Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks in English

2017-09-17 06 Staying in Touch with the “I” before the “Am” 52:07
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Many of us are susceptible to certain perceptual signals that communicate codes of obligation and pressure. Citta becomes secondary to these signals and we lose our sense of wholeness, balance and presence. The advice is to pause and check in with the subjective sense, the “I” before the “am”. As you come into wholeness its energies can change, and we can stop going back to our “I am” habits.
London Insight Meditation : "I" without "Am" … the Open Field of Mind

2017-09-17 The Buddha's Teachings on Emptiness - Part 1 - Meditation 30:19
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center : The Buddha's Teachings on Emptiness

2017-09-17 The Buddha's Teachings on Emptiness - Part 1 - Talk 37:16
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center : The Buddha's Teachings on Emptiness

2017-09-17 Morning Instructions - Shifting the focus of attention 45:16
James Baraz	Download Listen
Using breath sensations and sounds. How to turn attention from one to another with ease and attention.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-09-16 The Hinderances At The Heart Of Our Practice 47:07
John Martin	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-09-16 Question and Answer Session 54:13
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Martin answers questions from students on the closing night of the retreat. Subjects covered include Martins own relationship to dharma practice, questions about integration, exploring Buddhist teachings and working with various obstacles.
Gaia House : Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2017-09-16 05 Guided Meditation – Ground as a Reference Point 26:34
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Beginning with standing position, take time to sense the space around that is non-intrusive, safe. Strengthening from the ground up, through the arch of the foot, and sending signals down, rooting. When you do feel centered you can maintain a center – that’s the most important thing.
London Insight Meditation : "I" without "Am" … the Open Field of Mind

2017-09-16 04 Sense of Self 19:39
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The sense of orientation is a requirement, and it brings up the sense of self. It generates relationally, in response to objects, others, memories, etc. Generally that “me” sense is a set of mental impressions, not something fixed or solid. In relational context, the theme then is to maintain a sense of presence, establish primary reference, and use the body to get a feeling for that.
London Insight Meditation : "I" without "Am" … the Open Field of Mind

2017-09-16 The Spiritual Journey 52:22
Diana Winston	Download Listen
In this talk, Diana weaves together stories from her own spiritual journey with what she sees as universal aspects of the spiritual path. She talks about obstacles that arise on the path, learning to love ourselves more deeply, the power of liberating insights, and the journey to resting in Natural Awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation for the Curious

2017-09-16 03 Standing Meditation – Whole Presence & Balance 23:11
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Standing posture is in between sitting and walking. Standing immediately asks for whole presence and balance. These are great reference points – losing these throws us into structures of identification. [Walking instructions begin 18:37] Sustain sense of embodied presence. Notice tendencies to engage with eyes, pull with head, lose parts of the body. The whole body walks as space opens around your body.
London Insight Meditation : "I" without "Am" … the Open Field of Mind

2017-09-16 02 Guided Meditation – 3 Reference Points: Presence, Whole, Balance 29:32
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Guidance to sense into the 3 reference points, something the body knows but mind doesn’t. Amplify the sense of here-ness, lessen the sense of place and time. A here that’s always here, lessening engagement with what’s not always here. Best done in the experience of body.
London Insight Meditation : "I" without "Am" … the Open Field of Mind

2017-09-16 Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 33:30
Diana Winston	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation for the Curious

2017-09-16 Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:30
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation for the Curious

2017-09-16 01 Self Is an Addition to What’s Already Here 21:36
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The fundamental unit of existence is “me” and we try to fill in this existence, “myself”, the center that orients my actions. The mind creates entities, fixed objects. In meditation we can see they’re not fixed at all, just resonances.
London Insight Meditation : "I" without "Am" … the Open Field of Mind

2017-09-16 Morning Teachings - Meditation and the Nature of Experience 67:13
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Meditation instruction for attending to the fluidity of experience, for tracking the naturally unfolding nature of phenomena in body, heart, mind and world.
Gaia House : Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2017-09-16 Morning Instructions 62:53
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-09-15 Mindfulness with Right View 60:06
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-09-15 Meeting What Is With Awareness & Kindness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:55
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation for the Curious

2017-09-15 The five spiritual faculties: samadhi/collectedness and wisdom. 44:01
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : September 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2017-09-15 Imina Punya - Sharing of Blessings Chant in Pali 3:52
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Chanting the sharing of the blessings of our practice for the benefit of all beings
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

2017-09-15 Introduction To Metta Practice - Self and Benefactor 50:05
James Baraz	Download Listen
Basics of Metta practice, including the first two categories of Self and Benefactor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-09-15 Meditating in the Chitta Field 1:17:51
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
These morning meditation instructions explore the expanding of attention, to including the various elements of emotional experience and mental states that colour consciousness.
Gaia House : Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2017-09-15 On Happiness, Joy, Fulfillment and Freeness 45:30
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Martin explores resources for wellbeing, noting the importance of being nourished and uplifted by our practice, in order for it to be sustainable. He looks at the nature of happiness and our relationship to pleasure; the practice of opening up to joy, and points to ways in which dharma practice is fulfilling and freeing.
Gaia House : Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2017-09-15 Morning Instructions 43:42
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-09-14 "Loving Kindness" 53:20
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
An attempt to look at how this practice known as loving kindness can really apply in a broader way than just a meditation.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2017-09-14 Healing Layers of Dukkha 47:12
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Martin explores the layers of Basic Dukkha, Reactive Dukkha and Judgemental Dukkha; exploring how they show up in different areas of our experience and pointing to different ways of meeting, exploring and healing our relationship with painful experience.
Gaia House : Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2017-09-14 Mindfulness of Breathing 58:06
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Explores mindfulness of breathing in the context of mindfulness of the body, which is in the context of right mindfulness. Describes connecting and sustaining.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-09-14 Dhamma Discussion 1:48:20
Sayadaw U Tejaniya	Download Listen
Shwe Oo Min DhammaDayada Meditation Centre : 2017 Vassa

2017-09-14 Morning Teachings - Meditating with Physical Discomfort 1:11:12
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Some advice on working with physical and postural discomfort, as well as with meditative discomfort, the heat and tensions that show up when we meditate, as we process the unwinding of various somatized patterns and emotional residue.
Gaia House : Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2017-09-13 Ecodharma: Buddhism in a Time of Crisis 62:44
David Loy	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2017-09-13 Meditation: Arriving in Stillness 15:36
Ruth King	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-09-13 The Racial Awareness Rubik - What we forget but must remember 44:52
Ruth King	Download Listen
This talk explores six hindrances to racial harmony and six principles that support a culture of care, as well as the Buddha’s teachings on the Two Truth Doctrine and Misperception. Enjoy a blog written by Aryenish Birdie after attending the talk: "Why People of Color and White Folks Think About Race Differently." http://encompassmovement.org/why-people-of-color-and-white-folks-think-about-race-differently/
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-09-13 An Embodied Look at Consciousness 39:25
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Martin explores the two pali terms for consciousness - Vinnyana and Chitta. He looks at their functioning in experience, and how we can inhabit our conscious experience to as to meet, explore and understand it better.
Gaia House : Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2017-09-13 On being, part 2 51:40
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2017-09-13 On being, part 1, Instructions and guided meditation 36:49
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2017-09-13 The Two Arrows 2 66:08
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We review the core teaching of the Two Arrows in terms of individual practice, and then understand its application in the social context as exemplified by Dr. King's nonviolence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-09-13 Morning Teachings - Meditation is Right Here 53:19
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Martin explores the ground of meditation practice as the right-here-ness of experience and awareness. He points to an embodied practice, opening ourselves up to an availability to whatever presents itself.
Gaia House : Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2017-09-12 Angulimala: An Ethical Transformation 27:30
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
In this first talk in a lecture series on the Great Disciples, the speaker, Shaila Catherine, tells the life story of Angulimala and his transformation from notorious robber and murdered to a peaceful, compassionate, truthful, and awakened monk. It is an inspiring example of the power of restraint, and the potential for redemption. Habits and dispositions do not need to control our lives. We can stop unwholesome, unhealthy, and harmful courses of conduct. We can purify our minds.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: The Great Disciples: People and Personalities in the Buddha's Community

2017-09-12 The Great Disciples: People and Personalities in the Buddha's Community 3:50:04

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with Ayya Santussika, Ed Haertel, Margaret Gainer, Shaila Catherine, Thanissaro Bhikkhu

The early Buddhist sangha included some accomplished and intriguing disciples--lay and monastic, male and female. By searching the literature of the Pali Canon, contemporary scholars have been able to compile biographical information, infer personality traits, and gain a vivid sense of the human relationships and life-stories that formed the earliest Buddhist community. This speaker series will explore the lives, practice, and teachings of several of the great disciples of the Buddha. The series will illuminate both the ordinary and extraordinary contributions of some of the most interesting personalities whose questions, challenges, and life situations shaped the teachings that we cherish today.

Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2017-09-12 Redemption Song 33:15
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2017-09-12 Giving it Back to Nature - Opening Talk 28:12
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Martin speaks about Ajahn Buddhadasa and his description of practice as giving back to nature what we have wrongly appropriated from her.
Gaia House : Awakening in Stillness and Movement

2017-09-12 Talk: karma 52:31
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Karma and forgiveness
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-12 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Course - Week 1 1:28:24

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Course (2017)

2017-09-11 Buddhist Studies Course - The Three Refuges - Week 1 1:29:27

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - The Three Refuges

2017-09-10 Mind Being Aware of Mind 1:29:05

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Weekly Dharma Series

2017-09-10 What is consciousness? 49:34
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2017-09-10 Talk: equanimity 48:42
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-10 Heaven and Hell have Doors in Perception 54:55
Nathan Glyde	Download Listen
Not about Aldous Huxley's great books, but an exploration of the proximity of those disparate states of being; heavenly moments and hellish ones. Exploring how our reactions to the unfolding experience of life in a wise and kind manner shape what we see. Not offered as a panacea but as a compassionate response that brings intimacy and potential to all of our lives.
SanghaSeva : One Day Frome

2017-09-10 Introducing a Full and Easy Breath 44:15
Nathan Glyde	Download Listen
Is it possible to breath into, through, and with all aspects of our experience?
SanghaSeva : One Day Frome

2017-09-09 Noble Eightfold Path, Right View Part 2 35:53
Ayya Santussika	Download Listen
First of a series of 9 day-longs, offered by Eastbay Dhamma. This is the afternoon session on the theme of Right View.
Karuna Buddhist Vihara