Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2012-04-07 Life-Saving Treasure 38:04
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
A reflection on the Upaddha Sutta (Half of the Holy Life) about the importance of good friends, companions, and comrades on the Eightfold Noble Path. Good friends encourage and share in developing seclusion of mind, dispassion towards the sense pleasures of the world, and, ultimately, the cessation of suffering that leads to a lasting freedom and peace.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2012-04-07 Preparation For Insight 49:40
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Wisdom and Compassion Are the Gifts of Mindfulness: Monastic Retreat

2012-04-07 The Phenomenology of Meditation (Part One) 59:36
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Buddhist meditation is the refinement of a sensibility rather the gaining of proficiency in a technique. This sensibility is founded on "embracing dukkha", i.e. the totality of one's existential condition, and then cultivating meditation as (a) embodiment, (b) receptivity and (c) wonderment. Such a sensibility can then be further developed through stillness (samatha) and insight (vipassana).
Gaia House : Zen Retreat

2012-04-06 Equanimity 55:36
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2012-04-06 Papanca 61:14
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Lost in thought? How can we identify and work with the four root causes of getting entangled in our thoughts?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2012-04-05 When bad things happen to good people. 53:06
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2012-04-05 Hindrances as Opportunities in Yoga & Meditation 53:22
Anne Cushman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2012-04-05 Finding the Balance 49:26
Ayya Tathaloka	Download Listen
Evening talk on Finding the Balance.
Wellington Insight Meditation Community

2012-04-04 Beyond the Prison of Beliefs 1:13:33

Tara Brach

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Most of us have core fear beliefs that obscure our true nature and bind us in repeating patterns of painful emotions and behavior. This talk looks at the beliefs that limit us and the freedom that is possible when we investigate them with a kind, mindful awareness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-04-04 4 Noble Truths in Real Time 53:37
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Yoga Retreat