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Dharma Talks
2000-11-02 Awareness of Death and Letting-go 58:53
Ayya Jitindriya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monastic Retreat

2000-11-02 The Origin of Suffering 1:16:55
Ajahn Siripanna
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monastic Retreat

2000-11-01 Working with Pain 69:39
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monastic Retreat

2000-10-31 Closing Remarks & Guided Metta Meditation 52:16
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-30 Spirituality and Social Response 62:46
Jack Kornfield

2000-10-30 Spirituality and Social Response 64:19
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-10-30 Dependent Origination 1:13:15
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monastic Retreat

2000-10-30 The Brahma Viharas: Our Best Home 61:26
Myoshin Kelley
Learning to be a human being by embracing the natural qualities of our hearts and minds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-29 Dukkha - The First Sign-post to Freedom 54:40
Ayya Jitindriya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monastic Retreat

2000-10-29 Who Can Get Past The Tangles In This World? 53:40
Michele McDonald
Trying to get to Cold Mountain, or the wisdom of someone who is willing to die for freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-28 Heavenly Messenger 1:12:12
Ajahn Amaro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monastic Retreat

2000-10-26 Questions And Answers 62:30
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-25 The Four Noble Truths 57:40
Myoshin Kelley
The Buddha in his very first discourse gave practical instructions as to how one could realize the end of suffering. By understanding and reflecting through direct experience of these truths we can find deepening levels of happiness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-23 Wise Concentration with Sister Dipankara 65:40
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-10-23 Each Moment Is "Just Enough": 7 Factors Of Enlightenment 62:24
Michele McDonald
life as an empty cup
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-23 Awakening From Spiritual Slumber 59:46
Michele McDonald
Discovering how any one of the six doors of our senses can lead to enlightenment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-22 Paying Attention, Taking Action, Letting Go 61:28
Steven Smith
Bringing wisdom with non-attachment and compassionate action together.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-21 Q&A 56:16
Robert K. Hall

2000-10-19 Unknown 67:04
Carol Wilson
Date is estimated.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-19 Nothing to Do, Nowhere to Go, No One to Be 44:16
Mary Grace Orr

2000-10-19 Liberation Through Non-clinging 60:52
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-18 Dharma Talk 61:34
Carol Wilson
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2000-10-18 Forgiveness 58:18
Myoshin Kelley
Learning to let go through opening up our hearts in forgiveness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-16 The Great Being Of Metta & Mindfulness 59:22
Steven Smith
Discovering the attributes of a "great one," a fully liberated and "true-hearted" one, a loyal friend and the ideal of tathagata.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-16 Perfections 59:13
Jack Kornfield

2000-10-15 Doing The Best We Can And Letting Go Of Control 49:57
Michele McDonald
Understanding patience, compassion and equanimity in the face of suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-13 Four Kinds Of Happiness 47:39
Anna Douglas
Understanding happiness as a practice unto itself.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-10-12 The Three Characteristics 51:55
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor
Stories and poems that point to how seeing clearly into suffering and change can help us experience the truth of selflessness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-10-11 Pure Observation -- A Discussion 68:49
Larry Rosenberg
What does it mean "to observe". Questions and suggestions on the art of self observation.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center CIMC Wednesday Talks

2000-10-11 Transforming Fear 59:23
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-10 Training the Mind with Sila 58:12
Ralph Steele
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-10-09 Liberation through Non-Clinging 62:53
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-09 Beginner's Mind 51:09
Anna Douglas
Experiencing a deeper entering into the present moment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-10-08 Opening the Heart Of Compassion 63:05
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor
Stories and practice of compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-10-08 Sensitivity To Kindness 54:19
Michele McDonald
How can we discover a relaxed effort in practice: if we are desperate enough to be sensitive to kindness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-07 5 Hindrances 9:17
Sally Armstrong

2000-10-06 Basic Trust - Holding it Together When Things are Falling Apart 52:32
Sharda Rogell
Gaia House Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2000-10-06 Healing and Liberation 55:32
Jack Kornfield

2000-10-05 Can My Eyes Truly See (2) 54:49
Sharda Rogell
Gaia House Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2000-10-05 Buddha and His Meaning in Life 65:46
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-05 Buddha And His Meaning In Life 65:58
Joseph Goldstein

2000-10-04 A Wise Relationship with all Things 44:22
Sharda Rogell
Gaia House Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2000-10-03 Relating Wisely with the Things of This Life 42:06
Sharda Rogell
Gaia House Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2000-10-02 As It Is: Mystery Beyond Mystery 59:07
Steven Smith
Seeking the world of experience as it really is, and being motivated to live by compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-10-02 Increasing Our Capacity for Life 40:01
Sharda Rogell
Gaia House Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2000-10-02 Healing and Liberation 54:33
Jack Kornfield

2000-10-02 Morning Instructions + Q+A 23:43
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-01 Current of True Being 38:04
Sharda Rogell
Gaia House Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2000-10-01 10 Perfections 62:17
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-09-30 Contentment 53:53
Gil Fronsdal

2000-09-29 Opening Night 48:17
Steve Armstrong
with Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg and Steven Smith

2000-09-29 Acceptance Of Impermanence 61:41
Carol Wilson
If we truly believe that all arising phenomena are impermanent, how do we live with this understanding?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-09-29 Morning Instructions + Q+A 55:34
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-09-27 Morning Instructions + Q+A 33:53
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-09-25 Confidence, Courage, Acceptance, Simplicity = 4 Supports Of Mindfulness 57:46
Steven Smith
Paying attention to how confidence, courage, acceptance and simplicity support mindfulness and the spiritual life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-09-25 The Third Noble Truth 49:10
Eugene Cash
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-09-24 Morning Instructions 45:24
Joseph Goldstein
with Michele McDonald and Myoshin Kelley
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-09-22 Opening 43:38
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-09-20 Opening Talk Retreat 25:20
Joseph Goldstein

2000-09-18 Ritual of Ordination 62:13
Jack Kornfield

2000-09-16 What is Ajahn Chah Now? 29:16
Ajahn Sumedho

2000-09-13 Dharma Talk 1:31:34
Joseph Goldstein

2000-09-13 The Middle Way Between Failure And Success 8:13
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2000-09-12 Erscheinung und Leerheit 56:03
Fred Von Allmen
Der befreiende Umgang mit Formen, Rollen und Bezeichnungen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2000-09-11 Wedding of Body and Spirit 57:08
Jack Kornfield

2000-09-09 Insight Leading To Dispassion 63:57
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2000-09-07 Respect 57:32
Adrianne Ross

2000-09-04 Labor Of Love - Right Livelihood 57:43
Jack Kornfield
A Labor Day talk on right livelihood: what is our attitude to the work of our life?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2000-09-02 The Five Faculties 63:29
James Baraz

2000-09-02 Morning Instructions, Q&A 64:36
Joseph Goldstein

2000-09-01 The Mind And Heart Of Hindrances 56:11
Fred Von Allmen
Gaia House Retreat with Fred Von Allmen

2000-09-01 Equanimity 46:29
Fred Von Allmen
Gaia House Retreat with Fred Von Allmen

2000-09-01 Dedication, Determination And Vision 36:16
Fred Von Allmen
Gaia House Retreat with Fred Von Allmen

2000-08-29 Enjoying Goodness 56:40
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2000-08-28 The Obsessive Mind 45:55
Rodney Smith
The mind can seize upon anything for its survival and form an entire psychic reality around its wants. Exploring what is behind obsessive thoughts and actions.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2000-08-26 Knower And Known 54:37
Christopher Titmuss
The knower needs the heart to pursue the known. What is the knowing that goes beyond knower and known?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2000-08-26 Knower and Known 55:08
Christopher Titmuss

2000-08-24 The Personality And Beyond 47:06
Christopher Titmuss
Development of the mind is a minor detail of Dharma life. What matters lies outside the personality.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2000-08-24 Teachings of Ajahn Chah 58:07
Jack Kornfield

2000-08-24 The Personality And Beyond 45:53
Christopher Titmuss
When a sense of self takes form in the mind, we can become burdened and limited by our own fiction about ourselves-- our story of who we think we are. What would it be to let the self lose its substance? A profound and immediate freedom can be discovered through seeing clearly beyond the illusion of personality to the truth of selflessness.

2000-08-23 Wise Restraint, A Personal Journey 47:42
Sharda Rogell

2000-08-23 Wise Restraint - A Personal Journey 44:55
Sharda Rogell
Our search for comfort, security and contentment shapes our world yet eludes us. How can we find true happiness--the happiness of the Buddha.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-08-23 Discernment And Aspiration 51:28
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2000-08-21 Free Your Mind! 51:13
Christopher Titmuss
Finding here and now, freedom of the mind and freedom for tendencies.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2000-08-21 The One Who Knows 57:38
Jack Kornfield

2000-08-21 The One Who Knows 1:12:28
Jack Kornfield

2000-08-21 The Moody Mind 41:25
Rodney Smith
Moods can be so pervasive that they form the psychic posture we have towards life. We can distill our relationship to life down to a mood when we forget the law of impermanence.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2000-08-21 Nibbana And Chainsaw Noises 49:59
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2000-08-19 Naturalness Of Calm Leading To Insight 47:16
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2000-08-18 Inquiry # 4 48:42
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center "Born on the 4th of July, 1956 or After Retreat"

2000-08-18 Politics Of Life Styles 59:16
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center "Born on the 4th of July, 1956 or After Retreat"

2000-08-17 Inquiry # 3 64:55
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center "Born on the 4th of July, 1956 or After Retreat"

2000-08-17 The Seer And The Seeing 43:19
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center "Born on the 4th of July, 1956 or After Retreat"

2000-08-16 Is Authentic Liberation A Dream Or A Reality? 45:13
Christopher Titmuss
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center CIMC Wednesday Talks

2000-08-16 Is Authentic Liberation A Dream Or A Reality? Q&A 39:04
Christopher Titmuss
Q & A
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center CIMC Wednesday Talks

2000-08-16 Compassion - Eight Verses 43:24
Charles Genoud
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2000-08-16 Refuge 53:04
Sharda Rogell
Finding true refuge in love and faith, rather than in the "things" of life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-08-15 Inquiry # 2 62:13
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center "Born on the 4th of July, 1956 or After Retreat"

2000-08-15 Non Duality 47:27
Charles Genoud
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2000-08-15 Turning Staleness Into Joy 44:03
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

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