2010-12-22 Practicing with the Dark and the Light at the Winter Solstice: Talk and Ritual 55:39
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-21 Letting Go: Crossing the Creek 54:25
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
After recently returning from six months of study and practice in Asia, Heather shares a few stories from her trip, weaving the themes of the outer journey and the inner journey of retreat. Teachings and practice tips focus primarily on working with strong emotions, the five hindrances and the process of letting go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Solstice Retreat

2010-12-21 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Equanimity 52:20
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Equanimity does not empower feelings to drive thoughts. It holds a feeling as a feeling and does not extend the feeling into a narrative on why this feeling is important. It does not add anything to the moment, allowing the moment to bloom on its own.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-12-20 Winter Solstice 35:19
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Finding the amazing joy of living, renewed in mystery...
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-20 The Unconditioned 29:29
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
01 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2010-12-20 Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light. 58:34
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
At this time of Winter Solstice we explore a number of ways that our practice is to open to the dark (as nature's stillness and silence, as the unknown, as the difficult and as fertile and generative) and to evoke the light, learning better how to hold both.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Solstice Retreat

2010-12-19 Taking Refuge 20:36
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-12-19 Simplicity and Transcendence 2:37:49
Ajahn Yatiko	Download Listen
Excerpt from a Monastic Daylong at Spirit Rock that he co-taught with Ajahn Karunadhammo, also of Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery (abhayagiri.org).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-12-18 Gradual Path and Trauma Tools 32:40
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara

2010-12-18 Gifts of Practice 50:22
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Young Persons Retreat The Four Noble Truths

2010-12-17 Beauty in the Midst of Adversity: The Practice of Forgiveness 48:22
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Forgiveness: the Wisdom of Our Hearts (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Community)

2010-12-17 Medicine Heart Metta: Guided Forgiveness 41:09
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
May you be well, happy, and peaceful. Learn how to connect with the radiant, loving energy in your heart. Dissolve your opinions and unwholesome attitudes and deepen a quintessential quality for the Path - forgiveness. It is the key to greater loving-kindness for all beings.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2010-12-17 Contemplating Asubha 29:12
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
11 of 43 from Luang Por Sumedho - CD: Talks from Thailand (2008-2014)

2010-12-17 Love Sex and Awakening Part 2 35:09
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Denver Dharma Punx
Shakti Vihara

2010-12-17 Opening Talk for the Young Person's Retreat - The Four Noble Truths 68:52
Jake Dartington	Download Listen
This is the opening talk for a retreat that welcomes young people (aged 16 - 25) to explore meditation and the Buddha's teaching on the four noble truths, and how this teaching sheds light on our own difficulties and opens up the possibility of deep freedom. This talk also includes Caroline Jones.
Gaia House :  Young Persons Retreat The Four Noble Truths

2010-12-16 Making Peace with Samsara 46:36
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Forgiveness: the Wisdom of Our Hearts (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Community)

2010-12-16 Gifts of Darkness and Letting Go 55:12
Betsy Rose	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2010-12-15 A Personal Journey of Suffering and Finding Compassion 42:54
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Forgiveness: the Wisdom of Our Hearts (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Community)

2010-12-15 Seeing Beyond the Veil 1:15:45
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
The source of our suffering is that we become identified with egoic roles and defenses that separate us from the truth of what we are. This talk explores some of the constricting identities that we take on, and the process of compassionate presence that reconnects us with our natural vitality, openheartedness and wisdom. We then enlarge our focus to seeing past the veil that obscures the sacred presence that shines through all beings.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Guided Meditation 23:01 Download Listen Seeing Beyond the Veil 52:43 Download Listen

2010-12-15 Gradual and Immediate Awakening, II 60:49
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We look in more depth at the path of gradual awakening and its complimentary path and practice of immediate awakening, suggesting a variety of ways to practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-14 We are the Ones we are Looking for 48:55
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2010-12-14 Holding Life Tenderly 51:31
Larry Yang	Download Listen
The path of mindfulness and metta towards freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Forgiveness: the Wisdom of Our Hearts (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Community)

2010-12-14 Recollection of the Sangha-part of a three part series on the Triple Gem: As Refuge, Inspiration, and Meditation Practice 38:10
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
The Triple Gem: Recollection of the Sangha—Community As Refuge. This is the third installment in the three part series on the triple refuge or three jewels. This talk introduces the contemplation of the virtues of the Sangha (sanghanusati) as a support for inspiration, trust, and gratitude for community. The liberating sangha is considered worthy of gifts and offerings; a field of merit; a community people who have made the effort to practice diligently, energetically; and who are cultivating a direct and liberating path.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Triple Gem: As Refuge, Inspiration, and Meditation Practice

2010-12-13 The 1906 Earth Quake 50:57
Norman Fischer	Download Listen
How to work with suffering & fear - How people in the Earthquake experienced it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-13 The Five Hindrances 54:22
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
A discussion of the difficulties we encounter in our practice and some suggestions for how to work with them skillfully.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-12-12 "I Teach One Thing Only" 48:07
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
This "one thing" the Buddha taught and forms a continuum of practice that informs our motivation all along the way.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation and the Heart

2010-12-12 Closing Talk for Loving Kindness Weekend 43:22
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
This talk also includes Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House :  Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-12 Metta Practice for Forgiveness of a Difficult Person 41:34
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-11 You are the Buddha 65:01
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
The Buddha is not so far away and your practice can allow you to recognize this.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-12-11 No-Self In The Brain 49:10
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Neuroscience and the teachings of Anatta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-12-11 No Self in the Brain 1:59:12
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Neuroscience and the teachings of Anatta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-12-11 Going Forth 35:29
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Anagarika ceremony - Colorado Springs, CO
Shakti Vihara

2010-12-11 Opening to Kindness 57:37
Kirsten Kratz	Download Listen
The cultivation of loving kindness enables us to connect more and more to the kindness, openness and courage in our hearts, transforming how we relate to life.
Gaia House :  Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-11 Loving Kindness Meditation Instructions 55:10
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
These instructions also include Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House :  Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-10 Melting the Judgmental Heart 48:55
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
The judgmental mind is painful and difficult. We can bring the practicies of the Brahma Viharas to it, to melt away the judgment and to develop a kind and spacious heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-12-10 Opening Talk for Loving Kindness Weekend 48:16
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
This talk also includes Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House :  Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-12-09 Let Your Difficulties Become the Path 61:22
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Letting the uniquely human experience of our struggles and pain become the cause for healing, tenderness and well being.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-12-08 Ask the Friend for Love 1:18:56
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
Prayer, when cultivated consciously, energizes and guides us on the spiritual path. This talk investigates the difference between wanting, with it's narrow fixation, and the prayer that arises out of our deep heart's longing. We explore how living prayer, the prayer that arises from consciously inhabiting longing, can carry us home to loving presence. As John O'Donahue writes, prayer is the bridge between longing and belonging.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Guided Meditation on Intention 21:34 Download Listen Ask the Friend for Love 57:22 Download Listen

2010-12-08 The Surprise of Unfolding 48:57
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
We come to retreat seeking refuge. Developing curiosity, confidence and contentment and in resting in the surprises of our unfoldment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-12-08 Gradual and Immediate Awakening, I 63:16
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the complementarity of gradual and immediate (or sudden) ways of practicing, with some experiential exercises.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-12-07 Reflecting on Sacredness 38:42
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2010-12-05 Ease in an Imperfect World 56:13
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-12-04 Householders' Practices of Letting Go 56:55
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Perth, Australia :  Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-12-04 Ending the Inner Critic (3) 35:12
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Ending the Inner Critic

2010-12-04 Ending the Inner Critic (2) 46:27
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Ending the Inner Critic

2010-12-04 Ending the Inner Critic (1) 34:44
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Ending the Inner Critic

2010-12-04 Right Speech, Right Conflict 31:08
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Colorado Springs, CO
Shakti Vihara

2010-12-03 The World of Dew: A Talk on The Two Truths 59:03
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Dhamma practice opens us to the world of paradox and mystery. The Buddha's teachings on relative and ultimate truth reveal to us the seamless nature of the Path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Discovering Presence in Each Moment

2010-12-03 Understanding Vipassana 1:10:06
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Perth, Australia :  Mindfulness of Mind/Insight

2010-12-02 A New Story: Was the World Made for Man? 56:35
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
An insightful and humorous exploration of the place of humans in the universe. Includes a reading of Mark Twain's essay "Was the World Made for Man." The evening ends with a discussion with sangha members.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks