Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2009-09-22 Über upāya - das zweckdienliche Mittel 62:33
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Über die Darlegung von zweckdienlichen Mittel auf der Grundlage der Pali Lehrreden.
Atammaya Köln

2009-09-22 Talk Four from Flow Of Existence with Question and Answer Session 38:43
Yvonne Weier	Download Listen
Gaia House : Flow Of Existence

2009-09-21 Wise Effort & Aliveness 54:22
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-09-21 Talk on Meditation part 1 19:14
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni	Download Listen
Songdhammakalyani Monastery

2009-09-21 Talk on Meditation 15:07
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni	Download Listen
Songdhammakalyani Monastery

2009-09-21 Love 31:34
Yvonne Weier	Download Listen
Gaia House : Flow Of Existence

2009-09-20 Tearing Down House 37:59
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2009-09-20 Talk Two from Flow Of Existence 30:48
Yvonne Weier	Download Listen
Gaia House : Flow Of Existence

2009-09-19 Talk One from Flow Of Existence 40:07
Yvonne Weier	Download Listen
Gaia House : Flow Of Existence

2009-09-18 Three Skills Of Meditation 53:27
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Concentration, mindfulness and compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation Weekend for Scientists

2009-09-18 Opening Talk for Flow Of Existence 27:13
Yvonne Weier	Download Listen
This talk also includes Max Weier
Gaia House : Flow Of Existence

2009-09-16 Understanding Attachment 65:43
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Exploring the causes and conditions of attachment
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : September 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-09-16 Guarding the Mind with Wisdom 54:40
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-09-16 Embracing the Unlived Life 43:55
Tara Brach	Download Listen
This talk explores how we cut off from the energetic parts of our inner experience and the healing and spiritual freedom that is possible when we bring awareness to the life of the body.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-09-16 Service as a Path of Practice, Pt 1: Challenges and how to work with them 53:57
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We may understand and express our spiritual practice as helping others. What does such a path look like? What are some of the challenges and issues? We name burnout, self-righteousness, being overwhelmed, attachment to outcome, etc. and begin to explore how to work with these challenges.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-09-16 Generosity 44:52
Jason Murphy	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2009-09-15 Ten Paramis: Truthfulness (2) 42:58
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Honesty is defined by our ability to acknowledge distortion without pretension, uncover pain without projection, and face facts without defensiveness.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-09-13 Questions & Answers 28:47
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Guest Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-09-13 From Muck to Freedom in Daily Life 51:59
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2009-09-13 From Muck to Freedom in Daily Life - Q&A 15:34
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2009-09-12 Equanimity 60:25
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Equanimity is the ability to support compassion and it's roots in wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Caring for the Caregivers: Insight Meditation Retreat for Home Health and Hospice Workers

2009-09-12 Workshop: The Mind as Medicine 3:54:50

Steve Armstrong

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Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-09-12 Freedom, Reality, and the Razor's Edge 58:57
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Unbinding The Heart

2009-09-12 The Space of Awareness - Welcoming (4th Guided Meditation) 40:31
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Unbinding The Heart

2009-09-12 Breath and Space - Reactivity, Emptiness, Piti (4th Instructions) 21:12
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Unbinding The Heart

2009-09-12 Tidying Up 34:13
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Vassa Retreat

2009-09-11 Compassion 58:16
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
Compassion's powerful role in meeting suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Caring for the Caregivers: Insight Meditation Retreat for Home Health and Hospice Workers

2009-09-11 The Mind as Medicine 2:27:58
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Guest Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-09-11 Embodied Truths 24:32
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2009-09-11 Embodied Truths - Q&A 10:58
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2009-09-11 The Self and Its Search for Security 61:39
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This talk investigates some of the ways the ego mistakenly seeks security in different places, particularly exploring our complex relationship with money, and with self-view, and then also inquiring into the very structure of that self.
Gaia House : Unbinding The Heart

2009-09-11 The Space of Awareness - Only Impressions in Awareness (3rd Guided Meditation) 40:25
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Unbinding The Heart

2009-09-11 Breath Meditation (3rd Instructions) 41:30
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Unbinding The Heart

2009-09-10 Blessing Life - The Power of the Generous Heart 68:22
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Our capacity for generosity is one of the most beautiful of human capacities. This talk explores some of the profound and far-reaching possibilities of the practice of generosity - its power to open our hearts wide and to effect a deep and radical transformation in our lives.
Gaia House : Unbinding The Heart

2009-09-10 The Space of Awareness - Silence (2nd Guided Meditation) 40:09
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Unbinding The Heart

2009-09-10 Breath Meditation (2nd Instructions/Guided Meditation) 48:37
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Unbinding The Heart

2009-09-09 The Two Wings of the Dharma: Compassion and Wisdom 45:07
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
The inter relationship between compassion and wisdom...how they work together to develop depth and strength in practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : September 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-09-09 The Joy of Renunciation - part 3 56:11
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-09-09 Self Compassion & Mindfulness in Schools 56:30
Richard Shankman	Download Listen
Part 1 - Self Compassion Part 2 - Mindfulness in Schools
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-09-09 Liberation From the Inner Critic 1:10:01
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Unbinding The Heart

2009-09-09 The Space of Awareness - Impermanence (1st Guided Meditation) 40:30
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Unbinding The Heart

2009-09-09 Breath Meditation (1st Instructions and Guided Meditation) 46:01
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Unbinding The Heart

2009-09-08 Opening the Sense of What's Possible 63:37
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Unbinding The Heart

2009-09-07 Virtue & Integrity 46:42
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-09-07 Compassion and Insight with Emotions 12:23
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2009-09-06 Buddhadharma as a Path of Happiness 63:15
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day

2009-09-06 An Imposter in the Body 43:30
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Some of us feel like an imposter within our own body, but the practice will not bare fruit until we reclaim ourselves completely.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-09-05 The Thoughts Keep Coming 65:39
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Another version of similar talks on self view and papanca highlighting our tendency to believe the imaginary versions of ourselves that play in our mind and obscure our natural happiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day

2009-09-05 Space, the Final Frontier 43:06
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Through relaxation the psychic space opens, revealing an infinite dimension.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-09-04 Get Back To Reality 54:36
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
When we come into connection with ourselves and our experience, we come into contact with a living reality. And rather than reacting to and controlling it, we begin to relax into a curiosity and love for the journey of discovery.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day

2009-09-04 Closing Session for Dharma Flower Turning Dharma Flower 48:19
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
The personal sharings from retreatants at the end of Reb Andersons recorded talks have been removed to protect their privacy.
Gaia House : Dharma Flower Turning Dharma Flower

2009-09-03 Wise Attitudes In Practice 60:07
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day

2009-09-03 Dharma Flower Turning Dharma Flower, the Facicle of Dogen Part One 53:19
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
The personal sharings from retreatants at the end of Reb Andersons recorded talks have been removed to protect their privacy.
Gaia House : Dharma Flower Turning Dharma Flower

2009-09-02 The Sure Heart's Release, Part 1 53:55
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
The sure heart's release is about liberation through the gradual path of practicing Dana (generosity), Sila (living in harmony), and Bhavana (cultivating concentration and wisdom). Part 1 covers Dana and Sila. Part 2 will cover Bhavana.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : September 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-09-02 The Grounds of Living Compassion 53:04
Tara Brach	Download Listen
A critical question on the spiritual path is how we can bring the loving presence awakened by meditation into every facet of daily life. This talk explores the conditioning that keeps us in reactive trance and the ways we can deepen our attention and align our lives with our hearts.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-09-02 What are we Missing? 48:52
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-09-02 The Seven Factors Of Awakening: Day Three - Morning 1:31:00
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Tranquility
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Seven Factors of Awakening: Study and Practice Retreat for Experienced Students

2009-09-02 The Lotus Sutra and Grandson Stories 33:12
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
The personal sharings from retreatants at the end of Reb Andersons recorded talks have been removed to protect their privacy.
Gaia House : Dharma Flower Turning Dharma Flower

2009-09-01 The Seven Factors Of Awakening: Day Two - Evening 1:10:31
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Piti
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Seven Factors of Awakening: Study and Practice Retreat for Experienced Students

2009-09-01 The Healing Power of Mindfulness 15:01
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : IMS Audio Files

2009-09-01 The Seven Factors Of Awakening: Day Two - Mid Morning 38:40
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
The four wise efforts.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Seven Factors of Awakening: Study and Practice Retreat for Experienced Students

2009-08-31 The Seven Factors Of Awakening: Day Two - Morning 1:36:04
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Dharma Vichaya - Investigation Of States
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Seven Factors of Awakening: Study and Practice Retreat for Experienced Students

2009-08-31 The Lotus Sutra Chapter Ten 69:28
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
The personal sharings from retreatants at the end of Reb Andersons recorded talks have been removed to protect their privacy.
Gaia House : Dharma Flower Turning Dharma Flower

2009-08-30 The Joy of Renunciation - part 2 52:53
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-08-30 The Seven Factors Of Awakening: Sati or Mindfulness 1:10:10
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Seven Factors of Awakening: Study and Practice Retreat for Experienced Students

2009-08-30 The Lotus Sutra Chapters Two and Three The Parable of the Burning House 1:14:12
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
The personal sharings from retreatants at the end of Reb Andersons recorded talks have been removed to protect their privacy.
Gaia House : Dharma Flower Turning Dharma Flower

2009-08-29 The Lotus Sutra Chapter One 53:43
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
The personal sharings from retreatants at the end of Reb Andersons recorded talks have been removed to protect their privacy.
Gaia House : Dharma Flower Turning Dharma Flower

2009-08-27 Being the Awareness 50:48
James Baraz	Download Listen
While the mind has many thoughts and confusing tendencies that cause suffering, there is a pure awareness that is our true nature holding it all. We’ll explore staying in touch with this reality while we are navigating through the confusions of mind.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2009-08-26 Genuine Acceptance 69:43

Tara Brach

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Our capacity to accept this life is key to our freedom, yet there are many misconceptions about acceptance: People wonder, if acceptance makes us a doormat in relationships? Isn't acceptance akin to resignation? Doesn't it make us passive when what is needed is action? This talk explores some of the misunderstandings about acceptance and offers teachings on the nature of genuine and liberating acceptance.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-08-26 The Joy of Renunciation - part 1 54:36
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-08-26 Impermanence and Contingency 50:01
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-08-25 Not Self: We Are Included In Nature 51:30
Michael Grady	Download Listen
Seeing the ways in which we construct a self in everyday life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Your Life is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-08-25 Ten Paramis: Truthfulness (1) 54:52
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Truthfulness of body, speech, and mind is the willingness to release all forms of self-deception and is the lynchpin to dharma growth.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-08-24 Suffering 50:04
Norman Fischer	Download Listen
About the pervasiveness and usefulness of Suffering
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-08-23 Mindfulness In The Service Of Wisdom 54:25
Michael Grady	Download Listen
Mindfulness as a door that opens to wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Your Life is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-08-23 Forgiveness and Assertiveness 26:25
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2009-08-22 Iroquois Gratitude Chant 14:19
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Yoga

2009-08-22 The Filling of Our Hearts – The Practice of Gratitude 51:28
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Yoga

2009-08-22 Trusting the Dharma 1:14:20
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2009-08-21 Energy Audit 22:46
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
You can conduct an energy audit on the strength of your attention when you sit down to meditate. Notice if your attention is wavering and then patiently seal up the leaks so that your mind is no longer tempted by the world that the ego builds. A talk given at Quaker House for the Ottawa Buddhist Society.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2009-08-21 Pilgrimage 48:43
John Travis	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Vajrapani

2009-08-20 Holding Life Tenderly: the Practices of Mindfulness and Lovingkindness 56:13
Larry Yang	Download Listen
The relationship between mindfulness and lovingkindness and how the practice changes both our inner world and our outer world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Yoga

2009-08-20 Including Everything 46:06
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Vajrapani

2009-08-19 Hindrances as a Door of Awakening 65:55
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Yoga

2009-08-19 Enchantment and Freedom 1:20:28

Tara Brach

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When caught in suffering we are perceiving reality through a distorted lens. We are unable to see what we really are, and we latch on to the surface appearances of others. By training our minds to pay attention we begin to recognize the conditioning that entraps us, and the love and awareness that shines through these changing forms.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-08-19 Tearing Down the House 42:57
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Vajrapani

2009-08-19 Talk not recorded. 0:00
Richard Shankman	(Recording not available)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-08-18 What Kind of Effort 56:24
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
What kind of effort is needed in our mindfulness practice? What is our effort for? What the Buddha taught about effort and how we can apply it in our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Yoga

2009-08-17 Plop! 45:37
John Travis	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Vajrapani

2009-08-16 Wise Speech 58:50
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-08-16 Here and Mindfulness of the Body 45:30
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Vajrapani

2009-08-15 The practice and the pitfalls of metta, goodwill practice 32:28
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-08-15 Parami - A Life of Dhamma 68:25
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
The 10 qualities of an awakened mind are the practices householders can undertake as a foundation for liberating insight. Wise resolve keeps us headed in the direction of our aspiration.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-15 Refuge: The Three Cs 41:52
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Vajrapani

2009-08-15 The 8-Fold Path in Daily Life. 55:43
Deborah Ratner Helzer	Download Listen
What are the elements that we need for a productive and satisfying spiritual life in the world? What do we ned and not need to worry about?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-15 Morning Instructions, Guided Sit, Q&A with Kamala 62:19
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-14 Three Pillars of the Dharma (1 and 2) 55:51
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Dana - generosity and sila - living in harmony
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-14 Thinking and Reality 45:28
Will Kabat-Zinn	Download Listen
Identification with thoughts determines how we experience the world and who we take ourselves to be. We can free ourselves from those limited identifications and touch the vast expanse of who we really are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Young Adult's Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-08-14 Equanimity Practice Instructions 1:12:15
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-14 Morning Instructions, Guided Sit, Q&A 62:16
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight and the Art of Equanimity