Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2009-11-05 Wisdom 66:49
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We examine how mindfulness is distinguished from, yet leads to wisdom. We explore wisdom especially through the life story of the Buddha, moving from comfort and and illusion to deep wisdom and compassion, and through his first teaching of the Four Noble Truths - the most basic expression of wisdom in the tradition.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2009-11-05 The Middle Way 59:01
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
A reflection on the Middle Way, i.e., the whole eightfold path, as avoiding two "dead ends." This is followed by further thoughts on the Four Noble Truths as tasks that culminate in the eightfold path itself.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Study Retreat

2009-11-05 Patience 60:22
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2009-11-05 Emotions and Freedom 65:50
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2009-11-04 Four Great Efforts 63:34
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Explaining the four great efforts in connection to practice and daily life including tools of awareness and the three characteristics.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Study Retreat

2009-11-04 Intimacy with Life 1:24:03

Tara Brach

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Zen mast Dogen taught that "...to study the Buddhist way is to be Intimate with all Things." This talk reviews the often unconscious ways that we habitually block intimacy and two trainings of attention that foster a natural sense of belonging to this living world and to timeless presence.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-11-04 What the Buddha Really Taught: The Metta Sutta 54:51
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-11-04 Awakening to Life 59:33
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
A reflection on the metaphor of "awakening" as a process rather than a "state" of "enlightenment", which is followed by a reading of the Buddha's First Sermon (Turning the Wheel of Dhamma) in which he presents this awakening as being concerned with the living process of the Four Noble Truths.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Study Retreat

2009-11-04 Vedana 45:28
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2009-11-03 The Secret Beauty of Hearts: Transformations Through Metta 62:34
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Transformation in practice, whether in mindfulness or metta practice, occurs through repetition, patience, understanding and faith, in a sometimes mysterious way. Using poems and stories, we explore the nature of lovingkindness (metta) and the kinds of transformation that occur as we practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart