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Dharma Talks
2009-10-21 Behind the Mask 49:00
Tara Brach
The development of a mask or persona based on our activities and roles is a natural way the ego tries to protect and enhance itself. Yet unless we wake up from our identification with the mask, we are unable to discover the truth and wholeness of what we are. This talk investigates how our masks manifest and the process of wise attention that can free us from a limiting sense of separate self. Includes a guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-10-21 Beyond Attachment to Views 53:26
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-10-21 Renunciation 35:10
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-21 In the Boat of Myself - Guided Meditation 14:31
Ayya Medhanandi
Hospice
Sati Saraniya Hermitage Hospice Talks and Guided Meditations

2009-10-21 Le Methode de Mahasi Vipassana 42:46
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Lausanne 2009 October

2009-10-21 Emptiness and Compassion Part I 48:00
Donald Rothberg
We examine the teaching of seeing the emptiness of self and things and how this, in its mature expression, is compassionate activity. We suggest simple practices to explore this sometimes confusing teaching, and everyday examples of how emptiness and compassion come together.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-10-21 Joy 50:40
Leela Sarti
Gaia House Embodied Openness, Awakened Presence

2009-10-20 Virtue 29:37
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-20 Practicing with Virtue 29:10
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-19 The Grace of Patience 49:55
Myoshin Kelley
Settling back we find even impatience turns to patience
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-19 Practicing with Generosity 26:09
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-19 Generosity 16:05
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-19 Wisdom in the Body 52:10
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Embodied Openness, Awakened Presence

2009-10-18 Introduction 31:48
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-18 What Matters 52:19
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Embodied Openness, Awakened Presence

2009-10-16 Empty Yourself of Fear 25:03
Ayya Medhanandi
One night, while Malani was dying, we gathered a group of her close friends to meditate with her. Each breath was a struggle yet she stayed aware, serene, composed, and at peace. We listened in silence, breathing freely – but our minds were not free. We knew all is impermanent, that we can die at any time. Yet we carry on as if we have forever. So we try again, everyday, to practise living in awareness. One moment at a time, empty yourself of fear and let go the world. Listen to the silence and wake up – like dear Malani.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2009-10-16 Empty of Fear 28:43
Ayya Medhanandi
A dedication to a member of the community who is in the last stages of life. She struggles with breathing but is composed and at peace with the process. We are reminded how important it is to train the mind while we are able to do so. A talk given at Quaker House, Ottawa.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2009-10-16 Sure Heart's Release Part 2: Cultivation of Mind 60:10
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Center, Los Altos, CA Mindfulness with Wisdom

2009-10-15 Transformation and Relinquishment of Afflictive States of Mind 1:10:52
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-15 Heaven or Hell: The Choice is yours. 52:15
James Baraz
The desire for Heaven or for Hell: The Choice is yours.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-10-15 Understanding Vipassana Insights: Impermanence, Unsatisfactoriness, Not-Self 67:05
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Center, Los Altos, CA Mindfulness with Wisdom

2009-10-14 Question and Response 58:09
Tara Brach
Tara responds to questions from the sangha.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-10-14 Seeing Clinging with Wisdom 54:42
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-10-14 Mindfulness, Especially Virtue as a Source of Happiness, Part 2 67:46
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-10-14 Balance: The Five Spiritual Faculties 56:55
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Center, Los Altos, CA Mindfulness with Wisdom

2009-10-13 The Sangha is the Body of the Dharma 50:56
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Living the Dharma in Daily Life

2009-10-13 Love and Kindness 57:28
Joseph Goldstein
Bring metta into the world
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-10-13 Ten Paramis: Resolve (2) 60:23
Rodney Smith
Ultimately resolve is the willingness to hold one's ground and expose everything.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-10-12 Buddha Nature 44:49
Nina Wise
On remembering who we are... On forgetting who we are... On knowing what we don't know we know...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-10-12 Mind as a base for Mindfulness 55:55
Myoshin Kelley
Exploring how to use awareness of the mind and its activities as a support to waking up
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-12 Mindfulness of the Body. 56:42
Sally Armstrong
Though the heart of our meditation practice is to understand and free the mind, much of our experience is known through the body, so our relationship to the body is extremely important. Learning how to work skillfully with both pleasant and painful experiences is essential in meditation, and developing a wise attitude to the body that appreciates it yet doesn’t identify with it as me or mine is a great support to the deepening of practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-10-12 Sure Heart's Release: Part 1: Generosity, Living in Harmony 59:00
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Center, Los Altos, CA Mindfulness with Wisdom

2009-10-12 Finding Peace in Stillness and Movement 55:01
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Stillness and Movement - Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2009-10-11 Opening Talk: Aspiration, Format, Training, What you need to know 43:25
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Center, Los Altos, CA Mindfulness with Wisdom

2009-10-11 Capacity for Life 57:14
Brad Richecoeur
Gaia House Stillness and Movement - Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat

2009-10-10 Dukkha and the End of Dukkha 57:31
Catherine McGee
Gaia House Stillness and Movement - Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2009-10-08 Concentration 60:46
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-08 Controlling This Difficult Mind Of Ours 55:46
Sharda Rogell
The Buddha encouraged us to discriminate our thoughts into two sets: Those that led to freedom and those that lead to bondage. What are some skillful; tools to work with our persistent and difficult patterns of thought.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-10-08 Parami: A Life of Dhamma 61:42
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Wisdom

2009-10-07 Skeleton Woman 45:55
Tara Brach
If we can embrace the whole of our nature with unconditional presence - including the inevitability of change and loss--we discover deep wisdom and enduring love.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-10-07 Wisdom Moment by Moment 53:42
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-10-07 The Permutations of Mindfulness 44:22
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-10-07 What Is Our Ground? 55:13
Anna Douglas
The 3 Characteristics as a bridge between the relative and absolute nature of reality.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Through the Sacred Feminine

2009-10-07 The Two Truths: Relative and Absolute 55:28
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Wisdom

2009-10-06 Vipassana Insights 64:13
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Wisdom

2009-10-05 Finding Inspiration for Practice 58:37
Myoshin Kelley
Even with the best of intentions, we can find our motivation for practice wavering. Looking at a few ways to help cut through the complacency.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-05 Impermanence 61:16
Guy Armstrong
A lot of understanding can come from reflecting on the way impermanence shows itself in our lives both outwardly and inwardly, including our vulnerability to aging and death. But even more penetrating insight comes to the mind that has become still through meditation. Through this way of seeing, the truth of impermanence sinks into our bones and the wisdom of non-clinging becomes very obvious.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-10-05 Are You Satisfied with your Practice? 53:01
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Wisdom

2009-10-04 Practice with Right Attitude 63:54
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Wisdom

2009-10-03 Integration Into Daily Death 36:28
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka Vassa Retreat

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