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Dharma Talks
2019-02-16 The Importance of the Body in our Practice 50:01
Chas DiCapua
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective Twin Cities Vipassana Collective

2019-02-16 Day 14 Choiceless Awareness: Guided meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:43
Tempel Smith
A guided practice for letting go of specific objects or sense doors to practice open or choiceless awareness. For some people this is a more natural way of practicing. The intent is to become mindful of one’s mental activity as it is drawn to different experiences arising at any of the six sense doors. From this practice you can gain insight into how the mind works and find freedom no matter what the experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-16 Morning Reflection: The Power of the Mind 8:27
Marcia Rose
Our heart/mind can make a heaven of hell or a hell of heaven…and so we cultivate and incline the mind towards the development and blossoming of a pure, wholesome and beautiful heart/mind. This reflection includes a reading of 'The Mind’ from the Dhammapada by the Buddha.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge February 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-02-15 Embodiment 55:12
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center CGMC February 2019 Residential Retreat

2019-02-15 Dharma Talk - Compassion for Oneself and Others (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:52
Kamala Masters
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-15 Under The Influences Of The Hinderances 46:20
Vinny Ferraro
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-15 Wie unser Sehen die Welt erschafft 59:40
Yuka Nakamura
Durch die Praxis von Vipassana erkennen wir die bedingte und fabrizierte Natur unserer Erfahrung. Wir erkennen, wie jegliche Erfahrung in Abhängigkeit vieler Bedingungen entsteht und gestaltet wird. Ein entscheidender Faktor dabei ist die Sichtweise, durch welche wir unsere Erfahrung betrachten. Im Wissen um diese Bedingtheit können bewusst mit verschiedenen Sichtweisen experimentieren, die zu mehr Freiheit und Glück führen. Im Vortrag werden die Sichtweisen der drei Charakteristika, die Sichtweise der liebenden Güte sowie symbolische, imaginale und mystische Sichtweisen als mögliche Sichtweisen besprochen.
Seminarhaus Engl

2019-02-15 Day 13 - Guided Metta (Loving Kindness) for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:57
Tempel Smith
Inviting our heart to let go of all reservations and conditions to universal friendliness and kindness. This heart which can hold all beings in kindness becomes a refuge for our own well being and the well being of others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-15 Morning Instructions on relaxation and beginning to connect with the breath 36:15
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-15 Morning Reflection: Excerpt from ‘Conversations with Nadia Boulanger’ French composer, conductor & teacher 5:58
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge February 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-02-14 Communication as Dharma practice 60:49
Oren Jay Sofer
We communicate with ourselves and others all day long. By adopting a few principles we can use this activity to allow ourselves to grow.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-02-14 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness - Vedana (Feeling Tone) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:30
Tempel Smith
Continuing from the Anapanasati sutta we turn to vedana, the 2nd foundation of mindfulness. With great courage. we can develop contentment no matter the pleasure, pain or neutrality of any give moment. In not understanding vedana we are forever imprisoned by our wrong views. When we can breath consciously in a greater range of pain, pleasure and neutrality we find the path to non-conditional contentment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-14 Preliminary Meditation Instructions for Retreat 43:59
Brian Lesage
This talk offers guidance into some of the fundamentals of meditation practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-14 Die vier Verzerrungen 64:37
Yuka Nakamura
Unsere Wahrnehmung schafft unsere erlebte Welt. Probleme entstehen, wenn wir uns dieser Tatsache erstens nicht bewusst sind und zweitens, wenn die Wahrnehmung in einer leidschaffenden Weise verzerrt ist. Der Vortrag bespricht die vier Verzerrungen, welche unsere gewöhnliche Wahrnehmung kennzeichnen und Leiden verursachen. Durch die Praxis des Satipatthana-Sutta können diese Verzerrungen korrigiert werden.
Seminarhaus Engl

2019-02-14 Metta - the Beauty of Selfless Caring 53:18
Ariya B. Baumann
Metta - the Beauty of Selfless Caring
Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centre 5th Annual Metta Retreat: 2nd Session

2019-02-14 Day 12 - Brahma Vihara Practice - Metta for Difficult Persons (part 2) & All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:51
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-14 Day One Morning Instructions 51:02
JoAnna Hardy
Settling into breath and body
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-14 Day 12 - Morning Sit with Instructions - Intention (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:12
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-13 Samadhi and Insight (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 67:53
Richard Shankman
Discussion of a range of ways samadhi is understood and practiced, and a range of ways insight is practiced in relation to samadhi.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-13 Meditation: Relaxing Back into Living Presence 18:54
Tara Brach
When we are lost in thoughts our mind contracts, our body tightens and we disconnect from true openheartedness. The pathway home is through “relaxing back” and reopening our attention to our senses, relaxing through our body, and gently contacting the felt sense in our heart. By repeatedly relaxing back, we become increasingly familiar with the vibrancy, tenderness and openness of true presence. “It’s from a relaxed presence that we can most feel the tenderness of our hearts."
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-02-13 Spiritual Reparenting 52:29
Tara Brach
When we are not sufficiently nurtured in childhood, we are inclined toward anxiety, depression, addiction and other forms of suffering. In a deep way, we do not feel at home with others. We are disconnected from our own body, heart and spirit. This talk explores how meditation offers “spiritual reparenting” as we learn to bring interest, understanding and love to our own inner vulnerability. This process of healing extends to our relationships with others and our larger society – by reaching out to widening circles with interest and care, we bring increasing harmony and peace to our world (a favorite from the archives). “That question: Where does it hurt? We need to address it to everyone, if we really want to understand each other.” Ruby Sales
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-02-13 Metta – The Heart’s Release 1:11:23
Marcia Rose
Exploring the release of the contractions of the heart…the past pains, the hurts, the anguish that we’ve taken in and taken on, as ‘mine’, as ‘me’, as ‘“I am”. This is what binds the mind & heart. Our commitment to our practice, our willingness to take the journey, is what affords the transformation. There’s a tremendous fullness of energy which is constituted by confidence, strength & clear straightforwardness that comes from a heart filled with Metta.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge February 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-02-13 Mara's Many Arrows 53:18
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2019-02-13 Day 11 - Instruction for Mindfulness of Vedana (2nd Foundation) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:54
Tempel Smith
Instruction and guided meditation on the 2nd foundation of mindfulness called vedana (feeling tone). This is the factor of each moment of consciousness which is pleasant, unpleasant and neutral. Being able to be mindful of vedana allows us to cut off our reactivity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-13 Brahma Viharas & Happiness 2:07:20
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-02-12 Exploring the Edges of the Wandering Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 66:58
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-12 Day 10 Brahma Vihara Guided Meditation - Metta for the Difficult Person (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:37
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-12 Missing What's Happening in Real Time 28:02
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2019-02-12 The Four Brahmaviharas – To Have a Good Heart 56:58
Ariya B. Baumann
Metta must be cultivated and developed; the Four Brahmaviharas, metta means to have a good heart
Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centre 5th Annual Metta Retreat: 2nd Session

2019-02-12 Day 10 Morning Sit with Instructions: Vedana or Feeling Tone (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:27
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-12 Morning Sit 33:25
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-12 The Practice of Fours 66:08
Ven. Pannavati Bhikkhuni
Dharma talk at Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center, Hendersonville, NC. https://www.heartwoodrefuge.org/ https://www.heartwoodrefuge.org/retre... Embracing Simplicity Hermitage http://www.heartwoodrefuge.org/esm/
Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center

2019-02-12 Visite d’un être sage, méditation guidée, Retraite Association Mudita, Suisse 24:35
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-02-11 Judging, Fixing & Comparing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:45
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-11 Dependent Co-Arising - Week 5 - Talk 62:57
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Dependent Co-Arising

2019-02-11 Dependent Co-Arising - Week 5 - Meditation 28:42
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Dependent Co-Arising

2019-02-11 Une pratique naturelle, Retraite Association Mudita, Suisse 49:03
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-02-11 Day 9: Brahma Vihara Guided Meditation - Metta for a Neutral Person (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:11
Kamala Masters
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-11 Monday Night Dharma Talk 59:02
Thanissara
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-02-11 La tonalité des phénomènes, Retraite Association Mudita 59:35
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-02-11 Day 9 - Morning Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:20
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-10 Quatre vérités libératrices, Retraite Association Mudita, Suisse 55:11
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-02-10 Embodied Love; Inherent Goodness - Talk 42:17
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-02-10 Embodied Love; Inherent Goodness - Meditation 26:55
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-02-10 Calme et curieux, Retraite Association Mudita, Suisse 55:59
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-02-10 Day 8 - Morning Sit w/ Instructions - Mindfulness of the Mind 52:52
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-10 Communication as Daily Practice 50:24
Oren Jay Sofer
Oren Jay Sofer presents the second talk in a speaker series on The Engaged Buddhist. Here he speaks on our practice off the cushion, pointing out that we spend the vast majority of our days communicating in one way or another. He describes three practices to improve our relationships with others: leading with presence, cultivating the intention to understand the other, and training our focus.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Engaged Buddhism

2019-02-09 Gladness of the Wholesome ( Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:20
James Baraz
Wise or Right Effort includes cultivating wholesome states and then maintaining and increasing them. This talk explores how to maintain and increase these states and the importance of consciously including them in our practice. Particular emphasis is on the power of investigation, as well as mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-09 The Five Spiritual Faculties In Concentration Practice 54:49
Winnie Nazarko
This talk was offered at the month-long concentration retreat. It discusses how faith, effort/energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom develop and support each other.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Path to Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-02-09 Le voir pour le croire, Retraite Association Mudita 48:05
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

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