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Dharma Talks
2018-08-14 You Mind In The Same Location As Your Body 35:28
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2018-08-14 Remembering Your Place in the Cosmos 56:48
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Your Body, Buddha's Body

2018-08-13 Perception and Dukkha 40:50
Anushka Fernandopulle
Understanding the ways that the body, as part of nature, is subject to the same laws, and can be perceived to be dynamic and unstable. The importance of training perception.
Gaia House Your Body, Buddha's Body

2018-08-13 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 7 - Talk 53:50
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-08-13 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 7 - Meditation 38:32
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Breathing

2018-08-13 Walking Meditation and Its Many Benefits 67:43
Ariya B. Baumann
Walking meditation is an integral part in the process of purifying the heart & mind. It is as important as sitting meditation and gives rise to the deep and liberating insights into the true nature of all things, culminating in complete liberation.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

2018-08-13 Facing our dukkha with tenderness - Monday night dharma talk 1:56:38
Kate Munding
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-08-12 Mind and Nature 58:06
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2018-08-12 Lessons from Bahiya - Talk 46:09
Shelly Graf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-12 Lessons from Bahiya - Meditation 26:33
Shelly Graf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-12 Being a Good Friend 32:48
Ven. Pannavati Bhikkhuni
Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center

2018-08-12 Right Mindfulness: Waking up to Reality 57:06
Fred Von Allmen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2018-08-12 Fully Understanding Dukkha: Exploring the First Noble Truth 7:41:58
Ajahn Karunadhammo
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-08-11 Guided Meditation: Appreciative Joy 28:17
Jean Esther
True North Insight Relating to Ourselves and Others with the Heart of a Buddha

2018-08-11 Your Body is Part of Nature 46:16
Anushka Fernandopulle
Dharma as Nature. Exploring Anatta in relation to one's body. You are not the owner of your body!
Gaia House Your Body, Buddha's Body

2018-08-11 Vipassana Meditation Instructions 63:35
Ariya B. Baumann
Instructions for the practice of vipassana meditation
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

2018-08-11 Sati – What is Mindfulness? 61:35
Ariya B. Baumann
Mindfulness is an indispensable quality for our practice of vipassana meditation. It is the foundation upon which all the other beautiful and necessary qualities for insight to arise can unfold.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

2018-08-11 Q&A Second Instructions 10:51
Jean Esther
True North Insight Relating to Ourselves and Others with the Heart of a Buddha

2018-08-11 Second Morning Instructions 16:41
Jean Esther
True North Insight Relating to Ourselves and Others with the Heart of a Buddha

2018-08-11 39 guided meditation: equanimity for a difficult person 25:10
Jill Shepherd
Guided meditation cultivating equanimity for a so-called "difficult" person, then oneself, using the reciting phrases method of brahmavihara practice
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-11 38 instructions: equanimity generally, and as a brahmavihara practice 18:22
Jill Shepherd
Bringing equanimity to the ending of the retreat and the inevitable ups and downs, then instructions for the brahmavihara practice of equanimity for a difficult person
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-10 Walking The Eightfold Path 57:06
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-10 Healing Attention 49:16
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Your Body, Buddha's Body

2018-08-10 The Courage to Be: Liberating Our Innate Goodness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:11
La Sarmiento
When we truly love and accept all of who we are, we create the possibility for others to do the same. We become more real, honest and courageous with life's unfolding.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight for Young Adults

2018-08-10 Anicca. 45:10
Caroline Jones
The first in a series of talks on the three characteristics of experience: impermanent, unsatisfying and not me or mine.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-08-10 37 talk: anatta or not-self and the five clinging-aggregates 43:34
Jill Shepherd
An introduction to anatta or not-self and an exploration of the suffering that comes from clinging to the five aggregates
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-10 Metta – The Beauty of Selfless Caring 50:00
Ariya B. Baumann
When we dwell in metta, the heart’s response is one of selfless caring for others and ourselves.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

2018-08-10 Day Four, Guided Kindness Meditation-Forgiveness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:48
Tempel Smith
With the practice of Forgiveness Meditation, we release our hearts from the pain of resentment without losing a healthy sense of boundaries or accountability.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight for Young Adults

2018-08-10 Guided Loving Kindness Meditation - Universal Radiance 45:30
Mark Nunberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-10 Entering the Door of Vulnerability 45:00
Jean Esther
True North Insight Relating to Ourselves and Others with the Heart of a Buddha

