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Dharma Talks
2010-12-28 Freedom from Craving - Part 4 Q & A 33:14
Mark Nunberg
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-12-28 Introduction & Precepts 26:25
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara New Year 2011 Retreat on Brahma Viharas

2010-12-28 Lovingkindness 28:59
Ayya Anandabodhi
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) New Year's Retreat

2010-12-28 Darkness, Light, and Holiness 56:33
Ayya Tathaloka
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2010-12-28 The Four Great Contentments 54:04
Christina Feldman
The teaching of cententment centres around finding inner freedom amidst cnditions we cannot control but can make peace with.
Gaia House The New Years Retreat

2010-12-27 Faith and Inspiration 59:42
Greg Scharf
A discussion of the factor of Faith and its importance in meditation, followed by a look at ways we can draw inspiration from those who have walked the path and show us the way - stories and poems from the Therigatha.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-12-27 The Heart's Compassion 55:33
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Retreat

2010-12-27 Mindfulness of Dhammas 34:45
Ayya Anandabodhi
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) New Year's Retreat

2010-12-27 Happiness: Setting Our Course For the New Year 43:01
Nina Wise
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-27 Monday Night Meditation and Chant with Jennifer Berezen 67:33
Nina Wise
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-27 Opening Talk for The New Year's Retreat 48:34
Christina Feldman
Opening Talk for a retreat dedicated to cultivating a heart rooted in calm, receptive insight. This talk also includes Rob Burbea, Jake Dartington and Chris Cullen.
Gaia House The New Years Retreat

2010-12-26 Meditation Technique 17:25
Ajahn Sumedho
25 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2010-12-26 Worldly Dhammas 26:12
Ajahn Sumedho
32 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2010-12-26 Nature of Consciousness 56:46
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-12-26 Year End Retreat 2010, Talk Two 45:44
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2010 Year End Retreat

2010-12-26 Guided Meditation 50:01
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2010-12-25 Year End Retreat 2010, Talk One 42:44
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
First retreat talk, concerning fetters.
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2010 Year End Retreat

2010-12-25 Unentangled Knowing 54:51
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2010-12-24 Paccuppanna Dhamma 44:22
Ajahn Sumedho
06 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2010-12-23 Generosity for Ourselves. 53:07
Kevin Griffin
Generosity for Ourselves.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2010-12-23 Discernment 35:09
Ajahn Sumedho
05 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2010-12-23 Karaniya Metta Sutta - chanting 15:28
Greg Scharf
Chanting the Karaniya Metta Sutta. Starts with an invocation to the devas, and then leads the Karaniya Metta Sutta - once through as call-and-response, and once through all together.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-12-22 Water-Rainy Season 42:27
John Travis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Solstice Retreat

2010-12-22 Awakening Compassion - Talk 58:02
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-12-22 Practicing with the Dark and the Light at the Winter Solstice: Talk and Ritual 55:39
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-21 Letting Go: Crossing the Creek 54:25
Heather Sundberg
After recently returning from six months of study and practice in Asia, Heather shares a few stories from her trip, weaving the themes of the outer journey and the inner journey of retreat. Teachings and practice tips focus primarily on working with strong emotions, the five hindrances and the process of letting go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Solstice Retreat

2010-12-21 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Equanimity 52:20
Rodney Smith
Equanimity does not empower feelings to drive thoughts. It holds a feeling as a feeling and does not extend the feeling into a narrative on why this feeling is important. It does not add anything to the moment, allowing the moment to bloom on its own.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-12-20 Winter Solstice 35:19
Jack Kornfield
Finding the amazing joy of living, renewed in mystery...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-20 The Unconditioned 29:29
Ajahn Sumedho
01 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2010-12-20 Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light. 58:34
Donald Rothberg
At this time of Winter Solstice we explore a number of ways that our practice is to open to the dark (as nature's stillness and silence, as the unknown, as the difficult and as fertile and generative) and to evoke the light, learning better how to hold both.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Solstice Retreat

2010-12-19 Taking Refuge 20:36
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-12-19 Simplicity and Transcendence 2:37:49
Ajahn Yatiko
Excerpt from a Monastic Daylong at Spirit Rock that he co-taught with Ajahn Karunadhammo, also of Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery (abhayagiri.org).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-12-18 Gradual Path and Trauma Tools 32:40
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara

2010-12-18 Gifts of Practice 50:22
Caroline Jones
Gaia House Young Persons Retreat The Four Noble Truths

2010-12-17 Beauty in the Midst of Adversity: The Practice of Forgiveness 48:22
Larry Yang
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Forgiveness: the Wisdom of Our Hearts (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Community)

2010-12-17 Medicine Heart Metta: Guided Forgiveness 41:09
Ayya Medhanandi
May you be well, happy, and peaceful. Learn how to connect with the radiant, loving energy in your heart. Dissolve your opinions and unwholesome attitudes and deepen a quintessential quality for the Path - forgiveness. It is the key to greater loving-kindness for all beings.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2010-12-17 Contemplating Asubha 29:12
Ajahn Sumedho
11 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2010-12-17 Love Sex and Awakening Part 2 35:09
Amma Thanasanti
Denver Dharma Punx
Shakti Vihara

2010-12-17 Opening Talk for the Young Person's Retreat - The Four Noble Truths 68:52
Jake Dartington
This is the opening talk for a retreat that welcomes young people (aged 16 - 25) to explore meditation and the Buddha's teaching on the four noble truths, and how this teaching sheds light on our own difficulties and opens up the possibility of deep freedom. This talk also includes Caroline Jones.
Gaia House Young Persons Retreat The Four Noble Truths

2010-12-16 Making Peace with Samsara 46:36
Pascal Auclair
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Forgiveness: the Wisdom of Our Hearts (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Community)

2010-12-16 Gifts of Darkness and Letting Go 55:12
Betsy Rose
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2010-12-15 A Personal Journey of Suffering and Finding Compassion 42:54
Arinna Weisman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Forgiveness: the Wisdom of Our Hearts (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Community)

2010-12-15 Seeing Beyond the Veil 1:15:45
Tara Brach
The source of our suffering is that we become identified with egoic roles and defenses that separate us from the truth of what we are. This talk explores some of the constricting identities that we take on, and the process of compassionate presence that reconnects us with our natural vitality, openheartedness and wisdom. We then enlarge our focus to seeing past the veil that obscures the sacred presence that shines through all beings.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-12-15 Gradual and Immediate Awakening, II 60:49
Donald Rothberg
We look in more depth at the path of gradual awakening and its complimentary path and practice of immediate awakening, suggesting a variety of ways to practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-14 We are the Ones we are Looking for 48:55
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2010-12-14 Holding Life Tenderly 51:31
Larry Yang
The path of mindfulness and metta towards freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Forgiveness: the Wisdom of Our Hearts (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Community)

2010-12-14 Recollection of the Sangha-part of a three part series on the Triple Gem: As Refuge, Inspiration, and Meditation Practice 38:10
Shaila Catherine
The Triple Gem: Recollection of the Sangha—Community As Refuge. This is the third installment in the three part series on the triple refuge or three jewels. This talk introduces the contemplation of the virtues of the Sangha (sanghanusati) as a support for inspiration, trust, and gratitude for community. The liberating sangha is considered worthy of gifts and offerings; a field of merit; a community people who have made the effort to practice diligently, energetically; and who are cultivating a direct and liberating path.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Triple Gem: As Refuge, Inspiration, and Meditation Practice

2010-12-13 The 1906 Earth Quake 50:57
Norman Fischer
How to work with suffering & fear - How people in the Earthquake experienced it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-13 The Five Hindrances 54:22
Greg Scharf
A discussion of the difficulties we encounter in our practice and some suggestions for how to work with them skillfully.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-12-12 "I Teach One Thing Only" 48:07
Rodney Smith
This "one thing" the Buddha taught and forms a continuum of practice that informs our motivation all along the way.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Heart

2010-12-12 Closing Talk for Loving Kindness Weekend 43:22
Yanai Postelnik
This talk also includes Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-12 Metta Practice for Forgiveness of a Difficult Person 41:34
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-11 You are the Buddha 65:01
Howard Cohn
The Buddha is not so far away and your practice can allow you to recognize this.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-12-11 No-Self In The Brain 49:10
Rick Hanson
Neuroscience and the teachings of Anatta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-12-11 No Self in the Brain 1:59:12
Rick Hanson
Neuroscience and the teachings of Anatta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-12-11 Going Forth 35:29
Amma Thanasanti
Anagarika ceremony - Colorado Springs, CO
Shakti Vihara

2010-12-11 Opening to Kindness 57:37
Kirsten Kratz
The cultivation of loving kindness enables us to connect more and more to the kindness, openness and courage in our hearts, transforming how we relate to life.
Gaia House Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-11 Loving Kindness Meditation Instructions 55:10
Yanai Postelnik
These instructions also include Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-10 Melting the Judgmental Heart 48:55
Mary Grace Orr
The judgmental mind is painful and difficult. We can bring the practicies of the Brahma Viharas to it, to melt away the judgment and to develop a kind and spacious heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-12-10 Opening Talk for Loving Kindness Weekend 48:16
Yanai Postelnik
This talk also includes Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-09 Let Your Difficulties Become the Path 61:22
Howard Cohn
Letting the uniquely human experience of our struggles and pain become the cause for healing, tenderness and well being.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-12-08 Ask the Friend for Love 1:18:56
Tara Brach
Prayer, when cultivated consciously, energizes and guides us on the spiritual path. This talk investigates the difference between wanting, with it's narrow fixation, and the prayer that arises out of our deep heart's longing. We explore how living prayer, the prayer that arises from consciously inhabiting longing, can carry us home to loving presence. As John O'Donahue writes, prayer is the bridge between longing and belonging.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-12-08 The Surprise of Unfolding 48:57
Mary Grace Orr
We come to retreat seeking refuge. Developing curiosity, confidence and contentment and in resting in the surprises of our unfoldment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-12-08 Gradual and Immediate Awakening, I 63:16
Donald Rothberg
We explore the complementarity of gradual and immediate (or sudden) ways of practicing, with some experiential exercises.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-07 Reflecting on Sacredness 38:42
Ayya Anandabodhi
Mission Dharma

2010-12-05 Ease in an Imperfect World 56:13
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-12-04 Householders' Practices of Letting Go 56:55
Steve Armstrong
Perth, Australia :  Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-12-04 Ending the Inner Critic (3) 35:12
Rob Burbea
Gaia House Ending the Inner Critic

2010-12-04 Ending the Inner Critic (2) 46:27
Rob Burbea
Gaia House Ending the Inner Critic

2010-12-04 Ending the Inner Critic (1) 34:44
Rob Burbea
Gaia House Ending the Inner Critic

2010-12-04 Right Speech, Right Conflict 31:08
Amma Thanasanti
Colorado Springs, CO
Shakti Vihara

2010-12-03 The World of Dew: A Talk on The Two Truths 59:03
Eugene Cash
Dhamma practice opens us to the world of paradox and mystery. The Buddha's teachings on relative and ultimate truth reveal to us the seamless nature of the Path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Discovering Presence in Each Moment

2010-12-03 Understanding Vipassana 1:10:06
Steve Armstrong
Perth, Australia :  Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-12-02 A New Story: Was the World Made for Man? 56:35
Wes Nisker
An insightful and humorous exploration of the place of humans in the universe. Includes a reading of Mark Twain's essay "Was the World Made for Man." The evening ends with a discussion with sangha members.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2010-12-02 Barking, Barking, Barking: Mindfulness as Respectful Listening 50:09
Pamela Weiss
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Discovering Presence in Each Moment

2010-12-02 Compassion and Courage 57:06
Kamala Masters
Perth, Australia :  Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-12-01 The Karma Concerning Liberation 44:55
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-12-01 Investigating the Dharma: Refuges, Hindrances, Mindfulness 59:33
Anushka Fernandopulle
First night talk on what we are doing on retreat, working with hindrances, mindfulness, connection to refuges and precepts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Discovering Presence in Each Moment

2010-12-01 Four Noble Truths 60:24
Steve Armstrong
Perth, Australia :  Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-12-01 Opening to what is Beautiful and Good 59:08
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-30 Connecting with this Very Moment 55:58
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2010-11-30 Making Your Mind a Refuge: Seven Factors of Awakening 59:58
Kamala Masters
Perth, Australia :  Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-11-29 Meditation, Awareness and Understanding 60:18
Steve Armstrong
Perth, Australia :  Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-11-29 Lovingkindness 63:03
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-28 Equanimity 62:03
Andrea Fella
The quality of equanimity develops in our practice by studying what gets in the way of equanimity, and by cultivating the conditions that support it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-28 Resting in the Clear Mind of Non Reactivity 53:49
Kamala Masters
Perth, Australia :  Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-11-27 Identity and Identification 57:10
Will Kabat-Zinn
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-27 Understanding the Defilements 60:45
Steve Armstrong
Perth, Australia :  Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-11-26 Taking Refuges as Practice 37:48
Steve Armstrong
Perth, Australia :  Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-11-26 The Psychodynamics in Meditation (Part 3 - Dimensions of the Personal Journey) 66:52
Rob Burbea
With wisdom and sensitivity, we can learn to use both the view of emptiness and the view of self to bring a completeness to our unfolding liberation and to know the joy and openness of ongoing discovery.
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-24 Loving Life: Gratitude and Generosity 1:16:36
Tara Brach
Love is innate, and blossoms as we intentionally cultivate it. This talk on two natural expressions of loving life--gratitude and generosity--includes several guided reflections that awaken the heart.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-11-24 Cultivating Generosity and Gratitude 60:30
Donald Rothberg
We examine the nature of generosity and gratitude and both how to cultivate them , and what stands in the way of their expression through stories and teachings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-24 Investigation 32:31
Christina Feldman
Investigation is the willingness to probe beneath assumption to discover what is true.
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-23 Rest in Natural Great Peace 49:18
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2010-11-23 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Feelings Unleashing Thoughts 4:41
Rodney Smith
Feelings move quickly into a narrative that captures our attention and promotes further images, all with their own feelings and further story. The sense of "I" arises, and we are surrounded by feelings and reactions to feelings, giving us a sense of ourselves in time and space. We call this life.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-11-22 Compassionate Presence 57:48
Trudy Goodman
Transformation happens in the realm or context of compassionate presence. How do we learn to offer compassionate, loving attention to ourselves, each other, and our world?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Retreat

2010-11-22 Guided Meditation - Clearing Dukkha 44:13
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2010-11-21 Dependent Origination 60:33
Andrea Fella
A practical discussion on the Buddha's teaching of dependent origination.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-21 Hindrances and Such 56:19
Wes Nisker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-21 Inspiration to Train the Mind 56:53
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

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