Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2011-07-11 The Greatest Disappointment Leading to Peace 1:19:05
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Guest Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-07-11 Mudita - Pure Joy 15:12
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Brahmavihara - Sublime Abodes : The Illimitables

2011-07-11 Sharing Breath Mindfully 60:23
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-07-10 Faith - The Ground We Rest On 54:20
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
This talk explores the place and power of faith "Saddha" as our capacity to rest upon the true ground of life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-07-10 Caring for the Storytelling Mind 56:59
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-07-10 Karuna - Compassion 8:48
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Brahmavihara - Sublime Abodes : The Illimitables

2011-07-10 Guided Meditation Instructions Mindfulness 55:23
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Deepening Your Dharma

2011-07-10 Kalyana Mitta (KM) Groups Workshop on Wise Speech (with Dawn Neal) 2:12:33
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
KALYANA MITTA (KM) GROUPS Workshop held Sun, Jul 10, 1:30 – 4:30 at the Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley for current and prospective facilitators or hosts of KM groups with Spirit Rock teacher Donald Rothberg and Dawn Neal. The focus was on Wise Speech in the context of small groups, and how to address challenging situations.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-07-09 Tracing The Path - Based On An Autobiography In Five Short Chapters 49:19
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
The journey from delusion to liberation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-07-09 Gradual Training 1:14:16
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
Tentative elaboration of the gradual Training found in the suttas. Starting with Sila and Samadhi and sub-divisions. Simple description of guarding the sense doors. Full understanding and the five hindrances.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : July through October 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-07-09 Workshop: Patience 1:59:17

Mark Nunberg

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Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-07-09 Metta - Love 7:23
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Brahmavihara - Sublime Abodes : The Illimitables

2011-07-09 Still Acceptance 52:19
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2011-07-08 Opening Talk 53:50
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-07-08 Renunciation as an Opportunity 36:19
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2011-07-08 08. Adhitthana Resolution. 13:44
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Parami - The Perfections

2011-07-08 Holding Your Life with Mindfulness 41:10
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Deepening Your Dharma

2011-07-08 Papanca Part Three: The Brahma Viharas 52:50
John Peacock	Download Listen
This talk deals with the last of the areas of our obsessional thinking: views. We also examine the Brahma Viharas as distinct forms of mindfulness that lead to liberation. We look closely, in particular, at metta as the necessary soil out of which grows and blooms the beautiful flower of compassion (karuna).
Gaia House : The Path of Mindfulness

2011-07-07 Lovingkindness (Metta) -- Opening to what is beautiful 59:33
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-07-07 The Five Hindrances 26:24
Grove Burnett	Download Listen
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center

2011-07-07 07. Sacca Honesty 10:57
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Parami - The Perfections

2011-07-07 You Have a Choice 49:35
James Baraz	Download Listen
We each have our own unique journey. While there are as many different possibilities as there are people, we have a choice whether to go through life as a heavy assignment or as an extraordinary adventure of awakening. If we're fortunate enough to discover a spiritual path that supports the latter, we want to make the most of our opportunity.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2011-07-07 Question and Answer Session 2 54:04
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Path of Mindfulness

2011-07-06 Flow and Presence 1:17:43

Tara Brach

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In the moments when we are truly happy, there is a sense of both aliveness and presence. This talk reflects on three key ways we remove ourselves from living presence; and offers guided reflections that can re-open us into the flow.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2011-07-06 06. Khanti Patience 11:19
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Parami - The Perfections

2011-07-06 Freedom in Awareness II-How we can cultivate freedom 45:20
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We continue to look at the cultivation of freedom with "ordinary" mind and "extraordinary" mind, focusing on how we actually practice to cultivate both.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-07-06 Papanca Part Two: The Tyranny of the Self 46:09
John Peacock	Download Listen
In this talk we examine what the Buddha means by the 'self', which is the second of the three poles around which thinking contracts and fixates. We look closely at the five processes that constitute the self not as a static phenomena, but as an unfolding and dynamic development.
Gaia House : The Path of Mindfulness

2011-07-05 05. Viriya Effort 15:06
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Parami - The Perfections

2011-07-05 Wings Four Wise Efforts 22:59
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2011-07-05 Question and Answer Session 1 50:26
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Path of Mindfulness

2011-07-04 04. Panya Intuitive Intelligence and Wisdom 9:59
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Parami - The Perfections

2011-07-04 Freedom and Interdependence 51:48
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-07-04 Papanca Part One: The Unquenchable Thirst 48:36
John Peacock	Download Listen
In this talk we examine what the Buddha means by the 'self', which is the second of the three poles around which thinking contracts and fixates. We look closely at the five processes that constitute the self not as a static phenomena, but as an unfolding and dynamic development.
Gaia House : The Path of Mindfulness

2011-07-03 Using Human Relationship As Dharma Practice 36:19
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
This talk explores various strategies that support mindful relating and exploring self and not self through relationship
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Family Retreat

2011-07-03 The Storytelling Mind 57:23
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-07-03 03. Nekkhamma Renunciation 12:46
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Parami - The Perfections

2011-07-03 Keep Going, a talk from a daylong called "Why Do I Meditate" 53:42
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-07-03 Resting in Awareness - Guided Meditation 3:50
Ayya Santacitta	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-07-03 Pittsburgh Dhamma Talk 3 44:59
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Talk given at Pittsburgh Buddhist Center

2011-07-03 Triple Gem 51:09
Jason Murphy	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2011-07-03 Community as Refuge 42:24
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Denver Insight Sangha
Shakti Vihara

2011-07-03 Community as Refuge - Q&A 18:10
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Denver Insight Sangha
Shakti Vihara

2011-07-03 What is this Path of Mindfulness? 45:43
John Peacock	Download Listen
This talk covers the relationship of mindfulness to the three marks of existence as well as the the three 'fires' of greed, aversion and delusion. The question is also raised as to how we want to live our lives and our commitment to that vision.
Gaia House : The Path of Mindfulness

2011-07-02 Eightfold Path in Daily Life 61:36
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Taking our practice into the world. The Buddha's teaching on the eightfold path guides us to look at every aspect of our lives. This path focuses on the stages of ethics, livelihood and wise speech.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening

2011-07-02 Brief Introduction 30:06
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
How we can use a tradition and learn something from it. Reminder that the Buddha's teaching refers to "The Gradual Training"
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : July through October 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-07-02 02. Sila Virtuous Conduct 13:29
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre : Parami - The Perfections

2011-07-02 Loving Kindness - Guided Meditation 11:21
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Four Noble Truths Retreat

2011-07-02 Instructions, Questions and Answers, and Precepts 39:18
Pa Auk Sayadaw	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : July through October 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-07-02 Discussion 50:05
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Four Noble Truths Retreat

2011-07-02 Reaction - Guided Meditation 33:53
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Four Noble Truths Retreat