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Dharma Talks in English
2015-11-21 Practice Forgiveness: Guided Metta Meditation 30:00
Ayya Medhanandi
Satipanna Insight Meditation Toronto (SIMT)
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

2015-11-21 Morning Instructions - Day 1 62:51
Thanissara
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Retreat

2015-11-21 After Buddhism - Afternoon Session 1:47:59
Stephen Batchelor
A day of quiet reflection, talks and discussion that will focus on the challenge of understanding and interpreting the Buddha’s dharma in the contemporary world. Rather than simply modifying certain teachings and practices of traditional Buddhism, Stephen will propose that we may need a more radical re-evaluation of the dharma in order to enable its teachings to speak directly and clearly to the needs of modernity.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2015-11-21 After Buddhism - Morning Session 1:43:35
Stephen Batchelor
A day of quiet reflection, talks and discussion that will focus on the challenge of understanding and interpreting the Buddha’s dharma in the contemporary world. Rather than simply modifying certain teachings and practices of traditional Buddhism, Stephen will propose that we may need a more radical re-evaluation of the dharma in order to enable its teachings to speak directly and clearly to the needs of modernity.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2015-11-20 Deeply Conditioned Patterns Of Perfectionism 62:38
Rebecca Bradshaw
Discusses untangling "Karmic Knots" - 6 stages of mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2015-11-20 The Buddha's Teaching on Lovingkindness 57:39
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-11-20 Moral Integrity, Courage, and Peace 30:08
Ayya Medhanandi
The real path to peace lies in developing moral integrity.  Our spiritual strength depends on purity of heart and action. We learn to identify unwholesome habits that obstruct our well-being and practice courageous compassion to discover the joy of harmlessness. These are the qualities that take us the way of the Noble Ones - to the summit of our human potential.
Satipaññā Insight Meditation Toronto

2015-11-20 Session 9 After Buddhism 28:15
Stephen Batchelor
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies The Solar Buddha: Early Dharma for Secular Times

2015-11-19 "Gratitude" 49:37
James Baraz
"The grateful heart not only includes appreciation for all the wonderful blessings in our life but also opening up to our pain in the context of gratitude."
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2015-11-19 Session 8 Secular Dharma 54:29
Stephen Batchelor
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies The Solar Buddha: Early Dharma for Secular Times

2015-11-19 The Refuge of Metta 47:29
Molly Swan
True North Insight Metta and Mindfulness

2015-11-19 On Perception - Part Two 48:48
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House November Solitary

2015-11-19 Session 7 Dwelling, Pathing, Caring 57:09
Stephen Batchelor
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies The Solar Buddha: Early Dharma for Secular Times

2015-11-18 Q&A 62:35
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2015-11-18 Session 6 Clearly Visable Dharma 49:53
Stephen Batchelor
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies The Solar Buddha: Early Dharma for Secular Times

2015-11-18 Part 2: Awakening through Anger - The U-Turn to Freedom 53:36
Tara Brach
While we have strong conditioning to react to aggression with more aggression, we have the capacity to pause, and instead deepen attention and connect to our natural wisdom and empathy. This talk looks at how we can directly engage in this evolutionary adaptation when we encounter trauma related conflict in our personal lives, and in a parallel way when groups of people who have been part of traumatizing conflict seek reconciliation and healing.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-11-18 Hands and Eyes of Compassion 51:18
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2015-11-18 Paramis 48:47
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary

2015-11-18 Co-teaching with Toni Bernhard on How to Live with Chronic Pain and Illness 41:55
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-11-18 Session 5 Embracing Life 55:38
Stephen Batchelor
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies The Solar Buddha: Early Dharma for Secular Times

2015-11-17 The Birth Of The Self 56:03
Brian Lesage
This talk shares reflections on seeing the arising of the narrow sense of self in our meditation practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2015-11-17 Double Down on Sila 33:44
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2015-11-17 Session 4 Complete Vision 52:10
Stephen Batchelor
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies The Solar Buddha: Early Dharma for Secular Times

2015-11-17 What's Going On In The Teacher Meetings? 57:56
Winnie Nazarko
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-11-17 Session 3 The Ethical Life 53:19
Stephen Batchelor
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies The Solar Buddha: Early Dharma for Secular Times

2015-11-16 Forgiveness 52:59
Bonnie Duran
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2015-11-16 Session 2 The Solar Buddha 56:16
Stephen Batchelor
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies The Solar Buddha: Early Dharma for Secular Times

2015-11-16 Identities And Forgiveness 46:30
Bonnie Duran
This talk reviews the purification of victim and perpetrator identities in formal and informal forgiveness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2015-11-16 Session 1 The Awakening of the West 59:32
Stephen Batchelor
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies The Solar Buddha: Early Dharma for Secular Times

2015-11-16 Teachings on the Calligraphy of Thich Nat Hanh 43:23
Mark Coleman
Dharma talk from Monday Night Meditation class at Spirit Rock
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-11-15 Introduction to Mindfulness - Part Two 38:40
Howard Cohn
We explore what mindfulness is and how to begin to cultivating a mindfulness practice, as well as begin to understand how we bring this wakeful capacity to everything we do.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-11-15 Introduction to Mindfulness - Part One 1:32:09
Howard Cohn
We explore what mindfulness is and how to begin to cultivating a mindfulness practice, as well as begin to understand how we bring this wakeful capacity to everything we do.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-11-14 Final Sit and Encouragement 53:39
Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2015-11-14 Dhamma Discussion Group C4 and D4 1:49:42
Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2015-11-13 The Wholesome Force Of Patience 55:12
Erin Treat
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2015-11-13 On Perception - Part One 46:04
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House November Solitary

2015-11-13 Dhamma Discussion Group D3 1:56:31
Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2015-11-13 Dhamma Discussion Group A4 and B4 1:55:33
Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2015-11-13 Day 7 Guided 15 min Meditation 15:11
Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2015-11-12 Sankhara Dukkha 64:00
Rebecca Bradshaw
Discusses dukkha of all conditioned formations
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2015-11-12 Meeting the Hindrances with the Awakening Factors 40:48
Christina Feldman
Gaia House November Solitary

2015-11-12 Dhamma Discussion Group C3 2:10:28
Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2015-11-12 Dhamma Discussion Group B3 1:41:34
Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2015-11-12 Day 6 Guided 10 min Meditation 7:18
Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2015-11-11 Working with Fear 61:41
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2015-11-11 Part 1: Awakening through Anger - The U-Turn to Freedom 1:23:20
Tara Brach
Anger is naturally triggered when we feel an obstacle to meeting our needs. How do we honor the intelligence within anger, but not get hijacked into emotional reactivity that creates suffering in our individual and collective lives? This talk explores the U-turn that enables us to offer a healing attention to the feelings and unmet needs under anger. Once present with our inner life, we are able to respond to those around us with wisdom, empathy and true strength.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-11-11 Two Zen Stories 57:41
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2015-11-11 Eight Ways of Studying and Transforming Reactivity 65:09
Donald Rothberg
We expand last week's exploration of practicing with reactivity, identifying eight further ways of practicing with reactivity in its many manifestations--individual, relational, and social.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-11-11 Dhamma Discussion Group D2 1:18:01
Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2015-11-11 Dhamma Discussion Group A3 1:29:35
Sayadaw U Tejaniya

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