Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2012-01-07 Compassion and Mindfulness 59:55
Jenny Wilks	Download Listen
An outline of the relationship between compassion, mindfulness, and insight in Dharma practice and in mindfulness-based therapies.
Gaia House : Origins And Applications Of Mindfulness MBCT MBSR Retreat

2012-01-02 The New You in the New Year 60:27
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
How mindfulness and compassion facilitate change. Change can be external or internal and be of three types.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-12-31 The Bodhisattva Path: Turning Suffering into Compassion 67:49
Hugh Byrne	Download Listen
The path to alleviating the suffering of the world leads through the gateway of meeting our own suffering with compassion. When we open fully to our own suffering, we transmute it into compassion and it can move through us into the world.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2011 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2011-12-31 Guided Meditation - Awakening Compassion / Tonglen 37:09
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2011 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2011-12-30 Guided Heart - Forgiveness and Compassion 28:36
Tara Brach	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2011 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2011-12-29 The Blessings of Embodied Presence 57:27
Tara Brach	Download Listen
All that we cherish - love, creativity, wisdom and aliveness - becomes available when we come home to an embodied presence. This talk looks at how the two wings of mindfulness and compassion guide us in the midst of difficulty to our inner sanctuary of freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2011 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2011-12-21 No Mud, No Lotus 1:26:06

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with La Sarmiento, Tara Brach

Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom. This solstice talk explores the light of compassion that blossoms when we honor our difficult times with a deep, mindful attention. This solstice evening includes chanting, singing and a candlelighting ceremony. (see video - show tracks)

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-12-17 Metta & Compassion Practice D 26:27
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : A Heart as Wide as the World

2011-12-17 Metta & Compassion Practice C 20:28
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : A Heart as Wide as the World

2011-12-17 Metta & Compassion Practice B 23:07
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : A Heart as Wide as the World

2011-12-17 Metta & compassion Practice A 24:29
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
A day exploring the practice of metta - lovingkindness & compassion - and discussing how to bring these into every part of our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : A Heart as Wide as the World

2011-12-16 The Wise & Fearless Heart 62:26
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Developing the Brahma Viharas (good will, compassion, gladness and equanimity), to strengthen the heart and meet fear.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-12-15 Cultivating a Bodhisattva Heart 55:06
James Baraz	Download Listen
We don’t have to wait to take Bodhisattva vows to practice the Bodhisattva attitude of being there for another’s suffering. In this talk we explore principles and practices to cultivate compassion—the heart of the Bodhisattva ideal—including 1) developing a caring heart towards those we may not feel an affinity and 2) holding the pain we feel at another’s suffering with wise discernment.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-12-03 Nothing is Outside the Heart 57:15
Thanissara	Download Listen
The three motivations for practice, and reflections on compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Being Dharma

2011-11-17 Understanding Dukkha 58:01
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
The understanding of Dukkha - the first noble truth, as well as one of the three characteristics of phenomena - opens our hearts and minds into the peace of wisdom and the beauty of compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : November 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-11-07 Compassion: As Natural As Our Own Heartbeat 55:40
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Becoming familar with the movement of our hearts to be free from suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2011-11-05 The Importance of Equanimity in Action 57:58
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
From small to large actions, the presence of equanimity is important for clear seeing and compassionate responses.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Towards a Secular Buddhism

2011-11-02 Divine Abodes: Equanimity 1:20:55

Tara Brach

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Equanimity is the mental state of balance and non-reactivity that arises when we are resting in open, wakeful presence. This talk reviews the key pathways to equanimity in the face of difficulty. We also explore the blessing of equanimity: the freedom to respond to our life with wisdom, compassion and love. (video available)

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-11-02 From Place to Ground 57:05
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
The Buddha and the sick monk; the awakening as described in M.26 (The Noble Quest); awakening as a shift from place to ground, Not as a breakthrough to an ultimate Truth; "going against the stream"; the appearance of Brahma Sahampati who encourages the Buddha to teach as the arising of love and compassion and creativity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Towards a Secular Buddhism

2011-10-30 Breaking Free of Habits: Part 1 60:28
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
During this daylong we will work with the habits that bind us and stop our potential for wisdom and compassion from manifesting fully. We will use the meditative tools found in the Vipassana and Zen traditions, like watching the breath, listening and questioning, to see how we can engage creatively with our habits and transform them into positive functions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-10-30 Breaking Free of Habits: Part 2 1:25:21
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
During this daylong we will work with the habits that bind us and stop our potential for wisdom and compassion from manifesting fully. We will use the meditative tools found in the Vipassana and Zen traditions, like watching the breath, listening and questioning, to see how we can engage creatively with our habits and transform them into positive functions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-10-23 The Beauty of Generosity Infused with Compassion 61:14
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Durango Dharma Center : Universal Beauty and Well Being

2011-10-19 The Divine Abodes: Compassion 1:20:56

Tara Brach

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We cultivate compassion by letting ourselves be touched by the suffering within and around us. Because our conditioning is to avoid vulnerability, the path of compassion requires courage and purposefulness. As we awaken to the truth of our connectedness, our hearts become increasingly tender and our actions serve the healing of our world.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-10-14 Bhikkhuni Pioneers 35:39
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Ayya Medhanandi offers a historical perspective on the bhikkhuni tradition as well as insights on how to live with compassion in the world. She describes how the monastic communal experience provides abundant opportunities for the exploration of personal and collective aspirations to fulfill the goals of the Eightfold Noble Path and end suffering.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2011-10-04 The Greatest Love 52:12
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Exploring the defended heart with compassion and wisdom.
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