2018-08-10 How the Practice Works - Dharma and Recovery series 2:01:28
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-08-10 Day Four, Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 66:39
JoAnna Hardy
Mindfulness of Thoughts and Emotions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight for Young Adults

2018-08-10 35 guided meditation: exploring the Seven Factors of Awakening 28:28
Jill Shepherd
Mostly silent meditation practising choiceless awareness, with occasional instructions to check for the presence or absence of each of the seven factors of awakening: mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquillity, concentration, and equanimity
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-10 Masters of Great Compassion: Asanga, Shantideva, Atisha 56:04
Fred Von Allmen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2018-08-10 34 instructions: Seven Factors of Awakening 16:50
Jill Shepherd
An overview of the Seven Factors of Awakening, their relationship to the five hindrances, and their role in supporting insight
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-10 The Joy of Ethics 1 49:38
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2018-08-09 "How to Practice When Life is Difficult." 53:17
Kate Munding
This is a practice that brings in ease to the mind and body, offering relief from our dukkha while also supporting more mental clarity to see through some of our confusion and aversion. It can be used for stress, grief, and being overwhelmed. It can also be used to prepare for more concentration and steady mindfulness when the mind or body is a bit stirred up.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2018-08-09 Your Body, Buddha's Body 57:32
Anushka Fernandopulle
Orienting to our retreat practice and around awareness of the body.
Gaia House Your Body, Buddha's Body

2018-08-09 Beginning Insights of Vipassana Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:06
Tempel Smith
After even a few days of insight meditation, we can begin to see clearly that thoughts are only concepts in the present. We can also see the impermanent and ever changing conditional nature of all of our experiences.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight for Young Adults

2018-08-09 Guided Loving Kindness Meditation 48:26
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Self, benefactor, friend, neutral and difficult person plus a Metta "family portrait"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-09 32 guided meditation: practising mudita or appreciative joy for a good friend 21:19
Jill Shepherd
Starting with metta practice, then turning it towards what's going well in a good friend's life, and offering them mudita or appreciative joy using the reciting phrases method of practice
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-09 31 instructions: mudita or appreciative joy practice 14:53
Jill Shepherd
An overview of mudita, appreciative joy, as one of the four brahmavihara practices, and how to practice it for a good friend
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-09 30 guided meditation: compassion for a good friend 28:58
Jill Shepherd
Guided compassion meditation for a good friend, using the reciting phrases method of practice
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-09 29 instructions: compassion 12:36
Jill Shepherd
Instructions for practising compassion for a good friend who is currently experiencing challenges
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-08 Appreciating Dukkha (suffering) As Our Teacher 61:45
Mark Nunberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart’s Release: Insight and Metta Retreat

2018-08-08 Meditation: Letting Go of Doing 21:50
Tara Brach
Meditation becomes truly freeing in the moments when there is no controlling whatsoever; when nothing is resisted or grasped after. This guided meditation begins with a simple body scan, relaxing and awakening to sensations in the body and then including the play of sound. Then we let go of any doing, and simply notice and allow the changing flow of experience, letting life be just as it is. In this pure allowing presence we become aware of the background silence that is listening. The invitation is to relax and be the awareness that is conscious of all that is unfolding.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-08-08 Healing Depression with Meditation – Part 2 52:19
Tara Brach
Most people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression. At the heart of the suffering is the experience of severed belonging—of being imprisoned in the pain of separation, unworthiness, unlovability and hopelessness. These two talks explore several meditation practices that reconnect us with our natural aliveness, openheartedness and awareness. They empower us to develop our inner resources, energize us to awaken, free us from rumination and remind us that we are not our depressive thoughts and feelings. The growing realization of the loving awareness that is our home heals the very roots of depression.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2018-08-08 You Have the Paper Clip (Wise Effort) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:32
JoAnna Hardy
The 4 wise efforts for Young Adult Retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight for Young Adults

2018-08-08 28 talk: an overview of the brahmaviharas with a focus on compassion 42:17
Jill Shepherd
Exploring how all four brahmavihara practices strengthen and support each other, then focusing on compassion and self-compassion as antidotes to afflictive mental states
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Strengthening the two wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion

2018-08-08 Metta – An Inner Path to Peace 49:05
Ariya B. Baumann
If we want this world to be a peaceful place, we must first develop peace within.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

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