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Dharma Talks
2014-11-29 The Miracle of Listening 61:09
Kittisaro
An encouraging talk about faith in the practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-29 Practice As Ceremony 55:00
Bonnie Duran
The parallels between retreat practice and native ceremony and the strengthening of the five spiritual powers
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2014-11-29 Second Guessing The Universe 59:07
Winnie Nazarko
The role of specific delusions arising regarding meditations practice and how they can be disabled
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2014-11-29 Not Waiting for Nibbana 56:48
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-28 A Compassionate Training for Our Times 53:36
Thanissara
Quickening awakening to meet the urgency of our times. Moving from Love and Equanimity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-28 Paramis On Retreat 65:09
Rebecca Bradshaw
How retreat practice strengthens the ten paramis.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2014-11-28 Touching a Deep Level of the Heart 50:11
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-28 A Journey with the Satipatthana s Map 60:12
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-27 Returning to a Grateful Heart 47:35
Sharda Rogell
When the heart releases naturally, the grateful heart opens with joy. This talk ends with a fifteen minute gratitude meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-27 Guided Meditation - The Place Where All Sankharas Disappear 15:39
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-27 One-pointedness 57:10
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-26 Buddhas Never Waver 54:10
Kittisaro
Doorway through change to the unchanging.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-26 Intrinsically Empty, Naturally Radiant, Ceaselessly Responsive 59:53
Joseph Goldstein
Emptiness, Awareness and Compassion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2014-11-26 A Generous Heart 1:18:02
Tara Brach
Our deep potential is to live from an awake, loving heart. This talk looks at how, with a kind and mindful attention, we can decondition habitual tendencies toward grasping and self-centeredness, and nourish the sense of connectedness and care that gives rise to generosity. As we bring these heart practices alive in our most immediate relationships, they have the power to evolve consciousness in widening circles across the world. 
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-11-26 Brahma Viharas 45:08
Christina Feldman
Gaia House November Solitary

2014-11-26 Gratefulness: On Learning to See 55:23
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2014-11-26 Before You Start Anapanasati 60:49
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-26 Gratitude 59:09
Donald Rothberg
We explore the nature of gratitude and offer a number of forms of gratitude practice. We cover different expressions of the nature, what we're grateful for, being grateful even for difficulties, and the challenges of gratitude practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-11-25 Abandonner toute définition de soi, enseignement et méditation guidée 47:05
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2014-11-25 The Flickering Play of the Mind 54:00
Thanissara
Investigation of mind. Patterning of the mind. Going Beyond of the mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-25 Being Somebody And Being Nobody 53:03
Brian Lesage
This talk explores the importance of having a sense of self and the importance of going beyond a sense of self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2014-11-25 On Ferguson - When the Way Things Are is Hard to Bear 35:09
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2014-11-25 In Praise of Restlessness 1:15:58
Rob Burbea
This talk is the third part of a talk in three parts. (Part 1 is "Questioning Awakening"; Part 2 is "Buddhism Beyond Modernism".)
Gaia House November Solitary

2014-11-25 Guided meditation On Appreciative Joy 60:16
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Appreciative joy (mudita) is a quality of the heart and mind that wishes for the success of all beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2014-11-25 Monthly Sitting & Inquiry, November 2014 1:22:58
Gina Sharpe
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2014-11-25 Guided Meditation - Breathing Through Four Elements 13:06
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-25 The World of Five Aggregates 60:28
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-24 The Wisdom of Dukkha and Sukha 50:00
Sharda Rogell
The Buddha invites us to open to all experience just as it is. When we open, we deepen our experience to allow both pleasure and pain and enter the stream of life without resistance or grasping.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-24 Faith 52:10
Greg Scharf
An exploration of the role of faith in practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2014-11-24 Questions and Answers, Reflections 53:46
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary

2014-11-24 Not Clinging to Anything in the World 54:07
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-24 Gratitude 59:17
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-11-23 Savoring the Way 54:01
Kittisaro
Trust the blessing power of Dharma practice. Savoring the moment. What challenges become the ground of wisdom. A unified mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-23 Keep it Tidy 48:33
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-22 Putting Down the Burden 49:52
Thanissara
"Regardless of time and place, Dharma practice comes to completion at the place of laying down the burden" Ajahn Chah
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-11-22 Wise Clarity About The Causes Of Happiness 57:04
Bonnie Duran
This talk reviews the core elements of mindfulness and how we use it to uncover our intentions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2014-11-22 Metta and theEightfold Path 44:38
Norman Feldman
True North Insight Metta and Mindfulness

2014-11-22 Skilful Cultivation of the Mind 57:11
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-22 Automatic Motion 8:48
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-22 Walking Meditation 2:10
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-22 Guided Meditation - Standing Position 8:14
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-22 Watching the Mind 51:01
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-21 Arousing and Balancing the Five Spiritual Faculities 61:31
Bhante Buddharakkhita
When the five spiritual or controlling faculties are aroused and balanced, they serve as the conditions and cause for attaining steadiness of mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 2

2014-11-21 Being Metta 40:21
Norman Feldman
True North Insight Metta and Mindfulness

2014-11-21 How Faith, Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration and Wisdom Open 54:12
Winnie Nazarko
A reflection on the "five Spiritual faculties", intrinsic capacities of the human mind, open and are known in spiritual practice. Howe the relate to balance and balance each other.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2014-11-21 Guided Meditation - Experiencing Whole Body 13:12
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-21 Opening Talk - I Think That I Have an Experience 39:46
Ajahn Sucitto
Amaravati Monastery Amaravati Retreat November 2014

2014-11-20 "Grace Disguised as Obstacle" 50:46
James Baraz
It's one thing to remember and cultivate gratitude for the blessings in our life. But it's even more profound to experience the possibility of a grateful heart even in the midst of difficulties.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2014-11-20 The Refuge of Metta 44:22
Molly Swan
True North Insight Metta and Mindfulness

2014-11-20 Question and Answer Session 45:50
Christina Feldman
Gaia House November Solitary

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