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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2008-08-12
Fourth Morning Instructions
18:46
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Rob Burbea
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As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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Gaia House
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The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)
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2008-08-11
Talk Four: Jhanas One to Four
64:43
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Rob Burbea
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As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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Gaia House
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The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)
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2008-08-11
Third Morning Instructions
18:42
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Rob Burbea
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As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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Gaia House
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The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)
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2008-08-10
Talk Three: Wise Effort and Wise Attachment
60:52
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Rob Burbea
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As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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Gaia House
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The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)
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2008-08-10
Second Morning Instructions and Guided Meditation
46:19
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Rob Burbea
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As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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Gaia House
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The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)
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2008-08-09
Talk Two: Understanding the Heart
65:52
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Rob Burbea
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As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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Gaia House
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The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)
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2008-08-09
First Morning Instructions and Guided Meditation
43:58
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Rob Burbea
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As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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Gaia House
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The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)
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2008-08-07
Accepting Experience While Wanting Change
58:33
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Marvin Belzer
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We use methods in mindfulness meditation to develop a number of highly valued qualities of mind including concentration, experiential inquiry, kindness, shared joy, and equanimity. At the same time we maintain from the beginning a basic attitude of radical acceptance; we respect self-acceptance as an element of each of the methods. Wait a minute. Is this coherent? Is it a joke? If we are practicing a method to improve the mind, can we really practice radical acceptance at the same time? Put abstractly it can be made to seem paradoxical. Yet the paradox can be resolved. And more important than conceptual resolution is the fact that in practice we find that the methods are transformative when practiced skillfully in a framework of radical acceptance.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Young Adult Retreat
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2008-07-23
Layers
60:25
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Andrea Fella
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Often we experience ourselves as a complex interweaving of layers of habits, beliefs and emotions. Investigating the obvious aspects of the outer layer, and being aware of our attitude about that layer, the layers gradually dissolve. The pairing of the wisdom of acceptance with the clarity of mindfulness guides us through our moment to moment experience towards freedome.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Insight Meditation
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2008-07-20
Come Into The Body
44:34
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Ajahn Sucitto
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When the cascade of thoughts and feelings come rushing in, rather than, ‘What am I going to do about it?’ ask, ‘Where am I right now?’ It doesn’t seem relevant, but it brings us out of the scenario and into the body. Steadied in the flow of feeling, we can then learn the particular skill of being with rather than being in them.
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Cittaviveka
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2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat
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2008-07-17
Embracing Suffering
50:05
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Ajahn Sucitto
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(Given on Asalha Puja, commemorating the occasion when the Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths.) A lot of our practice is about squaring up to the first noble truth of suffering rather than wriggling away from it. Mindfulness of body provides a channel to open up to suffering, where it can be experienced in terms of energies rather than thoughts and emotions.
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Cittaviveka
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2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat
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2008-07-15
It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This
54:45
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Sally Armstrong
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The practice of Mudita or Appreciative Joy cultivates an open and joyful heart that naturally inclines towards connecting with what is uplifting and beautiful in others and in our own lives. It works to counteract the subtle or not-so-subtle tendency towards envy, which tells us that we are deficient in some way.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Metta
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2008-07-13
The Nonstick Mind
43:22
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Jose Reissig
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To believe that clinging is a requisite for engagement is like believing that the food needs to stick to the pan in order to cook. Yet sticking only leads to burning. Likewise with clinging: it only detracts from true intimacy with life.
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Holy Cross Monastery
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Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat
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