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Dharma Talks
2018-05-11 Intro 44:21
DaRa Williams
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Retreat with DaRa Williams

2018-05-11 2018 Metta Retreat - Day 4 - Meditation Instructions - Bhante Jayasara 33:38
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2018 Metta Retreat - Day 4 - Meditation Instructions - Bhante Jayasara
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2018 Metta Retreat

2018-05-10 Maranasati: "If My Life Is for Rent...Nothing I Have Is Truly Mine." 57:56
Nikki Mirghafori
Three fruits of maranasati practice are discussed: 1) Preparing for our moment of death with fearlessness and peace. Topics of Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and rebirth are presented with a don't know mind. 2) Living THIS limited, precious life fully, with gratitude, forgiveness, generosity and letting go. 3) Awakening, liberation, nibbana -- Maranasati is a practice towards liberation, arising insights into the three marks of existence (anicca, dukkha, anatta).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Contemplating Death/Awakening to Life (Maranasati Retreat)

2018-05-10 "Clear Comprehension Part 2" 59:30
James Baraz
In the Satipatthana Sutta (MN#10), the Buddha's discourse on mindfulness, the Buddha instructs us to contemplate mindfully, ardent and clearly comprehending each of the four foundations. "Clear comprehension" also translated as "clearly knowing" includes four areas of context for our mindfulness practice. In Part 1 we explored the first two elements of Clear Comprehension: "Clear Comprehension of Purpose" and "Clear Comprehension of Suitability of Action". In this talk we discuss the second two aspects: "Clear Comprehension in the Domain of Meditation" and "Clear Comprehension of Reality". With metta, James
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2018-05-10 2018 Metta Retreat - Day 3 - Q & A - Bhante Jayasara 1:29:32
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2018 Metta Retreat - Day 3 - Q & A - Bhante Jayasara
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2018 Metta Retreat

2018-05-10 Heart Path 38:00
Ven. Pannavati Bhikkhuni
Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center

2018-05-10 2018 Metta Retreat - Day 3 - Dhamma Talk - Bhante Jayasara DR000680 67:41
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2018 Metta Retreat - Day 3 - Dhamma Talk - Bhante Jayasara DR000680
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2018 Metta Retreat

2018-05-10 2018 Metta Retreat - Day 3 - Meditation Instructions - Bhante Seelananda 31:01
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2018 Metta Retreat - Day 3 - Meditation Instructions - Bhante Seelananda
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2018 Metta Retreat

2018-05-10 Nurturing the Process 36:07
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2018-05-09 Story of Anathapindika: Death and Letting go (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:42
Eugene Cash
Anathapindika was one of the foremost householder followers of the Buddha. As he is dying Sariputta and Ananda go to comfort him. Seeing his imminent death they offer teachings never before given to householders. He receives the radical teachings of not clinging, letting go of all experience and waking up.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Contemplating Death/Awakening to Life (Maranasati Retreat)

2018-05-09 Investigating How The Deluded Mind Works 58:30
Carol Wilson
Perception and feeling tone.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Natural Awareness Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2018-05-09 Meditation: Intimacy with Life 21:15
Tara Brach
This guided meditation begins with a body scan, bringing the friendliness of a smile into the body, and waking up our awareness of aliveness. We widen the attention to include sound and then sense and rest in the awareness that holds all experience. Our reminders are to wake up from trance by reopening to our senses, allowing for a true intimacy with the life that lives through us.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-05-09 Eating Addiction: How Meditation Helps Free Us 54:01
Tara Brach
Buddhist psychology views clinging as the source of suffering, and one of the great domains of clinging is compulsive overeating. For most of us the causes and conditions for compulsive overeating existed before we were born, during our early childhood, and in our surrounding society. We begin to release shame and self-aversion by realizing we are not alone in this suffering; and eating addiction is not “our fault.” The talk includes an exploration of how, through RAIN, we can bring mindfulness and self-compassion to compulsive eating, giving us more choice in our behavior. Ultimately we discover that this deep prison of suffering can become a portal to realizing the freedom our true nature.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-05-09 2018 Metta Retreat - Day 2 - Q & A - Bhante Seelananda 1:22:14
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2018 Metta Retreat - Day 2 - Q & A - Bhante Seelananda
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2018 Metta Retreat

2018-05-09 The Ways We Cling, Montreal 64:00
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2018-05-09 Instructions & Guided Meditation, Montreal 24:33
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2018-05-09 2018 Metta Retreat - Day 2 - Dhamma Talk - Bhante Seelananda 64:09
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2018 Metta Retreat - Day 2 - Dhamma Talk - Bhante Seelananda
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2018 Metta Retreat

2018-05-09 Building on Retreat, Taking the Practice Home 20:07
Oren Jay Sofer
Closing Session (part 4): Short reflections on taking the practice home and deepening insights (with comments from Bart van Melik).
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Relational Dharma: Waking up Together

2018-05-09 A Meditation for Difficult Conversations: Guidance from the Suttas 2:37:27
Oren Jay Sofer
Closing Session - part 1. In this short teaching and guided meditation, we explore how to use the meditation instructions in the Simile of the Saw (Kakchupama Sutta, MN. 21) as preparation and cultivation for difficult conversations.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Relational Dharma: Waking up Together

2018-05-09 Morning Instructions: Maranasati (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 39:06
Bhikkhu Analayo
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Contemplating Death/Awakening to Life (Maranasati Retreat)

2018-05-09 2018 Metta Retreat - Day 2 - Meditation Instructions - Bhante Jayasara 34:26
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2018 Metta Retreat - Day 2 - Meditation Instructions - Bhante Jayasara
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2018 Metta Retreat

2018-05-09 Happiness and Paramis 2:14:22
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-05-08 Éveillé, pas dupe, Montréal 10:25
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2018-05-08 Cooling the Fire 43:32
Andrea Fella
Andrea Fella gave the third talk in a speaker series titled "Goals in Meditation." Andrea pointed out that the Pali word that the Buddha used to describe his awakening is "nibbana." This word literally means "cooling." In other words, awakening is not about gaining something; rather it's about cooling the fire of greed, hatred, and delusion in our minds. indeed, we can experience nibbana in this life time, when we let go of greed, hatred, and delusion.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Goals in Meditation

2018-05-08 Instructions et méditation guidée, Montréal 26:41
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2018-05-08 The Soft Power Of Mindfulness 57:29
Mark Nunberg
Understanding the importance of wisdom and wise effort with awareness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Natural Awareness Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2018-05-08 Death contemplation awakens us to life (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:53
Nikki Mirghafori
In this talk, Nikki Mirghafori (first ~30 minutes) and Eugene Cash (the rest) discuss how death contemplation helps us awaken to living this life, with embracing letting go and not knowing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Contemplating Death/Awakening to Life (Maranasati Retreat)

2018-05-08 2018 Metta Retreat - Day 1 - Q & A - Bhante Gunaratana 68:15
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2018 Metta Retreat - Day 1 - Q & A - Bhante Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2018 Metta Retreat

2018-05-08 Cours du 8 mai 2018, Montréal 63:02
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2018-05-08 2018 Metta Retreat - Day 1 - Dhamma Talk - Bhante Gunaratana 59:12
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2018 Metta Retreat - Day 1 - Dhamma Talk - Bhante Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2018 Metta Retreat

2018-05-08 Day 3 Morning Instructions: This could be my last breath (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:27
Nikki Mirghafori
Guided meditation from the Maranasati Sutta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Contemplating Death/Awakening to Life (Maranasati Retreat)

2018-05-08 Guided Meditation Instruction and Q&A 63:46
Mark Nunberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Natural Awareness Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2018-05-08 2018 Metta Retreat - Day 1 - Meditation Instructions - Bhante Seelananda 32:41
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
2018 Metta Retreat - Day 1 - Meditation Instructions - Bhante Seelananda
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2018 Metta Retreat

2018-05-07 Death: "This is Nature, This is Natural" (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:46
Nikki Mirghafori
The first part of the talk, the hindrances (Nivarana in Pali), also translated as veils, are discussed through the lens of Maranasati practice. The second part of the talk is devoted to sharing lessons from my mother's recent passing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Contemplating Death/Awakening to Life (Maranasati Retreat)

2018-05-07 Path Of Natural Awareness 42:14
Alexis Santos
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Natural Awareness Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2018-05-07 The Five Spiritual Faculties - Week 9 - Talk 54:56
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Spiritual Faculties - The Engine of Awakening: Faith, Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration, and Wisdom

2018-05-07 The Five Spiritual Faculties - Week 9 - Meditation 28:41
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Spiritual Faculties - The Engine of Awakening: Faith, Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration, and Wisdom

2018-05-07 Entering the Stream: Overcoming Skeptical Doubt 47:30
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia
This talk examines skeptical doubt which, through our training and practice, is overcome at the first stage of awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-05-07 Mindful Loving Awareness - Monday Night Dharma Talk - Part 1 - The Three Gates to Freedom 65:33
Jack Kornfield
When you are mindful, loving awareness offers you practical and revolutionary gifts of freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2018-05-07 Mindful Loving Awareness - Monday Night Dharma Talk - Part 2 - Big Sky Mind Meditation 44:57
Jack Kornfield
Guided Meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2018-05-07 Guided Meditation: Relaxing into the Moment 28:43
Bart van Melik
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Relational Dharma: Waking up Together

2018-05-06 Simple Awareness: Conditions For Wisdom 49:38
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Natural Awareness Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2018-05-06 Maranasati Normalizing Death (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:43
Eugene Cash
Exploring the Buddhist teaching of Maranasati: Mindfulness of Death How it’s taught and how one personally works with, recognizes and manifests this practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Contemplating Death/Awakening to Life (Maranasati Retreat)

2018-05-06 Samadhi 52:30
Thanissara
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2018-05-06 Wilderness In the Heart 53:40
Ven. Pannavati Bhikkhuni
Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center

2018-05-06 02 More fully, more fluidly, more freely 37:29
Martin Aylward
Moulin de Chaves The True Heart’s Longing

2018-05-06 02 short talk: anatta or not-self 13:11
Jill Shepherd
Exploring Anatta: constructing and de-constructing the sense of self - a six-week study and practice course Week 1: A short introduction to anatta or not-self
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2018-05-06 01 short talk: context of the three universal characteristics, anicca, dukkha, anatta 16:21
Jill Shepherd
Exploring Anatta: constructing and de-constructing the sense of self - a six-week study and practice course Week 1: A brief overview of the three universal characteristics of anicca / impermanence, dukkha / unsatisfactoriness, and anatta / not-self
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2018-05-06 00 short guided meditation: mindfulness of body and breathing 15:45
Jill Shepherd
Exploring Anatta: constructing and de-constructing the sense of self - a six-week study and practice course A 15 minute guided meditation as preparation to start the course
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2018-05-06 Day 1 Morning Instructions: Settling in, noticing aliveness. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:13:57
Nikki Mirghafori
Settling in with the breath and body. Feeling the aliveness present in this moment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Contemplating Death/Awakening to Life (Maranasati Retreat)

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