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Dharma Talks
2018-05-06 02 short talk: anatta or not-self 13:11
Jill Shepherd
Exploring Anatta: constructing and de-constructing the sense of self - a six-week study and practice course Week 1: A short introduction to anatta or not-self
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2018-05-06 01 short talk: context of the three universal characteristics, anicca, dukkha, anatta 16:21
Jill Shepherd
Exploring Anatta: constructing and de-constructing the sense of self - a six-week study and practice course Week 1: A brief overview of the three universal characteristics of anicca / impermanence, dukkha / unsatisfactoriness, and anatta / not-self
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2018-05-06 00 short guided meditation: mindfulness of body and breathing 15:45
Jill Shepherd
Exploring Anatta: constructing and de-constructing the sense of self - a six-week study and practice course A 15 minute guided meditation as preparation to start the course
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre

2018-05-06 Day 1 Morning Instructions: Settling in, noticing aliveness. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:13:57
Nikki Mirghafori
Settling in with the breath and body. Feeling the aliveness present in this moment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Contemplating Death/Awakening to Life (Maranasati Retreat)

2018-05-05 Reflections on Right Speech 25:45
Oren Jay Sofer
Brief reflections on right speech and the ethical guidelines offered by the Buddha.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Relational Dharma: Waking up Together

2018-05-05 Lecture 15 1:14:58
Bhikkhu Analayo
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Nibbāna: The Mind Stilled
Attached Files:
  • Nibbana - Lecture 15 by Bhikkhu Analayo (PDF)

2018-05-05 01 Exploring the True Heart's Longing 37:42
Martin Aylward
Gaia House

2018-05-05 Guided Meditation: Arriving 28:14
Bart van Melik
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Relational Dharma: Waking up Together

2018-05-05 Building the Raft - Day 1 - Question and Answer period 43:45
Ayya Santacitta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-05-05 Building the Raft - Day 1 - (Reflection/Talk) "A Foundation for Insight" 44:26
Ayya Santacitta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-05-05 Guided Meditation: Embodied Kindness 36:34
Oren Jay Sofer
A loving-kindness meditation rooted in bodily awareness.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Relational Dharma: Waking up Together

2018-05-05 Building the Raft - Day 1 - (Reflection Talk/Walking Instruction) - "Attuning to the Eightfold path" 32:57
Ayya Anandabodhi
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-05-05 Guided Meditation: Embodied Mindfulness 29:51
Oren Jay Sofer
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Relational Dharma: Waking up Together

2018-05-04 Opening Talk, Refuges & Precepts 40:48
Oren Jay Sofer
Opening Reflections on Speech and Relational Dharma(with Bart van Melik), Refuges and Precepts
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Relational Dharma: Waking up Together

2018-05-04 The Four Sublime Abodes 47:13
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2018 at IMS- Forest Refuge

2018-05-03 Maintaining Our Direction (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:51
Mary Grace Orr
Four thoughts which support and inspire our continued practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Living Awareness Through Insight Meditation

2018-05-03 "A New Dawn for the Dharma" 63:46
James Baraz
James in a conversation with Dawn Mauricio, a fresh dharma presence based in Montreal. Dawn is in the current Spirit Rock Teacher Training and is also on the West Coast assisting some upcoming Spirit Rock retreats. James invited Dawn to share her perspective on how the Dharma might unfold in the coming years and her experience teaching as a young strong female voice and teacher of color.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2018-05-03 Disarming our Hearts: Letting go of Blame 63:29
Tara Brach
Anger, judgment and blame create separation—from our inner life and our world. Only by releasing chronic blame can we free our hearts to truly give and receive love. This talk looks at the difference between healthy anger and the trance of blame, and through a set of reflections, teachings and stories, guides us in healing and freeing our hearts. (from the Spring 2018 IMCW 7-Day Silent Retreat – previously unpublished)
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2018 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2018-05-03 Meditation: The Silence That’s Listening 27:15
Tara Brach
Listening to sounds is a powerful way to quiet the thinking mind and connect with the natural openness of awareness. In this guided meditation, we begin by opening to sound and then listening to and feeling the whole changing flow of life – allowing whatever is here to be just as it is. In the foreground, we notice the dance of sensations, thoughts, emotions…rising up and falling away. And in the background, a wakeful, receptive presence – the silence that is listening. When we let go of all doing and relax back into this alert stillness, we sense our true nature…our home. In words from the Tibetan tradition: “Utterly awake, senses wide open. Utterly open, non-fixating, allowing awareness.”
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2018 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2018-05-03 Day 6: Instructions -- Sit - Q&A 36:38
John Travis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Living Awareness Through Insight Meditation

2018-05-03 Five Faculties 5 -- Conc into Wisdom 49:44
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2018-05-02 Swan Song (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:30
John Travis
John's stories--commentary on: Impermanence--Body--Views and Opinions--Not Self--Awareness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Living Awareness Through Insight Meditation

2018-05-02 Insight and Equanimity 54:23
Deborah Ratner Helzer
The Buddha said that the peace of equanimity is the greatest happiness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Natural Wisdom and Compassion: Insight Meditation Retreat

2018-05-02 The Middle Way 43:54
Oren Jay Sofer
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2018-05-02 Wise Mindfulness 50:41
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

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