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Dharma Talks
2007-07-08 Meditation Overview 59:13
Joseph Goldstein
This Talk is an overview of the meditative path. It includes working with pleasant and unpleasant sensations in thoughts, emotions and awareness itself
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center People of Color Retreat

2007-07-08 The Groundless Ground 60:34
Stephen Batchelor
Who was Siddhattha Gotama and what did he awaken to? A reflection on his own account of the awakening as found in his discourse The Noble Quest (Ariyapariyesana Sutta), which identifies 'conditioned arising' as the foundational insight for an awakened life.
Gaia House Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-08 Sila (Virtue) 1:21:49
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2007-07-07 Opening Talk Poc 61:03
Sharon Salzberg
Opening Talk POC
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center People of Color Retreat

2007-07-07 14 Qualities to Cultivate 65:01
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2007-07-07 Vipassana Instructions 1:47:22
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2007-07-06 Old Habits And Right View 55:22
Myoshin Kelley
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-07-06 The Four Noble Truths And Obstacles To Practice 56:52
Mark Coleman
This talk explores the common obstacles to practice the Five Hindrances of: restlessness, sleepiness, doubt, grasping and aversion. The Hindrances are discussed in the context of the Buddha’s central teaching on the Four Noble Truths.

2007-07-06 Opening Talk: Sila, Samadhi, Panna 61:21
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2007-07-05 Reflections On Sexuality 50:39
James Baraz
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2007-07-04 The Dharma And Democracy 58:33
Donald Rothberg
Thich Nhat Hanh has written of how the encounter of Dharma and democracy will bring something new and exciting to the world. We explore 1. the beauty and dream of democracy and its resonance with the Dharma, 2. what currently needs attention in our would-be democracy and 3. a vision of how the connection of Dharma and democracy mature is vital for ourselves and our world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-07-03 Practice Q and A 58:42
Rodney Smith
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2007-07-02 Freedom Through Understanding The Six Sense Bases 35:42
Chas DiCapua
Understanding how sense contact turns into mental proliferations and it's impact on our ability to be happy. This is important if we are to see through the veil that is constructed by such proliferations.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Teen Retreat

2007-07-02 The Four Contemplations 58:25
Patricia Genoud-Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-30 Die drei Grundlagen des Pfades 45:40
Fred Von Allmen
Loslassen, Liebe, Erkenntnis
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2007-06-30 Mindfulness In Daily Life 53:28
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-30 Training For The Uncondittioned 47:28
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka Sankhara

2007-06-29 Vom Leiden und seinem Ende 58:34
Fred Von Allmen
Sinn und Bedeutung der Praxis
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2007-06-29 Satipattana: Sudden And Gradual Enlightenment 1:38:43
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-29 Cultivating Loving Kindness 48:58
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House LovingKindness Weekend

2007-06-28 Introduction to Lovingkindness (Metta) Week 3 1:29:46
Mark Nunberg
Class
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-06-28 Reflections On Money 46:42
James Baraz
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2007-06-28 Yoga, Tea And Buckaroo Banzai 57:19
Larry Rosenberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2007-06-28 The World Exists To Set Us Free III 57:19
Larry Rosenberg
Life is to be lived. Learning how to live skillfully in a world that is challenging us by changing in uncertain ways
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-28 Nibbana And Stream Entry with Questions And Answers 1:30:39
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-28 Opening Talk for Loving Kindness Retreat 66:49
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House LovingKindness Weekend

2007-06-27 The Mind and the Way: Now is the Knowing 54:18
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-06-27 Equanimity And Sensitivity 51:22
Corrado Pensa
Crucial role of equanimity and of non self centered sensitivity in Dharma teachings
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-27 The Seven Factors Of Awakening 50:39
Donald Rothberg
We explore in general the Seven Factors as a guide to our practice and as an experience of awakened being and presence. We examine each of the seven: mindfulness, investigation, effort, rapture or joy, stillness, concentration and equanimity, with suggestions of what to do to cultivate each quality.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-06-27 Contemplating The Four Noble Truths 1:31:37
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-26 The World Exists To Set Us Free - part II 50:46
Larry Rosenberg
Life is to be lived. Learning how to live skillfully in a world that is challenging us by changing in uncertain ways
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-26 Equainimity About Formations 1:39:48
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-25 Reflections Upon The Protection Of Self And Others 36:30
Corrado Pensa
A comment on the Sedaka Sutta of the Buddha
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-25 Interdependence Day 57:58
Jack Kornfield
The 4th of July celebration of American Independence met with the Buddhist teaching of interdependence brings a deeper understanding of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-06-24 A Sense Of Well Being 1:15:02
Steve Armstrong, Kamala Masters
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-06-24 The World Exists To Set Us Free - part I 53:10
Larry Rosenberg
Life is to be lived. Learning how to live skillfully in a world that is challenging us by changing in uncertain ways
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-24 Contemplating The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 1:18:49
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-24 Effort, Kamma and Dukkha 53:39
Ajahn Sucitto
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-24 Seven Guidelines For Action 21:35
Ajahn Sucitto
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-23 Contemplating The Mind, Opening The Heart 49:48
Corrado Pensa
Contemplating suffering in our minds brings about more openness and peace
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-23 What Changes As We Practice? 52:10
Anna Douglas
Five ways in which we experience a change in view of ourselves and the world as we practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation And Yoga

2007-06-23 Contemplating The Five Aggregates 1:17:49
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-23 Kamma Creates Self 56:16
Ajahn Sucitto
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-23 Stillness In Action 48:38
Ajahn Sucitto
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-22 Introduction To Retreat For Experienced Yogis 51:06
Larry Rosenberg
Introduction to Retreat for Experienced Yogis with brief talk about precepts, refuge, and preliminary instructions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat For Experienced Students

2007-06-22 Empty Of Self, Full Of Everything 56:34
Howard Cohn
Looking at the nature of our being, prior to thoughts awakening to the myriad ways we create and believe a fictional version of ourselves.

2007-06-22 The Fourth Foundation Of Mindfulness: Hindrances 1:11:22
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-06-22 Kamma 69:20
Ajahn Sucitto
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-22 The Beautiful Process 42:59
Ajahn Sucitto
Toronto :  Sankhara

2007-06-22 Dharma Discussion 1:19:18
Joseph Goldstein
Mountain Hermitage Benefit Evening with Joseph Goldstein

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