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Dharma Talks
2009-08-21 Energy Audit 22:46
Ayya Medhanandi
You can conduct an energy audit on the strength of your attention when you sit down to meditate. Notice if your attention is wavering and then patiently seal up the leaks so that your mind is no longer tempted by the world that the ego builds.  A talk given at Quaker House for the Ottawa Buddhist Society.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2009-08-21 Pilgrimage 48:43
John Travis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vajrapani

2009-08-20 Holding Life Tenderly: the Practices of Mindfulness and Lovingkindness 56:13
Larry Yang
The relationship between mindfulness and lovingkindness and how the practice changes both our inner world and our outer world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2009-08-20 Including Everything 46:06
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vajrapani

2009-08-19 Hindrances as a Door of Awakening 65:55
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2009-08-19 Enchantment and Freedom 1:20:28
Tara Brach
When caught in suffering we are perceiving reality through a distorted lens. We are unable to see what we really are, and we latch on to the surface appearances of others. By training our minds to pay attention we begin to recognize the conditioning that entraps us, and the love and awareness that shines through these changing forms.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-08-19 Tearing Down the House 42:57
Mary Grace Orr
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vajrapani

2009-08-19 Talk not recorded. 0:00
Richard Shankman
(Recording not available) 
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-08-18 What Kind of Effort 56:24
Anna Douglas
What kind of effort is needed in our mindfulness practice? What is our effort for? What the Buddha taught about effort and how we can apply it in our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2009-08-17 Plop! 45:37
John Travis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vajrapani

2009-08-16 Wise Speech 58:50
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-08-16 Here and Mindfulness of the Body 45:30
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vajrapani

2009-08-15 The practice and the pitfalls of metta, goodwill practice 32:28
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2009-08-15 Parami - A Life of Dhamma 68:25
Steve Armstrong
The 10 qualities of an awakened mind are the practices householders can undertake as a foundation for liberating insight. Wise resolve keeps us headed in the direction of our aspiration.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-15 Refuge: The Three Cs 41:52
Mary Grace Orr
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vajrapani

2009-08-15 The 8-Fold Path in Daily Life. 55:43
Deborah Ratner Helzer
What are the elements that we need for a productive and satisfying spiritual life in the world? What do we ned and not need to worry about?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-15 Morning Instructions, Guided Sit, Q&A with Kamala 62:19
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-14 Three Pillars of the Dharma (1 and 2) 55:51
Kamala Masters
Dana - generosity and sila - living in harmony
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-14 Thinking and Reality 45:28
Will Kabat-Zinn
Identification with thoughts determines how we experience the world and who we take ourselves to be. We can free ourselves from those limited identifications and touch the vast expanse of who we really are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adult's Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-08-14 Equanimity Practice Instructions 1:12:15
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-14 Morning Instructions, Guided Sit, Q&A 62:16
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-13 Four Noble Truths 65:46
Steve Armstrong
"Bedrock Dharma" for the effective practice, the Buddha's articulation of the way it is - offers timeless guidance for all.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-13 Equanimity Practice Instructions 63:13
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-13 The Buddha's 5 supports for practice 53:31
James Baraz
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-08-13 Morning Instructions 63:09
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-12 Equanimity and the Five Spiritual Faculties 61:36
Kamala Masters
The balancing of wisdom and faith, energize and concentration which supports the strengthening of equanimity
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-12 Happiness 1:10:35
Tara Brach
The Buddha taught of two dimensions of happiness--that which is based on particular circumstances, and that which arises from unconditional presence. This talk explores the ways we block happiness; the attitude and meditative practice that give rise to worldly happiness and the state of Being that is experienced as pure happiness and freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-08-12 The Joy of Hindrances 67:37
Dori Langevin
Difficult mind-body states can be a gateway to freedom if we bring a sincere interest and an open, spacious and kind presence to grasping and aversion in all of their forms.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adult's Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-08-12 Morning Instructions 64:01
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-12 Joy of Monastic Life 1:18:56
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara

2009-08-11 Expectations and Explorations 51:55
Deborah Ratner Helzer
The ways in which our expectations for practice trip us up, and how they can be transformed into aspirations.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-11 The Simpler, the Better 61:07
Marvin Belzer
How to work with ordinary awareness in order to develop mindfulness and concentration in a retreat setting.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adult's Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-08-11 Ten Paramis: Patience (2) 60:35
Rodney Smith
We cannot talk about patience without investigating the reality of time.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-08-11 Equaminity Practice Instructions 67:46
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-11 Morning Instructions 64:01
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-11 Dana, Sila and Bhavana 40:09
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara

2009-08-10 Intersecting Realities 58:10
James Baraz
We are each the star of our own movie. Practice invites us to honor every member of the cast of characters in our life, remembering that they have their own reality. And through it all we can wake up from the dream.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-08-10 The Balanced Spacious Heart of Equanimity 66:34
Kamala Masters
The benefiacal qualities of practicing equanimity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-10 Metta Practice - Introduction 65:35
Kamala Masters
Introduction to Metta practice - Self, Benefactor, Dear Friend
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-10 Morning Instructions with Q&A 59:34
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-09 Understanding the Defilements 64:37
Steve Armstrong
Learning to recognize states of mind that cause suffering is the first step in disentangling the mind from defilements. Liberation of mind is possible with awareness and wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-09 The Practice of Truthfulness 53:52
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-08-09 Morning Instructions with Q&A 58:54
Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-09 Guided Meditation 48:42
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka Vassa Retreat

2009-08-08 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness 49:28
Deborah Ratner Helzer
The scope of the practice is vast. It encompasses everything we can possibly experience. The Buddha spelled it all out in this teaching.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-08 Morning Instructions 59:34
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-08 Morning Sitting Instructions 59:34
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-08 Inhabiting the Truth of the Moment 48:49
Martin Aylward
Gaia House Inhabiting the Truth of the Moment

2009-08-07 Opening Talk 69:25
Steve Armstrong
Aspiration, the Format of the Retreat, Right Attitude, Helpful Information, Refuges and Precepts
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-07 Opening Talk From Inhabiting the Truth of the Moment 44:40
Martin Aylward
Gaia House Inhabiting the Truth of the Moment

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