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Dharma Talks in English
2021-11-02 The 5 Hindrances and the Myth of the Bad Meditator 63:11
Matthew Hepburn
How developing a solid working familiarity with the 5 hindrances can free the mind from judgement and confusion about the challenges of meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Second 3-Week Insight Meditation Retreat

2021-11-03 Looking After the Soil - Helpful Attitudes to Practice 47:12
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2021-11-03 Crossing the Floods - an intro to the Parami 57:37
Jeanne Corrigal
The Parami are ten qualities of the heart of the bodhisattva - those who wish to cultivate peace in the world, for all beings. Tonight, we started with setting the foundation of our discussion on the parami, by first talking about the floods that can sweep us along - a tide of worries, duties and pressures - which the parami can help us navigate.
Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community Wednesday Night Talks: The Parami (2021-2022)

2021-11-03 After the RAIN: The Flowering of Awake Awareness – Part 2 58:03
Tara Brach
The blessing of the spiritual path is a homecoming to our essential nature—wakeful, loving awareness. These two talks explore the grounds of that awakening, which is a shift of identity from that of a separate self to realizing the formless luminous presence that, like a boundless ocean, includes all the waves or expressions of our being. This two-part series includes several guided reflections and invites us into the dimensions of the path that lead to true freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2021 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2021-11-03 Meditation: The Return to Presence – Rest Your Mind in What Is (21:17 min.) 21:17
Tara Brach
It’s natural that our attention wanders, and the more we relax back, the more that becomes our habit…returning to presence. This meditation opens with conscious breathing and awakening through the body. We then rest in open awareness, and when the attention drifts, guide ourselves to rest our minds, over and over, in the aliveness and presence that is right here.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2021 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2021-11-04 Morning Instructions: Intentions 39:32
Tuere Sala
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Second 3-Week Insight Meditation Retreat

2021-11-04 Guided metta meditation 35:31
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2021

2021-11-04 Reflections on the Body as a Primary Foundation for Practice 46:01
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2021-11-04 Loving Kindness For Ourselves And Others 52:23
Brian Lesage
This talk includes a guided meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Second 3-Week Insight Meditation Retreat

2021-11-04 Noble Giving Means Giving Oneself 58:18
Ajahn Sucitto
The quality of dāna, giving, is not dependent on materiality or even a charitable obligation. It’s a Dhamma practice that makes you stronger than you thought you were – it brings up your nobility. It’s a privilege to give because it makes you glad, and so the enlightenment factors arise in the mind. For the one receiving, giving brings forth integrity – one wants to live up to the offering. This is the dāna principle; everybody wins. This dāna is a step on the Path to awakening.
Cittaviveka

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