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2020-01-17 09 instructions: metta 19:01
Jill Shepherd
A brief introduction to metta or kindness as the first of the four brahmavihara practices
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-17 08 guided meditation: exploring the four elemental qualities 15:51
Jill Shepherd
A short guided meditation lying down, bringing awareness to the elemental qualities of earth, water, fire and air within the body and externally
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-17 07 instructions: mindfulness of the body in terms of the four elemental qualities 13:21
Jill Shepherd
Exploring mindfulness of the body in terms of the four elemental qualities of earth, water, fire and air
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-16 When we consider suffering, kindness is the only response 58:38
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta Retreat

2020-01-16 Ācariya Puja - Recollect Pāramī (Evening Public Talk) 63:47
Ajahn Sucitto
A recollection of the qualities and effects of the teacher, Ajahn Chah. A teacher’s presence can bring forth a lot in people. They recognize the potential for strength that is there for all of us and help us develop pāramī.
Cittaviveka Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020

2020-01-16 04 meditation: body scan and mindfulness of breathing 25:12
Jill Shepherd
Beginning with a body scan inviting tension to soften and relax, then bringing awareness to the breath, starting with the simple knowing of breathing in and breathing out
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-16 03 instructions: sati and samadhi 14:15
Jill Shepherd
A short exploration of mindfulness (sati) in the context of insight meditation, and how it is supported by clear comprehension (sampajanno) and stability of mind or non-distractability (samadhi)
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-15 Meditation: Coming Home with the Breath 20:34
Tara Brach
This guided practice has a short period of relaxing the body, and establishes the breath as a home base for attention. We practice arriving again and again, deepening the pathway of homecoming. The meditation ends with lovingkindness for ourselves and our world.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-01-15 Shifting from Limbic to Liberating Itention 48:32
Tara Brach
Becoming conscious of our intentions is the first step to truly aligning our life with our heart. This talk explores identifying when we are being driven by grasping and fear, and ways we can bring compassion to unmet needs and discover the deeper longing – the liberating intention – that guides us to freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2020-01-15 Compassion, Community-Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:15
Beth Sternlieb
"One who loves has the key to unlock the door to ultimate reality: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta Retreat

2020-01-15 From hindrances to awakening factors. 53:23
Jaya Rudgard
Long term and immediate practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-15 Brahmavihara Practice 46:28
Donald Rothberg
Instructions for "radiating metta" and guided practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta Retreat

2020-01-15 Sweeping the Body 44:25
Ajahn Sucitto
Something in us – citta – searches for release from suffering. It struggles to rise out of old patterns, which means one has to enter them. Sweeping meditation is a skillful means. It’s not just a physical exercise but an opportunity to clear kamma.
Cittaviveka Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020

2020-01-15 Instructions of choiceless attention and awareness of awareness 53:53
Yuka Nakamura
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-15 The Buddha under the Tree Story is True 1:55:28
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2020-01-14 The Transformative Power of Metta Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:21
Donald Rothberg
Guided by a recent translation of a poem about metta practice by an early Buddhist nun, from The First Free Women, we contemplate the simple yet radical and profound spirit of metta practice. The author tells us: "I have followed this Path of friendship to its end. And I can say with absolute certainty—it will lead you home.” We look at how metta cuts through fear, how it deepens concentration, how we work with the challenges of metta practice, how we navigate the “purification process” linked with metta practice, and how we integrate the kind heart, mindfulness, wisdom, and skillful action.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta Retreat

2020-01-14 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, Week 1 1:29:31
Mark Nunberg
Course introduction, two guided meditations, and dharma talk
Common Ground Meditation Center Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, Jan-Feb 2020

2020-01-14 Right Intention 55:54
Yuka Nakamura
Our actions are often driven by unconscious or conflicting intentions. How can we align with wholesome intentions and cultivate wholesome mindstates?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-14 Reflections on Metta for difficult people: guided Metta meditation. 45:32
Jaya Rudgard
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-14 Completing the Inner Conversation 40:51
Ajahn Sucitto
We come to Dhamma practice hoping for calm and quiet, but that may be down the track a while. Begin instead with dialogue, listening to the inner chatter with patience and steadiness. As agitated and troubling states are lovingly met, the passion around them fades. We can experience the nibbāna element here and now.
Cittaviveka Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery Winter Retreat 2020

2020-01-14 Morning Reflections 21:49
Sayadaw U Jagara
Seven bojjhangas starting with Sati. Bring balance. Seeing the body as physical elements and identifying some causes for its manifestation.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2020

2020-01-14 Morning Instructions On Thoughts 51:06
Chris Cullen
Exploringintentions in working with thoughts - how to develop mindfulness of thoughts and a deepening understanding of their shaping influence
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-13 Buddhist Studies - Anatta: The Impersonal Nature of Experience - Week 1 1:34:42
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Anatta: The Impersonal Nature of Experience

2020-01-13 Self, Non-self, and the importance of flexibility of view. 62:57
Chris Cullen
An exploration of the Buddha's teaching on anatta (not-self), and the importance also of honoring personhood and cultivating flexibility of view so as to respond appropriately to circumstances. The emptiness of all phenomena is also briefly explained and explored.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-13 S.E.S. January - Intimacy & Imagination - Wise View - Dharma talk 34:36
Sebene Selassie
New York Insight Meditation Center Sacred Earth Sangha

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