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Dharma Talks
2017-05-29 Teaching From The Metta Sutta - Part 1 55:38
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Liberation of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat

2017-05-29 Parami: Renunciation Part 2, By Training 24:37
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-29 Parami: Renunciation: Part 1, By Choice 37:07
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-29 D’un esprit affligé vers un esprit libéré 1:19:45
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-05-29 Paying Attention to What We Pay Attention To (Drop-in at Spirit Rock) 63:32
Sally Armstrong
Sally Armstrong Monday Night Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2017-05-28 Day 6 Metta Sit: (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 26:54
Sayadaw U Jagara
Genetic-Temperature-Conditioned=Metta=Warm-up!
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-28 Bringing Dharma Into Interpersonal and Communal Life (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:12
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-28 Torments Part 2: Released 24:53
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-28 Torments Part 1: Revealed 32:30
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-28 Seeing Things as They are Through Vipassana (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:55
Nikki Mirghafori
When we see the nature of reality as impermanent, not inherently satisfying and impersonal, we don't take it all so personally. There can be more ease and freedom when we make peace with the way things are. Recorded at Spirit Rock at "Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students"
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-28 Guided Loving Kindness Meditation 47:51
Michele McDonald
How to practice Metta with an anchor, the easiest being or place where one can find - and with oneself.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Liberation of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat

2017-05-28 Vesak talk 49:25
Ayya Tathaloka
Dhammadharini

2017-05-28 Day 6 Morning Instructions: SN: "The Lump of Foam" and the 5 aggregates as bubbles, etc. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:33
Sayadaw U Jagara
Includes Q&A
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-27 Navigating the Feeling of Not Enough (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:32
Brian Lesage
This talk explores some ways to navigate the feeling of unworthiness that can arise in our lives and in our practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-27 Day 5 Guided Metta: Radiating Metta for All, Including Oneself (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:39
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-27 Rest and Courage 55:07
Michele McDonald
Connecting our attention to the truth: giving birth to insight nd wisdom nd the monarch butterfly.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Liberation of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat

2017-05-27 Wisdom: Right View: Wise Understanding 21:48
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-27 Wisdom: Right Thought: Intention & Attitude of Mind 38:24
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-27 Perception as Conditioned and as Conditionee (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:52
Sayadaw U Jagara
Sanna (pere arise together with feeling (vedana) and is a "marker" of sign and a "recognition" of the mark (sign). It can be used to protect/develop and understand mind's dynamic. What is needed for a beginner = mindfulness of the body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-27 Day 5: Metta Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 34:06
Brian Lesage
Compassion Practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-27 Compassion & Equanimity in Difficult Times, Daylong Retreat: Afternoon 66:35
Joseph Goldstein
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-05-27 Love and Emptiness 1:28:25
Ayya Anandabodhi
This is the afternoon guided meditation and talk by Ayya Anandabhodi from the monastic daylong program Entering the Heart of Practice with Ayya Santacitta and Isabelita Papa (Qigong)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Access to Awakening: Divine Sourcing vs. Self-Sourcing Afternoon guided standing meditation 25:27
Amma Thanasanti
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Access to Awakening: Divine Sourcing vs. Self-Sourcing Afternoon guided standing meditation 25:23
Amma Thanasanti
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Access to Awakening: Divine Sourcing vs. Self-Sourcing Afternoon short guided seated meditation 16:44
Amma Thanasanti
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Compassion and Equanimity in Difficult Times, Daylong Retreat: Morning 2:10:13
Joseph Goldstein
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-05-27 Access to Awakening: Divine Sourcing vs. Self-Sourcing Morning Talk 57:25
Amma Thanasanti
The Buddha taught that that key to peace, joy and happiness is release: a state of mind and heart not driven by a relentless insistence that life, in this moment, be other than as it is. This capacity for freedom is available every moment yet is often obscured by our agitated minds and wounded hearts. When we shift away from self-sourcing and turn towards any one of the many facets of awakening, and start divine sourcing we let go, and experience what is timeless, luminous and boundless. This day-long retreat will combine the steady focus and insight of Vipassana meditation, with the relational practice of inquiry to find our own access to awakening.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Access to Awakening: Divine Sourcing vs. Self-Sourcing Morning standing exercise 11:26
Amma Thanasanti
The Buddha taught that that key to peace, joy and happiness is release: a state of mind and heart not driven by a relentless insistence that life, in this moment, be other than as it is. This capacity for freedom is available every moment yet is often obscured by our agitated minds and wounded hearts. When we shift away from self-sourcing and turn towards any one of the many facets of awakening, and start divine sourcing we let go, and experience what is timeless, luminous and boundless. This day-long retreat will combine the steady focus and insight of Vipassana meditation, with the relational practice of inquiry to find our own access to awakening.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Access to Awakening: Divine Sourcing vs. Self-Sourcing Morning sitting and standing meditation 43:28
Amma Thanasanti
The Buddha taught that that key to peace, joy and happiness is release: a state of mind and heart not driven by a relentless insistence that life, in this moment, be other than as it is. This capacity for freedom is available every moment yet is often obscured by our agitated minds and wounded hearts. When we shift away from self-sourcing and turn towards any one of the many facets of awakening, and start divine sourcing we let go, and experience what is timeless, luminous and boundless. This day-long retreat will combine the steady focus and insight of Vipassana meditation, with the relational practice of inquiry to find our own access to awakening.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Responding Versus Reacting 42:09
Ayya Santacitta
This is the morning talk by Ayya Santacitta, from the monastic daylong program, Entering the Heart of Practice with Ayya Anandabhodi and Isabelita Papa (Qigong).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Day 5: Instructions and Sitting 38:02
Matthew Brensilver
Mostly a quiet sit.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-27 Day 5 Instructions: Mental Factors (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:05
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-26 Day 4: Metta Sit with Guidance (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 7:41
Sayadaw U Jagara
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-26 Refuges Part 4: Sangha 11:23
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-26 Refuges Part 3: Dhamma 11:26
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-26 Refuges Part 2: Buddha 9:18
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-26 Refuges Part 1: Introduction 16:37
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-26 Compassion and Equanimity in Difficult Times, Evening Talk 1:53:02
Joseph Goldstein
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-05-26 Day 4: Metta Sit with Guidance (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 34:47
Matthew Brensilver
Reflections and INstructions: comparing mind, envy and Mudita.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-26 Investigating the Body Leading to Investigating the Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:16
Nikki Mirghafori
In this talk, the path of gradual cultivation is discussed, starting with establishing a container of Metta/Loving-kindness. Then, we calm and unify the mind, followed by investigating the body (through four elements meditation) which leads to investigating the mind and mental factors. Recorded at Spirit Rock at "Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students"
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-26 Day 4: Instructions: : "Love God, no Needs" (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:34
Sayadaw U Jagara
4 Elements and eating meditation instructions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-26 Day 4: Instructions and Sitting (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 7:01
Brian Lesage
Becoming unfamiliar with our experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-25 Practicing with the Four Noble Truths (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:54
Brian Lesage
This talk offers a perspective on the Four Noble Truths that interweaves with our meditation practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-25 Day 3 Guided Metta: Metta for Self, Receiving Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 33:39
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-25 "Appreciating our Benefactors" 47:38
James Baraz
It’s important to recognize and appreciate all the support we receive in our spiritual practice as well as in our lives. If practice sometimes seems like a solitary experience we’re not realizing all the ways that life has been supporting us. This can be an on-going rich source of inspiration in our spiritual development and growth. We’ll explore various practices and reflections to make this come alive.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2017-05-25 From "Let Go" to "Let's Go": Provided we know where we are (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:54
Sayadaw U Jagara
Inquiry has to start with acknowledging where we are now, then further discernment will tell us a bit more about the why. Based on the morning instructions on the 4 Elements we come to know more about the dynamics of our life, i.e. the body and mind and the whole universe.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-25 Day 3: Metta Sit with Guidance (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:13
Brian Lesage
Forgiveness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-25 Day 3 Instructions: Four Elements Meditation 50:29
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-25 Day 3 Instructions and Sitting (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 37:54
Matthew Brensilver
Feeling and Internal Dialogue
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-24 Day 2: Metta sit with Guidance: Related to Examining Reality (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 26:55
Sayadaw U Jagara
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

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