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Dharma Talks in English
2019-07-28 Receiving Metta for oneself and sharing it with an easy person 42:33
Rebecca Bradshaw
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2019-07-28 The Island of Refuge 1:13:24
Nakawe Cuebas Berrios
with Angela Dews
Common Ground Meditation Center Monthly Guest Dharma Talk

2019-07-27 If Only! The Joy of Renunciation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:41
Mark Nunberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight

2019-07-27 Developing The Steady, Graceful and Confident Heart 59:16
Rebecca Bradshaw
How to stop arguing with reality.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2019-07-27 17 talk: fear of freedom 36:07
Jill Shepherd
Acknowledging that change itself can cause anxiety; exploring some different definitions of Nibbana; and a few suggestions for navigating fear if/when it arises in meditation practice
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Transforming Fear into Fearlessness

2019-07-27 Sanity and How to Let Go of Distortions 26:51
Ayya Santacitta
Sacramento Insight Meditation

2019-07-27 Shelly's Talk 20:14
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Daylong Retreat for Millenials with Shelly Graf and Gabe Keller-Flores

2019-07-27 Shelly's Guided Meditation 26:09
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Daylong Retreat for Millenials with Shelly Graf and Gabe Keller-Flores

2019-07-27 Day 8 Morning Sit: Sky Like Nature of MInd (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:18
Ruth King
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight

2019-07-27 Morning Instructions - Working With Internal and External Sensations 57:43
JoAnna Hardy
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2019-07-26 Two Guardians of the World (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:18
Kamala Masters
Respecting oneself, respecting others
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight

2019-07-26 Metta: No great expectation 46:52
JoAnna Hardy
When being kind and caring towards the self has great POW moments but can lead us to lack peace of heart and mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2019-07-26 Renunciation in Lay Life 2 49:56
Kim Allen
Second of three in a series on lay renunciation: Letting go of mental patterns
Insight Santa Cruz

2019-07-25 Insight Meditation in 2019 57:48
Oren Jay Sofer
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-07-25 Samatha - Vipassana Guided Meditation 46:52
Oren Jay Sofer
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2019-07-25 Dukkha and Non-Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:13
Joseph Goldstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight

2019-07-25 Evening Dharma Talk - Nirvana, Imagination and Creativity 52:20
Stephen Batchelor
Reflections on how the non-reactive space of nirvana is the source both of an ethical and aesthetic imagination.
Gaia House Secular Buddhist Retreat

2019-07-25 Loving Kindness Practice 46:40
Chas DiCapua
Using a very loving being as an entry point into the heart and loving-kindness practice,
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2019-07-25 Historical Aspects Of The Four Noble Truths 45:47
JoAnna Hardy
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2019-07-25 Day 6 Guided Meditation/Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:27
Jeanne Corrigal
Difficult Person
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight

2019-07-25 Morning Instructions on Appreciative Joy - Mudita 32:46
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Secular Buddhist Retreat

2019-07-25 Day 6 Morning Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:34
Kamala Masters
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight

2019-07-24 The Path of Spiritual Surrender: Part 2 48:32
Tara Brach
Cultivating a surrendering presence allows us to release the identity of a small, separate self, and open to the truth and fullness of who we are. These two talks explore misunderstandings about surrender (such as the fear that we will become passive or condone injustice) and the practices that create the grounds for surrender, emotional healing, transformational activism and spiritual freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-07-24 Meditation: Letting Go 20:22
Tara Brach
One way of understanding meditation is a letting go of the habitual clenching of thoughts, the clenching that resists emotions and pulls away from aliveness itself. This meditation guides us in letting go, first through the body, and then practicing letting go of thoughts and relaxing and resting in the changing flow of experience. The blessing of letting go is a homecoming into the truth and wholeness of what we are, a realization of reality, and freedom. NOTE: Listen to the rain, too…
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-07-24 Faith Born out of the Wisdom of Suffering (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:43
Ruth King
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight

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