2009-10-02 Generosity 67:39
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-02 Opening Talk: "Aspiration, Practice as Training, Preparations for Practice" 42:28
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Wisdom

2009-10-02 Investigating Right View 46:24
Deborah Ratner Helzer	Download Listen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Wisdom

2009-10-02 Wisdom, Calm and Insight 36:46
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
In meditation we want to penetrate the depths of mind, to get the roots of our habits, attitudes, beliefs. We go through the body because it’s easier to discern as an object than mind. Steadying and calming the body energies, wisdom builds up, begins to know cause and effect, what leads to clarity, what leads to release.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa Retreat

2009-10-01 Encouragement October 09 41:43
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2009-10-01 Cleaning Our Slate 52:12
James Baraz	Download Listen
Forgiveness and reflections on Yom Kippur
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2009-10-01 Four Noble Truths 39:05
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2009-10-01 Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation 57:03
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
A study examining the meanings of terms like mindfulness (sati), bare attention, and appropriate attention (yoniso manasikara); and of their roles in a path truly capable of liberation.
Gaia House :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation

2009-10-01 Hindrances and Aggregates - The Right Response 28:18
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
We can use the suffering that arises from the hindrances as a means for clearing kamma. Rather than getting hooked by our habitual reactions, track the experience through the lens of the aggregates. Set aside the topic, get underneath it. Work with it on an energetic level, feel it in the body. It isn’t easy, but over time confidence builds that this is where it ceases. Then these hindrances have taught us a powerful lesson we won’t get anywhere else.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa Retreat

2009-09-30 Too Restless And Tired To Meditate? What To Do? 57:27
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
This talk explores how to understand and overcome these two deep seated habits of heart and mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Two-Month Retreat

2009-09-30 Two Wings of a Liberating Attention 49:46
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The attention that serves spiritual awakening is based on the capacity to recognize clearly what is happening in the present moment, and to regard what arises with a kind heart. This talk explores the challenges to a clear and honest presence, and how we cultivate understanding and compassion.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-09-30 Service and Work as Practice III: The Centrality of Intention 58:16
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
In the context of previous talks, we explore intention practice in three ways: 1.) understanding the importance of intention in our practice and in life 2.) cultivating intention as aspiration- being in touch with deeper intentions, and 3.) working with intentions moment to moment and in specific activities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-09-30 Befriending the Mind 58:22
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
This talk explores the nature of the mind and what it means to cultivate a mind of friendliness.
Gaia House :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation

2009-09-30 Attention, Intention, Energy and Awareness 22:16
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Two factors play a part in the way the mind operates – attention and intention. Both are conditioned, and both carry energy. Attention limits the span of awareness, intention defines the quality of it. A lot of the problems in meditation can be resolved through attention, intention and bringing the right kind of energy to them.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa Retreat

2009-09-29 Guided Metta Meditation 56:43
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  September 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-09-29 The Four Mind Changing Reflections 59:36
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Precious human birth, impermanence, karma and the defects of samsara.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Two-Month Retreat

2009-09-29 The Journey of the Heart 57:16
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Going home to the heart. Where is our true home? Why I love the dhamma so much!
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Standing firm in that which you are: Mindfulness of the body

2009-09-29 The Path of Wisdom 56:58
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-09-29 Ten Paramis: Resolve (1) 58:20
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Resolve comes naturally from the love of the truth and responds appropriately to balance inequality.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-09-29 Joyful Effort 59:36
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation

2009-09-29 Establishing Thoughtfulness and Reflection (vitakka-vicara) 36:43
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
To meditate refers to placing the mind on a conducive object. There are functions that support meditation: vitakka –applied thoughtfulness/consideration; and, vicara – reflective evaluating, taking in the effects of what we apply ourselves to. Various applications of vitakka-vicara are reviewed, from the 5 indriya to mindfulness of body and breathing.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa Retreat

2009-09-28 Forgiveness; Cleaning Your Slate 62:42
James Baraz	Download Listen
Reflections on forgiving, self and others...reflections on Yom Kippur
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-09-28 Embodied Practice 54:15
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Many of us live our lives somewhat disconnected from our physical experience, or with a distorted view of our bodies. Mindfulness practice – the direct knowing of our experience in an unfiltered way - allows us to connect with our bodies in a way that is kind and accepting. Out of this deep connection, insight into the nature of our bodies and our minds, and how they affect each other, naturally develops.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Two-Month Retreat

2009-09-28 The Hindrances 53:04
John Teasdale	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation

2009-09-27 Turning into the Skid 50:13
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Whatever you flee from will pursue you... Whatever you welcome will transform you.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Standing firm in that which you are: Mindfulness of the body

2009-09-27 Aspiration and Refuge 33:45
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-09-27 Seasons of Mist.. pt 4 of 4 63:16
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Ajahn Amaro Daylong at Spirit Rock

2009-09-27 Seasons.. part 3 of 4 40:52
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Ajahn Amaro Daylong at Spirit Rock

2009-09-27 Seasons.. pt 2 of 4 31:31
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Ajahn Amaro Daylong at Spirit Rock

2009-09-27 Seasons of Mist and Mellow Fruitfulness, pt 1 of 4 48:58
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Ajahn Amaro Daylong at Spirit Rock

2009-09-27 Mindfulness Body 43:10
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2009-09-27 Mind as Medicine 69:25
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Vipassana Metta Foundation :  Maui, Hawaii Daylong

2009-09-27 Spaciousness 48:01
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Spaciousness describes the climate of mind we cultivate in meditation practice. Inclusive, kind and welcoming, spaciousness counters the habit of contractedness.
Gaia House :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation

2009-09-26 Tearing Down the House 45:58
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
We often live inside of our stories and react from them. When we begin to perceive our experience as it is, we can respond rather than react and end the cycle of suffering. Lots of good stories!
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Standing firm in that which you are: Mindfulness of the body

2009-09-26 Opening Talk for Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation Retreat 53:48
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
This talk also includes Rob Burbea and John Teasdale
Gaia House :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation

2009-09-26 The One Thing You Can Do 49:52
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Vassa Retreat

2009-09-25 32 Parts of the Body 51:22
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
The Journey of the Body. The Buddha's practice on the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Standing firm in that which you are: Mindfulness of the body

2009-09-24 Refuge from the Fires 44:12
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Finding refuge in our lives and in our practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Standing firm in that which you are: Mindfulness of the body

2009-09-24 Reclaiming Creativity through the Body 45:51
Anne Cushman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and the Spirit of Creativity

2009-09-23 The Sure Heart's Release, Part 2 64:19
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  September 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-09-23 Wise Effort and Spiritual Freedom 51:12
Tara Brach	Download Listen
In the Buddhist tradition, wise effort, or the purposeful dedication of our energy, is an essential part of the spiritual path. While the attitudes of grasping or fear can contract the quality of our effort and create suffering in our lives; when our effort arises from sincerity and wisdom, it creates the conditions for liberation.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-09-23 Work and Service as a Path of Practice, II Aspects of the Path 56:36
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We continue to look at work and service as a path, naming some key aspects of this path: 1. general intention that our work and service be practice for ourselves and others, 2.connecting inner and outer practice, 3. identifying core challenges and "obstacles", 4.developing awakened qualities and 5. establishing community support for this path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-09-22 Über upāya - das zweckdienliche Mittel 62:33
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Über die Darlegung von zweckdienlichen Mittel auf der Grundlage der Pali Lehrreden.
Atammaya Köln

2009-09-22 Talk Four from Flow Of Existence with Question and Answer Session 38:43
Yvonne Weier	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Flow Of Existence

2009-09-21 Wise Effort & Aliveness 54:22
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-09-21 Talk on Meditation part 1 19:14
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni	Download Listen
Songdhammakalyani Monastery

2009-09-21 Talk on Meditation 15:07
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni	Download Listen
Songdhammakalyani Monastery

2009-09-21 Love 31:34
Yvonne Weier	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Flow Of Existence

2009-09-20 Tearing Down House 37:59
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2009-09-20 Talk Two from Flow Of Existence 30:48
Yvonne Weier	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Flow Of Existence