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Dharma Talks
2021-12-22 Morning Reflection: Balancing Sensitivity and Safety 59:05
Mark Nunberg
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 2021

2021-12-21 Appreciating Equanimity 50:59
Mark Nunberg
Equanimity can develop into a radiant and powerful balance of heart and mind that provides both a taste of freedom and clarifies the path of practice. Equanimity arises both by learning to recognize and abide with any wholesome experience of wellbeing, and by the deepening insight into the transitory, ephemeral nature of all things leading onward to dispassion
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 2021

2021-12-21 Winter Solstice: Beginning Again with Meditation 64:23
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on honoring the Winter Solstice through beginning our path again with preliminary instructions on Insight meditation. The talk is followed by a 30 minute guided meditation.
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2021-12-21 Mindfulness of thoughts 45:10
Dawn Scott
Guided meditation on relating wisely to thoughts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center "Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light" with Heather Sundberg, Oren Jay Sofer, SEP and Dawn Scott

2021-12-20 Setting An Intention Of The Heart Dharma Talk | Monday Night Talk 50:13
Jack Kornfield
When we sit quietly and face the stillness, we start the feel the grief that we carry—and the immense beauty of life. When we get quiet we can see in a new way. Make of yourself a light. It’s never too late to start over and set an intention of the heart. It could be as simple as “I vow to be kind.” By aligning our dedication with our highest intention, we chart the course of our whole being. Then no matter how hard the voyage and how big the setbacks, we know where we are headed.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2021-12-20 Gratitude Generosity and Renunciation 12:31
Bhante Bodhidhamma
There are Ten Perfection. I have centred on two: Generosiy and Renunciation. How with Gratitude they form a virtuous circle which can lead to liberation.
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2021-12-20 Nourish And Connect Meditation | Monday Night 27:23
Jack Kornfield
Release whatever wants to be let go of in this moment. Let yourself become loving awareness itself. Feel yourself relax with each breath. You can nourish, connect, and come to rest. As you feel the breath come and go, there will likely be a stream of thoughts. Bow to your thoughts and say to yourself, “I love it when they come, and I love it when they go.” You can rest here and now in the reality of the present.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2021-12-20 Facets of a Love 14:30
Bhante Bodhidhamma
LOve is a big subjects. I've taken a few qualities to look at
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2021-12-20 Guided Meditation & Instructions 62:06
Oren Jay Sofer
Building on Samatha practice, we begin to include physical sensations and sound in our practice. This meditation also offers pointers on working with unpleasant sensations.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center "Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light" with Heather Sundberg, Oren Jay Sofer, SEP and Dawn Scott

2021-12-20 Morning Reflection: Working with Mental Storms 18:59
Mark Nunberg
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 2021

2021-12-19 Dharma Talk - This Is The Way It Is 42:57
Laura Bridgman
Gaia House The Courageous Heart

2021-12-19 Enjoying Presence 40:53
Ajahn Sucitto
We become entangled in the creations and reactions that arise based on ignorance. Mindfulness immersed in the body is where we can experience release from the powerful reflexes and currents. Translate the complexities of thoughts into the simplicity of emotional drives, and feel them in the body. Tune into what’s given – awareness, presence, stability – this is comfortable, this is pleasure, this is our basic ground.
Cittaviveka

2021-12-19 Retreat and Dukkha and Sukha 1:32:43
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community SFI Sunday Nights

2021-12-19 Teachings, leading into Silent Meditation 31:39
Laura Bridgman
Finding the Centre - Steadying in the Midst of Fear
Gaia House The Courageous Heart

2021-12-19 Refuge in Buddha, Dharma, Sangha 43:38
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2021-12-19 First Day Meditation Instructions 33:33
Heather Sundberg
Guided Meditation on Grounding, Posture, Sound and Breath, concluding with Orienting Practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center "Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light" with Heather Sundberg, Oren Jay Sofer, SEP and Dawn Scott

2021-12-18 Dharma Talk - Exploring Courage - Attending to Fear 50:21
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House The Courageous Heart

2021-12-18 Guided Meditation 41:36
Kirsten Kratz
Arriving in the body, kindly and courageously.
Gaia House The Courageous Heart

2021-12-18 Visceral Enlightenment: Somatic Practice as a Dharma Path 1:31:19
Martin Aylward, Willa Baker
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Visceral Enlightenment: Somatic Practice as a Dharma Path

2021-12-18 Reflections on finding our way in practice. 53:35
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 2021

2021-12-17 The Ocean Cares for Each Wave 24:01
Ayya Medhanandi
Though we may feel lost in the world, on the path of purification we find secure refuge and blessings shower down upon us. It is by the power of our own mind that we bring forth what is resplendent in this world. We use suffering as our teacher and live in forgiveness, gratitude, and clear seeing – grounded in the treasures of Truth. Doesn't the ocean care for each wave until it reaches the farther shore? Just so, we entrust our aspiration to liberate the heart in the care and protection of the Dhamma.
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

2021-12-17 Meditation and Dhamma talk on cessation 1:33:47
Bhante Sujato
Meditation and Dhamma talk on cessation by Bhante Sujato. Cycles of life: cessation is bliss. The ending of things makes new things possible. The story of the long-lived arahant. Q+A: The top ten suttas. Psychic powers.
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • Top Ten Suttas (and ten more to read as well) by Bhante Sujato (Link)

2021-12-16 Samatha and Vipassana in Harmony, Talk 2 of 3: Summary of the 3-part Program, and Overview of Vipassana Practice 1:21:20
Tina Rasmussen
Insight Meditation Tucson

2021-12-16 Todo en La Vida es Temporal 1:37:48
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2021-12-16 Reflections on the Buddha’s advice to Bahiya 63:43
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 2021

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