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Dharma Talks
2010-07-16 Dogen's Instructions To The Cook - Part 4 1:14:09
Larry Rosenberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2010-07-16 Appropriate Effort 53:31
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-07-16 The Middle Way 58:04
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-07-15 This Business of Wanting. 51:10
James Baraz
This Business of Wanting.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2010-07-15 Insight Meditation and Non Seperation in living - 3 61:30
Matthew Daniell
Reflection and Q&A
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2010-07-15 The Second Noble Truth - Tanha 44:55
Pamela Weiss

2010-07-15 Appropriate Concentration 58:16
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-07-15 Entering The Stream 58:07
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-07-14 Dogen's Instructions To The Cook - Part 3 51:12
Larry Rosenberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2010-07-14 Equanimity: Freedom from Dependency 56:51
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-07-14 Wise Speech Practice #2- Minfulness and Speech Practice: includes exercises/discussions 63:52
Donald Rothberg
After a review of last time, of the importance of speech practice and the ethical guidelines for wise speech, we explore two ways of cultivating mindfulness in our speech, concluding with an exercise to cultivate inner and outer attention at the same time.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-07-14 Appropriate Action 55:40
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-07-14 Turning The Wheel 60:22
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-07-13 Refuge 51:19
Susan O'Brien
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-07-13 Insight Meditation and Non Separation in living - 2 46:52
Matthew Daniell
Uncluttering the heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2010-07-13 Appropriate Speech 45:16
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-07-13 Conditionality 60:27
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-07-12 Wisdom & Compassion 47:43
Nina Wise
How do we live when we lose faith in humanity... or at Heart we are at Peace...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-07-12 Dogen's Instructions To The Cook - Part 2 50:30
Larry Rosenberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2010-07-12 Appropriate Thinking 53:10
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-07-12 The Elephant, the Arrow and the Raft 53:49
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-07-11 Emotion Management Techniques (EMT) 62:55
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Emotion Management Techniques (EMT) are various mindful and skillful ways of transforming difficult emotions into opportunities for awakening. Through full understanding of the emotions and their true nature, we begin to open our heart and respond to the emotions with compassion and wisdom and thereby experience greater happiness and freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center People of Color Meditation Retreat

2010-07-11 Untangling Our Karmic Knots 61:02
Rebecca Bradshaw
Guest Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-07-11 Mindfulness and Creative Engagement 49:55
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-07-11 Introduction to Secular Buddhism 64:04
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-07-10 Dogen's Instructions To The Cook - Part 1 47:28
Larry Rosenberg
Can some advice about running a kitchen in a Sung Dynasty Monastery be of value to us now?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2010-07-10 Resolved To Let Go 51:58
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2010-07-10 Opening Talk for Meditation and Study Retreat 65:19
Stephen Batchelor
This talk also includes Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-07-09 The Power of Mind 57:22
Larry Yang
The Power of being mindful of thoughts and thinking
Spirit Rock Meditation Center People of Color Meditation Retreat

2010-07-09 A Life of Dhamma: Renunciation, Generosity 57:45
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness with Wisdom

2010-07-08 Suffering is Grace 50:37
James Baraz
Suffering is Grace
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2010-07-08 Mindfulness & Liberation of the Body 50:27
Anushka Fernandopulle
How to practice awareness of the body and why it is helpful.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center People of Color Meditation Retreat

2010-07-08 Escape from Samsara 68:28
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness with Wisdom

2010-07-07 The Power of Mind 1:22:03
Tara Brach
The Buddha taught that "Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind." This talk explores how our intention and attention can tap into the living awareness that is our source, and give rise to healing of body, heart and spirit.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-07-07 Beauty of Change, Change of Beauty 62:30
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness with Wisdom

2010-07-07 The First Noble Truth - Dukkha & Mara 50:45
Pamela Weiss

2010-07-07 Introduction to Wise Speech Practice 56:10
Donald Rothberg
A discussion of the importance of speech practice and of the four ethical guidelines for wise speech, inviting initial practice of cultivating wise speech.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-07-07 Essential Dharma Class 10- Practice in Daily Life 42:58
Mark Coleman
Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 Meditation) What is necessary for maintaining our practice in daily life, through inspiration, silence, Sangha and informal practice of mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Part II- Class Series

2010-07-06 Trust 47:27
Susan O'Brien
Remembering to relax into the truth of our experience.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-07-06 Nature of Mind Guided Meditation 41:28
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness with Wisdom

2010-07-06 Beautifying Life with Mindfulness 65:28
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness with Wisdom

2010-07-06 Satipatthana Sutta, First Foundation: Death and the Body (1) 59:24
Rodney Smith
The Buddha seems to be encouraging an exploration of the themes of death and the body in this passage of the Satipatthana Sutta. Though all of us know we are going to die, few of us realize that fact as a living truth. This passage is meant to release us from our denial that fixates on permanency and continuity.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-07-05 Independence and Interdependence 56:52
Mark Coleman
What is the Buddha's teaching on interdependence that arises from practice & what is his teaching on the nature of reality. It is inter- dependent and inter-connected.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-07-05 Vipassana Wisdom 59:52
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness with Wisdom

2010-07-05 Patience and Perseverance 27:31
Yvonne Weier
Gaia House Open Field - Meditation and Chi Kung

2010-07-04 River of Change 58:45
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness with Wisdom

2010-07-04 Realizing Equanimity 57:11
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-07-04 The Thread of Awareness 42:10
Yvonne Weier
Gaia House Open Field - Meditation and Chi Kung

2010-07-03 Speech Practice in Difficult Situations 63:40
Donald Rothberg
Our speech practice deepens when we take difficult speech situations as becoming opportunities. We explore the centrality of working skillfully with reactivity; the possibility of becoming more skilled with finding non-dual approaches to conflict and how there are always openings for practice, even when the other seems uninterested in communication.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication

2010-07-03 Four Noble Truths 63:22
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness with Wisdom

2010-07-03 Settling In 31:12
Yvonne Weier
Gaia House Open Field - Meditation and Chi Kung

2010-07-02 Wisdom and Speech Practice 56:40
Donald Rothberg
We explore three increasingly subtle aspects of wisdom and the speech practices related to each of them: (1) the wisdom to know what is wholesome and unwholesome, particularly in an ethical context; (2) the wisdom to know suffering and the roots of suffering, and freedom and its roots; (3) the wisdom to know the nature of more direct experience and the nature of concepts. In all types of wisdom, the basis is the close study of experience, leading to insight and clear seeing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication

2010-07-02 "Qualities of a Beautiful Mind" 56:28
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness with Wisdom

2010-07-02 Everything and Nothing: Mindfulness in Family Life 46:25
Deborah Ratner Helzer
In meditation, we look to see if we can break through our mistaken sense of self. How can we look in our relationships to break through our sense of other?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Family Retreat

2010-07-02 A Map Leading To Unlocatable Release 44:39
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2010-07-02 Opening Talk for Open Field - Meditation and Chi Kung Retreat 49:57
Yvonne Weier
talk also includes Chi Kung teacher Max Weier
Gaia House Open Field - Meditation and Chi Kung

2010-07-01 Why we need a technique 29:58
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-07-01 Speaking from the Heart-Metta and Speech Practice 53:04
Donald Rothberg
The Buddha spoke often of the centrality of speaking lovingly from the heart- "affectionately...with a mind of good-will". We explore the importance for speech practice of working directly with mind and heart, learning through metta practice to "lead" with our hearts. We also in the process touch more and more our radiant hearts, transforming what gets in the way of these hearts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication

2010-07-01 Kamma: An Opportunity for Future Well-Being 58:12
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness with Wisdom

2010-07-01 Independence Day: True Independence and Its Wider implications 45:04
James Baraz
What does it mean to be truly independent? Independent from what? And if we are genuinely independent how does that affect the way we live our lives?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2010-07-01 Things As They Are 34:40
Mary Grace Orr
Insight Santa Cruz

2010-06-30 Mindfulness and Speech Practice 0:00
Donald Rothberg
(Recording not available) 
We continue exploring the nature of speech practice, following last night's introduction, focusing on five kinds of mindfulness practice that supports speech practice. Following an overview of mindfulness, we examine (1) connecting inner and outer attention in the midst of speech, (2) the importance for speech practice of mindfulness of the body, (3) mindfulness based on following the ethical speech principles, (4) NVC interpreted as a refinement of mindfulness practice,and (5) mindfulness of the thoughts and emotions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication

2010-06-30 Mindfulness and Speech Practice 54:52
Donald Rothberg
We continue exploring the nature of speech practice, following last night's introduction, focusing on five kinds of mindfulness practice that supports speech practice. Following an overview of mindfulness, we examine (1) connecting inner and outer attention in the midst of speech, (2) the importance for speech practice of mindfulness of the body, (3) mindfulness based on following the ethical speech principles, (4) NVC interpreted as a refinement of mindfulness practice,and (5) mindfulness of the thoughts and emotions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication

2010-06-30 Patience 58:28
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness with Wisdom

2010-06-30 Everyday Lightening Strikes 17:24
Sylvia Boorstein
Part 1 of 2
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-06-30 Everyday Lightening Strikes 35:07
Sylvia Boorstein
Part 2 of 2- includes baby blessing
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-06-29 Speech Practice and the Path of Awakening 55:37
Donald Rothberg
In this talk, we locate speech practice in the context of the path of awakening, first explaining the meanings of awakening and path. We then suggest a map of three broad types of interrelated speech practices, focusing on the first type - using ethical principles to guide our speech. We'll explore the others in further talks.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication

2010-06-29 Mindfulness for Insight 65:13
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness with Wisdom

2010-06-29 Mindfulness in Daily Life 1:22:34
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-06-29 Not-Self 54:01
Leigh Brasington
Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha

2010-06-28 Poetry Beauty & Art 65:25
Jack Kornfield
Poetry and the dance of the spirit... and Lions Roar
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-06-28 Understanding the Defilements 53:13
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Awareness with Wisdom

2010-06-28 Realizing the Dhamma 56:39
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-06-27 Taste of Freedom 50:55
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-06-27 Closing Talk from Noble Friendship on the Path Retreat 36:28
Akincano Marc Weber
Gaia House On Being with Others - Noble Friendship on the Path

2010-06-26 What Changes as we Practice 54:49
Anna Douglas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-26 Dhammanupassana Satipatthana II 59:27
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Enlightenment factors
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-06-26 A Good Friend 55:51
Akincano Marc Weber
Gaia House On Being with Others - Noble Friendship on the Path

2010-06-25 Faith 26:24
Ayya Santacitta
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2010-06-25 All About Me 62:46
Howard Cohn
Similar to other talks on personality view, sakaya dhitti, and how we can notice the myriad ways it is spawned in our thoughts
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-25 Three Ways To Do Metta 26:48
Chas DiCapua
Different approaches to doing the metta practice. Each can be used on it's own or in conjunction with one or both of the others.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Teen Retreat

2010-06-25 Dhammanupassana Satipatthana I 64:07
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Introduction; hindrances
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-06-25 Sila as Dana 34:28
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara

2010-06-25 Sila as Dana - Q&A Session 38:53
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara

2010-06-25 Opening Talk for Noble Friendship on the Path Retreat 1:15:10
Akincano Marc Weber
Gaia House On Being with Others - Noble Friendship on the Path

2010-06-24 How to get what you want...and not get what you don't want. 54:58
James Baraz
How to get what you want...and not get what you don't want.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2010-06-24 Path of Kindness 59:07
Mark Coleman
How do the practices of mindfulness and metta (loving kindness) work together - and the important of bringing a kind loving presence to working with difficulties and pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-24 Concentration 37:08
Mary Grace Orr
Insight Santa Cruz

2010-06-23 The Life of the Body 58:21
Anna Douglas
Mindful awareness of the life of the body teaches us how to live, and how to die.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-23 Meeting Objects with Equinimity 67:52
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-06-23 This talk is unfortunately unavailable- Life as a Tightrope 0:00
Sylvia Boorstein
(Recording not available) 
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-06-22 The Cure for Pain is in the Pain 63:25
Howard Cohn
The power of awareness to turn our difficulties into the path of awakening and freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-21 Turning of the Seasons 61:16
Jack Kornfield
How to live wisely in the changes of life. How to honor the individual and universal perspective of our life with understanding and compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-06-21 Light of Awareness 50:16
Mark Coleman
Using the metaphor of light as awareness, this talk weaves in poetry, and teachings of the Buddha to explore the role of mindfulness in the path of practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-21 Equinimity (Upekkha) 59:40
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-06-20 Spiritual Friendship 60:56
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (10 of 10) 62:18
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (9 or 10) 2:40
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (8 of 10) 29:18
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

2010-06-20 Monastic Day - Don't Push (7 of 10) 9:21
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: Monastic Day - Don't Push, Just Use the Weight of Your Own Body...

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