2012-05-01 Fundamentals of the Dharma: Generosity 57:07
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Why is generosity a fundamental dharma issue? The dharma opens us beyond our self-limitations, and generosity is the essential direction of that opening. There is a balance between staying within ourselves and our understanding without idealizing the dharma while working with our edges that keep us contained within ourselves. Generosity is the authentic journey out of that container where we realize we were never alone or isolated. Generosity is the manifestation in action of connectedness and is the fundamental conduit of a life lived from the heart.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: Fundamentals of the Dharma

2012-05-01 TuePM-Meditation-RAIN-of-Compassion 37:04
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-05-01 TueAM-Instructions-Q-A 14:28
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-05-01 TueAM-Guided-Meditation 24:16
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-05-01 The Texture of Being 37:59
Helen Stephenson	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2012-04-30 Misconceptions of Awakening 52:23
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
The mind makes many ideas, views & misconceptions about the process of waking up - this talk points to the importance of understanding that awakening is a process, not a state...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-04-30 MonPM-Guided-Heart-Forgiveness-Compassion 30:51
Eric Kolvig	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-04-30 Q&A Group E #1 1:46:27
Sayadaw U Tejaniya	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2012-04-30 Creativity 1:11:03
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) :  Dedicated Practitioner's Program 4 (Retreat 3)

2012-04-30 Q&A Group D #1 1:56:07
Sayadaw U Tejaniya	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2012-04-30 MonAM-Instructions-QA-EricKolvig-JFoust 27:07
Eric Kolvig	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-04-30 Morning Instructions 43:20
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Women in Meditation

2012-04-30 Q&A Monday Morning 45:46
Sayadaw U Tejaniya	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2012-04-30 Opening Our Hearts 59:25
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
We can at times feel our hearts closed or hardened into a sense of distance, or disconnection from life. As we feel deeply into our experience, we can learn to meet our pain, fear, anger and reactivity, with acceptance, kindness, and courage. In this journey, our heart naturally begins to soften, revealing its natural sensitivity and the profoundly connected openness of our life.
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2012-04-30 Opening Talk 64:14
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Opening talk for the meditation and yoga retreat
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2012-04-29 Metta 50:59
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Exploring Metta - Boundless Friendliness as an insight practice and path of awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Women in Meditation

2012-04-29 Tranquility and Insight - Questions & Answers 34:03
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-04-29 Q&A Group C #1 1:52:44
Sayadaw U Tejaniya	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2012-04-29 SunPM-Guided-Heart-Lovingkindness 31:25
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-04-29 Q&A Group B #1 1:58:07
Sayadaw U Tejaniya	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2012-04-29 Q&A Group A #1 1:44:58
Sayadaw U Tejaniya	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2012-04-29 SunAM Q and A 11:22
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-04-29 SunAM Guided Meditation 21:52
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-04-29 The First Noble Truth 41:09
Jason Murphy	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2012-04-29 Practice Here, There and Everywhere 63:31
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Hermitage

2012-04-28 SatPM-Why-and-What 47:10
Eric Kolvig	Download Listen
Why do we do or spiritual practice, and what exactly do we do? In this talk Eric Kolvig attempts to sum up the living essence of the Buddha’s teachings and practice in the vipassana tradition, so that we have a clear motivation for our practice and can make clear effort in it.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-04-28 Tranquility and Insight - 3 58:34
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-04-28 SatPM-Instructions-and-Metta-Meditation 39:55
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-04-28 SatAM-Meditation-Instructions 11:21
Eric Kolvig	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-04-28 SatAM-Meditation-and-Walking-Instructions 50:21
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-04-28 Dhamma Everywhere: Why And How? 53:27
Sayadaw U Tejaniya	Download Listen
Introductory retreat instruction including right view, awareness, continuity - the yogi's job.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom Retreat

2012-04-28 Goodness, Prescence and Wisdom: The Foundations of Happiness 55:36
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Inner transformation arises from a wholehearted engagement with these three primary areas of development. In living our capacity for generosity and non harming, while being mindful of and receptive to our experience in the present moment, we naturally discover the understanding that liberates dissatisfaction and reveals our inherent potential for happiness.
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2012-04-27 Tranquility and Insight - 2 63:25
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-04-26 Is Metta Enough? 49:19
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2012-04-26 Tranquility and Insight - 1 41:12
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-04-25 The World in Our Heart 1:24:54
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
Some contemporary evolutionary theories track our development from survival of the fittest to group selection whereby we have the capacity for cooperation and empathy. This talk explores how our meditation practice of attending and befriending consciously facilitates the unfolding of our full evolutionary potential. The talk includes a guided meditation that helps us widen the circles of belonging to include all beings.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Guided Meditation - "Sacred Ground of Awareness" 25:13 Download Listen The World in Our Heart 59:40 Download Listen

2012-04-25 Working with Wise Thought and Intention 61:45
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-04-25 Five Kinds of Happiness 37:19
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-04-24 Questions and Answers 58:29
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  April 2012 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2012-04-24 Creating a World of Freedom 62:22
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-04-24 Generosity 1:16:32
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Hermitage

2012-04-23 Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances - Week 7 1:22:14
Mark Nunberg	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
Common Ground Meditation Center :  Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Hindrances
The Five Hindrances - Week 7 - Meditation 26:08 Download Listen The Five Hindrances - Week 7 - Talk 56:05 Download Listen

2012-04-23 Impulse To Freedom 60:32
Anam Thubten	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-04-23 Union of Compassion and Wisdom 29:47
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
at Golden Bowl Sangha in Boulder, CO
Shakti Vihara

2012-04-23 Union of Compassion and Wisdom - Q&A Session 11:13
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
at Golden Bowl Sangha in Boulder, CO
Shakti Vihara

2012-04-22 The Brahma Viharas: Shifting the Center of Gravity 56:13
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
An overview of the Brahma Viharas (lovingkindness-compassion-sympathetic joy-euanimity) and the role they play in the path of transforming judgments through sharing stories, images and practical techniques.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2012-04-22 Effort - Touching the Ground of Being 55:45
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
Being present when experience gets challenging - touching the actual present moment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-04-22 Awakening Truth - About Monastic Life 18:40
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara :  Embodiment as a Path to Peace and Kindness

2012-04-22 Discussion, with Terry Ray 14:40
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara :  Embodiment as a Path to Peace and Kindness

2012-04-22 To Be the Earth 38:20
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
We often see the Earth as just a territory to be subdivided and owned. Meditation helps us to move away from this as it provides us with a sense of connectivity and attunement with the Earth and all its creatures.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat with Jose Reissig