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Dharma Talks in English
2019-01-20 Instructions On Emotions 56:10
JoAnna Hardy
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Wisdom and Compassion for Our Time: Insight Meditation Weekend

2019-01-19 Chanting (Namo Chant) 11:50
Alan Lewis
Alan Lewis and Laura Bridgman lead the retreatants in the 'Namo' chant.
Gaia House Inquiring into the Nature of Experience

2019-01-19 Further Reflections on the Seven Factors of Awakening 49:49
Laura Bridgman
Gaia House Inquiring into the Nature of Experience

2019-01-19 Song of Freedom 55:09
Howard Cohn
Exploration of non self, self view and our shared capacity to be free.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Winter Insight Retreat

2019-01-18 Sacred Mountain and the Four Noble Truths (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:22
Solwazi Johnson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Winter Insight Retreat

2019-01-18 Reading from the Noble Quest Sutta 36:09
Alan Lewis
Gaia House Inquiring into the Nature of Experience

2019-01-18 Big mind meditation 39:12
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-01-18 Investigation and Release 51:05
Alan Lewis
Gaia House Inquiring into the Nature of Experience

2019-01-17 Guided Meditation (Opening Eve of Retreat) 21:36
Laura Bridgman
Gaia House Inquiring into the Nature of Experience

2019-01-17 Mettā, Mindfulness, and More, in Service of a 'Forest of Bliss' 39:14
Nathan Glyde
Bringing all of ourselves to what we do. And using all the skills we have learned on the cushion into the world. Burgeoning the boundaries by fecund fabrication. This retreat takes place in home for the outcasts Anandwan (lit: Forest of Bliss/Joy), in Maharashtra, India.
SanghaSeva Anandwan

2019-01-16 Free from the Storyline 60:34
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-01-16 Meditation: Relaxing Back into Awareness 20:04
Tara Brach
When we fully inhabit our body, we discover the space and wakefulness of awareness itself. In this meditation, we rest in this open awareness, and when the attention narrows into thoughts, we practice relaxing back into the openness that includes passing sounds, sensations and feelings. We close with a brief offering of lovingkindness to our own hearts and our world (with community OMs – no bell at end).
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-01-16 Realizing Your Deepest Intention 49:31
Tara Brach
The Buddha taught that this whole life – including our thoughts, feelings and actions – arise from the tip of intention. While our intentions are usually marbled with wanting and fear, when intention comes into the light of consciousness, it unfolds into its most pure essence. This talk explores ways that when we are stuck in reactivity, we can become aware of intention, and find our way to the aspiration that expresses our most awake and loving heart.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-01-16 Instructions and Guided Meditation 29:01
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-01-16 Dharma Practice and the Life and Work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Part 1 67:13
Donald Rothberg
On the day after Dr. King's birthday, we explore three themes that are central both to dharma practice and to the life and work of Dr. King, and that are interpreted in strikingly similar ways. The three themes are (1) the core of wisdom as an understanding of non-reactivity, the end of dukkha, nonviolence; (2) the centrality of love/metta or lovingkindness/compassion; and (3) integrity--the wholeness and coherence of one's life guided by these core principles and spiritual qualities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-01-15 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation - Week 1 1:25:43
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

2019-01-15 The Responsive Heart 58:45
Jaya Rudgard
The four Brahma viharas as an expression of the responsive heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2019-01-15 Living in Accordance With the Truth 33:06
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2019-01-14 Bringing Metta Practice Home and into the World (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:47
Donald Rothberg
We explore a number of ways to continue to deepen our metta practice, in terms of individual practice, bringing metta into relationships, and being guided by metta in our participation in the healing and transformation of the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta Retreat

2019-01-14 The Cultivating Of Liberating Insight. 65:32
Chris Cullen
An exploration of personal and universal dimensions of insight with suggestions on working with sankaras and meditative understanding of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and not self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2019-01-14 The 2nd Noble Truth 29:21
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on the 2nd Noble Truth.
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2019-01-14 Dependent Co-Arising - Week 1 - Talk 63:21
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Dependent Co-Arising

2019-01-14 Dependent Co-Arising - Week 1 - Meditation 28:48
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Dependent Co-Arising

2019-01-14 The Four Noble Truths, Gandhi, and Intention Through the Lens of Trauma and Stress 69:29
Pawan Bareja
Monday night talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-01-13 Guided Meditation On Elements And Metta 46:05
Chris Cullen
A guided standing meditation on elements (15 minutes) followed by simple seated meditation on Metta.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2019-01-13 Day 6 Morning Instructions: Metta Mandala -All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:29
Heather Sundberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta Retreat

2019-01-13 8FP Program -- Wise Action 1:39:21
Kim Allen
The Buddha’s most explicit path of practice is the Eightfold Path. This is a set of eight practical approaches to bring Buddhist practice into the breadth and depth of our lives. The Eightfold Path Program is an introduction to each of the Eightfold factors so participants will discover how to apply each set of practices in ways that are personally meaningful. Participants have the opportunity to be mentored by a senior student during the program. Pre-requisite: Completion of ISC Introduction to Meditation course, an MBSR course, or the equivalent. Registration is required. Teachers: Kim Allen, Leslie Tremaine, G Schulz, & Other ICS Teachers
Insight Santa Cruz

2019-01-13 Calm and Interest as Motivating Forces - Talk 39:27
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-01-13 Calm and Interest as Motivating Forces - Meditation 33:38
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-01-13 Instructions On Working With Thoughts And Thinking 61:26
Jaya Rudgard
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2019-01-12 Eightfold Path. 48:06
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Mindfulness in Daily Life

2019-01-12 Vedana, Feeling Tones - What They Are And Why They Matter 64:09
Jaya Rudgard
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2019-01-12 A Natural Stilling 45:00
Ayya Jitindriya
Santi Forest Monastery

2019-01-12 Morning Instructions On Body and Vedana (satipatthana) 56:16
Chris Cullen
Reflection and guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2019-01-11 Mindfully Responding to Suffering 43:31
Jenny Wilks
Mindfully responding to the suffering in our lives and in the world today.
Gaia House Meditation and Mindfulness in Daily Life

2019-01-11 The five daily recollections. 45:01
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-01-11 Dharma and Recovery - "Equanimity" 1:37:01
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-01-11 The Art of Mindful Communication: Right Speech in a Post-Truth World 66:12
Oren Jay Sofer
Mindfulness practice provides a powerful support for clear, kind, and effective conversations. Join author and meditation teacher Oren Jay Sofer for this exploration of how our contemplative practice provides a foundation for bringing more compassion, clarity, and connection into our speech and relationships. In these polarized times, how can we speak and listen in a way that is aligned with our values? How can we hear others with divergent views? Oren will be offering teachings from his new book, Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication.
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2019-01-11 The Art of Mindful Communication: guided meditation 40:20
Oren Jay Sofer
Mindfulness practice provides a powerful support for clear, kind, and effective conversations. Join author and meditation teacher Oren Jay Sofer for this exploration of how our contemplative practice provides a foundation for bringing more compassion, clarity, and connection into our speech and relationships. In these polarized times, how can we speak and listen in a way that is aligned with our values? How can we hear others with divergent views? Oren will be offering teachings from his new book, Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication.
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2019-01-11 Guided Standing and Breath Meditation 46:04
Jaya Rudgard
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2019-01-10 "The Illusion of Control" 49:53
Kate Munding
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-01-10 Compassion: The Difficulties are the Gifts (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 69:49
Heather Sundberg
Dissolving the concrete bunkers of the heart. Obstacles transforming into opportunities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta Retreat

2019-01-10 Contact, Feeling Tone and Perception. 54:12
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Mindfulness in Daily Life

2019-01-10 Integrating the Dhamma: A Monthlong Retreat in Your Daily Life 1:26:23
Kim Allen
The Dhamma is meant to be embodied, both on the cushion and in our daily lives - this makes it "onward-leading." This monthlong program will enliven our practice for the new year. The Five Spiritual Faculties serve as tools to develop our Dhamma skills, and also to evaluate and balance our practice. We will explore the Faculties through weekly meetings consisting of group practice discussion, teachings, and sutta readings. There will also be reflections to deepen and integrate our Dhamma understanding, and the support of spiritual friendship.
Insight Santa Cruz

2019-01-10 Guided Standing Meditation On Body And Elements 46:02
Chris Cullen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2019-01-10 Opening Instructions - Mindfulness of the body. 64:45
Jaya Rudgard
Akincano speaks briefly at the end of silent meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research

2019-01-09 The Nature of Metta (Lovingkindness) Practice: An Overview (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:27
Donald Rothberg
We explore the core intention of metta practice, to bring kindness, warmth, and care to every moment and every being. We examine how metta practice develops further steadiness (samadhi), how it helps us to lead with the heart and work with what stands in the way of the open, kind heart. As we practice further, we open increasingly to the radiance of our hearts and our being. We keep training, and we bring our metta practice into the world, where it is deeply needed. We close with two stories of metta practice in the world in challenging situations.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta Retreat

2019-01-09 What is Awakening? And, Are You Sure You Want It? 34:46
Doug Phillips
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2019-01-09 Meditation: Letting Go… Letting Be 16:57
Tara Brach
This guided meditation invites us to imagine a clenched fist relaxing open, and explores this in releasing contractions in the body as well as the grip of thoughts. When we deeply let go and let be, our energy flows freely. We reconnect with our natural aliveness, love and awareness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-01-09 Finding True Refuge: Pathways of Remembering 56:02
Tara Brach
This talk explores the three archetypal refuges of awareness (Buddha-nature), truth (Dharma) and love (Sangha) through stories, illustrations and reflections. We end with a Refuge ceremony that can be done by anyone who feels drawn. (To participate you will need a 20” red string.)
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

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