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Dharma Talks
2001-09-30 Metta, Equanimity And Emotions 48:33
Steven Smith
When we are still in the midst of emotions, mindfulness draws forth metta and equanimity and helps us to see the layered nature of our own feelings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1

2001-09-28 Staying In Touch With Mystery 51:52
Robert K. Hall
After the horror of September 11, 2001 the mystery of our suffering can become our healing.
In collection: In Response to September 11

2001-09-27 Collective And Individual Shadow In Contemporary Times 48:58
John Travis
The creation of war begins in the mind. Can we own the shadow in ourselves that wages war with our own experience? Can we see this in the roots of the incredible violence in the world? What would it be to put down the collective and individual struggles that we keep creating?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-09-27 Awakening Of Faith 65:31
Joseph Goldstein
Discovering how faith arises, and how we can sustain its great and useful power in our practice and our lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-09-27 Collective And Individual Shadow In Contemporary Times 48:47
John Travis
The creation of war begins in the mind. Can we own the shadow in ourselves that wages war with our own experience? Can we see this in the roots of the incredible violence in the world? What would it be to put down the collective and individual struggles that we keep creating?
In collection: In Response to September 11

2001-09-26 Vulnerability In Opening To Things As They Are 38:34
Steven Smith
Preparing the ground for insight to emerge by developing a deep inner calm.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1

2001-09-26 No One Separate 1:23:51
Sylvia Boorstein

2001-09-25 Meditation In The Eight Fold Path 57:29
Guy Armstrong
Turning to awakeness through effort, concentration, and the knowing quality of mindfulness that is the gateway to wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-09-24 Response to 9/11, with Salaam Kajlil 58:00
Jack Kornfield

2001-09-24 Response to 9/11/01, with Salaam Kajlili 55:36
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-09-23 Open Talk of Three Month Course 1:11:45
Joseph Goldstein
with Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-09-23 Opening of 3 Month Course 1:13:29
Joseph Goldstein, Carol Wilson
JG267, MD155
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1

2001-09-21 Love and Freedom 1:29:32
John Peacock
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-09-19 Self Knowing and the Terrorist Crisis 1:57:12
Larry Rosenberg

2001-09-19 In Response to September 11 7:25:54
with Gavin Harrison, Jack Kornfield, James Baraz, John Travis, Larry Rosenberg, Narayan Helen Liebenson, Robert K. Hall

2001-09-19 Self-knowing And The Terrorist Crisis Q&A 54:44
Larry Rosenberg
Please note that some of the comments and questions from the audience in this segment may be difficult to hear, but the main speaker is not.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
In collection: In Response to September 11

2001-09-19 Self-knowing And The Terrorist Crisis 55:59
Larry Rosenberg
Being able to connect with an inner silence amidst the outer turmoil will help the mind become clear and find beneficial ways to meet the challenges that face us. Many issues surrounding the crisis are discussed. Encouragement and suggestions are given for putting the teachings to the test of practice at a critical time.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
In collection: In Response to September 11

2001-09-18 An Appropriate Response? 1:15:46
Eugene Cash
Question and answer about the events of September 11th, 2001.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-09-17 Untitled 45:52
Lama Palden

2001-09-12 September 12th, 2001 1:41:55
Sylvia Boorstein

2001-09-12 Dharma Talk 1:11:12
Joseph Goldstein

2001-09-12 Untitled 36:06
Sylvia Boorstein

2001-09-11 The Abundance Of Generosity 46:56
Fred Von Allmen
Gaia House Retreat with Fred Von Allmen

2001-09-11 The Implications of Impermanence 47:29
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-09-10 The Indryas 49:32
Fred Von Allmen
Gaia House Retreat with Fred Von Allmen

2001-09-10 Four Maras 58:32
John Travis

2001-09-10 Four Maras 59:47
John Travis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-09-09 Changing Course of Heart and Mind 49:30
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-09-02 Arriving 47:30
Sharda Rogell
Gaia House Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2001-09-01 Loosening Our Attachment to Views 47:06
Sharda Rogell
Gaia House Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2001-08-29 Paramis Series #7: Truthfulness 53:27
Steve Armstrong
Speaking and acting with integrity supports social harmony, tranquillity of mind and awakening of wisdom.
Maui, Hi

2001-08-28 Guided Meditation: Nature Of Mind 35:23
Steve Armstrong
A guided journey that explores Mind and encourages a tranquil and spacious mind.
Maui, Hi

2001-08-27 The Heart's Respect 64:29
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-08-27 The Heart's Respect 66:02
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-08-27 Paramis Series #4: Wisdom 63:45
Steve Armstrong
The title says it all.
Maui, Hi

2001-08-26 Growing Confidence in the Dharma 59:24
Steve Armstrong
Maui, Hi

2001-08-26 Kamma 59:50
Steve Armstrong
The law of Kamma is an articulation of what has been observed as the mind unfolds. It offers a lesson from the past and an opportunity for the future.
Maui, Hi

2001-08-22 Nature of Mind 1:23:58
Norman Fischer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-08-22 Nature of Mind 1:27:29
Norman Fischer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-08-20 Paramis Series #3: Renunciation 59:09
Steve Armstrong
Abandonment, conservation, growing up, restraint and understanding help disentangle the mind from the source of suffering.
Maui, Hi

2001-08-19 Journey of Awakening 46:42
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-08-18 Body Wisdom 60:24
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-08-17 You Are The Path: An Overview Of The Eightfold Path 53:05
Eugene Cash
How do we live? How do we embody the teachings? This talk offers an explanation and overview of the Eightfold Path, as well as reflections on the path as the embodiment of the Dharma. To come into alignment with the Path is to come into alignment with our own nature.

2001-08-16 The Inner Journey 49:33
Robert K. Hall
A poetic description of the landscape of subtle awareness.

2001-08-16 Jump Into Beingness 50:13
Sharda Rogell
We journey together during the talk to awaken into trust of the universal now.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-08-15 Mana: The Comparing Mind 1:14:04
Sally Armstrong

2001-08-14 Rambling about Mindfulness 59:37
Steve Armstrong
Maui, Hi

2001-08-13 Simplicity And Sympathy 47:58
Jack Kornfield
The spirit of simplicity, presence and sympathy of heart can carry us through the most difficult and beautiful of times.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2001-08-12 The Invitation 48:53
Sharda Rogell
This talk invites us to use what is difficult in our lives to enhance our practice. Compassion awakens within us through opening our hearts to the challenging and painful. Approaching obstacles with a receptive attitude, we can enter into life with more courage and strength, and a deeper sense of connection

2001-08-12 Paramis Series #2: Morality 54:13
Steve Armstrong
Respect, modesty, conscience are all the protectors of social harmony.
Maui, Hi

2001-08-12 The Invitation 50:13
Sharda Rogell
An invitation to use adversaries to enhance our practice. This is the path to compassion. This talk invites us to use what is difficult in our lives to enhance our practice. Compassion awakens within us through opening our hearts to the challenging and painful. Approaching obstacles with a receptive attitude, we can enter into life with more courage and strength, and a deeper sense of connection
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-08-11 The Four Noble Truths 54:46
Steve Armstrong
This talk offers core teachings from the Buddhist tradition. The Four Noble Truths express the Buddha's realizations of essential truths of life. These important points on suffering and the end of suffering are illuminated, as well as how we can apply them in practice.

2001-08-09 Paramis Series #5: Energy 59:27
Steve Armstrong
Four right efforts perfected through practice.
Maui, Hi

2001-08-08 Self, Suffering And The Relational Self 60:37
Gil Fronsdal
This talk presents a discussion on the Buddha's discourses on the Four Noble Truths and Not-self, with reflections on the importance of our "relational self".

2001-08-07 Snakes and Dust of the Mind 54:57
Steve Armstrong

2001-08-06 Equanimity and the Drama Queen 40:39
Nina Wise
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-08-06 Equanimity and the Drama Queen 40:27
Nina Wise
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-08-04 Brahma Viharas 1:20:54
John Peacock
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-08-04 Passion, Freedom, and the Present Moment 52:23
Gavin Harrison

2001-08-03 The Perfection of Meditation 1:14:23
John Peacock
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-08-02 Relinquishing 40:37
Jose Reissig
The tendency to relate to others through a sense of possessiveness, through clinging, creates suffering; so does clinging to ourselves as the "aggregates". To relinquish possessiveness is to open the doors to freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-08-01 Bodhicitta 1:20:16
John Peacock
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-08-01 Vicissitudes of Life 65:37
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-08-01 Vicissitudes of Life 31:41
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-08-01 Morning Sitting Instructions with Kamala Masters 1:19:27
Steve Armstrong
Daily morning instructions during a month-long retreat on Maui. Kamala Masters and Steve Armstrong.
Maui, Hi

2001-08-01 Questions & Answers In The Morning 1:14:34
Steve Armstrong
Informative, amusing, instructive and humorous answers to dhamma questions. Kamala Masters and Steve Armstrong
Maui, Hi

2001-08-01 Chanting And Sharing Of Merit 12:56
Steve Armstrong
Morning chanting of the three refuges and the eight precepts.(8/4/01) Evening chanting of metta and sharing of merit at the end of a day of Dhamma practice.(8/31/01)
Maui, Hi

2001-07-31 No Second Arrow 25:59
Jose Reissig
Pain and loss are inevitable occurrences in our lives, but the self-torture that often follows--the "second arrow" we habitually shoot at ourselves--is entirely avoidable.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-07-30 Emptiness 1:21:41
John Peacock
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-07-29 Renunciation - Part Two 1:19:54
John Peacock
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-07-28 Renunciation - Part One 1:10:56
John Peacock
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-07-27 Recognising Dukkha 1:27:46
John Peacock
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-07-27 Compassion 62:21
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor
It takes so much compassion to be with the letting go we have to do to come into peace with the difficult truths of life. This talk explores ways we can cultivate compassion in our practice and in our lives.

2001-07-21 The Buddha's Journey and Ours 65:24
Joseph Goldstein

2001-07-21 Cultivating Joy 47:31
Arinna Weisman
Calling on the quality of joy to manifest in our lives.
Vipassana Montana

2001-07-18 After the Honeymoon, the Marriage 1:17:32
James Baraz

2001-07-18 Liberation Through Non-clinging 60:57
Joseph Goldstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-07-18 After The Honeymoon, The Marriage: Plateaus In Practice 65:46
James Baraz
After our initial and excitement encountering the Dharma, reality hits us and our practice may appear to stagnate. How can we renew our inspiration and reawaken our enthusiasm for practice?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2001-07-17 Equanimity 46:08
Fred Von Allmen
Cultivating equanimity through vipassana meditation and the importance of equanimity for the brahmaviharas.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-07-16 All You Need to Know 56:22
Jack Kornfield

2001-07-16 All You Need To Know 55:14
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-07-16 Opening Our Heart 53:42
Yanai Postelnik
Opening the heart through consciously allowing ourselves to touch and be touched by all of life, including the difficult, dissolves the defensive armor of separation; this allows us to receive life's nourishment and discover true inner strength.

2001-07-14 Bare Attention 58:44
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-07-13 Mastering Sexual energy 69:34
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2001-07-11 Metta Sutta 60:40
Sylvia Boorstein

2001-07-09 Emptiness and the Four Seals of Buddhism 65:10
Norman Fischer

2001-07-09 Emptiness & the 4 Seals of Buddhism 65:57
Norman Fischer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-07-09 The Fruits Of Metta Practice 50:06
Guy Armstrong
The qualities of lovingkindness and concentration unfold most strongly from the basic goodness that arises out of our wise effort in metta practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-07-06 Q & A: Practice Can'T Be Separated From Living, Part Iii 51:58
Larry Rosenberg
As above.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat for Experienced Students

2001-07-06 Compassion and Wisdom 41:52
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-07-06 Difficulty In Life, Difficulty In Practice 41:52
Corrado Pensa
Difficult times and sudden adversities are potentially very crucial challenges to deepen our practice.

2001-07-06 The Power Of Metta 48:09
Guy Armstrong
Lovingkindness is the quality of friendliness toward oneself and others developed through the practice of metta. This talk describes how the practice works as a protection, a healing, a purification of heart, and a boundless state of mind.

2001-07-05 Sloth and Torpor and Restlessness 60:12
Shaila Catherine
Hindrances and habits prevent us from experiencing a natural and peaceful radiance of mind. Meditators learn to make peace with obstacles. We learn to work skillfully with the hindrances. Sloth and torpor and restlessness are common energetic imbalances that either dull the mind into sleepiness and laziness, or agitate the mind by promoting worry and anxiety. This talk examines the causes that produce the hindrances, and provides practical suggestions and tools for working with obstacles and overcoming their force.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Tuesday Talks

2001-07-05 Difficulties In Life, Difficulties In Practice 41:42
Corrado Pensa
Difficult times and sudden adversities are potentially very crucial challenges to deepen our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat for Experienced Students

2001-07-04 Practice Can'T Be Separated From Living, Part Ii 52:19
Larry Rosenberg
As above.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat for Experienced Students

2001-07-04 Mindlessness, Mindfulness and Grasping 58:01
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-07-03 Great Faith, Compassion and Inquiry 46:29
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-07-02 Practice Can'T Be Separated From Living, Part 1 52:40
Larry Rosenberg
Recognizing the deep connection between our practice and the way we live our lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat for Experienced Students

2001-07-02 Dharma Talk 47:14
Tsoknyi Rinpoche

2001-07-01 Learning To Live In Real Time 49:46
Larry Rosenberg
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 Vipassana Retreat for Experienced Students

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