2010-10-03 Calm and Insight 53:01
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-10-03 Five Daily Recollections and Five Things to do at the Beginning of Meditation 66:04
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Nagarjuna, emptiness and dependent origination
Gaia House :  Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-10-03 The Five Hindrances 52:01
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-10-02 Forgiveness and Assertiveness 44:10
Rick Hanson	Download Listen
Forgiveness and assertiveness
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-10-02 Dhamma Is A Natural Process 50:13
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2010-10-02 Instructions for the First Jhana 29:48
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-10-02 The Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path 55:40
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-10-01 Reading the Heart 46:48
Ajahn Candasiri	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2010-10-01 The Factors of Awakening 63:18
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The Buddha talked often of seven factors that prepare the mind for awakening. Headed by mindfulness, the factors are balanced between energizing and calming states. This talk discusses each of the factors, how they are developed, and how to balance them.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-10-01 Importance of Metta 24 min 24:38
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2010-10-01 Introduction, Mindfulness of Breathing, Precepts 47:12
Leigh Brasington	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Paticca-Samuppada and Jhana Dependent Co-Origination and the Meditative Absorptions

2010-09-30 On Religion and Politics and/or (Politics and Spirituality) 53:28
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
On Religion and Politics and/or (Politics and Spirituality)
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2010-09-30 Metta 63:40
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Metta, or loving kindness can develop to a powerful force in out hearts and minds. We only need to start where we are, feeding non-hatred in our minds rather than putting our trust in the habits of fear and ill will.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-09-29 Loving the Earth 49:15
Tara Brach	Download Listen
How is it possible that we humans have wreaked such havoc on this planet, on the web of life that we belong to? This talk explores the ways that egoic consciousness can lead to violating life, and how evolving consciousness can move us toward healing this earth.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-09-29 Essential Dharma 3, 2010 43:06
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Part 3 of 3
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Essential Dharma Part III

2010-09-29 The Wisdom of the Paramittas: Class 1 of 5 24:45
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-09-28 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Leaning into Feelings 62:08
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
The Second Foundation of Feelings is most easily held within the First Foundation of Body. The body gives clues to the mind's feelings. Postures such as physically leaning toward, away, or wandering in confusion show that the body is moving in alignment to a conditioned reference.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-09-27 Dharma and Technology 68:37
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Relates the Buddhist teachings to our use of modern communication technology such as emails, texting, cell phones, etc.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-09-27 Mindfulness Maps of the Mind 56:39
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-09-26 Acceptance 55:09
Melanie Waschke	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-09-26 Going Beyond the Habits of Misperceiving 52:22
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-09-25 Eight Fold Path 27:19
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Tava Sangha, Colorado Springs, CO
Shakti Vihara

2010-09-25 Eight Fold Path - Q&A Session 28:42
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Tava Sangha, Colorado Springs, CO
Shakti Vihara

2010-09-25 The Path of Compassion 51:27
Kirsten Kratz	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Path of Compassion

2010-09-23 Working with Difficult Emotions 60:52
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
There are four primal difficult emotions that come often in meditation and daily life: grief, anger, desire and fear. When we learn to relate skillfully to these emotions as they appear, there can be a great increase in the sense of freedom and ease in our life and practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-09-23 Stealth Bodhisattvas 24:19
Amita Schmidt	Download Listen
Bodhisattvas are compassionate beings who transmute the suffering of the world. Here are some tools and reflections on how to be a Stealth Bodhisattva in your work and your life.
Yellow Springs Dharma Center

2010-09-23 Compassion is a verb 30:21
James Baraz	Download Listen
Caring for the earth 10/10/10
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2010-09-23 Intro to Meditation 18:53
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Colorado College
Shakti Vihara

2010-09-23 Intro to Meditation - Guided Meditation - Balance, Alignment and Relaxation 34:57
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Colorado College
Shakti Vihara

2010-09-22 The Power of Mindful Investigation 1:21:45
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
We each have a deep interest in reality--in understanding what is true and who we are. In Buddhist teachings, our interest, and its expression in wise investigation, energize the path of awakening. This talk explores how mindful investigation can free us from emotional suffering, nourish loving relatedness and create the conditions for deep spiritual realization.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Guided Meditation 24:51 Download Listen The Power of Mindful Investigation 56:54 Download Listen

2010-09-22 Mundane Right View 57:49
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Wise understanding in the world.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-09-22 Inner and Outer- Part 2 58:07
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We continue to explore the twin practices of studying and deconstructing the separate self, and opening to interdependence, in part through a number of practices.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-09-21 Purity and Happiness 50:21
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Mission Dharma

2010-09-21 Morning instructions – Day 10 - Standing meditation 58:49
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The Buddha said that we should be mindful in all four postures – sitting, walking, standing and lying down. We talk a lot about sitting meditation, some about walking and very little about the other two. This session is a guided meditation on standing meditation. Standing can be used as a practice in itself, or as a way to balance energy, especially sleepiness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-09-20 Am I OK? 54:16
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Though we receive lots of instructions for our meditation practice on retreats, let’s face it – we spend a lot of time thinking. What do we think about? At the heart of these movements of the mind is answering the questions, “Am I OK?”, “Was I OK?”, and “Will I be OK?” Our obsession with these questions is the cause of a huge amount of restlessness. Restlessness is one of the major hindrances to calming the mind and deepening our meditation, and can be seen as both the cause and the effect of all the other hindrances. The Buddha also talked about this kind of thinking, and called it unwise attention that leads to all kinds of suffering. We need to look at the core issues that lead us to dwell on these questions if we are to create a more skilful relationship to our thoughts.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-09-20 Ritual in Teaching 1:34:46
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Community Dharma Leader 4 Retreat 1

2010-09-19 Navigating the Inner Sea 18:59
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
We are on a miraculous voyage in the fragile vessel of a body that ultimately dies. This is the Noble Truth of our suffering. To unravel its mystery and rescue ourselves, we must navigate the inner sea of the heart. We explore how in the world of objects, devices, ideas and experiences – whether exotic or excruciating, we are bound up with joy, fear or any point between. But there is a freedom from this cycle and it comes when we brave the great quiet of that vast interior universe. Blessed is the silence that opens our eyes to the Deathless, the Truth of what we are.
Toronto Theravada Buddhist Community (TBC)

2010-09-19 The Middle Way 54:41
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-09-19 The Middle Way 34:29
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Guided Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-09-19 Recollections of Ajahn Chah, part 3 1:11:58
Ajahn Pasanno	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Recollections of Ajahn Chah

2010-09-19 Recollections of Ajahn Chah, Part 2 1:38:49
Ajahn Pasanno	Download Listen
Further recollections of Ajahn Chah
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Recollections of Ajahn Chah

2010-09-19 Recollections of Ajahn Chah, Part 1 3:03:43
Ajahn Pasanno	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Recollections of Ajahn Chah
Attached Files: Recollections and Readings of Ajahn Chah (PDF)

2010-09-18 Householders' Practice of Paramis: Abandoning Craving 63:45
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Santa Rosa :  Sacramento Insight Meditation

2010-09-18 Working with the Inner Critic, Part 2 15:15
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How to work with, understand and free oneself from the tyranny of the inner critic (judge).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-09-18 Working with the Inner Critic, Part 1 52:31
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How to work with, understand and free oneself from the tyranny of the inner critic (judge).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-09-18 Metta Chant 3:36
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Santa Rosa :  Sacramento Insight Meditation

2010-09-17 The Sources Of Happiness 57:52
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
In the Buddha’s teachings, there are five areas of practice that lead to happiness: sense pleasures (for lay people), wholesome actions (or merit), concentration, insight and awakening. Each of these offers a more complete and reliable happiness than the one before it. The talk outlines the ways each of these areas contributes to our happiness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-09-17 Kamma: An Opportunity for the Future 56:25
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Santa Rosa :  Sacramento Insight Meditation

2010-09-17 Chanting Refuges and Five Retreat Precepts 2:25
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Santa Rosa :  Sacramento Insight Meditation

2010-09-16 How We Hold Ourselves with Others 45:45
James Baraz	Download Listen
The ability to let go of the past and to forgive depends on how we hold ourselves with others. This talk explores how we affect others and how we can move to a greater connection.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks