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

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 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 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 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 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

2012-04-22 Maintaining Balance 19:45
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara :  Embodiment as a Path to Peace and Kindness

2012-04-22 Relaxation - Guided Meditation 24:24
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara :  Embodiment as a Path to Peace and Kindness

2012-04-22 Individuation & Anatta 25:50
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Insight Denver
Shakti Vihara

2012-04-22 Individuation & Anatta - Q&A Session 17:00
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Insight Denver
Shakti Vihara

2012-04-22 Ignorance 54:00
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
This talk explores what is meant by ignorance (avijja) in the Buddha's teachings and suggests some ways of recognising and undermining its presence and activity in our life.
Gaia House :  Work Retreat

2012-04-22 The Razor's Edge 45:59
Jason Murphy	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2012-04-21 Metta - Neutral and Difficult Person 30:06
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Instructions include a brief forgiveness meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Kindhearted Awareness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-04-21 The Mind and the World 35:32
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
We picture the World as separate, the Mind being just a passive spectator. But meditation practice reveals their interweavement.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat with Jose Reissig

2012-04-21 Wise Love 38:20
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
When loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity combine with mindfulness, we can meet life with care, sensitivity and wisdom.
Gaia House :  Work Retreat

2012-04-20 Talking Monkeys 45:21
Noah Levine	Download Listen
Working with internal talk, the hindrances, and Brahmaviharas.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-04-20 A Map of Transformation for Judgments 55:41
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
With a light hearted tone, the talk outlines five key areas of practice in working with the judgmental mind; Mindfulness, Somatic Practices, Heart Practices, Inquiry into habits and the role of wise friends, Spiritual Community.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2012-04-20 Using the Monastic Form for Awakening 51:15
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
16 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2012-04-20 Occupy Ourselves 40:15
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
The Occupy Wall Street movement questions the hegemony of the 1%, and seeks to empower the 99% instead. Our practice, likewise, questions the hegemony of the ego, and seeks to empower the 99% of us.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat with Jose Reissig

2012-04-20 Retreat Practice and the Creative Process 45:23
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and the Spirit of Creativity

2012-04-20 Guided Metta Meditation 31:46
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Working with "dear friend" category.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Kindhearted Awareness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-04-20 Basic Badness 34:07
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Against the Stream in Denver
Shakti Vihara

2012-04-20 Basic Badness - Q&A Session 14:06
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Against the Stream in Denver
Shakti Vihara

2012-04-20 Kamma 59:06
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Hermitage

2012-04-20 Opening Talk for Work Retreat 32:54
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Work Retreat

2012-04-19 Transforming the Judgmental Mind - An Overview 57:31
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We situate the transformation of the judgmental mind in the context of the path of awakening - distinguishing reactive judgments from nonreactive discernment, clarifying why working with judgments is important and pointing to several ways of practicing with the judgmental mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2012-04-19 Being With Emotions With Kind Heartness Awareness. 54:19
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
How to bring mindfulness and kindness to emotions.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Kindhearted Awareness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-04-19 Noble Eightfold path 62:34
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
The Path of Liberation is in you here and now. Here is how to awaken and embody this path wherever you are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-04-19 Three Foundations of Dhamma 65:56
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Awareness

2012-04-19 Creativity and Awakening 47:29
Anne Cushman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and the Spirit of Creativity

2012-04-19 Metta Meditation Introduction. Guided Meditation 30:59
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Short introduction to metta and instructions on sending metta to self and "easy person"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Kindhearted Awareness: Insight Meditation Retreat