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Dharma Talks
2012-11-17 Compassion 38:58
Caroline Jones
this talk explores the need for compassion and considers what helps and hinders its arising.
Gaia House November Solitary

2012-11-15 Equanimity: Balanced Radiance Of Mind 65:12
Winnie Nazarko
A description of what equanimity is, and why it is not indeference/ apathy. How equanimity develops in insight meditation, and what the state of "high equanimity" is like.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-11-15 Cast Aside the Costume 49:44
James Baraz
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2012-11-14 Working With Fear 60:44
Joseph Goldstein
How to work with the fears that limits us and explore the nature of fear itself.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-11-14 Hands Off the Controls 1:16:18
Tara Brach
We are deeply conditioned to respond to impermanence and inevitable loss by trying to control our experience. Our egoic reactivity prevents us from responding wisely to our life, and living the moments fully. This talk looks at how we can let go of controlling, open to the groundlessness we run from, and reconnect with the deep intelligence and love that flows through our being.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-11-14 The Noble Eightfold Path to Freedom - Talk 1 of 3 1:32:46
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

2012-11-14 Four Foundations of Mindfulness III--Mindfulness of the Body @@ 56:54
Donald Rothberg
A second examination of mindfulness of the body with some review of last time, and a focus on the six core practices of mindfulness of the body --breath, postures, activities, body parts, elements, and decaying body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-11-13 Finding Peace in this Sea of Insecurity 43:18
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2012-11-13 MN 106 - The Way to the Imperturbable - part 1 64:04
Ayya Tathaloka
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dedicated Practitioners Program 4

2012-11-13 Viriya 33:56
Christina Feldman
Viriya, the awakening factor of energy that includes wise effort, passion, perseverance and dedication.
Gaia House November Solitary

2012-11-12 Veterans Day - The Possibilities of Awakening 62:27
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-11-12 Five Steps On The Eight Fold Path 60:46
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-11-11 Guided meditation on listening and speaking internally. 20:49
Gregory Kramer
Guided meditation on listening and speaking internally.
Sevenoaks Pathwork Center :  Annual Whole Life Community Retreat

2012-11-11 Deva Realms, Contemplation 15:37
Gregory Kramer
Contemplation on Deva Realms
Sevenoaks Pathwork Center :  Annual Whole Life Community Retreat

2012-11-11 Intimacy with Suffering and Joy 47:02
Gregory Kramer
Intimacy with Suffering and Joy
Sevenoaks Pathwork Center :  Annual Whole Life Community Retreat

2012-11-11 Evolution to Freedom 23:28
Gregory Kramer
Evolution to Freedom
Sevenoaks Pathwork Center :  Annual Whole Life Community Retreat

2012-11-11 Aiming the mind 15:08
Gregory Kramer
Aiming the mind
Sevenoaks Pathwork Center :  Annual Whole Life Community Retreat

2012-11-11 Q and A-Trust emergence: Catch in breath, subtle noticing 13:55
Gregory Kramer
Q and A---Trust emergence: Catch in breath, subtle noticing
Sevenoaks Pathwork Center :  Annual Whole Life Community Retreat

2012-11-11 Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness 44:34
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2012-11-11 Listening and Speaking out of Emergence 33:30
Gregory Kramer
Listening and Speaking out of Emergence
Sevenoaks Pathwork Center :  Annual Whole Life Community Retreat

2012-11-11 Sitting meditation - part 3 11:17
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012

2012-11-11 The vision of Awakening Truth 23:22
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012

2012-11-11 Q&A 18:54
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012

2012-11-11 Sitting meditation - part 2 39:59
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012

2012-11-11 Sitting meditation - part 1 20:54
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012

2012-11-11 Gratitude 46:27
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary

2012-11-10 Sitting meditation - part 4 3:25
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012

2012-11-10 The bear story 34:38
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012

2012-11-10 Sitting meditation - part 3 26:26
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012

2012-11-10 Path: Classical and Post-Modern 31:07
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012

2012-11-10 What is the love we surrender to 38:58
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012

2012-11-10 Alms & the forest tradition 24:53
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012

2012-11-10 Guided Meditation on Working With the Inner Critic 14:39
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-11-10 Metta Meditation 21:55
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-11-10 Freeing Ourselves from the Inner Critic, part B 22:40
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-11-10 Freeing Ourselves from the Inner Critic, part A 39:56
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-11-10 Sitting meditation - part 1 26:41
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012

2012-11-10 Embracing the refuges & precepts 21:37
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012

2012-11-09 Dharma & Recovery - Step 11 53:58
Walt Opie
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-11-09 Gratitude 44:59
Ayya Santacitta
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2012-11-09 Karma 52:49
Greg Scharf
An exploration of the Buddha's teachings on Karma and rebirth with an emphasis on the power of intention in the mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-11-09 The Ethical Trainings As Skillful Means 67:14
Winnie Nazarko
A discussion of the place of moral training in the process of liberation. Exploration of the overlap of sila and what is legal. A story about sila during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-11-08 The Greatest Disappointment... Or Anicca and Letting Go. 60:50
Rebecca Bradshaw
Discussion the truth of impermanence and all its implication for life and letting go.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2012-11-08 What’s Going on in the Abhidhamma? part 4 69:51
Bhikkhu Bodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dedicated Practitioners Program 4

2012-11-08 What’s Going on in the Abhidhamma? part 3 64:04
Bhikkhu Bodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dedicated Practitioners Program 4

2012-11-08 From the Nikāyas to the Abhidhamma part 2 56:28
Bhikkhu Bodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dedicated Practitioners Program 4

2012-11-08 From the Nikāyas to the Abhidhamma part 1 50:30
Bhikkhu Bodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dedicated Practitioners Program 4

2012-11-08 Empathy: The Key that Unlocks the Heart 49:19
James Baraz
The ability to put oneself in someone else's shoes is the doorway to compassion. Once there is compassion then forgiveness, connection and genuine metta naturally follow. This talk includes a teaching from Thai master, Ajahn Maha Boowa, on the power of empathy.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2012-11-08 Listening to Teachings 33:46
Caroline Jones
This talk is about how we listen to the Dharma teachings. What is conditioning our listening? Do we listen in ways that genuinely support our practce of awakening?
Gaia House November Solitary

2012-11-07 Practical Dharma for Stressful Times 1:20:31
Tara Brach
When we are caught in a stress reaction, we are in a trance that cuts us off from our creativity, full intelligence and capacity to be loving. This talk explores the flags of the stress-trance and three meditative strategies for shifting from fight/flight to attend/befriend. (at end is a cut from "Love the One You're With" by Steven Stills)
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

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