Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2011-01-19 Inviting Life's Difficulties to Tea 1:19:43

Tara Brach

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One of the most illuminating themes in the Buddha's life story was the regular appearance of Mara--god of selfishness and greed, anger and fear, doubt and shame. Each time Mara surfaced, the Buddha's response was to say "I see you Mara," and invite him to tea. This talk explores how such unconditional friendliness and wisdom can bring healing and freedom to our lives.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-01-19 Colorings of Consciousness 57:33
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-01-19 Pilgrimage 59:51
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-19 Opening Talk for An Exploration of Mindfulness: MBCT/MBSR Retreat 58:37
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Opening Talk for a retreat that offers the opportunity for those teaching or training in the field of mindfulness-based interventions to deepen their own experience and understanding of mindfulness practice.
Gaia House : An Exploration of Mindfulness: MBCT/MBSR Retreat

2011-01-18 Against the Stream 49:30
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2011-01-18 We Create the World 21:03
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
14 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2011-01-18 Program Deactivation 57:04
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-17 Buddhist Studies Course - 7 Factors of Awakening - Week 2 - (2011) (Note: An updated course offered in 2017) 66:22

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - (2011) 7 Factors of Awakening (Note: an updated course was offered in 2017)

2011-01-17 Practicing Metta in Daily Life - Widening Circles of Metta 49:04
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
As we do on the cushion, we practice metta in daily life in widening circles. We explore sustaining individual formal metta practice, metta in our relationships, and metta in the larger world. (Followed by questions and responses.)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-17 Discussion with Mirka Knaster, author of "Living This Life Fully: Stories And Teachings of MUNINDRA" 64:45
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-16 Metta Chants 10:40
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-16 Lovingkindness as the Practice of Freedom 59:01
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-16 The Tradition Of Integrity(Sat.Tallk) 57:11
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-15 Equanimity: Seeds of an Appropriate Response 62:04
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Using images, stories and quotes from teachers and spiritual leaders, this talk explores the practice of equanimity, discussing the topics of dependent conditions, working with challenges to equanimity, and offering equanimity practice techniques.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-15 Union of Love & Awareness, Part 2 31:18
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This 2 part series explores how mindfulness and metta, though distinct practices, in a mature practice become unified as a loving, kind presence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-01-15 Union of Love and Awareness, Part 1 34:49
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This 2 part series explores how mindfulness and metta, though distinct practices, in a mature practice become unified as a loving, kind presence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-01-14 Forgiveness Meditation 34:57
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-14 How Did I Get Here? 48:18
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
When we snap out of states we often ask: how did I get here? How we answer depends on our levels of non-attachment and insight.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : January 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-01-14 The Courage to Live - the Practice of Forgiveness 58:07
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-14 Un-manageability & Right Effort 42:46
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-01-13 The Joy of a Friendly Heart 68:34
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Exploring how metta cheers us, how a cheerful heart calms and relaxes us; and how a calm, relaxed state ushers in more understanding and so, more metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-13 Enlightenment Part 1. 54:22
James Baraz	Download Listen
The classic Theravadin meditative path to freedom, including progress of insight and stages of enlightenment.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-01-13 Relinquishment 34:41
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-12 Evolving Consciousness--Beyond limiting Identities 1:19:36

Tara Brach

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The flag of trance is identifying as a separate, deficient self. This talk explores how developmentally we can get fixated on fears and unmet needs and cut off from the wholeness of Being that is our true nature. We explore the power of mindfulness --seeking not to change but to understand--and the expression of that understanding as love. The talk includes guided reflections that can help us recognize and awaken from the confines of trance.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-01-12 12. Short Review of the Human Condition 20:19
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-12 How Metta Transforms Us 56:09
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
In this second talk of the retreat, we explore further the spirit of metta, through teachings and stories, focusing as well on the themes of metta as a concentration practice, as opening a process of purification, and, as it matures, as increasingly embodied and wise.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-12 Routine Investigation 56:39
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-11 The Four Noble Truths - Kickoff of the 100 Day Retreat 53:54
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2011-01-11 11. Rounds of Becoming 15:39
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-11 Satipatthana Sutta, Third Foundation: Awareness of the Mind 66:46
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Mindfulness of the body gave us stability of focus and mindfulness of feelings gave us the mechanism for how we project ourselves onto the world. Now we are sufficiently prepared to look at the mind itself.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2011-01-11 Metta as the Heart of Mindfulness 53:31
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
The "Introduction to Metta" talk positions metta as the particular form of mindfulness that reflects the third foundation of mindfulness, attention to the contents of mind. It also is presented as the practice that follows the Buddha's instructions for Wise Effort, the purposeful cultivation in the mind of wholesome states.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-01-11 The Skillful Mundane 34:04
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-10 Meeting What is with Love & Awareness 58:54
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How do we bring a loving presence to all of our experience- especially to our humanness, failed intentions. Cultivating mindfulness & kindness with our own experience becomes the template for living a wise life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-10 Buddhist Studies Course - 7 Factors of Awakening - Week 1 (2011) (Note: An updated course offered in 2017) 1:33:39

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - (2011) 7 Factors of Awakening (Note: an updated course was offered in 2017)

2011-01-10 10. Samsara Onward Going 21:20
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-10 Samadhi 42:35
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-09 Watch Your Mind 34:02
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
10 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2011-01-09 09. Power 25:33
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-09 Jhana Factors 1:57:58
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
The practice of jhana factors. Rapture, joy, walking, weaving contentment & tranquility.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-01-09 Enjoyment 31:56
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-08 The Noble Eight Fold Path (Adrianne Ross & Sharda Rogell) 57:37
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
A concise exposition on the way these eight path factors form a cohesive whole for our practice in daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Essential Dharma

2011-01-08 08. Detailed Sequence Leading to Conflict 14:18
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-08 Perception 33:20
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-08 Resting In Release 49:26
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-07 The Way We Are... and The Way We Want To Be 47:13
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
This talk address the apparent conflict in practice between opening to the way we are and, at the same time, aspiring towards freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : January 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-01-07 Song of Awakening: Confronting the Three Marks of Existence 65:43
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Story of The Buddha's deepening insight into impermanance, suffering and selflessness and how it led to the "Sure Heart's Release."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-07 07. Envy and Niggardliness the Cause of Conflict 13:13
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-07 Intention 28:38
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-06 Untangling Dukkha - 4 Noble Truths 59:24
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
The Buddha showed us the way out of our human predicament of living life as if we were on a wheel in a hamster's cage. The first three Noble Truths are explored to reveal a profound liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Essential Dharma

2011-01-06 Desire Hatred Delusion 45:50
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
09 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2011-01-06 06. Mahakassapa Explains the Cause of Conflict 17:37
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-06 What really matters 54:52
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-01-06 Attention 31:21
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-06 Guidance For Walking 8:15
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-05 True Refuge: Three Gateways to Freedom 1:26:34

Tara Brach

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This talk invites a contemplation of three archetypal domains of spiritual awakening: Buddha-awareness, Dharma- truth (the way things are), and Sangha-loving relatedness. We explore our habit of turning toward false refuges, and the way we can find refuge in that which truely heals our hearts and frees our mind. The evening ends with a living ritual of dedicating ourselves to each of these three gateways to awakening.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-01-05 The Mirror of Mindfulness 52:33
Adrianne Ross	Download Listen
The mirror of minfulness shows us things as they are. Mindfulness grounded in the body brings the stability to know this.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Essential Dharma

2011-01-05 Nothing At All to Worry About 39:22
Ayya Santussika	Download Listen
at San Jose Insight
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2011-01-05 05. Clinging causes Anxiety plus 15:45
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-05 A New Beginning 44:07
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-05 Skillful Application 29:28
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-04 Being Part Of It All 56:28
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
To deeply realize that we are inextricably a part of a vast web of life, we are invited to open to a deeper inner connection, and to recognize that we are not different to all that is around us.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2011-01-04 Cessation 52:50
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
37 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2011-01-04 04. The Eight Worldy Conditions 17:18
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-04 A Blameless Life 49:08
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
This talk explores how ethical conduct fits into a continuum of practice as we move from the isolated state of projection through the relaxation of sila to the inevitable release of faith.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2011-01-04 Big Mind/Heart Meditation 46:55
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Citta - mind heart is open like silence, like space. Guided meditation resting in the sky like nature of mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2011-01-03 A Summary of the Path 36:42
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) : New Year's Retreat

2011-01-03 The Heart Of Silence 59:28
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
What stands out to us in silence. What is our relationship with silence. What about the silence itself? What is it actually?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2011-01-03 Many, Many Opportunities 36:04
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) : New Year's Retreat

2011-01-03 03. The Two Darts 15:47
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-03 Mindfulness When It Matters 61:40
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Rather than making New Year’s resolutions that often end in a sense of failure, it is more helpful to look at our life and practice in terms of aspirations, and to ask what do we need to cultivate and what can we let go of in order to support those aspirations? Using mindfulness, we can become more in tune with what really matters to us and also begin to notice the many subtle and even unconscious influences on our choices and behavior.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-03 Monday Night Meditation Lead 47:51
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-01-02 Feeling and the Quest for Enlightenment 33:50
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) : New Year's Retreat

2011-01-02 The One Who Knows 32:52
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
08 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2011-01-02 02. Divine Messengers 14:53
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-02 Worldwide Metta - Guided Meditation 17:04
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : New Year 2011 Retreat on Brahma Viharas

2011-01-02 Contemplation of Mind 28:07
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) : New Year's Retreat

2011-01-02 G.M-Skillful Sitting 54:14
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2011-01-01 Stitching Our Life Into Wholeness. 47:42
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
This talk explores the definitions power and impact of mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2011-01-01 Four Wise Efforts 54:49
Adrianne Ross	Download Listen
Recognizing and transforming difficulties and developing and cultivating all the beautiful qualities of mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : New Year's Retreat

2011-01-01 01. Sickness Ageing and Death 11:59
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Chapter I : The Human Condition

2011-01-01 Brahma Viharas in Daily Life 33:56
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : New Year 2011 Retreat on Brahma Viharas

2011-01-01 Equanimity: The Earth and The Body - Guided Meditation 37:35
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : New Year 2011 Retreat on Brahma Viharas

2011-01-01 Ted Talk in Chiang Mai - Empowering Our Potentiality 5:53
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni	Download Listen
Songdhammakalyani Monastery

2011-01-01 The un-Fabricated Mind - Guided Meditation 38:11
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : New Year 2011 Retreat on Brahma Viharas

2011-01-01 Compassion 29:18
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) : New Year's Retreat

2011-01-01 Resting in Awareness 41:06
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) : New Year's Retreat

2011-01-01 Guided Metta Meditation (For All Beings) 44:27
Chris Cullen	Download Listen
Gaia House : The New Years Retreat

2011-01-01 Non-Self and Emptiness 52:03
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
The Understanding of non-self is described by the Buddha as a pivotal insight in bringing about the end of distress and struggle.
Gaia House : The New Years Retreat

2011-01-01 Instructions on the Mindfulness of Thought 25:30
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : The New Years Retreat

2010-12-31 The Seven Factors of Enlightenment 18:29
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) : New Year's Retreat

2010-12-31 To Trust In Being 56:01
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Discovering how to rest in being requires us to examine the compulsive doing activity through which we seek to establish our worthiness and identity. Trusting where we are, we can come to rest in the wide-open nature of aliveness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2010-12-31 Going for Refuge 65:40
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : New Year's Retreat

2010-12-31 Minting Gold - Embodying the Awakened Heart 65:43
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Our core conditioning expresses as both a longing for love and the pain of not trusting we are loveable. This talk explores how we create the experience of separation, and the key meditative heart- trainings that lead us to realizing and living from the truth of our connectedness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2010 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2010-12-31 The Faces of Joy 27:32
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : New Year 2011 Retreat on Brahma Viharas

2010-12-31 Guided Heart Meditation - Lovingkindness 44:43
Hugh Byrne	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2010 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2010-12-31 Mudita - Guided Meditation 34:32
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : New Year 2011 Retreat on Brahma Viharas

2010-12-31 Giving & Receiving Compassion - Guided Meditation 33:15
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : New Year 2011 Retreat on Brahma Viharas

2010-12-31 Sacred Intelligence 49:52
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2010-12-31 Instructions on Contemplation of Mind 37:10
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House : The New Years Retreat

2010-12-31 Guided Metta Meditation (On the Neutral and Difficult Person) 39:21
Jake Dartington	Download Listen
Gaia House : The New Years Retreat