1999-11-01 Wisdom Is Our Refuge 51:07
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
understanding Anatta which leads to wisdom and truth as our refuge
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1999 Three Month Retreat

1999-10-27 Q&A 3MO Part 1 67:15
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-10-27 Wise Effort, Aspiration And Spiritual Freedom 65:57
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Energizing our spiritual unfolding with the effort to be wakeful and relaxed.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-10-25 Wise Surrender 55:16
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
using our precious human birth to learn wisdom and compassion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1999 Three Month Retreat

1999-10-22 Loblied auf die Einfachheit 56:51
Ursula Flückiger	Download Listen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

1999-10-15 The Four Noble Truths 56:24
Sarah Doering	Download Listen
These truths reveal that suffering is not a necessary part of what it means to be human.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-10-14 Three Trainings, Three Freedoms 56:46
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
the discovery and awakening of natural integrity, stillness and transcendent wisdom
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-10-14 Begging Bowl Heart- Mind 51:18
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
living our lives as an alms round
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1999 Three Month Retreat

1999-10-13 The Secret Name of Things 61:21
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-10-13 Perpendicular Universe 39:04
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
we live in our imaginary world at the expense of an all encompassing now.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-10-13 Forgiveness - Freeing Our Heart To Love Fully - part 1 51:03
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Reflecting on forgiveness and the ways to open and heal our hearts by releasing the burdens that keep us contracted and heavy.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-10-11 Doubt, Impatience And Trust 52:48
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
How to work with resistance to aversion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1999 Three Month Retreat

1999-10-10 The Suffering That Comes With Wanting 61:11
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
different kinds of desire, investigating the nuances of the wanting mind
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-10-09 Using The Hindrances As Allies 59:35
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
The hindrances are mental states that obstruct our ability to practice. In various distinct ways, they disrupt concentration and distort awareness so that when they occur we are unable to see things as they are. These states bring challenges yet as our practice deepens and matures, they in fact become allies on the path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-10-05 The Great Perfection: The Taste Of Freedom 61:08
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Realizing emptiness and radiant wakefulness by investigating the nature of self. Includes a quided mediation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: The Great Perfection

1999-10-04 The Courage To Swim Upstream 54:19
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
the courage it takes to face the truth that we never know what is going to happen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1999 Three Month Retreat

1999-10-03 Journey of the Heart 47:24
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1999-10-03 Love And Fear 58:40
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Facing and transforming the fear that armors our heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-10-02 Who Am I ? 52:53
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1999-10-01 Foundations of Happiness 48:26
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1999-10-01 The Teachings Of All The Buddhas 56:07
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
the Buddha's compassionate advice on avoiding the ten unwholesome actions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-09-28 The Hindrances 54:48
Sarah Doering	Download Listen
A discussion on the five disturbing energies which obstruct concentration.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-09-27 Transformative Moments 49:40
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
the nuts and bolts of insight and the transforming moments.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1999 Three Month Retreat

1999-09-26 The Four Noble Truths And The Four Practices Of Mindfulness 56:34
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
given at the first annual People of Color retreat at the Spirit Rock. The Noble Truths with a perspective on diversity
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-09-25 Turning the Mind Towards Dharma 59:19
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen

1999-09-24 Entering into the Eight Fold Path - Opening Talk with Steven Smith 49:35
Sarah Doering	Download Listen
Includes self on five precepts: refuge and refuge chanting and precept.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-09-23 Renunciation 50:56
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
simplicity of action shows the roots of suffering
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-09-15 Focus Of Vipassana Practice 1:17:41
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
At the end of our search, there is nothing more to do but rejoice in being the knowing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Dzogchen Retreat

1999-09-14 Non Meditating 1:15:30
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Genuine acceptance of our experiences means a spaciousness and ease around even the most difficult states that allows for their transformation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Dzogchen Retreat

1999-09-14 Fully Alive- Awakening Through Embodiment 61:27
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The Buddha's teachings on mindfulness begin with mindfulness of our body. By cultivating embodied awareness, we develop the capacity for presence and awakening through all realms of experience.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

1999-09-14 Essential Dhamma #5: Anatta 1:12:09
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
what is not "I", "me", "mine"?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-09-13 Cessation Of Consciousness II 55:35
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
A continued follow up of Q and A, from the Cessation of Consciousness I talk.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Dzogchen Retreat

1999-09-13 Essential Dhamma #4: Four Noble Truths 60:44
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Dukkha: pain unsatisfactoriness, vulnerability; craving: the cause; nibbana: the cessation; morality, concentration and wisdom: the path.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-09-12 Cessation Of Consciousness I Followed By Q And A 58:16
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Suffering results from a confused relationship of the mind to its own experience; when we see the way things actually are, we connect with a profound freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Dzogchen Retreat

1999-09-12 Essential Dhamma #3: The Good Fortune Of Mindfulness 60:46
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
the essential dhamma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-09-11 The Place Of Non Abiding II Followed By Q And A 51:16
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Learning to recognize moments of isness, or pure, open presence in our quiet, often overlooked moments when no sense of self has arisen.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Dzogchen Retreat

1999-09-11 Essential Dhamma #2: Three Pillars Of Dhamma 59:48
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
generosity, ethical conduct, mental development
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-09-10 The Place Of Non Abiding I 57:18
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Exploring the spaciousness of mind that comes when we let go of our belief in the solidity of the sense world, when we know the mind as the space in which all this drama is happening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Dzogchen Retreat

1999-09-10 Essential Dhamma #1: Three Refuges 49:48
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
taking refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha provides a safe haven in which to weather the storms of life by providing emotional support, a teaching, guiding ideas and a sacred resolve to realize the potential to awaken within each one of us
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-09-09 Ultimate And Conventional Reality 52:56
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Can we live with respect and compassion within the world of form, while understanding its ultimate insubstantiality? Can we remember the truth of emptiness while the world of appearances is so compelling? How can we do both at once?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Dzogchen Retreat

1999-09-09 The Buddha's Prescription For Happiness: Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 57:18
James Baraz	Download Listen
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment are mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, calm, concentration and equanimity. When brought to fruition they lead to the highest happiness we can experience. How can we cultivate these qualities consciously in our meditation practice and in our life?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Foundations Of Practice

1999-09-08 Shining the Light of Death on Life, Part 10 1:29:43
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen

1999-09-06 The Five Spiritual Powers 65:27
Sarah Doering	Download Listen
These five qualities of heart and mind lead to understanding and love without limits.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-09-06 Wise Livelihood 52:18
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

1999-09-05 The Process Of Awakening: Five Spiritual Faculties 60:37
James Baraz	Download Listen
Faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom build on each other in a natural development. Understanding their relationship gives us a map for how the meditation process unfolds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-09-04 Remarkable Self 49:01
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1999-09-03 Dharma Gates 54:44
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1999-09-02 Mudita: The Joy Of Appreciation 57:33
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Fred Von Allmen

1999-09-02 Equanimity 43:59
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1999-09-02 How Suffering Can Lead To Faith 55:40
James Baraz	Download Listen
Although there is suffering - the First Noble Truth, the Buddha has taught that wisely processing our pain leads to greater faith, compassion and, eventually, the end of suffering.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

1999-09-01 The Power Of Concentration 43:10
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Fred Von Allmen

1999-09-01 Visibility and Invisibility 44:39
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1999-08-30 Poetry, Beauty and Art 69:45
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

1999-08-28 The Buddha As A Psychotherapist 56:13
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

1999-08-28 Inquiry #4 45:06
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

1999-08-28 Dana Talk 57:39
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
generosity-- the heart of the Buddha's path is natural to life. When we look carefully, we see the multiple levels of dana layered inside the Buddha's main teachings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-08-27 Inquiry #3 54:13
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

1999-08-27 Leaning Into The Stillpoint 51:37
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
to awaken to the stillpoint requires a complete shift in the way we relate to activity and time, without their end.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-08-26 Form And The Inconceivable 58:12
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

1999-08-26 Truthfulness 53:01
James Baraz	Download Listen
Truthfulness was the one quality the Bodhisattva possessed through all his previous lifetimes before his enlightenment. Telling the truth to oneself and others is a direct source of happiness and is the guiding principle for the spiritual journey.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

1999-08-25 Inquiry #2 61:54
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

1999-08-24 Just What Are We Absorbing? 48:06
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

1999-08-24 Inquiry #1 56:04
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

1999-08-22 Day Long At Spirit Rock 1 62:30
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

1999-08-22 Day Long Spirit Rock 2 47:49
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
INQUIRY
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

