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Dharma Talks
2012-12-28 No blame/breath - Guided Meditation 29:25
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara New Year Retreat 2013 - Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal & Letting Go

2012-12-28 Metta and body - Guided Meditation 43:41
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara New Year Retreat 2013 - Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal & Letting Go

2012-12-28 Body scan - Guided Meditation 34:17
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara New Year Retreat 2013 - Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal & Letting Go

2012-12-28 Instruction: Walking Practice 7:46
Tara Brach
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2012 IMCW New Year's Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2012-12-28 Instruction/Question/Response 11:09
Tara Brach
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2012 IMCW New Year's Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2012-12-28 Morning Instruction in Meditation 29:48
Tara Brach
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2012 IMCW New Year's Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2012-12-28 Being With What Is 12:10
Ayya Santacitta
Insight Retreat Center :  New Year's Retreat

2012-12-28 Reflections on Joy and Happiness 52:25
Chris Cullen
Gaia House New Year Retreat

2012-12-27 Past, Present and Future. 54:44
James Baraz
As 2012 comes to a close, this is a time to reflect on the lessons from the past year, where you are now and what your vision is of the New Year.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2012-12-27 Factors of Awakening -- Mindfulness 61:36
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Retreat

2012-12-27 Year End Retreat: Throw Nothing from Your Heart 40:21
Mark Nunberg
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-12-27 Introduction to Meditation Refuges & Precepts 42:33
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara New Year Retreat 2013 - Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal & Letting Go

2012-12-27 Opening Talk for New Year Retreat 35:47
Christina Feldman
This talk also includes Chris Cullen, Jenny Wilks, and Rob Burbea
Gaia House New Year Retreat

2012-12-26 Balance as Refuge 55:56
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-12-26 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness- The Fourth - pt 2 2:32
Donald Rothberg
This is a short wrap up of this talk. A few minutes between parts 1 and 2 were missed.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Introduction to Insight Meditation

2012-12-26 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness- The Fourth 50:13
Donald Rothberg
We review the Four Foundations with continued emphasis on the Fourth, including attention to a number of practical situations. Pt 1 of 2. *There are a few minutes missed between pt 1 and 2. Part 2 is the wrap up of the talk.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Introduction to Insight Meditation

2012-12-22 Practice Here And There - Practice Everywhere 67:59
Marcia Rose
Exploring what we learned in this retreat and how it translates as good support and protection in out lives in the larger world.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-22 Practice Instructions 41:01
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-22 What's With All This Meditation Then? 48:30
Paul Burrows
Gaia House Insight Meditation: A Path of Freedom

2012-12-21 Dissolving Storyline 51:47
John Travis
In usual fashion, one of John's poems followed a teaching on dissolving the four types of mental fixations and opening to the radiant mystery.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation at the Solstice

2012-12-21 The Buddha's Way to Happiness - Interview 4:52
Lila Kate Wheeler
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center IMS Audio Files

2012-12-21 Challenging Energies: How To Attend and Befriend 42:48
Pat Coffey
In practice we are often beset by challenging energies. Cultivating a skillful relationship to them is key to awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-20 A Time For Healing 51:58
James Baraz
Dealing with the tragedy of Newtown, Conn.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2012-12-20 Metta - The Heart's Release 1:14:58
Marcia Rose
There is tremendous fullness of energy constituted by great confidence, strength and very clear straight forwardness that comes from a loving heart... that comes from the heart of Metta.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-20 Christmas Talk re the Path 47:03
Bhante Bodhidhamma
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2012-12-20 The Five Aggregates of Self. Mindfulness, meditation and compassion practices to open up to no-self. 59:06
Heather Sundberg
Talk explores many doorways of investigating the te4achings on self and no-self including developing a healthy sense of self. the four S's of self 1. simple sense of self 2. solid sense of self 3. self-interested sense of self 4. social sense of self
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation at the Solstice

2012-12-20 Guided Concentration/Samatha Sit 43:12
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-19 Samadhi: Gateway to Freedom 62:43
Pat Coffey
The cultivation of samadhi is more than just focusing the mind. The tranquility of deep samadhi is the foundation for insight and awakening
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-19 Turning Toward the Light 1:12:34
Tara Brach
This solstice talk explores how, in the face of darkness - unconsciousness, ignorance, violence - we can call on the light that is within us. The two pathways are to courageously look directly into the places of suffering, and to include in our gaze, the intrinsic goodness in all beings, in life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-12-19 Entering the Dark, Entering the Light 58:55
Donald Rothberg
In the context of the winter solstice, we explore how to open up to different aspects of darkness (stopping and stillness, not knowing and mystery, difficulty and creativity) and how we, in doing so, open to light.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation at the Solstice

2012-12-19 Healing the Mind 56:28
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-12-19 Morning Meditation Instructions 48:26
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-19 Sitting and Walking Instructions 20:03
Pat Coffey
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-19 Meditation Instructions: Tranquility 5:56
Pat Coffey
Emphasis in instructions is the cultivation of ease, relaxation and tranquility. Note: power failure interrupted recording
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-18 Opening Talk - Welcome 1:16:47
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

2012-12-18 Troisième caractérisque libératrice 1:10:13
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2012-12-18 The Divine Abodes - Week 4 - Equanimity (Upekkha) as a Beautiful Emotion 1:29:03
Mark Nunberg
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-12-17 Winter Solstice; Transforming Darkness 1:15:50
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-12-16 Doubt 41:03
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2012-12-16 Determination 35:34
Donald Rothberg
We look at both a "deep" determination and various ways to practice moment to moment determination, pointing to examples from the Civil Rights movement and Aung San Suu Kyi. We also explore the difference between skillful and unskillful determination.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-12-16 Healing and processing the Connecticut Tragedy - Discussion 28:57
Amma Thanasanti
A guided meditation on healing and processing the tragedy that happened with the shooting in Connecticut, with a discussion after
Shakti Vihara

2012-12-16 Healing and processing the Connecticut Tragedy - Guided Meditation 13:21
Amma Thanasanti
A guided meditation on healing and processing the tragedy that happened with the shooting in Connecticut, with a discussion after
Shakti Vihara

2012-12-16 Reflections on Compassion and Guided Metta Meditation 50:54
Kirsten Kratz
This talk also includes Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Kindness, Joy and Compassion

2012-12-15 Practicing in the Midst of Activity 61:56
Gina Sharpe
Practice in daily life
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Liberating Intimacy

2012-12-15 Reflections on Loving Kindness 28:54
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House Kindness, Joy and Compassion

2012-12-15 Reflections on Joy 42:44
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Kindness, Joy and Compassion

2012-12-14 Intimate Mystery 63:09
Eugene Cash
Discovering beginner's mind, not knowing and mystery on the path to awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Liberating Intimacy

2012-12-14 Opening Talk for Kindness, Joy and Compassion: A Metta Retreat 66:27
Kirsten Kratz
This talk also includes Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Kindness, Joy and Compassion

2012-12-13 Practicing With Difficult Emotions. 61:36
James Baraz
Exploring themes from the current issue (Volume 29/Number 1/Fall 2012) of Inquiring Mind with guest editor of the issue, Kevin Griffin.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2012-12-13 What, How and Who 56:10
Pamela Weiss
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Liberating Intimacy

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