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Dharma Talks
2010-01-31 Understanding the Teachings of Not-Self (Anatta) 69:30
Mark Coleman
The Buddha gave many teachings to explore how self-identity and attachment to self arise through identification with the five skandas/aggregates (body, feelings, perceptions, mental processes and consciousness). this talk explores this theme and how to work with the "selfing" process.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-01-31 Guided Meditation on Head hair, Body Hairs, Nails, Teeth, Skin 34:46
Bob Stahl
This is a guided meditation on the 32 Parts of the Body beginning with Head hair, Body Hairs, Nails, Teeth, Skin. The practice involves reciting the parts verbally and then mentally and to know the color, shape, location, direction, delimitation, as well as the definition and function of each part. The methodical practice of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation can help the meditator understand the true nature of the body and no self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Uncovering the First Foundation of Mindfulness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-01-31 Emptiness and the Vastness of Awareness 1:35:22
Rob Burbea
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)

2010-01-31 Taiping - Four Floods 56:29
Ajahn Sucitto
Sam Poh Temple

2010-01-31 Guided Meditation: The Vastness of Awareness 48:22
Rob Burbea
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)

2010-01-30 32 Parts of the Body 56:34
Bob Stahl
Brief overview of Siddhartha becoming a Buddha. What he realized - 4 Noble Truths and 3 characteristics of existence with foundations of mindfulness to the 32 parts of the body.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Uncovering the First Foundation of Mindfulness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-01-30 Awakening Joy Daylong PM Session 3:09:21
James Baraz
James and co-writer of Awakening Joy Shoshana Alexander, plus many friends from the 10-month course--dharma teachers, happiness experts, neuroscientists, musicians and more--share their thoughts on true happiness. This is the PM Session which includes Syvia Boorstein, and Anam Thubten Rinpoche.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-01-30 Awakening Joy 2:42:34
James Baraz
James and co-writer of Awakening Joy Shoshana Alexander, plus many friends from the 10-month course--dharma teachers, happiness experts, neuroscientists, musicians and more--share their thoughts on true happiness. This is the AM Session which includes Rick Foster and Greg Hicks, Rick Hansen, and performances by Eve Decker, Betsy Rose and Jennifer Berezen.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-01-30 Concepts, Views, Reality 1:26:49
Rob Burbea
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)

2010-01-29 Feeling Tone 58:19
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-01-29 Talk 1 63:04
Ajahn Sucitto
Sam Poh Temple

2010-01-29 Talk 2 1:25:27
Ajahn Sucitto
Sam Poh Temple

2010-01-29 The Seven-Fold Reasoning (The self cannot be found anywhere) 1:46:53
Rob Burbea
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)

2010-01-28 Awakening Joy, the book. 60:13
James Baraz
James and co-author Shoshana Alexander share teachings and excerpts from their book.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2010-01-28 Talk 1 1:26:23
Ajahn Sucitto
Sam Poh Temple

2010-01-28 Talk 2 1:22:47
Ajahn Sucitto
Sam Poh Temple

2010-01-28 A Wise Relationship To Practice 1:17:55
Rob Burbea
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)

2010-01-27 Presence and Aliveness I & II 1:11:54
Tara Brach
These two talks explore how we leave our bodies, the challenge of working with pain, the pathway home to embodied awareness, and the gifts of presence and aliveness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-01-27 Patience and Power of Goodness 55:04
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-01-27 There are Always, Always, Pockets of Goodness 54:01
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-01-27 How Not to Self and Dependent Origination 1:34:27
John Peacock
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)

2010-01-26 Anatta 1:45:45
John Peacock
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)

2010-01-25 The Power of Intention and the 3 Characteristics 1:19:31
John Peacock
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)

2010-01-24 Questions and Answers 46:02
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2010-01-23 Three Characteristics - Three Avenues to Freedom and Joy 65:44
Rob Burbea
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)

2010-01-23 Guided Meditation: Three Characteristics 55:14
Rob Burbea
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)

2010-01-22 Four Elements 54:33
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-01-22 The Experience Of Self (Personality and Beyond) 1:19:56
Rob Burbea
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)

2010-01-21 Refuge in the Sangha & Kalyana Mitta 35:28
James Baraz
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2010-01-21 The Transformative Potential in our Difficulties 64:13
Howard Cohn
In the footsteps of the Buddha, shining the light of awareness on the difficulties in practice allowing them to be the cause of awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma

2010-01-21 Four Foundations 46:06
Mary Grace Orr
Insight Santa Cruz

2010-01-21 An Introduction to Emptiness 1:12:21
Rob Burbea
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)

2010-01-21 Samadhi and Insight (a few pointers) 51:26
Rob Burbea
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)

2010-01-20 The Understanding and Practice Of Sila 55:16
Chas DiCapua
This talks explores the place Sila plays on the path to awakening, it's relationship to the other eight fold path factors and skillful approaches tp practicing Sila.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center IMS Staff Retreat 2010

2010-01-20 Presence and Aliveness I & II 1:10:34
Tara Brach
These two talks explore how we leave our bodies, the challenge of working with pain, the pathway home to embodied awareness, and the gifts of presence and aliveness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-01-20 Essential Mindfulness 45:19
Anna Douglas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma

2010-01-20 Understanding This Path of Practice part 3 53:24
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-01-20 Opening Talk - Orienting and Relating to the Emptiness Retreat 50:14
Rob Burbea
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)

2010-01-19 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: Foundations 59:27
Rodney Smith
The Satipatthana Sutta is the application of the Buddha's teaching. After the view has been offered and an intention has been aroused, it answers the question, "What do I do now?"
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-01-19 The Satipatthana Sutta 37:55:23
Rodney Smith
The Satipatthana sutta is the fundamental teaching by the Buddha, revered by all Buddhist traditions, on the application of mindfulness. Mindulness is the the basic teaching that connects the isolated individual to his/her internal and external environments. Through a steady integration of mindfulness our unconscious tendencies become conscious, and we discover a preexisting awareness and interconnectedness to life that changes everything. The four applications of mindfulness (body, feelings, mind, and mind objects), as well as the underlying principles behind it, are explored thoroughly through talks, discussions, dyads, and homework.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2010-01-18 Compassion, Martin Luther King & the Buddha 54:34
Mark Coleman
Given on MLK Day this talk explores compassion & how the teachings of Buddha & MLK urge us to develop the heart of compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-01-17 Right Intention & The Awakened Heart 50:07
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2010-01-16 On the Path Towards the Beloved Community 49:15
Larry Yang
The connection between personal, spiritual practice and social transformation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center MLK Weekend, Honoring the Dream

2010-01-16 Honoring the Fire of Truth 1:14:04
Myoshin Kelley
Guest Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-01-16 The Journey From Aversion to Kindness 57:52
Christina Feldman
Gaia House An Exploration of Mindfulness MBCT/MBSR Retreat

2010-01-15 The Five Aggregates 59:31
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-01-15 Uncovering the Luminous Mind - Working with the Hindrances 54:58
John Teasdale
The hindrances not only obstruct meditation practice, but stand between us and our inherent potential for clarity, wisdom and compassion. Ways of working with the hindrances to reveal that potential are discussed.
Gaia House An Exploration of Mindfulness MBCT/MBSR Retreat

2010-01-14 "Lake" Metta Meditation 22:46
Mark Coleman
A guided visual metta meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat for Scientists & Educators

2010-01-14 Infusing Metta Into Daily Life 59:09
Mark Coleman
How do we bring love and compassion into our lives and relationships and what ares of our lives will benefit from the qualities of metta.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat for Scientists & Educators

2010-01-14 Joy and More Joy 66:10
Heather Martin
How our inner explorations release the range of joy, happiness and ease.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

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