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Dharma Talks
2016-04-14 Courage and Questioning 24:41
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Son Retreat

2016-04-13 Self, No-self and Race 45:56
Ayya Anandabodhi
A talk given with Pamela Weiss at SFInsight after the 'Undoing Racism' training at Spirit Rock.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2016-04-13 Meditation - Vipassana - Practice of Seeing Clearly 18:38
Tara Brach
Vipassana, also known as insight meditation, is training in bringing a clear mindful attention to our moment to moment experience. We begin by relaxing through the body and then resting attention with the breath - or some other sensory anchor - and allowing the mind to settle. Then we open to whatever is predominant or calling our attention - sensations, emotions, sounds - meeting each arising experience with a clear, kind attention. The gift of this process is discovering balance in the midst of the changing flow, and gaining deep insight into the nature of reality.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2016-04-13 Releasing Self-Blame - Pathways to a Forgiving Heart 53:44
Tara Brach
When we are stuck in blaming, disliking or hating ourselves, we are unable to love our world. This talk explores what underlies our addiction to self-blame and the teachings and practices that loosen aversive self-judgment and help us cultivate a forgiving heart.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2016-04-13 Emptiness 44:47
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Son Retreat

2016-04-13 Causes of Craving and Not Craving 48:18
Rick Hanson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Evolving Together: Mindfulness, Meditation and Modern Science Retreat

2016-04-13 Forgetting The Self With Ayya Anandabodhi 45:56
Pamela Weiss, Ayya Anandabodhi

2016-04-13 Guided Meditation 4 Elements 41:45
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage 2016 Spring Month Long Hermitage Retreat

2016-04-13 Instruction - I Don't Know 27:59
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Son Retreat

2016-04-13 Meditation-Between Psychological Development and Spiritual Growth 63:49
Akincano Marc Weber
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2016-04-12 Thus Have I Heard 5:01:05
with Andrea Fella, Diana Clark, Kim Allen, Nona Olivia, Sean Oakes, Shaila Catherine, Tony Bernhard
The Pali Canon includes over 5,000 discourses that document conversations and encounters that occurred during forty years of the Buddha's ministry. Over the centuries, certain teachings have risen to the surface with popularity and come to characterize our impression of what the Buddha taught. However, the vast collection of source material reaches beyond these well known teachings. For this speaker series, IMSB has invited teachers to focus on teachings that have been largely neglected by contemporary Buddhist groups. Each talk will share a lesser-known teaching, event, or instruction that will enrich our comprehension of what the Buddha taught. We will discover whether broadening our source material reinforces the dominant view of Buddhist practice or paints a different picture of meditation and the path of liberation.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2016-04-12 Ignorance of Racism 32:40
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2016-04-12 Bienveillance 57:07
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-04-12 'Good Snowflakes: They Don't Fall Anywhere Else' 51:59
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Son Retreat

2016-04-12 Evolving Together 44:16
Wes Nisker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Evolving Together: Mindfulness, Meditation and Modern Science Retreat

2016-04-12 Encouraging Compassion 50:27
Rick Hanson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Evolving Together: Mindfulness, Meditation and Modern Science Retreat

2016-04-12 Right Attitude 8:15
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage 2016 Spring Month Long Hermitage Retreat

2016-04-12 Mindfulness of the Body 1:12:05
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage 2016 Spring Month Long Hermitage Retreat

2016-04-12 Instructions 27:49
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Son Retreat

2016-04-11 The Three Symbols of Awareness 39:22
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Son Retreat

2016-04-11 Reflections on Attitude 9:37
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage 2016 Spring Month Long Hermitage Retreat

2016-04-11 Samvega 61:01
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage 2016 Spring Month Long Hermitage Retreat

2016-04-11 Instruction - What is This? 30:51
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Son Retreat

2016-04-11 Course closing 34:23
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-04-11 Practice with Relationships 19:26
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2016-04-10 Traveling into one's life. 22:30
Akincano Marc Weber
Encouragement and reflections for post retreat
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-04-10 Question and Response 68:55
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Son Retreat

2016-04-10 Opening Talk 59:34
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage 2016 Spring Month Long Hermitage Retreat

2016-04-10 Instructions 25:13
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Son Retreat

2016-04-10 The Answer is Equanimity 29:04
Jose Reissig
The appropriate response to the conflicts that come our way is equanimity, rather than adding fuel to the fire by rushing to take sides. Equanimity also requires that we let the conflicts touch our heart while we defuse them. It is surely not indifference.
Rhinebeck Sitting Group :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat

2016-04-09 The Balance of the Seven Factors of Awakening 67:12
Kamala Masters
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Equanimity: Seeing with Quiet Eyes

2016-04-08 Hindrances - 4th Satipaṭṭhāna 43:37
Akincano Marc Weber
Meeting the meditators humanity
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-04-08 Equanimity and Kamma 55:53
Sally Armstrong
There are two main aspects to equanimity as a Brahma Vihara: first, a balanced, spacious mind, which is a mental factor we can know and cultivate. Secondly, an understanding of the nature of reality, known in Buddhist teachings as the dhamma, or truth, which is expressed here in the teachings on kamma (karma in Sanskrit.) Kamma simply means action, and refers to the universal laws of cause and effect and conditionality. In this teaching, the Buddha highlighted the importance of intentions in our actions. We come to understand that our lives are shaped by our choices, and the importance of bringing mindfulness and wisdom to our choices and intentions. We also should be aware that, even with good intentions, our actions can have harmful impacts, especially as we live, work and practice in communities with people with different cultural, racial, economic, gender identifications, sexual orientations, or other diverse experiences.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Equanimity: Seeing with Quiet Eyes

2016-04-08 Easing into the Boundless 62:58
Brian Lesage
This talk offers a way of exploring awareness itself.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Settling, Seeing and Spacious Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Practitioners

2016-04-08 Friday Night Dharma and Recovery with Kevin Griffin 51:12
Kevin Griffin
Step Four in the Twelve Step Program
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-04-08 Friday Night Dharma and Recovery with Kevin Griffin 48:49
Kevin Griffin
Opening Comments and Guided Meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-04-08 Closing Day: Morning Guided and Reminder 26:53
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Shwe Oo Min DhammaDayada Meditation Centre :  Retreat with Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-04-07 Loneliness 49:53
Kate Munding
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2016-04-07 Skillful Paths of Mind 38:42
Jenny Wilks
This is the third talk in a 3-part speaker series titled "Pathways of Skillful Action". Jenny Wilks talks about how, according to Buddhist ethical psychology, the mind is the source of speech and action, and that there are three specific skillful qualities of mind to be cultivated.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2016-04-07 The Five Spiritual Faculties 63:53
Kamala Masters
The balancing effect of the 5 Spiritual Faculties.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Equanimity: Seeing with Quiet Eyes

2016-04-06 Vedanā – neither sensation nor feeling. Hedonic tone in the Satipaṭṭhāna scheme 35:52
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Satipaṭṭhāna: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2016-04-06 Patience and Equanimity 58:45
Sally Armstrong
Patience and equanimity are two of the paramis - 10 perfections that we develop in our practice on the path to awakening. Ledi Sayadaw says that “Patience and equanimity are the mainstay for the perfections. Only when one has set oneself up in these two can one expect to fulfill the rest." These 2 qualities are intertwined and support each other: if we are patient, we are developing equanimity, and vice versa. Both are necessary for our meditation practice and bring peace and calm into our minds and hearts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Equanimity: Seeing with Quiet Eyes

2016-04-06 Day 10: Dhamma Discussion Group D 55:49
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Shwe Oo Min DhammaDayada Meditation Centre :  Retreat with Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-04-06 Day 10: Dhamma Discussion Group C 1:11:04
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Shwe Oo Min DhammaDayada Meditation Centre :  Retreat with Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-04-06 Ways of Seeing Experience: Practicing with Dukkha and Anatta 61:37
Brian Lesage
This talk explores the process of clearly seeing the arising of reactivity in a way that leads to our freedom. It also offers reflections on opening up to the selfless aspect of our experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Settling, Seeing and Spacious Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Practitioners

2016-04-05 Mindfulness Externally: Compassion in Action 39:46
Jenny Wilks
This is the second talk of a two-part talk titled "Mindfulness, Insight, and Compassion."
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2016-04-05 Equanimity - Seeing the World with Quiet Eyes 69:00
Kamala Masters
Understanding the inner terrain and workings of equanimity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Equanimity: Seeing with Quiet Eyes

2016-04-05 The Truth of the Way Things Are 37:59
Anushka Fernandopulle
Mission Dharma

2016-04-05 Qu’est-ce qu’on fait sur ce coussin? 35:15
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-04-05 From Samadhi Practice to Insight Practice 66:01
Donald Rothberg
We explore further the nature of samadhi practice, then examine the relationship of samadhi practice and insight practice generally. We focus for most of the talk on practicing "three ways of seeing"--seeing impermanence, dukkha (reactivity, unsatisfactoriness), and anatta (not-self)--with an emphasis on practicing with seeing impermanence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Settling, Seeing and Spacious Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Practitioners

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