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Dharma Talks
2012-08-05 Mindfulness of Mind, part 1 48:34
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2012-08-05 Untitled 31:24
Grove Burnett
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-08-05 Guided Metta Meditation 54:12
Kamala Masters
Ones self, benefactor, dear friend
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness and Dhamma Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-08-04 Expectations 49:07
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Expectations on a journey of exploration. We never know where we might land - can we let go of expectations and be open to what comes?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness and Dhamma Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-08-04 Untitled 28:01
Trudy Goodman
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-08-04 Noticing the Natural World 48:21
Ajahn Pasanno
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Family Retreat

2012-08-04 Morning Instructions Day #1 68:39
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness and Dhamma Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-08-03 Introduction to Retreat - Yogi's Three Jobs 1:11:38
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Awareness and Dhamma Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-08-03 Wise Parenting in an Age of Ecological Loss 62:35
Betsy Rose
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Family Retreat

2012-08-02 Equanimity 59:25
Arinna Weisman
Equanimity is the mindful presence that neither grasps nor resists experience and is the ground for unconditional love and wise action. Arinna shares a variety of moving stories of deep equanimity and reflects on the position of equanimity as last in several important Buddhist lists. Concludes with a brief Q&A session.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2012-08-02 Buddhism as Storytelling, Storytelling as Buddhism 44:49
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Family Retreat

2012-08-02 Tribute to Dad - An Intellectual Entrepreneur 32:10
Amma Thanasanti
Full Moon Vigil at Shakti Vihara.
Shakti Vihara

2012-08-01 Creative Despair - Learning from Everything 36:24
Ayya Santacitta
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2012-08-01 Retreats : Attachment : Children and Suffering 28:12
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2012-08-01 Back to the Garden 1:16:45
Tara Brach
The suffering of perceiving ourselves as separate selves expresses as fear, aggression, shame and a host of other afflictive emotions. This talk examines how, by taking refuge in the present moment, and taking refuge in love, we reconnect with our wholeness, and the timeless presence that is home. This inquiry includes a guided meditation on the power of prayer to carry us back to our natural belonging.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-08-01 Self and Not-Self IV- The Core Teachings of the Buddha Part II 57:55
Donald Rothberg
After a brief review of past weeks, we examine the Buddha's basic teachings on self and not-self in terms of 1. the model of the "aggregate" of experience, 2. The link between a sense of self and conceptualization, and 3. practices to discern self and open to not-self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-08-01 Guided Meditation on Self and Not-Self Part I 23:53
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-07-31 Keep it Simple 44:20
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2012-07-31 Introduction to Mindfulness - Week 4 1:30:00
Mark Nunberg
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-07-31 The Liberating Path 29:32
Shaila Catherine
This talk explores the Nobel Eightfold Path and the Three Trainings of virtue (sila), concentration (samadhi), and wisdom (panna). We look at how the trainings lead directly to liberation.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Tuesday Talks—2012

2012-07-31 Untitled 44:03
Grove Burnett
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Courage on the Journey of Awakening Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-30 Training For Our Own Unbinding 60:32
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
A discussion of the path of practice and the training necessary to liberate the heart and mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2012-07-30 Navigating Change or Supporting Gifts of Mindfulness 53:10
Steven Smith
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Courage on the Journey of Awakening Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-07-30 Buddhist Studies - The Three Refuges - Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha - Week 5 56:20
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Three Refuges - Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha

2012-07-30 Questions and Answers 1:50:21
Bhante Khippapanno
Coping with greed and aversion, contemplation of visual objects, standing posture, Issues of inequality of monks and nuns in the sangha.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-07-30 Mystery 63:19
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-07-29 The Middle Way 57:57
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-07-29 Questions and Answers 67:08
Bhante Khippapanno
How to address a Dharma teacher, different techniques in the Four Foundations Of Mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-07-29 Guided Metta (good will) meditation 43:11
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2012-07-29 The Kingpin of Desire 28:35
Amma Thanasanti
Against the Stream Colorado Springs
Shakti Vihara

2012-07-29 The Kingpin of Desire - Q&A 26:08
Amma Thanasanti
Against the Stream Colorado Springs
Shakti Vihara

2012-07-28 How Change Happens On This Path 48:53
Chas DiCapua
The change from unhappiness and dissatisfaction to happiness and contentment does not come about by trying to get better but through the cultivation of wisdom and compassion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2012-07-28 Compassion, Cultural Sensitivity and Diversity 23:30
Richard Shankman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness in Education - A Retreat and Training

2012-07-27 Foundations of Mindfulness Series - Q&A for Contemplating Body 27:22
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Foundations of Mindfulness Series

2012-07-27 Cultivating Self-Compassion 53:47
Diana Winston
This talk explores the three components of self-compassion: 1. mindfulness to deal with self-critical thinking; 2. loving kindness, to increase our sense of love for ourselves; 3. and shared humanity, the recognition that we are not alone.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness in Education - A Retreat and Training

2012-07-27 Foundations of Mindfulness Series - Contemplating Body 48:50
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Foundations of Mindfulness Series

2012-07-27 Discourse 58:50
Michele McDonald
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

2012-07-27 Instructions and Questions 65:46
Michele McDonald
with Steven Smith
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

2012-07-27 Calm & Renewal 67:41
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara TiE at Innovation Pavilion

2012-07-27 Questions and Answers 68:11
Bhante Khippapanno
Different gestures of the Buddha, The four elements, Bhante's learning of the contemplation of consciousness.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-07-26 Go inside and ask: What do I want most? 56:15
Anam Thubten
Please note that the periods of silence are part of the teaching
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2012-07-26 Mindfulness on how to be sensitive. 50:35
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2012-07-26 Instructions and Questions 48:49
Michele McDonald
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

2012-07-26 Discourse 61:01
Steven Smith
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

2012-07-26 Teaching from Presence 28:17
Diana Winston
This talk, given at a retreat for educators, is geared toward people who wish to share mindfulness with others. It is about how to teach from an embodied presence connected to mindfulness, how to recognize it, what gets in the way, and how to repair it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness in Education - A Retreat and Training

2012-07-25 The Challenges of Mindfulness on Retreat and in Life 60:14
Richard Shankman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness in Education - A Retreat and Training

2012-07-25 Who Do You Think You Really Are: Explorations of the Self 65:25
John Peacock
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2012-07-25 Listening with an Awake Heart 1:15:48
Tara Brach
Listening to our inner life and each other is the grounds of healing, intimacy and love. This talk explores the challenges to offering a listening presence, and the qualities of open receptivity and interest that nourish true communicating.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-07-25 Discourse 59:29
Michele McDonald
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

2012-07-25 Instructions and Questions 54:05
Steven Smith
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Divine Abiding Meditations as Path to Liberation Silent Meditation Retreat

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