1999-12-06 Nature Of Mind 54:12
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
exploring the nature of consciousness, awareness and mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-11-23 The Process Of Awakening: Five Spiritual Faculties 59:42
James Baraz	Download Listen
Faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom build on each other in a natural development. Understanding their relationship gives us a map for how the meditation process unfolds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-11-03 The Art Of Meditation Practice 57:09
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Regular mindfulness and concentration can be a creative and vital ritual of daily practice that becomes essential in opening of our hearts and minds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-11-01 Appreciation As A Source Of Happiness 61:16
James Baraz	Download Listen
The practice of appreciation is an exercise in mindfulness, openness of heart and wisdom. Whether experience is pleasant or unpleasant, inclining our minds toward appreciation allows us to open to our joys and sorrows as valuable gifts that make each moment come alive.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

1999-09-26 The Four Noble Truths And The Four Practices Of Mindfulness 56:34
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
given at the first annual People of Color retreat at the Spirit Rock. The Noble Truths with a perspective on diversity
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-09-14 Fully Alive- Awakening Through Embodiment 61:27
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The Buddha's teachings on mindfulness begin with mindfulness of our body. By cultivating embodied awareness, we develop the capacity for presence and awakening through all realms of experience.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

1999-09-12 Essential Dhamma #3: The Good Fortune Of Mindfulness 60:46
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
the essential dhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-09-09 The Buddha's Prescription For Happiness: Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 57:18
James Baraz	Download Listen
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment are mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, calm, concentration and equanimity. When brought to fruition they lead to the highest happiness we can experience. How can we cultivate these qualities consciously in our meditation practice and in our life?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Foundations Of Practice

1999-09-05 The Process Of Awakening: Five Spiritual Faculties 60:37
James Baraz	Download Listen
Faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom build on each other in a natural development. Understanding their relationship gives us a map for how the meditation process unfolds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-08-04 Mindfulness And The Rainbow Of Emotions 51:43
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
given at the Family retreat: the possibility of transformation in the midst of the many hues of our emotional states.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Family Retreat (5 days)

1999-08-03 Family As Family 31:06
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Contemplating family as family is a fifth foundation of mindfulness for householders.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-08-01 Blessings, Aspirations, Renunciation, Mindfulness 54:26
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
support for freedom takes many forms
Maui, Hi

1999-07-16 Insight And Purification 46:49
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
understanding the relationship between mindfulness and liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-06-10 Just Along For The Ride 48:39
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
learning to apply mindfulness to all of our experience: recognition, acceptance, interest and non-identification
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat (10 days)

1999-05-31 Planting A Metta Garden 51:30
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
patience and acceptance in the cultivation of metta and mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta Retreat (8 days)

1999-05-09 The 7 Factors Of Awakening 64:16
Narayan Helen Liebenson	Download Listen
a description of each one of the seven factors: mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, calm, concentration and equanimity
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-05-01 Journey Of Awakening 53:09
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
This is a personal story of how the simplicity of the practice of mindfulness has continued to support awakening to the present moment, which has been the most important way to understand life as it truly is.
Perth, Australia

1999-04-12 Foundation of Mindfulness 59:26
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

1999-02-18 Peace Is Possible 53:55
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Using the path of practice (the Fourth Noble Truth), we can learn to pay attention moment to moment, developing insight and concentration. Each moment of mindfulness is another moment of freedom from suffering, and in that freedom, indeed, peace is possible.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-01-08 Women Awakening Through the Body 47:38
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
How we can use mindfulness of the body, and the realities of life in our body, as the awakener.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1998-10-11 Mindfulness As A Last Resort 49:40
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
going beyond the transitory - understanding of the unsatisfactory nature of experience
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Partial #1 (6 weeks)

1998-10-05 The Poetry Of Mindfulness 53:52
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
how mindfulness brings about a deep acceptance of the rhythms of change in our lives
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Partial #1 (6 weeks)

1998-07-03 The Five Aggregates 62:33
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
mindfulness, the universal solvent takes us apart gently
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1998-06-14 Mindfulness 54:46
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
peeling away the layers of myth, preconception and misunderstanding through mindfulness; the need for continuity of awareness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1998-06-10 Seven Factors Of Awakening: Mindfulness 50:03
Steven Smith	Download Listen
Developing free-flow natural mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat (10 days)

1998-06-09 Mindfulness And The Rainbow Of Emotional States 65:16
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
"seeing" through the strong energies of mind with a compassionate, mindful awareness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1998-06-03 Flowers Of Joy, Flowers Of Sorrow: Where Is Kuan Yin? 54:49
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
bringing compassion and mindfulness to our experience
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta Retreat (8 days)

1998-05-30 Metta, Concentration And The Hindrances 55:07
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
how to do the Lovingkindness practice in relationship to concentration or mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta Retreat (8 days)

1998-05-11 The Power Of Mindfulness 50:27
Michael Grady	Download Listen
transforming habit through silent attention
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat (7 days)

1998-05-02 Mindfulness As A Path Of Healing 46:01
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Genuine healing is the opening to wholeness. This talk explores how the practice of mindfulness brings a vitalizing and transforming healing to our bodies, hearts and minds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1998-01-01 The Four Foundations Of Mindfulness 38:39
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
A talk on the Buddha's inclusive desumption of the practice of mindfulness in all areas of life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1997-10-28 Awakening Our Body's Awareness 49:09
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The Foundation of Mindfulness: discovering healing and freedom through mindfulness of sensations
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1997-09-30 Mindfulness Breathing 62:10
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

1997-08-01 Our Karma Is Our Dharma: Family Course 1997 47:17
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mindfulness and wisdom in the midst of family life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Courageous Living

1997-07-08 Rediscovering Beginners Mind 41:05
Michael Grady	Download Listen
mindfulness and transforming habit
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1997-06-09 Facets Of Mindfulness 69:06
Steven Smith	Download Listen
attuning to the wondrous Dhamma with primal awareness/body, feelings, emotions and skillful means with resistance
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat (10 days)

1997-05-25 Energetic Presence Of Mind 61:46
Steven Smith	Download Listen
Understanding courageous, or Dhamma energy and how it works with mindfulness to open our hearts and minds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Memorial Day Weekend (3 days)

1997-04-20 Concentration 59:15
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Development of concentration and clarity as part of the mindfulness practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley)

1997-03-18 Through The Illusion: The Magic Of Mindfulness 62:51
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
wisdom naturally arises through the power of a focused mind and the clear attention of mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1997-03-05 Four Foundations Of Mindfulness - Part II 45:36
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Seeing into what is this? Mindfulness with discernment.
In collection: Four Foundations Of Mindfulness

1997-03-04 Four Foundations Of Mindfulness: Investigating The Dharma 38:11
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
How do our mental states function? (Date estimated) RS43.04
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat (9 days)
In collection: Four Foundations Of Mindfulness

1997-03-03 Four Foundations Of Mindfulness: Mindfulness Of Consciousness 34:18
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
What is happening in our mind? Knowing the mind states. (Date estimated) RS43.03
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat (9 days)
In collection: Four Foundations Of Mindfulness

1997-03-03 Four Foundations Of Mindfulness - Part I 46:30
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Bringing the body, feelings and mind states into focus.
In collection: Four Foundations Of Mindfulness

1997-03-03 Four Foundations Of Mindfulness 1:32:06
Larry Rosenberg	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
Four Foundations Of Mindfulness - Part I 46:30 Download Listen Four Foundations Of Mindfulness - Part II 45:36 Download Listen

1997-03-02 Four Foundations Of Mindfulness: Mindfulness Of Feelings 42:28
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Noticing the pleasant, unpleasant or neutral aspects of experience. (Date estimated) RS43.02
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat (9 days)
In collection: Four Foundations Of Mindfulness

1997-03-01 Four Foundations Of Mindfulness: Mindfulness Of The Body 38:22
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Becoming attuned to the elements and activities of our body. (Date estimated) RS43.01
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat (9 days)
In collection: Four Foundations Of Mindfulness

1997-03-01 Four Foundations Of Mindfulness 2:33:20
Rodney Smith	Listen to tracks Show 4 Tracks
A four tape series investigating the foundations of mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat (9 days)
Four Foundations Of Mindfulness: Mindfulness Of The Body 38:22 Download Listen Four Foundations Of Mindfulness: Mindfulness Of Feelings 42:28 Download Listen Four Foundations Of Mindfulness: Mindfulness Of Consciousness 34:18 Download Listen Four Foundations Of Mindfulness: Investigating The Dharma 38:11 Download Listen

1997-01-19 Mindfulness 1:10:27
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen

1997-01-01 Practice As Initiation #1 50:26
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
How we experience the four universal stages of initiation in mindfulness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Practice As Initiation

1997-01-01 Practice As Initiation #2 49:02
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
How we experience the four universal stages of initiation in mindfulness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Practice As Initiation

1996-11-10 A Pilgrimage of Trust 40:45
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
A guided meditation on death and dying - the final steps in our life's journey. Balance, mindfulness and faith teach us to touch the joy of the present moment as a spiritual pilgrim. Given at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK, Death & Dying Retreat in 1996.
Amaravati Monastery

1996-09-26 Inevitability Of Wisdom Through Practicing Mindfulness 57:21
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
paying attention to life with continuity and purpose
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1996 Three Month Retreat

1996-09-10 The Opening And Closing Of Our Hearts 63:02
Tara Brach	Download Listen
awakening to love through mindfulness of fear and longing
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-08-08 Obstacles In Practice Become Vehicles for Mindfulness, Part 2 62:50
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen

1996-08-07 Obstacles In Practice Become Vehicles for Mindfulness, Part 1 63:32
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen

1996-07-01 Contemplations: Mindfulness, Dukkha, Elements 1:30:01
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-06-30 Spiritual Mindfulness, Seven Factors of Enlightenment 1:13:46
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-06-30 Spiritual Mindfulness 1:12:22
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

1996-05-21 Rupa Lila/ Meditative Movement 1:34:50
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
a gently guided series of simple stretches and movements; exploring, experiencing and abiding in the 1st Foundation of Mindfulness--the body. We 'wake up' through a deepening mindful relationship to the body, growing in acceptance, clarity, spaciousness, and equanimity, with penetrating insight into the truth of ourselves.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-04-30 Meditation-It's Not What You Think 51:21
Tara Brach	Download Listen
our sense of being separate and inadequate is created and maintained through our stories about life. Learning how to recognize these stories with mindfulness and compassion reconnects us with our natural, awakened being.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-04-03 Metta Series Album - III 45:07
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
This talk discusses how metta and mindfulness support each other, as well as developing lovingkindness for a neutral person. Date is estimated.
In collection: Metta Series

1996-02-20 Touching Peace 39:55
Tara Brach	Download Listen
using concentration skillfully to deepen mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-01-07 Mindfulness of Moods; Dacha for Practice; Contemplation on Dukkha 1:24:40
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Mercy Conference Centre, Brisbane, Australia) :  Retreat @ Mercy

1996-01-06 Mindfulness of Feeling and Emotions; The 4 Supreme Emotions; Contemplation on Love and Compassion 1:18:20
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Mercy Conference Centre, Brisbane, Australia) :  Retreat @ Mercy

1996-01-05 Mindfulness of the Mind Content; 5 Hindrances, 4 Great Efforts; Contemplation on Karma 1:28:19
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Mercy Conference Centre, Brisbane, Australia) :  Retreat @ Mercy

1996-01-04 Contemplation on Mindfulness 25:25
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Mercy Conference Centre, Brisbane, Australia)
In collection: Contemplations and Guided Meditations

1996-01-04 Mindfulness of the Body (part 3); Contemplation on Decay & Death 1:31:06
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Mercy Conference Centre, Brisbane, Australia) :  Retreat @ Mercy

1996-01-03 Acceptance and Mindfulness 59:29
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
Accepting reality as it is with openness and gentleness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1996-01-03 Mindfulness of the Body (part 2): not me, no owner; Parts of the Body Contemplation 1:29:06
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Mercy Conference Centre, Brisbane, Australia) :  Retreat @ Mercy

1996-01-02 Mindfulness of the Body; Contemplation of the 4 Great Elements 1:30:04
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Mercy Conference Centre, Brisbane, Australia) :  Retreat @ Mercy

1995-11-17 The Beautiful Qualities of Mindfulness 65:11
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1995-10-18 Four Foundations Of Mindfulness 62:35
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
developing understanding through awareness of the body, feelings, mind and contents of mind

1995-09-08 Morning Practice: Objectives of Sweeping Methods 1:11:44
Ruth Denison	Download Listen
Penetrating into the foundations of mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  9 Day Vipassana Retreat

1995-09-03 Another View of Mindfulness 53:05
Ruth Denison	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  9 Day Vipassana Retreat

1995-07-22 Happiness And Mindfulness 54:22
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
cultivating a willingness to set aside entanglements
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  9 Day Vipassana Retreat

1995-07-10 Mindfulness In Action 59:38
Carol Wilson	Download Listen

1995-07-08 The Purpose of the Practice; Mindfulness and Insight; 2 Hindrances 1:10:20
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Niederaltaich, Germany) :  Retreat @ Niederaltaich

1995-03-21 Wise Use Of Mindfulness 51:06
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
reflecting on the qualities of wise attention
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1994-12-03 Opening To The Joys & Sorrows Of The World With Wisdom 59:54
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Understanding how the practice of lovingkindness, compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity provides a container for our understanding of emptiness--wisdom--that we learn in the mindfulness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1994 Three Month Retreat
In collection: Balancing Our Understanding Of Interconnectedness And Emptiness

1994-10-01 ... It Could Be An Illusion 55:53
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
what actually happens in a moment of consciousness? an introductory talk on the Buddha's psychology, when the fluxing nature of mind is investigated, the appearance of "i" is seen to be illusory construction dependent on conditions. mindfulness dispels the illusion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1994-09-26 Patience And Mindfulness 56:18
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
resting in the doorway of completeness

1994-09-01 The Mirror Of Mindfulness 65:49
Lama Surya Das	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Lama Surya Das

1994-05-16 Potthapada Sutta D.N.9. Guarding the Senses, Mindfulness & Clear Comprehension. Contentment 64:30
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Land of the Medicine Buddha, Santa Cruz, CA) :  States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9

1994-05-05 Recapitulation of Mindfulness and Effort; The First and Second Noble Truths; Dukka and our Reactions 56:50
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Land of the Medicine Buddha, Santa Cruz, CA) :  Retreat @ Medicine Buddha

1994-05-01 Mindfulness of Body and the Contents of Thoughts; Meditation Instructions; Loving-Kindness Meditation (Best Friend) 1:16:14
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Land of the Medicine Buddha, Santa Cruz, CA) :  Retreat @ Medicine Buddha

1994-02-18 There's No Place Like Home 48:39
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
an experiential exploration of the four foundations of mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1993-11-14 The Body: Heaven Or Hell? 56:58
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
our identification with the appearance of our body rarely results in satisfaction and contentment but as one of the four foundations of mindfulness, the body can be a vehicle for realization of liberated mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1993-11-08 Mindfulness Of Death 53:43
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Honoring the profound and powerful shift into timeless identity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1993-10-14 What Is Practice? 63:25
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
seeing the ordinary in steady and present mindfulness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1993-06-04 Wholeheartedness, Mindfulness 53:43
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1993-05-21 13 Stages of Insight, Knowledge, Mindfulness of Intention 54:30
Sayadaw U Janaka	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1993-03-30 A Glimpse At The Anapanasati 49:46
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
the Buddha's teachings of breathing with mindfulness

1993-03-21 Mindfulness In Daily Life 49:35
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
What can we take with us? Mindfulness helps develop wisdom, attitudes and actions.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Spirituality In Daily Life

1993-03-06 Five Spiritual Faculties: Mind 49:12
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Recognizing the light of confidence, effort, mindfulness, concentration and calm.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Foundations Of Practice

1992-10-28 Five Spiritual Faculties: Mindfulness 59:59
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Developing the ability to connect with our experience in sustained observation. Mindfulness offers observation, diligence and an inner mentor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Five Spiritual Faculties

1992-10-19 Mindfulness of Death 50:26
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1992-10-03 Five Spiritual Faculties 4:50:54
Steve Armstrong	Listen to tracks Show 5 Tracks
An in-depth look at the five spiritual faculties; spiritual confidence, effort, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
Five Spiritual Faculties: Spiritual Confidence 55:44 Download Listen Five Spiritual Faculties: Effort 61:00 Download Listen Five Spiritual Faculties: Mindfulness 59:59 Download Listen Five Spiritual Faculties: Concentration 56:33 Download Listen Five Spiritual Faculties: Wisdom 57:37 Download Listen

1992-06-12 Balancing The Five Spiritual Faculties 57:38
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
learning how to recognize and bring into balance faith, energy, concentration, mindfulness, and wisdom

1992-03-28 C/B 7 Energies: Mindfulness And Investigation II 41:47
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen

1992-03-01 Eightfold Path Of Practice: Right Effort And Mindfulness 1:41:55
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Directing the energy of our lives to be awake, aware and present.
Dharma Seed Cassette Series :  Eightfold Path Of Practice
In collection: Right Effort