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2009-04-15 Part 1 - Intention and Spiritual Freedom 1:22:01

Tara Brach

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While we can't change the past, it is our intention in this present moment that determines the unfolding of happiness and freedom in our life. When unconscious, our intentions are often shaped by craving and aversion. These two talks explore how we can become mindful of intention, and realize the depth and purity of our innate aspiration toward awakening and freedom.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-03-10 L'Impermanenza: Il Fiume del Cambiamento [Impermanence, The River of Change] 59:52
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli : Holy Hermitage at Camaldoli Residential

2009-02-28 Turning Over A New Leaf Now - The Urgency Of Self Discovery - part I 42:01
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
To start practice, Vipassana meditation is to radically change your relationship to experience and to learn about yourself. Such self discovery is the gateway to freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-02-09 How Mind Habits Change 58:04
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Beginning with the hypothesis that the natural mind, unconfused by fixed views or hindrance energies, is clear and buoyant and conducive to happiness; this talk specifically details the ways in which concentration, mindfulness, effort and good will(Metta) work to lesson attachment to view and afflictive emotions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation February

2009-01-31 Change of Lineage 44:43
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Direct knowing of emptiness Between existence and nihilism Emptiness isn’t empty, wonderful existence doesn’t exist Grasping & papanca is the root of birth and death Surface & depth of ocean is all water Change of lineage from reliance on papanca to pure knowing Angulimala and original hua t’ou – STOP
Dharmagiri : Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-31 Patience With Views and All Else 51:31
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
In meditation, rather than getting involved with liking and disliking, we practise letting things just pass through. The movements are just shifts in energy. Learn how to move with the changes rather than reacting with sorrow, resistance or craving. Cultivate patience with your mind as it rattles on, and with a life that isn’t going the way you want, until the mind becomes big enough to hold it all.
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2009-01-13 A Step Towards The Transcendant 43:01
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
This teaching describes the running of psycho-somatic ‘programs’ (saṇkhārā ) – in terms of those that are default and those we can intentionally induce. In this way, in meditation, we develop skills that can change our psychological patterns. The method is: first step back from the torrent of mind; then, cultivate enlightenment factors.
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2009-01-12 Energy,view and Anapansati 37:43
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
When the mind is relieved from pressure, we can review the experience of what’s running through the mind, feeling the changes in terms of somatic energy. This energy body has primary intelligence, and retains learnt impressions. Through mindfulness of breathing, we calm and soothe this energy body – with resultant clarity.
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2008-11-06 Change 54:34
James Baraz	Download Listen
James Baraz talks about the stunning changes that have already taken place with the election of Barack Obama.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2008-10-23 Bodhisattva's Way Of Life #9: Dedication Of Merit 55:46
James Baraz	Download Listen
This week I will complete the Shantideva series with his final chapter on the power of dedicating your actions as an act of generosity. We often end the sittings or a period of practice by sharing any merit for the benefit of all beings. This practice can be used in very simple but potent ways as a method for brining a heartfelt sincerity to your practice for the benefit of specific individuals. For instance if you’re trying to change a habit, offering the merit of that wholesome change to someone who is having a hard time in their life. This practice of dedicating merit both connects you with others and motivates you beyond mere self-improvement. We’ll be exploring just how this can work in our daily life to give energy and enthusiasm to our practice.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks