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Dharma Talks
2020-02-20 Letting Go (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:01
Beth Sternlieb
Fear of letting go and trust in the dharma
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-20 Practising with Death and Dying 2:35:07
Rob Burbea
CRUCIAL NOTE: It is highly unlikely that this talk will be properly or adequately understood without a prior very good working familiarity and competence – both in actual practice and conceptually – with Soulmaking Dharma teachings and practices, as well as with Insight Meditation. Without this background it may be that the talk will in fact be misunderstood, and it is unlikely that the talk will be helpful. Please note too that much of the material in this series of talks (In Psyche’s Orchard) is based on or continues explorations of material laid out in a particular previous series (Four Circles, Four Parables of Stone and Light). In Psyche’s Orchard was recorded by Rob at his home.
Gaia House In Psyche's Orchard

2020-02-20 Anchored and Independent with Metta – Metta as Virtue 55:25
Ariya B. Baumann
With metta, one becomes anchored in oneself and independent; a kind, friendly, and benevolent attitude results in virtuous behavior
Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centre 6th Annual Metta Retreat - Part 2

2020-02-19 Meditation: Letting Life Live Through You 22:06
Tara Brach
We begin with a body scan, open to sounds and to listening to and feeling the moment. From spacious awareness the practice is simply to recognize and allow the changing flow of life. The meditation ends with the poem, “Hokusai Says” by Roger Keyes.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-02-19 Working with Trauma: Tara Interviews Jim Gordon, MD 57:14
Tara Brach
Dr. Jim Gordon is author of the new book, The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma. In this interview with Tara, he talks about his work with populations around the globe struggling with trauma, and some of the most powerful practices that can be done on our own in healing trauma. Jim's non-profit organization is the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC - CMBM.org.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-02-19 Three Ways of Practicing Morality - Meditation 33:41
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-02-19 Three Ways of Practicing Morality - Talk 52:35
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2020-02-19 Patience & Energy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:07
Gullu Singh
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-19 The Image of Ethics (Part 6 - An Inconclusive Conclusion, or A Prolegomenon) 58:03
Rob Burbea
CRUCIAL NOTE: It is highly unlikely that this talk will be properly or adequately understood without a prior very good working familiarity and competence – both in actual practice and conceptually – with Soulmaking Dharma teachings and practices, as well as with Insight Meditation. Without this background it may be that the talk will in fact be misunderstood, and it is unlikely that the talk will be helpful. Please note too that much of the material in this series of talks (In Psyche’s Orchard) is based on or continues explorations of material laid out in a particular previous series (Four Circles, Four Parables of Stone and Light). In Psyche’s Orchard was recorded by Rob at his home.
Gaia House In Psyche's Orchard

2020-02-19 From the Ordinary Habitual Mind to the Buddha Mind 14: Working with Our Psychological Conditioning (Talk Begins at 57:07) 2:00:51
Donald Rothberg
In this session, we explore first in a more general way the complex relationship between transforming our psychological conditioning (including any residues of trauma) and meditative training, pointing to a kind of emerging contemporary map of how these practices come together (and how this map relates to more traditional maps). Near the end of the talk are inquiry questions to help us explore our own unresolved issues of a more psychological nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2020-02-18 Equanimity: Training The Heart, Responding With Love 52:24
Oren Jay Sofer
How does silent retreat practice apply to our daily life? This talk explores how the Brahma Viharas and equanimity specifically can serve as essential support for meeting the challenges of our times.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Strengthening the Heart: Lovingkindness Retreat

2020-02-18 Six Sense Spheres/Bahiya Sutta 45:56
John Martin
The Buddha taught that the six sense spheres of hearing, seeing, sensing, smelling, tasting and cognizing represent "the all". The Bahiya Sutta points directly to the sense spheres as not-self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-18 The Image of Ethics (Part 5) 2:11:02
Rob Burbea
CRUCIAL NOTE: It is highly unlikely that this talk will be properly or adequately understood without a prior very good working familiarity and competence – both in actual practice and conceptually – with Soulmaking Dharma teachings and practices, as well as with Insight Meditation. Without this background it may be that the talk will in fact be misunderstood, and it is unlikely that the talk will be helpful. Please note too that much of the material in this series of talks (In Psyche’s Orchard) is based on or continues explorations of material laid out in a particular previous series (Four Circles, Four Parables of Stone and Light). In Psyche’s Orchard was recorded by Rob at his home.
Gaia House In Psyche's Orchard

2020-02-18 Motivation, Disillusionment, and Release 45:03
Winnie Nazarko
The motivation for practice changes as our initial ideas about what we "get" out of it, meet frustration. As delusion is exposed and let go of, real practice begins.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge February 2020

2020-02-18 Unwholesome Thoughts 38:31
Victoria Cary
Mission Dharma

2020-02-18 Metta leben - Mettapraxis im Alltag 47:02
Yuka Nakamura
Im Alltag bieten sich unzählige Gelegenheiten um Metta, die Qualität der Freundlichkeit und des Wohlwollens, zu üben und zu manifestieren. Dazu gehören Gesten der Grosszügigkeit, ethisches Handeln, Freundlichkeit in unseren Worten etc. Letzlich lässt uns Metta die Nicht-Getrenntheit von allen Wesen erkennen und entsprechend handeln.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2020-02-18 Staying in Touch with What’s Meaningful 18:42
Ajahn Sucitto
We are encouraged to stay in touch with relationships to values, virtues, that which we hold sacred. Regular recollections of the following are recommended: relationship with the sacred, with one’s body, with other people, with the Earth.
Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa :  Ajahn Sucitto, Firm Centre Open Heart Retreat

2020-02-18 Not-Self 53:28
Chas DiCapua
Understanding Not Self through the lens of change and interconnectedness
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective Winter 2020

2020-02-18 Day 17 Afternoon Instructions: Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:25
Kamala Masters
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-02-18 Chanting: Buddha’s Words on Lovingkindness 3:16
Ajahn Sucitto
Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa :  Ajahn Sucitto, Firm Centre Open Heart Retreat

2020-02-18 Meaning and Use of Refuges and Precepts 19:49
Ajahn Sucitto
The end of retreat brings the occasion to recollect our good actions and results. This is both in terms of what we do and what we refrain from. We also take the opportunity to align to refuges and precepts as a reminder to stay awake.
Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa :  Ajahn Sucitto, Firm Centre Open Heart Retreat

2020-02-18 Instructions and guided meditation cultivating equanimity 39:17
Jill Shepherd
Using the "reciting phrases" method of practice to develop equanimity for a difficult or so-called "sticky" person, someone who we would like to be different in some way, or someone we wish our relationship with them was different in some way
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Strengthening the Heart: Lovingkindness Retreat

2020-02-18 Endnotes on Meditation 34:32
Ajahn Sucitto
Cultivation of heart and mind extends beyond sitting on the cushion. This core practice of being in your body is a touchstone for sanity and for happiness. Through this we can discharge qualities that can’t be dealt with in daily life. It can be practiced in any posture. Know where the stress is arising, and meet it with a spacious body and accepting heart.
Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa :  Ajahn Sucitto, Firm Centre Open Heart Retreat

2020-02-17 Buddhist Studies - Anatta: The Impersonal Nature of Experience - Week 6 66:12
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Anatta: The Impersonal Nature of Experience

2020-02-17 Anatta: Understanding No Permanent, Abiding Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:23
Susie Harrington
The Buddha's teaching leading to the freedom from the clinging to I, Me and Mine.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

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