Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2008-09-25 The Good News 26:34
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Are we able to sit with a quiet mind and know the fragrance of silence? All of us are familiar with the stressful impacts of relentless thought and reactivity on our well-being. The good news is that we can free ourselves from the inner floods and tempests by deepening our meditation practice and intuitive insight. As we hone these skills in conducive conditions, we prepare to test our spiritual mettle in the vicissitudes of everyday life.
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2008-09-25 Watch Your Mind 34:22
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-09-24 Soul Retrieval 1:12:07

Tara Brach

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When we become stressed and reactive, we lose contact with our natural spontaneity, wisdom and openheartedness. This talk investigates the ways we become caught in the stress-trance and the key elements in awakening: pausing and remindfulness. Using the gateway of the senses, we explore both the pathway of presence and the gifts of reconnecting with soul, spirit, essence.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-09-24 Distractions in Daily Life 1:56
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
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Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-09-24 Mirror Mirror on the Wall 32:14
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Is your mind full of the present moment at all times? We can learn to integrate our practice with our everyday lives as awareness develops when we are both on and off the meditation cushion. With diligence, we can realize a mind that is bright and radiant, full of joy and peace. A talk given at a True North Insight weekend retreat in the Padua Centre, Montreal, Canada.
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

2008-09-24 Q&A 7:25
Tsultrim Allione	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2008-09-24 Doubt And Aversion 58:49
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Exploring the nature of these mind states, their particular seductive power, and how to awaken in the midst of them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2008-09-21 G.M. 40:02
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Beneath the currents of underlying thoughts lie the mind states. Thoughts will never take us to the end, to release. Relate instead with the mind states, directly handling them with sensitivity, understanding, receptivity.
Cittaviveka : 2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat

2008-09-20 Freiheit._Beatenberg 55:17
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen

2008-09-20 The Drunken Buddha 43:24
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
As we cultivate and come to know citta more, we may find it to be like a drunken Buddha – partly still caught up in unskillful actions, partly with the clear potential for liberation. Using hiri (self respect) ottappa (concern for others) as a frame of reference, citta begins to discern skillful from unskillful. Continue to practice in accordance with Dhamma, and the Path will clear the defilements.
Cittaviveka : 2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat