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2022-08-17 Guided Meditation: Connect & Continue (Vitakka & Vicara) As Our Two Best Friends in Concentration Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:55
Nikki Mirghafori
In this guided meditation, we explore connecting with our intention, relaxing the body, and then devote ourselves to the first two jhanic factors: vitakka and vicara, initial application and sustained application, or connect and continue. The guidance ends with planting the seeds for gladness and joy by noticing the absence of the hindrances, as taught in the satipatthana sutta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating Concentration

2022-07-29 Instructions: Main elements of practice 40:08
Bernat Font
Based on the satipaṭṭhāna 'definition'
Gaia House Rainbow Dharma: a retreat for the LGBTQI+ community

2022-07-12 Satipatthana as a map of experience. 58:33
Akincano Marc Weber
Four channels as a metaphor for Satipatthana
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation

2022-06-04 Satipatthana & Awareness 49:38
Eugene Cash
How the simple practice of being aware, develops and deepens leading to awareness. This brings forth the maturity of Awakening characterized by abiding in the Presence of Sati/Awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Investigation and Inquiry into the Dharma

2022-04-07 Clear Comprehension: The Buddha's Teaching on Four Different Elements of Practice 48:53
James Baraz
This talk explores the topic of Clear Comprehension (sampajañña in Pali) a powerful Dharma teaching on four different aspects of practice. In the Satipatthana Sutta the Discourse on the Four Foundation of Mindfulness, with regard to each foundation, the Buddha says the following: "Here, bhikkhus (practitioners), a bhikkhu (practitioner) lives contemplating the body in the body, ardent, clearly comprehending and mindful, having overcome, in this world, covetousness and grief..." Clear comprehension means more than just having bare attention. Understanding and applying these four facets of Clear Comprehension can support a real deepening of our Dharma practice.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2022-03-25 Meditation and Dhamma talk on the five aggregates (khandā) 1:26:10
Bhante Sujato
From Harris Park. Meditation on the five "aggregates" (khandā), guided by Bhante Sujato. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato on the five aggregates. Subtle (sukhuma) rūpa perceived by the mind. The aggregates as inseparable aspects of experience. Perception recognizes and puts details together to meaningful wholes. Sankhārā in this context: volition. Meaning of "upadāna khandā"; metaphor of the hand. Q+A: Contemplation of khandas in the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta. Why such brief introduction of the concept of khandas in the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta (reference: MN 26).
Lokanta Vihara

2021-11-23 Q&A 38:29
Ajahn Sucitto
00:35 How to work with painful memories; 08:33 Difference between pīti and sukha; 11:06 Style and benefits of your QiGong; 15:51 Awareness of bodily energies and sensations; 23:27 Feeling body from the inside vs. outside; 25:40 Which practices are precursors of satipaṭṭhāna practices; 27:43 How to shift from (uncomfortable) sensation to energy; 30:51 Reflective capacity of citta; 34:51 Mindfulness with pleasant but faint sensation; 36:57 Drowsiness with samādhi.
Bodhi College Breathing to Liberation (Ānāpāṇasati)

2021-09-17 Satipatthana: Refrain and Letting Go 49:17
Eugene Cash
Exploration of the four principles of the Satipaṭṭhāna refrain: Ardent, Fully Aware, Mindful and Free. Learning what it means when: 'one abides independent, not clinging to anything in the world' The freedom of letting go of everything.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Days of Awe: Discovering our Humanity

2020-12-19 Q&A - Balancing Attention, Intention, 3rd Satipaṭṭhāna, Sound of Silence 29:06
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka Living, Dying and Liberation

2020-05-17 43 Discourse on the Establishment of Awareness Satipatthana Sutta MN10 27:52
Bhante Bodhidhamma
The Four Noble Truths and Final Encouragement
Satipanya Buddhist Retreat :  Talks on the Middle Length Discourses

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