2011-04-20 The Story of the Elm Dance 40:28
Joanna Macy	Download Listen
A story about Chernobyl.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  World as Lover, World as Self

2011-04-20 Opening and Closing the Heart 29:00
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen

2011-04-20 World as Lover, World as Self 37:52
Joanna Macy	Download Listen
Four ways the world has been seen: as a battlefield, a trap, a lover, as self. Honoring indigenous peoples' capacity for gratitude.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  World as Lover, World as Self

2011-04-20 Experiential Wisdom 58:49
Martine Batchelor	Download Listen
What should we rely on when practising? An exploration of the four reliances found in Zen texts. Also looking at the actualisation of experiential wisdom in daily life.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat

2011-04-19 Four Elements Meditation—Instructional Talk and Guided Meditation 41:58
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
This talk introduces the Four Elements Meditation as a systematic method for developing mindfulness of the body. A guided meditation and instructions are provided that reveal the body as a dynamic interaction of characteristics classified as earth (hardness, roughness, heaviness, softness, smoothness, lightness), water (flowing, cohesion), fire (heat, cold), and wind (supporting, pushing).
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley :  Tuesday Talks—2011

2011-04-19 Four Domains of Mindfulness - Flame of Awareness 7:13
Steven Smith	Download Listen
Hollyhock :  Metta Vipassana with Mindful Movement

2011-04-19 Where the Mind has Nowhere to Rest 65:42
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Hui-neng's definition of sitting meditation; the middle way as the avoiding of the 'deadends' of existence and non-existence; the Greek philosopher Pyrrho as an example of a similar attitude; Hui-ko asks Bodhidharma to 'set his mind at rest'; the infinity of things; emptiness as the unfindability of things; to question 'what is this' is the practice of such emptiness that neither affirms nor denies anything.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat

2011-04-19 The Five Controlling Faculties 1:10:28
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2011-04-18 Skillful means - The Vipassana Toolbox 50:09
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Hollyhock :  Metta Vipassana with Mindful Movement

2011-04-18 Garden of the Heart 60:13
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-04-18 Bringing Practice Into Daily Life 0:10
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2011-04-17 Coming to Terms with Birth and Death 49:09
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Reflections on the nature of 'religion'; the Buddha's awakening as a resolution of the questions posed by life itself; Zen as a 'direct pointing to the heart, independent of scripture'; the aim of Buddhist practice is the achievement of autonomy; towards the possibility of a 'secular religion'.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat

2011-04-17 Equanimity 66:49
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2011-04-16 Ongoing Awareness and Resolute Aspiration (Steve Armstrong) 64:16
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
The Resolute Aspiration talk is given by Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-16 Buddhism and Recovery 46:42
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2011-04-16 Body Awareness Meditation 35:55
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2011-04-16 The Corruptions of Insight 1:23:08
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2011-04-15 Practicing Well-Being: Living A Dhamma Lifestyle 51:18
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-15 Cast Your Votes for Dancing 57:39
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Bringing the light of awareness and compassion to our self views.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2011-04-15 Gratitude and Contentment 53:27
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Hollyhock :  Metta Vipassana with Mindful Movement

2011-04-15 Instructions and Q&A Day 7 69:37
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-15 Anatta, Not Self 61:16
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2011-04-14 5. Calm/tranquility (passaddhi) 51:28
James Baraz	Download Listen
Fifth talk in an 8-week series on the 7 Factors of Awakening that began with an overview on March 10, 2011.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2011-04-14 Life is Practice, Practice is Life 53:04
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
We often find that we have unconsciously divided our experience into times of "practice" and "life". This talk discusses ways to integrate life and practice both on and off the meditation cushion.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  April 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2011-04-14 Wisdom and Compassion 45:52
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Inherent in mindful awareness are qualities of love and clarity which over time grow into compassion and wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2011-04-14 Step 12: Spiritual Awakening 55:07
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Buddhism and the Twelve Steps

2011-04-14 Instruction and Q&A Day 6 60:22
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-14 Metta 68:04
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2011-04-13 Q&A Day 5 60:24
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-13 Part 1: Realizing True Well-being 1:15:51
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
Buddhist psychology and the Western oriented field of positive psychology agree: How we pay attention determines whether we live primarily in fear and judgment, or happiness and peace. This two part series explores the teachings, practices and attitudes that enable us to live a meaningful life with a heart that is "happy for no reason."
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Metta Meditation--Happiness 26:28 Download Listen Part 1: Realizing True Well-being 49:22 Download Listen

2011-04-13 Four Aspects of Mindfulness 54:35
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-04-13 Working with the BrahmaViharas 55:12
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen

2011-04-13 Dukkha, Joy and Serenity 57:42
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Hollyhock :  Metta Vipassana with Mindful Movement

2011-04-13 Doorways to Peace 63:13
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Five ways to cultivate peace with experiential practice, quotes, stories and techniques.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-04-13 Big Mind Guided Meditation 49:09
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-13 Transforming Afflictive Emotions 1:18:20
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2011-04-12 Practicing Awareness 57:46
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-12 The World, the Cause of the World, the End of the World 48:31
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2011-04-12 Satipatthana Sutta, Third Foundation: Division Through Anger 0:14
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Anger is often unconsciously encouraged because it clears away the doubting mind. "I know why I feel this way, and I am right," says anger. Spiritually we can only approach and understand anger from humility, the opposite direction of righteousness. Anger usually arises as a component of grief where something you cared about was blocked or diverted away from you. If we can see anger as grief, humility is more easily accessed.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2011-04-12 Harness the Chariot - The jhanic factors & the restoration of the peaceful mind 63:58
Steven Smith	Download Listen
Hollyhock :  Metta Vipassana with Mindful Movement

2011-04-12 Instructions and Guided Meditation - Day 4 63:55
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-12 Physical Dukkha 67:33
Sayadaw Vivekananda	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2011-04-11 The Awakened Heart 58:46
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
On Mindfulness... and the uncovering of our "true nature"...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-04-10 Understanding the Defilements 53:46
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-10 To Forget Our Separations 39:15
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
When nothing is "me" our separations vanish. We come to inhabit an open space. Last February, Cairo's Tahrir Square became emblematic of such a space.
Holy Cross Monastery :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat with Jose Reissig

2011-04-10 Impermanence 1:18:26
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2011-04-09 An Appreciation Of Awareness 52:42
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
The elegance of right view: recognizing things as they have come to be (with awaremness) is the condition for wisdom to arise
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-09 Nuclear Free 25:57
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
We have a nuclear reactor within us and a nuclear accident may be taking place inside right now. It’s urgent for us to understand how to heal and free ourselves from this toxicity, and from every form of violence. Meditate, live wisely, and practice kindness. Begin to reconcile the contamination in our minds with compassion, serenity and joy. What a magnificent offering of peace for our troubled world.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2011-04-09 To Forget the Self 34:28
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
Having become aware of the fictional nature of our persona, we can look into whatever remains.
Holy Cross Monastery :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat with Jose Reissig

2011-04-09 Mindfulness Part 2 59:53
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda