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Dharma Talks
1990-01-08 Purification of View; Insight Meditation Methods - Loving-Kindness Meditation (Beloved Person) 1:26:37
Ayya Khema
Gaia House Retreat @ Gaia

1990-01-07 Benefits and Usages of Sweeping Method 1:25:14
Ayya Khema
Gaia House Retreat @ Gaia

1990-01-06 Part by Part; Sweeping Method 65:32
Ayya Khema
Gaia House Retreat @ Gaia

1990-01-06 Refuge & Precepts - Loving Kindness Meditation (Merits) 1:22:22
Ayya Khema
Khema Archive (Geelong - Australia) Retreat @ Geelong

1990-01-05 Purification of Mind; 2 Hindrances - 2 Meditation Factors - Loving-Kindness Meditation (Purity) 1:18:16
Ayya Khema
Gaia House Retreat @ Gaia

1990-01-05 The 3 Right Ways of Practice - Loving Kindness Meditation 1:21:47
Ayya Khema
Khema Archive (Geelong - Australia) Retreat @ Geelong

1990-01-04 Questions & Answers - Moral Conduct 1:17:02
Ayya Khema
Khema Archive (Buddhist Summer School - Melbourne - Australia) Retreat @ Melbourne

1990-01-04 Purification of Mind; 3 Hindrances - 3 Meditation Factors 1:24:51
Ayya Khema
Gaia House Retreat @ Gaia

1990-01-04 Contemplation of Loving Kindness - Wise Consideration (6 Roots) 1:31:18
Ayya Khema
Khema Archive (Geelong - Australia) Retreat @ Geelong

1990-01-03 Questions & Answers - The 4 Supreme Emotions - Loving Kindness Meditation 1:27:04
Ayya Khema
Khema Archive (Buddhist Summer School - Melbourne - Australia) Retreat @ Melbourne

1990-01-03 Purification of Emotions: Love, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity -Loving-Kindness Meditation (Best Friend) 1:19:41
Ayya Khema
Gaia House Retreat @ Gaia

1990-01-03 Faith & Confidence - Loving Kindness Meditation 69:35
Ayya Khema
Khema Archive (Geelong - Australia) Retreat @ Geelong

1990-01-02 Questions & Answers - Mindfulness - Loving Kindness Meditation 1:31:58
Ayya Khema
Khema Archive (Buddhist Summer School - Melbourne - Australia) Retreat @ Melbourne

1990-01-02 Purification of Virtue - Reflecting carefully 1:15:53
Ayya Khema
Gaia House Retreat @ Gaia

1990-01-02 Contemplation - Hearing the True Dhamma 1:27:06
Ayya Khema
Khema Archive (Geelong - Australia) Retreat @ Geelong

1990-01-01 The Freedom Series: The Psychology Of Freedom 41:16
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1990-01-01 The Passion of the Buddha, Q&A 1:19:52
Gavin Harrison
date estimated

1990-01-01 Patience And The Gentle Heart 51:13
Sally Armstrong
Patience is a quality not often appreciated but so necessary in our lives and our practice. When we are patient, we can open fully to and connect with what is true in the moment - moment after moment, even when our experience is difficult or unpleasant.

1990-01-01 How This Practice Works 57:20
Sylvia Boorstein
This talk presents the technical, meditative practice of mindfulness and LovingKindness in the context of the fullest sense of practice, the living of an awakened, purposeful life. If you are living intentionally, you can't be practicing wrong.

1990-01-01 Why & How of Meditation - Loving Kindness Meditation 63:35
Ayya Khema
Khema Archive (Buddhist Summer School - Melbourne - Australia) Retreat @ Melbourne

1990-01-01 Introduction to Rathavinita Sutta, M.24; Introduction to Mindfulness of Breath; Loving-Kindness Meditation (Lotus) 1:15:48
Ayya Khema
Gaia House Retreat @ Gaia

1990-01-01 A Good Friend - Meditation Instructions 64:27
Ayya Khema
Khema Archive (Geelong - Australia) Retreat @ Geelong

1989-12-31 Gratitude 56:30
Arinna Weisman

1989-12-15 Practice Outside Of Retreat 69:22
Joseph Goldstein
appreciating our practice in daily life
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-12-07 Questions and Answers 6 62:34
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-12-04 Consciousness: The Power Of The Mind 58:43
Joseph Goldstein
cultivating the elemental forces of the mind
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-12-01 Faith, Motivation, And The Hindrances 46:55
Christina Feldman
sustaining the practice with the inspiration of faith

1989-12-01 Peace 50:58
Jack Kornfield
What does it mean to be at peace in our hearts, with oneself, and with nature?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1989-12-01 Clear Comprehension 50:30
James Baraz
building the bridge of clear comprehension that connects our practice of "bearing attention" to our full spiritual development
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-11-27 Brahma Viharas 61:43
James Baraz
reflecting upon the sublime states of loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity

1989-11-26 Samsara 54:39
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-11-25 Right Attitude 58:02
Carol Wilson
Removing the barriers between practice and non-practice, between our spiritual life and daily existence.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-11-23 Guided Lovingkindness Meditation 47:18
Sharon Salzberg
Lovingkindness, or metta as it is known in Pali, is a universal, unselfish and all-embracing love that protects, supports and heals both oneself and others. This guided meditation for cultivating the power of metta begins by directing positive sentiments towards oneself and progresses to radiate this well-wishing outward towards specific people and finally to all beings everywhere, without limit.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-11-22 Marana Sati: Deathmindedness 1:33:34
Larry Rosenberg
Shining the light of death on our lives.
In collection: Dying And Death

1989-11-21 Questions and Answers 4 61:46
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-11-19 Armies Of Mara IV: Conceit 57:45
Michele McDonald
further elaboration on the aspects of either an inflated or deflated sense of self that undermines our journey
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-11-16 Fear 60:02
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-11-12 Armies Of Mara III: Conceit 53:13
Michele McDonald
understanding how the different aspects of conceit keep our perception of the truth hidden
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-11-11 Compassion 49:51
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-11-09 Questions and Answers 3 59:59
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-11-06 Armies Of Mara II: Craving 54:04
Michele McDonald
acknowledging the different levels of darkness and pain we carry inside and feeling compassion for ourselves
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-11-05 Strengthening the Spiritual Powers 58:06
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-11-01 The Inspiration Of Dipa Ma 43:31
Jack Kornfield
a loving, heart-felt story of Dipa Ma, a great Indian yogi who lived the teachings of loving kindness and simplicity
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1989-10-29 Non-Greed: Dana 54:30
Carol Wilson
surrendering to the paradox of opening simultaneously to immense suffering and immense joy
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-10-26 Questions and Answers 2 67:01
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-10-22 Guided Metta Meditation 57:51
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-10-19 The Five Iddis 54:31
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-10-18 Delusion + Ignorance 54:48
Carol Wilson
understanding the nature of ignorance
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-10-10 Questions and Answers 1 58:23
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-10-09 Enlightenment & Empowerment III 55:04
Michele McDonald
examining the specific nature of each of the 7 factors of enlightenment
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-10-05 The Power Of Mindfulness 49:17
Carol Wilson
learning how the power of mindfulness frees us from the delusions and power of conditioning
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-10-03 No Self 49:54
Joseph Goldstein
If there is no self, then who is it that is reborn?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-10-01 Enlightenment & Empowerment II 55:16
Michele McDonald
discovering the subtle and deep realms of balance that bring about a sense of well-being and peace
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-09-26 Enlightenment & Empowerment I 45:31
Michele McDonald
weaving together and balancing the 3 "arousing" factors and 4 "tranquilizing" factors of enlightenment
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-09-25 Metta - Causes and Enemies 46:53
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-09-24 Morality 60:10
Carol Wilson
learning to express a greater inner harmony by paying attention to what motivates our actions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-09-23 Three Refuges & Precepts 42:15
Sharon Salzberg
with Steven Smith
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-09-21 The Journey Ahead 45:37
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-09-21 The Journey Ahead 23:11
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1989 Three Month Retreat

1989-09-03 Transforming Suffering into Happiness 46:14
James Baraz

1989-09-01 Going Somewhere; Going Nowhere 47:33
Christopher Titmuss
in our identification with the accomplishments of human striving, human doing, and human acquiring, we have forgotten we are human beings
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-09-01 Co-Dependence And Compassion 44:25
Jack Kornfield
honoring the importance of disharmony within the circle of caring compassion
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1989-08-01 Today And Tomorrow 41:42
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 The Process Of Dependent Arising 46:40
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 World Of Feelings 41:42
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 Beyond Explanation 39:31
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 Ending Of Duality 40:03
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 The Search For The Sacred 43:31
Christopher Titmuss
keeping alive the true spirit of the search for that "which is without measure"--going beyond the methods
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 The Emptiness Of This And That 50:30
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 Global Interconnectedness 54:51
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 Possibilities Off The Path 49:34
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 Freedom From The Known And Unknown 50:46
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 Freedom From The Known And Unknown 47:04
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 A Breath Of Freedom 41:21
Christopher Titmuss
respecting our relationship to all aspects of ourselves through the focus of the breath
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 A Thought Of Freedom 58:25
Christopher Titmuss
when a mind state is unsatisfactory and is perpetuating itself, the thought of freedom can unlock the gate
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 Open Heartedness 55:37
Christina Feldman
Affirming the qualities of being that are life enhancing.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 Time And Transformation 42:27
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-08-01 Inspiration And Contentment 39:40
Christina Feldman
Discovering our own deepest understanding of ourselves.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Meditation

1989-07-29 Closing Talk 40:48
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-07-27 Do We Work It Out, Or Let It Go? 41:54
Christina Feldman
The story of Hiu Neng.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Meditation

1989-07-24 Meditation Without Neurosis 45:26
Christina Feldman
releasing suffering, holding compassion, and the heart will flower
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-07-22 Affirmation of Life Found in the Dharma Teachings 36:55
Christina Feldman
resolving the contradictions that seem to exist within the practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-07-21 Opening Talk With Anna Douglas 36:34
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-07-18 Alltagspraxis, Selbstvertrauen, Verantwortung 34:06
Fred Von Allmen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

1989-07-15 Keeping The Mind That Decided To Practice: IV 1:10:37
Larry Rosenberg

1989-07-14 Understanding + Equanimity Ii 55:34
Corrado Pensa
understanding the differences between a reactive mind and a soft, open mind
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-07-13 Keeping The Mind That Decided To Practice: III 43:26
Larry Rosenberg

1989-07-12 Understanding + Equanimity I 40:24
Corrado Pensa
releasing the natural luminosity of our heart/mind
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-07-11 Keeping The Mind That Decided To Practice: II 42:20
Larry Rosenberg

1989-07-10 Reflections On The 2Nd Noble Truth 43:51
Corrado Pensa
a discussion of traditional and contemporary understandings of suffering and its causes
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1989-07-09 Keeping The Mind That Decided To Practice: I 40:39
Larry Rosenberg

1989-07-01 Teachers And Cults 59:58
Jack Kornfield
understanding that the sacred space a teacher creates is full of irony, metaphor, and complexity
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1989-07-01 Anapanasati: Full Awareness of Breath Series - Tape 17 1:24:06
Larry Rosenberg
The ultimate body conditioner: your breath.
In collection: Anapanasati: Full Awareness of Breath Series

1989-06-24 Anapanasati: Full Awareness of Breath Series - Tape 16 37:34
Larry Rosenberg
The ultimate body conditioner: your breath.
In collection: Anapanasati: Full Awareness of Breath Series

1989-06-17 Anapanasati: Full Awareness of Breath Series - Tape 15 1:11:33
Larry Rosenberg
The ultimate body conditioner: your breath.
In collection: Anapanasati: Full Awareness of Breath Series

1989-06-07 Come What May Seeing/Come What May Doing 1:30:45
Larry Rosenberg
the significance of witnessing our own actions

1989-06-01 Anapanasati: Full Awareness of Breath Series - Tape 14 54:17
Larry Rosenberg
The ultimate body conditioner: your breath.
In collection: Anapanasati: Full Awareness of Breath Series

1989-06-01 I Am Not 39:29
Jack Kornfield
date estimated

1989-05-25 Anapanasati: Full Awareness of Breath Series - Tape 13 60:52
Larry Rosenberg
The ultimate body conditioner: your breath.
In collection: Anapanasati: Full Awareness of Breath Series

1989-05-24 Conscious Breathing II: Reflections On Anapanasati II 1:33:42
Larry Rosenberg
using the Buddha's 16 contemplations on breathing as a rich source of inspiration and practical approaches for our practice

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