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Dharma Talks
2017-08-23 Guided Meditation on Welcoming What is Here 16:07
Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-23 Question and Answer Session 19:21
Willa Thaniya Reid
with Jitindriya
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-23 Experiencing the Joy and Happiness of the Mind 41:36
Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-23 Ten Ways of Practicing with Those with Opposing Views 63:44
Donald Rothberg
We explore ten ways of responding, internally and externally, to “opponents,” particularly those with radically different views, whether a family member, co-worker, or fellow community member, on the one hand, or those in the public realm.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-08-23 Introduction to Seeing Drawing 15:39
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-23 Reflection on Looking and Seeing 3:06
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-22 Investigation and the Creative Process 57:48
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-22 Anapanasati - A Gift from Compassion 36:46
Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-22 Luminous Mind 15:40
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2017-08-22 Practicing with Vedana in the Forest 45:32
Erin Treat
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center The Natural Path to the Heart's Liberation

2017-08-22 Finding Balance with Wise Reflection 69:28
Ayya Jitindriya
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-21 Buddha Breathed Himself to Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:34
Eugene Cash
The function of samadhi, (concentration) in the service of awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2017-08-21 Emptiness and Interconnectedness 47:45
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Awakening Wisdom, Joy and Peace

2017-08-21 "Be Like Water" 42:12
George Mumford
The flow of practice from retreat to daily life as the title suggests - your life is your practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-08-21 Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances - Week 7 - Doubt 1:26:24
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances

2017-08-21 The Anapanasati Sutta 55:56
Ayya Jitindriya
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-21 Guided Lovingkindness Meditation (Metta for the Neutral Person) 47:07
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Awakening Wisdom, Joy and Peace

2017-08-21 Practicing in the Forest: Attending to Mystery and Belonging 41:45
Brian Lesage
This talk explores ways of practicing in the forest that allows us to address the challenges we face in our lives on and off the cushion.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center The Natural Path to the Heart's Liberation

2017-08-21 A Taste for Freedom - What Hinders the Mind 39:19
Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-21 Reflections on Working with Clinging 58:51
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Awakening Wisdom, Joy and Peace

2017-08-20 Wisdom, Wellbeing and Awakening 47:08
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Awakening Wisdom, Joy and Peace

2017-08-20 Intro to Mudita and Guided Meditation 45:00
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Awakening Wisdom, Joy and Peace

2017-08-20 The Dynamics of Control and Understanding in our Minds and in Society 47:11
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
University of British Colombia

2017-08-20 Guided Practice - Resting into Here 14:45
Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-20 Recognizing Perceptual Distortions 1:20:11
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2017-08-20 Refuge, Refugees & Charlottesville: Dharma in 2017 40:08
Oren Jay Sofer
Reflections on what it means to walk the path of Dharma in America in 2017, examining the key practice of taking refuge as a support for meeting the challenges of our times.
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula

2017-08-20 Guided Practice - Settling into Presence 68:49
Ayya Jitindriya
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Anapanasati: The Breath of Liberation

2017-08-20 Instructions and Meditation on Joy and Impermanence 58:32
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Awakening Wisdom, Joy and Peace

2017-08-19 Skillful development of pleasure in practice and life (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:07
Sally Armstrong
Though the teachings on dukkha (suffering) are an important part of the Buddhist path, a skillful relationship to sukha (pleasure) actually played a significant part in the Buddha's awakening. This talk explores the wise use of pleasure and the cultivation of beautiful qualities of mind, especially in concentration practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2017-08-19 Fabrication and Freedom 45:51
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Awakening Wisdom, Joy and Peace

2017-08-19 Guided Lovingkindness Meditation (Metta for the Benefactor) 41:41
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Awakening Wisdom, Joy and Peace

2017-08-19 Reflections on Body Awareness, Working with Pain, Guided Metta Meditation 54:11
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Awakening Wisdom, Joy and Peace

2017-08-19 Reflection on Merce Cunningham Poem 4:58
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-18 From Directed Attention to Absorption (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 64:56
Phillip Moffitt
The path from aiming and abstaining to deepest absorption.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2017-08-18 Wise Effort and Working with the Hindrances 51:29
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Awakening Wisdom, Joy and Peace

2017-08-18 Determination 47:04
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2017-08-18 Mindfulness of Feelings, Mind, and Dhammas 61:23
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-18 Instructions and Guided Lovingkindness Meditation 42:57
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Awakening Wisdom, Joy and Peace

2017-08-18 Meditation Instructions on Patience and Working with the Breath 58:59
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Awakening Wisdom, Joy and Peace

2017-08-18 Reflection on Balanced Effort 9:14
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-17 "Hatred Never Ceases by Hatred" 49:12
James Baraz
The Buddha taught: "Hatred never ceases by hatred. Hatred only ceases by love. This is an ancient and eternal law." With tragedies like Charlottesville and the reaction of the president highlighting the forces of hate in our country in these crazy times, how can we avoid giving in to the same reaction within ourselves? How can we acknowledge our repugnance and activated feelings without adding more ill will as we emerge with a wise response? Teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela and the Buddha help us hold this all with a dharmic perspective.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2017-08-17 Mindfulness of Breath: Energy, Effort, Discovery (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:12
Eugene Cash
Various ways to practice Right Concentration focusing on the lived experience of knowing, experiencing, feeling, sensing, discovering, becoming intimate with the breath.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2017-08-17 Polish the Moon and Sweep the Clouds 39:05
Ayya Medhanandi
What stops us from realizing Truth? We face the human condition besieged with obstacles in the mind that can be overcome with a total commitment to giving up our many forms of addiction. We learn to stay present and to develop the enlightenment factors which defy all the hindrances until we see the jewels in the mind that are brighter than the sun. These are the gifts of the Path. A talk given during a 7 day Satipaññā Insight Meditation Toronto retreat at Chapin Mill Retreat Centre, Batavia, Rochester, NY.
Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT)

2017-08-17 Mindfulness of the Body 67:44
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-17 Mindfulness of the Body 67:44
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-17 Dhamma Discussion 66:42
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Shwe Oo Min DhammaDayada Meditation Centre :  2017 Vassa

2017-08-17 Sitting Instructions 23:15
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-17 Walking Instructions 14:22
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self - Not Self & the Creative Process Retreat

2017-08-16 Meditation: Filling our Body with Love 16:27
Tara Brach
When we are fully awake, love shines through our entire body and being. This meditation awakens that embodied love through the image and felt sense of the smile, scanning through the body, resting in loving presence and offering loving prayer.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-08-16 True Resilience – Part 1: Awakening through All Circumstances 50:01
Tara Brach
Spiritual resilience enables us to deepen compassion and wisdom as we navigate life’s difficulties. In this two part series, we will look at the conditions that incline us towards or away from True Resilience, and explore practical and powerful practices that nourish this precious capacity.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

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