Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2011-10-08 It All Comes Back To Awareness 39:30
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Awareness is one of the fundamental properties of mind. The practice of meditation is just bearing witness to what affects mind with a quality of primary openness. Bearing with experience and, rather than referring it to reactions or views or opinions, referring it awareness.
Cittaviveka : Vassa Group Retreat

2011-10-07 Investigating Personality View 63:30
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
The sense of self as personality view is a construct of mind that arises and poises like any other phenomena - and we can explore it with intent rather than fear it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-07 Mindfulness Of The Body 33:07
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Mindfulness means looking more carefully. As we sustain attention on an object, we can begin to discern how we get caught and how we get free. Body as a foundation for mindfulness can mean mindfulness of breathing in and out, the elements, walking up and down, the unattractive parts, or contemplating a dead body. A review of several of these practices is given.
Cittaviveka : Vassa Group Retreat

2011-10-06 Understanding Sankhara 40:56
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
A practical and wise exploration of ways in which our wanting things to be static and unchanging, especially with regard to our mental and emotional patterns, limits our lives and creates suffering. The evening ends with a discussion.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-10-06 Awakening Joy: Dharma Practice as a Path of Happiness: Part 2 62:01
James Baraz	Download Listen
This talk continues the exploration of how the practice cultivates happiness and joy. Five wholesome states that support true well-being are investigated including practices that help us access them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-06 The Wisdom of a Dhamma Lifestyle 61:41
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : Universal Beauty and Well Being

2011-10-06 Viriya - Resources And Applications 23:04
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
A reflection on the faculty of energy and how to apply it skillfully. Energy for investigation that leads to wisdom, energy for devotion and aspiration that uplifts the heart, energy for mindfulness of body that results in calm and insight.
Cittaviveka : Vassa Group Retreat

2011-10-05 Awakening Joy: Dharma Practice as a Path of Happiness 64:59
James Baraz	Download Listen
Please note that first three minutes of the recording are silent.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2011-10-05 Aversion and Insight 61:59
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
We sometimes think that if we are experiencing aversion in our practice, that insight must be out of reach. Yet the Buddha teaches us that the path unfolds through understanding suffering. When we bring mindfulness to aversion itself, the understanding that develops can be very freeing.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-05 The Divine Abodes: Lovingkindness 1:25:21

Tara Brach

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Love is the most basic expression of who we are, and yet it is often obscured by the trance of separation and fear. This talk explores how we habitually armor our hearts, and the training of attention that awakens us to unconditional, all inclusive love. A classic form of the metta (lovingkindness) meditation is part of the talk.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks