20:22
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-06-12 Sharing the Merit 7:26
Nathan Glyde
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Coming to Life - Waking up and getting intimate with existence

2020-06-12 Transition Talk 13:44
Nathan Glyde
Don’t end (transition, as you continue where you are); Don’t waste/squander (like dark chocolate and fine art): Don’t rush (always go slower and give more time than you think you need); Don’t limit (self, practice, come to all of life).
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Coming to Life - Waking up and getting intimate with existence

2020-06-12 Practicing and Awakening in the World 36:41
Zohar Lavie
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Coming to Life - Waking up and getting intimate with existence

2020-06-12 Dana Practice Guidelines 25:19
Zohar Lavie
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Coming to Life - Waking up and getting intimate with existence

2020-06-12 Checking the Attitude (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 39:01
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awareness and Wisdom: An Insight Retreat in the Style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2020-06-12 Day 5 Meditation Instructions - Mettā to All Appearances 49:02
Nathan Glyde
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Coming to Life - Waking up and getting intimate with existence

2020-06-11 Racism and White Privilege with Special Guest Deb Kerr - Part 2 57:13
James Baraz
We will continue our exploration of Racial Justice and White Privilege with Deb Kerr. who led us in a rich discussion last week. Deb is a core teacher at East Bay Meditation Center where she is a co-founder of EBMC and has served on the EBMC Board. Deb will offer teachings on how educating ourselves about race relates to and is an extension of dharma practice and how it connects the dots to the larger picture of systemic change.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2020-06-11 67 The Removal of Distracting Thoughts MN20 19:19
Bhante Bodhidhamma
This discourse is how to develop concentration in order to achieve the Absorptions (jhanna), but some of the earlier exercises are beneficial if the mind is very busy to quieten it.
Satipanya Retreat Centre Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

2020-06-11 The Happiness of Path & Goal 43:48
Nathan Glyde
With respect to all those who suffer, struggle, or have far to go, this talk explores the beneficial power of finding well-being through how we live, relate, and conceive. May it serve us to serve others, and help make a more beautiful and equitable world for all beings.
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Coming to Life - Waking up and getting intimate with existence

2020-06-11 27 guided meditation: equanimity as spaciousness 28:30
Jill Shepherd
Orienting to space within and outside the body as a support for resting the mind into equanimity
Auckland Insight Meditation Insight Meditation + Insight Dialogue seven-day retreat

2020-06-11 25: guided meditation cultivating mudita 28:38
Jill Shepherd
Beginning by orienting to pleasant feeling-tones in the body as a way in to the experience of appreciation, then opening to other aspects of one's life that are going well, and noticing the effect of mudita on the body, heart and mind
Auckland Insight Meditation Insight Meditation + Insight Dialogue seven-day retreat

2020-06-11 24 instructions: mudita practice 13:28
Jill Shepherd
How mudita, appreciative joy, can be an antidote to "mana" or comparing mind, and in the context of Insight Dialogue practice, can help reduce self-consciousness in dyad (pairs) practice
Auckland Insight Meditation Insight Meditation + Insight Dialogue seven-day retreat

2020-06-11 Day 4 Meditation Instructions - Releasing Dukkha 56:13
Zohar Lavie
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Coming to Life - Waking up and getting intimate with existence

2020-06-10 23 talk: Seven factors of Awakening 43:53
Jill Shepherd
An overview of the seven factors of awakening, and how to practice with more refined states of mind
Auckland Insight Meditation Insight Meditation + Insight Dialogue seven-day retreat

2020-06-10 Meditation: Inner Refuge of Calm 21:09
Tara Brach
In times of great stress, it’s crucial that we have pathways to quiet our minds, relax our bodies and rest in a calm, steady presence. This meditation guides us in using the breath, body scan, and a home base of presence to find that inner refuge that can carry us through difficult times.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-06-10 Meditation: Meeting Anger with Awareness 15:15
Tara Brach
When anger is held in mindfulness, it can energize us to respond wisely to challenging situations. This meditation guides us in meeting personal or societal anger with RAIN – recognize, allow, investigate and nurture. [NOTE: this meditation was given at the end of Tara’s Anger and Transformation talk on 2020-06-10. A brief context is given, then the meditation begins at 4:56.]
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-06-10 Anger and Transformation 49:21
Tara Brach
The purpose of anger is to let us know there’s an obstacle to our wellbeing, and to energize us to act. While natural and necessary for survival and thriving, this powerful energy often possesses us and leads to suffering. This talk explores how we can use the RAIN meditation in our personal and societal life, to meet anger with a mindful, compassionate presence. Freed from the identification with a limited, separate reactive self, we can listen to the message of anger, draw on the purity of its energy, and respond from our natural intelligence, creativity and care.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-06-10 Exploring Aging, Sickness and Death as Transformative Practices 39:13
Matthew Daniell
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

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