Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks in English

2010-04-19 Mindfulness - A True Homecoming 20:11
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Hollyhock : Metta Vipassana Retreat with Mindful Movement

2010-04-19 Heartful Awareness 55:23
Brad Richecoeur	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2010-04-19 Working with Afflictive Emotions 65:07
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2010-04-18 Dana, Sila: Generosity and Living in Harmony 54:58
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Maui, Hi : Awareness with Wisdom, Pure and Simple

2010-04-18 The Hero's Journey - Overview 45:59
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen

2010-04-18 Guided Meditation- Inconclusive Awareness 42:12
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2010-04-18 The Noble Eightfold Parth Part 1 47:55
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2010-04-18 Wholesome States of Mind 50:58
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2010-04-17 Real Honest Frustration 37:42
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2010-04-17 Bathing In The Support of Awareness 55:38
Brad Richecoeur	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2010-04-16 Walking the Sacred Path 27:45
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2010-04-16 Opening Talk for Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat 68:07
Brad Richecoeur	Download Listen
(talk given with Norman Feldman)
Gaia House : Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2010-04-16 Mindfulness Part 2 54:35
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2010-04-15 April holidays 55:31
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2010-04-15 Mudita: Empathy Through Appreciating the Good 43:51
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : April 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-04-14 Resoluteness 54:01
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-04-14 The Hero's Journey - The Awakening Part 1 56:38
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen

2010-04-14 Mindfulness Part 1 1:18:26
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2010-04-13 Satipatthana Sutta, First Foundation: Body as the Body 55:48
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
The body is a residing stranger to most of us. We think we know what it is, but we have not given ourselves to it thoroughly so that it reveals its secrets.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-04-12 Dancing With Desire 57:16
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How to work with Desire. Understanding its bind of attachment, craving & aversion - using humor & awareness as supports for freeing ourselves from desires grip.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-04-12 Turning the Wheel of Dharma - Part Two: The First Noble Truth - Understanding Dukkha 51:58
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : April 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge
In collection: Turning the Wheel of Dharma

2010-04-12 Generosity 64:10
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
with Thanissara (Monthly People of Color Sangha Sitting)
New York Insight Meditation Center : New York Insight 2010 Talks

2010-04-12 Our Practice Is Like A Garden 51:10
Steven Smith	Download Listen
Hollyhock : Metta Vipassana Retreat with Mindful Movement

2010-04-12 Guided Metta 1:14:40
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2010-04-11 An Evening with Ajahn Anandabodhi 50:18
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2010-04-11 The Three Characteristics 46:19
Paul Burrows	Download Listen
Gaia House : Meditation Day at Gaia House

2010-04-11 Metta 66:22
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2010-04-10 Day for Experienced Students: Dependent Origination 60:19
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Part 1
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-04-10 Day for Experienced Students: Dependent Origination 65:43
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Part 2
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-04-10 Day for Experienced Students: Dependent Origination 40:28
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Part 3
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-04-10 Day for Experienced Students: Dependent Origination 20:54
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Part 4
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-04-10 Day for Experienced Students: Dependent Origination 14:37
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Part 5 of 6
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-04-10 Day for Experienced Students: Dependent Origination 67:16
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Part 6 of 6
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-04-09 Guided Concentration 64:05
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2010-04-08 The Dynamic Combo: Ease of the Heart with Natural Curiosity 48:12
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : April 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-04-08 Resources from the Teachings and Practice of the Buddha for Transforming Distressing States of Body, Heart and Mind 63:55
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We examine the twin tracks of transformation - (1) going into what is difficult, into our suffering and wounds; and (2) cultivating awakened states. We explore the resources of (1) wisdom, through examining the the Four Truths and the arrows; (2) mindfulness as a central tool leading to wisdom; and (3) heart practices such as lovingkindness - all with an eye to their roles in helping us to transform distress.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Transforming Distressing States of Mind, Heart, and Body-For Ourselves and Our World

2010-04-08 The Bodhisattva Precepts 63:29
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Zen Retreat

2010-04-08 Concentration 64:55
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2010-04-07 Beyond Small Self 1:15:42

Tara Brach

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While we are conditioned to become identified with limited sense of self, we have the capacity to recognize and open to who we are beyond the self. This talk investigates our most compelling domains of getting identified, and the ways a purposeful presence can awaken us.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-04-07 Truthfulness and Uncertainty 56:17
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-04-07 The Hero's Journey - The Struggle 53:58
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen

2010-04-07 Deepening Our Practice II: Deepening in Three Domains of Our Life 58:42
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We build from last week's identification of four broad ways of deepening formal practice: 1) developing simplicity, focus and a sense of clear priorities in one's life; 2) developing a strong support structure in various ways; 3) cultivating, in practice, qualities like mindfulness, metta, wisdom etc.; 4) developing a wise and compassionate sense of the path. We explore what these also mean in two other domains- everyday life (work relationships, family, community, the flow of our days); and our service and action in the larger world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-04-07 A True Person of No Status 53:15
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Zen Retreat

2010-04-06 Freedom of Limitation 41:29
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley : Applications of Mindfulness A Six Week Guest Speaker Series

2010-04-06 Creative Engagement 43:48
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Zen Retreat

2010-04-05 Turning the Wheel of Dharma 5:31:47

Joseph Goldstein

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A six-part series by Joseph Goldstein given at IMS's Forest Refuge in April and May, 2010

Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge

2010-04-05 Turning the Wheel of the Dharma: Part One - The Middle Path 50:00
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : April 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge
In collection: Turning the Wheel of Dharma

2010-04-05 Healing 66:35
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
How the power of mindfulness brings healing, freedom, joy, and understanding.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-04-05 The Four Great Vows 56:25
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Zen Retreat

2010-04-04 Creative Awareness 50:15
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Zen Retreat

2010-04-03 I'm Right, You're Wrong! Attachment to Views & the Buddha's Path of Non-Contention 69:30
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Daylong at Spirit Rock- Part 6 of 6
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-04-03 I'm Right, You're Wrong! Attachment to Views & the Buddha's Path of Non-Contention 39:45
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Daylong at Spirit Rock- Part 5 of 6
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-04-03 I'm Right, You're Wrong! Attachment to Views & the Buddha's Path of Non-Contention 49:07
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Daylong at Spirit Rock- Part 4 of 6
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-04-03 I'm Right, You're Wrong! Attachment to Views & the Buddha's Path of Non-Contention 25:43
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Daylong at Spirit Rock- Part 3 of 6
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-04-03 I'm Right, You're Wrong! Attachment to Views & the Buddha's Path of Non-Contention 1:10:13
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Daylong at Spirit Rock- Part 2 of 6
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-04-03 I'm Right, You're Wrong! Attachment to Views & the Buddha's Path of Non-Contention 42:43
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Part 1 0f 6
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-04-03 Protecting Self And Other 49:07
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2010-04-03 Ten Thousand Things 56:01
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Zen Retreat

2010-04-02 Being Held in Goodness 41:01
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : April 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-04-01 Impulsive or Spontaneous 47:02
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
date estimated
Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-04-01 Liberation Buddhism 52:55
Joanna Macy	Download Listen
Liberation Buddhism
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2010-04-01 and Hla Myint Qs and As 68:13
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : Eightfold Noble Path Retreat

2010-04-01 Eightfold Noble Path: The Wisdom of Insight Practice 65:37
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : Eightfold Noble Path Retreat

2010-04-01 The Happiness Of A Buddha 59:33
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Buddha's life and discovery of a sense of well being that does not depend on circumstances.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Buddha’s Way to Happiness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-04-01 An Unhesitating Generosity 16:14
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : IMS Audio Files

2010-04-01 Healing 35:37
Jason Murphy	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2010-03-31 Meditation and Healing Trauma 1:13:22

Tara Brach

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Spiritual awakening often involves offering a healing presence to the suffering of post traumatic stress or deep emotional wounding. This talk explores the three key elements that support this process: self-forgiveness, accessing a source of love and safety, and bringing a kind attention to the unlived life in the body.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-03-31 Speech That Is an Improvement on Silence 56:52
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-03-31 Deepening Our Formal Meditation Practice 55:42
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Through reflection on just having taught a month-long retreat and several poems, we explore a number of ways to deepen our formal meditation practice through simplicity, focus, building a strong "container", developing mindfulness and lovingkindness in relation to what happens, and increased invocation of the "wise parent" (or grandparent...aka "discipline").
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-03-30 Right Samadhi: Collectedness of Mind 48:13
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : Eightfold Noble Path Retreat

2010-03-30 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: From Mindfulness to Awareness 3:50
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Mindfulness is the tool, awareness is the result. All we need to do to convert the tool into the result is get out of the way.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-03-30 Gratitude, a Reading Of A Talk By Lp. Liem With A Short Reflection 32:18
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2010-03-30 Community as Path 27:05
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2010-03-29 Shining The Light On Suffering 59:51
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
The Buddha stressed the importance of "being a lamp unto ourself" and to know the truth of suffering - as a vehicle for understanding & liberating ourselves from inevitable challenges of life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-03-29 Managing the Gap - Places Where Meditation Doesn't Reach 24:37
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2010-03-28 Questions and Answers 60:45
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Buddhism in the Body - Daylong Retreat

2010-03-28 Guided Meditation 27:34
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Buddhism in the Body - Daylong Retreat

2010-03-28 Four Noble Truths in the the Body 34:05
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Buddhism in the Body - Daylong Retreat

2010-03-28 Buddhism in the Body 27:13
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Buddhism in the Body - Daylong Retreat

2010-03-28 Introduction and Standing 24:21
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Buddhism in the Body - Daylong Retreat

2010-03-28 Looking After One and All 43:49
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Usually we see this as a dilemma: do I look after one (me) or after the others? This is a false dilemma, resulting from the separation we have concocted between me and you, us and them.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Insight Meditation Group

2010-03-27 Ease Trust Heart 52:37
John Travis	Download Listen
This talk explores our humanity/vulnerability and don't know.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-27 Autobiography In Five Short Chapters 52:07
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Power of Mindfulness: Insight Meditation Weekend

2010-03-27 Trying to Catch the World 40:52
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
To catch means both to physically capture and to understand. This follows from the belief that in order to understand we have to pluck items out of their context. Can we learn to do otherwise?
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Insight Meditation Group

2010-03-27 The State of the World 55:13
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Gaia House : Live and Let Go: Unburdening The Heart

2010-03-27 Whats The Point 50:28
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2010-03-26 "Oh no, I'm still here." Practice continues. 47:48
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
To integrate our practice, we need to keep applying the wisdom of our insights we gain from our sitting practice, retreats, and life experience. In this way, we come to terms with the different aspects of our personality, the aaspects we like and don't like.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-26 Opening Talk 54:31
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Introduction To Meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Power of Mindfulness: Insight Meditation Weekend

2010-03-26 Do Not Confuse Equanimity With Indifference 40:49
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Indifference is the "near enemy" of equanimity: the former insulates us from reality, while the latter gives us the strength to dive into it.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Insight Meditation Group

2010-03-26 Unravelling Layers of Experience 48:59
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Gaia House : Live and Let Go: Unburdening The Heart

2010-03-25 Letting Go and Picking Up 58:01
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-03-25 Letting Go and Picking Up 0:00
Gil Fronsdal	(Recording not available)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-25 Elders (including his Mom) 24:43
James Baraz	Download Listen
James interviews his mom, Selma Baraz (or maybe it's the other way around). For more from Selma, see also the YouTube video of Selma entitled: Confessions of a Jewish Mother: How My Son Ruined My Life!
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2010-03-25 The Beauty of Change and the Change of Beauty 63:46
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
The possibility of transformation, and aging, sickness and death
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : March 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-03-25 Morning Instructions 15:52
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-03-25 Relative and Absolute 35:43
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2010-03-25 Self, Soul, Psyche, Space 51:18
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Gaia House : Live and Let Go: Unburdening The Heart

2010-03-24 The Blessings of Deep Listening 1:13:01

Tara Brach

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Our capacity to listen deeply--to our inner life and each other--is the grounds of true understanding and love. This talk explores the challenges to listening and guidelines and practices that awaken a listening heart.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-03-24 The Heart of Wisdom: Connecting Loving Kindness and Equanimity 61:52
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Heart practices and wisdom practices can appear to speak different languages and have different aims; for example, lovingkindness wishes well whereas equanimity says, "no matter what I wish for, things are as they are." We explore how the heart and wisdom connect through exploring (1) lovingkindness, (2) equanimity, and (3) how the two inform each other and are integrated.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-24 An Intentional Life 44:10
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
An impulsive life is experienced as an accidental life. The practice trains us to live a conscious, intentional life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat