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Dharma Talks
2005-10-30 The Illimitables And A Contemplative Exercise 57:22
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-10-28 Some Indications Of The Buddha's Character - Life And Teachings And Parinibbana 61:06
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-10-28 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Death 59:59
Stephen Batchelor
Final talk in the series of eight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama

2005-10-27 Question and Answer - Three Month Course IMS 2 62:59
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat - Part 1

2005-10-27 10 Ox-Herding Pictures 66:10
Martine Batchelor
A description of the stages on the meditative path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-10-27 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Exile 56:29
Stephen Batchelor
Seventh in the series of eight talks.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama

2005-10-26 Refashioning Ourselves With Clear Intention 58:28
Sharda Rogell
How do we reconstruct or refashion the self into a whole person.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-10-26 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Self And Society 55:34
Stephen Batchelor
Sixth in the series of eight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama

2005-10-25 Selfing, Love And Compassion 62:03
Martine Batchelor
Looking at how we built positive or negative selfing and how meditation helps us to develop non-grasping love and from that actively manifest compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-10-25 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: From Deer Park To Jeta's Grove 56:36
Stephen Batchelor
Fifth in the series of eight talks.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama

2005-10-24 Dukkha And Its End: Revelations Of The First Noble Truth 46:19
Sharda Rogell
The First Noble Truth acknowledges two aspects of suffering, one we can change and one we can't change. It also asks us not to personalize our suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-10-24 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: The First And Second Sermons 56:46
Stephen Batchelor
Fourth in the series of eight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama

2005-10-23 What Did The Awakening Consists Of? 64:49
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-10-23 Awakening 66:59
Martine Batchelor
Awakening is an exploration of mystical states and insights; a presentation of the four stages of awakening and their relevance to our practice and daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-10-23 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Awakening 57:37
Stephen Batchelor
Third in the eight part series.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama

2005-10-22 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Renunciation 58:37
Stephen Batchelor
Second talk in the series of eight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama

2005-10-21 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama 7:46:53
Stephen Batchelor
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-10-21 The Four Great Efforts 60:33
Martine Batchelor
This talk explores meditation as a cultivation of the four great efforts. These efforts inspire us to be more conscious of the inner and outer conditions that underpin our experience and to creatively engage with these conditions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-10-21 Anicca 47:30
Rebecca Bradshaw
Discusses a deep understanding of impermanence as a pathway into freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat - Part 1

2005-10-21 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Meditation 65:08
Stephen Batchelor
First talk in the series of eight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In collection: The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama

2005-10-20 The Erotic, Romantic, Love, Boredom And Celibacy 51:36
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-10-19 Feelings: The Gateway to Liberation 56:39
Joseph Goldstein
Feelings—the quality of experience being pleasant, unpleasant or neutral—are the key to the deepest patterns of our conditioning. This talk explores how to work with them in a way that liberates the mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat - Part 1

2005-10-16 Dullness, Lethargy, Restlessness And Pain 62:34
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-10-15 Equanimity On The Cushion And In The World 42:58
Diana Winston
This talk explores how we develop equanimity through our practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-10-14 From The Great Renunciation To The Awakening Of The Buddha 65:10
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-10-14 Appreciative Joy 45:49
Diana Winston
The manifestations, obstacles, and practices to cultivating appreciative joy, as well as joy in life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-10-11 New Title: Relrecative And Absolute Truth Old Title:Self And Selfless 59:07
Joseph Goldstein
At the constellation of self, the duality of self, and the need for mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2005-10-10 Karma 1:21:07
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
The act of 'doing' Right Concentration is what allows you to understand what it means to 'do' so well that you actually learn how to stop doing. That's the karma that puts an end to karma, the intention that allows you to understand intention until you finally get to the point where you can stop.
Metta Forest Monastery

2005-10-10 Dharma And Money 59:32
Diana Winston
How does the dharma relate to money? How much is enough? A dharma dialogue around money.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-10-08 The Secular Buddha - 2 1:16:27
Stephen Batchelor
Q&A follow up
New York Insight Meditation Center

2005-10-08 The Secular Buddha - 1 52:48
Stephen Batchelor
Talk
New York Insight Meditation Center

2005-10-07 Dukkha 57:15
Rebecca Bradshaw
This talk explores what the Buddha meant by dukkha (the truth of suffering) and how we can work with dukkha to find freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat - Part 1

2005-10-06 Body Contemplations And Healing Exercise 56:43
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-10-05 Committed Action, Non-Attachment To Outcome Pt 2 58:43
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-10-04 Question and Answer - Three Month Course IMS 1 60:18
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat - Part 1

2005-10-03 Mindfulness 1:11:37
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Mindfulness is where things start, but it can't do all the work. It's only one of the spices on your meditation shelf. This is why it's important to understand precisely what 'mindfulness' means, and how to supplement it with other skillful qualities in the mind.
Metta Forest Monastery

2005-10-02 Applications of Mindfulness 56:53
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2005-10-02 Morning Instructions with Q & A: Summary of Instructions 51:11
Joseph Goldstein
simplicity of why we're here
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat - Part 1

2005-10-01 Crossing Boundaries 9:10
Ayya Medhanandi
While living in New Zealand, Ayya Medhanandi pays respects to the relics of St. Therese de Lisieux that were brought to the Catholic Cathedral in Wellington during a world tour. In this interview for the Catholic diocese, she reflects on what drew her to the spirituality of St. Therese.
Bodhinyanarama Monastery, Stokes Valley, New Zealand

2005-09-30 Morning Instructions with Q & A 60:56
Joseph Goldstein
awareness of thought and images, taking of eight precepts
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat - Part 1

2005-09-30 Skillful Effort 52:09
Rebecca Bradshaw
This talk discusses using skillful effort and energy in our practice, avoiding extremes of too much laxness and too much striving. Explores the unskillful extremes we can engage in with our effort and a skillful middle way that incorporates diligence and balance. Discussed using skillful effort and energy in our practice, avoiding extremes of too much laxness and too much striving.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat - Part 1

2005-09-28 Committed Action, Non-Attachment To Outcome Pt 1 55:51
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-09-28 Meditation Overview 58:55
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat - Part 1

2005-09-28 Questions And Answers 49:04
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-09-27 Morning Instructions with Q & A 54:24
Joseph Goldstein
aiming and sustaining attention at the breath
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat - Part 1

2005-09-25 Opening Talk for Three Month Retreat 1:19:56
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat - Part 1

2005-09-24 Faith & Doubt 1:18:48
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Truths of the observer require you simply to observe things and try to figure them out. Truths of the will, which cover relationships are skills, are things you have to bring into being or they never become a reality. In this area faith, confidence, and conviction make all the difference.
Metta Forest Monastery

2005-09-24 The Birth Of The Buddha To The Great Renunciation 49:34
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-09-24 The Powerlessness Of Now 50:40
Christopher Titmuss
There is no power to now since now is dependent on countless conditions Since there is no power to it, then there is a problem with it. Let us see through this delusion of views.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-09-23 Inquiry 2 1:11:19
Christopher Titmuss
THIS RETREAT ONLY
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-09-22 What Is An Opinion? What Is Truth? 55:28
Christopher Titmuss
We may have similar and dissimilar views, but truth enters into a situation and transforms it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-09-21 Working With Judgments 2 58:40
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-09-21 Torment of the Judging Mind 61:32
Myoshin Kelley
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-09-21 Inquiry 1 62:54
Christopher Titmuss
THIS RETREAT ONLY
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-09-21 The Four Noble Truths 42:25
Michael Grady
The Buddha's teaching on the 4 Noble Truths provide a comprehensive and profound framework for a path of awareness.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2005-09-20 Love, Not Lovingkindness 55:34
Christopher Titmuss
Metta is love free from dependency on connection. Love explores family, service, intimacy, nature and creativity. It is a force for change in perception.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-09-15 Mindfulness: Becoming Intimate With Life 63:56
Myoshin Kelley
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-09-14 Working With Judgments 1 59:22
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-09-14 Even As A Mother 43:16
Ayya Medhanandi
Can we fearlessly accept all that life gives with a wise and compassionate heart? We see how the sun shines unilaterally on all beings giving life and nourishment. But we must use sharp wisdom to discern what is harmful and abandon that; and to know what is wholesome and cultivate that. Even as a mother, may we emulate the Buddha's compassion that flows without bias in all directions across millenia.
Bodhinyanarama Monastery, Stokes Valley, New Zealand

2005-09-12 Turning The Perfections Inward 51:31
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-09-09 Death 60:21
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Coming to terms with the inevitability of your own death and the death of those you love. If you wait until the time of death in order to think about these things, it's a huge shock. This is one of the reasons the Buddha has you contemplate if before death.
Metta Forest Monastery

2005-09-07 True Nourishment 46:32
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2005-09-06 Committee Mind 63:55
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Using the analogy of the 'committee mind' to free yourself from the tendency to identify with every thought that comes into the mind; using the breath as a secure place to extract yourself from the committee discussions and gain a new perspective on them.
Metta Forest Monastery

2005-09-06 Fruition, Freedom and Compassion 56:43
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2005-09-05 Coming Back to Life 52:56
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2005-09-05 The Buddha's Previous Lives To Last Rebirth 44:36
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-09-05 Aligning Our Life With The Dharma 1:12:39
James Baraz
This closing talk from a silent retreat points to the integration of our practice in daily life, with mindfulness as the golden thread that runs through all things.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-09-04 Being Here 49:02
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2005-09-04 To Trust in Being 50:56
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2005-09-04 The Power Of Intention 52:02
James Baraz
Intention is the source of all karma. Accessing the sincerity of heart that fuels our practice and inclining it towards freedom is the basis for profound awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2005-09-02 Finding True Refuge 62:09
Myoshin Kelley
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-09-02 Embracing The Hindrances: An Illogical Happiness 58:31
Sharda Rogell
Our mind moves to manipulate our experiences to find a way to be happy. When we stop and embrace our experience, even when difficult, this present attention opens us to our deeper nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-08-30 Mindfulness In Mental States 1:13:43
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-29 Feeling Tones Giving Rise To Craving - part 2 1:13:43
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-28 Vipassana Meditation Instructions 45:20
Noah Levine

2005-08-28 Feeling Tones Giving Rise To Craving - part 1 1:14:03
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-27 Mindfulness, Hindrances, Q&A 1:14:26
Noah Levine

2005-08-27 Third Foundation - Mara is your Home 62:29
Noah Levine

2005-08-26 Retreat Opening - Present Time Awareness 1:13:26
Noah Levine

2005-08-26 Tangable Objects And Feeling Tones 1:10:40
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-25 Intergrating Theory With Practice 68:46
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-24 Unwholesome Actions 57:03
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-24 By Not Clinging To Views 47:52
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-08-23 Psychic Leanings of the Mind 64:38
Rodney Smith
Watch any tendency to lean into a problem or situation. Is the leaning motivated by a resistance to the situation or by a desire to push your own agenda? Are you willing to drop what you want and ask, Where is the vertical stance in this moment? Start by finding easier ways to practice this vertical posture (standing in a slow-moving line at a grocery store or frozen in traffic), and then progress to the more difficult situations (with family or at work). What is the value to yourself and others of standing vertically rather than pushing forward or leaning backward?
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2005-08-23 Wholesome Actions 67:04
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-22 Dialogue On Basic Goodness 63:30
Jack Kornfield
with Gaylon Ferguson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2005-08-22 Mindfulness Of Feeling Tone 1:15:15
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-21 Skillful Emotions 61:04
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
The path involves learning how to marshal various emotions--grief, joy, desire, disgust, gladness, dispassion--some of which are normally regarded as negative. But they have their uses, so learn how to cultivate them all along the way. Without these emotions, the practice doesn't go anywhere. With them it can take you to release.
Metta Forest Monastery

2005-08-21 Insight Into Impermanence 66:10
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-19 Intention In Walking Meditation 69:58
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-18 Insight Into Conditionality 64:52
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-17 Cultivating Equanimity 2 47:02
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-08-17 Hungry Ghost Mind 43:21
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Hungry Ghost Mind is a state of deprivation, need, & want. Identifying & working skillfully with this mental state is discussed in this talk.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2005-08-17 The Method Of Walking Meditation - part 2 63:30
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-16 The Four Foundations Of Mindfulness: The Buddha Offers A Practice Of Liberation 54:34
Michael Grady
Expanding the field of awareness to include all aspects of our experience.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2005-08-16 The Method Of Walking Meditation - part 1 65:03
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-15 Awakening in Nature 62:38
Mark Coleman

2005-08-15 Mindfulness Of Activities - part 2 68:13
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2005-08-14 The Liberating Power Of Mindfulness 44:19
Michael Grady
How Mindfulness facilitates wisdom and inner freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2005-08-14 Mindfulness Of Activities - part 1 1:15:39
Sayadaw U Lakkhana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2005 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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