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2017-12-13 Meditation: Boundless, Loving Awareness 21:05
Tara Brach
Learning how to recognize and rest in spaciousness, allows us to discover the love and wakefulness that is our source. This meditation guides us to discover interior space, exterior space, and then the continuous space that is suffused with awareness. We then explore how that awareness is experienced as heartspace—vast, illuminated and tender.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-12-13 My Religion is Kindness – Part 1 54:23
Tara Brach
Authentic kindness must include the life within us. These two talks examine the movement from an armored to a free and loving heart. The first looks at how we can awaken from the trance of unworthiness and establish a genuinely caring relationship with our inner life. In the second we explore how self-kindness awakens us to the heartspace that naturally includes all of life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-12-13 To Hear the True Dharma 58:56
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2017-12-13 Wednesday Morning Meditation (Drop in program at Spirit Rock) 1:41:05
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-12-13 Guided Compassion Session 31:49
Vinny Ferraro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qi Gong

2017-12-12 Pour un moment ne rien exiger de la vie 48:51
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-12-12 In the Presence of the Beloved 54:03
Vinny Ferraro
An exploration of why it's so hard to bring the love home to ourselves
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qi Gong

2017-12-11 L’équanimité, cours complet 1:24:53
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-12-10 Investigating reality 52:15
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2017-12-10 Closing Talk - Continuing with Our Practice 22:14
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Kindness

2017-12-10 Loving Kindness Practice - Instructions and Guided Meditation 42:02
Yanai Postelnik
Including our body, our selves, each other and all beings.
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Kindness

2017-12-10 Balance & Strength in Difficult Conversations: The Simile of Saw 40:22
Oren Jay Sofer
An exploration of MN.21, The Simile of the Saw as a teaching on right relationship and wise speech.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Right Speech: Words That Lead to Awakening

2017-12-10 The Buddhas Teachings on Emptiness - Part 13 1:12:25
Mark Nunberg
For chant, See Common Ground Meditation Center Chants Book page 28
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha's Teachings on Emptiness
Attached Files:
  • Common Ground Meditation Center Chants (PDF)

2017-12-09 Evening Dharma Talk - A Path of Peace and Kindness 59:36
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Kindness

2017-12-09 The Deep Freedom of Human Needs 59:50
Oren Jay Sofer
How do hold the teachings on letting go, non-attachment and non-self with the reality of having needs as a human being. What are needs and how do we relate to them with wisdom in a world that is beyond our control, neither suppressing and denying them nor becoming overly fixated or identified with them?
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Right Speech: Words That Lead to Awakening

2017-12-09 Map of the Practice and Q&A 1:11:53
Ayya Santacitta
Dharma Talk and Q&A
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-12-09 Inner Beauty - Sila 61:13
Kamala Masters
Perth, Australia :  Perth Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-12-09 Guided Meditation - Full Awareness of the Breathing Body 42:34
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Kindness

2017-12-09 Ancestor Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) -Amana Brembry Johnson, Noliwe Alexander , Devin Berry, Konda Mason, Larry Yang 33:55
Amana Brembry Johnson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Courage to Live: The Practice of Forgiveness

2017-12-09 Apparent Here and Now 36:42
Ayya Anandabodhi
Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-12-09 Insight Meditation Instructions for Sitting 40:16
Yanai Postelnik
Softening and Opening the Heart Mind
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Kindness

2017-12-09 Day 6 - Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:43
Larry Yang
Forgiveness Meditation in the Four Directions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Courage to Live: The Practice of Forgiveness

2017-12-09 Guided Meditation: Exploring Needs 32:38
Oren Jay Sofer
Using attention to identify an unmet need, and to shift to recognizing what matters at the core independent of any situation, time, person, place, or thing.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Right Speech: Words That Lead to Awakening

2017-12-09 Afternoon Compassionate Movement (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:17
Amana Brembry Johnson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Courage to Live: The Practice of Forgiveness

2017-12-09 The Peace of Not-Clinging: A Guided Meditation 20:23
Shaila Catherine
Shaila Catherine offers this 20-minute teaching on impermanence and not-clinging in the mode of guided meditation instructions. We practice being unattached to pleasant and unpleasant feelings and releasing all clinging connected with sensual desire or aversion. To cultivate non-clinging, first notice the experience of clinging, perhaps by observing physical tightness, mental contraction, or a sense of separation. As you become mindful of the changing nature of experiences, allow yourself to deeply accept this fact of impermanence. Allow experiences to arise and be known, and also let them end.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2017-12-09 Working with Hindrances in Meditation: A Guided Meditation Instruction 25:21
Shaila Catherine
This 25-minute guided meditation by Shaila Catherine explores ways of recognizing and working with the five classic hindrances that arise in meditation: sensual desire, anger, sloth and torpor, restlessness, and doubt. We observe how hindrances arise, and learn how to respond wisely to them.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2017-12-08 Part 2 - The Three Universal Marks of Existence 46:38
Kamala Masters
Perth, Australia :  Perth Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-12-08 Evening Dharma Talk - Being Here 51:53
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Kindness

2017-12-08 The Five Daily Recollections 43:42
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2017-12-08 Crafting our Words, Shaping the Heart 55:28
Oren Jay Sofer
Right Speech is a key factor in the cultivation of the Noble Eightfold Path, shaping the heart and mind even as the heart-mind shapes our speech. Our intention is the decisive factor in determine the direction and shape of our speech, our heart and our mind.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Right Speech: Words That Lead to Awakening

2017-12-08 Part 1 - The Universal Characteristics of Existence 60:14
Kamala Masters
Perth, Australia :  Perth Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-12-08 Guided Meditation - Embodied Movement and Sitting Practice 39:53
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Kindness

2017-12-08 Day 5 - PM Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:05
Konda Mason
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Courage to Live: The Practice of Forgiveness

2017-12-08 Insight Meditation - Instructions for Standing Meditation 31:03
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Kindness

2017-12-08 Insight Meditation - Overview & Initial Instructions 39:29
Yanai Postelnik
Instructions for sitting and walking meditation: gathering and steadying the heart-mind.
Gaia House A Path of Peace and Kindness

2017-12-08 Morning Instructions 44:29
Kamala Masters
Perth, Australia :  Perth Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-12-08 Day 5 Morning Compassionate Movement (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 34:01
Amana Brembry Johnson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Courage to Live: The Practice of Forgiveness

2017-12-08 Guided Meditation: Arriving and Opening to Experience 44:58
Oren Jay Sofer
Early morning guided meditation introducing the practice of samatha-vipassana.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Right Speech: Words That Lead to Awakening

2017-12-08 The Courage to Live: The Practice of Forgiveness 30:31
Noliwe Alexander
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Courage to Live: The Practice of Forgiveness

2017-12-07 Words that Lead to Awakening: Right Speech and the Capacity to Connect 62:10
Oren Jay Sofer
We are social creatures with the capacities for connection, empathy, and understanding. This talk introduces the practice of Right Speech as an essential part of the path to awakening.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Right Speech: Words That Lead to Awakening

2017-12-07 Day 4 Guided PM Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:34
Konda Mason
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Courage to Live: The Practice of Forgiveness

2017-12-07 Looking At Your Life Through a Dharma Lens 46:27
James Baraz, Kate Munding
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2017-12-07 Second Noble Truth - The Cause of Suffering 65:08
Kamala Masters
Perth, Australia :  Perth Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-12-07 The Joy of Letting Go into Gratitude 46:17
Noliwe Alexander
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Courage to Live: The Practice of Forgiveness

2017-12-07 Guided Metta Meditation 47:22
Kamala Masters
Perth, Australia :  Perth Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-12-07 Day 4 - Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 34:45
Konda Mason
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Courage to Live: The Practice of Forgiveness

2017-12-07 Compassionate Movement (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 36:55
Amana Brembry Johnson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Courage to Live: The Practice of Forgiveness

2017-12-06 On Meditation 61:59
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-12-06 Technology, Meditation & Relationship: Waking Up in the Modern World 55:00
Oren Jay Sofer
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2017-12-06 Meditation: Alert Inner Stillness 20:00
Tara Brach
Behind the changing sounds, sensations, feelings and thoughts is an alert inner stillness that is purely aware. This meditation begins with accessing the receptivity of a smile, awakening through the body and opening the senses. We then sense the background of awareness and relax back to inhabit that wholeness. When the mind is distracted, the pathway home is a relaxing back, and the essential practice is non-doing, allowing life to be just as it is.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

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