Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2009-11-18 Refuge in Loving Presence 1:19:15

Tara Brach

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There are times when there is so much fear and reactivity, that the first step in moving toward freedom is to connect with some sense of safety and love. This talk explores how an inner pathway to loving presence can support us in facing and awakening through traumatic wounding.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-11-11 Choosing Presence 1:19:21

Tara Brach

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Spiritual awakening is energized by conscious intention. This talk explores how we get waylaid by habitual wants and fears, and the ways we can connect with the power and purity of our deep aspiration for love, truth and freedom.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-10-16 Empty Yourself of Fear 25:03
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
One night, while Malani was dying, we gathered a group of her close friends to meditate with her. Each breath was a struggle yet she stayed aware, serene, composed, and at peace. We listened in silence, breathing freely – but our minds were not free. We knew all is impermanent, that we can die at any time. Yet we carry on as if we have forever. So we try again, everyday, to practise living in awareness. One moment at a time, empty yourself of fear and let go the world. Listen to the silence and wake up – like dear Malani.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2009-10-16 Empty of Fear 28:43
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
A dedication to a member of the community who is in the last stages of life. She struggles with breathing but is composed and at peace with the process. We are reminded how important it is to train the mind while we are able to do so. A talk given at Quaker House, Ottawa.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2009-09-23 Wise Effort and Spiritual Freedom 51:12
Tara Brach	Download Listen
In the Buddhist tradition, wise effort, or the purposeful dedication of our energy, is an essential part of the spiritual path. While the attitudes of grasping or fear can contract the quality of our effort and create suffering in our lives; when our effort arises from sincerity and wisdom, it creates the conditions for liberation.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-07-30 The Woman at the Well 57:49
James Baraz	Download Listen
Ananda, the Buddha's disciple, while on a mission for the Buddha, requested water to drink from a woman of low cast. The woman protested out of fear that her low caste would contaminate Ananda's holiness; to which Ananada replied, "I ask not for caste but for water." A version of the Buddhist text of this story is available here: http://www.mountainman.com.au/buddha/carus_76.htm
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2009-07-20 Finding Our True Refuge 55:18
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
As we move through the barrier of judgment and fear, we move from the known to the unknown, and come into a truer relationship with ourselves. Through exploring the meaning of "true safety", we find our only true refuge and protection.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2009-07-18 The Practice of Metta 48:58
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Metta, or loving-kindness, is the practice of cultivating a friendly and accepting attitude towards ourselves, our experience and all other beings. As we cultivate this quality through intensive practice, we can find that it can become our default response to life, rather than the conditioned habits of aversion, fear or grasping.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2009-07-07 How Real is the Real World - Asalha Puja 54:33
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The so-called real world is concocted from our fears, beliefs, obsessions. All of which are changeable and conditioned. There is a real that the Buddha spoke of: he called it the peaceful, the sublime, the unbounded. It’s not located in time and space, but it’s experienceable. Form and function, when appropriately considered and applied, can serve as our vehicle to the real.
Cittaviveka : Vassa Retreat

2009-05-26 Compassion 22:19
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
Compassion, karuna, is the intention of non-cruelty. It is the aspect of loving kindness (metta) that responds wisely to pain, and wishes to alleviate suffering. Compassion training helps us to remain present with pain. There is no need to fear pain, no need to consider pain bad or wrong. A compassionate self-acceptance allows us to remain present and responsive in the face of life's most difficult moments. With compassion we can ask "How can I help?" and stay present to respond.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley : Four Brahma Viharas
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