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Dharma Talks
2007-08-08 Morning Instructions with Q&A 60:16
Kamala Masters
Morning Instructions and Q&A
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-08-08 Equanimity Instructions Day Two 68:51
Kamala Masters
Equanimity Instructions Day Two
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-08-08 Understanding The Four Noble Truths 62:49
Steve Armstrong
The four noble truths are the essence of the Buddha's liberating wisdom

2007-08-08 Heart 58:58
John Travis
Working with the dark to explore the light.

2007-08-08 The Eight Fold Path 58:27
Marvin Belzer
An overview of the Eight Fold Path with emphasis on the ways we practice it on meditation retreats and with a special focus on effort and mindfulness.

2007-08-08 A Holiday At Home - 'knowing' meets 'self' 27:50
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka First Vassa Group Retreat

2007-08-07 Morning Instructions / Q&A / Walking Instructions 60:34
Steve Armstrong
Morning Instructions / Q&A / Walking Instructions

2007-08-07 Equanimity 63:52
Kamala Masters
The balanced, spacious, caring, experienceof resting the mind before it falls into extremes
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-08-07 Equanimity Instructions Day One 1:13:31
Kamala Masters
Equanimity Instructions Day One
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-08-06 Understanding Defilements 61:46
Steve Armstrong
Understanding Defilements
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2007-08-06 Morning Instructions / Q&A Monday 8-6-07 60:22
Kamala Masters
Morning Instructions / Q&A
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-08-06 Metta Instructions Forgivemess Day Two 64:00
Kamala Masters
Metta Instructions - Forgiveness - Day Two
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-08-06 Sitting On Your Cushion 50:15
John Travis
Being responsible for our body.

2007-08-05 The Brahma Viharas: Metta 52:40
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-08-05 Second Morning Instructions with Q&A 61:00
Steve Armstrong
Relax body, relax mind, recognize present moment
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-08-05 Metta Instructions, Self, Benefactor And Friend 1:13:04
Kamala Masters
Metta Instructions, Self, Benefactor and Friend
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-08-05 Faith 65:52
Kamala Masters
Faith
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-08-04 Morning Instructions - First Day 54:43
Kamala Masters
Morning Instructions and guided sit
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-08-04 Further Sitting And Walking Instructions 49:09
Steve Armstrong
Further guided sitting and walking instructions. Day one 10:00 AM
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-08-04 Mindfulness: Tranquility, Insight, Understanding 62:07
Steve Armstrong
Mindfulness or awareness is the foundation for development of seclusion, liberating insight and peace of mind. The distractions in practice makes the difference.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-08-04 Compassion 49:13
John Peacock
Gaia House Kindness, Compassion and Understanding

2007-08-04 Nudging The Spirit 29:49
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka First Vassa Group Retreat

2007-08-03 Opening Talk - The Power Of Purification Retreat 44:54
Steve Armstrong
Opening Talk - The Power of Purification
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Purification: Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-08-03 Rich Beyond Material Wealth - The Seven Treasures Part Two 1:12:34
John Peacock
Gaia House Kindness, Compassion and Understanding

2007-08-03 Deepening Into Impermanence 44:27
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka First Vassa Group Retreat

2007-08-02 Rich Beyond Material Wealth - The Seven Treasures Part One 65:34
John Peacock
Gaia House Kindness, Compassion and Understanding

2007-08-02 Concentration As A Return To Centre 41:13
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka First Vassa Group Retreat

2007-08-01 The Art Of Loving 1:29:16
Tara Brach
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2007-08-01 The Mind and the Way: Chapter 17 and Reflections on Loss 56:10
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-08-01 Perception 61:30
Richard Shankman
East Bay Insight Meditation Community

2007-08-01 The Path Of The Bodhisattva - part 4 and the Vow Ceremony 58:09
Donald Rothberg
We review the nature of the Bodhisattva, in its archetypal expression, its manifestation in extraordinary and ordinary human exemplars, and in ourselves. We focus on the qualities of wisdom and skillful action especially and end with a short ceremony in which the participants develop their own version of the Bodhisattva, and express some of them publicly.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-08-01 How Do I Come to Be in Such a Mess? Part Two 58:49
John Peacock
Gaia House Kindness, Compassion and Understanding

2007-08-01 Return To The Mind Itself 22:16
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka First Vassa Group Retreat

2007-07-31 How Do I Come to Be in Such a Mess? Part One 63:13
John Peacock
Gaia House Kindness, Compassion and Understanding

2007-07-30 Sacred Journey 57:57
Jack Kornfield
Initiation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-07-30 Compassion 64:46
Patricia Genoud-Feldman
Compassion
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-07-30 Who Do You Think You Really Are? 62:15
John Peacock
Gaia House Kindness, Compassion and Understanding

2007-07-29 If It’s In The Way, It Is The Way 49:43
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-07-29 How Do You Want to Be? 62:43
John Peacock
Gaia House Kindness, Compassion and Understanding

2007-07-28 The Ecology Of Compassion 64:40
Kamala Masters
Understanding the terrain of compassion in our inner life in relationship to the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vipassana Retreat

2007-07-28 How Do You Want To Live Your Life? 55:00
John Peacock
Gaia House Kindness, Compassion and Understanding

2007-07-27 Impermanence: The Gateway To Freedom 50:13
Joseph Goldstein
Deepening our understanding of impermanence with implications for our meditation practice and our lives.

2007-07-26 Wisdom And Compassion 51:19
Yanai Postelnik
An exploration of the power of seeing more deeply as the basis for wisdom and compassion to arise. This is through the understanding of non separation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Family Retreat

2007-07-26 Understanding Insight: Dukkha And Anatta 61:30
Steve Armstrong
Insight or the dawning realization of the three common characteristics rests on the continuity of mindful awareness. They offer the understanding of how to live at ease with all conditions and to do well in life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vipassana Retreat

2007-07-25 The Mind and the Way: Relationships 54:46
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-07-25 Practice Dying 46:27
Catherine McGee
The cycles of birth and death in physical life and moment to moment practicing dying during our life as a way to freedom
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Family Retreat

2007-07-25 The Path Of The Bodhisattva - part 3 56:33
Donald Rothberg
After an overview of the Bodhisattva path, and of the perfections of vow – intention, patience, and meditations, we look at the perfections of wisdom and skillful action. We end with an experiential exercise designed to a different situation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-07-24 Courageous Effort 52:01
Joseph Goldstein
This talk is part of the series on the Satipatthana Sutta on the enlightenment factor of energy – or viriya.

2007-07-24 Taking Practice Home 54:10
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2007-07-23 Resting The Mind Before It Falls Into Extremes 58:55
Kamala Masters
Equanimity supports clarity of understanding through a spacious, balanced and calm mind. It leads the way for compassionate action that can be powerfully effective because it is free from aversion and attachment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Vipassana Retreat

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