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Dharma Talks
2010-11-22 Guided Meditation - Clearing Dukkha 44:13
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2010-11-21 Dependent Origination 60:33
Andrea Fella
A practical discussion on the Buddha's teaching of dependent origination.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-21 Hindrances and Such 56:19
Wes Nisker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-21 Thanksgiving Talk 45:38
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2010-11-21 Inspiration to Train the Mind 56:53
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-21 Gratitude - Full Moon Vigil 21:59
Amma Thanasanti
Colorado Springs, CO
Shakti Vihara

2010-11-21 Practice Here, There and Everywhere 61:31
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-20 Three Kinds Of Craving 56:31
Will Kabat-Zinn
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-20 Spiritual Allegory: The Chilean Miners 49:55
Robert K. Hall
Acceptance, Surrender, the human condition and the amazing story of the Chilean miners entrapment and rescue.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Retreat

2010-11-20 The Psychodynamics in Meditation (Part 2) 59:27
Rob Burbea
Through the development of various skillful means, we can unlock the innately liberating dynamism at the heart of our emotional life, allowing deep healing, freedom, and the natural unfolding of our full potential.
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-19 Gratitude and Generosity 60:39
Rebecca Bradshaw
How these qualities acknowledge interdependency and release the heart from clinging.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-19 Reflection: The Power of the Mind 5:47
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-18 Reflections on Bhikkhunis 51:27
James Baraz
James examines some of the recent history surrounding Bhikkhunis and Western Buddhist practice.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2010-11-18 Patience - The Art Of Caring Slowly 57:27
Greg Scharf
The poet John Ciardi defined patience as the art of caring slowly. This talk explores the qualities of this powerful and essential parami.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-18 De Sache ufe ä Grund gaa: Weises Ergründe aus Üebig (yoniso manasikāra) 1:10:20
Akincano Marc Weber
Über verschiedeni Forme vo Ergründe i dr Lehr vom Buddha u was me dermit cha afa.
Zentrum für Buddhismus - Bern

2010-11-18 Closing Morning Talk on Emptiness 46:06
Gil Fronsdal
Brief overview of emptiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-18 Reflections on Compassion 44:48
Catherine McGee
A look into the power of the tender open heart.
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-18 Through The Looking Glass: The Reality of Not Self 1:11:06
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-17 Emptiness and Karma 60:13
Guy Armstrong
At first glance it might seem the teaching of karma, in which our actions bring results to ourselves, might be in contradiction to the understanding that our experience is empty of a self. However, the two teachings on emptiness and karma actually need each other for liberation to be possible.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-17 A Listening Presence - Three Domains of Training 1:15:43
Tara Brach
Cultivating the capacity for listening is essential to loving well and to realizing the truth of who we are. This talk focuses on three key facets of deep listening--non-distractedness, not-controlling and seeking to understand-- that can awaken an intimacy with our inner life and others. Guided meditations on listening precede and are included within the body of the talk.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-11-17 Teachings on the Practice of Reflection 20:33
Sally Armstrong
Teachings on the practice of reflections, and duided reflections on what inspired and challenged you in the Emptiness Retreat, and what you will take home with you.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-17 Practicing with Intentions 46:52
Donald Rothberg
We explore 1) The nature of intentions, 2) The importance of intentions in our practice, 3) karma and intentions, and 4) how to practice with intentions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-17 Reflections on Compassion 33:52
Sally Armstrong
Guided reflective meditations on compassion for someone who is suffering, for oneself, and for the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-17 Compassion Needs Emptiness 47:03
Sally Armstrong
True compassion needs space to function. The less self-obsessed we are, the more responsive and connected our hearts can be.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-17 Reflection: Transformation and Relinquishment of Afflictive States of Mind 16:27
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-17 Investigation, Noble Uncertainty, Spiritual Inquiry 56:51
Yanai Postelnik
The awakening factor of investigation moves us to look deeply into our experience, acknowledging that there is always more to understand in the simplicity and mystery of being alive here and now. As we learn to bring a deep and open-hearted curiousity to our each moment and to our very existence itself, without taking any position on our self or this world, life can open to reveal the deepest truth of freedom.
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-16 Emptiness in the Mahayana 64:19
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-16 The Empty Nature of Awareness 68:12
Guy Armstrong
We can be aware of many objects in meditation. It's also possible to turn our attention to awareness itself. The talk explores what happens when we do this. Is awareness findable? Does it come and go? Is it conditioned? And what is the value of meditating like this?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-16 Big Mind Guided Meditation 44:15
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Joy & its Causes 65:46
Jack Kornfield
How Joy can be found, nourished and brought alive in the very circumstances of our life. Shifting from our loyalty to suffering, to a deeper freedom of heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-15 Don't Believe the Second-Hand Story 45:20
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2010-11-15 Dependent Origination As a Pointer to Emptiness 57:34
Sally Armstrong
The Buddha's teaching on Dependent Origination are among his most profound and challenging. This teaching clearly shows how ignorance leads to suffering, and implicit in this is the way out of suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Emptiness and Letting Go 57:40
Gil Fronsdal
How emptiness is experienced through the letting go of clinging and concepts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Emptying the Mind 40:25
Gil Fronsdal
Guided Meditation on emptying the mind of all concepts to the point of letting go of attachments.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Dimensions of Insight 34:58
Christina Feldman
Explores the personal and universal stories we are invited to investigate and understand.
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-14 What versus Why 60:16
Andrea Fella
We have a strong tendency to try to understand why things happen to us. This talk explores meeting what is happening moment to moment, which begins to reveal the "why" of the present moment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-14 The Emptiness of Phenomena 57:07
Guy Armstrong
All the phenomena of our senses are empty of any solid substance or essence. It may be more appropriate to refer to phenomena as "appearances" rather than "objects." This theme is explored through the Sutta "A Lump of Foam" in the Samyutta Nikaya.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-14 Happiness Leads to Samadhi 57:48
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-14 Intuitive Awareness Talk 4 55:31
Mark Nunberg
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-14 Putting the World Together Again 37:48
Jose Reissig
Our dedication to appropriating all that comes our way has wreaked havoc with our collective life. It has caused much collateral damage to both society and the environment, and has grievously damaged the core of our social integrity. To reverse the damage we need, first and foremost, to restore this integrity.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-11-14 The Five Aggregates Are Empty 69:57
Sally Armstrong
The Buddha often used the schema of the Five Aggregates to show that what we take to be self is actually impermanent and unsatisfactory, and that clinging to the aggregates will bring suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-14 Meditation on the Aggregates 45:48
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-14 Investigation 54:39
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-13 Dependent Origination 53:40
Gil Fronsdal
Talk on Emptiness for Emptiness: Meditation and Study retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-13 Wise Effort 55:49
Will Kabat-Zinn
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-13 Intuitive Awareness Talk 3 52:06
Mark Nunberg
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-13 Divesting Ourselves of Possesiveness 39:34
Jose Reissig
Much of our life is dedicated to establishing ownership of all that comes our way: things, territory, others, etc. In so doing we end up fragmenting both the owned and the owners. To become whole we need to divest from this project. Time: 39:34
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-11-13 The Parable of the City 55:46
Stephen Batchelor
Wellington Insight Meditation Community Secular Buddhism

2010-11-13 Formation of Self-View 1:11:25
Guy Armstrong
The Buddha said many times that no self is to be found in the phenomena of our senses. But still, the sense of a self in us arises over and over. This talk explores through sutta references how this sense of self is created in the moment and how it can cease.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-13 Morning Instructions 39:34
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

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