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Dharma Talks
1985-07-17 Impermanence: The Universe As Teacher 1:30:49
Larry Rosenberg

1985-07-11 Hot Buddha/Cold Buddha 1:33:17
Larry Rosenberg

1985-07-01 Maharahulovada Sutta: The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rahula, Part 3 56:57
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn62.03
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-07-01 Maharahulovada Sutta: The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rahula, Part 2 57:38
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn62.02
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-07-01 Maharahulovada Sutta: The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rahula, Part 1 45:59
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn62.01
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-06-01 Brahmanimantanika Sutta: The Invitation of A Brahma, Part 2 1:33:51
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn49.02
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-06-01 Brahmanimantanika Sutta: The Invitation of A Brahma, Part 1 49:47
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn49.01
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-05-11 Talk with Father Theophane 1:23:18
Larry Rosenberg

1985-05-01 Cavedalla Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on Ways of Undertaking Things, Part 6 48:25
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn44.06
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-05-01 Cavedalla Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on Ways of Undertaking Things, Part 5 46:58
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn44.05
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-05-01 Cavedalla Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on Ways of Undertaking Things, Part 4 57:59
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn44.04
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-05-01 Cavedalla Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on Ways of Undertaking Things, Part 3 58:29
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn44.03
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-05-01 Cavedalla Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on Ways of Undertaking Things, Part 2 54:13
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn44.02
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-05-01 Cavedalla Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on Ways of Undertaking Things, Part 1 66:00
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn44.01
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-04-21 Communication 39:51
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1985-04-21 Transitions 1:18:08
James Baraz

1985-04-21 Four Noble Truths (21.4.85, Y.M.B.A. Nugegoda) 62:03
Ayya Khema
Khema Archive (Nugegoda, Sri Lanka)
In collection: Lectures By Ven. Ayya Khema

1985-04-20 The Unconditioned 46:46
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1985-04-19 Spaciousness And Inquiry 44:15
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1985-04-19 Jim Perkins Interview 46:25
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1985-04-19 Dana, Sila, Bhavana 1:21:18
James Baraz

1985-04-18 Peacemaking 41:16
Christopher Titmuss
practicing meditation in the whole of life; exploring polarization, who is the enemy, and our motives
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1985-04-18 The Three Characteristics of Life 46:38
Jack Kornfield

1985-04-17 Deepening Meditation 46:04
Christopher Titmuss
balancing the awareness of what is happening with the capacity to be steady, letting understanding arise
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1985-04-16 Self Image 44:12
Christopher Titmuss
how we maintain the concept of self
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1985-04-15 Power Of Mind 45:13
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1985-04-15 Growth Through Experience 1:33:40
James Baraz

1985-04-13 The Natural Unfolding 42:57
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1985-04-12 Practice And Application Of Meditation 48:03
Christopher Titmuss
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1985-04-11 Practice & Skillful Action 48:51
James Baraz
the manifestation of skillful action outside of the retreat; a look at compassion, action vs. passivity, harmony, the path of purification; closes with a lovingkindness meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1985-04-06 Five Hindrances 57:12
Jack Kornfield

1985-04-01 Dhatuvibhanga Sutta: The Exposition of Elements, Part 3 1:43:59
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn140.03
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-04-01 Dhatuvibhanga Sutta: The Exposition of Elements, Part 2 56:29
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn140.02
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-04-01 Dhatuvibhanga Sutta: The Exposition of Elements, Part 1 53:38
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn140.01
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-03-09 Heroic Joyous Effort 1:10:33
Larry Rosenberg

1985-03-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Understanding 55:28
Jack Kornfield
Knowing the possibility of awakening, in this very life of ours our journey begins.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1985-03-01 Mahasakuladayi Sutta: The Greater Discourse to Sakuladayin, Part 7 50:26
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn77.07
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-03-01 Mahasakuladayi Sutta: The Greater Discourse to Sakuladayin, Part 6 67:08
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn77.06
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-03-01 Mahasakuladayi Sutta: The Greater Discourse to Sakuladayin, Part 5 67:22
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn77.05
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-03-01 Mahasakuladayi Sutta: The Greater Discourse to Sakuladayin, Part 4 59:47
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn77.04
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-03-01 Mahasakuladayi Sutta: The Greater Discourse to Sakuladayin, Part 3 56:30
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn77.03
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-03-01 Mahasakuladayi Sutta: The Greater Discourse to Sakuladayin, Part 2 59:46
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn77.02
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-03-01 Mahasakuladayi Sutta: The Greater Discourse to Sakuladayin, Part 1 63:11
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn77.01
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-02-18 Intensive Practice In Daily Life 39:11
Larry Rosenberg

1985-02-18 Dialogue: Problems With Practice 53:08
Larry Rosenberg

1985-02-17 Metta: Lovingkindness 61:39
Larry Rosenberg
bringing more care and warmth into the world, a talk and guided meditation

1985-02-16 In Praise of Inquiry, Free Attention 1:25:54
Larry Rosenberg

1985-02-16 In Praise Of Inquiry 60:51
Larry Rosenberg
developing an attitude of inquiry into the body, personal integrity, impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and selflessness

1985-02-15 Basic Meditation Instructions 37:43
Larry Rosenberg
understanding meditation as a way of life in every situation at all times; formal instruction in sitting, posture, breath, free attention, and walking meditation

