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Dharma Talks in English
2016-11-09 Morning Reflection 12:15
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage "...in the footprint of the Buddha..." Concentration/Samatha Retreat with Marcia Rose

2016-11-08 Things As They Are 17:48
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2016-11-08 The Factors of Enlightenment 68:54
Pat Coffey
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2016-11-08 Navigating Uncertainty and Fear 47:48
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections on the dynamics of uncertainty and fear in our lives and on retreat and how to navigate them.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 1 to November 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-08 Meditation: Metta Practice 34:08
Larry Yang
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2016-11-08 Chant, Breathe, Trust - Bless the Rain 16:21
Ayya Medhanandi
One way animals restore themselves after an attack and regain equilibrium is through the trembling of the body. We too, as human beings, can create an inner rhythmic chant to resonate vibrational waves that help us move out of fear and clear traumas from our nervous system. All the senses converge and soak in the sound of the breath itself. Trusting the heart's innate goodness, we feel uplifted. Bless the rain.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2016-11-08 Morning Reflection 6:41
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage "...in the footprint of the Buddha..." Concentration/Samatha Retreat with Marcia Rose

2016-11-07 Lessons from the Karaniya Metta Sutta – part one 54:41
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 2

2016-11-07 Buddhist Studies Course - Understanding Sensuality - Week 8 63:47
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Understanding Sensuality
Attached Files:
  • Contrary to Popular Opinion by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (PDF)

2016-11-07 Dhamma Talk: Transformation of Afflictive States of Mind 1:19:38
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage "...in the footprint of the Buddha..." Concentration/Samatha Retreat with Marcia Rose

2016-11-07 Meditation: Metta - Heart Practice 32:00
Pat Coffey
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2016-11-07 Morning Instruction with Question and Response 13:45
Tara Brach
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2016-11-07 Morning Reflection - Crossing the Flood 10:14
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 1 to November 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-07 Guided meditation: Expanding awareness 43:52
Andrea Fella
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 2

2016-11-06 The Wings of Awakening - Self-Honesty and Love 62:25
Tara Brach
We evolve our consciousness by bringing a clear and kind attention to the tangles of suffering. This talk explores how the "second arrow" of self-judgment imprisons us in emotional reactivity, and the pathways of awakening awareness that reconnect us with our full human potential.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2016-11-06 Shapes of the Mind 39:53
Christina Feldman
Gaia House November Solitary

2016-11-06 Maranasati: Mindfulness of Death 58:38
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-11-06 Questions & Answers 1:18:58
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage "...in the footprint of the Buddha..." Concentration/Samatha Retreat with Marcia Rose

2016-11-06 Morning Reflection 11:36
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage "...in the footprint of the Buddha..." Concentration/Samatha Retreat with Marcia Rose

2016-11-05 Grateful for Life in the Light of Impermanence 46:53
Eugene Cash
Gratitude arises naturally as we explore/open to the truth of the living impermanence of our lives. The dharma unveils various gifts of our aliveness. We recognize and become awake to the magic of life itself.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Contemplating Death

2016-11-05 Playing with Vedana 46:11
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House November Solitary

2016-11-05 Heart Meditation: Taking In the Goodness 24:56
Tara Brach
Rumi said, “Whenever some kindness comes to you, turn that way – toward the source of kindness.” This meditation guides us to look for the source of loving and to turn in that direction. It begins with a lovingkindness practice that spreads the image of a smile into the body, then continues with a practice of seeing the goodness of ourselves and others. “What’s it like when you communicate your appreciation of goodness to another person?”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2016-11-05 Day 6: Morning Sitting with Instructions 54:14
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Contemplating Death

2016-11-05 Morning Reflection: Additional Instructions 12:48
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage "...in the footprint of the Buddha..." Concentration/Samatha Retreat with Marcia Rose

2016-11-04 Dying practice: Letting go into the deathless 46:26
Nikki Mirghafori
1) Death contemplation can prepare us for the moment of death to be ultimate moment of freedom, of letting go into the unconditioned. 2) Holding the possibility of rebirth and reports of near death experiences with spaciousness of a "don't know" mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Contemplating Death

2016-11-04 Guided Meditation: Concentration Practice 56:23
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage "...in the footprint of the Buddha..." Concentration/Samatha Retreat with Marcia Rose

2016-11-03 Maranasati: Letting Go of Everything 47:50
Eugene Cash
Recognizing letting go as a natural part of our life and death. The story of Anathapindika death, how he received the highest teachings and changed Buddhist culture so that these teachings are offered to all of the 4 fold Sangha.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Contemplating Death

2016-11-03 Who are You? 44:39
Wes Nisker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Liberate the Body-Stretch the Mind

2016-11-03 Crossing The Flood 61:54
Andrea Fella
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 2

2016-11-03 "The Big Shift: Learning to Open to Experience" 65:49
James Baraz
Our typical response to very negative or positive experiences is to contract in relation to them--either with aversion or attachment. The practice helps us cultivate a radical and much more skillful and profound relationship to them--having the courage and compassion to meet and learn from the negative as well as the wisdom to enjoy the positive while realizing its impermanence. This talk explores different qualities of heart and mind that help us do just that.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2016-11-03 Belonging in the Body 46:58
Catherine McGee
Gaia House November Solitary

2016-11-03 A Passion for Freedom 34:28
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary

2016-11-03 Day 4: Morning Instructional Sit 50:44
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Contemplating Death

2016-11-02 What is This? 25:28
Doug Phillips
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2016-11-02 Awakening Consciousness in Shadowy Times - Part 2 68:50
Tara Brach
The shadow is the unfaced, unlived fears and emotional pain in our individual and collective psyche. When not brought into awareness it expresses as “no” - the anger, aggression, hopelessness and cynicism that is resisting and opposing life. In this talk we explore how to evolve our consciousness by bringing “yes” - clarity and loving acceptance - to the parts of our being we have been unwilling to feel. This loving “yes” reconnects us to our basic goodness and helps others do the same.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2016-11-02 Infinite Possibility 55:35
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-11-02 Dhamma Talk: Introduction to Wise Meditation 1:15:24
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage "...in the footprint of the Buddha..." Concentration/Samatha Retreat with Marcia Rose

2016-11-02 What Makes Life Precious 66:05
Sylvia Boorstein
The realization that anything can happen at any time brings with it the appreciation of life, connection, and what really matters.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-11-02 Day 3: Morning Instructional Sit 49:49
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Contemplating Death

2016-11-02 Morning Reflection - Restraining the Senses and Cultivating the Senses 9:51
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 1 to November 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-02 Guided Meditation: Basic Instructions 20:52
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage "...in the footprint of the Buddha..." Concentration/Samatha Retreat with Marcia Rose

2016-11-01 Day 2: Dharma Talk - Reorienting our life in the light of death 51:07
Nikki Mirghafori
1) Death brings the scarcity of time to our consciousness. 2) The parable of the poisoned arrow and holding the imponderables with a "don't know" mind. 3) Grief, for ourselves and loved ones, as a natural response to death.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Contemplating Death

2016-11-01 Suffering is not a mistake, it's part of the path 46:05
Alexis Santos
"There is the suffering that leads to more suffering, and the suffering that leads to the end of suffering." --Ajahn Chan. This talk explores Dukkha and the possibility of meeting it to become a noble part of life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 2

2016-11-01 Implicit Bias & Suchness 53:30
Brian Lesage
Brief Description of talk: This talk offers reflections on how the practice of sense restraint on retreat can help us unlearn the oppressive biases that we have received from society.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 1 to November 9 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-11-01 Opening Dhamma Talk 62:44
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage "...in the footprint of the Buddha..." Concentration/Samatha Retreat with Marcia Rose

2016-10-31 Great is the Matter of Birth and Death 46:08
Eugene Cash
Exploring the celebration & relationship to death on Halloween and through the Zen practice of Segaki. We recognize the normalcy of death through Buddhist teachings, reflecting on our lives and in each moment of practice. Using reflection and meditation we discover how death leads to awakening and living our lives fully.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Contemplating Death

2016-10-31 Prince five weapons and the sticky haired monster 48:38
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Part 2

2016-10-31 Finding Wisdom During the Political Election Cycle 56:38
Mark Coleman
Monday Night Talk - Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2016-10-31 Buddhist Studies Course - Understanding Sensuality - Week 7 1:24:16
Mark Nunberg
We meet tonight for week seven and begin a more direct investigation into the escape from the oppressiveness of our attachment to sense desire that arise in this world of sensuality. Here is a recent article that you might find useful:
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Understanding Sensuality
Attached Files:
  • I used to Be a Human Being by Andrew Sullivan (Link)

2016-10-31 Day 1: Instructional Sit 60:35
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Contemplating Death

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