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Dharma Talks
2016-07-17 Day 4 Afternoon Sit with Instructions: Compassion 42:19
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta Retreat

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 8: Balance and Guided Meditation 29:37
Oren Jay Sofer
Balance tools continued. Guided meditation for balance and relaxation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Map of the Journey: The Progress of Insight #6: Enlightenment, Completing the Journey 39:05
Steve Armstrong
West Coast Dharma Map of the Journey: The Progress of Insight

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 7: Balance Q&A 43:59
Oren Jay Sofer
Q&A on practicing as caregiver; pain at young age; difficulty relaxing; seeking guidance; posture
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 6: Balance and Equanimity 61:09
Oren Jay Sofer
Guided meditation for relaxation. Importance of balance when practicing with pain and tools for cultivating balance in midst of pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Map of the Journey: The Progress of Insight #5: Refining the Knowledge of Dukkha 43:44
Steve Armstrong
West Coast Dharma Map of the Journey: The Progress of Insight

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 5: Wisdom Q&A 25:50
Oren Jay Sofer
Q&A on self-judgement, self-identity, and severe pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 4: Cultivating Wisdom 52:09
Oren Jay Sofer
How to develop wisdom with pain to shift relation into a transformative experience rather than oppressive. Guided meditation for practicing with wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 3: Q&A 20:23
Oren Jay Sofer
Q&A on isolation, practicing with opiods, and the middle path of being.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 2: Four Ways to Practice with Physical Pain 28:45
Oren Jay Sofer
Sharing reflections on intentions and explorations into what pain is. Overview of the four basic ways of practicing with pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain 1: Introduction 20:42
Oren Jay Sofer
Grounding meditation for practicing with pain and intention setting for the day. Introduction into topic of meditation in pain and illness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Meditation for Pain - all day recording 5:48:46
Oren Jay Sofer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-17 Day 4 Morning Sit with Instructions: Metta Practice Benefactors 29:57
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta Retreat

2016-07-16 Metta and Its Benefits 52:21
Nikki Mirghafori
G.R.A.C.E. as an acronym for practice; benefits of metta from the suttas and scientific studies; contemplative and universal aspirations for practicing loving-kindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta Retreat

2016-07-16 Generosity and Sila 57:10
Zohar Lavie
These recordings are part of a ten month course entitled Living Fearlessly with Change - Exploring Ageing, Illness and Death Through Buddhist Practice and Service. This recording also includes Zohar Lavie.
Gaia House (Bala Brook) Living Fearlessly with Change

2016-07-16 Metaphors of growth - sudden and gradual. 61:42
Akincano Marc Weber
Thinking about Indian simile, Metaphor. Brief historical point about sudden and gradual debate in Lhasa
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-07-16 Instructions pour que la forêt nous parle 64:22
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight Que la foret parle

2016-07-16 Day 3 Afternoon Sit with Instructions: Forgiveness 43:01
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta Retreat

2016-07-16 Across the River of Pain 28:03
Ayya Medhanandi
We long to be free from this wandering, to go beyond all suffering. The body is our raft to cross from one side of the river of pain to the other. And there we leave the raft. But we don’t leave it until we cross, until we realize the Deathless – when no one ‘dies’ but we know the death of greed, of anger, of delusion. As we cross, we end the pain, grief, rage, vulnerability, fear – every form of distress. And where we were once inflamed by these troubles, they give way to the infinitudes of love and compassion.
Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2016-07-16 Map of the Journey: The Progress of Insight #4: Spiritual Goodies: Ecstasy, Bliss and Beyond 36:13
Steve Armstrong
West Coast Dharma Map of the Journey: The Progress of Insight

2016-07-16 Sharing the Blessings of our Practice 31:35
Ayya Santacitta
A short sitting, closing talk and blessing chant from the daylong - Listening to Natural Law - on July 16, 2016
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-16 Meeting With the Challenges of our Time 67:26
Ayya Anandabodhi
Dhamma Reflection from the daylong - Listening to Natural Law - on July 16, 2016. Followed by a Q&A with Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta Retreat

2016-07-16 Familiarizing Oneself with the Way Things Are 1:13:48
Ayya Santacitta
Dhamma reflection with Ayya Santacitta followed by a standing meditation with Ayya Anandabodhi.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-16 Map of the Journey: The Progress of Insight #3: Purification of Conduct, Mind, View, Doubt 37:51
Steve Armstrong
West Coast Dharma Map of the Journey: The Progress of Insight

2016-07-16 Arriving into Body and Breath 2:34:30
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided Meditation from our daylong - Listening to Natural Law - on Saturday, July 16, 2016
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-16 Day 3 Morning Sit with Instructions: Metta for Easy Person 37:14
Heather Martin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta Retreat

2016-07-15 The Mollusk of the Heart 67:02
Heather Martin
How to recognize and not be caught by the contracting heart and the forces which diminish metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta Retreat

2016-07-15 Day 2 Afternoon Sit with Instructions: Introduction to Compassion Practice 36:48
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta Retreat

2016-07-15 Être éphémère 69:00
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight Que la foret parle

2016-07-15 Map of the Journey: The Progress of Insight #2: Introduction to Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight 19:33
Steve Armstrong
West Coast Dharma Map of the Journey: The Progress of Insight

2016-07-15 Map of the Journey: The Progress of Insight#1: Overview of the Progress of Insight 55:36
Steve Armstrong
West Coast Dharma Map of the Journey: The Progress of Insight

2016-07-15 Day 2 Morning Sit with Instructions: Metta for Self and Easy Person 37:29
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta Retreat

2016-07-14 Refrain from Stealing 51:52
Shaila Catherine
Shaila Catherine gave the second talk in a six-week series titled "Ethics, Action and the Five Precepts." When we undertake the training of refraining from taking that which is not given and practice generosity, we are improving our mind. More specifically, we are purifying our mind of greed. In fact, not stealing and giving are conditions that contribute to the realization of nibbana.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Ethics, Action and the Five Precepts

2016-07-14 The Landscape of the Heart 51:38
Sally Armstrong
Developing lovingkindness takes patience and the willingness to begin again - to choose again and again the intention towards kindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta Retreat

2016-07-14 "Breaking Our Deluded Illusions With the Four Elements" 53:38
Kate Munding
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2016-07-14 Can we learn to be good? 60:28
John Peacock
A talk that covers the importance of ethics and morality in relation to our practice and our daily lives
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-07-14 Day 1 Afternoon Sit with Instructions: Introduction of Metta Practice 48:15
Heather Martin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Metta Retreat

2016-07-13 Anatta revisited - Channa's story (SN 22.90) 56:49
Akincano Marc Weber
Self – Not-Self. Channa receives help when stuck and lost.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-07-13 Waking up to Wholesome and Unwholesome Motivations - Week 2 59:24
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2016-07-13 Transforming the Judgmental Mind 7 - Practicing with Judgments Related to Social Conditioning 1:11:06
Donald Rothberg
Partly with the reference point of recent violence in Orlando, Minnesota, Louisiana, and Dallas, we explore the nature of judgments related to social conditioning. We look at judgments, both conscious and more hidden (in "implicit bias"), related to social hierarchies based on race, gender, class, sexual orientation, etc. We suggest some initial ways to practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2016-07-12 Keep Your Heart Open 32:21
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2016-07-12 Contemplating Death 56:04
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House The Wise and Loving Heart

2016-07-12 Not stopping and not struggling. 41:58
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Balanced, skillful effort will get us across the flood of suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-07-11 Here and No Further ? 55:00
Kirsten Kratz
How can our practice and exploration support, nourish and inform us in times of social, environmental and personal concerns and challenges?
Gaia House The Wise and Loving Heart

2016-07-11 The Present Alone - is our happiness 59:42
John Peacock
What is meant by the present moment? Why would we like to live in it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-07-11 Buddhist Studies Course - The Practice of Integrity - Week 3 1:24:06
Mark Nunberg
Here are some additional study resources to use:
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Practice of Integrity
Attached Files:
  • RELIGIOUS CONVENTION AND SILA PRACTICE by Ajahn Sumedho (Google Doc)
  • The Healing Power of the Precepts by Thanissaro Bikkhu (Link)
  • Placeholder (File)
  • Virtue: Excerpts from the Sutras (Link)

2016-07-11 The Self 56:20
Norman Fischer
Dharma Talk from Monday Night Meditation Class on July 11, 2016
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-10 Opening Talk 44:25
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-07-10 Opening to Life 55:39
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House The Wise and Loving Heart

2016-07-10 Waking up to Wholesome and Unwholesome Motivations - Week 1 60:10
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

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