Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

1985-01-01 Morning Symposium 66:08	Download Listen
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Providence Zen Center

1985-01-01 Bahudhatuka Sutta: The Many Kinds of Elements, Part 2 1:10:57
Bhikkhu Bodhi	Download Listen
date unknown, mn115.02
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-01-01 Panel Discussion 1:26:00	Download Listen
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Providence Zen Center

1985-01-01 Bahudhatuka Sutta: The Many Kinds of Elements, Part 1 60:46
Bhikkhu Bodhi	Download Listen
date unknown, mn115.01
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-01-01 Love And Sexuality 45:31
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
the importance of relationships, commitment, and trust;opening to feminine principles
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-12-31 Concepts and Reality 1:23:44
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-12-30 The Nature Of Struggle 62:10
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
seeing the causes of suffering in our lives, cultivating attentiveness in every situation

1984-12-28 Opening, Balancing And Investigating 60:22
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
opening what is closed in us; balancing what is reactive; investigating what is hidden

1984-12-14 Integrating Practice Into The World 1:38:52
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
purification of the mind via generosity, morality, and wisdom; endless awareness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-12-08 An Ecology of the Heart 61:50
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-12-04 Q&A 63:28
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-12-02 Seven Factors of Enlightenment 2:03:51
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-25 Questions and Discussion 62:43
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-23 The Power of Restraint 61:18
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-23 Happiness 54:04
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
opening to the many possibilities of happiness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-16 Understanding Karma 63:44
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-12 The Mind 57:16
Dipa Ma	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-10 Restraint 63:32
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-05 Compassion 53:38
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Seeing how compassion arises from openness and awareness of suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-03 Meeting The Four Heavenly Messengers 53:48
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-30 Talk On Nibbana & 10 Fetters 57:52
Dipa Ma	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-28 Why Do We Practice 58:31
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-27 Ten Paramis - part II 54:16
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
generosity, morality, renunciation, wisdom, energy/effort, patience, truthfulness, resoluteness, equanimity, and metta/lovingkindness--the ten perfections which practice aims at cultivating
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-25 The Ten Parmis Part 1 62:15
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-25 Ten Paramis - part I 50:31
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
generosity, morality, renunciation, wisdom, energy/effort, patience, truthfulness, resoluteness, equanimity, and metta/lovingkindness--the ten perfections which practice aims at cultivating
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-23 Suffering And Attachment-The 1st Two Noble Truths 56:10
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
The truth of suffering and its causes
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-21 Eight-Fold Path - part II 47:29
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
right effort, speech, action, livelihood, mindfulness, concentration, aim, and understanding
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-20 Silas 59:21
Dipa Ma	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-20 Silas 60:50
Dipa Ma	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-18 Eight-Fold Path - part I 61:42
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
right effort, speech, action, livelihood, mindfulness, concentration, aim, and understanding
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-16 A Concept of Self 44:50
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-12 History and Foundation of Practices 55:11
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-10 Attachment, Aversion, Delusion 50:16
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-08 Dipa Ma's Story 62:40
Dipa Ma	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-04 The Five Hindrances 58:48
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-02 Faith 50:19
Dipa Ma	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Concentration 57:27
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
The art of steadying our attention brings an ease of well-being and leads to deeper levels of insight and connectedness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1984-09-29 Right Effort 53:46
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-09-28 Refuges, Precepts & Instructions 43:10
Dipa Ma	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-09-27 Dana, Sila, Metta 31:26
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-09-27 Buddha's Ancient Med. Path: A Modern Challenge - part I 1:32:03
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
PART I

1984-09-27 Path Of Practice 67:01
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-09-20 Buddha's Ancient Med. Path: A Modern Challenge - part II 1:33:44
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
PART II: a look at life's obstacles as challenges and opportunities for spiritual unfoldment and understanding

1984-09-20 Buddha's Ancient Med. Path: A Modern Challenge - part II 32:49
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
PART II: a look at life's obstacles as challenges and opportunities for spiritual unfoldment and understanding

1984-09-15 Panel Discussion 57:51	Download Listen
PZ4
Providence Zen Center : Women in American Buddhism Conference - 1984

1984-09-15 Workshop - Considering Contradictions 1:17:42
Jaqueline Mandell	Download Listen
PZ6
Providence Zen Center : Women in American Buddhism Conference - 1984

1984-09-15 Politics of the Heart 35:51
Jaqueline Mandell	Download Listen
PZ1
Providence Zen Center : Women in American Buddhism Conference - 1984

1984-09-01 Dying And Death 2:18:53

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with Christopher Titmuss, Larry Rosenberg

1984-09-01 Fear As Practice 4:17:32

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with Christopher Titmuss, James Baraz, Joseph Goldstein, Michele McDonald, Sharda Rogell

Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-09-01 Fearlessness 45:34
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Exploring the nature of fear and how it manifests in our lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Fear As Practice

1984-09-01 Action In The World 42:06
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-09-01 First Morning Instructions 39:10
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-09-01 Selflessness 42:13
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-09-01 Looking At Objects 43:52
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-09-01 Three Types Of Meditative Experiences 43:43
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-09-01 Dharma And Its Implications 36:55
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-09-01 Towards Seeing Afresh 40:09
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-09-01 Dying And Death 45:19
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Looking into death and understanding how to live more fully.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Dying And Death

1984-09-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Effort 40:55
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Right effort means directing the energy of our lives to cultivate those states of mind that lead to happiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1984-09-01 Daily Life Situation: California Retreat 41:13
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

1984-09-01 Retreat Opening 47:32
James Baraz	Download Listen
Exact date unknown.

1984-09-01 Living with a Body 15:49
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
date uncertain

1984-09-01 Flavors Of Experience 55:11
James Baraz	Download Listen

1984-09-01 Why We're Here 50:52
James Baraz	Download Listen

1984-09-01 Communication Of Friendship 46:22
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
understanding the qualities of communication--trust, affection, caring, and a willingness to listen--and how these impact on friendships

1984-08-28 The Spoken Word 43:55
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-27 Service To Other Humans 44:58
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
seeing service as the highest endeavor; balancing between service to self and service to others
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-26 Creativity In Relationship 42:31
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-25 Space And Needs 42:19
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
reflecting on the changing roles in relationships
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-24 Opening Talk: Family Retreat 33:04
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-22 Closing Talk 49:06
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-21 Factors of Awakening 46:58
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
development of serenity
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-20 Guided Body Meditation 44:15
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-20 The Everlasting Opening 40:34
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-19 Letting Go 55:28
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-18 Path Without A Goal 46:13
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-16 Meditation Overview: Breath & Body 0:00
Christina Feldman	(Recording not available)
looking at the relationship of meditation to our daily lives, and of retreat practices to the development of insight
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-15 Self Identity 41:37
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-13 Development of Serenity 43:30
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
becoming spacious, relaxed, willing to be with what is without willpower, being in harmony with the present moment
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-12 Western Dharma: Opening Talk 38:54
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-11 Focusing On The Mine 41:52
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-10 The Art Of Practice 42:45
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
feeling and seeing interconnectedness, embracing life
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-07 Discovering Wholeness 46:50
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
moving from complete dependency to freedom and wholeness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-05 Nurturing Connectedness 54:53
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-04 Non-Dualistic Approach 46:40
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Holding a vision of connectedness, seeing the falseness of separation (The initial one and a half minutes of the talk has suffered some damage)
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-03 Women's Spirituality 52:55
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
discovering our own spirituality as women, looking at traditional forms that may inhibit its expression
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-08-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Speech 41:10
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Lovingly refining our speech, we discover the freedom of relating in truth and in trust.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1984-08-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Action 43:06
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Who we are is what we do and how we act; right action is aligning our actions with our understanding.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1984-08-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Livelihood 44:37
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Right livelihood is integrity in the arena of work - expressing our wish to not harm, abuse or exploit.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1984-08-01 Balance And Patience 64:34
James Baraz	Download Listen

1984-08-01 Forgiveness 51:53
James Baraz	Download Listen

1984-08-01 Course Closing 43:26
James Baraz	Download Listen

1984-07-30 Religion And Meditation 38:19
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
questioning blind submissiveness, seeing through what is extra to see the true religious mind
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-07-28 Farewell Address 1:33:15
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat with Sayadaw U Pandita

1984-07-27 The Ideal Spiritual Friend 1:46:37
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat with Sayadaw U Pandita

1984-07-27 Vipassana Jhanas - Part 2 1:10:34
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat with Sayadaw U Pandita

1984-07-26 Factors of Enlightenment, Curative Effect: Vipassana Jhanas - Part 1 69:39
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat with Sayadaw U Pandita

1984-07-26 Factors of Enlightenment 7: Equanimity 1:17:18
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat with Sayadaw U Pandita

1984-07-26 Right Livelihood 60:58
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
approaching our work life as an arena for self inquiry and understanding

1984-07-25 Factors of Enlightenment 6: Concentration 1:13:59
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat with Sayadaw U Pandita