2008-11-16 The Five Aggregates Are Not Self 60:42
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk looks at the question of not-self using the five aggregates as the Buddha spoke of them in his second discourse, the Characteristic of Not-Self. As we learn to see ourselves simply as an aspect of nature, both physical and mental, the burden of self lifts and life becomes much lighter.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-11-16 Mindfulness Of The Body 53:37
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Mindfulness of the body as a vehicle of awakening - this talk explores what's challenging about being in the body - working with physical pain, difficult emotions, and how mindfulness practice helps bring insight and ease.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and Yoga

2008-11-16 Living in Rental Accomodation 57:37
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Solitary Month Retreat

2008-11-15 Sharing Feelings 5:21
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-15 Last Afternoon 48:19
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-15 Loving Kindness - Cultivating The Wholesome 58:24
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Begins with chanting of the Karaniya Metta Sutta in Pali, followed by a talk on the history of the Metta sutta, the practice, cultivation and benefits of loving kindness meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-11-15 Simply Waiting 55:49
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
4 Noble Truths and 8-Fold Path in 50 minutes
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and Yoga

2008-11-14 Q&A - Feel Comfortable 1:12:07
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-14 Freedom Is A Tuna Fish Sandwich 48:52
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-14 First Noble Truth And Self-Judgment 62:28
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Aversion, or dosa,of which self-judgment is a form, is basically a function of not understanding the 1st noble truth.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-11-14 Sense Desire 59:34
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
We exist and move in the world of sense contacts, and yet often we neglect to examine this relationship very deeply, or it becomes just another way to judge ourselves. Can we challenge our assumptions, habits and views and inquire caringly in this area in order to open to a more profound and unexpected freedom?
Gaia House :  Solitary Month Retreat

2008-11-13 Dukkha – über d' Unzuelänglechkeit 1:14:04
Akincano Marc Weber	Download Listen
Zentrum für Buddhismus - Bern

2008-11-13 Feeling Perception And Mind-States 45:36
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-13 Seven Treasures 39:04
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-11-13 Purifying The Mind And Heart 66:24
Patricia Genoud-Feldman	Download Listen
Recognizing and liberating ourselves from the torments of the mind known as greed, hatred and delusion
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-11-13 Making A Difference Together: Deepening Sangha Bonds 55:34
James Baraz	Download Listen
A discussion with community member Janet Keyes about a proposal to create a community support network with the intention of helping the IMCB sangha grow in caring and connection. The evening includes an invitation to attend an introductory meeting to help identify priorities and move forward in creating a more caring community. The talk also includes James reading a moving letter from Barack Obama to a 4-year old girl.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2008-11-13 Let The Breath Just Be The Breath 56:04
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The way we experience ourselves and the world is highly conditioned by our perceptions , known as sañña in the Buddhist teachings. Through the process of perception we judge and filter our experience, preventing us from seeing things as they really are. The practice of mindfulness offers the possibility of working directly with our perceptions, and even inclining the mind towards more skillful and pleasant ways of experiencing ourselves and the world.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-11-12 Teaching Dhamma 1:10:24
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-12 The Three Characteristics - part 2: Impermanence 46:03
Tara Brach	Download Listen
The Buddha taught that when our understanding of impermanence is direct and non-conceptual, it is liberating. By directly opening to the radical impermanence of all experience, including the truth of our own mortality, we discover the natural capacity to let go. With this "mind that clings to no thing" awakens wisdom, authentic spontaneity and a natural cherishing of life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-11-12 Big Mind Meditation 60:25
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Guided meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-11-11 Q&A - Vitakka - Vicara And Self-View 58:43
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-11 Space Thought And Sheep Dogs 36:37
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-11 Wise Action Through Understanding The Mind 48:19
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Knowing what thoughts to follow and what thoughts not to follow gives shape to our reality and illuminates the law of karma. A simple explanation of this law and how it leads to wise choices and action.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Embodied Presence

