Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2007-12-30 The Alchemy of Letting Go 53:15
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-12-30 In Alignment With Zero 51:54
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Aligning our practice to the truth of life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Resolutions of the Heart: New Year's Retreat

2007-12-30 Forgiveness 59:37
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Letting go of resentment and anger – developing the open heart of forgiveness.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-12-29 What Matters 52:19
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
A reflection on the importance, the challenges, and the transformative power of being present.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Resolutions of the Heart: New Year's Retreat

2007-12-29 Leaving Your Comfort Zone 53:10
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-12-29 What is Insight? 59:58
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This talk presents a map and overview of the path of Insight Meditation, exploring the different kinds and levels of insight available to us, the possible avenues for its development and deepening, and some of the many ways we can nurture and strengthen its unfolding.
Gaia House : The New Years Retreat Insight Meditation

2007-12-28 Present Moment: The Point That Includes Everything 54:57
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Retreat Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-12-28 How And The Quality Of Mind 58:40
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
By knowing oneself through how we relate to experience shows us how to develop the freedom of mind
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-12-28 The Wisdom of Boredom 45:22
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Boredom stimulates agitation and discontent and is most often perceived as a state to be avoided. Seen wisely, boredom is a rich and fertile ground of understanding.
Gaia House : The New Years Retreat Insight Meditation

2007-12-27 Don't Underestimate The Breath 52:37
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Mindfulness of the body has the breath at the center and includes all four postures, movement, speaking, listening, feelings and all activity. We can practice mindfulness of the breath and also mindfulness with the breath - developing an enlarged awareness. This practice can take us all the way to enlightenment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-12-27 7 Factors Of Awakening - part 2 55:31
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Continuing the exploration with calm, concentration and equimity
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-12-26 The Awakening Factor of Equanimity - Week 2 57:02
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-12-23 Holiday Talk 41:03
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-12-22 Sitting In Amazement 51:24
John Travis	Download Listen
Dealing with personal and collective shadow.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation at the Solstice: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light

2007-12-21 Darkness & Light, Suffering & The End Of Suffering 57:19
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
After sharing a personal story about suffering and the end of suffering, the talk outlines working with "the darkness" and cultivating the light in terms of working with hindrances, physical pain, strong emotions, & cultivating happiness & compassion; the talk concludes with an introduction of Prajnaparamita.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation at the Solstice: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light

2007-12-20 32 Parts of the Body 45:27
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2007-12-20 7 Factors Of Awakening - part 1 55:31
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
An exploration of the allies of the mind, cultivating mindfulness, investigation, energy, and rapture.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-12-19 The True Revolution 68:30

Tara Brach

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In Buddhism, lovingkindness is considered a divine abode, our true home. This talk explores how we can recognize the mask that covers insecurity, inhabit our essential goodness of Being, and let ourselves touch and be touched by love. This awakening into wholeheartedness is the true revolution.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2007-12-19 The Awakening Factor of Equanimity 56:40
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-12-19 Practicing With Darkness And Light At The Winter Solstice 59:46
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
The earth at the winter solstice invites us to embrace the darkness - as a stopping and stilling, an entry into the unknown, a being with difficulty, a fertile and generative source - and invite the light that comes out of the dark. We connect these themes with our practice and suggest particular further ways to practice at the solstice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2007-12-19 Practicing With Darkness And Light At The Winter Solstice 60:04
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
The earth at the winter solstice invites us to embrace the darkness -- as a stopping and stilling, an entry into the unknown, a being with difficulty, a fertile and generative source -- and invite the light that comes out of the dark. We connect these themes with our practice and suggest particular further ways to practice at the solstice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2007-12-16 Mindfulness: Presence and Participation 41:57
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-12-15 Don't Get Caught! 44:01
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
We often get caught in repetitive patterns of behavior that leads to suffering. How can we begin to see clearly and to find freedom?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-12-15 Gladdening the Mind 49:30
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
The Buddha taught that in a mind of happiness, deep attention finds root. This talk explores the ways of gladdening the mind through appreciative joy and the cultivation of spaciousness.
Gaia House : Gladdening The Mind

2007-12-14 It's All About Me 62:03
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-12-14 Opening Talk for Gladdening the Mind 40:16
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Opening Talk for a retreat that explores what it means to have a meditative journey unfold in a mind of gladness.
Gaia House : Gladdening The Mind

2007-12-13 Buddhist Master Series: Ajahn Naeb 50:52
James Baraz	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2007-12-13 Here 51:34
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
Here and how we are with here
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-12-13 Hindrances - part 2 63:13
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Working with restlessness and doubt.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-12-12 Path Of Transformation 1:16:34

Tara Brach

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This talk investigates three core themes on the path of spiritual awakening: forgiveness, inner fire or aspiration, and the awareness of what we are...awareness itself. These living currents on the path are explored through an ancient Indian teaching story and guided reflections.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2007-12-12 Joseph's Dharma Story - part 2 67:13
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Joseph's Dharma Story Part 2
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-12-10 The Divine Abodes 66:01
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-12-09 Practice In Daily Life 59:34
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
Bring mindfulness into daily life is a challenging aspect of our practice. Using specific practices for daily life helps to bring the thread of mindfulness throughout our days.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-12-08 The Manner Is The Meaning 35:58
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2007-12-08 Forever Taking Leave 54:37
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House : Living With Impermanence And Uncertainty

2007-12-07 Eight Worldly Conditions 58:49
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
The world spins around the alternating pairs of gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disrepute, and happiness and unhappiness. When we bring them into our awareness, we see how much of our time and energy is spent trying to create and hold on to the positive ones, and avoid or get rid of the negative ones. If we see with wisdom, we realize that these conditions are always operating no matter what we do, and that the skillful way to respond to them is to come to a clearer understanding of what actually brings us true happiness and a sense of well-being, and to cultivate that, rather than chase after gain, praise, fame, and superficial happiness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-12-07 Devotional Practice 1:53:34
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : CDL DPP Reunion Retreat

2007-12-07 Opening Talk For Living With Impermanence and Uncertainty 54:19
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House : Living With Impermanence And Uncertainty

2007-12-06 Mindfulness 34:36
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2007-12-06 Hindrances - part 1 56:21
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Working with desire and aversion.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : December 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-12-03 Loving-Kindness And Gratitude 61:04
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The four divine abidings show us a way to hold all the joys and sorrows of life. This talk focuses principally on the qualities of loving-kindness, which overcomes isolation and connects us to all of life; and gratitude, as a form of appreciative joy that leads to greater contentment and well-being.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-12-03 Prajna Paramita In The Dragon Mountains 61:01
Thanissara	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-12-02 Questions and Answers 47:17
Eugene Cash, Kittisaro	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-12-02 Turning The Mind Towards Equanimity 54:58
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
This talk explores two of the Buddha's discourses that teach how to establish equanimity associated with insight. He teaches us what leads to more happiness and what leads to more suffering, and essentially, how we can cultivate more pleasure in our lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2007-12-02 No Road Maps 41:18
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
To be really present in our journey through life we need to put aside the road maps -- i.e. the grids that position us within the familiar -- and transcend them.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat with Jose Reissig

2007-12-01 The Crucial Shift 48:14
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

2007-12-01 Love Is Wisdom's Natural Radiance 55:00
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen
Returning to the Market Place with Gift Bestowing Hands. Allowing the breaking apart to reveal the luminous heart. Love as connection, Kuan Yin and the appropriate response.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : The Radiant Awareness of Being

2007-12-01 The Journey And The Goal 42:10
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
In our compulsive pursuit of goals we contrive a dichotomy between journey and goal. Understanding that they are one gives poignancy to our lives.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties : Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat with Jose Reissig

2007-12-01 A Path of Peace and Happiness - Dana Retreat 49:06
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House : A Path Of Peace And Happiness Dana Retreat

2007-11-30 Tasting The Unconditioned 60:22
Kittisaro	Download Listen
The heart already Radiant gets confused by what moves through it. If it shouldn't be this way, it wouldn't be this way. Unfolding into the 4 Noble Truths, realizing the unshakable heart tasting the unconditioned.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : The Radiant Awareness of Being