2018-07-07 PM09 authenticity and related to chant leading to final triad exchange 4:24
Sebene Selassie	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center :  The Buddhist Teachings and Issues of Cultural Spiritual Bypassing

2018-07-07 PM10 final sharing after triad and concluding the day 36:34
Sebene Selassie	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center :  The Buddhist Teachings and Issues of Cultural Spiritual Bypassing

2018-07-07 AM01-introduction to the day 7:14
Sebene Selassie	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center :  The Buddhist Teachings and Issues of Cultural Spiritual Bypassing

2018-07-07 AM02-Sebene and Brian Dharma Discussion 21:38
Sebene Selassie	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center :  The Buddhist Teachings and Issues of Cultural Spiritual Bypassing

2018-07-07 AM03-meditation wth songs 14:28
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center :  The Buddhist Teachings and Issues of Cultural Spiritual Bypassing

2018-07-07 AM04-participants sharing experience of meditation with songs- end of am session 18:00
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
New York Insight Meditation Center :  The Buddhist Teachings and Issues of Cultural Spiritual Bypassing

2018-07-07 Day 2 Morning Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:11
Diana Winston	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone

2018-07-07 Morning Instructions: Investigating conditionality through 1) root condition and 2) object condition 35:44
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
This morning’s instruction is an invitation to investigate the first two (of the twenty-four) conditions outlined in the Patthana, the last section of Abhidhamma. The first is root condition (hetu-paccaya) and the second is object condition (arammana-paccaya). A brief Q/A by both Nikki Mirghafori and Sayadaw U Jagara ends the session.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-07-06 The Power of Loving Kindness 54:21
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2018-07-06 TBIF: thanks buddha it's friday 1:19:26
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
How how have our cultural orientations influenced how we imagine the Buddha? What have we inadvertently bypassed in the process?
New York Insight Meditation Center :  The Buddhist Teachings and Issues of Cultural Spiritual Bypassing

2018-07-06 Death - Our Close Friend 52:50
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
The reflection on death should be frequently practiced by anyone who seeks freedom from suffering. It arouses the necessary urgency and makes us think about our priorities in life.
Perth, Australia :  Retreat at Jhana Grove: June/July 2018

2018-07-06 Mindfulness and the Spectrum of Awareness Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:53
Diana Winston	Download Listen
This talk introduces the basics of mindfulness. IT also explore different ways of being aware. We can view awareness practices on a spectrum from focused awareness, to flexible awareness, to natural awareness. The talk goes along with the July 9, 2018 Guided Meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness for Everyone

2018-07-06 Dependent Origination: The Full Teachings of the Buddha - Day 2 7:05:37
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-07-05 The Way Things Are 56:05
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2018-07-05 The Protective Power of the Dhamma 61:22
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
The protective power of the Dhamma can be experienced through different approaches such as mindfulness, the four protective meditations, restraint, virtue, going for refuge, patience, or the parittas.
Perth, Australia :  Retreat at Jhana Grove: June/July 2018

2018-07-05 Dependent Origination: The Full Teachings of the Buddha - Day 1 7:04:33
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-07-05 Meditation Instructions 38:33
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2018-07-05 Morning Instructions: Practicing with the Internal Dimension of Ethics on Retreat 29:21
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-07-04 Meditation: Blessings of Love 11:27
Tara Brach	Download Listen
A blessing is whatever reminds us of the sacred loving presence that shines through all of us. This meditation is a transformational practice in receiving and offering blessings. First we connect with the vulnerable tender place within us that longs to feel loved, and call on loving presence to bless us. By imagining and allowing ourselves to receive love, our hearts become open and filled with light. We then bring that inner loving presence fully alive as we offer blessings to other beings. The image of receiving a kiss on the brow, and offering one, is suggested as a powerful channel for the blessings that awaken our heart. “…being loved into being more who we are is a moment of blessing. What is a blessing? A blessing is a reminder or homecoming into more realness – more love. We’re blessed when we remember.” “Part of what keeps us from realness – in that small self identity – is the avoiding of what’s here.”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-07-04 Skeleton Woman: Embracing This Living and Dying World 45:58
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Based on a wonderful myth told by Clarissa Estes, this talk looks at the way we run from “lady death” and the blessings of opening our arms and heart. If we can embrace the whole of our nature with unconditional presence – including the inevitability of change and loss–we discover deep wisdom and enduring love. (a favorite from the archives) May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing it and no holding back, the way it is with children. Then in these swelling and ebbing currents, these deepening tides moving out, returning, I will sing you as no one ever has, streaming through widening channels into the open sea. — from Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God, by Rainer Maria Rilke
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-07-04 Dealing with Desire and Attachment 57:37
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
The nature of desire and attachment is stickiness. Unless the mind directly experiences and understands this unsatisfactory nature, it is not inclined to let go. Presenting also other approaches to deal with desire and attachment.
Perth, Australia :  Retreat at Jhana Grove: June/July 2018

2018-07-04 Wholesome ethical behavior --> non-regret --> gladness --> .... --> liberation 57:56
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
This talk discusses the first two 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. Parallels to Upanisa Sutta and Cetana Sutta are discussed.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-07-04 Meditation Instructions - Body and Breath 17:19
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2018-07-04 Ethical Practice 2: Ten Ways of Deepening the Practice of Non-Harming 66:07
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-07-03 What Matters? 50:47
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
What Matters?
Gaia House :  The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2018-07-03 The Benefits of Walking Meditation 64:38
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
The practice of walking meditation is not to underestimate. The benefits are numerous not only on the physical and mental level but also in facilitating deep liberating insights into the three general characteristics and the deathless.
Perth, Australia :  Retreat at Jhana Grove: June/July 2018

2018-07-02 Inspired by the Three Jewels 54:11
Konda Mason	Download Listen
A personal journey of inspiration.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Our History, Our Present, Our Future - An Insight Meditation Retreat for People of Color

2018-07-02 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 1 - Course Introduction 11:47
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-07-02 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 1 - Meditation 27:31
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-07-02 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 1 - Talk 49:57
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-07-02 Confidence, Faith (saddhā) 58:14
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Confidence is crucial for any undertaking, also for our spiritual journey. Our confidence in the teaching, the actual practice, and in our ability to do the practice grow and deepen as we move along the way.
Perth, Australia :  Retreat at Jhana Grove: June/July 2018

2018-07-02 Practical Causality: Seeing Causes and Conditions Intimately. 52:22
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
General introduction to the one-month retreat theme together with the 3 modes of mindfulness, adjustable according to circumstances.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-07-02 Equanimity 53:39
Ruth King	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat

2018-07-02 24 Closing: Unfolding Your Dhamma Field and Carrying It Within 20:45
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
We entered retreat as “personal packages” that unfolded into a collective field of Dhamma. This field has immense capacity to hold wholesome potencies beyond the world of space and time. We can continue to enrich and access this field after leaving the retreat form as support for our ongoing Dhamma practice.
Insight Retreat Center :  Dhamma-fields Dhamma-nature

2018-07-02 23 Guided Meditation: Distilling and Dwelling in Your Dhamma Potential 24:34
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Imagining there is only an hour left to live, recollect what has been meaningful and of value. The word just acts as the suitcase, then we have to open it and get a feeling for it in the heart and body.
Insight Retreat Center :  Dhamma-fields Dhamma-nature

2018-07-01 Letting the Present Moment Tenderize the Heart - Talk 41:35
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2018-07-01 Letting the Present Moment Tenderize the Heart - Meditation 33:44
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2018-07-01 A Thousand Thoughts 56:53
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Through understanding the nature of thoughts, we come to understand the nature of the mind. Thoughts are not to be feared or condemned but to be closely looked at and mindfully observed.
Perth, Australia :  Retreat at Jhana Grove: June/July 2018

2018-07-01 22 Q&A: Relational Snags, Power of Resolve, Liberation from Clinging 1:10:53
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Why did you become a monk; the place of women in this lineage; relational snags; strengthening pāramīs; what survives death; stream entry; identifying is another word for clinging; responses to the group process exercises
Insight Retreat Center :  Dhamma-fields Dhamma-nature

2018-07-01 21 The Skill of Thinking: Allowing the Heart to Speak 58:11
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Instructions for restraining the human tendency to dominate. Learning to set up the right relationship and allow experience to speak for itself. Only after the truth is spoken can there be silence.
Insight Retreat Center :  Dhamma-fields Dhamma-nature

2018-07-01 20 “About to”: The Moment of Becoming 8:29
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Training to notice the point when the “I am” is born. Allowing a fresh response. Learning to follow, not lead.
Insight Retreat Center :  Dhamma-fields Dhamma-nature

2018-07-01 3rd Morning - Instructions - Hinderances 46:30
JoAnna Hardy	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat

2018-07-01 19 Standing Meditation: Opening to Feeling 18:33
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Getting a sense of the tones that arise in the body. Don’t act immediately, awareness is open and non-intrusive. Noticing the tendencies towards favoring and opposing.
Insight Retreat Center :  Dhamma-fields Dhamma-nature

2018-06-30 Compassion Practice 42:30
Ruth King	Download Listen
Self and migrant children and families, carried by the wisdom of the whales
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat

2018-06-30 Dharma Talk 63:20
Hugh Byrne	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  Cultivating an Open Heart Weekend

2018-06-30 Guided Meditation and Talk: Right Effort 1:17:54
Ayya Jitindriya	Download Listen
Santi Forest Monastery

2018-06-30 Our Shared Humanity (about Metta) 55:06
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
When we see our shared humanity and understand that we all seek happiness and do not want suffering, the heart’s response is naturally one of kindness and friendliness.
Perth, Australia :  Retreat at Jhana Grove: June/July 2018

2018-06-30 Lecture 22 1:19:59
Bhikkhu Analayo	View Download Listen
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  Nibbāna: The Mind Stilled
Attached Files: Nibbana - Lecture 22 by Bhikkhu Analayo (PDF)

2018-06-30 Self Compassion 24:09
Hugh Byrne	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  Cultivating an Open Heart Weekend

2018-06-30 Suffering Sadie 66:37
JoAnna Hardy	Download Listen
Talk on compassion - How we hold ourselves, close ones, all.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat