2009-08-05 Practicing with the Eight Worldly Winds, pt 2 58:33
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We continue to explore 1) being mindful when a wind is present; 2) the nature of the winds; 3) responding skilfully. We add an emphasis on resting in what is deeper and examine several issues that arise in practicing with the winds
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-08-04 Once, Long Ago (1 of 2) 46:43
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Making sense of our spiritual journey as we look to two historic events.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-08-03 Working with the Inner Critic 61:01
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How to work with judgement & free yourself from the torment of the critic
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-08-02 Awakening/Enlightenment 39:10
Amita Schmidt	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2009-08-02 Uncovering the Good Heart 57:25
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-08-02 Purgatory 43:33
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
We arrest our growth by refusing to show up for each moment, despite evidence that there is no other moment to live.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-08-02 Guided Meditation 44:58
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Vassa Retreat

2009-08-01 Practice in the World: Right Speech 51:16
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Right speech, the third step on the 8-fold Noble Path, is more than a set of ethical guidelines for living in the world. It is the practice of speech in the service of liberation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2009-08-01 Dukkha Unsatisfactoriness et al 50:49
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2009-08-01 Metta: Digging A Good Trench In The Heart 54:49
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Explains cultivating the heart of well-wishing and other heart practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2009-08-01 Wrong Way on a One-Way Road 44:26
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
We are so conditioned to the idea of self-improvement that we try to navigate our spiritual journey for the best possible result.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-08-01 The Greedy and Foolish Monkey 1:15:10
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mindfulness and the Way of Insight

2009-07-31 How Mindfulness Sets Us Free 50:40
Tempel Smith	Download Listen
In each moment of our lives we have the possibility to awaken or suffer.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2009-07-31 The Sure Heart's Release Part II 64:00
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Understanding the path of practice that leads to the extinction of suffering. Bhavana - bringing forth what has not yet been developed through concentration practice and wisdom practice of Vipassana.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2009-07-31 How Do You Want To Live Your Life? 1:19:24
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mindfulness and the Way of Insight

2009-07-30 Trusting Our Own Experience To Teach Us 52:46
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
How we connect our own experience to teach us about freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2009-07-30 Questions and Answers 2:08:10
Bhante Khippapanno	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-07-30 Parami: A Life of Dhamma 57:40
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Development of the 10 qualities of a "good human being" results in a life of dharma, offering contingency plans for the path ahead.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2009-07-30 The Woman at the Well 57:49
James Baraz	Download Listen
Ananda, the Buddha's disciple, while on a mission for the Buddha, requested water to drink from a woman of low cast. The woman protested out of fear that her low caste would contaminate Ananda's holiness; to which Ananada replied, "I ask not for caste but for water." A version of the Buddhist text of this story is available here: http://www.mountainman.com.au/buddha/carus_76.htm
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2009-07-30 Ethics and Responsibility 1:20:40
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mindfulness and the Way of Insight

2009-07-29 The Path We Are Practicing 64:22
Bhante Khippapanno	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-07-29 The 8 Worldly Winds, I 59:06
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
An examination of how we practice with pleasure and pain, gain and loss, fame and disrepute, praise and blame; with stories referring to Buddha's teaching + discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-07-29 Lovingkindness 52:46
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
"What we frequently think about and ponder upon becomes the inclination of the mind." - The Buddha This talk explores the cultivation of loving thoughts and feelings - what supports it and what obstructs it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2009-07-29 Psychological Causation (Dependent Origination) Part 2 1:19:10
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mindfulness and the Way of Insight

2009-07-28 Questions and Answers 1:22:07
Bhante Khippapanno	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-07-28 Ten Paramis: Patience (1) 49:07
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Patience is not waiting for something to end, but living fully through every event.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-07-28 My Enemy, My Teacher 45:07
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
When we attempt to extend metta (loving-kindness) to difficult people, things get interesting. In order to expand our capacity to love, we must strengthen our motivation to do so and work with obstacles which may arise. Through reflecting on the value of metta in our families and communities, we find the courage to undertake this spiritual challenges. Includes guided meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2009-07-28 Opening to Grief 51:51
Sky Dawson	Download Listen
The Four Noble Truths and opening to grief.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2009-07-28 Psychological Causation (Dependent Origination) Part 1 1:14:04
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mindfulness and the Way of Insight

2009-07-27 The Seven Factors of Enlightenment 61:52
Bhante Khippapanno	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-07-27 The Sure Heart's Release Part I of II 57:22
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
The mindful cultivation of Dana (giving), Sila (Living in Harmony) and Bhavana (Developing the Mind) as the 3 pillars upon which our Chamma life rests. Part I - Dana and Sila; Part II - Developing the Mind
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2009-07-27 Foregiveness 13:19
Jason Murphy	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2009-07-27 Precepts 48:47
Jason Murphy	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2009-07-27 This Fathom Long Carcass 1:11:04
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mindfulness and the Way of Insight

2009-07-26 Closing Talk 48:48
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-07-26 The Wisdom of Non-Harming 56:31
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-07-26 The Eightfold Path: Right Action 40:53
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2009-07-26 Joining Hands 40:55
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
A call for bringing tenderness to the world instead of feeding conflict. (40:55)
Holy Cross Monastery :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group

2009-07-26 Understanding Liberation by Uprroting the Defilements 57:40
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Suffering is rooted in the defilements that visit the mind. Liberating understanding emerges naturally from continuity of awareness leading to insight. Along the way, speech, behavior, the mind and understanding are purified.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2009-07-26 What it is to be a Self 1:11:16
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mindfulness and the Way of Insight

2009-07-26 Guided Meditations 43:49
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka :  Vassa Retreat

2009-07-25 Journey of Awakening 49:12
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Faith , non clinging and non self are the three pillars of the awakened heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-07-25 Questions and Answers 57:34
Bhante Khippapanno	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-07-25 Things As They Are 30:21
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
We have been conditioned to mistake our constructions for reality. Let us stop doing it. (30:21)
Holy Cross Monastery :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group

2009-07-25 Turning the Mind Toward the Dharma 55:49
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
The four mind-changing reflections: precious human birth, impermanence, karma and the defects of samsara.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2009-07-25 Relax, Nothing is Under Control! 67:25
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mindfulness and the Way of Insight

2009-07-24 The Radiant Heart 54:58
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Through cultivating non distractedness and non resistance the unbounded qualities of innate wakefulness and loving kindness are revealed as the radiant heart of our awakened life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-07-24 The Six External Sense Bases and the Six External Sense Bases. 53:24
Bhante Khippapanno	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-07-24 A Well Centered Mind 44:52
Jose Reissig	Download Listen
To center the mind we first need to learn to focus it. Only then will we be able to explore our inner chambers. (44:52)
Holy Cross Monastery :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group

2009-07-24 Opening Talk for Mindfulness and the Way of Insight Retreat 63:07
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mindfulness and the Way of Insight