2010-10-16 The Great Question, Investigation and Doubt 41:54
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
The great question, our deepest personal concern, can empower our practice, and motivate investigation of reality. But doubt can undermine our commitment to practice if we do not recognize it.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-10-16 From Place to Ground 59:57
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
An analysis of the Buddha's account of his awakening in the Discourse on the Noble Quest (M. 26) as an existential shift from attachment to a 'place' to the seeing of the twofold 'ground' of conditioned arising and nibbana, followed by a psychological interpretation the subsequent passage which describes how, inspired by the god Brahma, he set off to teach his first sermon in Isipatana (Sarnath).
Australian Insight Meditation Network :  Teachers' retreat at Springbrook, Queensland, Australia

2010-10-16 Meeting Mind States 50:19
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2010-10-16 Mindfulness of Body 57:42
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
To know 'body as body' is the invitation of the first foundation of mindfulness. Coming to a wise relationship with our body which neither glorifies nor rejects our body we can begin to know body as a vehicle for profound wisdom.
Gaia House :  Stillness and Movement Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2010-10-15 Metta - The Heart's Release 65:43
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
This talk explores ways that Metta practice helps to release the contractions of the heart/mind and the tremendous fullness of energy which is constituted by confidence and strength and a clear straight forwardness that comes from a loving heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-10-15 Metta practice and the Transformation of the Heart 45:37
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
An exploration of metta practice and how it works-to develop the capacity to lead with the heart, develop in concentration, purify our being and touch our deeper nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2010-10-15 Morning Instructions / Istruzioni del mattino 67:24
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-15 Paramis: Householders' Practices of Second Noble Truth / Paramis: le Pratiche quotidiane della seconda Nobile Verità 58:52
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-15 How to Hold a Snake 58:22
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Further reflections on the meaning of the term "secular"; the Buddha's comparison of his teaching to a snake; an enquiry into what is distinctive and original in the Buddha's teaching: the principle of conditioned arising, the process of the four noble truths, the practice of mindful awareness, the power of self reliance; reflections on citations from the Pali canon concerning the principle of conditioned arising.
Australian Insight Meditation Network :  Teachers' retreat at Springbrook, Queensland, Australia

2010-10-15 Opening Talk for Stillness and Movement - Insight Meditation and Qi Gong 1:10:01
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
This talk also includes Brad Richecouer
Gaia House :  Stillness and Movement Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2010-10-14 Courage and Compassion 63:43
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
The natural flow of a retreat - of life - is expansion and contraction. We suffer when we identify with any aspect as being mine or me.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-10-14 Wisdom-suffering, impermanence and the Heart 52:07
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Wisdom across many traditions is understood as a clear and deep seeing of human experience; a seeing that cuts through conditioning and delusion. We look at the relationship of wisdom to mindfulness and the caring heart, particularly at how we see more clearly suffering, its roots and impermanence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2010-10-14 Three Pillars of the Sure Heart's Release / I tre Pilastri della liberazione certa del cuore 69:36
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-14 Morning Instructions / Istruzioni del mattino 11:19
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-14 Unlearning Buddhism 64:31
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
A reflection on the difficulties involved in and the methodology of a secular approach to Buddhism, followed by a reading of and comments on the Kalama Sutta, considered as a primary source text for secular Buddhism.
Australian Insight Meditation Network :  Teachers' retreat at Springbrook, Queensland, Australia

2010-10-13 Mindfulness-What it is and What Makes it Difficult. 50:49
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Mindfulness plays a central role in our practice of living with wisdom and compassion. We explore a number of the qualities of mindfulness as well as the obstacles to mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2010-10-13 Morning Guided Instructions with Questions & Answers / Istruzioni guidate - Domande e risposte 64:25
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-13 Guided Metta / Metta guidata 49:49
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-13 Understanding Vipassana Insights / Comprendere l’intuizione Vipassana 67:34
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-13 Part 1 - The Art and Science of Meditation - Introductory Series 1:18:46
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The first session defines meditation and describes the Buddhist teachings that give a context to the path of practice. We explore the two basic types of meditation--concentration and mindfulness--and then focus on the ground of mindfulness training: bringing mindful attention to the breath and bodily sensations. Guided meditations include setting intention and the sacred pause; learning to "come back" using an anchor of the breath; and "being here" with an embodied presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-10-13 Creative Liberation 41:27
Anne Cushman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and the Spirit of Creativity

2010-10-13 Estamos Bien 58:43
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-10-12 Why do we practice? 18:34
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
It is helpful to connect with our deeper aspirations to practice - at the beginning of a retreat as well as before practice sessions. Twelve different responses to the question of why we practice are explored.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2010-10-12 Touching our Fear 46:19
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2010-10-12 The Defilements and the Three Trainings - Part 2 63:25
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
The latent defilements are the base from which they manifest as either obsessive or transgressive defilements. Their abandoning, temporary or complete, can be acheived by the threefold training in virtue, concentration, and wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-10-12 Q&A 59:31
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-10-12 Guided Metta with Questions & Answers / Metta guidata - Domande e risposte 1:10:27
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-12 Compassion / Compassione 53:06
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-12 Morning Instructions Overview / Revisione delle istruzioni del mattino 13:24
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-12 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: The Pain of Pleasure 59:21
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Once pleasure becomes a determined pursuit, the world divides itself into a pleasure/pain polarity. We now pursue pleasure, both to sustain a pleasant feeling and to avoid the discontent of pain.<br />
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-10-11 Guided Metta with Questions and Answers / Metta guidata – Domande e risposte 61:19
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-11 Understanding the Defilements / Comprendere le contaminazioni della Mente 58:37
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-11 Money as Dharma Practice 16:29
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  IMS Audio Files

2010-10-11 Guided Meditation 44:19
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2010-10-10 Faith / Fede 59:18
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-10 Samadhi - Continuity of Mindful Awareness 54:40
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-10-10 In Deepest Gratitude 1:21:31
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
This moving and heartfelt event is an annual tradition, held each year to to express deep appreciation for the generous donors and volunteers that support Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Rick Hanson, PhD presented for this year’s event, giving an inspiring talk exploring the dimensions and benefits of both gratitude and generosity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  In Deepest Gratitude

2010-10-09 The Buddha's Question 66:27
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
The Buddha's life provides insight into the nature of his search, and the framework he used to explain his findings - The Four Noble Truths.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-10-09 Awareness: The Mirror of Inner Beauty / Consapevolezza: lo specchio della Bellezza Interiore 57:04
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-09 Wise Equanimity 57:24
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2010-10-09 Emptiness 69:25
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Nagarjuna, emptiness and dependent origination
Gaia House :  Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-10-09 Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness 1:10:37
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Mindfulness of the six senses, of the Seven Factors of Enlightenment and the Four Noble Truths.
Gaia House :  Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-10-08 Wise Concentration 62:12
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Learning how to properly apply the 3 active forces of purification - sila (virtue), samadhi (concentration), and panna (wisdom) is essential to our practice. this talk explores the active force of samadhi (concentration)... its basis, the process of its development, and the fruits of concentration.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-10-08 Simplicity Of Non-Reactive Mind 59:51
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Luang Pu Dun defines the second noble truth as the mind that goes out to satisfy its moods, and the result that comes from the mind going out to satisfy its moods is suffering, - the first Noble Truth is the result of this! This talk describes how the mind can get lost in thoughts and create suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-10-08 Attributes of Inner Beauty / Gli attributi della Bellezza Interiore 28:33
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-08 The Freedom of Forgiveness 61:40
Vinny Ferraro	Download Listen
Sitting with the cost of not forgiving and the opportunity to do something different in this moment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Kind Awareness

2010-10-08 Dependent Origination and Rebirth 57:46
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-10-08 The Third and Fourth Foundations of Mindfulness 1:22:25
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Mindfulness of mind-states, of the Five Hindrances and of the Five Aggregates
Gaia House :  Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-10-07 Unentangled Knowing 60:27
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Upasika Kee talks about finding in meditation an “inward-staying unentangled knowing.” This talk describes what this means in terms of dependent arising and offers three approaches to meditation that specifically aim at this kind of relationship to sense experience.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-10-07 What Changes As We Practice 62:04
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks