Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2010-03-08 Discerning Mind and It's Activity 51:01
Thanissara	Download Listen
Bowing as inner attitude and as skillful means. A gathered heart and meeting obstruction. Compassion as capacity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-08 Walking Meditation 51:25
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : March 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-03-08 The Four Truths 58:10
Heather Martin	Download Listen
How the first two Noble Truths describe Samsara and the circular chain of Dependent origination, and how the third and fourth Truths have been expanded to form Transcendental dependent arising, which beautiful topics will be further explored during this month - long retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-08 The Second of the Seven Factors of Enlightenment - Investigation 66:01
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Exploring the Seven Factors of Enlightenment or Awakening (Monthly People of Color Sangha Sitting).
New York Insight Meditation Center : New York Insight 2010 Talks

2010-03-08 It Is Not As It Should Be. 40:55
Thanissara	Download Listen
Connecting with the actuality of body. Breath as a basis for samadhi. Cultivating support for stability here and now. Middle ground between pleasure and pain.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-07 Awakening 51:45
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Meeting ourselves. Limitations of success and sense pleasure. The great reversal. The Buddha's journey. Knowing pleasure, pain, and beyond. Return to the original brightness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-06 The Eight Streams of Blessings. 54:49
Thanissara	Download Listen
A gradual path. Practice as preparation. An alignment with refuge here and now. Sangha as the relational field. Beyond morality. The chanting of ethics.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-06 Dependent Co-Arising 54:15
John Travis	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-06 Deconstructing Buddhism 65:16
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Based on an examination of early discourses found in the Buddhist Pali Canon, we explore the question: "What did the Buddha teach that was distinctively and originally his own?" By differentiating the Buddha's Dhamma from the ideas of Indian religion and metaphysics that prevailed at his time we seek to uncover a clearer sense of the Buddha's message and then consider what relevance it still has for people living in the modern world.
New York Insight Meditation Center : New York Insight 2010 Talks

2010-03-06 How Is It Now? 41:49
Thanissara	Download Listen
Training in samadhi. Samadhi as healing. Gathering the three steams of energy, body, mental and heart into awareness. Gently training attention.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-06 Emptiness 49:43
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Gaia House : Being Who you Are

2010-03-06 Three Modes Of Practice 52:28
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2010-03-05 The Template and Blessing Chants 51:58
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Arriving into a retreat and working within limitation. Being more "here". Calling on the ancestors, devas and earth spirits to bless and protect as the boundary of the retreat is set.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-05 The Risk of Being Present 47:25
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Our practice invites us to return to the present moment - yet in order to be here, we must let go of everything and enter this moment unburdened. Are we willing? If so, we will discover our true refuge - that which is utterly reliable.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-05 Lay and Monastic Practice 37:33
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Denver Dharma Punx
Shakti Vihara

2010-03-05 Questions and Answers 17:43
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Denver Dharma Punx
Shakti Vihara

2010-03-04 Patience, The Highest Virtue 55:13
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
The benefits and strong support of remembering to be patient with your practice from beginning to complete liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : March 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-03-04 The Hindrances 53:43
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-04 Confession of Buddhist Atheist (Book launch, hosted by Tricycle Magazine and New York Insight) 1:20:02
Stephen Batchelor	Download Listen
Stephen’s new book, "Confession of a Buddhist Atheist", tells the story of his thirty-seven-year quest to understand the meaning of Buddhism. It recounts his life as a monk in India and Korea and concludes with his search to discover the historical Buddha. Stephen talks about the writing of the book and reads selected passages.
New York Insight Meditation Center : New York Insight 2010 Talks

2010-03-04 Opening Talk for Being Who You Are Retreat 37:11
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Gaia House : Being Who you Are

2010-03-04 To Fall Awake 47:13
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Gaia House : Being Who you Are

2010-03-03 Trusting Your Basic Goodness 1:12:58

Tara Brach

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When we don't trust who we are, we are unable to be at home in our world. This talk explores how we come to be at war with ourselves and the pathway to realizing our basic goodness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-03-03 Mindfulness of the Body and Why It Is So Important 60:28
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Mindfulness of the body is absolutely fundamental for our practice and was for the Buddha, both a starting point and an end point. We explore (1) why mindfulness of the body is crucial both in the Buddha's teaching and especially in our highly mental culture; (2) how we practice mindfulness of breathing and mindfulness of postures and activities; and (3) how mindfulness of the body works to transform us.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-03 Awakening Joy 60:59
James Baraz	Download Listen
Guest Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-03-03 You Don't Have To Be So Solid 39:46
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2010-03-02 Why We Need Mindfulness 54:31
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Why our dear doomed attempts to be well need revising, and how nourishing our spirits while Staying, Loving, Opening and Wondering are the strategies that actually bring wellbeing by clearing the dust away.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-02 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: Wise Effort 56:41
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
It is important to learn the meditation technique, but to adhere too strictly to the form of the practice can mask self-doubt. Risking doing it wrong begins the "art" of practice, and insight develops within the art of quiet observation free from the pressure of failure.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-03-02 Embracing Fear, Aggression and Sexuality on the Path to Awakening 49:07
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2010-03-01 Aloneness and Love 54:36
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
What is the relationship between love, attachment & aloneness. How does aloneness support us coming home to ourselves.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-03-01 Not-Self Indulgence and all 50:53
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2010-02-28 Nourishment, Challenge, and Change 51:39
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-28 Patience: Balancing Effort and Surrender 52:06
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-02-28 Patience With Contact - The Guide To Beautiful Soup 62:53
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2010-02-27 What's Love Got To Do With It? 63:49
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Love and Awakening are not separate. Love is available to everyone right now, it's already here and is actually not dependent on someone loving you.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : True Refuge: Realizing and Embodying Loving Presence

2010-02-27 Not Knowing 51:52
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
A guided meditation on expanding awareness and an exploration on the theme of not knowing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-27 The Path of Peace and Happiness Retreat 54:39
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Path of Peace and Happiness

2010-02-26 Easing into the Boundless, Just Where it Touches Us 57:25
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The wisdom of the two truths-the relative and the transcendent, points to a way of being with our experience that acknowledges the beautiful qualities of the heart while opening to the freedom that is available here and now.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-26 Opening Talk for The Path of Peace and Happiness Retreat 64:38
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
(talk given with Kirsten Kratz)
Gaia House : The Path of Peace and Happiness

2010-02-25 Basic Meditation Instructions 16:16
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : True Refuge: Realizing and Embodying Loving Presence

2010-02-25 Loving Kindness Meditation 31:13
Hugh Byrne	Download Listen
Guided meditation on loving-kindness with some discussion of the Brahma Viharas' Divine Abodes.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-02-25 Trusting Your Buddha Knowing 63:12
James Baraz	Download Listen
The source of our awakening is right inside us. As we learn to listen deeply to the wisdom and purity of heart that is connected to the truth, we are following the Buddha's instructions to "be a lamp unto yourself".
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-25 Metta 28:53
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2010-02-24 Living Aligned with the Heart 1:13:21

Tara Brach

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We suffer when our words or actions arise from unconscious wants and fears. This talk explores how we can awaken from the habitual ways we cause harm to ourselves and others, and live from our natural intelligence and tender warmth.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-02-24 Empty of Self / Full of Everything 63:13
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Emptiness is creative expression and creative potential. Both appreciating the immediate expression of emptiness as everything as well as emptiness as creative possibility to plant seeds of awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-24 Essential Dharma Part I- Class 1, Part 2 38:54
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Essential Dharma Part I- Class 1, Part 2
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Essential Dharma Part I

2010-02-24 Practicing with the Body- Part IV The Body-Mind-Heart Connection 59:43
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We review briefly our previous practices and investigations of body practices in the last three weeks. We then focus on the body's connection with mind and heart, how we practice individually with each of them, how we explore the dynamic relationship of body, mind, heart. We end by focusing on heart practices for our bodies and those of others, and on opening to the further mysteries of bodies.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-02-24 The Four Noble Truths - A Vehicle for Self Discovery - Part III 55:33
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
The Four Noble Truths viewed as a prism to examine our experience in the service of wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-02-24 Breaking Off The Mind's Stream With Insight 54:39
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2010-02-23 Investigation and Insight 46:58
Michael Grady	Download Listen
Sati-Panna - The merging of mindfulness and wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-02-23 An In Body Experience 46:32
Kim Allen	Download Listen
A Dharma talk about the experience of a 6-day human dissection course.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley : Meditating on the Body A Five Week Speaker Series