2002-08-14 The Third Foundation Of Mindfulness: Mental States 47:28
Michael Grady	Download Listen
Practicing mindfulness with mental states, emotions and reactions.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2002-08-13 Being Enlightened by All Things 42:56
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2002-08-13 Second Foundation Of Mindfulness - Awareness Of Pleasant, Unpleasant And Neutral 45:27
Narayan Helen Liebenson	Download Listen
The second foundation of mindfulness is the awareness of pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling. Awareness of the texture of our experiences brings liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-08-13 Mindfulness Of The Body 46:57
Michael Grady	Download Listen
The first foundation of mindfulness - being more present through various awareness practices related to the body.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2002-08-12 Learning to Live with Generosity 1:33:41
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2002-08-12 Meditation in Daily Life 37:54
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2002-08-12 Guided Metta Meditation 1 42:04
Narayan Helen Liebenson	Download Listen

2002-08-12 The Perfection of Truth 66:13
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-08-11 Inspiration For Practice 42:20
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Cultivating an open heart for our changing lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-08-09 Tibetan Meditation 1:20:28
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2002-08-07 Faith 56:10
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
at CIMC
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2002-08-07 Hold My Hand 61:36
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-08-06 Vipaka kamma 49:25
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2002-08-05 The Practice of Patience 45:58
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Poor quality original recording
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-08-04 Dantabhumi sutta Balancing energy of body and thought 1:31:03
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2002-08-03 Satisampajanna - Bright Kamma 51:01
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2002-08-02 Carrot 22:04
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Just as seeing-eye dogs (Carrot is one), our minds need training in order to become our guides and allies. To meditate is to train the mind to be insightful, to become a seeing-eye mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-08-01 What Matters 38:26
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2002-07-31 Reverence For Life: The Essence Of Engaged Buddhism 56:46
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The bodhisattva path arises out of a love for life. We awaken this love as we realize our belonging to our inner life, each other and the natual world.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2002-07-30 Life As Practice 37:26
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
The path that brings us to a place of openness requires learning from the actual circumstances of our outer and inner lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-07-29 Foundation for the People of Burma 1:26:36
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
with Michele McDonald and Steven Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-07-29 Putting Down The Aggregates - part II 49:07
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
This talk is about understanding the five aggregates of clinging and seeing them as not self.
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula

2002-07-28 Fear, Individuation and the Thirst for Truth 58:56
Gavin Harrison	Download Listen

2002-07-27 Faith and Practice in Daily Life 51:07
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen

2002-07-27 Faith and Practice in Daily Life 52:19
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen

2002-07-27 Guided Meditation 19:52
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-07-26 Equanimity And Change 50:16
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Through the practice of equanimity we are able to face the changing conditions of our lives with balance, spaciousness and great care.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2002-07-26 Relationship And Metta 38:02
Thanissara	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Thanissara

2002-07-25 The Four Noble Truths And Blessing 44:49
Thanissara	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Thanissara

2002-07-25 Relative and Absolute Truths 59:40
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen

2002-07-25 Relative and Absolute Truth 61:04
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen

2002-07-24 Instructions On Listening Inwardly and Outwardly 29:25
Thanissara	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Thanissara

2002-07-23 Movements Beyond Structure 40:46
Thanissara	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Thanissara

2002-07-23 The 4 Brahma Viharas 52:37
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-07-23 Brahma Viharas 52:01
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen

2002-07-22 Instructions On Contemplation Of Body And Feeling 41:11
Thanissara	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Thanissara

2002-07-22 Faith and One Dharma 56:24
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
with Sharon and Joseph
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-07-22 Putting Down The Aggregates - part I 41:52
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
This talk is about understanding the five aggregates of clinging and seeing them as not self.
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula

2002-07-21 The Buddha, Renunciation, Samadhi 46:23
Thanissara	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Thanissara

2002-07-21 Freedom As Essence Of All Dhammas 56:09
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

2002-07-21 Desire: the Driving Force of Samsara 55:56
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen

2002-07-21 Desire: The Driving Force of Samsara 56:21
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen

2002-07-20 Under The Rose Apple Tree 59:48
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

2002-07-20 The Dissolution of Torment 45:47
Gavin Harrison	Download Listen

2002-07-20 Transcendent Dependent Origination 54:49
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
In his teachings on dependent origination found in the Upanisa Sutta of the Samyutta Nikaya, the Buddha explained the path in such positive terms as joy, rapture, tranquillity, and happiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-07-20 Going Forth, Fear And Monastic Life 58:02
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2002-07-19 A Unified Heart 40:46
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

2002-07-19 Opening Talk and Refuges with Kamala and Steve 55:01
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen

2002-07-19 Opening Talk 56:16
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
with Kamala Masters and Steve Armstrong

2002-07-18 The Great Compassion Repentance Ceremony 43:45
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

2002-07-17 The Unconditioned And The Power Of The Kuan Yin 57:11
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

2002-07-17 Working with Judgments 62:43
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-07-17 The Equanimous Heart 54:40
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
When we understand that our happiness and unhappiness depends on our actions, then we can act with intentions that are loving and generous. This is what brings about the happiness we long for.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-07-16 Ways Of Exploring Suffering 41:44
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

2002-07-15 Shipwrecks, The Mange, And Joys Of the Path 53:15
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

2002-07-15 Perfection of Wisdom 57:46
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-07-14 Instructions On Flexibility In Practice 43:17
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

2002-07-14 When You Love Someone, Your Eyelashes Go Up And Down 47:12
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Metta practice works it's magic by reflecting back our momentary experience so we can see where we are still holding. Embracing these parts of ourselves leads us to the boundless heart of metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-07-13 Alchemy Of Body And Breath 45:59
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

2002-07-13 A Care for the Present moment 1:33:43
Gavin Harrison	Download Listen

2002-07-13 Metta and the Purification of the heart 54:48
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen

2002-07-12 Jhana Factors 44:41
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

2002-07-08 Perfection of Energy 46:47
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-07-08 Reflection And Insight 34:37
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
This talk describes the use of contemplation and reflection in the meditation practice and explains the difference between reflective and discursive thought.
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula

2002-07-07 Refuge In The Triple Gem 41:52
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
This talk includes reflections on the practical and transcendent aspects of going to the Triple Gem of refuge.
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula

2002-07-05 Learning To Live In Real Time (Part Iii) 1:14:40
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
The mind is dominated by clinging to the past and the imagined future. Even the present is not experienced directly. Why do we so frequently avoid, now? What does it mean to live in real time?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Old Yogi Retreat

2002-07-04 Taming Karmic Impulses 46:58
Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia	Download Listen
As meditators, we develop the capacity to relate anew to sensory input so that we are less and less preoccupied with the content of sensations, feelings and thoughts. From this new vantage point we are more able to see the clinging that leads to suffering.
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula

2002-07-04 A Positive Attitude 42:27
Corrado Pensa	Download Listen
Developing a positive attitude as much as we can throughout the day is an essential development of practice. Hindrances to it are explored and a few suggestions are offered.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Old Yogi Retreat

2002-07-03 Learning To Live In Real Time (Ii) 47:00
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
The mind is dominated by clinging to the past and the imagined future. Even the present is not experienced directly. Why do we so frequently avoid, now? What does it mean to live in real time?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Old Yogi Retreat

2002-07-03 Keeping the Faith 57:05
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-07-03 Visit with Yanai and Katherine 34:23
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen

2002-07-01 Renunciation 62:29
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-06-30 Not Here, Not There 34:24
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
We often make a division, a duality, between a retreat and daily life. Is there reality in this division or it is a projection of our mind?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-06-29 Embrace Of Suffering And 9/11 47:12
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
This talk explores issues of struggle following 9/11, ways to resolve suffering. These teachings emphasize the necessity to explore deeply our relationship to each other.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2002-06-29 Inquiry 54:25
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Christopher engages in individual inquiry at the frong of the hall with five yogis at a retreat at spirit rock.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2002-06-29 Introduction To The Retreat, Refuges And Precepts 60:58
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Importance of taking refuge as a ritual and as a practice in itself. The precepts cannot develop unless they're rooted in the practice and in the refuges. Basic meditation instructions and word of encouragement.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Old Yogi Retreat

2002-06-29 Responsibility 45:04
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
What prevents me from being responsible here and now? Be aware of superficial explanations about your circumstances or busyness. Continue to ask the question through the range of excuses. Whenever the mind stops and says, "This is the reason," pause, and ask yourself if this is true. Is your ability to hold responsibility strengthened through living this question?
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2002-06-29 Embrace Of Suffering And 9/11 46:40
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
This talk explores issues of struggle following 9/11, ways to resolve suffering. These teachings emphasize the necessity to explore deeply our relationship to each other.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-06-24 Q&A 66:26
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-06-24 Questions and Answers 65:53
Jack Kornfield, Ajahn Sundara, Tami Postlenik	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-06-23 From Self Judgement To Being Yourself 31:02
Diana Winston	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-06-22 Happiness And The Obstacles To Happiness 37:39
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
This talk describes how meditation leads to an increased sense of presence and acceptance in our lives. It also describes how to work with thoughts in a skillful way.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-06-17 Virtuous Heart 59:18
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-06-15 Seeing The Feeling In The Feeling 46:47
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2002-06-14 Opening Kwan Yin Dharmas 54:41
Thanissara	Download Listen
Unifying wisdom and compassion, cultivating Bodhisattva Heart, use of prayer.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-06-14 Taking Refuge In The Dhamma (Truth) 46:42
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
As we learn to trust the Dhamma we learn to trust our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2002-06-12 Faith Practices of the Third Zen Patriarch 63:23
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen

2002-06-11 Cultivating A Peaceful Abiding Echo 30:46
Thanissara	Download Listen

2002-06-10 Generosity 66:32
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-06-09 Navigating Through The Darkness 47:48
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Developing a taste for the truth rather than being lost in the darkness of our complicated evasions of the truth.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2002-06-08 Vipassana Meditation In Daily Life 46:07
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Focus on bringing to our daily lives and relationships the same vitality, motivation and interest that characterizes our formal meditation practice.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2002-06-06 Metta & Intention 59:28
Carol Wilson	Download Listen

2002-06-05 Self Knowing - A Quiet Passion (6) 1:46:15
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center :  CIMC Wednesday Talks

2002-06-05 Mindfulness as Intuition Practice 1:11:29
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-06-05 The Essence Of Love And Wisdom 59:42
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
What do our hearts truly need and want? How does loving ourselves and others happen? How does the heart open the essence of love and wisdom?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta Retreat

2002-06-03 Tending the Garden of the Heart 59:33
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-06-02 Sublime Contingency 41:51
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen

2002-06-02 Brahma Vihara - Metta 29:25
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta Retreat

2002-06-01 Emptiness, Empathy, & Acts 48:36
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen

2002-06-01 Right Speech 2 33:12
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen