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2017-03-13 Buddhist Studies Course - Lovingkindness and Compassion - Week 1 1:27:29

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center : Buddhist Studies Course - Lovingkindness and Compassion

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Suffusion with the Divine Abidings Chant (docx)

2017-03-12 Awakening Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:17
Adrianne Ross	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Monthlong Retreat

2017-03-09 An overview of the four brahmavihara practices: kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity 36:58
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
An introduction to the brahmavihara meditation practices and their relationship to insight practice
Auckland Insight Meditation

2017-02-26 The Wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion, morning session (Daylong at Spirit Rock) 2:39:11
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-02-26 The Wings of Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion, afternoon session (Daylong at Spirit Rock) 2:23:17
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-02-25 29 guided meditation: compassion for a friend experiencing difficulties, then oneself 23:21
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Practising compassion for a friend experiencing difficulties, then oneself, mostly using the reciting-phrases method
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Seven-day insight meditation retreat

2017-02-25 28 instructions: compassion practice 13:26
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
A brief overview of the brahma vihara practices, then introduction to compassion practice, acknowledging the challenges of practising for oneself
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Seven-day insight meditation retreat

2017-02-22 17 talk: Vedana, Right Thought, Metta and Compassion 41:09
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
Exploring vedana or feeling-tone as the building block of reactivity, and metta or good will and compassion or harmlessness as aspects of Right Thought
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Seven-day insight meditation retreat

2017-02-22 The intersection of Wisdom and Compassion 46:09
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective : TCVC winter 2017

2017-02-18 How Compassion is Present in a mMoment of Mindfulness 51:52
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective : TCVC winter 2017

2017-02-16 Equanimity: Bringing Balance to our Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:41
James Baraz	Download Listen
Equanimity is the precursor to the awakened mind. It allows us to skillfully hold compassion, metta and joy in balance. It is the essential quality that allows us to go through life's ups and downs with wisdom and wise response.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month-long Retreat

2017-02-15 Being Truthful 54:05
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The grounds of happiness, loving relationships and a just and flourishing society is honesty. And yet our current times are characterized by a plethora of deception – both societally, and often in more subtle ways, in our personal lives. This talk examines the deep conditioning we have to deceive others, and to avoid facing and acknowledging our own vulnerability. We then explore how we can commit ourselves to deepening our truth telling, and in so doing, creating a climate of integrity and trust that can lead to a more compassionate world.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-02-12 The Resilience and Strength of a Compassionate Heart (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:12
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Compassion is the natural expression of "presence," the availability of an unclouded mind. This talk points to our inherent resilience and wisdom in response to suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month-long Retreat

2017-02-05 Opening to Experience: How and When (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:03
James Baraz	Download Listen
One of the most profound gifts of retreat practice is learning to open to our experience. We develop confidence, courage, compassion and insight as we are willing to work with all the challenging and beautiful places the mind can take us to. And it's also good to know when it's more skillful to not open to those places if we need to have a stronger container to hold them. Qualities that support this opening such as forgiveness, patience, sense of humor, and self-compassion are explored.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month-long Retreat

2017-02-04 Guided Meditation on Equanimity and Compassion 28:08
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2017-01-31 Tuesday Night Teacher-Led Sit With Mark Coleman 63:22
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Guest teacher Mark Coleman will begin with a guided meditation, followed dharma talk on his new book Make Peace With your Mind – How Mindfulness And Compassion Can Help Free You From The Inner Critic, then open up to our practice questions allowing us time to deepen in Sangha through mindful community discussion.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2017-01-29 Wise retreat (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:49
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
For some people, the idea of retreat implies some form of escape or avoidance. But actually, meditation retreats, especially long ones, are deep dive into our direct experience, both individual and collective. Though we disengage from the busyness and distractions of our daily life, we are still deeply engaged in understanding the world and our place in it, and can return from retreat more balanced and compassionate, ready to engage wisely with our lives and the issues of our time.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month-long Retreat

2017-01-25 Meeting Dukkha with our Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:39
Kate Munding	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness of Body, Speech and Mind

2017-01-24 Compassion and the Mystery 30:39
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2017-01-22 Compassion Meditation 41:09
Zohar Lavie	Download Listen
SanghaSeva : Anandwan Power of Love

2017-01-22 Noble Eightfold Path 03 Talk: Right View and Right Thought/Intention 34:07
Jill Shepherd	Download Listen
A re-cap of Right View, followed by an exploration of Right Thought in terms of the intention towards renunciation, the intention towards good-will or metta, and the intention towards non-cruelty or compassion
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2017-01-18 Your Awake Heart Is Calling You 1:12:01

Tara Brach

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As individuals and societies, we are pulled by both the insecurity of our evolutionary past, and by our awake heart, our capacity for mindfulness and compassion. This talk explores the ways we can listen to and respond to the call of our awake heart, by training ourselves to open to vulnerability (our own and others) and widen the circles of compassion.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-01-13 Metta for the Difficult (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 64:48
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
This Talk examines the roots of the journey transformation from struggle & separation to connection & love. Mindfulness of the nervous system, wisdom perspectives, forgiveness, compassion & patience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : January Metta Retreat

2017-01-11 Dissolving Trance with RAIN 1:12:46

Tara Brach

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One of the pervasive expressions of trance is identifying with a limited and separate sense of self. This talk contrasts the self-trance to our intrinsically open, awake and loving awareness. We then explore how the mindfulness and self-compassion in the RAIN practice can directly dissolve trance and reconnect us to our true nature.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2017-01-06 Acting from the courageous heart. 62:55
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Reflections on inner and outer activism: responding to greed, hatred, and delusion in the world from a place of courageous compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat