2010-02-22 Not Self & The Five Aggregates 56:39
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-02-22 Hoping, Fearing, Seeing the Truth 45:27
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  February 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-02-22 The Four Noble Truths - A Vehicle For Self Discovery. Part II 52:25
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

2010-02-21 The Obvious 58:16
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
We often understand our habits and patterns as having many complex layers, and think we need to dive into the midst of the layers in order to "really" understand the pattern. This talk explores a gentle investigation of what is obvious in our experience, which allows a natural, organic understanding to emerge.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-21 Relaxation And Insight 48:27
Michael Grady	Download Listen
Cultivating a wise and open-hearted attitude in meditation practice, frees the mind to relax and see clearly.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-02-21 Patience: Understanding Restlessness 57:40
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-02-21 Guided Meditation 43:15
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Winter Retreat

2010-02-20 Clinging and Identification with I, Me and Mine 59:34
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The Buddha saw that we continually cling to and create a sense of self out of five aspects of our experience. Seeing this process clearly can lead to the possibility of letting go and freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-20 The Four Noble Truths - A Vehicle For Self Discovery. Part I 45:40
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

2010-02-20 The Floods Of Ignorance, Sensuality, Becoming And Views 44:53
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Winter Retreat

2010-02-19 Awakening Joy 66:13
James Baraz	Download Listen
Practice is more than just opening to suffering. It is a path of happiness. We can incline the mind to open to and awaken wholesome states that lead to well-being and, ultimately, liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-19 Freshen Up, It's Your Last Day (Sanna And Impermanence) 30:49
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Winter Retreat

2010-02-18 Understanding Thought 59:10
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  February 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-02-18 The Awakening of Equanimity 1:10:49
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Describes the development of equanimity through the vehicle of mindful attention.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-18 Dropping Into Gut Presence 39:16
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Winter Retreat

2010-02-17 Hitting the Wall of Sakhaya Ditthi 63:16
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-17 Practicing with the Body Part 3: Cultivating Wisdom 59:37
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After a brief review of the first two series, we focus on body practices to develop insight into 1) impermanence, 2) suffering and the roots of suffering, and 3)constructions of self. We suggest several concrete practices to develop wisdom through awareness of bodily experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-02-17 The Mind Opens By Faith 32:42
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Winter Retreat

2010-02-16 Impermanence 61:04
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
Everyone knows that "things change". Yet as the Mahabarata points out "only the surface-mind understands, the actual sense never goes into our heads". Exploring our experience deeply, we can move past the surface understanding to deeply recognize this truth.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-16 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: Moving the Principle Through the Application 60:54
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Guiding the application of the teaching from the sense of self and not the true principle of selflessness is the single greatest mistake made in Buddhist practice and distorts all the revelations.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-02-16 Somebody Anybody Nobody-Guided Meditation 19:38
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley :  Meditating on the Body A Five Week Speaker Series

2010-02-16 Somebody Anybody Nobody 41:16
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley :  Meditating on the Body A Five Week Speaker Series

2010-02-16 Responsible Embodiment - Kamma 41:15
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Winter Retreat

2010-02-15 Love, Wisdom, and Awakening 51:37
Nina Wise	Download Listen
The journey and thread that weaves through each,... one begets and is of the other... how Valentines day and Presidents day can lead us to Awakening...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-02-15 Abundant Enoughness: The Practice of Contentment 61:01
James Baraz	Download Listen
The Buddha spoke of Nekkhama or renunciation as source of happiness. This is because it gives rise to contentment-seeing this moment as complete as it is. This talk explores the experience of inner contentment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-15 The Union of Appearance and Emptiness 64:15
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please note that these talks are from a 4 week retreat for experienced meditators. The talks and meditations can be listened to in any order or individually, but as they progressively unfold different levels of understanding of Emptiness, they will probably be more fully understood and the practices more easily developed if taken in series.
Gaia House :  Meditation on Emptiness (2010)

2010-02-15 Holding The Tiger 33:36
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Winter Retreat

2010-02-14 Dependent Cessation and the Unconditioned 69:04
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please note that these talks are from a 4 week retreat for experienced meditators. The talks and meditations can be listened to in any order or individually, but as they progressively unfold different levels of understanding of Emptiness, they will probably be more fully understood and the practices more easily developed if taken in series.
Gaia House :  Meditation on Emptiness (2010)

2010-02-13 Compassion and Emptiness 62:00
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-13 The Subtlety of Dependent Origination 1:11:31
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please note that these talks are from a 4 week retreat for experienced meditators. The talks and meditations can be listened to in any order or individually, but as they progressively unfold different levels of understanding of Emptiness, they will probably be more fully understood and the practices more easily developed if taken in series.
Gaia House :  Meditation on Emptiness (2010)

2010-02-13 Let Your Goodness Overflow 56:57
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Winter Retreat

2010-02-12 Four Brahma Viharas. 57:52
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2010-02-12 Trance of Time 65:55
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Explaining concepts of time and its influence on our experience of life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-12 Forgiveness 48:19
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Forgiveness as a basis of loving kindness practice with questions and answers.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2010-02-12 No Mind 1:16:51
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Please note that these talks are from a 4 week retreat for experienced meditators. The talks and meditations can be listened to in any order or individually, but as they progressively unfold different levels of understanding of Emptiness, they will probably be more fully understood and the practices more easily developed if taken in series.
Gaia House :  Meditation on Emptiness (2010)

2010-02-11 We Are Stardust 57:57
Lila Kate Wheeler	Download Listen
Mystery and the mechanics of metta - scientific basis for innate goodness and connection of all things.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2010-02-11 Agendas and Judgments 40:33
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
Human beings seek to control their experiences in order to be happy. But when we approach meditation practice with a fixed agenda, we miss the mark. Freedom and liberation comes from learning to harmonize with reality, not in trying to impose our preferences upon it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-11 The Nuts And Bolts Of Compassion Practice. 69:12
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
A short talk on compassion practice, a guided compassion meditation and a discussion about the practice. Questions and answers.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2010-02-11 Metta Instructions - Expanding the field of metta to the neutral person. 60:10
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2010-02-11 The Lion's Roar 54:49
James Baraz	Download Listen
In Tibetan teachings the Lion's Roar is the "fearless proclamation that every situation is workable." Being humbled can lead to a profound, wise humility, doubt can lead to strong confidence and vulnerability and can be the path to fearlessness. James presented another version of this talk at the February 2010 month-long retreat at Spirit Rock.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2010-02-11 Buddhist Nun 1:40:07
Ayya Tathaloka	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2010-02-10 Power Of Love To Transform Suffering 62:34
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
When love meets suffering compassion arises. When love meets joy, unselfish joy arises.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2010-02-10 The Wandering Mind 61:48
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
One of the patterns we meet in meditation, over and over again, is the wandering mind. Exploring this pattern without judgment, we can come to deep understanding about the nature of our minds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-10 Patience: Gateway to the Joy of Being 52:37
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-02-10 Practicing with the Body- Part 2 65:15
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We review and expand the themes from last time- the importance of body practices for our times and lives, exploring our attitudes toward the body and developing basic body practices. Then we focus on mindfulness of the body, outlining several further practices and emphasizing especially how body practices help us practice more fully and critically in the flow of the daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-02-10 Mind Only and The Hindrances 1:53:50
John Peacock	Download Listen
Please note that these talks are from a 4 week retreat for experienced meditators. The talks and meditations can be listened to in any order or individually, but as they progressively unfold different levels of understanding of Emptiness, they will probably be more fully understood and the practices more easily developed if taken in series.
Gaia House :  Meditation on Emptiness (2010)

2010-02-09 Transforming Hindrances Through Love 64:37
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk explores the unity of mindfulness and metta and how we work with obstacles to meditation that arise doing metta (loving Kindness) practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2010-02-09 Our Greatest Protection 59:28
James Baraz	Download Listen
Sincerity of heart is the most important ingredient that we can bring to practice. This talk explores that theme with special focus on the Four Iddhipadas, or Bases of Success that fuel our sincere motivation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-09 Meditating on the Body 3:36
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
Guided meditation, meditation instructions
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Featured Guided Meditations

2010-02-08 The Power of Dharma 53:12
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Exploring the connection between the "12 Step Higher Power" and Dharma teaching.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks