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Dharma Talks
2025-09-03 Guided Meditation Exploring Impermanence and Experiences with a Moderate or Strong Sense of Self 42:07
Donald Rothberg
We begin with about 7-8 minutes of developing concentration, becoming more settled and less distracted. We then explore the impermanence in several ways, noticing the arising, staying and changing, and passing away with (1) sounds, (2) body sensations, and (3) the open flow of experience (about 2 minutes). Then there is a period of mindfulness practice with the additional instruction of looking out for a moderate or strong sense of self. We close with a short period of a heart practice such as lovingkindness or compassion; brief instructions are given for self-compassion practice (as developed by Kristen Neff).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-09-03 Is There A Way To Bring Love To What Is Happening? 43:38
Tanya Wiser
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock - Rainbow Sangha

2025-09-02 Refuge in Challenging Times - Talk 55:48
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center July Residential Retreat for the BIPOC Community

2025-09-02 Refuge in Challenging Times - Meditation 32:27
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center July Residential Retreat for the BIPOC Community

2025-09-02 The Art of Being with the Anchor 30:45
Brian Lesage
This talk offers reflections being with the anchor. The guided meditation entitled: "Being with the Anchor" accompanies this talk.
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community

2025-09-02 Guided Meditation: Being with the Anchor 27:54
Brian Lesage
Further Reflections on the dimensions of being with the anchor that are explored in this guided meditation are offered in the dharma talk entitled, The Art of Being with the Anchor
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community

2025-09-01 Wisdom & Faith: Adjusting to Reality 1:40:02
Ayya Santacitta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-08-31 Your Practice is Not Just for You (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 66:18
James Baraz
Your practice affects everyone around you. When you see your practice in this wider context, it evokes a whole dimension of inspiration and “joyful responsibility“ to cultivate wisdom and compassion within us. In this world with so much suffering—including the climate crisis and injustice in the world—more than ever we need to keep this in mind and see ourselves as “bodhisattvas in training“.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-08-31 Free From Delusion, Free To Engage! 58:32
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend – 25WLD

2025-08-31 Afternoon Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 31:45
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-08-31 Moved and Driven 68:01
Ajahn Sucitto
London Insight Meditation On the Move

2025-08-31 Specific and Universal Characteristics of Existence 60:56
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend – 25WLD

2025-08-30 Loving the Whole Package: Self-Compassion and Metta for Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 31:50
James Baraz
Practices to hold our suffering and to see our innate goodness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-08-30 Being With Body, Being With Mind 65:37
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Discovering Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend – 25WLD

2025-08-30 On the Move 48:58
Ajahn Sucitto
London Insight Meditation On the Move

2025-08-30 Morning Instructions - Thoughts and Emotions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:57
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-08-29 Hindrances, Emotions and the Gift of Retreat (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:07
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-08-29 Der achtfache Pfad 54:05
Stefan Lang
Der achtfache Pfad ist ein zentraler Pfeiler in Buddhas Lehre. Darin enthalten sind die fundamentalen Bereiche von Ethik, Geistesschulung und Weisheit. Die acht Pfadglieder decken ein breites Spektrum der Lehre ab und sind quasi die Methode innerhalb der vier Wahrheiten aus Buddhas erster Rede.
Zentrum für Buddhismus - Bern

2025-08-29 Intrusctions: Opening to the Breath, Body and Physical Realm of Experience (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:37
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-08-28 Afternoon Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 28:50
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2025-08-28 The Sacred Practice of Equanimity 47:19
JD Doyle
A discussion of meditation techniques to evoke Equanimity
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2025-08-27 Instructions & Meditation 1:23:13
Gavin Milne
Standing Like a Tree meditation (with teenagers); Practicing On & Off the Meditation Seat. This recording also includes Walking Med Instructions from Gail Aylward.
Gaia House Family Retreat

2025-08-26 Mindfulness Immersed in the Body - Meditation 31:47
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2025-08-26 Mindfulness Immersed in the Body - Talk 52:06
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2025-08-24 Taking Refuge in the Four Noble Truths - Meditation 29:25
Shelly Graf
The weekly practice groups are designed to be a cornerstone for one's practice by providing ongoing instruction and teachings that will help illuminate the simple but challenging practice of mindfulness.
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2025-08-24 Taking Refuge in the Four Noble Truths - Talk 40:01
Shelly Graf
The weekly practice groups are designed to be a cornerstone for one's practice by providing ongoing instruction and teachings that will help illuminate the simple but challenging practice of mindfulness.
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2025-08-24 Unhindered with The Five Faculties 69:18
Francisco Morillo Gable
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Refuge, Finding Home: A Retreat in Nature

2025-08-23 The Buddha and His Attendant Meghiya (Anicca) 50:53
Matthew Hepburn
The fifth talk in a series on the Meghiya Sutta
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat – 25NL

2025-08-23 Dharma Talk - 7 Factors of Awakening - Equanimity 55:07
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-23 Overcoming Dukkha with Dhamma 1:19:46
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2025-08-23 Afternoon Instructions - Arriving Sequence as a Whole Practice 44:43
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-23 Morning Instructions - Embodying the First Six Capacities of Consciousness 51:32
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-23 Mindfulness of Thinking 33:20
Devon Hase
Teachings and Practice on working with thoughts in meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat – 25NL

2025-08-22 Bringing Our Practice to the Current Difficult Times 56:10
Donald Rothberg
Sometimes it is thought that Buddhist practice is exclusively about "inner" transformation. However, the Buddha himself spoke of going out for the benefit of others and understood basic ethical guidelines socially. Later approaches and tradition, such as embodied in the rule of King Ashoka and the Mahayana vision of the bodhisattva, also manifest the connection of inner and outer transformation. In this talk, a contemporary "Eightfold Path" is offered to support connecting inner and outer transformation--bringing our practice into engagement with our contemporary society and world in great need. There are three wisdom guidelines, two meditation guidelines, and three ethical guidelines. The talk is followed by discussion.
East Bay Meditation Center

2025-08-22 Dharma Talk - 7 Factors of Awakening - Concentration 51:48
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-22 Receiving Care 40:26
Devon Hase
Teachings on receiving and offering metta to a friend
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat – 25NL

2025-08-22 Afternoon Instructions - Integration of the First Six Bodies of Consciousness 46:28
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-22 Morning Instructions - Integration of the First Six Bodies of Consciousness 59:17
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-22 Guided Instructions: Mindfulness of Moods, Emotions, Mindstates 35:55
Matthew Hepburn
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat – 25NL

2025-08-21 A Backpacker's Guide To The Dharma 45:36
Devon Hase
Stories and reflections on the Meghiya Sutta including spiritual friendship, wise talk about dharma and the power of pilgrimmage
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat – 25NL

2025-08-21 Dharma Talk - 7 Factors of Awakening - Tranquility 49:48
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-21 Guided Instructions: Metta for easy beings and benefactors 44:38
Matthew Hepburn
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat – 25NL

2025-08-21 Afternoon Instructions - Intuitional Body Consciousness 45:06
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-21 Anapanasati: The Buddha's Teaching on Mindfulness of Breathing 49:31
James Baraz
Working with the Anapanasati Sutta in some depth. There are 16 steps in four tetrads that the Buddha lays out regarding how to practice this way. It is more than simply keeping one's attention on the experience of breathing. Some of the steps will likely surprise you. I thought it would be interesting to hear how the Buddha himself practiced using the breath and then practice together as he suggested. Anapanasati Sutta Majjhima Nikaya #118 https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.118.than.html Anåpånasati- Summary of the Four Tetrads (16 steps) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yE2GiJtr3nnMGR_2YYOEA7eZ9W02ti52PD5abYF_Ius/edit?tab=t.0 Thich Nhat Hanh Video TNH explaining the 16 steps (28 minutes) https://youtu.be/inPkOzo_8XQ?si=nKp94lysBPxn4od_ Ven Analayo Audio guided meditations successively building on the tetrads. Last one includes all four. Mindfulness of Breathing with Bhikkhu Anālayo https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/resources/breathing-audio/ Written Overview Analayo - Understanding and Practicing the Ānāpānasati-sutta https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=30301 Bhikkhu Bodhi's videos going through the sutta in detail. https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=49266cf56d93934f&sxsrf=AE3TifMAPbSxpASPFg4H_3u7YewNOi0UgA:1753423263992&q=Bhikkhu+Bodhi+mn+118&udm=7&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIeiAkWG4OlBE2zyCTMjPbGmP8dNHyekGOBzxjAdPhnrqrkFMVvRmyqhKdJnNaG3AkXT9BEIxM7mvWZQG3bFq0xYNXOHnKszVdt00PEHYlRCcNfQMctmXagH2kmQdDS-r99NNUO7KPPqfaJdzNdnznKA2npV8j&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV_KnWqteOAxVFIxAIHdP6MTkQtKgLKAJ6BAgVEAE&biw=1309&bih=738&dpr=2.2
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2025-08-20 The Buddha & His Attendant Meghiya 46:04
Matthew Hepburn
The second talk in a series on the Meghiya Sutta
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat – 25NL

2025-08-20 Finding Your Own Wisdom 16:23
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-08-20 Listening to What We Belong to 55:14
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation including 'The Way Knows', a song by Lyndsey Scott | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene III | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Aloka Earth Room

2025-08-20 Metta for all aspects of being 42:06
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Befriending the kindrances with phrases based on Thich Nhat Han
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat – 25NL

2025-08-20 Afternoon Instructions - Astral Body Consciousness 45:36
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-20 Morning Instructions - Astral Body Consciousness 57:25
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-20 Practicing with the First Three Foundations of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:08
Amana Brembry Johnson
Practicing with the body, feeling tone, and mind states.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Five Spiritual Powers: Cultivating Resilience, Balance, and Love

2025-08-20 Mindfulness of Body, Breath and Sound 28:55
Devon Hase
Teachings and guided meditation on the first foundation of mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat – 25NL

2025-08-19 Dharma Talk - 7 Factors of Awakening - Joy 47:45
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-19 The Spiritual Powers of Faith/Confidence and Energy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 64:55
Amana Brembry Johnson
We find ourselves in a time where avatars of delusion, diversion, distraction and fantasy have become a way of life. Maintaining clarity of vision is not a luxury. Clear view is a necessity if we are to effectively navigate the land mines of this post-truth era.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Five Spiritual Powers: Cultivating Resilience, Balance, and Love

2025-08-19 Afternoon Instructions - Etheric Body Consciousness 45:03
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-19 Meeting the Moment with Clear Comprehension 16:18
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-08-19 Guided Meditation: Internal and External Mindfulness 39:51
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-08-19 Morning Instructions - Etheric Body Consciousness 61:47
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-19 Guided Instructions: Mindfulness of the Body 47:41
Matthew Hepburn
Establishing mindfulness in the body. 1st morning instructions on 1st day of retreat
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat – 25NL

2025-08-18 The Light of Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:47
Amana Brembry Johnson
A brief introduction to Metta with practice instructions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Five Spiritual Powers: Cultivating Resilience, Balance, and Love

2025-08-18 Dharma Talk - 7 Factors of Awakening - Energy 54:12
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-18 Sacred Mindfulness: A Spiritual Power (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:34
JD Doyle
Overview of the Five Spiritual Powers and elaboration on Mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Five Spiritual Powers: Cultivating Resilience, Balance, and Love

2025-08-18 Afternoon Instructions - Emotional Body Consciousness 47:13
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-18 Reflections on Freedom 1:26:15
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-08-17 Dharma Talk - 7 Factors of Awakening - Investigation 55:16
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-17 Allowing our Hearts to Love 37:36
Brian Lesage
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center 75th Anniversary Benefit Retreat

2025-08-17 Afternoon Instructions - Vital Body Consciousness 48:02
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-17 Closing Session 1:24:55
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House The Foundational Skills of Attention and Samadhi

2025-08-17 Morning Session 1:13:03
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House The Foundational Skills of Attention and Samadhi

2025-08-17 Morning Instructions - Vital Body Consciousness 55:57
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-16 Evening Session 1:13:14
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House The Foundational Skills of Attention and Samadhi

2025-08-16 Dharma Talk - Exploring Consciousness, Mindfulness and Awareness 50:01
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-16 Contemplation and Action 46:48
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Facing those times in the light of the Dharma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Weekend – 25WNL

2025-08-16 Afternoon Session 45:03
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House The Foundational Skills of Attention and Samadhi

2025-08-16 Afternoon Instructions - Physical Body Consciousness 48:16
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-16 Morning Session 1:11:11
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House The Foundational Skills of Attention and Samadhi

2025-08-16 Morning Instructions - Arriving Sequence 65:48
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nine Bodies Insight Retreat: Exploring Natural Capacities of Consciousness

2025-08-16 Unreasonable Harmony 54:53
Ayya Santussika
This dhamma talk, guided meditation, questions and responses was offered on August 16, 2025 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2025-08-15 Opening Session 1:28:08
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House The Foundational Skills of Attention and Samadhi

2025-08-14 talk: Compassion p2 28:15
Jill Shepherd
Exploring the "near and far enemies" of compassion, and the practice of bearing witness when facing overwhelming suffering
Auckland Insight Meditation Auckland Insight meetings 2025

2025-08-14 meditation: Compassion for oneself 25:32
Jill Shepherd
Auckland Insight Meditation Auckland Insight meetings 2025

2025-08-14 Compassion 54:14
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-08-14 Dharma and Our Connection to the Earth 58:12
Anushka Fernandopulle
Reflections on our body as nature and subject to the conditions of nature, including change and death. Reflections on the mind as also part of nature. Wishing well for all can come naturally when we recognize we are all in the same fragile situation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Nature is Our Body: Dharma and Connection to the Earth (248R25)

2025-08-14 Morning Reflection: Compassion 18:09
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-08-13 Inviting Interest 16:57
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-08-13 This Is a Journey of Discovery 55:11
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation including a prayer for the UN Environmental Sabbath Program | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene III | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Aloka Earth Room

2025-08-13 The Water Element of Emotions and the Guest Elements (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:43
Shinmu Tamori Gibson
A way to know the elements as guides to notice the true nature of emotions, to be with, and to be awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Nature is Our Body: Dharma and Connection to the Earth (248R25)

2025-08-12 Dharma Talk: Emptiness and/of Awareness 54:02
Yahel Avigur
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Emptiness: Seeing that Frees Yearlong Course Retreat

2025-08-12 Seeing The World With Quiet Eyes 69:58
Kamala Masters
Practicing Equanimity in the world and in deepening in practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart's Release: Insight and Metta Retreat – 25MKM

2025-08-12 Metta Instructions + Guided Meditation 28:49
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Emptiness: Seeing that Frees Yearlong Course Retreat

2025-08-12 Process, not Perfection 12:42
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2025-08-12 Morning Instructions + Guided Meditation 53:12
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Emptiness: Seeing that Frees Yearlong Course Retreat

2025-08-11 Dharma Talk: Non-self 1:10:57
Tuere Sala
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Emptiness: Seeing that Frees Yearlong Course Retreat

2025-08-11 Mahasi Retreat: The Noble Eightfold Path 58:40
Tara Mulay
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart's Release: Insight and Metta Retreat – 25MKM

2025-08-11 Metta Instructions + Guided Meditation 58:02
Yahel Avigur
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Emptiness: Seeing that Frees Yearlong Course Retreat

2025-08-11 Morning Instructions 54:46
Yahel Avigur
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Emptiness: Seeing that Frees Yearlong Course Retreat

2025-08-11 Overview of Mahasi Instructions 58:46
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Sure Heart's Release: Insight and Metta Retreat – 25MKM

2025-08-10 How Do We Cross the Flood ? 54:44
Laura Bridgman, River Wolton
Closing Session.
Gaia House Crossing the Flood (online retreat)

2025-08-10 The Refuge of Sangha 68:55
River Wolton, Laura Bridgman
Gaia House Crossing the Flood (online retreat)

2025-08-10 Emptiness and the Fading of Perceptions 53:29
Yahel Avigur
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Emptiness: Seeing that Frees Yearlong Course Retreat

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