Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2011-03-21 Awakening Body, Heart and Mind 47:07
Brad Richecoeur	Download Listen
Exploring how we can wake up in relationship with the life of body, heart and mind, cultivating a friendly and steady awareness to what is.
Gaia House : Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2011-03-20 The Two Truths 50:48
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Personal experience as a doorway to Big Mind and transforming suffering into awakening factors.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-20 Distortions Of Mind 48:27
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
The mind configures reality into distorted images. It is our job to sort it out.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation and the Heart

2011-03-20 Progress of Knowledge: Discerning Mind and Materiality 59:36
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : The Progression of Insight Knowledge

2011-03-20 The Four Noble Truths 48:25
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
An exploration of the Buddha's Four Noble Truths, giving the meditation practice a context and intention. the relationship between dukkha, clinging and liberation is discussed.
Gaia House : Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2011-03-19 The Gravity Of Skilful Intentions (Sat.Talk) 54:54
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-03-19 Grounded and Sleepy 51:46
Brad Richecoeur	Download Listen
Arriving on retreat, settling in and becoming more connected and grounded. Exploring sleepiness and restlessness.
Gaia House : Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2011-03-18 Turning Towards Suffering with Heartfulness 57:07
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How do we turn towards and open to the inevitable pain and suffering in life? This talk explores how to meet our difficulty with a kind loving presence and patience and in doing so create a freedom, peace and ease in our hearts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-18 Commentary on Mahasi Sayadaw's Admonition 25:27
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center : The Progression of Insight Knowledge

2011-03-18 Opening Talk for Insight Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat 1:24:43
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
This talk also includes Brad Richecouer
Gaia House : Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2011-03-17 1. Mindfulness (sati) 51:30
James Baraz	Download Listen
Second talk in an 8-week series on the 7 Factors of Awakening that began with an overview March 10. James highly recommended the booklet The Power of Mindfulness by Nyanaponika Thera as a precise and concise guide for "tidying the mental household." The talk ends with a homework assignment for the week.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-03-17 The First Foundation of Mindfulness 54:27
Marie Mannschatz	Download Listen
Mindfulness of the Body in retreat practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-17 Steps 4 & 5: Searching & Fearless 42:28
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Buddhism and the Twelve Steps

2011-03-17 Week 4: Q & A 27:07
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Buddhism and the Twelve Steps

2011-03-17 ImpermanenceTsunami 22:16
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2011-03-16 All My Relations -- Kindness as Enlightenment Practice 53:07
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-16 Impermanence: the Gifts of Facing Reality 1:22:46

Tara Brach

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Only by opening our hearts to change and loss can we live and love fully. Yet much of our life is organized around finding ground-- avoiding the insecurity of change, loss and death. This talk explores how our ways of grasping and resisting remove us from the spontaneity and aliveness, the love and wisdom, that is our human potential.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-03-16 Opening to the Universal 54:20
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-03-16 Motivated By Feeling 37:06
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-03-15 Sama Samadhi: Wise Concentration 51:46
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
What is samadhi? Why is it important for our practice? How do we develop and strengthen this 6th of the 7 Factors of Awakening?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-15 Letting Our Hearts Break 41:36
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2011-03-15 Final Reflections and Closing Remarks 43:55
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Gaia House : Stillness and Insight

2011-03-14 Compassion and the Awakened Heart 55:31
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-14 'Reflections on Refuge' 51:01
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
What might refuge in Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha mean for us?
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : March 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-03-14 Watching the News Through the Lens of the Dhamma 68:51
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-03-14 Brahmavihāra: Understanding, translating and embodying the Immeasurables. 1:29:37
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Gaia House : Stillness and Insight

2011-03-14 Third Instructions: Attitude, Citta, Emotion and Thought, Practicing with the Wild Heart 59:46
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Gaia House : Stillness and Insight

2011-03-13 Wise and Beautiful Effort 50:46
Marie Mannschatz	Download Listen
How to understand and balance, ease, depth and love, all as expressions of wise effort.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-13 Loving Kindness at Work - Guided Meditation 32:29
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Mindfulness at Work

2011-03-13 Discussion/Q&A 30:38
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Mindfulness at Work

2011-03-13 Walking - Guided Meditation 6:51
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Mindfulness at Work

2011-03-13 Sitting - Guided Meditation 27:00
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Mindfulness at Work

2011-03-13 Introduction 6:55
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Mindfulness at Work

2011-03-13 Forms of Desire and the Hindrances 1:14:25
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Gaia House : Stillness and Insight

2011-03-13 Second Instruction: Vedanā, Practice on Attention and Sati 55:46
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Gaia House : Stillness and Insight

