2003-06-01 Metta Sutta - chanting 14:59
Dhammaruwan	Download Listen
Dhammaruwan chants the Metta Sutta, including 'call and response' for learning the chant. Exact date of recording is unknown.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-06-01 The Agony Of Alienation 50:10
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Much anguish and insecurity results from a sense of being separated from our fellow beings and from the world. The strategies we use to try to overcome this often involve the fabrication of additional partitions (e.g.; "us vs. them"), and thus backfire. The Noble Eightfold Path offers a better way.
Philadelphia Meditation Center

2003-06-01 Gladdening The Mind 42:58
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2003-06-01 Dispelling The Diseases Of The Mind 1:39:09
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-31 Opening Talk 50:01
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Refuge and Precepts explained (introduction by Doug Phillips).
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana & Viniyoga Retreat

2003-05-31 The Light In The Middle Of The Dark Tunnel 56:37
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
In our dark moments we tend to look for "the light at the end of the tunnel." In doing so, we end up constantly trying to be where we are not, and we miss the opportunity to learn from the darkness itself.
Philadelphia Meditation Center

2003-05-31 Using Wisdom To Disentangle Life's Tangles 66:13
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-30 Bowing As An Act Of Transformation 49:31
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Bowing has two parts: the bowing down in full acceptance of what is, and the coming right up in readiness to do what needs to be done. Each part is incomplete without the other. To realize this non-duality is to open the door for transformation.
Philadelphia Meditation Center

2003-05-30 Cultivating The Field Of Wisdom 1:11:01
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-29 Panna Bhumi: The Field Of Wisdom 1:12:03
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-28 3pm Talk 17:39
Tsoknyi Rinpoche	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Tsoknyi Rinpoche

2003-05-28 9.45am Talk 2:07:55
Tsoknyi Rinpoche	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Tsoknyi Rinpoche

2003-05-28 The Speed Of Mindfulness 66:46
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-27 3pm talk 2:27:29
Tsoknyi Rinpoche	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Tsoknyi Rinpoche

2003-05-27 09.45am talk 2:02:36
Tsoknyi Rinpoche	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Tsoknyi Rinpoche

2003-05-27 Aiming & Effort In Mindfulness 68:16
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-26 8pm talk 1:44:16
Tsoknyi Rinpoche	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Tsoknyi Rinpoche

2003-05-26 Satipattana: The Foundations, Support & Function Of Mindfulness 1:10:48
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-25 Questions And Answers 2:00:45
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-24 Dhamma Vinaya III: Dv From The Theoretical & Practical View 69:55
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-23 Going Home 48:08
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen

2003-05-23 Dhamma Vinaya II: The Five Factors 66:43
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-22 Eight Fold Path 56:38
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
The goal of practice is peace of mind on behalf of a peaceful world. The eightfold path is presented with stories to illustrate.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-05-22 The Teaching Of Dhamma Vinaya 1:10:21
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-21 Not Knowing But Keep Going 41:57
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-05-21 More Detailed Explanation Of Metta Practice 63:42
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-20 The Four Brahma Viharas 45:16
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen

2003-05-20 Radiating Metta/How To Practice 61:25
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-19 What Do We Really Want? 51:26
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Mindfulness is a collaboration of concentration and awareness, designed to balance the mind. In a context of non-reactivity the three characteristics are clearly seen.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-05-19 Brahmaviharas - Upekkha - Equanimity 61:55
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-18 End Of Suffering Is Now 59:11
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2003-05-18 Brahmaviharas - Karuna And Mudita 60:21
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-17 Opening Talk and Meditation 51:22
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen

2003-05-17 Metta II 65:43
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-16 Metta #1 63:15
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-15 Full Moon Day of Vesak 1:14:52
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-15 Full Moon Day of Vesak - Buddha Day 1:12:38
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-14 General Instructions 1:12:31
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-14 3 Characteristics of Existence 67:33
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-05-14 Buddhamusati: Recollecting Virtues of the Buddha 60:32
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-14 General Instructions 1:17:32
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-14 Recollecting Virtues of the Buddha 63:15
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-14 Integrating Vipassana & Dzogchen 48:43
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk is directed to Vipassana practitioners who wish to include in their meditations the dzogchen practice and theory. It explores ways of integrating the understanding and meditation technique of the two traditions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-05-13 The Four Fold Guardian Meditation 59:31
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-13 The 4-Fold Guardian 59:52
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-13 The Four-Fold Guardian Meditations 54:33
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-13 Non-Dual Awareness 62:52
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
According to the Dzogchen teachings, an aspect of the nature of mind is non-dual awareness. But the Theravada understanding is that these is a distinction between consciousness and it's objects. How can we reconcile these views?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-05-12 Bodhisattva Path: Plus Rigpa & Nirvana 63:51
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Two talks in one. The first describes my faltering steps in bodhisattva. The second examines different understandings of nirvana in the Buddhist tradition and compares them to the nature of mind described by Dzogchen.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-05-11 Relating With Emotions; Plus Mindfulness, Consciousness And Awareness 64:43
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This is really 2 talks in one, the first suggests different ways to work with strong emotions in both vipassana and dzogchen styles. The second relates the qualities of mindfulness and consciousness as used in Pali Suttas to the innate awareness of rigpa.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-05-08 Concepts and Reality 60:09
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen

2003-05-07 Teaching with Joan Borysenko 61:15
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-05-07 The Four Noble Truths 63:32
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen

2003-05-05 Seductions of Mind 61:50
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-05-05 Seductions of Mind 60:54
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen

2003-05-04 What's The Breath Got To Do With Freedom? 56:08
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Mindfulness of breath leads to the potential for accurate understanding of mental and physical experience. This simple mindfulness can lead us to the end of suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2003-05-03 The Four Elements 38:08
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2003-04-30 Working Skillfully With The Paradox Of Connecting And Detaching 46:51
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Understanding how to work with love and longing, detachment and indifference.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-04-27 Praktische Tipps und nützliche Werkzeuge 48:16
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
für Meditation und Retreat
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2003-04-23 The Shamanic Heart 69:19
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-04-23 Buddhas Leben 58:07
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Seine Bedeutung für uns heute
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2003-04-16 Let's All Get Liberated 26:32
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-04-16 Praxis als Feier 57:11
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Ehrerbietung, Geben, Mitfreude: Ausdruck der Offenheit und Hingabe
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2003-04-14 Big Band, The Buddha and the Baby Boom 1:19:21
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-04-11 The Great Heart Of Life 53:00
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Our hearts capacity to love all beings and ourselves unconditionally, is discovered through understanding forgiveness, and the truth of interconnectedness. Freeing ourselves from fear, anger and hatred, reveals our life's capacity for a remarkable greatness of heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-04-10 The Awakened Heart 48:13
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
The heart cannot open when it is on a journey in time. Love is found when we add nothing to this moment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2003-04-09 5 Spiritual Faculties 65:26
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-04-09 Wahrnehmung und Wirklichkeit 43:24
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Um das Dasein zutiefst verstehen zu können, müssen wir es wirklichkeitsgemäss wahrnehmen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2003-04-08 Exploring the Edges of Weirdness 37:58
Brad Richecoeur	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat

2003-04-08 Task-Centered & Heart-Centered Meditation 47:21
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
The movement from task-centered practice to heart-centered awareness contains the whole of the spiritual path.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2003-04-07 Brahma Viharas in Time of War 1:10:34
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-04-06 Insight and Non-Grasping 46:01
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2003-04-06 The Search For Meaning 45:05
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
We search throughout our lives for what is meaningful, only to find it in front of our eyes.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2003-04-05 Intention 46:39
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2003-04-02 There Will Be a Next Fall 63:05
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-03-29 The Buddha's Advice On The Four Noble Truths 50:39
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-28 The Nature Of Awareness 56:21
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-27 The Accommodation Of Separation 46:44
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-27 The Spirit Of Questioning 48:45
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
To hold a question is to keep the mind unformed and resting in stillness. Seeking an answer reconfirms the person who knows.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-26 Discussion and QandA Session 47:35
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-26 The Contemplative Way Of Life 45:30
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-26 Deep Happiness And QandA Session 53:36
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-25 Responding to War: The Bodhisttva Path 61:50
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

2003-03-25 Purity And Purification 52:46
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
A useful way to view the unfolding of practice is through the two truths, conventional and ultimate. The purity of our true nature is revealed until a conditioned pattern of mind is encountered. When met with acceptance, the pattern becomes purified.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-03-24 Making A Journey 40:06
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-24 Wanting: The Payoff And The Pain 44:56
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
The whole of desire must be understood—what it gives us and its inevitable pain—in order for it to be put to an end.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-23 Living With Our Heart 41:53
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-19 March 19th, 2003 39:29
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen

2003-03-17 Right Intention & Mixed Motives 59:30
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Right intention is the point of freedom in life. Its cultivation is how we come into meaning and relatedness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-03-16 Working With Fear: A Meditative Approach 55:43
Michael Grady	Download Listen
Applying the practice to the energy of fear.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-03-15 Lost In Thought 55:55
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
The four root causes of how thinking carries us away.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-03-13 Self Knowing And The Daily Life Of Retreats - Iii 55:36
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
As above.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-12 Acting out of Presence and Non-Attachment 58:13
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-03-12 Spiritual Urgency 1:13:57
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2003-03-12 Being Awake, Living Life Fully in the Here and Now 45:33
Michael Grady	Download Listen

2003-03-12 Spiritual Urgency 1:13:38
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen

2003-03-12 Being Awake 45:46
Michael Grady	Download Listen
Living life fully in the here and now.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-11 Self Knowing And The Daily Life Of Retreats - Ii 49:13
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
As above.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-10 Insight Into The Three Characteristics Of Conditions 47:39
Michael Grady	Download Listen
Seeing into the nature of conditioned experiences of suffering, impermanence and selflessness leads to unconditioned freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-09 Self Knowing And The Daily Life Of Retreats 47:13
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Retreat daily life provides many rich opportunities to know oneself. If the ordinary retreat activities 'off the cushion' are practiced whole-heartedly there can be great transfer of skill when we return home.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-09 Q&A 55:49
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
with John T and Anna Douglas