2019-02-20 Equanimity: The Equipoise in the Mind 68:26
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
What is equanimity? How is it cultivated through meditation practice? What are the two understandings that are the root of equanimity? All of this and more is explored in this Dharma Talk.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  February 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-02-20 The 84th Problem 47:31
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2019-02-20 Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness 47:28
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  Twin Cities Vipassana Collective

2019-02-20 Morning Instructions 24:02
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-20 Seven Stages of the Spiritual Journey 1:16:50
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Partly in honor of the recently deceased poet, Mary Oliver, we use her poem, "the Journey", as a reference point for understanding the nature of the spiritual journey. Two other reference points are the life of the Buddha, and then the experiences of our own lives. After an exploration of the very nature of the journey, and how a journey may take years, or two weeks, or an hour, we explore seven stages of the spiritual journey, starting with taking life for granted, being caught up in habitual and conditioned mind and behavior, and ending with some degree of awakening and then re-entering the "ordinary" world, often bringing gifts from the journey. In between is the heart of the journey. [The talk ends at 1.06.23.]
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-02-19 Bringing the Dharma into Our Daily Lives 48:10
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
This talk offers reflections on how to fold retreat practice back into our daily lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-19 The Wonder of Being Is in Plain Sight 37:43
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2019-02-19 Final Day Morning Practice 34:57
JoAnna Hardy	Download Listen
Working with internal and external sensations and thoughts.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-18 Faith (and Doubt) 44:37
Cara Lai	Download Listen
How to recognize doubt of many kinds, how to practice faith, and the freedom that is possible from this.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-18 Dependent Co-Arising - Week 6 - Talk 38:53
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Dependent Co-Arising

2019-02-18 Dependent Co-Arising - Week 6 - Meditation 27:53
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - Dependent Co-Arising

2019-02-18 Metta for Difficult Persons 59:55
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Metta for Difficult Persons
Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centre :  5th Annual Metta Retreat: 2nd Session

2019-02-18 Working with the Hindrances 60:47
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  Twin Cities Vipassana Collective

2019-02-18 P.O.C Feb.08, 2019 26:24
Sebene Selassie	Download Listen
This sitting group provides instruction in insight meditation and fosters mutual support and understanding among the growing community of people of color who find nourishment and inspiration in the practice of meditation.
New York Insight Meditation Center :  NYI Regular Talks

2019-02-18 Monday Night Dharma Talk 51:38
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-02-18 Morning Instructions 48:38
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-17 Stepping Out of Our Mental Prison - Talk 59:01
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2019-02-17 Stepping Out of Our Mental Prison - Meditation 30:28
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Stepping Out of Our Mental Prison - Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2019-02-17 Relating Wisely with Pain 54:36
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  CGMC February 2019 Residential Retreat

2019-02-17 The Seven Factors of Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:41
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The seven factors of awakening develop and strengthen naturally as we practice, but knowing this map helps us incline towards them.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-17 Full Contact Compassion 51:53
Vinny Ferraro	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-17 Day 4 Morning Instructions 50:53
JoAnna Hardy	Download Listen
Working with thoughts and emotions.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-17 Day 15 Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:47
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Last Day of Morning Instructions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-17 The Neurology of Awakening - Part 1 of 4 62:30
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-02-17 The Neurology of Awakening - Part 2 of 4 1:34:17
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-02-17 The Neurology of Awakening - Part 3 of 4 1:10:06
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-02-17 The Neurology of Awakening - Part 4 of 4 1:13:37
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-02-16 The Power of Intention (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:45
James Baraz	Download Listen
The Buddha said that karma is all based on intention. In every moment we are sowing the seeds of suffering or happiness. In addition to this moment to moment aspect, intention also refers to a wider motivation—Clear Comprehension of Purpose—our aspiration and vision that fuels and inspires us to practice. Both of these dimensions of intention are explored.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-16 Middle Path Meets Wise Effort 46:25
JoAnna Hardy	Download Listen
The Buddha's awakening to the middle way and finding that balance in wise effort.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-16 The Pure and Beautiful Mind – The Benefits of Concentration, Metta and Insight Meditation Practice 59:35
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Exploring the wholesome and beautiful factors of mind that are associated with the development and fruits of concentration, metta practice and with the deepening and fruits of Vipassana practice with an emphasis on the Abhidhamma basket’s clear and refined disclosure of what happens in the mind through meditation practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  February 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-02-16 The Importance of the Body in our Practice 50:01
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective :  Twin Cities Vipassana Collective

2019-02-16 Day 14 Choiceless Awareness: Guided meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:43
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
A guided practice for letting go of specific objects or sense doors to practice open or choiceless awareness. For some people this is a more natural way of practicing. The intent is to become mindful of one’s mental activity as it is drawn to different experiences arising at any of the six sense doors. From this practice you can gain insight into how the mind works and find freedom no matter what the experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-16 Morning Reflection: The Power of the Mind 8:27
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Our heart/mind can make a heaven of hell or a hell of heaven…and so we cultivate and incline the mind towards the development and blossoming of a pure, wholesome and beautiful heart/mind. This reflection includes a reading of 'The Mind’ from the Dhammapada by the Buddha.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  February 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-02-15 Embodiment 55:12
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  CGMC February 2019 Residential Retreat

2019-02-15 Dharma Talk - Compassion for Oneself and Others (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:52
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-15 Under The Influences Of The Hinderances 46:20
Vinny Ferraro	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-15 Wie unser Sehen die Welt erschafft 59:40
Yuka Nakamura	Download Listen
Durch die Praxis von Vipassana erkennen wir die bedingte und fabrizierte Natur unserer Erfahrung. Wir erkennen, wie jegliche Erfahrung in Abhängigkeit vieler Bedingungen entsteht und gestaltet wird. Ein entscheidender Faktor dabei ist die Sichtweise, durch welche wir unsere Erfahrung betrachten. Im Wissen um diese Bedingtheit können bewusst mit verschiedenen Sichtweisen experimentieren, die zu mehr Freiheit und Glück führen. Im Vortrag werden die Sichtweisen der drei Charakteristika, die Sichtweise der liebenden Güte sowie symbolische, imaginale und mystische Sichtweisen als mögliche Sichtweisen besprochen.
Seminarhaus Engl

2019-02-15 Day 13 - Guided Metta (Loving Kindness) for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:57
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
Inviting our heart to let go of all reservations and conditions to universal friendliness and kindness. This heart which can hold all beings in kindness becomes a refuge for our own well being and the well being of others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-15 Morning Instructions on relaxation and beginning to connect with the breath 36:15
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-15 Morning Reflection: Excerpt from ‘Conversations with Nadia Boulanger’ French composer, conductor & teacher 5:58
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  February 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-02-14 Communication as Dharma practice 60:49
Oren Jay Sofer	Download Listen
We communicate with ourselves and others all day long. By adopting a few principles we can use this activity to allow ourselves to grow.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2019-02-14 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness - Vedana (Feeling Tone) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:30
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
Continuing from the Anapanasati sutta we turn to vedana, the 2nd foundation of mindfulness. With great courage. we can develop contentment no matter the pleasure, pain or neutrality of any give moment. In not understanding vedana we are forever imprisoned by our wrong views. When we can breath consciously in a greater range of pain, pleasure and neutrality we find the path to non-conditional contentment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-14 Preliminary Meditation Instructions for Retreat 43:59
Brian Lesage	Download Listen
This talk offers guidance into some of the fundamentals of meditation practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-14 Die vier Verzerrungen 64:37
Yuka Nakamura	Download Listen
Unsere Wahrnehmung schafft unsere erlebte Welt. Probleme entstehen, wenn wir uns dieser Tatsache erstens nicht bewusst sind und zweitens, wenn die Wahrnehmung in einer leidschaffenden Weise verzerrt ist. Der Vortrag bespricht die vier Verzerrungen, welche unsere gewöhnliche Wahrnehmung kennzeichnen und Leiden verursachen. Durch die Praxis des Satipatthana-Sutta können diese Verzerrungen korrigiert werden.
Seminarhaus Engl

2019-02-14 Metta - the Beauty of Selfless Caring 53:18
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Metta - the Beauty of Selfless Caring
Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centre :  5th Annual Metta Retreat: 2nd Session

2019-02-14 Day 12 - Brahma Vihara Practice - Metta for Difficult Persons (part 2) & All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:51
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-14 Day One Morning Instructions 51:02
JoAnna Hardy	Download Listen
Settling into breath and body
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Finding Freedom Through Insight Meditation

2019-02-14 Day 12 - Morning Sit with Instructions - Intention (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:12
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-13 Samadhi and Insight (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 67:53
Richard Shankman	Download Listen
Discussion of a range of ways samadhi is understood and practiced, and a range of ways insight is practiced in relation to samadhi.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2019-02-13 Meditation: Relaxing Back into Living Presence 18:54
Tara Brach	Download Listen
When we are lost in thoughts our mind contracts, our body tightens and we disconnect from true openheartedness. The pathway home is through “relaxing back” and reopening our attention to our senses, relaxing through our body, and gently contacting the felt sense in our heart. By repeatedly relaxing back, we become increasingly familiar with the vibrancy, tenderness and openness of true presence. “It’s from a relaxed presence that we can most feel the tenderness of our hearts."
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks