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Dharma Talks
2012-12-13 Workshop: Awakening Compassion, Standing With Suffering 1:54:38
Myoshin Kelley
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-12-12 Forgiving Our Way to Freedom 1:11:13
Tara Brach
Living with chronic blame or resentment is a trance that confines us to a limited fragment of what we are. This talk looks at the ways this trance is fueled and the process by which we release the armoring around our hearts.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-12-12 The Intimacy of Mindfulness 56:03
Larry Yang
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Liberating Intimacy

2012-12-12 Relating to Sense Experience with Wisdom 54:20
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-12-12 Four Foundations of Mindfulness VII- Fourth Foundation I: Mindfulness of Patterns of Experience 63:05
Donald Rothberg
After a review of the first three foundations, we look at the general nature of the Fourth Foundation of the specific frameworks used and some ways to practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-12-11 Deuxième caractéristique libératrice 1:14:40
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2012-12-11 Mirroring Meditation 50:59
Rodney Smith
Working with every image as it arises and shifts form into the formless.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Heart

2012-12-11 Skillfully Responding to the Voices of Mara 49:36
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2012-12-11 The Divine Abodes - Week 3 - Appreciative Joy (Mudita) 1:31:25
Mark Nunberg
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-12-10 The Power of Generosity 55:31
Mark Coleman
The Buddha spoke highly of generosity. - how does generosity open the heart and bring connection, openness and many wholesome qualities? - what supports and hinders this beautiful quality? - how to practice this in simple gradual and life changing ways?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-12-09 From Form To Formless 48:45
Rodney Smith
The overall arching theme of the spiritual journey is the movement out of form into the formless.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Heart

2012-12-09 It's OK To Be Who You Are 40:10
Alan Lewis
A talk about the sense of self in relationship - relating to ourselves and others with honesty and integrity.
Gaia House Who Do You Think You Are?

2012-12-08 The Wise Heart 46:15
Tempel Smith
There is no greater gift then a heart that has been set free of its patterns that cause suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Weekend Retreat

2012-12-08 The Capacity to Be with What Is 42:48
Alan Lewis
The practice of being present can deepen our capacity for compassion - even in life and death situations.
Gaia House Who Do You Think You Are?

2012-12-07 Opening Talk - The Fickle Mind 41:32
Alan Lewis
All of the different voices of 'self' that appear and disappear - which one of them is the real "me"?
Gaia House Who Do You Think You Are?

2012-12-06 Darkness Calls. 56:57
Betsy Rose
Songs and reflections for the season of letting go.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2012-12-05 A Forgiving Heart - Embracing our Inner Life 1:15:43
Tara Brach
Self-aggression, whether it's low key blame or deep condemnation, prevents us from intimacy with others and discovering the truth and wholeness of our Being. This talk explores how we can release self-blame, and free ourselves to access our natural warmth and creativity in responding to our world.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-12-05 The Noble Eightfold Path to Freedom - Talk 3 of 3 1:33:13
Gina Sharpe
The Fourth Noble Truth expounded by the Buddha is that there is a Path to Freedom, to Liberation, to the sure heart’s release. He said that freedom is possible, and that if it were not possible, he would not ask us to walk the path to it. How can we use all of our life, its 10,000 joys and its 10,000 sorrows, as the ground of liberation, of freedom? By understanding the three pronged path of Meditation, of living a life of Integrity, and of developing Wisdom and putting our understanding into action, liberation is not a distant goal, but a present moment experience. Through practice, reflection and inquiry, we will deepen our understanding of the Path, its obstacles and its realization.
New York Insight Meditation Center The Noble Eightfold Path
In collection: The Noble Eightfold Path to Freedom - Talk 1 of 3

2012-12-05 Crossing the Flood 58:06
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-12-05 Foundations of Mindfulness VI: The Third Foundation II 58:36
Donald Rothberg
We continue to explore mindfulness of thoughts and emotions, including the three sets of instructions in the text, and mindfulness of difficult thoughts and emotions (and what to do when mindfulness is very hard or impossible).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-12-05 Stories From Emptiness 1:12:19
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-12-04 Prémière caractérisque libératrice 57:31
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2012-12-04 Emptiness and Karma 59:01
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-12-04 Solving the Case of Mistaken Identity 48:03
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2012-12-04 The Divine Abodes - Week 2 - Compassion (Karuna) Letting Life In 1:34:20
Mark Nunberg
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-12-04 Monthly Sitting and Inquiry: Dec 4, 2012 1:17:46
Gina Sharpe
Join us for a Monthly Sitting and Inquiry with NYI Guiding Teacher, Gina Sharpe. These regularly scheduled evenings will begin with a guided meditation and then open up to our practice questions allowing us time to deepen in Sangha through mindful community discussion.
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2012-12-04 Compassion is Empty 26:33
Sally Armstrong
There are two great proximate causes for compassion: suffering and wisdom. Suffering opens the heart and wisdom lets us see the fragile impermanent nature of all things. Q&A at end of talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-12-04 Guided Compassion Meditation 43:21
Sally Armstrong
The near enemy of compassion is pity; the far energy is cruelty. But more often the obstacles to true compassion are wanting to fix rather than be with suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-12-03 Karma & the Power of Intention 63:01
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-12-03 Emptiness in Buddhist History 58:47
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-12-03 Morning Instructions: Big Mind 42:35
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-12-02 Dependent Origination 54:38
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-12-02 S.O.S - Sitting on Sunday: Dec 2, 2012 55:33
Gina Sharpe
These regularly scheduled mornings begin with a guided meditation, sometimes followed by standing or walking meditation. There is a Dharma talk and often a question and answer period where attendees can inquire about practice.
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2012-12-02 Emptying into Emptiness 60:22
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-12-02 Guided Meditation on Emptiness 41:28
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-12-01 The Emptiness of Phenomena 57:00
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-12-01 Morning Session The Five Aggregates Are Empty and Q&A 0:00
Sally Armstrong
(Recording not available) 
The Buddha instructed us to bring awareness to the five aggregates of form, feeling tone, perception, mental formations and consciousness and to notice how we cling to and identify with them. If we cling and identify we will suffer. Non-clinging = Non-suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-12-01 Metta 45:18
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Boundless Friendliness

2012-11-30 Renunciation 52:43
Greg Scharf
Renunciation speaks to the very heart of the Buddha's teachings. This talk explores the power of renunciation - the very substance of freedom. Available to the general public with some rights reserved
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-11-30 Dependent Origination 47:15
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-11-30 Formation of Self-View 1:12:25
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-11-30 Opening Talk for Boundless Friendliness 52:36
Christina Feldman
This talk also includes Chris Cullen
Gaia House Boundless Friendliness

2012-11-29 Returning To The Marketplace 63:43
Winnie Nazarko
Letting go of the renunciate life at the end of a long meditation retreat. How it is possible to practice as a lay person in the world. Reconnecting to the life left behind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-11-29 From the Three Characteristics to Emptiness 57:42
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-11-29 The Dharma in Brief 67:51
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: a Meditation and Study Retreat

2012-11-29 Who we really are 49:28
James Baraz
Who You Really Are Walt Whitman wrote: “I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness." A key aspect of genuine awakening is realizing the basic goodness that is our true nature (when we're not confused or lost in our stories). What gets in the way of accessing this basic goodness? What supports it?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2012-11-28 The Noble Eightfold Path to Freedom - Talk 2 of 3 1:38:31
Gina Sharpe
The Fourth Noble Truth expounded by the Buddha is that there is a Path to Freedom, to Liberation, to the sure heart’s release. He said that freedom is possible, and that if it were not possible, he would not ask us to walk the path to it. How can we use all of our life, its 10,000 joys and its 10,000 sorrows, as the ground of liberation, of freedom? By understanding the three pronged path of Meditation, of living a life of Integrity, and of developing Wisdom and putting our understanding into action, liberation is not a distant goal, but a present moment experience. Through practice, reflection and inquiry, we will deepen our understanding of the Path, its obstacles and its realization.
New York Insight Meditation Center The Noble Eightfold Path
In collection: The Noble Eightfold Path to Freedom - Talk 1 of 3

2012-11-28 Sakkayaditthi 56:52
Ajahn Sumedho
39 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2012-11-28 Seeing the Limitations of the World is Liberating 54:12
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-11-28 Four Foundations of Mindfulness V- The Third Foundation; Mindfulness of Thoughts and Emotions 62:24
Donald Rothberg
After a brief review of the First and Second Foundations, we explore the Third Foundation: 1. as mindfulness of thoughts and emotions, and 2. as mindfulness of the presence or absence of greed, hatred and delusion, offering a number of practices for both.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

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