Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2009-01-28 Leaving The Samsaric Home 49:22
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The mind drags us into places, and we easily locate ourselves there. This is what I’m stuck in, this is what I am. How to get a handle? The samādhi approach is to deal with the energy, not the topic. The sīla approach is to refer to the skilful. The pañña approach is to recognize this for what it is. We need to know how to handle the energy of the mind, and to practise ethical intentions and investigation.
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2009-01-27 Ten Paramis: Generosity (1) 45:46
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
The power of generosity and how to access it by releasing what obscures it. The talk explores the difference between generosity and resentment.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-01-27 The Ten Paramis 18:39:06

Rodney Smith

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The Ten Paramis, or the ten perfections, are the ten qualities of character that can be developed to support the path of awakening. The Paramis can be seen as attributes of awareness itself and also as cultivated states that will enhance our lives. (Two talks given on each Parami.)

Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-01-27 All Beings are of One Substance 34:57
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Avalokitesvara – the Lord of Ease Ekayana – All streams lead to the ocean - all Dharma doors lead to the One Heart All Dharma doors are connected to Mindfulness Crossing over beings of the self nature – being kind is being Kuan Yin All Beings have been our mother, father, relative and are potential Buddha’s Kittisaro’s mother’s death and his tribute to her
Dharmagiri : Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-27 Kuan Yin - Bestower of Fearlessness 38:07
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Turning the state rather than being turned by the state Liberating the orphans of consciousness & being liberated from them Stories of Ajahn Chah – Knowing pain & ‘What About the Rest of Us?’ The man who wanted to hang himself Returning to the Still Bestower of Courage & Fearlessness.
Dharmagiri : Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-27 Mindfulness of Movement 41:42
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The underlying bent of the mind is craving, that leaning of the mind to have, get, find, belong. In meditation we practise with loosening that craving energy, and introducing calming subjects for recollection. Walking meditation is a skilful means for loosening and gentling the mind.
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2009-01-27 The Challenge of Radical Contingency 1:17:57
John Peacock	Download Listen
Please note that these talks are from a 4 week retreat for experienced meditators. The talks and meditations can be listened to in any order or individually, but as they progressively unfold different levels of understanding of Emptiness, they will probably be more fully understood and the practices more easily developed if taken in series
Gaia House : Meditation on Emptiness (2009)

2009-01-26 Spontaneous Meditation: The Sacred Art Of Presencing 27:31
Lama Surya Das	Download Listen
The intrinsic nature of mind is naturally lucid, aware, bright, open, empty and cling free. It is only temporarily limited or corrupted by being mixed with adventitious obscurations. Lama Surya Das explains & elucidates natural meditation, nowness-awareness, how to sit and gage and be, and explains his original four kinds of mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-01-26 Desire And Aversion 53:19
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
How we might recognize and free ourselves from the pull of wanting and not wanting.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : January 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-01-26 I Have Faith in Nights 21:22
Thanissara	Download Listen
Encouragement to ‘bear the reality’ of suffering, to listen beneath the splits The holding of splits within this one heart Empathy rather than judgement The difficult practice of compassion
Dharmagiri : Original Brightness Retreat