Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2014-03-08 Compassion for Self and Other 42:40
Beth Sternlieb	Download Listen
Cultivating wise inner speech and safety
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Month Long Retreat

2014-03-08 Hello, It's You Again...Meeting the Five Hindrances 58:39
Kirsten Kratz	Download Listen
This talk explores how we can approach the five hindrances as just another aspect of our human experience we can pay attention to, and as something we can learn and gain deeper understanding from.
Gaia House : The Wise and Loving Heart

2014-03-08 Day 7 Brahma Vihara Practice 30:06
Beth Sternlieb	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Month Long Retreat

2014-03-07 Mad Metta 55:47
Jason Murphy	Download Listen
An intervention of the critical mind and aversive habits
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Month Long Retreat

2014-03-07 Opening Talk 63:24
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
This talk also includes Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House : The Wise and Loving Heart

2014-03-07 Brahma Vihara Practice Day 6 30:24
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Month Long Retreat

2014-03-06 Buddhism and the 12 Steps: Week 2, Part 2 29:06
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Buddhism and the 12 Steps Class Series

2014-03-06 Buddhism and the 12 Steps: Week 2, Part 1 68:19
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Buddhism and the 12 Steps Class Series

2014-03-06 Sutta Series: Capala Sutta: The Buddha's Advice for Overcoming Sloth and Torpor (AN 7.58) 51:19
James Baraz	Download Listen
Do you ever get sleepy while meditating? In this discourse, the Capala Sutta from the Angutarra Nikaya, the Buddha catches one of his main disciples, Ven. Maha Moggallana nodding off. He then offers him seven strategies for overcoming "sloth and torpor". Identifying with the drowsiness can actually be a doorway to the wisdom of anatta or the selfless nature of reality.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2014-03-06 You Are Not Alone 52:13
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
This talk explores the fourth foundation of mindfulness, The Dhammas. A special attention is given to the Four Noble Truths.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Month Long Retreat

2014-03-06 Brahma Vihara Practice 28:50
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Metta on Self
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Month Long Retreat

2014-03-05 Méditation guidée de 25 min 30:21
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks

2014-03-05 Part 4: Opening to Joy 1:19:08

Tara Brach

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Our innate capacity for joy is blocked by our habitual ways of paying attention. This talk explores three key pathways of presence that connect us with our full openness and aliveness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-03-05 Third Foundation and Compassionate Mindfulness 61:07
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Every mind state can be met with dignity, even difficult mind states. Thus we move from reactive to responsive mind states.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Month Long Retreat

2014-03-05 Brahma Vihara Practice Day 4 29:10
John Travis	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Month Long Retreat

2014-03-04 You Are Not What You Think 37:35
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2014-03-04 Vedana-A Way of Knowing 51:50
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Month Long Retreat

2014-03-04 The Flame Of Now 41:37
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Our thoughts place us on the periphery of "Now", but a question ensues, "do we want what Now offers?"
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : March 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2014-03-04 On Non-Difference and Bringing Our Practice into the World 37:44
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Here, Martin looks at the dichotomy we easily make between the retreat situation and the rest of life, and explores the skilful integration of our practice, as well as looking at some of the forces that tend to shape our into our personal, relational and cultural lives.
Gaia House : The Dynamics of Freedom

2014-03-03 First Foundation - Kaya 46:55
John Travis	Download Listen
Exploring the body with mindfulness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Month Long Retreat

2014-03-03 On Non-Duality, the World and the Void 39:33
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Using the zen image of first there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is, Martin charts the evolution of relating to form and emptiness, exploring the fundamental duality of conventional experience, and the natural pull towards its dismantling, transcendance and integration.
Gaia House : The Dynamics of Freedom

2014-03-02 Intro to Insight Meditation: Root Cause of Suffering 14:17
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-03-02 Intro to Insight Meditation: Mindfulness and Friendliness 20:10
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-03-02 The Courage to Live - The Practice Of Forgiveness 62:38
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Joy of Letting Go – Reconciliation, Restoration and Forgiveness: Insight and Metta Weekend

2014-03-02 Introducing the Satipatthana - 4 Foundations of Mindfulness 52:41
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Understanding how applying our mindfulness to these 4 key areas of experience actually completely changes everything, breaks the usual trance.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Month Long Retreat

2014-03-02 On Fluidity, Uncertainty and Inconceivability 44:06
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
This talk explores bringing the fundamental truth of lifes fluidity, and the familiarity of teachings on impermanence, right into the heart of every-moment practice.
Gaia House : The Dynamics of Freedom

2014-03-02 Brahma Vihara Practice Day 1 31:11
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Beginning the practice; opening to felt sense of experience
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Month Long Retreat

2014-03-01 Forgiveness Meditation 42:29
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Joy of Letting Go – Reconciliation, Restoration and Forgiveness: Insight and Metta Weekend

2014-03-01 Kamma Revisited 43:47
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2014-03-01 Into the Stream of Refuge and Confidence 51:22
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Opening talk of the March month-long retreat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March Month Long Retreat

2014-03-01 On Immediacy and Here and Now-ness 39:09
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
Rather than the meditator trying to become present, this talk emphasises the way life is always immediate and available, always and only present. And how attuning to that invites us into presence, not as a property of mind, not as a state we create, but as the formless ground into which mind can rest, allowing presence to reveal what arises.
Gaia House : The Dynamics of Freedom

2014-03-01 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 2 37:50
Tina Rasmussen	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-03-01 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 2 37:50
Stephen Snyder	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-03-01 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 1 50:06
Tina Rasmussen	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-03-01 Introduction to Concentration Meditation Daylong Part 1 50:06
Stephen Snyder	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-02-28 Your Practice Makes a Difference! 61:03
James Baraz	Download Listen
In this last talk of the month long retreat, the Buddha's five supports for our practice (from the Maghiya Sutta) are presented as well as the ways our practice can benefit not only ourselves, but everyone we know and our planet.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month Long Retreat - 2014

2014-02-28 On Presence 62:52
Martin Aylward	Download Listen
An introduction to 5 days of retreat practice, using the inherent characteristics of life as the grounds for contemplation and insight.
Gaia House : The Dynamics of Freedom

2014-02-27 Mindfulness of Thinking 54:19
Kate Munding	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2014-02-27 Equanimity - The Ocean Of Experience 53:16
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2014-02-27 Buddhism & The 12 Steps: Week 1, Part 2 41:04
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Step 1, Right View
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Buddhism and the 12 Steps Class Series

2014-02-27 Buddhism & The 12 Steps: Week 1, Part 1 58:31
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Step 1, Right View
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Buddhism and the 12 Steps Class Series

2014-02-26 Forgiviness 57:05
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
An exploration of forgiveness, what it is, what it is not, and why it is important.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2014-02-26 Part 3: A Forgiving Heart 1:21:23

Tara Brach

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Anger is an intelligent emotion, a natural part of our evolutionary design that lets us know when we are endangered or impeded in our progress. But when it locks into ongoing resentment and blame, our heart becomes armored and we lose access to a wholeness of being. This talk explores forgiving as a process of relaxing our armoring and awakening a healing compassion for ourselves and others.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-02-26 Connection to Life 57:57
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The habit of believing we're different from others leads to a painful sense of isolation. Both vipassana and metta reveal a deep inter-connectedness to all of life that takes away our feelings of separation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month Long Retreat - 2014

2014-02-26 Everybody is Wise 53:20
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-02-26 Practicing Forgiveness, Practicing Connection 11:24
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : IMS Audio Files

2014-02-25 Vive la Difference 33:21
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2014-02-24 Wise Intention 57:28
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February Month Long Retreat - 2014

2014-02-24 Rejoicing In The Happiness Of Others 55:16
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
An exploration of the practice of mudita, joy at the well being of others. Discusses the rewards of this meditation, and it challenges, giving specific examples.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2014-02-24 Mindfulness, Meditation, & Life 56:19
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks