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Dharma Talks
2016-11-30 Equanimity Does Not Mean Indifference 2:11:22
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-11-29 Making Friends with Ourselves: Working with Judging Mind 67:58
James Baraz
Judging ourselves or comparing ourselves with others is a central issue for many. How we get caught and how to skillfully work with these habits is the topic of the talk.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Connecting Mind and Heart

2016-11-29 The Art of Samadhi Practice 64:52
Donald Rothberg
We explore the nature and importance of samadhi (or concentration) practice in the context of the sequence of the three core practices of the retreat—samadhi practice, insight practice, and opening to “radiant mind.” We also examine a number of ways to engage skillfully in samadhi practice, including in the context of several core challenges to such practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center From Mindfulness Breath to Radiant Mind

2016-11-29 Our Capacity to Awaken 34:32
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2016-11-29 Chanting Vipassana-Bhumi-Patho 5:39
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-29 La sagesse me montre que je ne suis rien, l’amour, que je suis tout. 54:40
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-11-29 Metta Instructions - General Overview: Self and Benefactor 44:51
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Connecting Mind and Heart

2016-11-29 Relational Fields and Satipatthana 52:07
Ajahn Sucitto
Mindfulness of mind is the ability to hold the range of mind states in the field of mind so that dispassionate presence is realized. This ‘holding’ is not grasping any phenomenon as a real thing, more relating to it as a potential citta characteristic.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-29 Entering Sangha: a reflection 8:25
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-28 Javana Hamsa - the swift swan. 52:10
Greg Scharf
A teaching on impermanence and non-clinging. Begins with a Jataka based story.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 2

2016-11-28 Being in a Living Prayer 58:06
Catherine McGee
Gaia House November Solitary

2016-11-28 Cours du lundi 28 nov 2016 52:38
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-11-28 Sally Armstrong at Spirit Rock - Living in an Imperfect World 62:41
Sally Armstrong
Dharma Talk from the Monday Night Meditation class at Spirit Rock on Monday, November 28th 2016.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-11-28 Morning Reflection 54:15
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-27 Question & Answer Session 56:53
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary

2016-11-27 Enriching embodied space: Guided Meditation 44:41
Ajahn Sucitto
A series of themes to support a rich, blessed state of mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-27 Understanding the Empathetic Heart 56:19
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2016-11-27 Right Effort 61:30
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-11-27 Consciousness, latent tendencies and true response. 65:35
Ajahn Sucitto
To respond to what arises is important – how to avoid blind reactions? Citta, core presence, can be accessed through mindfulness. When it is stable, a true response arises.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-25 Spirit Rock-Attention, Love and Service 45:10
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-11-25 Karma 57:40
Stefan Lang
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2016-11-25 Guided Compassion; Holding Conflicting Views. 29:21
Erin Selover
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-11-25 Last Morning Instructions 31:09
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Maui, Hi :  When Awareness Becomes Natural

2016-11-24 Wisdom at work, taste of Nibbana 59:42
Andrea Fella
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 2

2016-11-24 Meditative Reflections on Emptiness and Not-Self with periods of silence 46:44
Alexis Santos
"How to stop making such a big deal of our problems". -- Pema Chodron
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 2

2016-11-24 Q & A 38:19
Ajahn Sucitto
Standards for daily life; the stress of planning; yoga and qi gong
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-24 Questions and Answers 1:11:13
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Maui, Hi :  When Awareness Becomes Natural

2016-11-24 Morning Instructions 20:09
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Maui, Hi :  When Awareness Becomes Natural

2016-11-24 Deep/wise/careful attention and holistic awareness. 58:16
Ajahn Sucitto
Deep/wise/careful attention opens holistic awareness. The response to any impression forms a ‘sign’. This guides mindfulness and samadhi.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-23 Sacred Rage: The Descent and Emergence of Wisdom 40:54
Erin Selover
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-11-23 Buddha as Virtuoso (Part 2) 59:52
Catherine McGee
Gaia House November Solitary

2016-11-23 Question and Answer Session 39:04
Christina Feldman
Gaia House November Solitary

2016-11-23 Giving Thanks - Reflections on Meditation as a Way of Life 25:54
Larry Rosenberg
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2016-11-23 “Play a Greater Part” – Part 2 - Bodhisattva for our Times 1:18:14
Tara Brach
During scary and uncertain times, the habitual reflex is to try to find ground by creating stories about what’s happening and hardening into us-them blame. This only perpetuates the aggression and violence that is so prevalent in our societies. These two talks are a reflection on how we as awakening bodhisattvas can evolve our consciousness in a way that serves authentic societal healing and transformation. “Though I do not expect a plant to spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.” ~ Thoreau
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2016-11-23 Guided meditation: What is needed? 13:08
Ajahn Sucitto
Drop the question into the embodied mind (citta) like dropping a penny down a well. What is the shiver of response?
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-23 Questions and Answers 1:37:26
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Maui, Hi :  When Awareness Becomes Natural

2016-11-23 Morning Instructions 3:30
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Maui, Hi :  When Awareness Becomes Natural

2016-11-23 Generosity and Gratitude 64:26
Donald Rothberg
The day before Thanksgiving, we explore the nature and practice of generosity and gratitude and how they are interrelated. We look at both individual and cultural dimensions of these two qualities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-11-23 The process of practice 14:39
Ajahn Sucitto
Practice is less a matter of doing it and more a process of selection and establishing supportive conditions. These are sourced in association with good people.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-23 2016 Thanksgiving Retreat : Q&A : Bhante Pannaratana 62:56
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2016 Thanksgiving Retreat

2016-11-23 2016 Thanksgiving Retreat : Dhamma Talk : Bhante Pannaratana 54:44
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Bhavana Society of West Virginia 2016 Thanksgiving Retreat

2016-11-22 Spirit Rock-Samadhi in the Context of Letting Go 48:44
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-11-22 Open Your Heart 28:01
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2016-11-22 Q & A: Dependent origination, ease, lightness of attention 1:16:48
Ajahn Sucitto
Explanation of dependent origination; how to weaken and sever the link between feeling and craving; value of spiritually based feeling; quality of applied thought and evaluation; domain of insight and dispassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-22 Cours du mardi 22 nov. 2016 1:25:25
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-11-22 Questions and Answers 1:20:26
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Maui, Hi :  When Awareness Becomes Natural

2016-11-22 Morning Instructions 3:51
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Maui, Hi :  When Awareness Becomes Natural

2016-11-22 The clinging reflex and where to break it 47:18
Ajahn Sucitto
Upadana (clinging) is a reflex, not a rational choice. It can be released at the point where perception (sanna) triggers reaction (sankhara), through widening attention.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 10 to December 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-21 Spirit Rock-Staying Steady with the Hindrances 50:59
Kate Munding
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-11-21 Stories and poems from the Therigatha 52:30
Greg Scharf
Inspiration from the first Buddhist nuns
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 2

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