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Dharma Talks
2016-09-17 Instructions - Hindrances 60:25
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Compassion and Action in a Changing World

2016-09-17 Morning instructions–mindfulness of moods and emotions 46:25
Guy Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1

2016-09-16 Hindrances– hindrance to what? Remedies and openings 57:46
Bonnie Duran
This talk provide practical advice for working with hindrances to practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1

2016-09-16 Compassion and its Near Enemies 58:20
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Compassion and Action in a Changing World

2016-09-16 Guided Metta meditation 44:55
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-09-16 Guided Meditation on Elements of Our Lives 48:12
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Compassion and Action in a Changing World

2016-09-16 Guided Compassion Meditation 40:27
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Compassion and Action in a Changing World

2016-09-16 Instructions - Vedana 60:17
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Compassion and Action in a Changing World

2016-09-16 Mindfulness of hindrances 43:50
Bonnie Duran
Mindfulness is the data collection system for intuitive awareness and letting go of thinking
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1

2016-09-16 Dependent Origination 1:14:00
Ajahn Sucitto
Dependent origination offers another map to understand how sankhara is configured.
The Karuna Institute :  Creative Formations - Sankhara

2016-09-15 Understanding Joy as the Means for the Fruit of the Path 1:11:55
Mark Nunberg
This talk was given on Sept. 24th at Common Ground Meditation Center. Because the talk the week before was cut off due to battery failure, we are publishing this one here, by popular demand.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Integration of Love and Wisdom with Kamala Masters and Mark Nunberg

2016-09-15 Living In Samsara 56:30
Sally Armstrong
We live in an imperfect unfixable world, which we constantly try to fix or correct– This leads to suffering! One of the ways we obsess is through a type of thinking called papañca.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1

2016-09-15 Awakening Joy for Kids: Bringing the Dharma to the Next Generation 59:49
James Baraz
James talks about the new book he co-authored with classroom teacher, Michele Lilyanna, and the importance of planting seeds of wisdom and compassion in the hearts of future generations.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2016-09-15 Anicca, Equanimity & Bodhichitta 48:04
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Compassion and Action in a Changing World

2016-09-15 The Wellspring of Citta 1:32:14
Ajahn Sucitto
(Begins with 30 min guided meditation) With self view there is a tendency to meet experience with pre-formed responses of who I am, why they are, and what's needed. Orienting around citta allows a more natural and spontaneous response, one where empathy and preciousness are infused in intentions and actions.
The Karuna Institute :  Creative Formations - Sankhara

2016-09-15 Intro to Metta & Guided Meditation 44:18
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Compassion and Action in a Changing World

2016-09-15 The Kamma of Meditation 60:05
Ajahn Sucitto
Through the kamma of meditation we have the possibility to potentize agreeable and pleasant states in our own minds. Self tendencies can be relaxed so the beauty of the natural mind can come through.
The Karuna Institute :  Creative Formations - Sankhara

2016-09-15 Instructions - Opening to Pain & Discomfort 57:36
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Compassion and Action in a Changing World

2016-09-15 The Floods of Contact 43:21
Ajahn Sucitto
Contact is not a small matter - it can trigger a flood of perceptions and unskillful responses. These triggers can be found and unplugged through a practice of grounded embodiment and skillful attention and engagement.
The Karuna Institute :  Creative Formations - Sankhara

2016-09-14 Joy: An as an Essential Support for and Fruit of Practice 19:38
Mark Nunberg
Because this talk is cut short at 21 min., we are also going to publish Mark's talk give on Sept 24th at Common Ground : Understanding Joy as the Means for the Fruit of the Path
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Integration of Love and Wisdom with Kamala Masters and Mark Nunberg

2016-09-14 Working with thoughts and emotions 58:51
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1

2016-09-14 Freude 65:11
Renate Seifarth
Freude gehört zu den Faktoren des Erwachens. Wir wollen sie nähren. Welche Quellen der Freude können wir in unserer Praxis und unserem Leben entdecken und nähren? Welche Quellen der Freude sind verlässlicher in einer sich ständig ändernden Welt?
Buddha-Haus

2016-09-14 the Human Condition 57:04
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Compassion and Action in a Changing World

2016-09-14 The Power of Listening 50:08
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-09-14 Guided Meditation: Held by Ground 31:54
Ajahn Sucitto
When we're on the move, ground can feel fragile and shaky. We can absorb into the ground beneath us that is given and welcomes us. Notice the sensations and mental tones as you relax and rest into being held.
The Karuna Institute :  Creative Formations - Sankhara

2016-09-14 The Myths of Intimacy and Faithfulness, Yoga on the Park 50:15
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-09-14 Guided meditation on Kindfulness 45:42
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Compassion and Action in a Changing World

2016-09-14 The Unbinding of Sankhara 1:15:04
Ajahn Sucitto
Reality gets constructed almost automatically, like magnetically being pulled into being. That pull comes from sankhara; it's the dynamic that binds, so it also unbinds.
The Karuna Institute :  Creative Formations - Sankhara

2016-09-14 Instructions - Mindfulness of Body 53:06
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Compassion and Action in a Changing World

2016-09-14 Practicing with Views 3 - Deconstructing Subtle Views 66:45
Donald Rothberg
After a review of our previous practices with everyday views, we explore more subtle views, including, including the methods of the Buddha's Middle Way, Nagarjuna, and Zen.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-09-14 Calming the Body with Breathing 33:04
Ajahn Sucitto
In and out breathing has the potential to smooth out and calm the body's energy field. Use the thinking mind to point to and stay with the energy of the breath. The affective sense (citta) will respond by becoming more settled and bright. Unifying the mind, body and citta in this way is the samadhi process.
The Karuna Institute :  Creative Formations - Sankhara

2016-09-13 2e partie, Libéré de la maladie, de la vieillesse et de la mort 36:38
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-09-13 The Infinite Immensity of Impermanence 64:50
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Integration of Love and Wisdom with Kamala Masters and Mark Nunberg

2016-09-13 1e partie, Instructions et méditation guidée 24:17
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-09-13 Samma Sati - mindfulness and right view 59:55
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1

2016-09-13 Monkey Mind 32:36
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2016-09-13 Natural Intelligence of the Body 26:48
Ajahn Sucitto
Tune into the natural intelligence of the body, starting with the hands, allowing them to "find" and "know" each other. In walking, notice how natural walking is more circular, like walking in a space bubble. Find the body's natural expression when walking within that bubble.
The Karuna Institute :  Creative Formations - Sankhara

2016-09-13 The Four Foundations of Creativity 47:47
Anne Cushman
An exploration of how mindfulness supports creative expression and how art-making can be a mindfulness practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and the Spirit of Creativity

2016-09-13 Partie I, Le mythe de l’intimité et de la fidélité 26:50
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-09-13 Partie II, La conception du temps 50:45
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-09-13 Taking Care with What Is Brought to Mind 1:27:48
Ajahn Sucitto
(Starts with standing meditation; ends with sitting meditation.) Verbal language and thought conception are very quick and dynamic, always generating more. The potential for becoming tangled and overwhelmed is great, so care should be taken with what is brought to mind.
The Karuna Institute :  Creative Formations - Sankhara

2016-09-13 Monthly Sitting & Inquiry - September 2016 48:50
Gina Sharpe
These regularly scheduled evenings will begin with a guided meditation and then open up to our practice questions allowing us time to deepen in Sangha through mindful community discussion.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2016-09-13 The Stilling of Sankhara 63:20
Ajahn Sucitto
Sankhara can be thought of as programs, the root program resulting in the fundamental subject-object division. In meditation there can be a re-programming, a still g of sankhara, making way for a more peaceful and pure state of being.
The Karuna Institute :  Creative Formations - Sankhara

2016-09-12 Monday Night Meditation Class 2:00:32
Mark Coleman
This talk explores various facets around relinquishing the ways we are constantly seeking something different than what is actually here and by doinf so, missing the peace that is already here.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-09-12 Samadhi: Stability of Mind for the Support of Happiness and Insight 61:17
Mark Nunberg
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Integration of Love and Wisdom with Kamala Masters and Mark Nunberg

2016-09-12 Perspectives on practice meetings 61:25
Winnie Nazarko
This talk being held by the community nothing I got my iPhone
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2016-09-12 Intro and Guided Meditation: We Are a Conversation 46:18
Ajahn Sucitto
The holding of silence on this retreat can allow us to listen to subtler conversations, emotional and bodily, not just verbal. Meditation through the body supports listening in to the non-verbal conversations within as we give attention to what's being communicated through direct experience.
The Karuna Institute :  Creative Formations - Sankhara

2016-09-11 Inner Family of Lovingkindness Meditation 8:12
Amita Schmidt
Develop lovingkindness from the inside out using eye contact with loved ones to rewire your nervous system. This meditation is designed to create a greater sense of connection, lovingkindness and inner family.
Insight Meditation of Cleveland

2016-09-11 Contemplation On Compassion and Wisdom 64:26
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Integration of Love and Wisdom with Kamala Masters and Mark Nunberg

2016-09-11 Entering the retreat: refuges and precepts 56:38
Guy Armstrong
This talk gives an overview of the three refuges and the five precepts in retreat practice, as well as chanting them. It gives particular emphasis to the wholesome qualities of the historical Buddha
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 1

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