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Dharma Talks
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

2015-06-16 Concentration (Samadhi) Practice 58:01
Donald Rothberg
A practically-based exploration of the nature of concentration and its place in practice, how to practice concentration (complementing the morning instructions), five challenges of concentration practice and how to work with them, and the relationship of concentration and insight practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center From the Breath to Spacious Awareness

2015-06-16 A taste Of Truth 49:35
Winnie Nazarko
Comments about our hopes before going on retreat, and how we tend to evaluate what happens. The usefulness of wise reflection and what it is - in reviewing the retreat.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-16 Envisioning Your Practice 39:16
Anushka Fernandopulle
Mission Dharma

2015-06-16 Ce que Martine m’a enseigné 55:40
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2015-06-16 The Four Elements - Your Body, Your Mind, This Earth 67:32
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-16 Bhāvanā & Satipaṭṭhāna: Sketch of the 4 Channels of experience 47:45
Akincano Marc Weber
Bhāvanā–"Calling into being“ - Satipaṭṭhāna as Orientation
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-16 Allowing Awareness of All of Life (Shame and Vulnerability) 31:26
Alexis Santos
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-16 Instructions - Vedana 21:35
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-16 Reflection: Aspiration - Attitude - Body 30:59
Akincano Marc Weber
kāyānupassanā - 3 Questions
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 15 to July 31 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-15 Evening Talk from Touching the Earth Retreat 47:09
Suvaco
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-15 Bodhicitta: The Awakened Heart Mind 67:04
Pat Coffey
The power of Bodhicitta, we cultivated is a powerful antidote to greed, ill will and delusion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-15 Encouraging Counsel 56:54
Steve Armstrong
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-15 "Karma as empowerment: this moment's intentional action conditions the next" 54:50
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-15 Guided metta meditation and chant 42:01
Winnie Nazarko
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-15 Chanting, Guided Meditation, Preparation for Ritual, Offering Ourselves 32:27
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-15 Morning Reflections 34:56
Suvaco
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-15 Basic meditation instructions for the first day of retreat 54:06
Pat Coffey
Basic meditation instructions that includes special attention to relaxation and sacred "pause" of awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-14 The Art Of Mindful Living - Part 2 66:48
Matthew Daniell
From suffering to freedom Park two Skillful relationship of Shamatha (calm) and Vipassana (clear seeing) in all postures and it all times. Daily life practice as one
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-14 First Evening Talk - The Hindrances 45:33
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-14 Gaining Understanding from the Torments 59:11
Steve Armstrong
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-14 What Do We Do When We Meditate 54:54
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2015-06-14 Guided Loving Kindness Meditation 41:31
Pat Coffey
Extending loving kindness to self
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-14 Afternoon Guidance and Guided Meditation, Posture, The Mid-Line 59:42
Suvaco
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-14 Morning Guidance, Sitting Meditation 45:08
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Touching the Earth - Insight Meditation, Reflection and Ritual

2015-06-13 Do you know what it feels like to be free? 44:53
Ruth King
Bringing our loving offerings into the world as a creative expression of practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Aging, Dying and Awakening

2015-06-13 Day 5 The 7 Factors of Awakening 50:28
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-13 Being fully in 54:19
Winnie Nazarko
A discussion of the quality of faith is a necessary ingredient for spiritual opening. And a discussion of what faith (saddha) is not what we may think it is
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-13 Skillful Views....Seeing through Dharma eyes 56:54
Steve Armstrong
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Summer retreat

2015-06-13 L'arc de la pratique 59:03
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight La nature humaine

2015-06-13 Metta meditation (loving kindness) 44:08
Matthew Daniell
Wishing well: for self, an easy being, a diversity of beings (spontaneously chosen) and all beings
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-13 Day 5 Instructions on 4th Foundation 30:30
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-13 Day 5 The 5 Aggregates & 6 Sense Spheres 53:15
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-13 Day 5 4th Foundation Introduction 1:11:13
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-13 Meditation Instructions - Day Three 57:23
Pat Coffey
Includes emphasis on emotions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-12 Challenging Energies Of Life and Practice 66:02
Pat Coffey
Cultivating a kindly accepting relationship with the challenging energies of life - is essential to happiness and freedom. In this talk we explore those energies and offer practical methods of working with them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2015-06-12 "Karma" and the "Present Moment" 54:55
Kate Munding
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2015-06-12 Intrinsically empty, Naturally Radiant - Relative and Ultimate Bodichitta Part II 57:21
Joseph Goldstein
Compassion as an act of emptiness
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 1 to June 14 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-06-12 Day 4 Sutta Comments on 3rd Foundation 46:36
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-12 Agrippement, tonalité et engagement créatif 60:00
Martine Batchelor
True North Insight La nature humaine

2015-06-12 Day 4 3rd Foundation Morning Q&A 36:11
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-12 Day 4 Instructions on 3rd Foundation 30:24
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-12 Day 4 3rd Foundation Mind 37:35
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-12 Day 4 1st & 2nd Foundations Q&A 57:30
Tempel Smith
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat

2015-06-11 Wisdom of Aging 62:01
Eugene Cash
Exploring the paradox of aging and dharma practice. Through dharma practice we discover the possibility of maturing as a human at ages 50 and older. Meditation uncovers what we know and the unknown through our presence, awareness and curiosity. The Two Truths reveal both conventional and ultimate truths of reality as we continue to practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Aging, Dying and Awakening

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