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Dharma Talks
2013-09-19 Investigation 57:51
Andrea Fella
Meditation includes this art of investigating our experience by simply being with it - rather than trying to "figure it out"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 1

2013-09-19 Connecting Inner and Relational Practice with Judgments 65:00
Donald Rothberg
After a further investigation of how to practice when core limiting beliefs linked to judgments are activated, we examine four ways to bring our judgments practices into relational contexts, ending with a song.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2013-09-19 How To Have An Enlarged Heart 59:16
Mary Grace Orr
Exploring Ways of Creating a Wise and Spacious Heart
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-19 Guided Meditation - Part 5: Bile, Phelgm, Pus, Blood, Sweat, Fat 36:30
Mary Grace Orr
Meditating on the Body - Part 5: Bile, Phelgm, Pus, Blood, Sweat, Fat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-18 Doubt and Aversion: Two of the Five Hindrances 60:39
Joseph Goldstein
How to recognize and work with these common hindrances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 1

2013-09-18 Part 1 - Entering the Wilderness 1:21:51
Tara Brach
On all spiritual paths, we journey into the inner wilderness to discover the nature of nature - the truth of who we are. The entry is through bringing a kind and full presence to the life of our bodies. These two talks explore the conditioning that leads us to dissociation, and the blessings of full aliveness, open heartedness and wisdom that arise when we come home to embodied presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2013-09-18 Who Suffers and who is Free 45:39
Bob Stahl
An exploration of the causes of suffering and the breaking free of the conditioned self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-18 Guided Meditation on the 32 BodyParts: Part 4 38:56
Mary Grace Orr
Meditation on the body. Large Intestines, Small Intestines, Stomach, Feces, Brain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-18 Spiritual Urgency – Samvega 58:53
Marcia Rose
What brings us to spiritual practice? What has moved, inspired and urged you to find a clear and wholesome ‘other way’ than feeling overrun with old reactive habit patterns of sadness, fear, attachment, anger, and confusion.? Samvega is the movement of the heart/an inner response towards an urgency to practice and an urgency to awaken.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2013-09-18 Walking The Path 57:06
Pamela Weiss

2013-09-18 Dialogue: Sylvia Boorstein and Toni Bernhard; On Waking Up 56:22
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-09-18 Guided Meditation on the 32 Body Parts: Part 3 35:36
Bob Stahl
Meditation on the Body: Heart, liver, diaphragm, spleen, lungs.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-17 Meditation: Experiencing the mind and body directly with right understanding. 61:57
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 1

2013-09-17 The Deep Roots of the Judgmental Mind and Two Ways of Transformation 62:44
Donald Rothberg
Starting from the context of the teachings of dependent origination, we examine three interrelated forms of ignorance -- personal, social and universal -- and how they condition the judgmental mind. We then can see how two ways of transformation can transform, over time, these forms of core ignorance: (1) The way of mindfulness, investigation and accessing transforms ignorance, and (2) the way of cultivation [ ] qualities, especially through "heart practices."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2013-09-17 Connecting With Life Right Where it Touches You 30:49
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2013-09-17 Stepping Out of Our Stories 50:52
Mary Grace Orr
Exploring the point at which we can step out of our stories and be free
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-17 Introduction to Mindfulness Course - Fall 2013 7:35:19
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-09-17 Dependent Origination: Becoming 52:31
Rodney Smith
With the link of Becoming the sense-of-self is now fully alive within the dynamics of the mind. It does not exist outside of the mind as it likes to believe but as a working confluent whole with the other links of Dependent Origination. The sense-of-self wants to assume the "someone" who is receiving the desired object so it can chase after them, but to do so it has to spin the deception that it is the owner of the mental phenomena. To be perceived as the owner, the sense-of-self fractures the perception into the subject and object: me and my mind, or me and the object I want. Once the deception is complete it must continue to think in terms of past and future to keep the illusion going. If the mind becomes quiet, the past and future ends and the whole of the mind falls into the present where sparation cannot be maintained.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: Dependent Origination

2013-09-17 Chanting - Part 1 -- Body Parts Instructions 35:30
Bob Stahl
Part 1: Meditation on the body, head hair, body hair, nails, teeth, skin.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-17 Life Practice 66:34
Noah Levine
Gaia House Awakening the Heart Through Training the Mind

2013-09-16 Be a Light unto Your Self... 47:56
Mark Coleman
How meditation cultivates the light of awareness & takes us home to our true nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-09-16 People of Color Sangha Evening: September 16, 2013 31:36
Gina Sharpe
People of Color Sangha Evening: September 16, 2013
New York Insight Meditation Center POC Sangha Evening

2013-09-16 Motivation and Wise Effort 56:53
Winnie Nazarko
Description of the kind of effort needed to liberate the mind and how to make this effort skillfully. Practical ways to work with motivation. Stories illustrating principles.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 1

2013-09-16 It's Workable: A Map for working with the Judgmental Mind 57:12
Heather Sundberg
Basic map for transforming judgments. Contains lively stories, poetry and sutta references, all in the spirit of 'it's workable.' - Mindfulness: Active & receptive qualitie3s - Mindfulness of the Body & Nervous System: Practical techniques -Heart Practices: An overview -The role of Wise Effort in the practice of inquiry into mental habits The importance of Wise Friends on the path
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2013-09-16 Hindrances and Introduction to 32 Parts of the Body 52:37
Bob Stahl
What are the hindrances and how to work with them and an introduction to the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-16 Dealing with Mara 42:46
Noah Levine
Gaia House Awakening the Heart Through Training the Mind

2013-09-15 Transforming the Judgmental Mind 59:48
Donald Rothberg
We inquire into the nature of the "judgmental mind", how it is different from non-reactive discernment, why it is important to work with the judgmental mind, and how we transform it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2013-09-15 Practice As Though Your Hair Was on Fire 51:22
Mary Grace Orr
The foundations for practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation

2013-09-15 The Five Hindrances - Part 1 61:58
Guy Armstrong
The hindrances are forces that obstruct or divert the current of our awakening. This talk discusses sense desire, sleepiness and restlessness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 1

2013-09-15 Understanding Awakening 55:49
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-09-15 S.O.S. - Sitting on Sunday: September 15, 2013 1:12:27
Gina Sharpe
S.O.S. - Sitting on Sunday led by Gina Sharpe. Includes questions and answers and a talk on Generosity.
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2013-09-15 Mindfulness Of Pain 61:26
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Through non-reactivity to pain we can begin to understand its true nature and gain insight of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and non-self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 1

2013-09-15 The Hindrances 44:19
JoAnna Hardy
Gaia House Awakening the Heart Through Training the Mind

2013-09-14 The Three Refuges and Aspirations For Practice 45:13
Bonnie Duran
This talk offers the three refuges as a reflection for practice. The qualities of self reliance, mindfulness and aspiration - are briefly covered.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 1

2013-09-14 Transcending Five Fears 1:35:19
Ayya Santussika
at Little Bangkok Sangha
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2013-09-14 Q&A with James Baraz 36:52
Anam Thubten
From "The Magic of Awareness" with Anam Thubten Rinpoche and James Baraz - PART 5
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-09-14 Awareness as Basis of Connection to Self and Others 63:19
James Baraz
Includes a Brahma Vihara exercise. From "The Magic of Awareness" with Anam Thubten Rinpoche and James Baraz - PART 4
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-09-14 Relaxing the Mind 23:56
Anam Thubten
From "The Magic of Awareness" with Anam Thubten Rinpoche and James Baraz - PART 3
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-09-14 The Amazing Wonder and Awe of Awareness 26:11
James Baraz
From "The Magic of Awareness" with Anam Thubten Rinpoche and James Baraz - PART 2
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-09-14 Magic of Awareness - Awakening to Our True Nature 30:53
Anam Thubten
From "The Magic of Awareness" with Anam Thubten Rinpoche and James Baraz - PART 1
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-09-14 Practicing in Times of Big Changes 34:50
Ayya Santacitta
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Hartford Street Zen Center)
In collection: One Earth Sangha

2013-09-14 Opening Talk 1:20:22
Noah Levine
This talk also includes JoAnna Harper
Gaia House Awakening the Heart Through Training the Mind

2013-09-13 Renunciation / Letting Go 66:18
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Renunciation is a gateway to awakening. Through letting go of greed hatred and delusion, we can experience true happiness and ultimate liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 1

2013-09-13 Transformation and Relinquishment of Afflictive Emotions 1:10:18
Marcia Rose
Exploring a few of the difficult or afflictive states of mind that arise in our human experience...fear, anger, unwholesome desire and attachment; also exploring some of the ways the Buddha encourages us to work with them in our practice, in the light of purification and the liberation of the mind and heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-09-13 Guided Metta Meditation 61:52
Winnie Nazarko
Some overview comments about Metta (loving kindness), followed by real time meditation instruction for this practice. Q&A afterwards
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 1

2013-09-13 Dharma & Recovery, Step 9, part 2 of 2 38:54
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-09-13 Dharma & Recovery, Step 9, part 1 of 2 66:39
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-09-12 A Star at Dawn: A Buddhist Perspective on Loss 49:16
James Baraz
Although impermanence is the underlying reality of existence, we have trouble accepting loss especially of those we love. The Buddha said to contemplate every day that we will be separated from everyone and everything near and dear to us. This talk explores why and how to do that.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2013-09-12 Wise Mindfulness 57:55
Andrea Fella
The Buddha encouraged us to cultivate wise mindfulness, which is more than simply being aware. This talk explores some of the qualities that support wise mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 1

2013-09-11 Opening Night - 3 Month Retreat 62:35
Carol Wilson
Refuges and Precepts
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month - Part 1

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