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Dharma Talks
2015-06-24 Part 1: Devotional Practices 37:55
Tara Brach
The sacred feminine expresses the realization of our belonging, our innate interdependence with all of life. These two classes explores inner practices that help us open to our longing to belong, and awaken the power of prayer.  
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-06-24 El mundo de los pensamientos y de los sentido 56:38
Rebecca Bradshaw
Insight Retreat Center

2015-06-24 Love and Fearlessness in Charleston 47:44
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2015-06-24 Day 2 Brahma Vihara Practice: Compassion 60:12
Lesley Grant
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-24 Practicing the First Ethical Precept--Non-Harming 65:11
Donald Rothberg
Set in the larger contexts of the importance of ethical practice, we focus on the meaning and practical of non-harming, with some reflections on responding to the killings of nine African Americans at a bible study class in Charleston, South Carolina.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-06-24 Day 2: Morning Instructional Sit 45:56
Lesley Grant
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-24 Reflection: Mapping specific tasks for individual Satipaṭṭhāna channels - Instruction cittānupassanā Questions 48:12
Akincano Marc Weber
Why body? Purpose and role of body contemplation practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-23 Instructions et méditations guidées 30:44
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-06-23 Wise Attention 46:29
Sayadaw U Jagara
Wise attention deals with how we are directing our mind. We have the ability to choose what we think about, and how we pay attention. Wise attention can be divided into two parts. First, it deals with guarding the mind, so we can maintain a balanced mind, and protect the mind from various kinds of defilement such as the five hindrances. Second, wise attention encompasses the development of our mind, which starts with improving the quality of our observation. This improvement then leads to understanding, clarity and wisdom.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2015-06-23 Mindfulness - The Multifaceted Jewel 57:37
Mark Coleman
Mindfulness has so many dimensions and can be hard to define, yet it is a central pillar of the Dhamma path. This talk explores some of it's dimensions and qualities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat

2015-06-23 Quatre efforts sages 54:27
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-06-23 Day 1 Brahma Vihara Practice: Loving-kindness /Metta 58:32
Lesley Grant
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Angela Center) Awakening Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat

2015-06-23 Guided meditation – body and mind: Resting in one's own gaze 58:57
Akincano Marc Weber
Sense channel check; settling into whole-body awareness, dislodging the self perspective with the bent gaze
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-22 The Reality of Mindfulness 68:56
George Mumford
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-22 Guided mettā-meditiation 50:04
Akincano Marc Weber
Metta with images
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-22 Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Body - Week 1 1:26:52
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Body

2015-06-22 Reflection: Obstacles-1: On sleepiness & numbness 38:37
Akincano Marc Weber
Manifestations - possible causes - remedies
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-21 Clear comprehension (sampajaññā): the contextualising of sati 50:54
Akincano Marc Weber
Meaning of the term - Function in meditation and life –Textual references from Suttas - Ajahn Buddhadhasas reading of sampajaññā - 4 sampajaññā in the exegetical tradition
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-21 Dharma Lessons from Sayadaw U Tejaniya: Mindfulness of Mind 1:25:59
Steve Armstrong
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2015-06-21 Reflection: The link between vedanā and citta. The space after the disappearing stage 16:16
Akincano Marc Weber
Clarification on vedanā and citta - Paying close attention to the disappearance and the climate in the space opening up.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-20 The importance of mindfulness to liberation 53:34
Winnie Nazarko
A description of the nature of mindfulness (sati), why it is key in Buddhist practice and how it's trained in meditation practice. Given at short IMS retreat
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Letting Go of Distraction: Insight and Metta Weekend

2015-06-20 Look No Further: Alive as the Three Refuges 60:35
Erin Treat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Loving the House That Ego Built

