Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2010-05-19 Opening Talk for Work Retreat 33:13
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Gaia House : Work Retreat

2010-05-19 Day 5 Part 1 39:52
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-19 Day 5 Part 2 58:00
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-18 Doubt and Aversion: Understanding How They Influence our Practice and our Lives 53:36
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-18 Sacred Longing 63:36
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Stories and teachings about the Buddha's one fortunate attachment
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-18 The Hero’s Journey - The Return - Dogen 'Fanning' 54:46
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen

2010-05-18 Demands, Defenses and Distractions: Exploring Obstacles to Presence 51:03
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
We get pulled away from ourselves in different ways. This talk explores both the mechanisms of how we get disconnected from being present, and how come those mechanisms exert such a powerful pull on our consciousness. The exploration encourages a careful and caring investigation of those obstacles, as the way to understand, and liberate them.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation and Contemplative Inquiry

2010-05-18 Day 4 Part 1 40:21
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-18 Day 4 Part 2 29:25
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-18 Day 4 Part 3 56:58
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-17 Forgiveness 66:43
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
The art of forgiveness and the skillful means to practice the transformation of the heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-05-17 The Alchemy Of Thirst 62:52
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
Second Noble Truth
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-17 Working with Judgment 52:25
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
The mechanisms of judgment, shame and blame are misguided attempts to protect ourselves when we have no other resources. We can now see how they are unskillful and connect with our inherent beautiful qualities as a resource to meet these energies and let them go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Befriending Ourselves and Coming Alive: A Retreat Cultivating Embodiment, Joy & Love

2010-05-17 Metta Instructions 53:25
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Neutral Person
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-17 Day 3 Part 1 19:58
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-17 Day 3 Part 2 36:24
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-17 Day 3 Part 3 39:40
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-16 Why Connect With What Is Difficult? 49:10
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
Explains why we would want to do such a thing, how it relates to the path of awakening and practical advise on how to do it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-16 Metta Instructions 43:42
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Benefactor
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-16 Day 2 Part 1 40:39
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-16 Day 2 Part 2 35:54
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-16 Sunday Evening Talk 40:16
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-15 Metta - Part 2 56:24
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-15 Metta Instructions 54:16
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Benefactor/Dear Friend
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-15 Befriending Yourself and Others 35:09
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
An early low key metta meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-15 Day 1 Part 1 36:28
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-15 Day 1 Part 2 37:13
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-15 Day 1 Part 3 43:25
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-15 Day 1 Part 4 1:28:51
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-14 Introductory Evening Part 1 23:48
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-14 Introductory Evening Part 2 36:13
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Harnham Retreat

2010-05-13 Breaking the Chains of Craving: Part 3 53:46
James Baraz	Download Listen
Breaking the Chains of Craving: Part 3
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2010-05-13 Metta: The Web of Belonging 50:46
Nina Wise	Download Listen
As the mind stills, the heart opens. As the heart opens, we discover how we belong to this earth and live in a web of connection.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Natural Liberation Retreat

2010-05-13 The Buddha's World View 47:16
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
Gaia House : Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-12 Relating Wisely to "Wanting Mind" 1:20:19

Tara Brach

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While desire is intrinsic to life, it can contract into the craving that traps us in suffering. This talk explores how we seek happiness yet become habituated to false refuges--substitutes like over- consuming food, dependent relationships, approval, achieving--that can never bring happiness. Our freedom becomes possible when we forgive the ways we get hooked, and offer a deep, mindful attention to the energies of craving and clinging.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-05-12 The Refuges, Precepts, and Spiritual Faculties 52:49
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
Gaia House : Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-11 Turning the Wheel of Dharma - Part Six: The Path to Awakening: Wisdom 57:33
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge
In collection: Turning the Wheel of Dharma

2010-05-11 Ground of Being 47:43
Nina Wise	Download Listen
When we recognize our Buddha Nature, the boundless awareness at the heart of our being, lovingkindness arises effortlessly as an innate characteristic.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Natural Liberation Retreat

2010-05-11 Satipatthana Sutta, First Foundation: The Body in Movement 61:37
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Movement integrates our insights into living reality rather than theoretical assumptions. When the insights become part of the living tissue of our body, a natural spontaneity arises.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-05-11 Taming the Tigers 47:01
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 The Peace of Letting Go 50:05
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 The Path of Joy 43:59
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 On Anger 29:31
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 Path in Daily Life 47:39
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 Just This Moment 4:40
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 What are the Priorities 58:40
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 Dismantling Who I am 17:36
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 Compassion and Attention 15:30
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-11 Right Intention 43:12
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara

2010-05-10 3 Principles of Awakening Joy 60:51
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-05-10 Tendencies, Defilements and Hindrances 46:38
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
Gaia House : Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-09 The Judging Mind 48:33
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-05-09 Renunciation & Courage 35:27
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
A talk from a daylong retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-05-09 Encounter with Courage and Renunciation 38:07
Ajahn Metta	Download Listen
A talk given at the Renunciation & Courage daylong.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-05-09 Morning Reflection 26:28
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
The Dharma is always with us.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Monastic Retreat

2010-05-09 Technique Mahasi Vipassana Interview 57:08
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
Gaia House : Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-08 Metta - Part 1 46:22
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
This talk discusses the cultivation of of Loving-kindness both for its own sake, and as a powerful support for the practice of liberation. Includes a detailed discussion of the near and far enemies of Metta, and how to work with them.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-08 The Bodhisattva Way 61:22
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
How to live in this world lightly, with a compassionate heart and the spirit of the Dharma in all things you do.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) : Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-05-08 Chanting: Mind Abiding In Divine Abodes 4:49
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Monastic Retreat

2010-05-08 Overview of BuddhaDhamma 47:49
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
Gaia House

2010-05-08 Definition and Purpose of Awareness 30:35
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
Gaia House : Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-07 An Intentional Life 44:28
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
The cultivation of Wise Intention transforms an accidental life into a life guided by our deepest aspiration for compassion and freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Women in Meditation

2010-05-07 Loving The House That Ego Built 67:48
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Putting our trust in awareness and getting to know and embrace our different self views, and the feelings that accompany them.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) : Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-05-07 Chanting: Buddhist Words On Living Kindness 3:31
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Monastic Retreat

2010-05-07 Opening Talk for Mahasi Retreat 1:18:26
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
Gaia House : Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-06 Intention: The Last Stronghold Of Self-View (Chanting and Talk) 1:27:27
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
Explains how intention operates and how it is not self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Monastic Retreat

2010-05-06 Guided Heart Meditation - In Dyads 39:39
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2010 - IMCW Spring Residential Retreat: Intimacy With Life

2010-05-06 Guided Metta Meditation 40:05
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-06 The Path in a New Paradigm 40:27
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-06 Satipathana Sutta Fourth Foundation 18:01
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-06 Morning Instruction - Question & Response 13:46
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2010 - IMCW Spring Residential Retreat: Intimacy With Life

2010-05-06 Meditation--Radiance-Sutra 5:58
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2010 - IMCW Spring Residential Retreat: Intimacy With Life

2010-05-06 Breaking the Chains of Craving: Part 2 45:46
James Baraz	Download Listen
Breaking the Chains of Craving: Part 2
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2010-05-06 Chanting and Morning Reflection 69:25
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Monastic Retreat

2010-05-05 Fearless Kindness 49:25
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Kindness is one of the foundations of awakening enabling us to meet the forces of fear that can distort our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Women in Meditation

2010-05-05 The Hero's Journey - The Return 47:12
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen

2010-05-05 Q&A 2 37:09
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-05 Guided Forgiveness Meditation 31:53
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-05 Introduction to Forgiveness - Guilt vs Remorse 8:49
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-05 Guided Meditation Unfolding in Awareness 40:26
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-05 Obstacles & Skillful Means on the Path 47:22
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-05 Four Reflections That Turn Us to Deeper Practice, II 66:10
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We continue to explore the Tibetan based teaching of the Four Reflections (or reminders) which help us turn more fully to the Dharma, giving a brief review of 1) the preciousness and rarity of human life, and 2) impermanence and suffering, then moving to examine in more depth 3) how our actions and thoughts matter and leave imprints- or karma, and 4) the importance of knowing and turning always from our habitual tendencies leading to suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-05-04 Evening Prayer 1:24
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2010 - IMCW Spring Residential Retreat: Intimacy With Life

2010-05-04 Becoming - why public speaking is more terrifying than worldwide nuclear destruction 65:30
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
The uncertainty of perception and memory, the urge to become, how becoming ceases.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Monastic Retreat

2010-05-04 Turning the Wheel of Dharma - Part Five: The Fourth Noble Truth - The Path to Awakening 56:40
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge
In collection: Turning the Wheel of Dharma

2010-05-04 Equanimity: The Ocean of Experience 64:16
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2010 - IMCW Spring Residential Retreat: Intimacy With Life

2010-05-04 Satipathana Sutta Second & Third Foundations 25:17
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-04 Guided Sound of Silence Meditation 42:18
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-04 Three Marks: The Buddha's Facts of Life 51:37
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
The Buddha taught three characteristics of all life as a doorway to freedom, to the pure heart's release.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) : Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-05-04 Guided Third Foundation Meditation 42:35
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-04 Introduction to Third Foundation 8:24
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-03 Freedom from suffering - The Buddha's 3rd Noble Truth 56:22
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Understanding how mindful awareness supports acceptance, letting go and finding peace amidst all conditions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-05-03 Contentment 50:57
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Contentment forms part of the fabric of a liberated heart - cultivated in all moments of craving, restlessness and doubt.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Women in Meditation

2010-05-03 Healing The Heart 58:04
Noah Levine	Download Listen
The process of accessing loving-kindness and compassion through forgiveness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) : Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-05-03 Forgiveness Practice 40:25
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2010 - IMCW Spring Residential Retreat: Intimacy With Life

2010-05-03 Warriors for Truth 45:32
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-03 Guided Meditation Working with Pleasant & Unpleasant 41:04
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-03 Guided Meditation Noticing Pleasant & Unpleasant 38:25
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-03 Introduction to Second Foundation 9:34
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
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Shakti Vihara : Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-05-03 Morning Instruction 8:22
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2010 - IMCW Spring Residential Retreat: Intimacy With Life