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Dharma Talks
2018-12-08 Tensionless Sitting 44:03
Rodney Smith
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awakening : Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2018-12-07 Foundations of Happiness 54:22
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House The Path of Insight Meditation

2018-12-07 Wise Attention 49:51
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 5 - 31, 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-12-07 An Appropriate Response 44:57
Nathan Glyde
Emptiness doesn't imply detachment, or that another's suffering doesn't matter. Understanding emptiness and Dependent Origination liberates love from self-concern, and opens wise ways to interact with and change the world. "The Sūtra says that outer things are not at all real – it is the mind that manifests in various ways. This teaching that dismisses outer forms was only a device to counteract the strong attachment that we have to things." –Chandrakīrti
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Everything Leans–Interconnection and Emptiness on the Path of Freedom

2018-12-07 Éveil et tâches quotidiennes 66:23
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La sagesse incarnée

2018-12-07 Relational Dhamma 24:20
Ajahn Sucitto
Input given at the 2018 Beatenberg Meeting
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2018-12-07 La causalité et les facteurs de l’éveil 56:46
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La sagesse incarnée

2018-12-06 "Nature of Anicca" 61:05
Kate Munding
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2018-12-06 Mettā Pervades Awareness 41:37
Nathan Glyde
Opening the sense of awareness and letting it have the flavour of kind welcoming to all phenomena.
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Everything Leans–Interconnection and Emptiness on the Path of Freedom

2018-12-06 "Sitting Meditation Before the Dharma Talk" 50:10
Kate Munding
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2018-12-06 Nature humaine 64:48
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La sagesse incarnée

2018-12-06 Un esprit stable au milieu des perturbations 57:19
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La sagesse incarnée

2018-12-06 Lojong Slogans 44:33
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2018-12-05 Say What You Mean 50:54
Oren Jay Sofer
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2018-12-05 Three Attitudes that Nourish a Liberating Practice 52:41
Tara Brach
A key spiritual inquiry is, “In this moment, what most serves awakening?” Rather than a particular style of meditation practice, it is our way of relating to our experience – our attitude – that frees our hearts. This talk explores the attitudes that are an expression of our innately open, wakeful and loving awareness, and that carry us to realization. (a favorite from the archives)
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-12-05 The Mind of Faith 55:39
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2018-12-05 Everything Changes But You 41:08
Nathan Glyde
Some very obvious things need to be looked at with more honest clarity; One of those is our sense of self. It just seems so obvious, practically undeniable, that “I am”. Yet a separate self is impossible to find; what a paradox.
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Everything Leans–Interconnection and Emptiness on the Path of Freedom

2018-12-05 Practicing with the Darkness of Our Time 1 64:07
Donald Rothberg
Inspired by the moving into the darkness of the Winter Solstice, we explore four understandings of darkness that can guide our practice at this time: (1) the importance of stopping, as seems to be the case at this time of year with the earth, disengaging for a period, and listening deeply; (2) being more skillful with what is difficult or challenging; (3) learning to be with what is unknown or unresolved; and (4) seeing how the darkness can, as is so with the earth, be generative and fertile. We apply these understandings mostly to our individual practice, but also to the difficulties and unknowns of our collective situation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-12-05 Wednesday Morning Meditation 2:02:25
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2018-12-04 47 Refuge Mantra Chant 5:34
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-12-04 46 Evening Chanting Pali 12:14
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-12-04 45 Morning Chanting English 10:22
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-12-04 Vedanā - Meditation Instruction 48:10
Nathan Glyde
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Everything Leans–Interconnection and Emptiness on the Path of Freedom

2018-12-04 44 Morning Chanting Pali 13:09
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-12-04 43 Dedication of Offerings and Vipassanabhumi chant 20:06
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-12-03 La compassion, cours complet 1:30:29
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2018-12-03 Anything Can Be a Hindrance or a Teaching 50:33
Nathan Glyde
The 5 hindrances to deep ease are ways of looking at and relating with the world. By adjusting our view and creatively participating in the fabrication of body-heart-mind we can get free of these common entanglements of dukkhā.
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Everything Leans–Interconnection and Emptiness on the Path of Freedom

2018-12-03 Looking through the Eyes of Love - Monday Night Dharma Talk 65:57
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Embodying Awakening: Yoga and Meditation

2018-12-03 42 Closing: This Is Going to Hurt – Get Used to It 27:44
Ajahn Sucitto
Time on retreat can be intense, but strength and skills are gained when we can meet the difficulties of our lives. The encouragement is to sustain regular occasions of sitting with the Buddha. Prompts for review and reflection are offered.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-12-03 41 Brahmavihāra Follow Up 21:15
Ajahn Sucitto
Following up from the brahmavihāra guided meditation, the powerful potential of the practice is described. Taken in depth, these qualities offer a means for feeling steady and comfortable, a home base from which to clear fear mistrust and loss of heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-12-03 40 Guided Meditation: Brahmavihāras 56:09
Ajahn Sucitto
Cultivation of the brahmavihāras is based upon generating perceptions and felt senses through various bases. This guided meditation refers to the bodily and mental bases, in addition to primary sympathy – anukampa – as the underlying basis, to bring these boundless qualities into fullness. They then can serve as soothing orientations within the tribulations of this human realm.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-12-02 The Miracle Of Generosity And Gratitude 50:11
Jill Shepherd
Taking time to acknowledge and celebrate what has been achieved on this retreat, plus an exploration of the spirit of generosity in terms of three levels: the gift of material things, the gift of fearlessnes, and the gift of dharma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-12-02 Dhamma Talks 16 - Dhamma talk 1:12:27
Ajahn Achalo
Nalanda Buddhist Society

2018-12-02 Serenity in Sensitivity - Talk 57:29
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-12-02 Serenity in Sensitivity - Meditation 33:00
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-12-02 The Way We Look Shapes What We See 39:48
Nathan Glyde
There is always a little more we can see, and a little more we can learn; especially about how our way of looking is shaping what we see. There is always a way of looking shaping our view, there is no neutral mode, so we don't ever see the world passively. Understanding this brings a deepening understanding of liberation.
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Everything Leans–Interconnection and Emptiness on the Path of Freedom

2018-12-02 Living Skillfully with the Thinking Mind - Talk 39:08
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-12-02 Living Skillfully with the Thinking Mind - Meditation 35:17
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-12-02 39 Q&A 45:43
Ajahn Sucitto
How does one maintain one’s center in the world? What are the 8 worldly “winds” and how to relate to them? What do we ask forgiveness for from Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha in evening chanting? How to balance energy between personal practice and moral duty to respond to suffering in the world?
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-12-02 38 Release 46:33
Ajahn Sucitto
Practicing for release follows the trajectory of knowing (ñāṇa) and culminates in realization (aññā). We review the aggregates with dispassion, recognizing their causal basis, and stop taking them to be self. Devotional practices support the shift from self-consciousness to trackless consciousness where self, other, future, past are no longer concocted. This is the turning towards the deathless.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-12-01 Dosa and Adosa (Aversion and Non-Aversion) Practice Recording 2:15:41
Gregory Kramer
The Buddha was interested in understanding the human experience; he was not trying to establish a religion. He wondered why there was human suffering? And he is inviting us into this same inquiry. This recording is a series of talks from various retreats by Gregory Kramer on dosa and adosa stitched together by Insight Dialogue Community member, Kathy Beck-Coon. She wrote up guidance on how this recording can be used for Insight Dialogue practice and to support practice groups. In addition, Insight Dialogue member, Anne Symington, wrote up a summary of the teachings and a timestamp summary of the audio.
Insight Dialogue Community
Attached Files:
  • Insight Dialogue dosa_adosa practice recording guidance (PDF)

2018-12-01 Standing in the Midst of the Worldly Winds (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:00
Gina Sharpe
Equanimity as Seventh Factor of Awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Seven Factors of Awakening

2018-12-01 Love and Compassion-Essence of Practice 58:25
Mark Coleman
This talk explores the beautiful quality of compassion for others and the world as central to a Dharma practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness as a Path of Awakening

2018-12-01 The Practice Path to the Heart’s Release 47:37
Ayya Jitindriya
Santi Forest Monastery

2018-12-01 Satipattana Guided Meditation Day 5 (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:20
Mark Coleman
All Four foundations of Mindfulness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness as a Path of Awakening

2018-12-01 Day 5 Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:59
Pamela Weiss
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Seven Factors of Awakening

2018-12-01 Day 5 Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:32
Mark Coleman
Mindfulness of Mind
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness as a Path of Awakening

2018-12-01 37 Passing of Difficult Feeling 54:54
Ajahn Sucitto
The inability to feel difficult emotions causes closure of heart and body. If things haven’t been allowed to arise, they don’t pass. Using the practice of calming and insight, we calm just enough to make difficult feeling manageable and let it move through the body, then apply the skill of insight to look into just this experience without proliferation. Dispassion, clarity, and a wide attentive heart remain.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2018-11-30 Developing the graceful heart. 62:06
Rebecca Bradshaw
Discuss ways to strengthen the quality of equanimity, increasing our ability to move through the world with grace and poise.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2018-11-30 Giving Oneself to Samadhi (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:04
Eugene Cash
The function of 'samadhi'-concentration, unification, absorption, jhana, in the service of awakening. How samadhi is cultivated, sustained and practiced traditionally as well as personally. What arouses and sustains ones investigative awareness in formal meditation and life? The joy of samadhi.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Seven Factors of Awakening

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