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Dharma Talks
2014-09-13 Cultivating Inner Strength- A talk and meditation 63:17
Rick Hanson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-09-13 Mindfulness and the Recollection of Being 57:24
John Peacock
Gaia House Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation - The Foundations of MBCT & MBSR

2014-09-11 Sudden Awakening/Gradual Cultivation 49:16
James Baraz
Does awakening happen all at once or over time? Both. Even after one has an awakening experience there is still more work to be done. This talk explores awakening and the purification of habits that is an essential part of that process.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2014-09-11 Meeting What Is with Awareness and Love 54:14
Mark Coleman
How do we meet the uncertain changing and challenging nature of life? Practice allows us to meet it with awareness, love and non-identification.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awake in the Wild: A Natural Liberation

2014-09-10 Transforming Unhealthy Habits through Mindfulness 1:24:50
Hugh Byrne
When harmful or unhealthy habits form, they can cause us much suffering and they can be hard to change because they are carried out automatically and without conscious awareness. Mindfulness is a key to changing harmful or unwanted habits as it provides skillful methods and practices to bring them into the light of awareness. Three elements of mindfulness are particularly important in changing unhealthy or unwanted habits - Intention, Attention, and Attitude. The talk explores these three elements with a focus on Intention.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-09-10 The World Is Made of Stories 51:51
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2014-09-10 Honoring Thich Nhat Hanh 49:19
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-09-10 Reflection on the Practice of Meditation 40:35
Greg Scharf
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2014-09-09 Joy 37:25
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2014-09-09 Equanimity 50:21
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2014-09-08 Some Fruits of the Practice 57:45
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2014-09-08 Integrative path 47:11
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Portal to Pure Presence Retreat

2014-09-07 Shelter from the storm 55:40
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Portal to Pure Presence Retreat

2014-09-06 Labor Day Retreat - Day 8 1:12:17
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center 2014 Labor Day Retreat

2014-09-06 Meditation Instructions- Day 4 - Thoughts and Preception 63:57
Anushka Fernandopulle
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2014-09-05 Labor Day Retreat - Day 7 62:19
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center 2014 Labor Day Retreat

2014-09-05 Vision and Focus 33:40
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Portal to Pure Presence Retreat

2014-09-05 Introduction On Bring Awareness To Mind States and Guided Meditation 54:03
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2014-09-04 The Practice of Concentration Meditation 56:50
Kate Munding
In her talk on concentration meditation, Kate Janke explores different techniques, why it is an essential part of the path to awakening, and what gets in the way of a concentrated mind.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2014-09-04 In This Fathom Long Body With Its Mind and Perceptions 46:45
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2014-09-04 Labor Day Retreat - Day 6 58:35
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center 2014 Labor Day Retreat

2014-09-03 Concentration 56:06
Alex Haley
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2014-09-03 Labor Day Retreat - Day 5 62:23
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center 2014 Labor Day Retreat

2014-09-03 First talk of the retreat 60:12
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Portal to Pure Presence Retreat

2014-09-03 Morning Instructions 57:14
Anushka Fernandopulle
Posture, meditation instrutions for sitting and walking
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTIQ Community

2014-09-03 Concentration and Liberation 63:35
Winnie Nazarko
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2014-09-02 To See Through the Self 32:02
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2014-09-02 Finding True Refuge 44:42
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2014-09-02 Labor Day Retreat - Day 4 19:20
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center 2014 Labor Day Retreat

2014-09-01 Intro Talk to Bodycare 51:40
Bhante Bodhidhamma
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2014-09-01 Labor Day Retreat - Day 3 14:12
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center 2014 Labor Day Retreat

2014-09-01 Dharma and Climate Change 27:16
Brian Lesage
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2014-09-01 Brahma Vihara 47:08
Jason Murphy
Insight Santa Cruz

2014-08-31 Metta (Loving Kindness) Practice 41:03
Anushka Fernandopulle
Cultivating the heart - metta in different directions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Uncovering Innate Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend

2014-08-31 Bringing Your Practice into the World 61:59
James Baraz
How your practice can unfold as yhou leave retreat includes seeing it as a path of happiness; value of opening to suffering; learning to listen to the truth inside and expressing your caring as compassionate action.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Retreat

2014-08-31 Labor Day Retreat - Day 2 49:48
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center 2014 Labor Day Retreat

2014-08-31 Q&A 33:07
Ayya Anandabodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-08-31 The Alchemy of Turning Towards What's Difficult 34:27
Ayya Anandabodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-08-31 Never Turn Away 27:40
Ayya Santacitta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-08-31 Guided Meditation on Arriving 44:46
Ayya Anandabodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-08-31 Wisely Attending To Your Nose and Other Things 49:35
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Uncovering Innate Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend

2014-08-31 12 Guided Meditation: Everything Happens within Awareness 4:58
Ajahn Sucitto
First inclination is towards that which is for one’s well-being. Attention settles on the body and breathing. Then make a practice of disconnecting and unplugging, not getting interested in other stuff that comes through. Keep asking, what’s appropriate and helpful now?
Sunyata Buddhist Centre :  Unseating the Inner Tyrant

2014-08-31 11 Aimless Wandering 8:18
Ajahn Sucitto
Aimless wandering unplugs compulsion. So move around a moment at a time, aimlessly, following the gentle zig zag of the movement and inclination. Pause when feeling compulsive or hurried. Keep coming back into exploring this amazing here and now.
Sunyata Buddhist Centre :  Unseating the Inner Tyrant

2014-08-31 10 Standing Meditation: There Are No Tyrannies in Space 11:07
Ajahn Sucitto
One feature of programs is they cause contraction. When standing, then, it’s helpful to acknowledge space as an experience. In front of you, behind and above you, let the body experience the lack of intrusion and obstruction – space is open and free. There are no tyrannies in space.
Sunyata Buddhist Centre :  Unseating the Inner Tyrant

2014-08-31 09 An Exercise in Awareness 4:27
Ajahn Sucitto
On attention and awareness. Attention locates an object, and what we give attention to gets energized. Awareness, when exercised brings opening and cooling. Unhook from attention and let awareness widen and soften. Take in the feel and energy of the subtler qualities of what arises. Not excluding anything, just not hooking onto anything.
Sunyata Buddhist Centre :  Unseating the Inner Tyrant

2014-08-31 Big Mind Meditation 42:19
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Retreat

2014-08-31 08 Guided Meditation: Internal Happiness 30:09
Ajahn Sucitto
Meditation offers the opportunity to encourage the body to open into a more steady state of pleasure than is normally attainable through sense contact. This internal happiness has to do with the body’s subtle energy. Guidance is given to sense the subtle body and experience this internal happiness.
Sunyata Buddhist Centre :  Unseating the Inner Tyrant

2014-08-31 The Judging Mind 37:16
Jason Murphy
Insight Santa Cruz

2014-08-30 Flowing with Life as it Is 50:12
Sharda Rogell
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Retreat

2014-08-30 Metta - Friendliness 43:00
Pascal Auclair
A few words on this quality of mind, a poem and a guided meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Uncovering Innate Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend

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