2006-12-01 The Path of Defiance 47:41
Noah Levine	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-12-01 Opening Talk and Instructions on Loving Kindness 48:52
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Loving Kindness

2006-11-30 Conflict and Kindness 41:45
Vinny Ferraro	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-11-27 Practice in Nature 41:56
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center

2006-11-27 Thoughts And Beyond 56:58
Patricia Genoud-Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-11-26 Questions 56:40
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2006-11-25 Being Intimate With Dhamma 53:35
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2006-11-25 Practicing Mudita 54:40
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Mudita or appreciative joy
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Intensive

2006-11-24 Joy & Urgency 56:54
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2006-11-24 Touching the Earth 58:31
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Solitary Month

2006-11-23 Gratitude And Generosity 56:55
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Gratitude and generosity are ways of uplifting the mind. Gratitude brings a deep appreciation for blessings of our lives. Generosity an opening of the heart that cares for others.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-11-22 Right Concentration 1 59:08
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2006-11-22 Self Knowing: A Quiet Passion Part 29 1:18:49
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2006-11-22 The Nature of Awareness 52:33
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Realising the Nature of Mind, of Consciousness, of 'That Which Knows', brings a profound liberation to life. This talk explores an investigation into Awareness itself.
Gaia House :  Solitary Month

2006-11-19 Thanksgiving 50:30
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2006-11-19 Q&A and Closing Comments - part 1 1:17:52
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Part one.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-11-19 Q&A and Closing Comments - part 2 4:51
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Part Two
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-11-19 Time Out Of Time 37:36
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
The gems of Indra's Net (see Indra's Net talk) also stand for each moment of time. They remind us that each moment includes all others.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties

2006-11-19 Equanimity 56:31
Patricia Genoud-Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-11-18 Indra's Net 36:33
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
The net in Indra's palace is said to contain countless gems, each reflecting all others. As a metaphor for humanity, it reminds us that we too reflect each other.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties

2006-11-18 Hooked on Kamma 64:52
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2006-11-17 Loneliness As Teacher 41:10
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Rather than trying to elude feelings of loneliness, we need to go into them in order to learn.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties

2006-11-16 Bodhicitta: The Vastness Of The Heart 65:49
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-11-16 Bodhicitta: The Vastness Of The Heart 66:28
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Exploring bodhicitta on the relative and ultimate levels. The aspiratin to awaken for the benefit of all beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-11-16 Emotional Healing 61:58
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Solitary Month

2006-11-15 Generosity and Gratitude 51:03
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-11-15 Awareness Practices For Home, Work And Play: Qualities Of A Good Human Being 1:18:52
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
How to take our practice everywhere we go, into everything we do with the paramis as a guide, developing the qualities of a good human being.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2006-11-15 Deepening in Practice 44:55
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Solitary Month

2006-11-13 Happiness 62:34
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
How happiness is derived from several of our meditation practices: generosity, sila, samatta, panna and gratitude.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Intensive

2006-11-13 Papanca 33:52
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Solitary Month

2006-11-12 Guided Meditation - Empty Being 38:41
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2006-11-12 Mindfulness/Clear Comprehension 57:04
Patricia Genoud-Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-11-10 Untangling the Tangle 1:15:24
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Guest Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2006-11-10 Papanca 53:16
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Based on the Honey Ball Sutta, this talk is an exploration of papanca, a Pali word meaning proliferation of thought in the mind. Mental proliferation leads into the creation of self and into craving and comparing, as well as holding on to views and opinions.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Intensive

2006-11-09 The Joy Of Renunciation 52:49
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-11-08 Mindfulness of Mental Objects 6 55:35
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2006-11-08 Development Of Wise Understanding 50:55
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Development of awareness is a life long process. By understanding experience we change out priorities and this contributes to our doing well in life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Intensive

2006-11-07 Samadhi 63:51
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Solitary Month

2006-11-06 All You Need to Know 60:03
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

2006-11-06 Attachment 59:43
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
The inner and outer conditions for attachment to arise.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Intensive

2006-11-06 The Four Mind-Changing Reflections 51:16
Patricia Genoud-Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-11-06 Thought and Mental States 32:25
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Solitary Month

2006-11-04 From Feelings to Freedom (Exploring Vedana) 51:55
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Solitary Month

2006-11-03 Contemplation of the Body 36:43
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Solitary Month

2006-11-02 Torment of the Judging Mind 56:19
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-11-02 Dasadhamma Suta - part 3 56:55
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk concludes a series on the Dasadharma Sutta and covers the last five reflections which includes questions like "do I delight in solutitude", and am I using my time wisely?"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Intensive

2006-11-02 Wise Intention 33:49
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Solitary Month

2006-11-01 Insight Meditation Instruction 46:39
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  IMS Audio Files

2006-10-30 Equanimity - Resting The Mind Before It Falls Into Extremes 60:37
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Recognizing the terrain of the mind and heart in relationship to equanimity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Intensive

2006-10-29 Generosity 51:02
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-10-28 The Inseparability Of Practice And Life In The World, With Grove Burnett 62:16
Diana Winston	Download Listen
We explore how practice on the cushion translates personally, relationally, and socially. We emphasize compassion, acting without expecting results, and working with anger. Good for activists!
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-10-27 Working With Difficult Emotions 57:36
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  IMS Audio Files

2006-10-27 Contemplating Anatta 65:43
Ayya Jitindriya	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Opening The Heart

2006-10-26 Putting Down the Burden of I Am 53:29
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-10-26 Dasadhamma Sutta - part 2: Working With Habits 53:39
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk is a continuation of a series on the Dasadhamma Sutta, which offers 10 reflections that support practice on retreat. This talk covers the 3rd and 4th reflections: working skillfully with our habitual tendencies, and learning from, rather than feeling guilty about, past actions that may have been unskillful.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2006-10-26 Impermanence and Non-Self 1:13:43
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Opening The Heart

2006-10-25 Balanced Effort 59:12
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen

2006-10-25 Before Thinking 1:13:12
Michael Grady	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2006-10-25 Trusting In Not Knowing 66:55
Ayya Jitindriya	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Opening The Heart

2006-10-24 Opening The Heart 62:01
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Opening The Heart

2006-10-23 The Ecology Of Compassion 49:58
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
The inter-relationship of our inner world of thoughts and emotions, and the outer world of family, community, society, etc., and how compassion is needed.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Intensive

2006-10-23 Compassion - Fear 52:14
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-10-23 Balance Of Energy And Equanimity 52:27
Diana Winston	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-10-23 The Middle Path to the Other Shore 55:55
Ayya Jitindriya	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Opening The Heart

2006-10-22 Perception Of Impermanence 59:20
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
The Buddha stated that the cultivation of the perception of impermanence could lead the mind to freedom: why is it so difficult for us to perceive?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2006-10-22 Guided Meditation - Balance 43:44
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2006-10-22 Spiritual Friendship (Kathina) 63:39
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
This reflection offers a review of the seven qualities of a good friend. In our Dhamma cultivation, we practice being a good friend ourselves, which affects how we are able to be a good friend to others.
Cittaviveka

2006-10-22 Being Here 54:28
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Opening The Heart

2006-10-20 A Wonderful Way 61:01
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

2006-10-20 Understanding Dukkha as a Universal Characteristic 51:40
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-10-19 Dasadhamma Sutta - part 1 57:52
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk is the first of a series on the Dasadhamma Sutta, which lists 10 reflections that support our practice on retreat. This talk covers the first two: I am no longer living according to worldly aims and values, and my life is supported by the gifts of others.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2006-10-17 Letting Go of Judgement 55:19
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Tuesday Night Series

2006-10-16 Eight-Fold Path 36:21
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-10-16 Coming To Stillness 45:47
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-10-16 The Five Hindrances 62:54
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Intensive

2006-10-14 Mindfulness Of Breathing 52:10
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk gives an overview of mindfulness of breathing with reference to the Anapanasati Sutta. It is 16 stages of development show how the breath is a foundation for both concentration and insight
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Intensive

2006-10-13 Opening Five Weeks Intensive 1:19:54
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Intensive

2006-10-12 Impermanence: The Great Teacher 56:14
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-10-12 Compasonate Generosity 68:58
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
The aim and the fruit of generosity and compassion are two fold. We give to help and to free others; and we give to help and to free ourselves. This is the fullness, the seamless circle of compassionate generosity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta & Vipassana Intensive

2006-10-11 Equanimity and Action: Further Practice With the Eight Worldly Winds 48:12
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-10-11 Our Potential When Suffering Ceases 57:01
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Freedom is the cessation of craving (tanha). What is tanha, how can we recognize it and what happens when it ceases.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta & Vipassana Intensive

2006-10-09 Energy 40:49
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-10-07 The Bliss of Cessation (Pavarana Day) 62:23
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Second Vassa Group Retreat

2006-10-06 Paramis On Retreat 62:27
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
This talk discussed expanding our practice to include the development of the ten spiritual qualities of an awakened person.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta & Vipassana Intensive

2006-10-06 The Heartwood Of Spiritual Life 60:57
Deborah Ratner Helzer	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta & Vipassana Intensive

2006-10-05 Right View: A Context for Practice 55:39
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-10-05 Just As It Is 56:27
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Can we relinquish our preference of picking and choosing? Can we be with phenomena…whatever it is, just as it is? This is our practice. The truth is lying in wait to be seen and known right in this moment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta & Vipassana Intensive

2006-10-05 The Salt Crystal 46:13
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Union of Wisdom and Compassion

2006-10-05 From Grasping to Gently Holding 41:25
Thanissara	Download Listen
This talk explores how entering the Third Noble Truth opens the mind beyond its habitual addiction to interpret life from a sense of being a personality, needing to 'sort things out'. Opening the mind implies an ability to tolerate the reality of uncertainty. This talk also explores compassion and loving kindness as fearlessness and includes a simple guided meditation on well-being.
Gaia House :  The Union of Wisdom and Compassion

2006-10-05 Sankharas and the Cessation of Sankharas 45:09
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Second Vassa Group Retreat

2006-10-04 Mindfulness of Mental Objects 1 56:56
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2006-10-04 Practicing With the Eight Worldly Winds 57:22
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-10-04 Five Difficult Mind States 60:01
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
When we are identified with these five mind states they are called hindrances to seeing the way things actually are. Each one is explored along with skillful antidotes to help overcome them.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-10-04 Let the Beauty You Love Be What you Do 45:22
Thanissara	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Union of Wisdom and Compassion

2006-10-04 Stillness and Inquiry 41:46
Thanissara	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Union of Wisdom and Compassion

2006-10-04 Bringing Everything to Harmony 50:51
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Second Vassa Group Retreat

2006-10-03 Forgiveness Practice 45:18
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Forgiveness allows us to reclom the energy that's been bound up in the past or the imagined future. Forgiveness practice can be transforming in very deep ways,
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta & Vipassana Intensive

2006-10-03 A Tour of the Universe 43:22
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Union of Wisdom and Compassion

2006-10-03 There are No Tracks in the Sky 58:52
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Union of Wisdom and Compassion

2006-10-03 Stability and Dissolution - Balancing Intention 55:24
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Second Vassa Group Retreat