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Dharma Talks
2019-03-05 The Hindrances: An Opportunity for Discovery and Clarity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:42
DaRa Williams
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month

2019-03-05 Wise Relating On The Noble Path 52:59
Jean Esther
An exploration of the three pillars of the Dharma and the impact of practices on our life in the world, particularly in relation with others.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Living Dharma: Mindfulness, Kindness and Wisdom

2019-03-05 The Imagined Me in Our Mind 35:13
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2019-03-05 Instructions et méditation 26:01
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-03-05 Brahma Vihara: Metta (Lovingkindness) 1 (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:49
Donald Rothberg
An overview of metta practice and two methods of practicing metta (through phrases and through “radiating metta”), followed by a guided practice period and a few Q&A.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month

2019-03-04 Awakening through the Body: First Foundation of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:07
Heather Sundberg
The Talk explores the traditional teachings of First Foundation of Mindfulness through personal stories & modern perspectives - emphasizing the elements of Calming the Bodily Formation & nervous system practices, the 4 Postures of Awakening, and the aspects of impermanence & not self in the Wisdom Refrain of the Sutta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month

2019-03-04 Premier cours sur les 4 efforts justes 1:25:04
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-03-04 Wise Effort 30:21
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on the wise effort path factor of the eightfold path and how it relates to our lives.
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2019-03-04 Dependent Co-Arising - Week 8 - Talk 43:25
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Dependent Co-Arising

2019-03-04 Monday Night Dharma Talk - Healing/Liberation through Mindful Loving Awareness 1:10:59
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-03-04 Posture Instructions 10:32
Tina Rasmussen
Tina Rasmussen provides a 10 minute overview on how to support your meditation practice by setting up your posture at the beginning of each sitting period. Guided instructions are provided to create a supportive posture before you begin meditation.
Various

2019-03-04 Samatha Anapanasati Meditation Instructions 12:48
Tina Rasmussen
Tina Rasmussen provides 13 minutes of instruction on the Samatha (concentration and serenity) meditation, in particular the anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing) practice. This includes everything that a person needs to know to begin practicing Samatha anapanasati meditation.
Various

2019-03-04 Morning Instructions 40:31
Jean Esther
Mindfulness of body sensations, thoughts, emotions and the feeling tone in relationship to them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Living Dharma: Mindfulness, Kindness and Wisdom

2019-03-03 On Entering Solitude (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:42
Sharda Rogell
As we let go of the things we usually take as our refuge, the three refuges of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha begin to take on new life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month

2019-03-03 Why Practice 50:06
Jean Esther
This talk explores what happens when we do not get identified with thoughts and the sense of self that gets entangled with our thoughts? How does this serve our aspirations for peace in our own minds?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Living Dharma: Mindfulness, Kindness and Wisdom

2019-03-03 Recognizing Wholesome and Unwholesome Heart States with Kindness and Wisdom - Talk 56:04
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-03-03 Recognizing Wholesome and Unwholesome Heart States with Kindness and Wisdom - Guided Meditation 28:41
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2019-03-03 The Quick Path to Nibbana 41:21
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

2019-03-03 Racial Healing and Non-Harming - Talk 54:58
Ruth King
Additional Teacher: Mark Nunberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-03-03 Racial Healing and Non-Harming - Meditation 24:46
Ruth King
Common Ground Meditation Center Monthly Guest Dharma Talk

2019-03-03 Racial Healing and Non-Harming - Talk 54:58
Ruth King, Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center

2019-03-02 An Overview of Our Foundational Practices for Our Retreat Journey (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:25
Donald Rothberg
On the first evening of a four-week retreat for some, and the beginning of the fifth of eight weeks for others, we explore the “map” of our foundational practices: (1) developing wise or right view and intention; (2) samatha practice, developing concentration (or samadhi); (3) insight practice, with mindfulness as a core practice; (4) the heart practices, particularly lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity; (5) grounding in the body; and (6) touching freedom and awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month

2019-03-02 Awakening From Delusion Into Wisdom 53:37
Michael Grady
Wise effort and attitude.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Living Dharma: Mindfulness, Kindness and Wisdom

2019-03-02 Morning Instructions 56:14
Jean Esther
Body and breath
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Living Dharma: Mindfulness, Kindness and Wisdom

2019-03-01 Dependent Origination leading to awakening in ordinary Daily life 46:06
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2019-03-01 Equanimity --Seeing the World with Quiet Eyes (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 68:31
Kamala Masters
When we practice equanimity towards the conditions around us, as well as towards the conditions arising in our own minds, it allows the mind/heart to see with clarity and act with kindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-28 Community inspired dharma talk 55:39
Kate Munding
Kate prompted the sangha to write down question relating to integrating their practice with things on their mind, and she attempts to answer them.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-02-28 Guided Meditation 45:15
Kate Munding
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-02-28 Inspiration from the Great Masters (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:05
Richard Shankman
What is the message of the great masters who've come before us? What are their teachings that can support and illuminate us as the living links in the unbroken chain of dharma practitioners since the Buddha's time?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-28 Technology as an Existential Threat to Mindfulness - Matthew Brensilver and Randy Fernando 3:01:59
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-02-27 Meditation: Resting in a Sea of Presence 20:49
Tara Brach
This mindful body scan leads us into a practice of relaxing back into awareness, and recognizing the changing waves of sensations, sounds and feelings in the foreground. As we let go into the sea of presence, we discover am increasing sense of wholeness and peace. The meditation ends with a brief lovingkindness prayer.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-02-27 Navigating Conflict with a Wise Heart – Part 1 52:31
Tara Brach
This series of talks offers guidance in transforming conflict into a portal for awakening your understanding, flexibility and compassion. We look at how to heal our own unmet needs and not be dependent on others changing; and how to engage with another person when both are dedicated to mindful communication. We also extend our exploration to societal conflict. The talks are accompanied by reflections and meditations that can directly enhance your capacity to respond to conflict from the most wise and caring part of your being.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-02-27 Beautiful Qualities of the Free Heart (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:10:03
Tempel Smith
Our hearts have the potential to develop common strengths into boundless beautiful qualities called Paramis (Paramitas).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-27 There is a Body: The Wonder & Mystery of Embodiment 49:14
Sebene Selassie
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2019-02-27 Truth as the Doorway to Freedom 54:13
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2019-02-27 Chanting - Refuges and Precepts 3:09
Tuere Sala
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness, Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-02-27 Chanting - Metta Chant 5:02
Tuere Sala
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness, Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-02-27 La pleine conscience au quotidien, France 40:05
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-02-27 Practices for the Seven Stages of the Spiritual Journey 1:19:05
Donald Rothberg
After a review of the seven stages of the spiritual journey presented the week before (originally with reference to Mary Oliver’s “The Journey,” the life of the Buddha, and our own journeys), we explore how for each stage, there are particular practices and intentions that are central. As we explore the practices, we get a better sense of the variety of practices that we may work with at different points in our own journeys, and which are most appropriate at which times.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-02-26 Not Knowing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:16
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-26 Guided Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation (and Walking Meditation Instructions) 44:57
Chris Cullen
This recording also includes Kirsten Kratz.
Gaia House Awakening and Liberating the Heart

2019-02-26 Evening Dharma Talk - If Nothing You Do is Ever Enough, What Do You Do? 66:37
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Awakening and Liberating the Heart

2019-02-26 The Seamless Circle of Generosity 1:21:12
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge February 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-02-26 See Your Fellow Bugs 27:25
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2019-02-26 Libre quelque soit la tonalité, France 65:13
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-02-26 Day 24 Brahma Vihara Practice: Equanimity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:16
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2019-02-26 Différentes façons de méditer, France 63:23
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-02-26 Morning Instructions and Meditation Practice 42:28
Tuere Sala
Review of all the instructions for the retreat.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness, Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-02-26 May I abide, chant, Pascal, France 1:53
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2019-02-25 The Three Roots of Happiness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:47
James Baraz
A talk on the Buddha's Teaching of three roots of happiness: non-greed, non-hatred and non-delusion. Stating each in a positive way they are 1) Letting go/Generosity, 2) Loving-Kindness 3)Clarity/Wisdom. As part of the talk I share some personal stories of how my different paths of Buddhism and the Hindu path of devotion converged around these three qualities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

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