2011-03-12 A Mindful Way 53:03
Thanissara	Download Listen
Mindfulness as: training of attention container for transformation, wise discernment way to - the beyond and refuge.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-12 Investigation 57:24
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
What is investigation as a factor of awakening? How do we cultivate it, what supports it and how do we apply it to our direct experience in meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-12 Impermanence: Surprisingly OK 42:21
Mushim Ikeda	Download Listen
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center

2011-03-12 Natural Contentment 56:28
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Taking in the Good meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Natural Contentment

2011-03-12 Natural Contentment 36:58
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Self-compassion practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Natural Contentment

2011-03-12 Guided Loving Kindness Meditation 40:06
Thanissara	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-12 A Sphere Of Shared Solitude (Sat. Talk) 52:42
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-03-12 Refreshing Center 21:14
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-03-12 First Instructions: Attitude, Posture, Body Awareness 56:04
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Gaia House : Stillness and Insight

2011-03-11 The Empty Bell 56:52
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Love as a quality of attention. Ethics brings freedom from oppression. Being empty allows authentic resonance.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-11 Exploring Faith 50:40
John Travis	Download Listen
This talk explores faith within the context of the 5 spiritual faculties and also the 3 kinds of faith. Moving stories from the speaker's personal life are shared.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-11 Chanting 5:57
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-11 A Kind Abiding 39:07
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Kindly receiving the unkind. The power of kindness. Wisdom says"I am nothing" compassion says "I am everything"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-10 Buddhism and the 12-Steps, Class 3 (2 of 2) 45:36
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Step 3: Turning it Over, Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Buddhism and the Twelve Steps

2011-03-10 Buddhism and the 12-Steps, Class 3 15:07
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Step Three: Turning it Over, Q&A
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Buddhism and the Twelve Steps

2011-03-10 Overview of the 7 Factors of Awakening 55:53
James Baraz	Download Listen
The 7 Factors of Awakening are the Buddha’s list of qualities that need to be developed in order to fully awaken. This eight-week series begins with an overview of all 7 Factors followed by a discussion of each individually in greater depth over the coming weeks. Besides exploring them theoretically, James encourages us to take them on as practices as we go through the weeks seeing how we can consciously cultivate them and bring them into our daily lives. The seven factors are: Mindfulness Interest/investigation Energy/effort Joy/rapture Calm/tranquility Concentration Equanimity
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-03-10 Honoring Our Human Journey 51:33
Thanissara	Download Listen
Mindfulness as a healing container for meeting and transforming our deeper wounds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-10 Metta & Self-Love 56:51
Marie Mannschatz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-10 3 Not-self - Recap and Metaphors 19:10
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : The Second Discourse on Not-Self

2011-03-10 Without Walls Of The Mind 39:27
Thanissara	Download Listen
Practice and dispassion leading to Nibbana. Methods for opening into the "deathless"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-09 Return to The Deathless 51:03
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Radical reflection. Interdependence. The disappearance of "thing-ness"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-09 Nothing That The Wise Would Later Reprove, Part 1 53:07
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-03-09 Trusting Our Secret Beauty 1:20:58

Tara Brach

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When caught in emotional suffering, we sense that we are living from a reactive, contracted place, and don't trust or like ourselves. This talk explores the severed belonging that is the genesis of that doubt, and the two wings of mindful presence and love that carry us home to our natural wholeness and goodness of Being.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-03-09 CALM 49:28
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Why calm is important in practice and practical ways to calm down and develop tranquility, as a factor of awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-09 2 Not-self - Impermanence and Suffering 16:07
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : The Second Discourse on Not-Self

2011-03-09 Ice To Water As Dukkha To Peace 33:06
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Working with the four noble truths.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-09 Cultivating The Empty Field 41:12
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-03-08 4th Foundations of Mindfulness/7 Factors of Awakening 37:39
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
What are the seven factors of awakening? How do these qualities support the journey of unfoldment?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : 4th Foundations of Mindfulness/7 Factors of Awakening

2011-03-08 Sujata's Gift 53:04
Thanissara	Download Listen
The Buddha's journey and the four truths. The unknowing of knowing.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-08 Thank Yourself/Mindfulness 55:07
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
Mindfulness-various aspects useful in practice and for facing the dilemma of our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-08 Love - The Reason we Practice 38:03
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2011-03-08 1 Not-self - Control 16:59
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : The Second Discourse on Not-Self

2011-03-08 Satipatthana Sutta, Third Foundation: Division Through Fear 68:19
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Fear divides the mind by convincing us that the present is in the crosshairs of an approaching disaster. We therefore need to harness the power of our thinking and take flight physically and mentally away from now. If presence is maintained, fear has no way to access the moment except by projecting into the future.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2011-03-08 The River Of The Self 45:01
Thanissara	Download Listen
Calm and insight as a base for exploration of the five khandas; replacing reactivity with mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-07 Sacred Gateway 53:22
Kittisaro	Download Listen
What comes, goes, contemplation of impermanence. Letting go and peace.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-07 'Concentration is Possible' 52:58
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
Looking at the possibility of non-distractedness
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : March 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-03-07 The Awakened Heart 54:42
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
How to invite the deity of awakening in an intensive retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retereat

2011-03-07 7. The Buddha's Enlightenment becomes universal 13:24
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : The First Discourse: The Turning of the Wheel of the Law

2011-03-07 Reading The Book Of The Heart 37:16
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Two great oxen: samatha - calming and vipassana - insight- meditation; each supports the other . Hindrances as teachers.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-07 G.M-Elemental Body 53:35
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-03-07 A Compassionate Response 52:39
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
True compassion is founded on recognising that we are not separate from others, and expresses itself as a heartfelt responsiveness, wishing to heal sufferings and contribute to the welfare and liberation of all beings.
Gaia House : Loving Kindness and Joy: A Metta Retreat

2011-03-07 Instructions And Guided Meditation On Cultivating Appreciative Joy 48:06
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House : Loving Kindness and Joy: A Metta Retreat

2011-03-06 The Prisoner 44:43
Thanissara	Download Listen
The light awareness illuminates the dark. Working with hindrances.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-06 6. The Fourth Noble Truth The Eightfold Path 14:26
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : The First Discourse: The Turning of the Wheel of the Law

2011-03-06 Integrating the Universal and Personal 57:17
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-03-06 Discussion/Q&A 23:47
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Contact and the Aggregates

2011-03-06 Reflection 17:50
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Contact and the Aggregates

2011-03-06 Independent Abiding 41:31
Thanissara	Download Listen
Supports for the cultivation of samadhi; fruits of samadhi.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-06 The Domain Of Emptiness 35:16
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-03-06 an Exploration of Joy 48:55
Kirsten Kratz	Download Listen
Joy in our life and in our practices expresses itself in many different ways. Its manifestation can vary from the very subtle to the ecstatic. The talk explores how we can open, recognise and support the existence of joy and use its presence as a pointer to a deeper understanding.
Gaia House : Loving Kindness and Joy: A Metta Retreat

2011-03-06 Loving Kindness Instructions And Guided Meditation On Working With The Benefactor 43:30
Kirsten Kratz	Download Listen
Gaia House : Loving Kindness and Joy: A Metta Retreat

2011-03-05 Living with Chronic Illness or Pain, Part 7 of 7 53:06
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Asking for and receiving help
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Living with Chronic Illness or Pain

2011-03-05 Living with Chronic Illness or Pain, Part 6 of 7 13:40
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Guided Lovingkindness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Living with Chronic Illness or Pain

2011-03-05 Living with Chronic Illness or Pain (Part 5 of 7) 18:22
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Living with Shame, Part 2
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Living with Chronic Illness or Pain

2011-03-05 Living with Chronic Illness or Pain (Part 4 of 7) 14:34
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Working with Shame
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Living with Chronic Illness or Pain

2011-03-05 Living with Chronic Illness or Pain (Part 3 of 7) 7:54
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Group Sharing
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Living with Chronic Illness or Pain

2011-03-05 Living with Chronic Illness or Pain (Part 2 of 7) 33:49
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Loving as the Pathway to Healing
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Living with Chronic Illness or Pain

2011-03-05 Living with Chronic Pain or Illness (Part 1 of 7) 14:58
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Introduction and Refuges
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Living with Chronic Illness or Pain

2011-03-05 Unification Of Body, Mind And Heart 56:34
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Cultivation of samadhi and shana factors. Healing aspects of path; being present
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2011-03-05 5. The Third Noble Truth:The End of Suffering 12:16
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : The First Discourse: The Turning of the Wheel of the Law

2011-03-05 Q&A SELF and self 35:56
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Contact and the Aggregates

2011-03-05 Forgiveness 61:47
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : 11PA1 A Soft and Radical Transformation of the Heart

2011-03-05 Vedana (Feelings) - Guided Meditation 46:24
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Contact and the Aggregates

2011-03-05 Balance and Awareness - Guided Meditation 44:58
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Contact and the Aggregates

2011-03-05 Mindfulness: Feet Touching The Ground 41:54
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Mindfulness: Guide to true nature. Bring the light of awareness to body and breath
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet