Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2008-10-19 Kathina Talk 2008-Great Heart 43:19
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Renunciation sounds painful, but it’s actually a very useful thing to be able to do. Rather than seeking the beautiful and the good where it can’t be found, we consider what is actually needed. We find the heart is enriched through acts of generosity and sharing, and through these, we get what we need.
Cittaviveka : 2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat

2008-07-20 Freedom From the Known 58:43
John Peacock	Download Listen
How can we free ourselves from patterns of behaviour that are all too familiar but continue to cause us pain?
Gaia House : Affection Compassion And Joy

2008-07-14 Liberation From The Inner Critic 50:07
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Self judgment is deeply painful and suffocates the capacity for kindness and freedom. It can also be understood and released.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-06-04 Ecology of the Heart 34:02
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Our most valued renewable resource is the heart, the seat of awareness and our true refuge in what is worthy of refuge – the ancient virtue of the noble ones. Breath by breath, we embody pure presence, wisely seeing how suffering arises and understanding the Noble Truth of how it ends. With courage enough to face our fear, we cut the currents of negativity and we stop feeding them. This is our path to the ending of pain – the heart’s total release.
Ottawa Buddhist Society (Sisters of St. Joseph Convent) : Ecology of the Heart Retreat

2008-03-21 The Buddha's Song Of Awakening - "Achieved Is The End Of Craving" 60:13
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
A discussion of the painful fires of craving and the experience of awaking.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : From Awareness to Wisdom: Exploring the Mind

2007-12-21 Darkness & Light, Suffering & The End Of Suffering 57:19
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
After sharing a personal story about suffering and the end of suffering, the talk outlines working with "the darkness" and cultivating the light in terms of working with hindrances, physical pain, strong emotions, & cultivating happiness & compassion; the talk concludes with an introduction of Prajnaparamita.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation at the Solstice: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light

2007-11-14 Lovingkindness - Living With A Wise Heart 1:19:22

Tara Brach

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The Buddha taught that our fear is great, but greater yet is the truth of our connectedness. These two talks examine the often unconscious habits that generate the pain of separation, and the practices that allow us to realize and live from an awake heart.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2007-11-10 Tender Heart Practice 52:12
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Cultivating a gentle and steady meditative attention we can learn to meet difficulty, pain and suffering with kindness and self-forgiveness. With the courage to feel experience deeply, we can embrace our life with a tender heart of love and openness.
Gaia House : Solitary Month Retreat

2007-10-26 The Tenderness Of Compassion 49:25
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
What is compassion and how do we open to our compassionate heart? And as we let GO OF our self interest AND demands ON LIFE TO BE THE WAY WE WANT IT TO BE and turn toward our own pain and other's pain, compassion can awaken in our hearts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Meditation and Study Retreat

2007-10-16 The Hindrances: Doubt 41:30
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
Doubt can be an obstacle to meditation or a form of healthy inquiry. It is helpful to ask questions, to ponder, and be willing to doubt our beliefs and opinions. Ask yourself: are my views true? We hold many unexamined beliefs—beliefs about self, about how things should be, about what other people should do. The Kalama Sutta encourages us to question what we think, and to not adopt beliefs based on hearsay or mere tradition. We can use our minds to critically inquire into how things actually are. Doubt as an obstacle, on the other hand, is a painful state that leads to confusion, fear, indecision, and uncertainty. It manifests as obsessive thinking, planning, and anxiety. The Discourse to Malunkyaputta (Middle Length Discourses, M. 63) proposes that if we indulge in speculative thinking we might miss the opportunity to free ourselves from suffering. Specific suggestions are offered for working skillfully with the hindrance of doubt.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley : Tuesday Talks