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2024-11-11 Gathering Spiritual Resources in this moment. 43:58
Kate Munding
This is a time of gathering spiritual resources. To gather the wisdom and clarity that exists within. It's a time to tap into knowledge and strength that exists externally. Tonight will be an evening of self-compassion and an opening towards more clarity of how to meet this moment in time. Whether you are feeling energized to meet the greed, hate, and delusion that is so empowered right now, or you feel numb, tired, and defeated, this evening will guide you.
Assaya Sangha

2024-11-07 Keeping the Heart Open in Uncertain Times 52:18
James Baraz
This week has been a test for anyone who values kindness, compassion, and equanimity. It's understandable to get lost in fear, confusion and despair. This is when spiritual practice is needed most. How can we use our practice to develop a balance of mind in unpredictable circumstances, and relate to those who have very different perspectives from ours without getting caught in "othering"?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2024-11-06 Becoming Bodhisattvas in a Troubled World 51:37
Tara Brach
Thich Nhat Hanh said “no mud, no lotus.” How might anger, hatred and delusion—the mud of these times– give rise to a growing compassion and wisdom in our world? In this talk, we look directly at the angst surrounding the US elections and explore several powerful teachings and practices that can serve as the catalyst for profound transformation and an evolving of wisdom and love in our collective consciousness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2024-11-02 Équanimité, compassion et joie 24:13
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight

2024-10-28 Dukkha + Compassion 29:12
Anushka Fernandopulle
Reflections on training our hearts to skillfully respond to Dukkha, as it inevitably arises in ourselves and others.
Big Bear Retreat Center Three Views for Freedom

2024-10-17 On the Cross of Compassion 22:11
Ayya Medhanandi
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Noble Mind, Fearless Heart

2024-10-15 Suffering and Compassion 41:43
Juha Penttilä
Dharma Talk
Gaia House Liberating and Compassionate Ways of Looking

2024-10-14 Compassion Works 26:56
Ayya Medhanandi
Madison Insight Meditation Group :  Noble Mind, Fearless Heart

2024-10-06 Quatre qualités du coeur 33:15
Pascal Auclair
Quelques mots sur la joie, la compassion, l’équanimité et la bienveillance et une pratique guidée sur quelques unes d’entre elles.
True North Insight Présence et silence au cœur de la nature

2024-09-28 Balancing Equanimity and Compassion 33:57
Matthew Brensilver
Big Bear Retreat Center Love and Rest

2024-09-27 Exploring The Beauty And Power Of Love In Nature 43:53
Mark Coleman
The natural world is a playground for the heart - where love/metta, compassion and joy can be experienced in abundance. Nature is a perfect environment to cultivate these innate heart qualities and where they can also arise effortlessly.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild: September 2024

2024-09-18 Waking up from Bias: A Conversation with Tara and Anurag (Anu) Gupta 55:15
Tara Brach
Given how our biases create separation and unfold into violence and suffering, this is a crucial domain for each of us to explore. In this interview, author and teacher Anurag Gupta offers his wise perspectives and invites Tara to share some of what she has learned in navigating this terrain. We explore how to come into a healing relationship with unhealthy thoughts; forgiving ourselves for bias (it’s impersonal); the inner freedom that arises from releasing bias; and how to awaken compassion and deep respect for those we have habitually dehumanized. The interview closes with Tara leading a brief reflection on undoing bias. Anu’s recent book is: Breaking Bias – Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From – and the Science-backed Method to Unravel Them – 2024. Also available on Anu’s website at: https://www.bemorewithanu.com.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2024-09-11 What is Love Asking from Us? A Conversation between Tara Brach & Gabor Maté 61:04
Tara Brach
In this conversation, Tara Brach and Gabor Maté come together to explore the heart-wrenching situation in Gaza through the lens of the Bodhisattva path. Drawing from the Bodhisattva path – the commitment to alleviate suffering for all beings – they explore the importance of compassion and engaged spirituality in responding to the oppression and trauma experienced by the Palestinian and Israeli people. This conversation is an invitation to examine our own spiritual practices and to consider how we can embody the Bodhisattva spirit in today’s world, breaking the silence and standing in solidarity with all who are suffering. It was offered as part of a series of conversations that accompany a poignant and heartbreaking film – “Where Olive Trees Weep” – about the struggles and resilience of Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. Access to the full program and the film is by donation – link here.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2024-09-06 Lovingkindness and Compassion Practice - Meditation 42:55
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Fall Residential Retreat

2024-09-06 Lovingkindness and Compassion Practice - Talk 47:12
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Fall Residential Retreat

2024-08-23 The Intersection of Compassion and Equanimity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:31
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Lovingkindness Retreat

2024-08-19 Compassion with Land as Dharma Teacher 38:52
Erin Treat
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Land as Dharma Teacher

2024-08-14 The Shared Heart of Spiritual Teachings and Practices 60:03
Donald Rothberg
The Dalai Lama has said, “My religion is kindness," suggesting that the core of spirituality is both beyond any particular religion and does not require religion. We explore, in a similar way, how the basics of Buddhist teachings and practices-- related to ethics, kindness and compassion, wisdom, and touching nibbana--can be understood and expressed in ordinary, everyday language and at its heart is both shared by other spiritual traditions and potentially beyond any particular tradition. The talk is followed by discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2024-08-14 Guided Meditation Exploring Several Foundational Practices 35:31
Donald Rothberg
Related to the talk given after the guided meditation on the foundational practices and how we can talk very simply about them, we begin remembering our grounding in ethics, and then develop concentration, then mindfulness and wisdom, and later the kind and compassionate heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2024-08-13 Guided Meditation - Expanding Metta to the Challenging Through Appreciation & Compassion 44:42
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Empowering Kindness

2024-08-07 A Noble Heart 28:24
Ayya Medhanandi
We can't think our way to awakening. How then can we ennoble the heart? Practising right resort will purify the mind with present moment awareness. We give truth a voice, a prevailing knowing reinforced by mindfulness and wisdom. Instead of allowing delusion to rob us of our chance to awaken, we burn it away in its many guises of selfishness, hatred, despair and a host of dark states of mind. Patiently, faithfully, and gently, we navigate the way to true peace, unconditional love, and compassion.
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

2024-07-31 Living from Our Depths 2 62:08
Donald Rothberg
We continue with our exploration of how we contact what is "deep" in our lives and in life, and how we stay connected with our depths in our practice. We initially give a review of some of what we explored last week, recalling some of the many metaphors used for deepening in our lives in spiritual traditions, including awakening, being on a journey, liberation, seeing clearly whereas previously we didn't see clearly, coming to wholeness, among others. We recall the Buddhist emphasis on wisdom (especially the three ways of seeing that liberate--seeing into impermanence, dukkha or reactivity, and not-self; as well as touching nibbana); compassion; and skillful action. We hear also from several people sharing their experiences of their depths. We then explore a number of ways to stay connected in daily life with our depths, including several not mentioned last week. The talk is followed by discussion, including sharing of some ways that people in the group find helpful in terms of staying connected with their depths, including using phrases like "Begin again" and "Keep coming back."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2024-07-25 Bodhicitta: Compassion and Emptiness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 66:16
Joseph Goldstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight Meditation Retreat

2024-07-24 Living from Our Depths 1 62:53
Donald Rothberg
How do we live from the depths of our being? We explore this question in a number of different ways. We begin by looking at some of the metaphors for "spiritual practice" (itself involving metaphors), including the sense of touching and living from our depths, becoming a "big person" (a Mahaatta in the Buddha's phrasing), awakening, being on a journey, and seeing through our conditioning, delusions, and the 70,000 veils (as is said in Islamic tradition). In Buddhist tradition, we especially connect, as in the image of the bird with two wings, with wisdom and compassion, and with ways to bring these qualities into our actions and interactions. After inviting several people to share experiences of their depths, we then explore a number of different ways to stay connected in daily life with our depths. The talk is followed by discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2024-07-20 Guided meditation on compassion 51:43
Sally Armstrong
Compassion for self and all beings
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Nature of Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students

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