Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2012-01-11 Fear and Lovingkindness 55:15
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the nature of fear and how metta is a powerful resource to work with and transform fear.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-12-21 How Fear Transforms into Love 57:52
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Through stories and practical instruction,s the talk illuminates the direct experience of fear and other challenging emotions and describes the transformation of fear into love through the practices of naming, mindfulness of the body/nervous system, lovingkindness and letting go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat

2011-12-16 The Wise & Fearless Heart 62:26
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Developing the Brahma Viharas (good will, compassion, gladness and equanimity), to strengthen the heart and meet fear.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-11-23 The Problem With Greed 50:19
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
Our relationship with sense pleasure is complicated. Moving towards what is pleasant is instinctual,and we need to be able to experience what is pleasant without clinging, fear or attachment in order to be whole. Yet pleasant vedana (sensation) is not a reliable goal or guide on the spiritual path. Pleasure - like all conditioned things - has its limitations and does not work well as the orienting principle in our practice and lives. Like the Buddha, we need to be able to swim upstream, and not be limited by our conditioning towards ease.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-11-21 From Fear to Freedom 60:33
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving Insight Retreat

2011-10-31 Seeing through the delusion of fear 57:45
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Fear drives us in unhealthy ways when it is not recognized. When we become aware of fear it becomes a support to our meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-10-25 Awakening the Human Heart 41:11
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
To truly embrace the intensity of our longing and sorrow, our hopes and fears, to be present and open as we are impacted by our past, and to live with inner ground and freedom in the midst of the joys and sorrows of the world, what is is needed is a great heart, but a also a human heart. Do we know the true capacity of our heart?
Gaia House : Embodying the Awakened Heart

2011-10-12 Trusting Your Buddha-Knowing 59:55
James Baraz	Download Listen
The source of our awakening is right inside us. As we learn to listen deeply to the wisdom and purity of heart that is connected to the truth, we are following the Buddha’s instructions to “be a lamp unto yourself.” This talk includes the Buddha’s five methods for dealing with distracting thoughts and how to discern the voice of wisdom from the voices of confusion and fear.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-07 Investigating Personality View 63:30
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
The sense of self as personality view is a construct of mind that arises and poises like any other phenomena - and we can explore it with intent rather than fear it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-05 The Divine Abodes: Lovingkindness 1:25:21

Tara Brach

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Love is the most basic expression of who we are, and yet it is often obscured by the trance of separation and fear. This talk explores how we habitually armor our hearts, and the training of attention that awakens us to unconditional, all inclusive love. A classic form of the metta (lovingkindness) meditation is part of the talk.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks