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Dharma Talks
2017-01-02 A Head with No Body 57:43
Ajahn Sucitto
How to loosen the grip of the hindrances; realizing that we have a natural energetic body, and how seeing the body as an energy system can support our understanding of the Dhamma
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2017-01-02 On the role of hedonic tone (vedanā) in meditation. 47:16
Akincano Marc Weber
Reflections and an exercise.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2017-01-02 Guided Meditation on Compassion 43:21
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided Meditation
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2017-01-01 Transforming Conventional Tendencies into Supports for Awakening 39:26
Ayya Santacitta
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2017-01-01 The Dharma is What Holds This Teapot Together 60:51
Pamela Weiss
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2017-01-01 Preamble: A look at the causes for sleepiness. Main Theme: Saddhā – trust in the context of the 5 Cardinal virtues (pañcindriyāni) 59:04
Akincano Marc Weber
Identifying intellectual, volitional, emotional and social dimensions of trust. Balancing the virtues.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2017-01-01 The Beauty of Connection 53:17
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House New Year Retreat

2017-01-01 A Heart that Has Breadth & Depth 51:26
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight 2016 New Year's Retreat

2017-01-01 Stopping the Spider on Amphetamines 64:22
Ajahn Sucitto
Releasing ourselves from our habitual tendencies of compulsion, of having to do, and creating a resting place for the mind to pause
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2017-01-01 Getting Skilful with Thinking 55:18
Nathan Glyde
SanghaSeva Somnath Silent Retreat - Anandwan

2017-01-01 Guided meditation on the full awareness of the breathing body 41:23
Yanai Postelnik
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2017-01-01 Reflection on Three Kinds of Thirst and Meditation on Three Kinds of Feeling 26:14
Ayya Anandabodhi
Reflection & Guided Meditation
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2017-01-01 Day 1 Meditation Instructions - Breath Awareness; Long and Deep Breath 50:13
Zohar Lavie
SanghaSeva Somnath Silent Retreat - Anandwan

2017-01-01 Learning How to Operate at 5 Decibels 54:25
Ajahn Sucitto
An explanation of hindrances and how they are conditioned by sense contact but amplified to fantastic proportions by shared social contact, “from 5 to 50 decibels”
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2017-01-01 Awareness of Thoughts, Instructions and Guided Meditation 1:35:12
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight 2016 New Year's Retreat

2017-01-01 New Year's Day Morning Reflection 9:11
Ayya Anandabodhi
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2017-01-01 Morning Instructions 53:26
Catherine McGee
Mindfulness Of Body.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2017-01-01 Guided Meditation: Letting Go of the Meditator 47:57
Ajahn Sucitto
How to maintain the meditation; in Ajahn Sucitto’s words, “meditation is easy – it’s the meditator that complicates everything”. File has been edited for audio quality.
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-31 Greetings to the Natural World ~ Words Before All Else 10:49
Ayya Santacitta
Words of Giving Thanks from the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Nation of Upstate New York and Canada
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-31 New Year's Eve Talk 46:03
Ayya Anandabodhi
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-31 Letting Go - Freedom (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:18
Eugene Cash
The primary dynamic that leads to freedom is letting go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-12-31 Abiding as and in and through body 60:41
Catherine McGee
What supports us to have the courage to abide more thoroughly and for our body to plump out with affectionate attention.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2016-12-31 Opening Our Hearts in Challenging Times 65:32
Hugh Byrne
As we bring loving awareness to our all that is arising in our bodies, hearts, and minds, there is a natural falling away of the illusion of separation - of ‘us’ and ‘them’ - and the cultivation of a wise and compassionate heart. With our hearts open to the suffering of the world, the Bodhisattva path of commitment to healing suffering, division and separation provides us with a vision of engaged action in the world in these difficult times.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-31 Die große Stille 47:10
Renate Seifarth
Nibbana, Befreiung ist das Ziel der Praxis. Was ist Nibbana? Buddha beschrieb das Ziel des Weges als das Aufgeben von Anhaften. Wenn Haften und Reaktivität erlöschen, wir innerlich loslassen und eintauchen in ein offenes Dasein, können wir eine tiefe Stille erleben. Oft übersehen wir die Stille, weil wir auf etwas anderes warten, einen Bigbang, etwas Außergewöhnliches. Nibbana können wir aber hier und jetzt erfahren, in den Momenten, in denen unsere Reaktivität erlischt und eine lebenige, offene Stille sich in uns ausbreitet, in der alles sein darf wie es ist.
West Germany :  Neujahreskurs 2016/17

2016-12-31 The Five Recollections 52:50
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House New Year Retreat

2016-12-31 Mistaken Identity 54:05
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight 2016 New Year's Retreat

2016-12-31 Meditation in 4 Postures 41:59
Nathan Glyde
Exploring Meditation in all 4 Postures in the first meditation of the Somnath retreat.
SanghaSeva Somnath Silent Retreat - Anandwan

2016-12-31 Q&A: A Pearl of Hatred and the Phantom of Perception 56:40
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn Sucitto answers questions on anger and revenge for past hurts; wholesome grieving; resistance to letting go of unskilful behaviours
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-31 The Mind Knowing the Mind 12:54
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight 2016 New Year's Retreat

2016-12-31 Metta - Breathing - Abiding 39:38
Akincano Marc Weber
Experiential guided metta
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 10 to 31 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-12-31 Heart Meditation: Awakening Loving Presence 35:33
Tara Brach
We each have an intrinsic capacity for loving presence, and there are powerful ways of paying attention that bring this potential alive. This meditation uses the image and felt sense of a smile to bring a relaxed receptivity to the body. We then engage with our future self (our Being when our heart is fully awake) and explore what it means to embody the fullness of that wisdom and love.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-31 Morning Meditation Instruction 5:49
Anam Thubten
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-31 2nd morning instructions 56:35
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight 2016 New Year's Retreat

2016-12-31 Morning Meditation 32:54
Anam Thubten
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-31 Second Morning Instructions - Body Breathing 45:39
Yanai Postelnik
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2016-12-31 Mindfulness and Experiencing a Living Being 58:29
Ajahn Sucitto
A truly excellent exploration of mindfulness, what it’s about, and how to get our minds around it
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-31 Maranasati ~ Contemplation of Death 38:40
Ayya Santacitta
Guided Meditation
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-30 Evening Chant - Om Tare 8:00
Anam Thubten
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-30 Intensity, Clinging and Anatta in the teen years (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:09
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Teen Retreat

2016-12-30 Courage and Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:26
Spring Washam
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-12-30 Meditation and Letting Go 53:08
Yanai Postelnik
Reflections on renunciation and letting go as a foundation for deepening meditation practice and wellbeing.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2016-12-30 Evening Dharma 57:12
Anam Thubten
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2016 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2016-12-30 It Depends How You See It 51:31
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House New Year Retreat

2016-12-30 Dharma practice in difficult times. 45:57
Caroline Jones
Our world is facing great challenges. This talk explores some of the ways our meditation practice and spiritual friendships can help us meet these.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge December 10 to 31 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-12-30 Forgiveness: on a teen retreat 29:53
Erin Selover
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Teen Retreat

2016-12-30 End of Retreat Questions and Answers 58:40
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Transforming the Mind and Healing the Heart: 24th Annual Non-Residential Year-End

2016-12-30 Benevolent Space, Guided Meditation 57:51
Pascal Auclair
Benevolent Space, Guided Meditation
True North Insight 2016 New Year's Retreat

2016-12-30 Q & A: Parami; Luang Por Chah; the Busy Mind 62:08
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn Sucitto answers questions from the retreatants on various subjects, including patience, determination, and peace
Villa St Martin Centre :  Montreal New Year 2016-17 Retreat

2016-12-30 What is an Insight? 17:21
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight 2016 New Year's Retreat

2016-12-30 Questions and Answers 31:06
Yanai Postelnik
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

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