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Dharma Talks
2010-11-16 Big Mind Guided Meditation 44:15
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Joy & its Causes 65:46
Jack Kornfield
How Joy can be found, nourished and brought alive in the very circumstances of our life. Shifting from our loyalty to suffering, to a deeper freedom of heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-15 Don't Believe the Second-Hand Story 45:20
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2010-11-15 Dependent Origination As a Pointer to Emptiness 57:34
Sally Armstrong
The Buddha's teaching on Dependent Origination are among his most profound and challenging. This teaching clearly shows how ignorance leads to suffering, and implicit in this is the way out of suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Emptiness and Letting Go 57:40
Gil Fronsdal
How emptiness is experienced through the letting go of clinging and concepts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Emptying the Mind 40:25
Gil Fronsdal
Guided Meditation on emptying the mind of all concepts to the point of letting go of attachments.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-15 Dimensions of Insight 34:58
Christina Feldman
Explores the personal and universal stories we are invited to investigate and understand.
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-14 What versus Why 60:16
Andrea Fella
We have a strong tendency to try to understand why things happen to us. This talk explores meeting what is happening moment to moment, which begins to reveal the "why" of the present moment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-14 The Emptiness of Phenomena 57:07
Guy Armstrong
All the phenomena of our senses are empty of any solid substance or essence. It may be more appropriate to refer to phenomena as "appearances" rather than "objects." This theme is explored through the Sutta "A Lump of Foam" in the Samyutta Nikaya.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-14 Happiness Leads to Samadhi 57:48
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-14 Intuitive Awareness Talk 4 55:31
Mark Nunberg
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-14 Putting the World Together Again 37:48
Jose Reissig
Our dedication to appropriating all that comes our way has wreaked havoc with our collective life. It has caused much collateral damage to both society and the environment, and has grievously damaged the core of our social integrity. To reverse the damage we need, first and foremost, to restore this integrity.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-11-14 The Five Aggregates Are Empty 69:57
Sally Armstrong
The Buddha often used the schema of the Five Aggregates to show that what we take to be self is actually impermanent and unsatisfactory, and that clinging to the aggregates will bring suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-14 Meditation on the Aggregates 45:48
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-14 Investigation 54:39
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-13 Dependent Origination 53:40
Gil Fronsdal
Talk on Emptiness for Emptiness: Meditation and Study retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-13 Wise Effort 55:49
Will Kabat-Zinn
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-13 Intuitive Awareness Talk 3 52:06
Mark Nunberg
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-13 Divesting Ourselves of Possesiveness 39:34
Jose Reissig
Much of our life is dedicated to establishing ownership of all that comes our way: things, territory, others, etc. In so doing we end up fragmenting both the owned and the owners. To become whole we need to divest from this project. Time: 39:34
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-11-13 The Parable of the City 55:46
Stephen Batchelor
Wellington Insight Meditation Community Secular Buddhism

2010-11-13 Formation of Self-View 1:11:25
Guy Armstrong
The Buddha said many times that no self is to be found in the phenomena of our senses. But still, the sense of a self in us arises over and over. This talk explores through sutta references how this sense of self is created in the moment and how it can cease.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-13 Morning Instructions 39:34
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-13 Reflection: The Conceit of Self 6:58
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-12 The Three characteristics as Pointers to Emptiness 58:13
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-12 Intuitive Awareness Talk 2 33:10
Mark Nunberg
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-12 Practicing Intimacy 42:30
Jose Reissig
To practice meditation is to practice intimacy, first with ourselves, and eventually with all beings. Time: 42:30
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-11-12 Stream Entry 59:09
Stephen Batchelor
Wellington Insight Meditation Community Secular Buddhism

2010-11-12 Dharma in Brief 1:19:34
Gil Fronsdal
First talk for the Emptiness: Meditation and Study Retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-12 Guided Morning Instructions 42:55
Gil Fronsdal
Mindfulness of what is happening and how we relate to it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-12 Guided Meditation 41:33
Andrea Fella
Expanding Awareness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-12 The Psychodynamics in Meditation (Part 1) 62:48
Rob Burbea
Through the development of various skillful means, we can unlock the innately liberating dynamism at the heart of our emotional life, allowing deep healing, freedom, and the natural unfolding of our full potential.
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-12 Reflection: Faith 16:20
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-11 Introduction to Emptiness Retreat 49:19
Guy Armstrong
This talk was given on the opening night of the Emptiness Retreat. It introduces the theme of emptiness as a lack of unchanging essence or substance. This retreat encourages us to explore the possibility that things are not as they appear to be.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-11 The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 57:31
Greg Scharf
An overview of the 7 Factors of Enlightenment - powerful, wholesome, helpful, mental factors which arise naturally in practice and directly incline the mind & heart toward liberation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2010-11-11 Intuitive Awareness Talk 1 57:20
Mark Nunberg
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-11-11 The Four Noble Truths 62:34
Stephen Batchelor
Wellington Insight Meditation Community Secular Buddhism

2010-11-11 Goodness and Joy : Uplifting the Heart 53:34
Yanai Postelnik
Spiritual practice rests on a deep trust in the fundamental wholesomeness of our hearts seeking for happiness. We can learn to honour the goodness of our core motivation, even as we recognise our need to deepen the skill and wisdom with which we pursue genuine wellbeing. This includes recognising the importance of connecting with that which brings joy to our heart as part of our spiritual practice, and honouring our own wholsesome qualities and actions.
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-10 Releasing Karmic Patterns 1:20:15
Tara Brach
We all have conditioned patterns of thinking and behaving that keep us identified as a separate, deficient self. This talk investigates the roots of this conditioning and ways that pausing and awakening mindfulness can free us to live from our inherent love and wisdom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-11-10 Twelve Reasons Why We Practice 62:00
Donald Rothberg
Connecting with our deep motivation for practice is a crucial support. We explore a number of interwoven motivations for practicing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-10 Conditioned Arising 58:57
Stephen Batchelor
Wellington Insight Meditation Community Secular Buddhism

2010-11-10 Mindfulness Part 2 61:05
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-09 Your Basic Goodness 46:49
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2010-11-09 Reflections on Death 49:04
Susan O'Brien
How reflecting on our own impermanence can be a support in practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-11-09 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Neutral Feelings 58:18
Rodney Smith
Neutral feelings pervade our life when we try to maintain a high level of intensity for our life's purpose and meaning. Busyness is an indication of this dependency, but as soon as the energy decreases below an established threshold, our mind wonders, and we become dull, listless, and uninterested. Awareness has not waned in the slightest, but we have been conditioned to stop paying attention.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-11-09 What is Secular Buddhism 54:19
Stephen Batchelor
Wellington Insight Meditation Community Secular Buddhism

2010-11-09 Recollection of the Dhamma-part of a three part series on the Triple Gem: As Refuge, Inspiration, and Meditation Practice 54:00
Shaila Catherine
The Triple Gem: Recollection of the Dhamma—The Liberating Teachings. This is the second installment in a three part series on the three jewels or three refuges. This talk introduces the practice of contemplating the Dhamma (dhammanusati) as a meditation practice that enhances joy, delight, energy, and faith in the efficacy of the path. The reflection considers the Dhamma as good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, pure in its meaning and in its detail, immediate, timeless, inviting one to come and see, worthy of application, to be experienced by the wise.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Triple Gem: As Refuge, Inspiration, and Meditation Practice

2010-11-09 Mindfulness Part 1 1:25:12
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-08 Developing the Parami' Part 2 61:43
Mark Coleman
This talk continues an exploration of the Buddhas teachings in the Paramis - specifically focusing on the Parimi of Love ( metta) energy, persistence, truthfulness and morality.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-08 The World Led by Mind 32:37
Christina Feldman
Cultivating mindfulness of thought and how it shapes the world.
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-07 Not Self and Selfing 57:10
Andrea Fella
An exploration of the Buddha's teaching on anatta (not Self) and how we can understand this teaching by observing what we take to be self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

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