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Dharma Talks
2013-07-05 Guided Loving Kindness Meditation - Loving Kindness for Oneself 39:00
Leela Sarti
Gaia House The Liberating Intimacy of Being Who You Are

2013-07-05 Meditation Instructions (Sitting and Walking) 56:07
Leela Sarti
Gaia House The Liberating Intimacy of Being Who You Are

2013-07-04 Wisdom 69:33
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-07-04 The Path of Practice 46:08
Anna Douglas
The context for the practice of mindfulness and yoga asanas.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2013-07-04 Opening Talk for Retreat Entitled The Liberating Intimacy of Being Who You Are 60:40
Leela Sarti
The word "intimate" means "to make known". What do we wish to make known, to make real and alive? What does it mean to be intimate with oneself and life? The talk touches on the importance of making a turn towards the retreat: to value simplicity, silence, being and and attitude of loving care.
Gaia House The Liberating Intimacy of Being Who You Are

2013-07-03 Part 2: Hope and the Spiritual Path 1:24:38
Tara Brach
In this talk we further define the nature of mature or spiritual hope as part of a trinity that includes trust and love, and explore what blocks its unfolding. We then review how different people have "hit bottom" and found their way to the energy, receptivity and openness of hope.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2013-07-03 Taking Refuge in the Present Moment 55:36
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-07-03 The Hungry Self 36:28
Pamela Weiss

2013-07-03 Speech Practice 2- Presence and Empathy 64:50
Donald Rothberg
We continue to establish foundational perspectives and practices, through (1) a brief review of the previous session, (2) a focus on combining inner and outer awareness, (3) exploring empathy in relationship to feelings and emotions, and (4) two exercises to develop presence and empathy.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2013-07-03 Marcia Rose: Concentration 68:52
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-07-02 Patience 1:11:27
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-07-02 Taking Another View 54:25
Myoshin Kelley
Turning the mind towards Dharma as a way of arousing spiritual urgency and cutting though complacency.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2013 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2013-07-02 Let Go and Find Unshakeable Peace and Freedom 35:24
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2013-07-02 Ten Perfections Part 1 37:10
Jason Murphy
Insight Santa Cruz

2013-07-01 Buddhist Studies Course - Anicca - Impermanence - Week 2 65:13
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Anicca - Impermanence

2013-07-01 The Great Way is not Difficult 26:34
Brian Lesage
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2013-07-01 First Morning Instructions - Teen Retreat 2013 38:54
Jean Esther
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Teen Retreat

2013-06-30 Metta 1:12:07
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-06-30 Sacred Heart: First Inside the Temple 32:40
Ayya Medhanandi
First talk given inside the new Sati Saraniya Temple building. Within us we have a sacred space that we need to reclaim - the very space inside the heart. Here the Four Noble Truths come to life. Know our suffering, not blaming anyone or any conditions for it, see its origin within us, and right here, resolve it, uproot it. Here then, we realize suffering's end, time and again. And so in clearing the heart, we clear the Path.
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

2013-06-29 Effort Part 2 67:58
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-06-29 You Do Not Need Many Things 45:39
Anna Douglas
Four kinds of happiness which practice encourages.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening

2013-06-29 Introduction to Insight Meditation, Part 1 of 4 1:25:32
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-06-29 Introduction to Insight Meditation, Part 2 of 4 1:25:31
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-06-29 Introduction to Insight Meditation, Part 3 of 4 1:17:13
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-06-29 Introduction to Insight Meditation, Part 4 of 4 58:34
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-06-29 19 Domande e risposte 1:41:46
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2013

2013-06-29 18 Metta, perdono, pratica per svilupp. determinaz. , Metta 2 57:03
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2013

2013-06-29 Closing Session for the Retreat 66:23
Sharda Rogell
This talk also includes Catherine McGee
Gaia House Coming Home - Insight Meditation

2013-06-28 Kamma 62:49
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-06-28 The Power of Compassion 52:20
Mark Coleman
The Flowering of the Heart is a beautiful expression of the unity of love and awareness. The fruit of compassion allows us to meet our suffering with kind presence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening

2013-06-28 Consciousness 61:56
Ajahn Sumedho
40 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2013-06-28 17 canto di Metta 6:50
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2013

2013-06-28 16 riflessioni della sera 2:18
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2013

2013-06-28 15 pratica nella vita quotid. paramita 65:27
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2013

2013-06-28 Retreat Closing 1:18:58
Larry Rosenberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2013-06-28 A New Conversation 43:42
Catherine McGee
How do we live authentically in relationship with each other? How do we work with the unsatisfactoriness of falling into the same kinds of conversations again and again? Learning to be organs of perception rather than organs of repetition.
Gaia House Coming Home - Insight Meditation

2013-06-28 Expressions of Awakened Love 1:10:47
Sharda Rogell
Who am I When the Deluded Forces in the Mind Begin to Dissolve? Also, how to bring speaking and listening into our practice.
Gaia House Coming Home - Insight Meditation

2013-06-27 Sila and Climate Change 1:20:05
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-06-27 Dependent Origination 62:10
Tempel Smith
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2013-06-27 Caring For Self, Caring For Other - Part 2 41:52
Matthew Daniell
Reflections on the Sedaka Sutta (Bamboo Acrobat) The relationship of caring for self and others by caring for the moment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2013-06-27 The Monastic Form 21:31
Ajahn Sumedho
21 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2013-06-27 Fear and Stress in Life 40:56
Ajahn Sumedho
28 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2013-06-27 14 Puja del mattino 16:30
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2013

2013-06-27 Brief Instructions On The Three Awareness Trainings 10:11
Doug Phillips
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2013-06-27 Nibbana is the End of 'Becoming' 54:36
Catherine McGee
Seeing the process of spinning a separate self into existence and how the power of clear seeing allows this to deconstruct, so that we can come back into the stream of dharma.
Gaia House Coming Home - Insight Meditation

2013-06-27 Peeling Back the Layers of Self 1:10:43
Sharda Rogell
Exploring how we compartmentalise things, people and experiences into good and bad, and get trapped in a solid self structure. How to free ourselves of this entrapment.
Gaia House Coming Home - Insight Meditation

2013-06-26 Having An Inclusive Practice 41:07
Doug Phillips
Learning to include all of life, not just the parts we approve of.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2013-06-26 Part 1: Hope and the Spiritual Path 1:23:19
Tara Brach
This talk looks at the difference between egoic hopes and fears, and the quality of hopefulness ("holy hope") that is an essential dimension in spiritual experience. We reflect on the three components of hope that serve awakening: Aspiration, Trust and Dedication of energy.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2013-06-26 Stuck in Doing Mode of Mind: Shift Gears! 39:08
Grove Burnett
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation: A Buddhist Insight Meditation Retreat

2013-06-26 Freely Giving and Freely Receiving 55:30
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

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