Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks in English

2016-05-21 B 1 Group Interview 1:56:33
Sayadaw U Tejaniya	Download Listen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg : Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-05-20 Reflections on the Day's Practice 7:43
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg : Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-05-20 Recollection: touching the sacred 64:57
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Conscious recollection (eg of Buddha and of death) uses the doing thinking mind to touch and enter the citta as heart. This shifts us out of our personal mindset into the mind-tone of the sacred.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-20 The Joy of Awakening 65:34
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Following the Buddha's journey through sense pleasures to concentration, to equanimity, to freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-20 Hindrances in metta practice 52:18
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
On retreat you don't control what you experience, But you can develop skill in working with what would otherwise derail your practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-20 Strange Happiness. 47:36
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
This talk describes some of the different kinds of happiness available to us through Dhamma practice. All of them are strange in that they do not involve having, getting or getting rid of anything.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-05-20 Kinds of meditation practices and how they fit in together 51:30
Richard Shankman	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-05-20 Opening to Suffering, Integrity and Forgiveness 1:11:48
James Baraz	Download Listen
In order to cultivate true well-being we need to learn to open to all the suffering in our lives. Living with integrity and learning how to forgive ourselves and others are essential supports in this process as well.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-20 What is Meditation 1:11:58
Sayadaw U Tejaniya	Download Listen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg : Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-05-20 Day 3 Sitting/Instructions 61:39
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-20 The Centrality of Feeling 67:30
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
As all dharmas converge on feeling, mindful handling of feeling is crucial for happiness and liberation. Revealing mental feeling through inquiry and handling it skillfully is a thorough practice
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-19 Late Evening Sitting 13:30
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-19 Introduction into Method and Format of Sayadaw U Tejaniya's Retreat 52:15
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg : Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-05-19 Letting Go Into Joy and Love 50:28
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
How a friend's death reminds us of the freedom and joy possible as we let go. Specific suggestions that keep us open and let go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-19 Guided Meditation 36:28
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Skillful inquiry reveals the factor of feeling in all experience. By resonating empathetically within as it is there is clarity, inspiration and release.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-19 Love and Buddhism (Valentine's day talk) 39:24
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-05-19 Impermanence and youth 57:18
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-05-19 10) Diligence-Apamada 58:30
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

2016-05-19 Guided meditation– First day and Q/A 44:23
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-19 Opening to Nature- around and within 66:48
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The world of Nature touches us & teaches us how to relate to ourselves as humans rather than socialized citizens. Integrating this can take us beyond our relations and stuck states to hold our lives in the light of Truth.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-19 Day 2 Sitting/Instructions 58:36
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-19 Ariyan Practice: Refuge in Vulnerability 34:48
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Ariyan realization is of moving beyond the personal identity. This is a step into vulnerability. Through meditation training we learn to ‘touch the ground’ -purity of intention- where the person can’t go.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-18 Intention and Mindfulness as Supports for Joy 55:23
James Baraz	Download Listen
The process of awakening joy starts with the intention to place well-being at the center of your life. Mindfulness is then utilized as the basic tool of a joyful life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-18 Happy for No Reason - Part 1 1:11:01

Tara Brach

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These two talks explore the two different kinds of happiness, the blocks to happiness, and the ways that mindful presence and intentional gladdening the heart (positive neuroplasticity) can open us to our full potential for true happiness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2016-05-18 Transforming the Judgmental Mind 3 - Two ways of Transformation 66:46
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After a brief account of the nature of the judgmental mind, we explore (1) a more direct way of working with judgment through mindfulness, inquiry, reflection, etc.; and (2) a more indirect way of working with judgment, through cultivating awakened states and resources.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-05-18 Handling the Neurotic: The 5 khandha 66:38
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Meditation reveals latent tendencies that can spring to life in 'neurotic' ways. To handle these skillfully we use calming, metta and inquiry. Through this these patterns cease.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-17 Opening Night Talk 63:44
James Baraz, Debra Chamberlin-Taylor, Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-17 Balancing the Heart and Mind 29:13
Spring Washam	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2016-05-17 Q&A on Faith, on Citta, on Viveka 53:39
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
-The nature of faith in the Triple Gem to replace personality-view. -The nature of citta (pronounced 'chitta')-heart, mind awareness. -The difference between disengagement and unfeeling disconnection.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-17 9) Realize-Abandon-Experience-Develop, Part II 54:37
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

2016-05-17 Meeting dukkha with primary empathy 48:35
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Resolving dukkha comes through revealing its pain, while having the means to do so. These means are samadhi and primary empathy-these take us beyond the trap of conceiving ourselves.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-17 Five Recollections: Aging, Sickness, Death, Separation and Kamma 23:29
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Recollecting that these are the planes we get hit by and stuck in. We see the need to resolve old mamma. Meet it with metta-karuna, welcome the dissonances 'home'.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-16 Dharma and Recovery 57:05
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center

2016-05-16 Guided Meditation 27:39
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Common Ground Meditation Center : Weekly Dharma Series

2016-05-16 Getting out of the box=rewilding the mind 60:05
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
'Boxes' are our compartmentalized lives& their drives. Drives activated by tanha(craving). In meeting the edges of our boxes as they arise, meeting with metta-karuna etc. these edges can dissolve.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-15 Goodwill- receiving and forming in the domain of metta 48:27
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-15 This Is What Should Be Done - Elements of Lovingkindness 57:18
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Metta
Common Ground Meditation Center : Weekly Dharma Series

2016-05-15 8) Realize-Abandon-Experience-Develop, Part I 60:51
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

2016-05-15 Respect for the Triple Gem 22:43
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Offering myself to bring forth citta – awareness. This prepared the ground for skillfulness and the willingness to meet hindrances.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-15 Cultivating the Measureless leads to release 55:04
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The ‘measureless’ domains of goodwill are based on disengagement from ill will, fear and desire. Defense against harm changes to protecting the beautiful heart from confused reactions.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-14 How to Cultivate Wisdom 31:55
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Taking Refuge In What Is True

2016-05-14 Stroking the Dog 41:27
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Learning to train the mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Taking Refuge In What Is True

2016-05-13 Mutual Individuality 20:47
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Becoming a ‘true individual’ occurs when goodwill and sharing take the lead over ‘personal obsession’ and programs based on fear and desire. ‘Sharing blessings’ is a skillful meditation.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-13 Compassion. 53:29
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
This talk points to the power of compassion to heal what is hurt in our hearts and the world.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-05-13 7 ) Walking Meditation - Why Should We Do It 64:27
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

2016-05-13 Samadhi-A Pleasant Abiding Here and Now 39:24
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Taking Refuge In What Is True

2016-05-13 The Rewilding Project: Mindfulness based on Right View 59:48
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Right View presents experience in terms of conditions that create a person, rather than a person who creates/owns/is other than conditions. In the resultant dispassion of Right View beautiful resonances can come forth.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-12 James with a special visitor: Buddhist Nun Ayya Yeshe 39:53
James Baraz, Ayya Yeshe	Download Listen
Ayya Yeshe has developed the Bodhicitta Foundation to support the empowerment of women and children from the previously ‘untouchable’ caste in Central India. The talk started with this YouTube video at ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCOpZ3kpIJU ) of her work. To learn more about her work, go to the Bodhicitta Foundation at ( http://bodhicitta-vihara.com/ ) Bodhicitta Foundation is a socially engaged charity that helps ex-untouchable Indians – a community that was previously enslaved and forced to do the most demeaning kinds of work for little pay. They also help slum people, offer a women’s job training center, sewing, English computer classes and have a children’s study center. In addition they offer counseling for domestic violence, have a malnourished children’s program and offer basic medical and housing assistance.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2016-05-12 Meditation: Accessing natural time and space in the somatic domain 30:37
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Mindfulness of breathing can be developed through somatic sensitivity (rather than tracking sensations). This requires and supports a reset of time and space – from felt pressures to natural energy.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-12 Meditation: Gladdening the Mind 18:04
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2016 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life