1999-08-22 Identity + Insight 64:31
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
insight into selflessness uproots false beliefs
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-08-20 The Wonder Of Emptiness 53:37
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
the practical relevance of emptiness in daily life
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  "Born on the 4th of July,1955 or After, Retreat (8 days)"

1999-08-20 Inquiry 50:01
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  "Born on the 4th of July,1955 or After, Retreat (8 days)"

1999-08-20 Identity + Insight 62:03
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
insight into suffering uproots craving. What I want!
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1999-08-19 Mudita: Appreciative Joy 54:40
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
having to do things kills happiness, yet all beings want to be happy.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  "Born on the 4th of July,1955 or After, Retreat (8 days)"

1999-08-19 Inquiry 53:07
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  "Born on the 4th of July,1955 or After, Retreat (8 days)"

1999-08-19 Introduction To Great Compassion Ceremony Of Kuan Yin And Mantras 64:38
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

1999-08-19 Wisdom Says I Am Nothing, Compassion Says I Am Everything 40:24
Thanissara	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Thanissara

1999-08-18 The Vows Of The Buddha 46:11
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

1999-08-18 Identity + Insight: Comparing Mind 55:22
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Creating a sense of self through the activity of comparing mind. Disentangling a sense of self through mindful awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-08-18 The Risk Of Being Present 45:42
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Why "being awake" in our lives seems like a threatening prospect, and how to overcome our fear of this.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-08-17 What's Behind Everything 53:46
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
we live in a world of desires and projections; in the past, present and future. Is there anything behind all this?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  "Born on the 4th of July,1955 or After, Retreat (8 days)"

1999-08-17 Inquiry 62:22
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  "Born on the 4th of July,1955 or After, Retreat (8 days)"

1999-08-17 Resting In The Ground Of Being 36:07
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

1999-08-17 Dukkha And Its Arising 40:56
Thanissara	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Thanissara

1999-08-16 Supports And Obstructions And Easeful Presence 42:18
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Kittisaro

1999-08-16 Bodhisattva 51:32
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

1999-08-16 Five Spiritual Faculties: Effort 61:00
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Arousing energy for the balanced cultivation of awareness. Steady, precise and continuous: the energy of an awakened mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collections: Five Spiritual Faculties, Right Effort

1999-08-15 The Core Teachings 50:28
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
what is our relationship to lifestyle, money and living wisely?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  "Born on the 4th of July,1955 or After, Retreat (8 days)"

1999-08-15 Inquiry 58:16
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  "Born on the 4th of July,1955 or After, Retreat (8 days)"

1999-08-15 Encountering Profound Obstacles On The Path 39:43
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Ways to work with our difficulties and pain in the meditation practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-08-13 Faith Inspired Women 59:30
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Stories often inspire us to keep going, especially when our spiritual path gets rough. These simple stories are of women of different time periods, who continued through great challenges because of their unshakable faith.
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1999-08-09 Listening 61:00
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

1999-08-08 Essential Dhamma #6: Noble Eightfold Path 58:52
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
development of morality, tranquility and wisdom
Maui, Hi

1999-08-06 Hindrances #2: Doubt And Restlessness 48:13
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
how to recognize and work with the hindrances of doubt and restlessness
Maui, Hi

1999-08-06 Impermanence: The Door To Compassion And Liberation Of The Heart 41:46
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
given at the Family retreat: the acceptance of impermanence/change opens the door to liberation and the deepest compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Family Retreat (5 days)

1999-08-05 No Problem 37:10
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Rather than looking at problems as items to be solved, let us use them to discover that existence is unproblematic.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-08-04 Hindrances #1: Sloth And Torpor 53:48
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
how to recognize and work with the hindrances of sloth and torpor
Maui, Hi

1999-08-04 Mindfulness And The Rainbow Of Emotions 51:43
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
given at the Family retreat: the possibility of transformation in the midst of the many hues of our emotional states.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Family Retreat (5 days)

1999-08-03 Wisdom and Compassion 52:25
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1999-08-03 Family As Family 31:06
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Contemplating family as family is a fifth foundation of mindfulness for householders.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-08-03 The Jewel Net Of Indra 56:06
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Awakening to the mystery of interdependence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

1999-08-02 Path of Awakening 41:06
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1999-08-01 Desire 46:24
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

1999-08-01 Blessings, Aspirations, Renunciation, Mindfulness 54:26
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
support for freedom takes many forms
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