Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2008-04-15 Jhanas Morning Instruction #4 28:28
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Jhānas (Meditative Absorptions) Retreat for Experienced Students

2008-04-15 Jhanas Afternoon Talk #4 65:09
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Jhānas (Meditative Absorptions) Retreat for Experienced Students

2008-04-15 Opening Talk for Revolution In The Heart 37:21
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Opening talk for a retreat that explores our reactive mind, recognising and liberating our habitual compulsion, negativity and fear, pointing towards the freedom of being that is our True Nature.
Gaia House : A Revolution In The Heart

2008-04-15 Sila, Samadhi, Panna as Limitless Practice 44:06
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Opening talk for a retreat that explores our reactive mind, recognising and liberating our habitual compulsion, negativity and fear, pointing towards the freedom of being that is our True Nature.
Gaia House : A Revolution In The Heart

2008-04-15 Guided Metta 64:29
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2008-04-14 09. The Five Aggregates (1) 57:51
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Three-Month Retreat

2008-04-14 Jhanas Morning Instruction #3 22:31
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Walking Instructions included
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Jhānas (Meditative Absorptions) Retreat for Experienced Students

2008-04-14 Jhanas Afternoon Talk #3 62:30
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Jhānas (Meditative Absorptions) Retreat for Experienced Students

2008-04-14 Evening Talk - Questions And Answers 61:19
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Jhānas (Meditative Absorptions) Retreat for Experienced Students

2008-04-14 Metta 67:23
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2008-04-13 The Fool's Path 54:49
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2008-04-13 Jhanas Morning Instruction #2 32:07
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Jhānas (Meditative Absorptions) Retreat for Experienced Students

2008-04-13 Jhanas Afternoon Talk #2 55:45
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Jhānas (Meditative Absorptions) Retreat for Experienced Students

2008-04-12 08. Sympathetic Joy 51:17
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Three-Month Retreat

2008-04-12 The Perfection Of Wisdom 47:03
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2008-04-12 A Brief History Of Buddhism In India - part 2 1:12:31
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This is the second of two talks outlining key developments in the evolution of Buddhist schools in India between the death of the Buddha and the emergence of Dzogchen. This talk covers briefly the origins of the Mahayana, Naganjuna, Yogacara and Vajrayana.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Dzogchen Retreat

2008-04-12 Jhanas Morning Instruction #1 37:03
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Jhānas (Meditative Absorptions) Retreat for Experienced Students

2008-04-12 Jhanas Afternoon Talk #1 56:37
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Jhānas (Meditative Absorptions) Retreat for Experienced Students

2008-04-11 07. Not Yours 59:49
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Three-Month Retreat

2008-04-11 A Brief History Of Buddhism In India - part 1 56:06
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This is the first of two talks outlining key developments in the evolution of Buddhist schools in India between the death of the Buddha (463 BCE) and the emergence of Dzogchen (ca. 6th cent.). This talk covers the stages of classical (or Nikaya) Buddhism up to the beginning of the Mahayana.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Dzogchen Retreat

2008-04-11 Opening Talk 21:49
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Jhānas (Meditative Absorptions) Retreat for Experienced Students

2008-04-11 Satipatthana Sutta - part 32 - Factors Of Awakening: Tranquility 56:43
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : April 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge
In collection: Satipatthana Sutta Series

2008-04-10 06. The Five Hindrances II 51:49
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Three-Month Retreat

2008-04-10 Buddhadharma As A Path Of Happiness - part 4: Gratitude 52:02
James Baraz	Download Listen
This is number four in a ten-part series on Buddhadharma as a Path of Happiness. This series covers the ten principles discussed in James' Awakening Joy Course from a dharma perspective.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2008-04-10 Lineage 32:13
Jason Murphy	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-04-09 Meeting Fear With A Wise Heart - part 1 1:10:54

Tara Brach

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These talks investigate how fear, nature's protector, proliferates and becomes a trance of fear and the cause of deep suffering. We look at the "body of fear"- the thoughts, physicality, emotions and behaviors that express and fuel the trance of fear. Through stories and guided reflections we explore the ways that Buddhist meditation can free us from the grip of unhealthy fear.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-04-09 Practicing in Daily Life: Wise Consumption part 1 54:32
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-04-09 05. The Five Hindrances I 57:21
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Three-Month Retreat

2008-04-09 Overview 56:20
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen

2008-04-09 Mindfulness Of The Body, III 67:19
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Mindfulness of the body goes against the grain of our culture yet is fundamental for most of us to bring awareness, compassion and wisdom to daily life. We explore some of the transformation possible through mindfulness of the body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-04-09 Mindfulness Part 2 44:30
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2008-04-08 04. Things Are as They Are 58:10
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Three-Month Retreat

2008-04-08 Let It Cut More Deep 37:13
Brad Richecoeur	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Meditation And QiGong

2008-04-07 03. Vipassana Instructions 1:10:56
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Three-Month Retreat

2008-04-07 Interest, Curiousity and Investigation of States 55:31
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Meditation And QiGong

2008-04-07 Mindfulness Part 1 64:44
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Hermitage

2008-04-06 King Pasenadi Goes on a Diet (Part 2) also Self Knowing a Quiet Passion #36 1:18:46
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Reflections on the Buddha's Teaching of Mindful Eating and the Flowering of Wisdom
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center : CIMC Wednesday Talks

2008-04-06 Crisis in Tibet, Lama Gosananda, The Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman 49:36
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2008-04-06 02. The Benefits of Metta 55:40
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Three-Month Retreat

2008-04-06 Unfabricating Reality 43:00
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
The first step to unfabricate reality is to catch the mind in the act of fabrication. When we drop all this make-believe, we discover that our mind is naturally and awesomely spacious.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat

2008-04-06 Being Touched By Life 53:13
Brad Richecoeur	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Meditation And QiGong

2008-04-05 Finding Freedom from Fear 1:17:38
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Guest Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-04-05 01. About Metta 67:26
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Three-Month Retreat

2008-04-05 Purity Within Form 41:24
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2008-04-05 Authentic Action 49:25
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
What is action when it is not related to conditioning and fear? This talk explores action from stillness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Living Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-04-05 Looking Forward 38:39
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
The future is make-believe. We take up residence in it under the misconception that it's secure. The only true security is in opening to the real.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat

2008-04-05 Metta as Right Effort 55:58
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Meditation And QiGong

2008-04-04 The Buddha's Way To Happiness 67:28
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
The Buddha's evolving understanding of happiness and his awakening based on his life experiences.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 101

2008-04-04 Satipatthana Sutta - Clarification Of Basic Terms 53:25
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : April 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge
In collection: Satipatthana Sutta Series

2008-04-04 The Pool And The Cesspool 47:24
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Segregation from pollutants is not enough to keep our bodies free from infection, nor our minds free from impurities. We also need to foster healing.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat

2008-04-04 Opening Talk for Insight Meditation and QiGong 37:00
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
Opening Talk for a retreat where the silence, sitting and walking of Insight Meditation and the movement of QiGong are seamlessly woven together into a form that invites us to gently explore the ways in which we define and limit ourselves, allowing insight into our true nature to arise, freeing us to live in a woser and more compassionate relationship with ourselves and the world.
Gaia House : Insight Meditation And QiGong

2008-04-03 Suffering And The End Of Suffering 61:58
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 101

2008-04-02 A Wise Understanding Of Desire 1:13:30

Tara Brach

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We lose huge swaths of our life when caught in wanting experience to be more and different. Yet if we bring a mindful presence to the thoughts and feelings of wanting, we discover a portal into full aliveness and freedom. This talk explores how to recognize and investigate wanting mind; how by tracing longing back to it's very source we discover that what we long for is already here.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-04-02 Practicing in Daily Life: Speaking and Listening With Wisdom 53:24
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-04-02 Self Knowing: A Quiet Passion Part 34 1:14:52
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2008-04-02 The Clarity And Promise Of Mindfulness 63:49
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 101

2008-04-02 The Governing Laws Of The Mind 48:46
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
When the sense of “I” is seen as a mental process, suddenly the laws of the mind become obvious.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Living Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-04-01 Karma, Dependent Origination, Virtue and Liberation 43:05
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2008-04-01 The Pure And Luminous Mind 60:40
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Living Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-03-31 Karma 55:40
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
This talk discusses the natural law of Karma – cause and effect – restraining from unwholesome actions and cultivating wholesome actions.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : March 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-03-30 Questions and Answers 49:47
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2008-03-30 Right Effort And Wise Effort 49:19
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Right effort is the effort the self makes towards its liberation but is that effort wise?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Living Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-03-28 The Doors To The Deathless 39:50
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2008-03-27 Innewohnende Natur 49:25
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Mitgefühl, Mitfreude, Gelassenheit
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2008-03-27 Buddhadharma As A Path Of Happiness - part 3: Opening To Suffering 52:13
James Baraz	Download Listen
This is the third of a series based on cultivating the wholesome states that I share in my Awakening Joy Class. This first week we’ll explore the theme of Opening to Suffering.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2008-03-27 Zen Quotes Explored 48:25
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : Zen Retreat

2008-03-27 The Four Brahmaviharas 41:07
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2008-03-26 Pradnidhana und Adhitthana 37:03
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Vision und Entschlusskraft
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2008-03-26 The Two Wolves 69:37

Tara Brach

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Empathy and aggression are both part of our evolutionary survival equipment. We awaken spiritually as we bring awareness to the vulnerability that drives aggression, and discover that we can directly cultivate our capacity to experience loving connection.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-03-26 Working With Difficult States Of The Mind And Heart - part I: Limiting Beliefs 60:43
Richard Shankman	Download Listen
East Bay Insight Meditation Community

2008-03-26 Starting All Over Again Part Three 46:27
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : Zen Retreat

2008-03-25 The Spirit of Service - Session 4 1:45:09
Frank Ostaseski	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2008-03-25 Practice Q and A 58:10
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2008-03-25 All Beings Cheer You On 51:04
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
This talk, given at the end of a month long retreat, puts our practice in the context of a larger stream of awakening occurring on the planet.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2008-03-25 Morning Teachings, Track 1 Of 2 64:27
Ajahn Jamnian	Download Listen
Spirit Rock presents Ajahn Jumnien's Meditation Retreat in the Thai Forest Tradition held at The Angela Center. Teachings are given in Thai with English translations by Amdee Vongthongsri and Christoph Koeck. Other public teachings from the retreat will be added. Please go to Dharma Seed's Retreat Talks page to find the talks. It is listed as: SR 2008-03-04 Meditation Retreat in the Thai Forest Tradition.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Meditation Retreat in the Thai Forest Tradition

2008-03-25 Morning Teachings, Track 2 Of 2 42:50
Ajahn Jamnian	Download Listen
Spirit Rock presents Ajahn Jumnien's Meditation Retreat in the Thai Forest Tradition held at The Angela Center. Teachings are given in Thai with English translations by Amdee Vongthongsri and Christoph Koeck. Other public teachings from the retreat will be added. Please go to Dharma Seed's Retreat Talks page to find the talks. It is listed as: SR 2008-03-04 Meditation Retreat in the Thai Forest Tradition.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Meditation Retreat in the Thai Forest Tradition

2008-03-25 Ten Ox Herding Pictures 45:19
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : Zen Retreat

2008-03-24 "The Spatula By The Toilet Shines With Light" 61:10
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
The Dharma opens us to a mystery--the mystery of awakening, of practice, of each moment. When we see through the eyes of mystery, the world reveals its inherent luminosity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2008-03-24 Evening Teachings 63:38
Ajahn Jamnian	Download Listen
Spirit Rock presents Ajahn Jumnien's Meditation Retreat held at The Angela Center. Teachings are given in Thai with English translations by Amdee Vongthongsri and Christoph Koeck. Other public teachings from the retreat will be added. Please go to Dharma Seed's Retreat Talks page to find the talks. It is listed as: SR 2008-03-04 Meditation Retreat in the Thai Forest Tradition.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) : Meditation Retreat in the Thai Forest Tradition

2008-03-24 Equanimity 55:42
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
This talk explores this “highest kind of happiness” of being able to be with life as it is.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : March 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-03-24 Starting All Over Again Part Two 63:33
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : Zen Retreat

2008-03-24 Touching Into Goodness 35:30
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2008-03-23 Freude 50:43
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Wie Freude im Sinne des Dharma als heilsam und wünschenswert gesehen wird
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2008-03-23 Retreat Questions and Answers 55:21
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2008-03-23 The four Vows 52:07
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
What is it that we dedicate and aspire to when we enter the path of practice? An exploration of compassion, afflictions, learning and awakening.
Gaia House : Zen Retreat

2008-03-22 Starting All Over Again Part One 60:00
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House : Zen Retreat

2008-03-22 Faith - The Foundation For Practice 29:25
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2008-03-21 Geist und Herz von den Hemmnissen befreien 54:56
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Umgang mit den fünf Hemmnissen: Verlangen, Abneigung, Müdigkeit, Ruhelosigkeit und Zweifel
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2008-03-21 The Buddha's Song Of Awakening - "Achieved Is The End Of Craving" 60:13
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
A discussion of the painful fires of craving and the experience of awaking.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : From Awareness to Wisdom: Exploring the Mind

2008-03-21 Clearing The Way 53:57
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2008-03-20 Buddhadharma As A Path Of Happiness - part 2: Mindfulness 54:47
James Baraz	Download Listen
This is the second of a series based on cultivating the wholesome states that I share in my Awakening Joy Class. This first week we’ll explore the theme of Mindfulness as a path for well-being. We will share some practical exercises to use in daily life as well as understand why mindfulness is called by the Buddha “the most direct way to overcome sorrow and despair and realize the highest happiness.”
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2008-03-20 Lists 42:30
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-03-19 Our Heart's Aspiration 1:13:51

Tara Brach

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This talk weaves two teachings that are key to awakening. "The most important thing is remembering the most important thing" helps us be guided by the compass of our heart in living our lives. And discovering that "what we long for is already here" lets us trust that the love or peace we seek is found in the fullness of presence.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-03-19 Practicing in Daily Life: Sila and Wise Sexuality part 2 57:15
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-03-19 Us As The World And The World As Us: The Two Truths 43:07
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
This is a talk about form, manifested as the personal, and emptiness, the vast universal activity of the Dharma - the two truths express in our lives as our practice deepens more and more clearly
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2008-03-19 Awareness Is Like The Unconditioned 61:34
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This is a condensed version of two earlier talks in 2008: “The Five Aggregates” from January and “Consciousness, Awareness & Nibbana” from February.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : From Awareness to Wisdom: Exploring the Mind

2008-03-18 The Spirit of Service - Session 3 2:14:15
Frank Ostaseski	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2008-03-18 Morning Meditation "Big Sky" 44:33
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Morning Meditation "Big Sky"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : From Awareness to Wisdom: Exploring the Mind

2008-03-17 Sudden Awakening, Gradual Cultivation 57:27
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Working with doubt and aversion in the context of the nature of awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : From Awareness to Wisdom: Exploring the Mind

2008-03-16 The Flavors of Retreat 41:17
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community