2009-03-16 Barefoot and Empty-handed 40:41
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Developing awakened wisdom is an organic process, the unbinding of all problems that leads to indestructible peace and harmlessness. We undertake and persevere through training the mind so that we can renounce our attachments and stop the interior whirling of the world. No longer caught in its duality, we rest in knowing the liberating truth of this moment, cessation of suffering and a transcendent healing that takes us to the Deathless.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2009-03-10 Simplicity Of Being 40:20
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
Be as you are. This talk encourages a spacious and accepting attitude that embraces experience just as it is occurring. It is inspired by non-meditation approaches that bring relaxation, release, and ease to awareness without the exertion or efforts of striving. Mindfulness instructions are simple: observe your experience of sensory contact, observe what occurs at any sense door. You don't need to do very much with what you observe. See what is happening; be present with what is. Several obstacles to deep presence are examined. We learn to release attachments to material stuff, to overcome the influence of social expectation, and to renounce distracting and unskillful speech. We also learn to free the mind from mental proliferation, worry, and restless wandering; to embrace precepts that protect us from doing habitual or selfish actions; and to let go of clinging whenever it arises. This approach illuminates the power of renunciation; the calming of concepts of self, I, me, and mine; and the great peace that brings an end to suffering.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley :  Tuesday Talks

2009-02-09 How Mind Habits Change 58:04
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Beginning with the hypothesis that the natural mind, unconfused by fixed views or hindrance energies, is clear and buoyant and conducive to happiness; this talk specifically details the ways in which concentration, mindfulness, effort and good will(Metta) work to lesson attachment to view and afflictive emotions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation February

2008-11-21 Living in the Truth 66:18
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
A life dedicated to discovering the Truth of things is a life lived beautifully, and leading organically to freedom from suffering. Yet we frequently approach our seeking with hidden attachments to assumptions, preconceptions and views (often about Truth or the ways it is realised) that hinder a really complete, far-reaching, open and radical inquiry. On every level, from the personal to the mystical and ultimate, how can we give free reign to the heart's longing to live the truth?
Gaia House :  Solitary Month Retreat

2008-08-10 Talk Three: Wise Effort and Wise Attachment 60:52
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
Gaia House :  The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)

2008-05-26 Five Guidelines For Practicing With Conflict 46:46
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore five aspects of bringing our practice to conflicts - inner, interpersonal, group, or social: 1. At the heart of such practice is transforming reactivity and responding skillfully. Also crucial are different ways of: 2. grounding and centering in the body, 3. resting in the heart, 4. maintaining a non-dual vision, and 5. continuing to be deeply engaged and acting without attachment to immediate outcomes, once we have acted responsively.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Path of Engagement

2007-11-11 What Is Wisdom All About? 48:43
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
This talk address the experience of wisdom as understanding the noble truths and the law of karma which results in a mind/heart that has replaced greed, hatred, and cruelty with non-attachment, kindness and compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-11-08 The Mystery Of Stillness 55:58
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Our daily lives are filled with desire, yet desire leads to suffering. How do we reconcile the paradox between caring love and non-attachment?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-10-19 The Gratification, The Danger And The Escape 58:54
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Sutra study regarding the limits of the gratification of sense pleasures and the freedom of abandoning attachment to them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2007-10-05 Dealing With Craving And Attachment 55:28
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
We need to see and understand the true nature of craving and attachment in order to abandon them. However, besides mindful observation there are other ways to deal with craving and attachment.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-07-23 Resting The Mind Before It Falls Into Extremes 58:55
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Equanimity supports clarity of understanding through a spacious, balanced and calm mind. It leads the way for compassionate action that can be powerfully effective because it is free from aversion and attachment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2007-02-14 The Mind and the Way: Letting Go of Attachment 55:30
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2006-11-06 Attachment 59:43
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
The inner and outer conditions for attachment to arise.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Intensive

2006-07-11 Metta: Freeing The Heart From Clinging 51:16
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
What keeps our heart from expressing pure lovingkindness? Understanding "tanna" or clinging, that gives rise to attachment & aversion, is the obstacle.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-06-23 Luminous Mind 56:06
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Exploring identification and attachment obscures the natural radiance. How dis-identification reveals the nature of mind. Buddha described a luminosity of mind. This talk explores the attachments and conceptualization that veil this luminosity and points us directly at the radiance of mind. Includes a guided meditation. The Buddha point to the luminous nature of mind. Our practice allows for recognition and realization of our natural luminosity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-10-05 Committed Action, Non-Attachment To Outcome Pt 2 58:43
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-09-28 Committed Action, Non-Attachment To Outcome Pt 1 55:51
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-07-10 Metta: Its Near & Far Enemies 56:36
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
What supports lovingkindness is the sincere caring we give in each moment as we say a metta phrase. What obstructs metta are its near and far enemies; affection with attachment and aversion such as sadness, fear, anger, or judgement.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-04-24 Non-Attachment Is Presence, Not Absence 54:30
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Non-attachment is not to be confused with avoidance, spacing out, losing connection to what is happening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2004-11-10 Commitment to Practice, Non Attachment to Outcome 58:18
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2004-08-19 Attachment & Pride 1:10:31
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen

2004-08-19 The Practice of the Log II: Attachment & Pride 69:39
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen

2004-08-05 The Demons Of The Mind 1:10:31
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
In dealing with the demons of the mind that is with all the emotions and mental states causing fear, sorrow, attachment or any other sort of mental anquish we are able to courageously face them with bare awareness. When this awareness or mindfulness is strong without reacting to the experience, even the worst enemies are dissolved like the morning mist in the rising sun.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  August 2004 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-12-16 One Fortunate Attachment 59:38
Sarah Doering	Download Listen

2003-09-07 Mindfulness As A Factor Of Enlightenment 1:12:04
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mindfulness is needed in all instances. It has the capacity to connect with and accept whatever phenomenon is presenting itself at any of the six sense doors without judgement, evaluation or the attachment of self-identification. Mindfulness is the "mother" of all the factors of enlightenment. It offers the great intimacy with experience that is needed for the door of truth to open.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  September 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-08-15 Two Kinds of Love 53:24
Sarah Doering	Download Listen
Love, as it is ordinarily experienced in our world, leads to suffering. The leaders of the Burmese opposition party bear witness to the fact that love which has in it no attachment leads to freedom and peace.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  August 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-03-12 Acting out of Presence and Non-Attachment 58:13
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-09-01 Loosening Our Attachment to Views 47:06
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2001-07-01 Patient Awareness 50:25
Corrado Pensa	Download Listen
Unless we see and understand all the energy that goes into our attachments and aversions, there won't be any energy left for awareness.

2001-03-22 Refinement Of Mind - part 1 63:45
James Baraz	Download Listen
The Buddha's discourse on refinement of mind from the Anguttara Nikaya describes the process a practitioner experiences in moving from grosser types of attachment to more subtle and refined ones. This talk focuses on how the practice affects our thoughts, words and actions as we continue our journey of awakening.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2000-10-22 Paying Attention, Taking Action, Letting Go 61:28
Steven Smith	Download Listen
Bringing wisdom with non-attachment and compassionate action together.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-06-07 Care Of The Body And The Practice Of Vipassana Meditation 1:32:57
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
The benefits to Dharma practice of bodily care; the dangers of craving and attachment which can arise with increased energy, health, attachment.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2000-04-19 Attachment To Views 59:47
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley)

1999-07-17 Mindful Awareness Of The Five Hindrances 59:12
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
The five hindrances: attachment, aversion, restlessness, sloth and torpor, and doubt, are often seen as obstacles to liberation. However, once we are mindful of them, they become vehicles for awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat (9 days)

1999-04-26 Steering Our Boat - Wise Effort 44:28
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Our intentions shape our reality, but suffering ends when we let go of attachment to the outcomes.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-12 Attachment 1:12:12
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
attachment (clinging or feeling) even to Dhamma, is suffering and is the binding factor of self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-01-25 Attachment and Non-Attachment 58:20
Eugene Cash	Download Listen

1998-09-15 Freedom From Addiction 58:37
Tara Brach	Download Listen
From the Buddhist perspective, craving is the cause of suffering. To the extent that we feel discomfort or suffering, we are identified with wanting life to be different is some way. This talk guides us in honesty facing our own areas of attachment, and explores the Buddhist teachings on freedom from addiction.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1998-06-02 One Fortunate Attachment 45:46
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1998-05-31 Pure Love Without Attachment 31:42
Sayadaw U Lakkhana	Download Listen

1998-04-29 Original Mind 52:58
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
By letting go of our attachment to conceiving, we touch a deeper reality.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1998-03-25 Attachment And Connection 46:49
Narayan Helen Liebenson	Download Listen
discerning the difference between connection (with oneself, others, the world) and attachment
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1998-02-09 Four Great Attachments 38:51
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1997-07-11 Impermanence And The Fading Away Of Attachment 53:04
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
seeing changing nature of all forms weakens the hold of attachment

1997-04-21 Impermanence and Death 56:52
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
Exploring how freedom and joy are usually obscured by our attachment to identifications.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1996-08-21 Nimittas and attachment 55:58
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

1996-06-17 I'm Right, You're Wrong: Attachment To View 58:46
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
"the more we practice the less we know"

1996-06-03 The Art Of Non-Attachment 43:48
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

1996-04-02 Metta Series Album - II 44:36
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
This talk discusses the near and far enemies of Metta - attachment and aversion; as well as developing lovingkindness for a dear friend. Date is estimated.
In collection: Metta Series

1995-05-24 Aversion And Attachment, Making Friends Through Metta 62:54
Carol Wilson	Download Listen

1994-10-15 ... One Way Or Another ... 53:09
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
two subtle but far-reaching attachments are: 1. to the false beliefs that we are: As solely products of our past conditioning B. that we are in control of the present circumstances 2. the conceit within the comparing mind. our relationship to the present situation can be unhealthy or it can lead to happiness. wise attention chooses one way, not the other
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1994-07-08 Attachment, Aversion And Restlessness 58:06
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
navigating the layers of dis-traction in the mind
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  "9 Day Retreat for ""Experienced"" Students"

1994-07-01 Attachment 55:40
Carol Wilson	Download Listen

1994-04-26 Detachment Or Non Attachment 36:46
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
exploring the presence and absence of "lusting after"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  7 day Meditation/Inquiry with C Titmuss

1993-07-16 Freedom From Selfing II 47:17
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Healing ourselves from the fundamental disease of ignorance and attachment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1993-05-19 The Ten Mental Defilements and Destroying Attachment 60:50
Sayadaw U Janaka	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1993-05-17 Happiness, Suffering, Attachment and Non-Attachment 65:56
Sayadaw U Janaka	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1993-03-08 Freedom And Attachment 50:40
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
An invitation to wise reflection, what do the words freedom, attachment and letting go really mean to us?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1992-10-23 The Nature Of Attachment 58:12
Carol Wilson	Download Listen

1992-03-01 Dana, Sila & Bhavana #2 49:29
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Tape 2: Alternating between questions & answers and a talk about greed and attachments in the Buddhist tradition.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Dana, Sila & Bhavana Series

1991-03-07 Taking the Ache Out Of Attachment 45:29
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen

1991-01-18 Ten Imperfections of Insight, Mundane Stages of Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Danger of Attachment, Three Full Understandings, Review of Insight 1-4, Fifth Step of Insight, Completion of Arising and Ceasing, Dissolution, Loving Kindness Meditation (to protect one’s happiness) 1:34:15
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Holy Redeemer - Oakland) :  1991 Retreat at Holy Redeemer

1991-01-18 10 Imperfections of Insight; Mundane Stage of the 7 Factors of Enlightenment; Danger of Attachment; 3 Full Understandings; Review of Insight Steps 1-4; 5th Step of Insight: Completion of Arising & Ceasing seen in each moment, Dissolution Loving-Kindness M 1:32:40
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Holy Redeemer - Oakland) :  Retreat @ Holy Redeemer

1990-09-27 Letting Go Of Attachment 43:50
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
learning to transform desire into love by letting go of what is incomplete and unfulfilling in our lives

1990-07-12 Bhaddekaretta Sutra: Love Of True Solitude:Iii 46:44
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
recognizing how our attachment to our perception of self and the world prevents us from attaining true solitude

1990-07-08 Bhaddekaretta Sutra: Love Of True Solitude:I 48:06
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
understanding the Buddha's perspective of true solitude; that it is not conditioned by the presence or absence of other people, but by the presence or absence of attachment to our thoughts

1990-02-26 Love Of Metta: The Love Of Attachment 50:52
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
discriminating between the different meanings of "love" and the role that wisdom plays in deepening our understanding

1990-02-01 Love: Generosity Of The Heart II 54:39
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Understanding the many faces of love through the wisdom of non-attachment.
Santa Rosa
In collection: Love:generosity Of The Heart

1989-03-29 Coming To Terms With The Nature Of The Body 1:23:00
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
appreciating the body as another dimension of our struggle with attachment and its consequences

1987-07-18 Reflections On The Buddha's Fire Sermon - part II 66:47
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
developing an understanding of impermanence, cause and effect, and suffering to ease our level of attachment

1987-07-16 Reflections On The Buddha's Fire Sermon - part I 59:46
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
exploring attachment--the pain of it and the relief of letting go

1987-03-08 Wisdom In Action 58:36
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
paying attention to every moment of our lives, how do we actually live, do we live what we know, relationship and attachment

1986-10-14 Attachment. Aversion & Dukkha 47:39
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1985-10-08 Attachment, Aversion, And Delusion 47:44
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
What is our relationship to greed, hatred, and confusion? Can we transform these qualities into faith, wisdom, and equanimity?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-10-23 Suffering And Attachment-The 1st Two Noble Truths 56:10
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
The truth of suffering and its causes
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-10 Attachment, Aversion, Delusion 50:16
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1984 Three Month Retreat

1983-10-02 Being Present 45:18
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
seeing how attachment, aversion, and delusion color our experience of the moment
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1983 Three Month Retreat

1983-08-04 Attachment To Form 44:34
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1983-05-26 Cause Of Suffering: Attachment 61:00
Alan Clements	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center