Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2010-12-14 Recollection of the Sangha-part of a three part series on the Triple Gem: As Refuge, Inspiration, and Meditation Practice 38:10
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
The Triple Gem: Recollection of the Sangha—Community As Refuge. This is the third installment in the three part series on the triple refuge or three jewels. This talk introduces the contemplation of the virtues of the Sangha (sanghanusati) as a support for inspiration, trust, and gratitude for community. The liberating sangha is considered worthy of gifts and offerings; a field of merit; a community people who have made the effort to practice diligently, energetically; and who are cultivating a direct and liberating path.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Triple Gem: As Refuge, Inspiration, and Meditation Practice

2010-12-13 The 1906 Earth Quake 50:57
Norman Fischer	Download Listen
How to work with suffering & fear - How people in the Earthquake experienced it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-13 The Five Hindrances 54:22
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
A discussion of the difficulties we encounter in our practice and some suggestions for how to work with them skillfully.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-12-12 "I Teach One Thing Only" 48:07
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
This "one thing" the Buddha taught and forms a continuum of practice that informs our motivation all along the way.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Insight Meditation and the Heart

2010-12-12 Closing Talk for Loving Kindness Weekend 43:22
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
This talk also includes Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House : Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-12 Metta Practice for Forgiveness of a Difficult Person 41:34
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House : Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-11 You are the Buddha 65:01
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
The Buddha is not so far away and your practice can allow you to recognize this.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-12-11 No-Self In The Brain 49:10
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Neuroscience and the teachings of Anatta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-12-11 No Self in the Brain 1:59:12
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Neuroscience and the teachings of Anatta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-12-11 Going Forth 35:29
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Anagarika ceremony - Colorado Springs, CO
Shakti Vihara

2010-12-11 Loving Kindness Meditation Instructions 55:10
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
These instructions also include Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House : Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-11 Opening to Kindness 57:37
Kirsten Kratz	Download Listen
The cultivation of loving kindness enables us to connect more and more to the kindness, openness and courage in our hearts, transforming how we relate to life.
Gaia House : Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-10 Melting the Judgmental Heart 48:55
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
The judgmental mind is painful and difficult. We can bring the practicies of the Brahma Viharas to it, to melt away the judgment and to develop a kind and spacious heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-12-10 Opening Talk for Loving Kindness Weekend 48:16
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
This talk also includes Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House : Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-09 Let Your Difficulties Become the Path 61:22
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Letting the uniquely human experience of our struggles and pain become the cause for healing, tenderness and well being.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-12-08 The Surprise of Unfolding 48:57
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
We come to retreat seeking refuge. Developing curiosity, confidence and contentment and in resting in the surprises of our unfoldment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-12-08 Ask the Friend for Love 1:18:56

Tara Brach

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Prayer, when cultivated consciously, energizes and guides us on the spiritual path. This talk investigates the difference between wanting, with it's narrow fixation, and the prayer that arises out of our deep heart's longing. We explore how living prayer, the prayer that arises from consciously inhabiting longing, can carry us home to loving presence. As John O'Donahue writes, prayer is the bridge between longing and belonging.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-12-08 Gradual and Immediate Awakening, I 63:16
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the complementarity of gradual and immediate (or sudden) ways of practicing, with some experiential exercises.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-07 Reflecting on Sacredness 38:42
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2010-12-05 Ease in an Imperfect World 56:13
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-12-04 Householders' Practices of Letting Go 56:55
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Perth, Australia : Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-12-04 Ending the Inner Critic (3) 35:12
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Ending the Inner Critic

2010-12-04 Ending the Inner Critic (2) 46:27
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Ending the Inner Critic

2010-12-04 Ending the Inner Critic (1) 34:44
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House : Ending the Inner Critic

2010-12-04 Right Speech, Right Conflict 31:08
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Colorado Springs, CO
Shakti Vihara

2010-12-03 The World of Dew: A Talk on The Two Truths 59:03
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Dhamma practice opens us to the world of paradox and mystery. The Buddha's teachings on relative and ultimate truth reveal to us the seamless nature of the Path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Discovering Presence in Each Moment

2010-12-03 Understanding Vipassana 1:10:06
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Perth, Australia : Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-12-02 Compassion and Courage 57:06
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Perth, Australia : Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-12-02 A New Story: Was the World Made for Man? 56:35
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
An insightful and humorous exploration of the place of humans in the universe. Includes a reading of Mark Twain's essay "Was the World Made for Man." The evening ends with a discussion with sangha members.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2010-12-02 Barking, Barking, Barking: Mindfulness as Respectful Listening 50:09
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Discovering Presence in Each Moment

2010-12-01 Four Noble Truths 60:24
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Perth, Australia : Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-12-01 Investigating the Dharma: Refuges, Hindrances, Mindfulness 59:33
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
First night talk on what we are doing on retreat, working with hindrances, mindfulness, connection to refuges and precepts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Discovering Presence in Each Moment

2010-12-01 The Karma Concerning Liberation 44:55
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2010-12-01 Opening to what is Beautiful and Good 59:08
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-30 Connecting with this Very Moment 55:58
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2010-11-30 Making Your Mind a Refuge: Seven Factors of Awakening 59:58
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Perth, Australia : Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-11-29 Meditation, Awareness and Understanding 60:18
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Perth, Australia : Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-11-29 Lovingkindness 63:03
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-28 Equanimity 62:03
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
The quality of equanimity develops in our practice by studying what gets in the way of equanimity, and by cultivating the conditions that support it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-28 Resting in the Clear Mind of Non Reactivity 53:49
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Perth, Australia : Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-11-27 Identity and Identification 57:10
Will Kabat-Zinn	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-27 Understanding the Defilements 60:45
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Perth, Australia : Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-11-26 Taking Refuges as Practice 37:48
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Perth, Australia : Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-11-26 The Psychodynamics in Meditation (Part 3 - Dimensions of the Personal Journey) 66:52
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
With wisdom and sensitivity, we can learn to use both the view of emptiness and the view of self to bring a completeness to our unfolding liberation and to know the joy and openness of ongoing discovery.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-24 Loving Life: Gratitude and Generosity 1:16:36

Tara Brach

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Love is innate, and blossoms as we intentionally cultivate it. This talk on two natural expressions of loving life--gratitude and generosity--includes several guided reflections that awaken the heart.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-11-24 Cultivating Generosity and Gratitude 60:30
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We examine the nature of generosity and gratitude and both how to cultivate them , and what stands in the way of their expression through stories and teachings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-24 Investigation 32:31
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Investigation is the willingness to probe beneath assumption to discover what is true.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-23 Rest in Natural Great Peace 49:18
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2010-11-23 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Feelings Unleashing Thoughts 4:41
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Feelings move quickly into a narrative that captures our attention and promotes further images, all with their own feelings and further story. The sense of "I" arises, and we are surrounded by feelings and reactions to feelings, giving us a sense of ourselves in time and space. We call this life.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-11-22 Compassionate Presence 57:48
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Transformation happens in the realm or context of compassionate presence. How do we learn to offer compassionate, loving attention to ourselves, each other, and our world?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Thanksgiving Retreat