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Dharma Talks
2009-10-31 Motivations , Agenda, and Aspirations 60:22
Winnie Nazarko
Being aware of agendas we bring to practice and how they may hinder or support our progress. Letting go of complexification to rest in simplicity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-10-31 Making it Your Own Practice 49:12
Larry Yang
Closing last day talk.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditaton

2009-10-29 Through the Looking Glass: The Reality of No Self 69:12
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-29 Five Hindrances 57:21
Pascal Auclair
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-10-29 Five Subjects 45:45
Mary Grace Orr
Insight Santa Cruz

2009-10-28 The Wisdom of Taking Refuge 53:25
Spring Washam
The wisdom of taking the three refuges until we reach enlightenment. How wisdom begins to cut greed, hatred and delusion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditaton

2009-10-28 Emptiness & Compassion Part II 64:52
Donald Rothberg
We first review basic perspectives on emptiness and compassion and then explore three basic ways to access emptiness: 1) being with inner flow of experience and seeing where self and fixation occur, 2) opening to the "flow experience" in activities and relationships and 3) cultivating a sense of interconnection
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-10-27 Ten Paramis: Metta (1) 55:03
Rodney Smith
To love all beings we must love all aspects of our own mind and body experience.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-10-27 Living with Freedom: the Practice of Letting Go 55:30
Larry Yang
Simplicity, Restraint and Renunciation as Metta/Lovingkindness Practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditaton

2009-10-26 Self Compassion 58:31
Tara Brach
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2009 - IMCW Fall Residential Retreat - "Intimacy with Life"

2009-10-26 Self-Compassion 58:31
Tara Brach
(retreat talk) We can only find love and peace in this life if we are able to hold our inner life with compassion. This talk explores the subtle and therefore often unseen ways that we turn on ourselves, and the pathways to a forgiving heart.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2009 - IMCW Fall Residential Retreat - "Intimacy with Life"

2009-10-26 Sitting in the Seat of Truth 43:22
Myoshin Kelley
Looking at different aspects of truth and truthfulness that can be guideposts in our lives
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-26 Giant Lizards and Exploding Stars - Mindfulness, Curiosity and Liberation 62:16
Greg Scharf
Mindfulness is the key to the entire path of practice. We explore the entire universe and plumb the depths of what it means to be human by bring mindfulness to our present moment experience.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-10-24 Truthfulness 33:16
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-24 Practicing with Truthfulness 26:09
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-24 Psychologie de Buddha 56:43
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Lausanne 2009 October

2009-10-24 Grounded and Spacious 55:49
Julie Wester
Resting on the earth; sitting in spacious awareness; experience body as a field of energy. Direct experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditaton

2009-10-23 May I Meet this Moment Fully, May I Meet it as a Friend 53:25
Sylvia Boorstein
How the phrases "May I Meet this Moment Fully, May I Meet it as a Friend," repeated as a focus for concentration, are both the instructions for practice and the goal of practice. How Effort, Mindfulness and Concentration are integral to each other, all present in any moment of clear understanding.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditaton

2009-10-23 Les Facteurs de Liberation 57:47
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Lausanne 2009 October

2009-10-23 Emptiness 42:31
Leela Sarti
Gaia House Embodied Openness, Awakened Presence

2009-10-22 Kamma 48:43
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-22 What Is True Equanimity? 56:07
Sharda Rogell
An exploration into what makes equanimity an expression of the awakened mind, how equanimity gives rise to wise action and how our conditioned habits of mind interface with living a life of balance.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-10-22 Practicing with Renunciation 24:00
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-22 Practicing with Patience 27:49
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-22 Patience 29:15
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-22 Les Empeches de Vipassana 51:42
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Lausanne 2009 October

2009-10-22 To Trust in Being 54:37
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Embodied Openness, Awakened Presence

2009-10-21 Behind the Mask 49:00
Tara Brach
The development of a mask or persona based on our activities and roles is a natural way the ego tries to protect and enhance itself. Yet unless we wake up from our identification with the mask, we are unable to discover the truth and wholeness of what we are. This talk investigates how our masks manifest and the process of wise attention that can free us from a limiting sense of separate self. Includes a guided meditation.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-10-21 Beyond Attachment to Views 53:26
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-10-21 Renunciation 35:10
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-21 In the Boat of Myself - Guided Meditation 14:31
Ayya Medhanandi
Hospice
Sati Saraniya Hermitage Hospice Talks and Guided Meditations

2009-10-21 Le Methode de Mahasi Vipassana 42:46
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre Lausanne 2009 October

2009-10-21 Emptiness and Compassion Part I 48:00
Donald Rothberg
We examine the teaching of seeing the emptiness of self and things and how this, in its mature expression, is compassionate activity. We suggest simple practices to explore this sometimes confusing teaching, and everyday examples of how emptiness and compassion come together.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-10-21 Joy 50:40
Leela Sarti
Gaia House Embodied Openness, Awakened Presence

2009-10-20 Virtue 29:37
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-20 Practicing with Virtue 29:10
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-19 The Grace of Patience 49:55
Myoshin Kelley
Settling back we find even impatience turns to patience
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-19 Practicing with Generosity 26:09
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-19 Generosity 16:05
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-19 Wisdom in the Body 52:10
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Embodied Openness, Awakened Presence

2009-10-18 Introduction 31:48
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life

2009-10-18 What Matters 52:19
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Embodied Openness, Awakened Presence

2009-10-16 Empty Yourself of Fear 25:03
Ayya Medhanandi
One night, while Malani was dying, we gathered a group of her close friends to meditate with her. Each breath was a struggle yet she stayed aware, serene, composed, and at peace. We listened in silence, breathing freely – but our minds were not free. We knew all is impermanent, that we can die at any time. Yet we carry on as if we have forever. So we try again, everyday, to practise living in awareness. One moment at a time, empty yourself of fear and let go the world. Listen to the silence and wake up – like dear Malani.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2009-10-16 Empty of Fear 28:43
Ayya Medhanandi
A dedication to a member of the community who is in the last stages of life. She struggles with breathing but is composed and at peace with the process. We are reminded how important it is to train the mind while we are able to do so. A talk given at Quaker House, Ottawa.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2009-10-16 Sure Heart's Release Part 2: Cultivation of Mind 60:10
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Center, Los Altos, CA Mindfulness with Wisdom

2009-10-15 Transformation and Relinquishment of Afflictive States of Mind 1:10:52
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-10-15 Heaven or Hell: The Choice is yours. 52:15
James Baraz
The desire for Heaven or for Hell: The Choice is yours.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-10-15 Understanding Vipassana Insights: Impermanence, Unsatisfactoriness, Not-Self 67:05
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Center, Los Altos, CA Mindfulness with Wisdom

2009-10-14 Question and Response 58:09
Tara Brach
Tara responds to questions from the sangha.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-10-14 Seeing Clinging with Wisdom 54:42
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

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