1985-02-15 Basic Meditation Instructions 40:53
Larry Rosenberg
understanding meditation as a way of life in every situation at all times; formal instruction in sitting, posture, breath, free attention, and walking meditation

1985-02-01 Mahacattarasaka Sutta: The Great Forty, Part 4 1:36:00
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn117.04
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-02-01 Mahacattarasaka Sutta: The Great Forty, Part 3 46:49
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn117.03
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-02-01 Mahacattarasaka Sutta: The Great Forty, Part 2 1:34:21
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn117.02
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-02-01 Mahacattarasaka Sutta: The Great Forty, Part 1 63:28
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn117.01
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-01-01 Being Human 1:21:50
Rodney Smith
date unknown

1985-01-01 Bahudhatuka Sutta: The Many Kinds of Elements, Part 6 1:36:00
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn115.06
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-01-01 Bahudhatuka Sutta: The Many Kinds of Elements, Part 5 1:36:00
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn115.05
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-01-01 Afternoon Conference, Panel Q&A and Conference Closing 37:38
date unknown
Providence Zen Center

1985-01-01 Bahudhatuka Sutta: The Many Kinds of Elements, Part 4 1:36:00
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn115.04
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-01-01 Sharon Continued Workshop, Afternoon Symposium 60:23
date unknown
Providence Zen Center

1985-01-01 Bahudhatuka Sutta: The Many Kinds of Elements, Part 3 1:36:00
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn115.03
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-01-01 Morning Symposium 66:08
date unknown
Providence Zen Center

1985-01-01 Bahudhatuka Sutta: The Many Kinds of Elements, Part 2 1:10:57
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn115.02
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-01-01 Panel Discussion 1:26:00
date unknown
Providence Zen Center

1985-01-01 Bahudhatuka Sutta: The Many Kinds of Elements, Part 1 60:46
Bhikkhu Bodhi
date unknown, mn115.01
Sri Lanka BPS

1985-01-01 Love And Sexuality 45:31
Christopher Titmuss
the importance of relationships, commitment, and trust;opening to feminine principles
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-12-31 Concepts and Reality 1:23:44
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1984-12-30 The Nature Of Struggle 62:10
Joseph Goldstein
seeing the causes of suffering in our lives, cultivating attentiveness in every situation

1984-12-28 Opening, Balancing And Investigating 60:22
Joseph Goldstein
opening what is closed in us; balancing what is reactive; investigating what is hidden

1984-12-14 Integrating Practice Into The World 1:38:52
Joseph Goldstein
purification of the mind via generosity, morality, and wisdom; endless awareness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-12-08 An Ecology of the Heart 61:50
Michele McDonald
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-12-04 Q&A 63:28
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-12-02 Seven Factors of Enlightenment 2:03:51
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-25 Questions and Discussion 62:43
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-23 The Power of Restraint 61:18
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-23 Happiness 54:04
Joseph Goldstein
opening to the many possibilities of happiness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-16 Understanding Karma 63:44
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-12 The Mind 57:16
Dipa Ma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-10 Restraint 63:32
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-05 Compassion 53:38
Joseph Goldstein
Seeing how compassion arises from openness and awareness of suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-11-03 Meeting The Four Heavenly Messengers 53:48
Michele McDonald
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-30 Talk On Nibbana & 10 Fetters 57:52
Dipa Ma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-28 Why Do We Practice 58:31
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-27 Ten Paramis - part II 54:16
Sharon Salzberg
generosity, morality, renunciation, wisdom, energy/effort, patience, truthfulness, resoluteness, equanimity, and metta/lovingkindness--the ten perfections which practice aims at cultivating
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-25 The Ten Parmis Part 1 62:15
Sharon Salzberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-25 Ten Paramis - part I 50:31
Sharon Salzberg
generosity, morality, renunciation, wisdom, energy/effort, patience, truthfulness, resoluteness, equanimity, and metta/lovingkindness--the ten perfections which practice aims at cultivating
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-23 Suffering And Attachment-The 1st Two Noble Truths 56:10
Joseph Goldstein
The truth of suffering and its causes
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-21 Eight-Fold Path - part II 47:29
Joseph Goldstein
right effort, speech, action, livelihood, mindfulness, concentration, aim, and understanding
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-20 Silas 59:21
Dipa Ma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-20 Silas 60:50
Dipa Ma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-18 Eight-Fold Path - part I 61:42
Joseph Goldstein
right effort, speech, action, livelihood, mindfulness, concentration, aim, and understanding
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-16 A Concept of Self 44:50
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-12 History and Foundation of Practices 55:11
Sharon Salzberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-10 Attachment, Aversion, Delusion 50:16
Sharon Salzberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-08 Dipa Ma's Story 62:40
Dipa Ma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-04 The Five Hindrances 58:48
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-02 Faith 50:19
Dipa Ma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-10-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Concentration 57:27
Jack Kornfield
The art of steadying our attention brings an ease of well-being and leads to deeper levels of insight and connectedness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1984-09-29 Right Effort 53:46
Sharon Salzberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

1984-09-28 Refuges, Precepts & Instructions 43:10
Dipa Ma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 1984 Three Month Retreat

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