2008-11-10 Q&A - Presence Of Heart - Sati Is Always Thoughtful 60:16
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-10 The relationality of the Buddha's teachings 42:06
Gregory Kramer	Download Listen
Relational Dhamma
Insight Dialogue Community (Boston, MA)

2008-11-10 Embracing Fear 41:46
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-10 The Bodhisattva Leader 63:25
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-11-09 Taking A Drive Down The Road Of Self 68:09
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-09 The Paradigm Shift 56:32
Eugene Cash, Thanissara	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2008-11-09 Healing Through Awareness 35:34
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-09 Working With Difficult Emotions 60:55
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk describes the two shifts needed to transform our relationship to afflictive emotions, one of attitude and one of wisdom. We come to understand an emotion by learning to see its expression in mind, in body, and in the thoughts that make up its underlying view or story.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-11-09 Pure Presence In Embodied Practice 58:37
Teja Bell	Download Listen
The confluence of Qigong and Dharma in the practice of embodiment as direct experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Embodied Presence

2008-11-09 The Beloved Sangha 61:19
Ann Masai	Download Listen
A multi media (poetry, song, music and spoken word) presentation on the evolution of King's Beloved Community to the Beloved Sangha and "Odharma" community
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Path of Engagement #4

2008-11-09 Working with Thought in Meditation 62:15
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
As meditators, it can be tempting to see the thinking mind as an enemy, but we can instead discover a wise and skillful relationship with it. This talk presents possible ways of working with the wide range of manifestations of thought: from papanca (proliferation) and obsession to creative, reflective and helpful thinking, to seeing the empty nature of all thought.
Gaia House :  Solitary Month Retreat

2008-11-08 Confidence 56:57
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-08 Samatha 52:52
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Ruhevolles, gesammeltes Verweilen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2008-11-08 Samadhi Sati 48:51
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-08 Four Flavors Of Love 57:54
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
An invitation to allow your heart to be touched and moved by all of life - not to transcend too soon. We can be guided by the four brahma viharas.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Embodied Presence

2008-11-08 The Three Poisons, Institutionalized 65:42
David Loy	Download Listen
Today the three poisons (greed, ill will, delusion) also function collectively: our economic system institutionalizes greed, our militarism is institutionalized ill will, and the media institutionalizes delusion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Path of Engagement #4

2008-11-08 Contemplation of Mind 39:04
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Solitary Month Retreat

2008-11-07 Great Heart 48:00
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Amaravati Monastery :  November 2008

2008-11-07 Freedom From Self-Rejection 55:01
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
An exploration of the freedom that is accessible through the recognition of the self-rejecting patterns of mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Embodied Presence

2008-11-07 Bones 43:42
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Solitary Month Retreat

2008-11-06 King Pasenadi Goes on a Diet (Part 3) also Self Knowing a Quiet Passion #37 1:18:27
Larry Rosenberg	Download Listen
Reflections on the Buddha's Teaching of Mindful Eating and the Flowering of Wisdom.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center :  CIMC Wednesday Talks

2008-11-06 Die vier Brahmaviharas 56:47
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Liebe, Mitgefühl, Mitfreude, Gleichmut
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2008-11-06 Instructions 14:11
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-11-06 Questions 24:08
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-11-06 Change 54:34
James Baraz	Download Listen
James Baraz talks about the stunning changes that have already taken place with the election of Barack Obama.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2008-11-06 A Journey To Now With Mindfulness And Concentration 59:01
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
An overview of the qualities of mindfulness as an expression of the awakening mind and heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Embodied Presence

2008-11-06 The Dharma Practice Of Facing The Crises Of Our Times 1:10:19
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
The challenges and crises of our times are immense - at the current time, there are economic, political, ethical and ecological crises, among others. To face these crises as practice demands, however, the same qualities demanded by the immensity of awakening -- (1) wisdom expressed as the ability to hold together opposites, (2) a deep listening for our calling, (3) a toolbox of skillful means, (4) a heart to transform difficult emotions, such as anger, fear and sadness, and (5) continual persistence and growing confidence in liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Path of Engagement #4