2018-01-02 Working With Mindfulness Of Thoughts 58:40
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
Morning Instructions with Chas with introductory comments by Anushka
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2018-01-01 Monday Night Dharma Talk 1:23:40
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-01-01 The Five Aggregates of Clinging 48:36
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
New Year's Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2018-01-01 Dukkha and Soulmaking (Part 5) 56:56
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
PLEASE NOTE: 'The Mirrored Gates' is a set of talks (recorded by Rob from his home) attempting to clarify, elaborate on, and open up further the concepts, practices, and possibilities explained in previous talks on imaginal practice. Some working familiarity with those previous teachings will provide a helpful foundation for this new set; but a good understanding of and experiential facility with practices of emptiness, samatha, the emotional/energy body, metta, and mindfulness is necessary and presumed, without which these new teachings may be confusing and difficult to comprehend.
Gaia House :  The Mirrored Gates

2018-01-01 New Year address on the qualities needed to succeed : The Roads to Success 41:33
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2018-01-01 22 talk: Seven Factors of Awakening 43:17
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
An overview of the Seven Factors of Awakening, and the role they play in developing insight
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat

2018-01-01 Guided Meditation - 45 minutes 44:31
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
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2018-01-01 Guided Meditation - 30 minutes 30:09
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
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2018-01-01 Guided Meditation - 20 Minutes 19:57
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
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2018-01-01 Guided Meditation - 15 minutes 15:00
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
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2018-01-01 Guided Meditation - 10 minutes 10:00
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
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2018-01-01 Guided Meditation - 5 Minutes 4:59
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
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2018-01-01 21 guided meditation: compassion 22:29
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Compassion for a good friend currently experiencing pain
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat

2018-01-01 20 instructions: compassion 16:25
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
A recap of the four brahma vihara practices, and introduction to compassion
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat

2018-01-01 Karuna ~ Radiating Compassion 40:41
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Guided Meditation, New Year's Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2018-01-01 The Heart of the Bodhisattva 50:04
Spring Washam	Download Listen
Teachings on the power of the heart
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Years Insight

2018-01-01 Continuing the Practice 9:57
Kaira Jewel Lingo	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2017 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2018-01-01 Meditation Instructions On Working With With Emotions 48:32
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2018-01-01 Open To The Vastness 27:58
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
New Year's Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-12-31 The Bodhisattva in Difficult Times 66:21
Hugh Byrne	Download Listen
This talk explores the Buddhist archetype of the bodhisattva and its universal quality across spiritual and other traditions of commitment to the transformation and awakening of one’s own heart for the benefit and freedom of all beings. The civil rights movement in the U.S.—and the role and courage of Rosa Parks and other ordinary people—is presented as a ‘bodhisattva movement’ and a model and encouragement for the challenges we face today.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2017 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2017-12-31 Spheres of Influence 42:57
Molly Swan	Download Listen
How our practice and our actions can have influence in the world.
True North Insight :  Guelph New Year's Retreat

2017-12-31 Dukkha and Soulmaking (Part 4 - 'Mastering the Fire') 1:39:49
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
PLEASE NOTE: 'The Mirrored Gates' is a set of talks (recorded by Rob from his home) attempting to clarify, elaborate on, and open up further the concepts, practices, and possibilities explained in previous talks on imaginal practice. Some working familiarity with those previous teachings will provide a helpful foundation for this new set; but a good understanding of and experiential facility with practices of emptiness, samatha, the emotional/energy body, metta, and mindfulness is necessary and presumed, without which these new teachings may be confusing and difficult to comprehend.
Gaia House :  The Mirrored Gates

2017-12-31 Dharma For The New Years Eve 44:47
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Advice for retreat - what is dharma?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2017-12-31 17 talk: Compassion 45:29
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
An overview of compassion; what supports it, and what gets in the way
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat

2017-12-31 Closing Ceremony - Parting Words and Sharing of Merit 15:14
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
After retreat we return to a world of duties and responsibilities. Don’t forget your duty to the Buddha who gave us Dhamma, the way out of suffering. Integrate your life in terms of the 8-fold path. Give particular attention to speech. Pause and consider, place something carefully with a mind of goodwill for someone else to hear.
Phu Tara Faa :  December 2017 Retreat

2017-12-31 The End of A Year 27:59
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
New Year's Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-12-31 Closing Ceremony - Asking Forgiveness 7:46
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Phu Tara Faa :  December 2017 Retreat

2017-12-31 14 guided meditation: mindfulness of mind 26:34
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Bringing awareness to the breath, physical sensations, sounds, thoughts and emotions
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat

2017-12-31 13 instructions: Mindfulness of Mind 18:30
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Beginning to explore the Third Foundation of Mind, mindfulness of mind, including thoughts, emotions, moods, and mind-states
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat

2017-12-31 Morning Instructions - Guided Meditation 42:00
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Body and body discomfort
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2017-12-31 Morning Chanting (English) 11:15
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Phu Tara Faa :  December 2017 Retreat

2017-12-30 Mind Fullness of Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:08
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Working with the conventional mind, including judging and comparing, and the unity of Small Mind and Big Mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  New Years Insight

2017-12-30 Trusting Who We Are (retreat talk) 62:32
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The sign of spiritual freedom is a deep trust in our essential nature, and in the light of awareness that lives through all beings. This talk explores the conditioning that entraps us in a trance of separation and believing in a limited self. We then explore the evolutionary shift in identity that is possible as we deepen our attention and presence to the life that is here, and the loving awareness that is the source of existence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2017 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2017-12-30 Reflection and Intention 39:37
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
Reflections on the past year and the path of intention
True North Insight :  Guelph New Year's Retreat

2017-12-30 Dukkha and Soulmaking (Part 3) 1:44:12
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
PLEASE NOTE: 'The Mirrored Gates' is a set of talks (recorded by Rob from his home) attempting to clarify, elaborate on, and open up further the concepts, practices, and possibilities explained in previous talks on imaginal practice. Some working familiarity with those previous teachings will provide a helpful foundation for this new set; but a good understanding of and experiential facility with practices of emptiness, samatha, the emotional/energy body, metta, and mindfulness is necessary and presumed, without which these new teachings may be confusing and difficult to comprehend.
Gaia House :  The Mirrored Gates

2017-12-30 12 talk: Right Effort 51:09
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
An exploration of ways to find balanced effort
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat

2017-12-30 Impermanence and Insight 49:24
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Transforming the Mind and Healing the Heart: Reflecting on Impermanence

2017-12-30 Karuna and Mudita Meditation - Compassion and Sympathetic Joy 35:54
Shelly Graf	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Transforming the Mind and Healing the Heart: Reflecting on Impermanence

2017-12-30 Evening Talk - Taking the Practice Home 33:28
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
As retreat comes to an end, consider the cooperative boundaries that allow Dhamma to flourish. Establish reasonable boundaries related to behavior, moral integrity, restraint. Remember that bhāvanā is more than meditation, cultivate throughout the day. Restore the source of energy, know its boundaries.
Phu Tara Faa :  December 2017 Retreat

2017-12-30 Radiating Kindness 44:00
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Guided Meditation, New Year's Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-12-30 First Morning Instructions 53:41
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Sitting and walking instructions and cell phone renunciation ceremony.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2017-12-30 How to Develop Wisdom? 17:12
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
New Year's Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-12-30 Morning - Wisdom Covers It All 47:43
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Wisdom makes life more manageable, more fun. We can find how we’re generating stress by knowing feeling: “all dhammas converge on feeling.” Trace activations to their roots, identify the feeling, widen to the place where it isn’t. There is a wider domain to feeling, an end to experiencing feeling, both pleasant and unpleasant.
Phu Tara Faa :  December 2017 Retreat

2017-12-29 Opening Talk - Years Retreat 2017-18 69:02
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2017-12-29 The Three Characteristics ~ Structure of Experience 42:43
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
New Year's Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-12-29 Heart meditation: Cultivating self-compassion 45:51
Hugh Byrne	Download Listen
This talk and guided meditation includes reflections on how cultivating compassion towards ourselves is essential for our own well-being and happiness—and a key to opening our hearts to the suffering of others. It concludes with a guided self-compassion meditation.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2017 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2017-12-29 Dukkha and Soulmaking (Part 2) 44:04
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
PLEASE NOTE: 'The Mirrored Gates' is a set of talks (recorded by Rob from his home) attempting to clarify, elaborate on, and open up further the concepts, practices, and possibilities explained in previous talks on imaginal practice. Some working familiarity with those previous teachings will provide a helpful foundation for this new set; but a good understanding of and experiential facility with practices of emptiness, samatha, the emotional/energy body, metta, and mindfulness is necessary and presumed, without which these new teachings may be confusing and difficult to comprehend.
Gaia House :  The Mirrored Gates

2017-12-29 09 talk: Dukkha and the Four Noble Truths 49:42
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
An overview of the Four Noble Truths, and skilful ways of relating to dukkha (suffering, unsatisfactoriness)
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat

2017-12-29 Evening Talk: Wisdom of release 17:15
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The 10 Fold Path has to do with the development of release. Sometimes we don’t want things to arise, but they can’t be released otherwise. This is a piece of your kamma, the piece that has to be known, felt, opened to and carefully handled. Then it can dissolve.
Phu Tara Faa :  December 2017 Retreat

2017-12-29 08 meditation: four elements 10:43
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
guided meditation exploring the four elements in the body, lying down
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat