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Dharma Talks
2012-02-18 Hindrances to Seeing Clearly and Acting Wisely 42:47
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Young Person's Retreat

2012-02-17 Patterns of Becoming 3: Unentangled Knowing 63:18
Guy Armstrong
This third in a series of talks explores the formation of self through the chain of dependent origination, a detailed description of how we suffer. It then outlines approaches in meditation that let us step out of the chain of suffering and into a state of "unentangled knowing" in which we discover the possibility of freedom here and now.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-17 Salutation to the Triple Gem 62:34
Ayya Santussika
Insight Meditation Center

2012-02-17 Opening Talk for Young Person's Retreat 65:57
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Young Person's Retreat

2012-02-16 Exploring Sounds with our Practice 56:29
Kate Munding
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2012-02-16 Dharma Practice as a Path of Happiness 69:41
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-15 The Heart Of Compassion 50:27
Mark Coleman
Compassion is an essential quality on the path of life - how do we cultivate this, what gets in the way and how does the caring heart move in the world in openness to pain.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2012-02-15 7 Factors of Awakening 1:11:09
Pascal Auclair
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-15 Forgiveness Practice Is Of The Heart 50:01
Gina Sharpe
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2012-02-15 Holding Our Days with the Tenderness of Patience: Reflections from a Two-week Retreat 57:20
Donald Rothberg
The talk, given immediately following two weeks of silent practice, explores themes of remembering what is important, mystery, doing and being, and awareness "open like the sky," connecting how we practice both in retreat and daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-02-15 Instructions on Working with Thoughts 17:16
Andrea Fella
Mountain Hermitage Fella and Scharf

2012-02-15 The Eightfold Path and Freedom 54:04
Andrea Fella
Mountain Hermitage Fella and Scharf

2012-02-14 Compassion and Mindfulness 60:14
Carol Wilson
The Dalai Lama has said that compassion develops through a deep insight into and understanding suffering. The difficult times we go through on retreat are a wonderful opportunity to explore the possibility of compassion in relationship to our own experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-14 Introduction to Mindfulness - Week 5 1:29:11
Mark Nunberg
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-02-14 What Must Be Known 34:58
Shaila Catherine
What do we need to know, understand, investigate, and realize through our meditation practice? In the Anguttara Nikaya. VI, 63, the Buddha described six things that should be known in six ways. The six things to be known include desires, feelings, perceptions, taints, kamma (actions of body speech and mind), and suffering. Each can be known through their presence, conditioned origin, diversity, outcome, cessation, and way to cessation. This talk explores the structure and details of this brief sutta teaching, and proposes a practical approach to investigating the mind and our relationship with life.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Tuesday Talks—2012
In collection: Buddhist Perspectives on Right View

2012-02-14 Love 39:23
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2012-02-14 Guided Metta (4) 47:22
Andrea Fella
Mountain Hermitage Fella and Scharf

2012-02-14 Patience 50:15
Greg Scharf
Mountain Hermitage Fella and Scharf

2012-02-13 Comparing Mind 58:48
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-02-13 Metta and the Paramis 68:00
Gina Sharpe
How Metta reflects the cultivation and development of paramis and the paramis as manifestation of Metta.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2012-02-13 Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Spiritual Faculties - Week 6 - Meditation 26:15
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Five Spiritual Faculties

2012-02-13 Instructions on Mindfulness of Body 21:09
Andrea Fella
Mountain Hermitage Fella and Scharf

2012-02-13 Questions 11:12
Andrea Fella
Mountain Hermitage Fella and Scharf

2012-02-13 The Hindrances 56:34
Andrea Fella
Mountain Hermitage Fella and Scharf

2012-02-12 The Heart Unbound 53:37
Mark Coleman
What is Metta - loving kindness - and how do we work with obstacles and barriers so the heart can be open and free to love.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2012-02-12 Bringing Kindness and Wisdom to the Judging Mind 58:21
Sally Armstrong
The habit of judging; ourselves and others can be a huge source of suffering. Exploring the conditioned nature of this tendency of mind can lead to greater happiness and freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-12 Skillful Use of Imagination 56:38
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-02-12 Dharma and Technology: Craving and the Arising of Self 45:02
Anushka Fernandopulle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-02-12 Dharma and Technology: Mindfulness and Focus 35:20
Anushka Fernandopulle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-02-12 Metta & All Pervasive Mind - Guided Meditation 14:55
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal and Letting Go - February 2012

2012-02-12 Practice in Daily Life with Aura Glaser - Q&A 29:30
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal and Letting Go - February 2012

2012-02-12 Metta Practice Instructions 51:06
Gina Sharpe
Introducing the Metta practice - self and benefactor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2012-02-12 Guided Metta (2) 45:34
Andrea Fella
Mountain Hermitage Fella and Scharf

2012-02-12 Impermanence and Kindness 54:03
Greg Scharf
Mountain Hermitage Fella and Scharf

2012-02-11 Patterns of Becoming 2: The Five Aggregates 60:41
Guy Armstrong
The second in a series of talks explores the formation of self through the five aggregates, a list which describes our total human experience. The Buddha talked about the activities of "I-ing" and "my-ing" as creating a self view around each one of the aggregates.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-11 Skillfulness & Spaciousness 2:30
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal and Letting Go - February 2012

2012-02-11 Body Awareness - Guided Meditation 25:10
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal and Letting Go - February 2012

2012-02-11 Mindfulness Sitting And Walking Meditation Instructions 67:55
Mark Coleman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2012-02-11 Morning Service (Chanting) 20:13
Fiona Nuttall
Gaia House Chan Koan Retreat

2012-02-11 Instructions First Morning 25:05
Andrea Fella
Mountain Hermitage Fella and Scharf

2012-02-11 Guided Metta (1) 43:17
Greg Scharf
Mountain Hermitage Fella and Scharf

2012-02-11 Mindfulness 53:12
Andrea Fella
Mountain Hermitage Fella and Scharf

2012-02-10 Developing and Maturing Practice 54:04
Simon Child
Gaia House Chan Koan Retreat

2012-02-10 Opening Talk 1:17:09
Andrea Fella
Mountain Hermitage Fella and Scharf

2012-02-09 Wisdom Wide and Deep 57:57
Shaila Catherine
Shaila shares her process of discovering and practicing the deep concentration states of jhana, and detailed vipassana practices as taught by Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadaw of Burma. She speaks about the cultivation of concentration and insight, and the systematic path that leads the mind from distraction to clarity, understanding, and nibbana. At the request of Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadaw, she wrote a book to serve as a practice guide for other practitioners: Wisdom Wide and Deep: A Practical Handbook for Mastering Jhana and Vipassana
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2012-02-09 Emptiness 55:39
Simon Child
Gaia House Chan Koan Retreat

2012-02-09 Prostration Instructions 16:09
Simon Child
Gaia House Chan Koan Retreat

2012-02-08 The Hand that Sees 48:45
Matthew Daniell
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2012-02-08 Questions, Guided Meditation and Group Sharing - Led by Tara 1:16:48
Tara Brach
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-02-08 This Precious Opportunity 63:24
James Baraz
Suffering can lead to contraction and more suffering or can be a catalyst for awakening. Just why and how some people have the good karma to hear the Dharma and practice is a mysterious blessing and precious opportunity. This talk explores the different temperaments that fuel practice, known as the Four Iddhipadas.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

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