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2020-03-21 Breath/Divine Abidings meditation 29:38
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-03-20 Nibbāna – The Taste of Freedom 46:09
Ajahn Sucitto
Is it possible that the obstructions we meet are our fiercest teachers? We encounter the places where construction is no longer possible. It’s the last place we want to go, but if we can cultivate skillful means to linger there, we can taste nibbāna in this very life.
Cittaviveka

2020-03-19 A Powerful Lens to Meet a Pandemic 39:40
Nathan Glyde
There is always a way of looking or way of relating to life operating when we are perceiving. When we understand that we can adjust this, we find a profound level of freedom. What is the most freeing lens to bring to how we look at this pandemic? And what does that mean (as a transferable skill) when we bring freeing ways of looking to the totality of our experience?
SanghaSeva A Response to Coronavirus

2020-03-19 Dharma as a Refuge in the time of Coronavirus 39:20
Zohar Lavie
How can teachings and our practice be a refuge and a response when we meet the reality of a global pandemic? This talk reflects on the wisdom of ancient traditions, and how it has had relevant applications through time, right up to this present moment.
SanghaSeva A Response to Coronavirus

2020-03-18 Guided Meditation for Times of Pandemic: “Calling on Your Awakened Heart” 23:43
Tara Brach
In the midst of difficulty we need access to our deepest wisdom and love. This guided meditation calls forth this loving presence by opening to the heart and spirit of whatever being in our life we most experience as calm, wise and compassionate.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-03-18 Facing Pandemic Fears with an Awake Heart 59:14
Tara Brach
While it’s natural to feel fear during times of great collective crisis, our challenge is that fear easily takes over our lives. This talk explores how the mindfulness and compassion of the RAIN meditation can help us find an inner refuge in the face of fear, and deepen our loving connection with each other.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-03-16 Buddhist Studies: Cultivating Wholesome Relationships, Week 2 - Meditation 30:23
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course: Cultivating Wholesome Relationships

2020-03-16 Buddhist Studies: Cultivating Wholesome Relationships, Week 2 - Talk 57:54
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course: Cultivating Wholesome Relationships

2020-03-16 Acknowledging the Causal Field 20:11
Ajahn Sucitto
Using the sound of the bell, we can notice what meanings and reactions are triggered. It all happens within awareness. We can practice tracing our reactions back to their causal roots, aware of the energies that generate compulsive and agitating feelings and activities.
Bosoord Center :  A Whole Life Path: Abiding in Stillness, Engaging with Wisdom

2020-03-16 Well-being in the time of Coronavirus - COVID-19 35:24
Nathan Glyde
A guided meditation offering mettā (well-wishing) towards those working the frontlines of health care and social care, those whose bodies are affected by the virus or disease themselves, and those taking precautions (like being in isolation). Opening our hearts and minds to all those affected, and beyond to all beings everywhere, can help reduce our stress and allow us to be more available to support. Includes a brief introduction: skip first 3 mins to get to the beginning of guided meditation. May all beings be cared for and well in heart-mind and body.
SanghaSeva A Response to Coronavirus

2020-03-16 Guided Meditation – Setting Up a Causal Loop of Goodwill 27:21
Ajahn Sucitto
Establish the body in upright grounded presence so other structures can be supported by this central structure. Internally, refrain from instinctual differentiations. Include everything without adding what’s not needed. Resonate goodwill through the realm of awareness.
Bosoord Center :  A Whole Life Path: Abiding in Stillness, Engaging with Wisdom

2020-03-15 Practicing Dharma During the Time of COVID-19 29:34
Victoria Cary
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2020-03-15 Reflections on Compassion 42:42
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Nurturing the Compassionate Heart: Moving Beyond the Inner Critic

2020-03-15 Giving and Receiving Compassion 39:28
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Nurturing the Compassionate Heart: Moving Beyond the Inner Critic

2020-03-14 Coronavirus and the support of the Dharma - Part 2 30:05
Zohar Lavie
A guided meditation to nourish and support us through humanity’s journey through the coronavirus pandemic.
SanghaSeva A Response to Coronavirus

2020-03-14 Coronavirus and the support of the Dharma - Part 1 31:38
Zohar Lavie
We are living through an unusual period. As coronavirus spreads, much of what we take for granted is being shaken. There is uncertainty and fear around us, and also within us. How can Dharma teachings and practices support us? How can we deepen understanding and compassion in the midst of it all? This talk offers reflections on possibilities that are available to us, including practices that we can engage with, lean into, and cultivate.
SanghaSeva A Response to Coronavirus

2020-03-14 Instructions and Guided Meditation 54:21
Gavin Milne
Gaia House Nurturing the Compassionate Heart: Moving Beyond the Inner Critic

2020-03-14 Open Choiceless Awareness - Sky Mind 61:24
Jean Esther
A review of one-pointed awareness opening to the vast expanse of boundless awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom Here & Now: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-14 How Craving Feeds the Inner Critic 13:36
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Nurturing the Compassionate Heart: Moving Beyond the Inner Critic

2020-03-14 Guided Meditation – Recollecting Buddha 31:02
Ajahn Sucitto
The mind needs to resonate many times with something that gives it confidence, assurance, clarity. Buddha represents that. Guidance given to recollect qualities of Buddha, feeling the effects as resonances in the body, lingering to encourage the effects to pervade.
Bosoord Center :  A Whole Life Path: Abiding in Stillness, Engaging with Wisdom

2020-03-13 Thoughts 60:47
Chas DiCapua
How to meditate with thoughts and how to have the rightrelationship to thoughts.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom Here & Now: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-03-13 Embodied Awakening - Talk 59:28
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-03-13 Embodied Awakening - Meditation 33:59
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-03-13 The Liberating Practice of Turning Towards Our Habits 46:23
Laura Bridgman
Gaia House Nurturing the Compassionate Heart: Moving Beyond the Inner Critic

2020-03-13 Guided Meditation 31:56
Gavin Milne
Gaia House Nurturing the Compassionate Heart: Moving Beyond the Inner Critic

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