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Dharma Talks
2013-03-12 La quête et ses questions 61:04
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2013-03-12 Compassion 56:48
Jack Kornfield
How to hold the whole path of awakening with the great heart of compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-12 The Clear Light of Your Existence - In Memory of Carlos Ramirez 44:47
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2013-03-12 Dependent Origination: Ignorance 65:04
Rodney Smith
Ignorance, or "ignoring" the facts, begins the conditioned chain of events known as Dependent Origination. Our refusal to acknowledge and look is the essential first cause of the sequencing of conditions that leads to struggle and separation. To reverse this process all we have to do is be amenable to seeing what is in front of our eyes. This, together with our willingness not to turn away from the implications of what we see, are the sole requirements necessary for the interruption of the links of causality. Awareness ends the belief that the world is static and fixed. We usually gloss over the continual unfolding and disarray we call, "our living experience," so we can use ignorance as a life preserver and steady our position by fixing it within the world. How much of this unfixed universe we are willing to see will be determined by our sincerity, but the seeing, and therefore the ending of struggle, is always possible.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: Dependent Origination

2013-03-12 Morning Instructions - Chitta - mind/heart 45:36
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-03-11 "Self" Exploration 49:07
Mark Coleman
An inquiry into self identity & self-identification
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-03-11 Saddha 38:59
Winnie Nazarko
Understanding Saddha (faith) the first of the 5 Spiritual Faculties. How this Buddhist version of faith is different from naive faith, authoritarian faith and consumer faith. What is called faith when we practice this capacity of mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-11 Energy/Patience 49:50
Christina Feldman
Primarily exploring the quality and dimensions of the Parami of Viriya
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-03-10 The Power of Seeing Clearly 56:37
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-03-10 Morning Instructions 50:29
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-03-10 Radical Aliveness - Guided Meditation - Part 1 53:57
Amma Thanasanti
from day-long retreat at Maya Sanctuary, Denver CO
Shakti Vihara

2013-03-10 Radical Aliveness - Guided Meditation - Part 2 1:51:32
Amma Thanasanti
from day-long retreat at Maya Sanctuary, Denver CO
Shakti Vihara

2013-03-10 Radical Aliveness - Intro on Refuge and Precepts 20:10
Amma Thanasanti
from day-long retreat at Maya Sanctuary, Denver CO
Shakti Vihara

2013-03-09 The Tattered Self 48:33
John Travis
Poem and then explore aspect of not-self and relative self
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-09 Dana/Sila - Exploring the first two paramis 59:05
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-03-09 Deep Presence 31:36
Shaila Catherine
Mindfulness brings a powerful quality of presence to our encounter with experience. By cultivating deep presence we meet life below the level of superficial concepts. We disentangle the mind from the story of self. More than charisma or social skills, deep presence implies a profound way of being which brings our momentary encounters into the immediate present.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Saturday Talks - 2013

2013-03-09 Who Are You? 44:00
Mark Coleman
An exploration of identification with the sense of self and how to see through this identification.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-03-09 Clinging to and Identification with Views (ditthūpādāna) 21:43
Akincano Marc Weber
Our take on reality. Views: right or wrong ones, conscious and unconscious ones, based on our reflections or simply adopted in unacknowledged ways through lack of proper investigation.
New York Insight Meditation Center Clinging and Identification (upādāna) – Practical Ways of Unbinding

2013-03-09 Clinging and Identification - Practical Ways of Unbinding (Part 2) 1:50:28
Akincano Marc Weber
Our take on reality. Views: right or wrong ones, conscious and unconscious ones, based on our reflections or simply adopted in unacknowledged ways through lack of proper investigation.
New York Insight Meditation Center Clinging and Identification (upādāna) – Practical Ways of Unbinding

2013-03-09 Intro: Grasping as the attempt to avoid suffering. 22:14
Akincano Marc Weber
Different meanings of the term upādāna – Etymology and three notions: "Grasping", "Identification" and "fuel". Four statements and their psychology: "Seeking experience" "I am right; I am competent" "I know the right technique" "Becoming someone"
New York Insight Meditation Center Clinging and Identification (upādāna) – Practical Ways of Unbinding

2013-03-09 Integral Awakening 16:17
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara

2013-03-09 Integral Awakening - Q&A 29:53
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara

2013-03-09 Defenses Against Spaciousness 50:33
Martin Aylward
We long for inner space and peace, yet we also defend against it, compulsively filling the open space of consciousness with the endless mental proliferation that gives us our sense of self and world. In this talk Martin explores the 3 major expressions of this inner momentum, showing us ways to recognise, understand, and let go of our demands, defences and distractions, and allowing instead the genuine, wide open spaciousness of our nature.
Gaia House Full Life, Spacious Mind

2013-03-08 Opening Talk 43:58
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women in Meditation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-03-08 Part 1: Not Stealing, Lying and the Pabhassara Citta 51:48
Trudy Goodman
First of 2 talks about the five precepts as instruction for meditation practice; as both path to and expression of our pabhassara citta, radiant clear mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-08 On grasping and identification: Overview (with Q & A) 1:17:16
Akincano Marc Weber
On the notion of grasping and attachment (upādāna) in the Suttas; with an emphasis on the Teaching of four specific forms of (i) clinging to and identification with sensuality (kāmūpādāna); (ii) clinging to and identification with virtue, ritual and practices (sīlavatūpādāna); (iii) clinging to and identification with views (diṭṭhūpādāna) and (iv) clinging to and identification with doctrines of a self (attavādūpādāna)
New York Insight Meditation Center Clinging and Identification (upādāna) – Practical Ways of Unbinding

2013-03-08 Opening Talk for Full Life Spacious Mind Retreat 55:15
Martin Aylward
Gaia House Full Life, Spacious Mind

2013-03-07 Buddhism & 12 Steps, Week 5 49:10
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhism & the 12 Steps

2013-03-07 Buddhism & 12 Steps, Week 5 (Forgiveness Meditation) 55:59
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Buddhism & the 12 Steps

2013-03-07 My Encounter with Mindfulness 51:29
Pascal Auclair
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-06 Generosity, Discipline & Renunciation 52:24
Lila Kate Wheeler
Practicing the first 3 Paramitas: Giving loving attention, Discipline of being present, Renunciation of loving the life you have.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-06 Everything Happens 61:48
Sylvia Boorstein
First 14 minutes was a baby blessing
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-03-05 Who Am I? The Question of Identity 54:53
Jack Kornfield
How the practice of loving awareness allows a profound shift of identity from a small limited sense of self to spacious wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-05 Questions and Answers 46:59
Michael Grady
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-03-05 Spring Cleaning 34:25
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2013-03-05 Boredom 37:18
Shaila Catherine
Boredom not a state of relaxation. It is a manifestation of aversion and restlessness that arises when we are not bringing enough mindfulness, interest, energy, or attention to what is actually happening. The habit of seeking happiness in external events and sensory pleasures is fundamentally unsatisfying. The restless seeking of more stimulating experiences ignores the First Noble Truth of dukkha—that there is suffering in conditioned experiences; that unpleasant feelings arise in our lives. Boredom arises because the quality of attention is not well direction; it arises with unwise attention. We can counter boredom with mindfulness. Make the effort to observe the changing nature of things. Appreciate and enjoy what is worthy. Notice moments in which there is no clinging. Reflect upon your purpose and goal—aim for the highest liberation, complete awakening, the peace of release, nibbana.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Tuesday Talks

2013-03-04 Entering Retreat 27:42
Winnie Nazarko
A welcoming talk for retreatants joining an on-going long retreat. Description of the process of forming community, and entering silence. An exploration of the power of motivation as retreatants turn to the Great Task.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-04 Not Self - No need to be afraid. 53:32
Michael Grady
Seeing things as they are - five aggregates
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-03-04 What's Up With Change? 58:26
Mark Coleman
How come we forget about impermanence or try to deny the reality of change, aging and death. What happens when we turn toward this fact - so it supports life, freedom and well being and we use it as a inspiration to practice and experience the preciousness of the moment
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-03-03 Questions and Answers 43:10
Michael Grady
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-03-03 Overview of Mindfulness Meditation 55:30
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-03-03 Mindfulness 34:31
Mark Nunberg
Guided Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-03-03 Seeing with Eyes of Kindness: The 4 Brahma Viharas 62:16
Ayya Tathaloka
Dhamma Talk given at the Marin Sangha in San Rafael, CA
Dhammadharini

2013-03-02 Contentment 57:07
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-02 Relaxation, ease and wise attitude 46:55
Michael Grady
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-03-02 Exploration of the 1st Precept of Non-Harming, co-taught by Richard Shankman 25:49
Bob Stahl
Introduction to the daylong at Spirit Rock
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-03-02 Equanimity 65:16
Chris Cullen
Gaia House Origins and Applications of Mindfulness (MBCT and MBSR Retreat)

2013-03-01 How to critique the Dhamma and Buddha 42:21
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2013-03-01 Ricky, Ricky, Ricky... What's Going On? 52:50
Kate Munding
An explanation on harmlessness, sila and the heart's opening towards connection
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-03-01 Gratitude and Appreciative Joy (Mudita) - Meditation 36:46
Mark Nunberg
Guided Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center

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