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Dharma Talks
2013-02-05 Brahma Viharas: Metta 58:13
Guy Armstrong
Metta for Self and Benefactor
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-02-05 Morning Reflection - Mindfulness Practice 44:26
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-02-05 Morning Instructions, Day 2 20:28
James Baraz
The Breath
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-02-04 An Ode to Mindfulness 58:21
James Baraz
Why did the Buddha describe mindfulness as the direct path to overcome sorrow and lamentation, end suffering, discontent and realize the highest happiness? This talk reminds us what mindfulness practice is, why it is so profound and describes attitudes that optimally support mindfulness practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation - 1 Month Retreat

2013-02-04 Buddhist Studies Course - Dependent Origination - Week 4 67:40
Mark Nunberg
Understanding the Cycling of Suffering
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Dependent Origination

2013-02-04 Morning Reflection: Shuttling: directed and undirected meditation. (On Collected Sayings 47.10 / S v 47) 11:33
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-02-03 Liberating Insight 34:49
Mark Nunberg
Guided Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-02-03 Liberating Insight 57:25
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-02-03 Closing Talk 13:10
Lila Kate Wheeler
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Buddha’s Way to Happiness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-02-02 Using Dukkha as a Guide 56:30
Andrea Fella
This talk explores the term "dukkha" (suffering), and the different ways it is used in the Buddha's teachings. The main way that "dukkha" is used is in context of the Four Noble Truths, and in that context, we begin to understand that dukkha is created by processes at work in our own minds. Seeing that, we realize that when we meet suffering, we are simply meeting our own minds, and that dukkha has something to teach us. As we understand dukkha with mindfulness and wisdom, that understanding helps to release us from dukkha and its cause.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-02-02 You Are Buddha-Ful 51:42
Howard Cohn
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Buddha’s Way to Happiness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-02-02 Empathy and Social Skills 65:57
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara TiE at Innovation Pavilion

2013-02-02 What is Purification of Mind? 1:15:05
Stephen Snyder
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Introduction to Concentration Meditation

2013-02-02 What is Purification of Mind? 1:15:05
Tina Rasmussen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Introduction to Concentration Meditation

2013-02-02 What is the Samatha Practice (Concentration Meditation)? 39:41
Stephen Snyder
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-02-02 What is the Samatha Practice (Concentration Meditation)? 39:42
Tina Rasmussen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Introduction to Concentration Meditation

2013-02-02 Morning Reflection: Relaxed Effort 16:29
Andrea Fella
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Februrary 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-02-02 Full Instructions 34:23
Lila Kate Wheeler
From breath through body to feeling tone, emotions, concepts and KNOWING
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Buddha’s Way to Happiness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-02-02 Body and Safety 10:31
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara

2013-02-02 Body and Safety - Q&A 31:18
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara

2013-02-01 Right Relationship 42:39
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2013-02-01 Morning Instructions - Day 2 42:13
Howard Cohn
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Buddha’s Way to Happiness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-02-01 Dana Sila & Bhavana - Intro 25:18
Amma Thanasanti
ATS Denver Dharma Punx Group, date is uncertain
Shakti Vihara

2013-02-01 Dana Sila & Bhavana - Part 1 36:21
Amma Thanasanti
ATS Denver Dharma Punx Group, date is uncertain
Shakti Vihara

2013-02-01 Dana Sila & Bhavana - Part 2 23:49
Amma Thanasanti
ATS Denver Dharma Punx Group, date is uncertain
Shakti Vihara

2013-01-31 Seeing Through Views. 50:58
James Baraz
"Seeing Through Views: A Doorway to Liberation" As the Buddha said in the Paramatthaka Sutta: On Views: "A person who associates himself with certain views, considering them as best and making them supreme in the world is not free from contention (with others)." This talk explores the power, freedom and potential for deeper love that comes when we realize that our view is just one reality.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2013-01-31 Happiness Of A Buddha 62:18
Howard Cohn
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Buddha’s Way to Happiness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-01-30 Opening Talk - The Buddha's Way Of Happiness Retreat 42:15
Lila Kate Wheeler
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Buddha’s Way to Happiness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-01-30 Learning to Let Go 46:32
Spring Washam
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Way of the Sacred Feminine

2013-01-30 Remembering What Matters 1:25:28
Tara Brach
Our conscious aspiration toward awakening is what energizes the spiritual path. This talk reviews the main characteristic of a vital aspiration, the conditioning that obscures our deepest intentions and offers guided reflections to connect us with what most matters.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2013-01-30 Reading the Natural Mind 52:50
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-01-30 Four Foundations of Mindfulness XI - Fourth Foundation 5 - Four Ways of Practicing with the Aggregates (Khandhas) 53:00
Donald Rothberg
After a brief overview of the Foundations, we explore both experientially and through teachings four ways of practicing with the aggregates: 1.) Recognizing when they are present 2.) Tracking their arising and passing away 3.) Noting when a thick sense of self is present and opening to experience without such a sense of self 4.) Noting when suffering or dukkha appears and responding skillfully
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-01-29 Tuesday Evening Dharma Talk, January 29, 2013 2:08:03
Gina Sharpe
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center NYI Regular Talks

2013-01-29 The Paramis 43:18
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2013-01-29 Monthly Sitting & Inquiry: Jan 29, 2013 1:16:16
Gina Sharpe
New York Insight Meditation Center NYI Regular Talks

2013-01-28 Perception, agitation, stillness, and the second foundation of mindfulness 31:37
Carol Perry
Given at the Melbourne Insight Group meeting at Ceres in Brunswick, Australia
Australian Insight Meditation Network

2013-01-28 Buddhist Studies Course - Dependent Origination - Week 3 63:23
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Dependent Origination

2013-01-28 Embracing a Passionate Life 44:44
Mark Coleman
What is the place of passion? How do we incorporate all dimensions of ourselves and live a fully engaged life that includes all of who we are?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-01-27 Questions and Answers 53:42
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2013-01-27 Deep Listening 29:39
Spring Washam
w/ Verlinda Montoya
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-01-26 Dharma of Dishwashing 27:47
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara

2013-01-26 Dharma of Dishwashing - Q&A 41:17
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara

2013-01-25 Are you trying hard enough? 53:25
Winnie Nazarko
The Buddha clearly taught that effort is necessary to liberate the mind. But we can mix up wise effort with unskillful kinds of striving. This talk is about discerning wise from unwise effort.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-01-25 Concentration And Insight Together As One Path of Practice 64:10
Richard Shankman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Steadying the Mind: Opening to Insight

2013-01-25 Morning Instructions 60:16
Richard Shankman
Breath as the basis to opening and allowing what is here.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Steadying the Mind: Opening to Insight

2013-01-24 Why I teach Awakening Joy. 55:01
James Baraz
In the talk, I share what motivated me to teach Buddha Dharma as a path of happiness. Some of the teachings might obscure this fact through misunderstanding, as well as the underlying teachings that lead to genuine well-being.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2013-01-24 It Might Of Been Otherwise 50:31
Bob Stahl
Reflection on impermanence and how to work with challenges/hindrances that come up in practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Steadying the Mind: Opening to Insight

2013-01-24 Morning Instructions 69:39
Richard Shankman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Steadying the Mind: Opening to Insight

2013-01-23 Dharma Talk 68:35
Doug Phillips
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2013-01-23 Méditation guidée sur la fugacité 13:24
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

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