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Dharma Talks
2018-07-17 Guided Meditation - Looking Through Different Lenses 27:25
James Baraz
Panoramic and Refinement on Breath
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent retreat with James and Jane Baraz

2018-07-17 Introduction To Metta And Guided Metta Practice 45:17
Chris Cullen
For group, self, and benefactor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2018-07-17 Morning Instructions 55:30
James Baraz
Opening to Emotions and Thoughts
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent retreat with James and Jane Baraz

2018-07-17 Morning Instructions 46:07
Nikki Mirghafori
Samadhi (concentration) and seeing things as they are
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-07-16 Questions and Responses 48:58
Caroline Jones
This recording also includes Zohar Lavie
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2018-07-16 Transforming Suffering Into Happiness 66:29
James Baraz
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent retreat with James and Jane Baraz

2018-07-16 Developing Inner Sanctuary (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:35
Tempel Smith
Through difficult experiencing in practice and in times of easy, loving-kindness meditation purifies and heals the heart, opening us up to inner sanctuary. This ripening of loving kindness sanctuary is the taste of meditative samadhi.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta

2018-07-16 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 3 - Talk 55:42
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-07-16 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 3 - Meditation 34:41
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-07-16 07 Posture and Breath for Chanting 21:21
Ajahn Sucitto
Chanting begins with opening the belly, chest and throat. Posture and relaxation help clear blocked areas so the heart tone of chanting can vibrate and deepen through the body. [9:50 – 21:30 breathing and voice exercises]
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-16 08 Guided Meditation: Soothing Nervous Energy Through Breathing and Body 24:17
Ajahn Sucitto
A comprehensive guided meditation to bring gentle, full awareness to all of the parts of the body, creating connections across them. In this connected state, body channels can open allowing for energy flow and discharge.
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-16 09 Don’t Resist the Disorientation Experience 53:01
Ajahn Sucitto
On retreat there can be disorientation – new people, place, restrictions that weren’t there before. Disorientation is a tough medicine, but we use it to meet the boundary of the habitual self with its instinct to ‘make things go my way'. Stay with the discomfort, so that the mind changes direction: to the settled ground, through the body.
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-16 10 Discerning Your Way Through Systems 13:33
Ajahn Sucitto
One of the fundamental obstacles for unawakened beings is the attachment to systems and customs. Rather than a habit of a system or technique in meditation, rely on organic human intelligence. Discern what is skillful and unskillful, necessary and unnecessary. Keep paring away what’s not needed and dwell in what remains. Something is waiting to meet you – a certain stillness and firmness of the spirit.
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-16 Concentration/Unification of Mind (Samādhi) --> Knowledge and vision of things as they are (Yathā bhūta ñāna dassana) 60:26
Nikki Mirghafori
This talk discusses the sixth and seventh (Samādhi --> Yathā bhūta ñāna dassana) conditional links described in the Kimatthiya Sutta (“What Purpose?”) (Anguttara Nikaya 10.1), where the Buddha teaches Ananda that wholesome ethical behavior leads to non-regret, which leads to gladness, .... ultimately leading to liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-07-16 Metta to Phenomena - Guided Meditation 43:04
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2018-07-16 Monday Night Dharma Talk 58:11
Konda Mason
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-07-16 Morning Teachings - Re-Cap of the Brahma Vihara Practices 36:34
Caroline Jones
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2018-07-16 Morning Instructions 37:55
James Baraz
Breath, Body Sensations, and Hearing
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent retreat with James and Jane Baraz

2018-07-16 Posture: Introduction To Body Contemplation 49:10
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2018-07-15 Retreat Opening - Arriving and Settling In 51:00
Akincano Marc Weber
Setting up intention.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2018-07-15 Dharma Talk - Immeasurable Emptiness 56:35
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2018-07-15 Five Spiritual Faculties 66:46
James Baraz
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent retreat with James and Jane Baraz

2018-07-15 Metta: Car Wash of the Heart (Retreat st Spirit Rock) 57:33
Anushka Fernandopulle
Perspective on retreat, metta in Buddhist path, clearing out unhelpful habit patterns of the heart/mind, training in love.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta

2018-07-15 What is the Mind - Talk 56:05
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-07-15 What is the Mind - Meditation 30:24
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2018-07-15 02 Clearing Toxins of the Heart Through Body 60:26
Ajahn Sucitto
The heart and mind are susceptible to toxins that drive action and infect intention. In the body we find a trustworthy orientation – a reliable source for knowing how it is now.
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-15 03 Standing Meditation: The Body Seeks Harmony 28:50
Ajahn Sucitto
Guidance to help the body come into natural harmony. Notice the effects ground, space and breathing in the body. When the body feels safe, the skin boundary loosens and armor comes off.
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-15 04 Walking Instructions: Can You Move without a “There”? 7:36
Ajahn Sucitto
Our walking is generally to get “there,” which carries with it a certain quality of distress. Instead, try walking without a “there”. Check the mental constructions of destination- including a ‘spiritual’ one - instead pay attention to how the body walks. It’s more peaceful that way!
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-15 05 Guided Meditation: Where Do I Find Meaning? 32:43
Ajahn Sucitto
Take a simple word or theme and bring it into the heart. Holding it, sensing it and asking what’s most meaningful? When you take the word into your heart, what happens?
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-15 06 Using Thought for Recollection 38:20
Ajahn Sucitto
Dhamma practice is generally marked by a tangle of thoughts. But thought can be used for recollection. Taking words into the heart, we consider what has meaning, what serves as refuge, setting distractions aside.
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-15 Guided Metta Meditation 30:06
James Baraz
Metta for Self and Benefactor
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent retreat with James and Jane Baraz

2018-07-15 Guided Equanimity Meditation 30:07
Caroline Jones
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2018-07-15 Morning Teachings - Equanimity 55:36
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2018-07-15 Opening Instructions 56:18
James Baraz
Working with the Wandering Mind and Initial Instructions with Breath
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent retreat with James and Jane Baraz

2018-07-15 Demons in Love: 5-step Feeding your Demons 6:37:16
Tsultrim Allione
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Widsom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine - Lama Tsultrim

2018-07-14 Dharma Talk - Appreciation 39:05
Caroline Jones
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2018-07-14 The 10 Paramis and feeding the good wolf all with the support of neuroscience. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:06
Bonnie Duran
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta

2018-07-14 01 Precepts: Something You Can Always Do 15:35
Ajahn Sucitto
You can’t always “do” pleasant mindstates or an easeful body. Precepts are always available to enact as a way of practice.
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Madison Vipassana Retreat: A Detox for the Heart

2018-07-14 Recharge and Reconnect: Inner Awareness, Resilience and Self-Care for Providers - Day 3 6:40:24
Jill Satterfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-07-14 Guided Meditation - Mudita 40:08
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2018-07-14 Morning Teachings - Mudita 39:18
Caroline Jones
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2018-07-14 Morning Instructions 1:10:04
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2018-07-14 Morning Refelctions 42:49
Sayadaw U Jagara
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-07-13 Dharma Talk - Immeasurable Compassion 54:15
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2018-07-13 Metta, Near and Far Enemies (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:39
John Martin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta

2018-07-13 Learning to trust 59:16
Yuka Nakamura
Trust, faith or confidence is an important quality of mind on our path - enabling us to set out on the path, to engage with the teachings, to keep going even when facing challenges and to open up to the fullness of our experience. What prevents faith and trust and how can it be nurtured and developed?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2018-07-13 Object + Objective 39:32
Sayadaw U Jagara
What are your objectives in life? What are the situations, internal and external, that you find yourself involved in, from moment to moment, and how you can do something about it, to some extent. Small objectives finally come to be seen as not separate from the big picture, our Objective.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-07-13 Recharge and Reconnect: Inner Awareness, Resilience and Self-Care for Providers - Day 2 6:41:45
Jill Satterfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-07-13 Guided Compassion Meditation 31:35
Caroline Jones
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2018-07-13 Morning Teachings - Compassion 61:06
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

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