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Dharma Talks
2019-04-10 Meditation: Letting Life Be 22:55
Tara Brach
This meditation establishes an atmosphere of loving kindness with the “smile”; relaxes and awakens through the body; and guides us into a spacious presence. We then rest in that presence, letting go of any controlling, and simply allow life to be as it is. It’s in “letting be” that we come home to the luminosity and tenderness of natural awareness. We close with a verse from Mary Oliver…
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-04-10 Beyond the Controlling Self – Part 2 49:22
Tara Brach
It’s natural that we do what we can to ward off danger and further ourselves. While our control strategies – such as aggression, judging, planning, seeking approval, pretending – have a developmental role, they are not a recipe for happiness, intimacy and freedom. An essential part of our evolution is to recognize when we are over-managing our lives, and learn to let go of the controls. These talks explore how we can release the grip of the over-controller, and the profound awakening of our hearts and minds that is possible in the shift from doing to being.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-04-10 From the Ordinary Habitual Mind to the Buddha-Mind 3: Practicing with the Body 1.” 1:26:32
Donald Rothberg
After an overview of ten aspects of the transformation of the ordinary habitual mind, and a review of the first, examining how thinking is transformed, we look at (1) the nature of contemporary habitual experience of the body, (2) the nature of the awakened experience of the body, and (3) how we practice to enact this transformation, particularly focusing on various aspects of mindfulness of the body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-04-09 In Praise of Ignorance 53:13
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Sǒn Retreat

2019-04-09 De la même façon que l’eau 54:59
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-04-09 Balancing Effort In Practice 58:00
Rebecca Bradshaw
Avoiding the extremes of too little. effort or striving. Metta as an antidote
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2019-04-08 A Beautiful Truth (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:08
Ayya Anandabodhi
Exploring the 5 aggregates, aging, sickness & death
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness of Breathing

2019-04-08 Great Faith, Great Courage, Great Questioning 48:57
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Sǒn Retreat

2019-04-08 1/4, 7 facteurs de l’éveil, cours 1 1:25:27
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-04-08 Mystery 28:37
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on the importance of Mystery in our lives and on our spiritual path.
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2019-04-08 Understanding the Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots in our Heart - Week 3 - Talk 54:20
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Understanding the Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots in our Heart

2019-04-08 Understanding the Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots in our Heart - Week 3 - Meditation 30:13
Mark Nunberg
Chant and Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Understanding the Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots in our Heart

2019-04-08 Mind-Heart - Body Fullness 58:19
Erin Treat
Wholehearted practice, all we have is the present moment, mindfulness as intimacy with life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2019-04-08 Monday Night Dharma Talk 64:31
Kate Munding
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-04-07 Dharma Gates are Numberless 45:08
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Sǒn Retreat

2019-04-07 Amita's Personal Dharma Story of Healing Trauma 28:10
Amita Schmidt
Yellow Springs Dharma Center

2019-04-07 The Skillfulness of Appreciative Joy - Meditation 38:10
Mark Nunberg
Meditation preceeded by Chant and short talk
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-04-07 The Skillfulness of Appreciative Joy - Talk 42:26
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-04-06 Closing 52:05
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-04-06 Renew and Revitalize: Sustaining Yourself as a Care Provider 7:45:01
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-04-05 Kwan Yin Choral Chant - IMS Woman's Retreat 10:34
Rachel Lewis
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-04-05 The Four Brahma Viharas. 48:01
Caroline Jones
An introduction and guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-04-04 Painting Our World 45:14
Christina Feldman
A reflection on the fabrication of personal expression.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-04-04 Mindfulness Of The Contemplation Of Mind 44:22
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-04-03 How Can I Be Lost When I Don’t Know Where I’m Going? 61:27
Doug Phillips
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2019-04-03 Meditation: Letting Go into Living Presence 18:14
Tara Brach
This guided meditation starts with a scan that invites relaxing and awakening through the body. We then allow life – sounds, sensations, aliveness – to live through us, resting in open presence. When there is tightening, holding or confinement in thoughts, we recognize and re-open, letting go into the presence that is always here.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-04-03 Beyond the Controlling Self – Part 1 50:29
Tara Brach
It’s natural that we do what we can to ward off danger and further ourselves. While our control strategies – such as aggression, judging, planning, seeking approval, pretending – have a developmental role, they are not a recipe for happiness, intimacy and freedom. An essential part of our evolution is to recognize when we are over-managing our lives, and learn to let go of the controls. These talks explore how we can release the grip of the over-controller, and the profound awakening of our hearts and minds that is possible in the shift from doing to being.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-04-03 Dharma impressions from my last trip 61:29
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-04-03 Wisdom and Wonder 50:56
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2019-04-03 From the Habitual Ordinary Mind to the Buddha-Mind 2: Practicing with Thinking. 63:43
Donald Rothberg
After an overview of ten aspects of the transformation of the habitual mind, we start with the first, examining how thinking is transformed. We look at (1) the nature of habitual thinking, with some attention to contemporary conditioning, (2) how such habitual thinking is transformed, and (3) how we practice to enact this transformation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-04-02 Une présence accrue 55:41
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-04-02 Understanding the Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots in our Heart - Week 2 - Talk 41:10
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Understanding the Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots in our Heart

2019-04-02 Instructions et méditation guidée 29:36
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-04-02 Intuitive Wisdom and Embodiment (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:46
Spring Washam
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Power of Insight

2019-04-02 Day 1 Morning Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:16
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Power of Insight

2019-04-02 Reflection on the Satipatthana 48:01
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-04-01 "A Bend In The Road" 47:57
Christina Feldman
A Reflection On Karma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-04-01 Understanding the Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots in our Heart - Week 2 - Meditation 28:19
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Understanding the Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots in our Heart

2019-04-01 Seven Stages of the Spiritual Journey - Monday Night Dharma Talk 68:09
Donald Rothberg
We explore the nature of the spiritual journey, using three reference points: (1) Mary Oliver’s poem, “The Journey”; (2) the life of the Buddha; and (3) the experiences of our own journeys. The journey goes from taking life for granted through questioning, looking for something deeper, leaving the habitual, going through challenges and “purification,” awakening, and then a return.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-04-01 Appropriate Samatha-Vipassana 44:11
Nathan Glyde
How to practice in daily life, or whenever there is more going on than on the beneficial fabrication of a silent meditation retreat. Primarily we'll develop vibrant tranquility (samatha) via getting to know body-heart-mind, cultivating gratitude and mettā, and nourishing a spacious breath and body awareness. Once we've established attentional stability via this relaxed diligent attitude we can investigate and inquire into experience (vipassanā). The vipassanā techniques suggested in this meditation are more fully explored in other guided mediations on this retreat, and at DependentOrigination.org/resources
SanghaSeva Dharmalaya Silent Meditation and Sustainable Living Work Retreat 2019

2019-03-31 Intimacy 44:20
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2019-03-31 The Healing of Appreciative Joy - Talk 54:22
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-03-31 Morning Reflection - First Morning 54:10
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-03-31 Healing the Delusion of Separateness - Chant and Talk 45:25
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-03-30 Closing Comments From Rob - Soulmaking and Sangha 18:53
Rob Burbea
PLEASE NOTE: The talks, instructions, and guided meditations in this set are from a retreat, led by Catherine McGee and Rob Burbea, for practitioners already familiar with Soulmaking Dharma. The teachers strongly recommend that you also have an understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice, before listening. Without this background in practice it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
Gaia House Roots into the Ground of Soul

2019-03-30 Opening Talk 51:46
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-03-30 Ajahn Vajiro In Conversation 2:03:26
Ajahn Vajiro
Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-03-30 Four Noble Truths, LGBTQI+ Retreat 67:06
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-03-29 Bringing the Retreat Home: "Let Your Life and Practice Be One” (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 66:09
Donald Rothberg
As we are poised to return from one or two months of practice, we consider a number of supports for continuing our practice in all the parts of our life, whether more individual, more relational, or more collective, including the archetype of the Bodhisattva, which can inspire us to connect inner and outer practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month

2019-03-29 Awareness of Thoughts, Guided Meditation, Q&A, LGBTQI+ Retreat 59:00
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

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