2015-06-20 Attention and intention – Functions of the citta 48:24
Akincano Marc Weber
Three main functions of the citta; contemplative traditions in search to heighten the power of understanding; voluntary and involuntary attention; mind-training and the essentially intentional nature of mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-20 with Ayya Santacitta Q&A with Metta 45:20
Ayya Anandabodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-20 Motivation 20:01
Ayya Santacitta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-20 Heart Opening 36:46
Ayya Santacitta
Guided Meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-20 Lovingkindness: the Path of Peace 46:40
Ayya Anandabodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-20 Instruction: Ānāpānasati - vedanā questions 14:52
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-19 Aim for the Highest Happiness 1:13:44
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Loving the House That Ego Built

2015-06-19 The Fabric of our Community: Generosity and Being in Harmony 1:10:26
Steve Armstrong
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-19 Instruction: Kāyānupassanā: underneath the label of “body” & More on Breathing - Walking instruction - Short Guided Standing 46:07
Akincano Marc Weber
Paying attention to the disappearing phase localizing states in bodily vocabulary - 5 questions to the breath - 4 stages of an event.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-18 From Insight Practice to Spacious Awareness 60:49
Donald Rothberg
We examine practicing with the Three Characteristics, particularly with Dukkha (suffering) and anatta (not-self). Then we explore "spacious awareness," a type of non-conceptual awareness beyond the splits of knower and known, particularly in the teachings of the Buddha and the Thai Forest tradition, with some reference to Tibetan and Zen traditions. Thirdly, we outline a number of ways to access this kind of awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-18 "Nice Guys Sometimes Finish First: Barbara Weiss, Steve Kerr and Pope Francis" 54:06
James Baraz
We are inspired by the goodness of others. Even more, their example motivates us to do good ourselves. The term "Elevation Response" is used in psychology to describe this phenomenon. The talk describes three people whose lives are inspirations and whose examples can help us bring out the best in ourselves.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2015-06-18 The Undefended Heart 59:03
Erin Treat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Loving the House That Ego Built

2015-06-18 Sati and some of its functions 40:52
Akincano Marc Weber
Sati and Saññā
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-18 Archeology of the Heart 62:41
Steve Armstrong
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-18 Day Three: Afternoon Instructions with Qigong 1:14:15
Teja Bell
Spirit Rock Meditation Center From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-18 Meditation Instructions - Taking the Seat of One Who Hears 24:45
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-18 Reflection: Ānāpānasati - Breath and body 25:57
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-17 Understanding Things as they Really Are: From Concentration to Insight 54:01
Susie Harrington
Concentration is a skillful means that provides a foundation for understanding things as they really are (Yatha Bhuta). Through the direct experience of impermanence, freedom unfolds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-17 Housebuilder, You Have Been Seen 67:55
Howard Cohn
The inspiration for the retreat title, "Loving the House that Ego Built." Waking up to the way that this house of ego is built moment by moment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Loving the House That Ego Built

2015-06-17 Discussion of Practice 66:47
Matthew Daniell
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2015-06-17 Beloved Community 1:20:27
Tara Brach
Martin Luther King’s term, “Beloved Community,” points to our potential for living together with love, justice and respect. This talk explores the often hidden expressions of racism that fuel separation and violence, and pathways toward healing and freeing our collective hearts.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-06-17 To Feed or Not to Feed 59:04
Ayya Tathaloka
Ayya Tathaaloka speaks to the Oakland Against the Stream sangha.
Dhammadharini

2015-06-17 Sati and its images in the Suttas 44:45
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-17 Awareness and Five Faculties 57:06
Steve Armstrong
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-17 How the Dalai Lama Did Not Say Something New 60:05
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-06-17 Reflection - On relating to body 56:06
Akincano Marc Weber
Language & relational analogies and senses - two camps of meditators - meeting my own meditative "gold standard"
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-16 Metta chant in Pali 3:50
Winnie Nazarko
A version of the Metta Chant, by the retreatants at a June 2015 IMS retreat
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-16 Instructions et méditation guidée 30:39
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

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