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Dharma Talks
2022-06-02 Introduction to Mindfulness of Breathing 55:43
Sally Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2022

2022-06-01 Meditation: Reconnecting to Silence and Presence 19:11
Tara Brach
Only in silence and presence do we realign with what matters to our hearts. This simple practice of arriving in an embodied awareness supports us in touching the grounds of true transformation and healing. It closes with a powerful poem by Gunilla Norris, “Sharing Silence.”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-06-01 Cultivating a Courageous Heart – Part 1 46:05
Tara Brach
In the face of violence, hatred and loss, how do we handle the reactivity we feel? Our own anger, hatred and fear? These two talks offer guidance and practice in letting our own vulnerability be a portal to responding – to ourselves, each other and our world – with courageous, wise hearts.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-06-01 Retraite Moulin de Chaves: L’aigle et la caille 62:15
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2022-06-01 What is the Bliss of Blamelessness? 1:27:49
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2022-06-01 Gratitude 1:11:24
Arinna Weisman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock - Rainbow Sangha

2022-05-31 Equanimity Stories and Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 40:13
Diana Winston
This session offers an overview of equanimity, the quality of even-mindedness, balance, and non-reactivity. We discuss how it is cultivated, hear some stories about it, and do a guided equanimity practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy and Wellbeing

2022-05-31 The five hindrances. 56:06
Winnie Nazarko
There are five states which may arise in meditation practice that can derail progress. This talk advises how to work with them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Finding the Present Moment: Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-05-31 Retraite Moulin de Chaves: Pourquoi aller en retraite? 60:55
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2022-05-31 Day 3 morning instructions: mindfulness of emotions 60:13
Tara Mulay, Winnie Nazarko
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Finding the Present Moment: Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-05-30 Metta for Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 38:01
James Baraz
Sometimes the hardest person to send metta to is oneself. This guided meditation invites us to see ourselves through a loved one's eyes to see who we really are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy and Wellbeing

2022-05-30 Broken Hearts & Right Action 1:33:09
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community SFI Sunday Nights

2022-05-30 Cultivating Self Compassion as a Path to Joy 56:33
Diana Winston
Since so many of us struggle with self-judgment, what practices and tools will help us find more self-compassion and cultivate more joy? In this talk we explore the roots of self-judgment, and the ways in which mindfulness, loving kindness, and the recognition of our shared humanity and inner goodness can work together to alleviate the critical mind and promote joy and resilience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy and Wellbeing

2022-05-30 Laura Closing Comments 11:58
Laura Bridgman
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-30 Ajahn Closing Comments 20:00
Ajahn Sucitto
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-30 Guided Brahma Vihara Meditation 45:06
Ajahn Sucitto
Cultivating receptive and responsive heart energies, provides an ongoing exploration. The field of body provides the best venue to experience how these energies move and to understand their characteristics.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-29 Q&A 47:39
Ajahn Sucitto, Laura Bridgman
00:00 Q1 What clings? 11;13 Q2 Laura, can you speak more about moving back and forth between the path and the world. 16:51 Q3 What is meant when a person says someone is their teacher? 19:43 A poem by Rabindranath Tagore is read. 21:00 Q4 How to skilfully help others in our lives to get them to slow down and be more present? 27:14 Q5 How to let go of regrets and uproot the self? 36:08 Q6 Please distinguish taking ownership of karma and clinging to everything else.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-29 Faith 20:30
Laura Bridgman
When a habit of ignorance is seen in consciousness, seeing prevails. Using faith and hope, we become more aware of the mind’s interactivity that creates a ‘me’.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-29 Compassion and Wisdom Working Together – Meditation 37:19
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2022-05-29 Compassion and Wisdom Working Together – Talk 40:43
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2022-05-29 Mettā as a Call for Action 1:33:32
Dawn Mauricio
True North Insight Embodying Metta

2022-05-29 Including body sensations and sounds in the field of awareness. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:58
James Baraz
After establishing our anchor or home base in the meditation we can expand the field beyond the breath to skillfully include other body sensations and sounds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy and Wellbeing

2022-05-29 Guided Meditation - Attention to Posture 47:02
Ajahn Sucitto
A detailed description of the sitting posture allows the listener to gain fresh perspective on this form of meditation.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-29 Opening and Closing in Goodwill 52:29
Ajahn Sucitto
Opening and closing happens everywhere, even with breathing. Discharging creates space for enjoyment, spontaneity and flexibility. Eventually even energy must be relinquished, so we practice recollection of death using the brahma viharas to expand awareness, closure with no regret, the deathless.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-28 Q&A 33:41
Ajahn Sucitto, Laura Bridgman
(Questions are précised and read later into the file to protect participants’ anonymity) 00:11 Q1 I’ve felt a lot more alive and sensitive over the retreat, experiencing a lot of inwards and outwards connectivity. How does that affect the deepening of practice? And also are the experience of chi and piti related? What about after leaving the retreat, is the loss of sensitivity inevitable? 13:20 Q2 Can you say more about “the imaginal practices”? Please expand on how chanting can re-pattern emotional energy. 23:20 Q3 I’m having new meditative experiences that make me excited and even a bit fearful in seeing consciousness as impermanent. Can you advise please? 23:03 Q4 Is it automatic that samadhi will lead to discernment?
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

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