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Dharma Talks
2017-05-30 Partie 2, 4e fondement de l’attention 56:48
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-05-30 Transforming the Judgmental Mind 69:54
Donald Rothberg
An overview of the nature of the judgmental mind, the distinction between judgment (in the sense of being "judgmental") and discernment, how the judgmental mind is transformed, and some of the tools and perspectives important in this process of transformation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2017-05-30 Meditation Mathematics 61:17
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
The incalculable nature, of the path of practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Liberation of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat

2017-05-30 Going Against the Stream: Cultivating Wisdom, Compassion and Peace from the Inside Out 1:15:51
Martin Aylward
2500 years ago, Buddha taught meditation and inner inquiry as a revolutionary practice; Training the mind and freeing the heart to turn against the streams of greed, negativity and confusion that we see habitually affecting both our own inner lives, and driving the dominant forces of society. How can we genuinely explore and deeply understand how these currents and habits operate, so as to find an inner freedom and ease, and to make a wise and effective response to the world we live in?
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2017-05-30 Going Against the Stream: Guided Meditation 34:59
Martin Aylward
2500 years ago, Buddha taught meditation and inner inquiry as a revolutionary practice; Training the mind and freeing the heart to turn against the streams of greed, negativity and confusion that we see habitually affecting both our own inner lives, and driving the dominant forces of society. How can we genuinely explore and deeply understand how these currents and habits operate, so as to find an inner freedom and ease, and to make a wise and effective response to the world we live in?
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2017-05-30 Partie 1, 4e fondement de l’attention 29:47
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-05-30 Cours du mardi midi 63:55
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-05-29 Teaching From The Metta Sutta - Part 1 55:38
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Liberation of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat

2017-05-29 Parami: Renunciation Part 2, By Training 24:37
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-29 D’un esprit affligé vers un esprit libéré 1:19:45
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-05-29 Parami: Renunciation: Part 1, By Choice 37:07
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-29 Paying Attention to What We Pay Attention To (Drop-in at Spirit Rock) 63:32
Sally Armstrong
Sally Armstrong Monday Night Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2017-05-28 Bringing Dharma Into Interpersonal and Communal Life (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:12
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-28 Day 6 Metta Sit: (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 26:54
Sayadaw U Jagara
Genetic-Temperature-Conditioned=Metta=Warm-up!
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-28 Torments Part 2: Released 24:53
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-28 Torments Part 1: Revealed 32:30
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-28 Seeing Things as They are Through Vipassana (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:55
Nikki Mirghafori
When we see the nature of reality as impermanent, not inherently satisfying and impersonal, we don't take it all so personally. There can be more ease and freedom when we make peace with the way things are. Recorded at Spirit Rock at "Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students"
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-28 Guided Loving Kindness Meditation 47:51
Michele McDonald
How to practice Metta with an anchor, the easiest being or place where one can find - and with oneself.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Liberation of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat

2017-05-28 Vesak talk 49:25
Ayya Tathaloka
Dhammadharini

2017-05-28 Day 6 Morning Instructions: SN: "The Lump of Foam" and the 5 aggregates as bubbles, etc. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:33
Sayadaw U Jagara
Includes Q&A
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-27 Navigating the Feeling of Not Enough (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:32
Brian Lesage
This talk explores some ways to navigate the feeling of unworthiness that can arise in our lives and in our practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-27 Day 5 Guided Metta: Radiating Metta for All, Including Oneself (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:39
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-27 Rest and Courage 55:07
Michele McDonald
Connecting our attention to the truth: giving birth to insight nd wisdom nd the monarch butterfly.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Liberation of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat

2017-05-27 Wisdom: Right View: Wise Understanding 21:48
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-27 Wisdom: Right Thought: Intention & Attitude of Mind 38:24
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-27 Day 5: Metta Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 34:06
Brian Lesage
Compassion Practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-27 Perception as Conditioned and as Conditionee (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:52
Sayadaw U Jagara
Sanna (pere arise together with feeling (vedana) and is a "marker" of sign and a "recognition" of the mark (sign). It can be used to protect/develop and understand mind's dynamic. What is needed for a beginner = mindfulness of the body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-27 Compassion & Equanimity in Difficult Times, Daylong Retreat: Afternoon 66:35
Joseph Goldstein
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-05-27 Love and Emptiness 1:28:25
Ayya Anandabodhi
This is the afternoon guided meditation and talk by Ayya Anandabhodi from the monastic daylong program Entering the Heart of Practice with Ayya Santacitta and Isabelita Papa (Qigong)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Access to Awakening: Divine Sourcing vs. Self-Sourcing Afternoon guided standing meditation 25:27
Amma Thanasanti
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Access to Awakening: Divine Sourcing vs. Self-Sourcing Afternoon guided standing meditation 25:23
Amma Thanasanti
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Access to Awakening: Divine Sourcing vs. Self-Sourcing Afternoon short guided seated meditation 16:44
Amma Thanasanti
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Compassion and Equanimity in Difficult Times, Daylong Retreat: Morning 2:10:13
Joseph Goldstein
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-05-27 Access to Awakening: Divine Sourcing vs. Self-Sourcing Morning Talk 57:25
Amma Thanasanti
The Buddha taught that that key to peace, joy and happiness is release: a state of mind and heart not driven by a relentless insistence that life, in this moment, be other than as it is. This capacity for freedom is available every moment yet is often obscured by our agitated minds and wounded hearts. When we shift away from self-sourcing and turn towards any one of the many facets of awakening, and start divine sourcing we let go, and experience what is timeless, luminous and boundless. This day-long retreat will combine the steady focus and insight of Vipassana meditation, with the relational practice of inquiry to find our own access to awakening.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Access to Awakening: Divine Sourcing vs. Self-Sourcing Morning standing exercise 11:26
Amma Thanasanti
The Buddha taught that that key to peace, joy and happiness is release: a state of mind and heart not driven by a relentless insistence that life, in this moment, be other than as it is. This capacity for freedom is available every moment yet is often obscured by our agitated minds and wounded hearts. When we shift away from self-sourcing and turn towards any one of the many facets of awakening, and start divine sourcing we let go, and experience what is timeless, luminous and boundless. This day-long retreat will combine the steady focus and insight of Vipassana meditation, with the relational practice of inquiry to find our own access to awakening.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Access to Awakening: Divine Sourcing vs. Self-Sourcing Morning sitting and standing meditation 43:28
Amma Thanasanti
The Buddha taught that that key to peace, joy and happiness is release: a state of mind and heart not driven by a relentless insistence that life, in this moment, be other than as it is. This capacity for freedom is available every moment yet is often obscured by our agitated minds and wounded hearts. When we shift away from self-sourcing and turn towards any one of the many facets of awakening, and start divine sourcing we let go, and experience what is timeless, luminous and boundless. This day-long retreat will combine the steady focus and insight of Vipassana meditation, with the relational practice of inquiry to find our own access to awakening.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Responding Versus Reacting 42:09
Ayya Santacitta
This is the morning talk by Ayya Santacitta, from the monastic daylong program, Entering the Heart of Practice with Ayya Anandabhodi and Isabelita Papa (Qigong).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-05-27 Day 5: Instructions and Sitting 38:02
Matthew Brensilver
Mostly a quiet sit.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-27 Day 5 Instructions: Mental Factors (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:05
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-26 Day 4: Metta Sit with Guidance (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 7:41
Sayadaw U Jagara
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-26 Refuges Part 4: Sangha 11:23
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-26 Refuges Part 3: Dhamma 11:26
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-26 Refuges Part 2: Buddha 9:18
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-26 Refuges Part 1: Introduction 16:37
Steve Armstrong
Bethlehem Center :  Awareness, Insight and Liberation

2017-05-26 Compassion and Equanimity in Difficult Times, Evening Talk 1:53:02
Joseph Goldstein
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2017-05-26 Day 4: Metta Sit with Guidance (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 34:47
Matthew Brensilver
Reflections and INstructions: comparing mind, envy and Mudita.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-26 Investigating the Body Leading to Investigating the Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:16
Nikki Mirghafori
In this talk, the path of gradual cultivation is discussed, starting with establishing a container of Metta/Loving-kindness. Then, we calm and unify the mind, followed by investigating the body (through four elements meditation) which leads to investigating the mind and mental factors. Recorded at Spirit Rock at "Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students"
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Examining Reality as a Path to Freedom: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-05-26 Day 4: Instructions and Sitting (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 7:01
Brian Lesage
Becoming unfamiliar with our experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-26 Day 4: Instructions: : "Love God, no Needs" (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:34
Sayadaw U Jagara
4 Elements and eating meditation instructions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

2017-05-25 Practicing with the Four Noble Truths (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:54
Brian Lesage
This talk offers a perspective on the Four Noble Truths that interweaves with our meditation practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings on the Path of Awakening

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