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Dharma Talks
2007-07-16 Forgiveness 59:10
James Baraz
Forgiveness is an essential part of Metta practice so that the heart can stay open and the kindness flows out easily. In this talk forgiveness toward ourselves, asking and extending forgiveness with others and forgiveness towards life are explored.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2007-07-16 The Seven Factors Of Awakening, Part2: Calm And Concentration 64:01
Patricia Genoud-Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-07-16 Freedom From Fear And Anxiety 56:55
Rob Burbea
This talk explores in detail the tools and approaches we can develop to work skillfully with fear in our lives, both those fears that are obvious and those that are more hidden. There is a genuine possibility of liberation from the power that fear seems to have to constrict us
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Path of Liberation

2007-07-15 The Mind and the Way Q&A Chap 14 58:29
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-07-15 Wisdom Of Boredom 48:04
Christina Feldman
Boredom is one of the mental states most difficult to understand yet a familiar companion in our lives. Boredom has much o teach us about the sources of wakefulness and is a doorway to understanding calm and equanimity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Path of Liberation

2007-07-15 Metta As Purification 65:43
Heather Martin
As we settle more into our hearts, we find our beauty. How to hold them all in friendship.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2007-07-14 Freeing The Heart And Mind From Hindrances 50:42
Fred Von Allmen
How to skilfully work with the five hindrances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Path of Liberation

2007-07-14 The Benefits Of Metta 53:55
Guy Armstrong
This talk explains how the practice of loving-kindness works to bring five benefits: a tender heart, the purification of heart and mind, concentration, connection to life, and happiness.

2007-07-14 Go Forth into the World 60:40
Stephen Batchelor
Having entered the stream of the eightfold path, one becomes 'independent of the views of others'. This autonomy is the ground for a new way of being with oneself and the world. It deepens insight and expands empathy, leading to compassion and social engagement.
Gaia House Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-14 The Development of Wisdom 1:45:22
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2007-07-13 Awakening, Love and Compassion 64:54
Martine Batchelor
Looking at the symbols of awakening representing selflessness, showing the importance of love in our spiritual lives, and exploring compassionate activities.
Gaia House Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-13 Satipatthana 3: Mindfulness of Mind States 2:00:53
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2007-07-12 Reflections On Power 55:31
James Baraz
This is a reflection stemming from the "Money, Sex, & Power" issue of the Inquiring Mind.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2007-07-12 Mindfulness Of Mind 56:42
Myoshin Kelley
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-07-12 Rembrandt's Eyes 64:12
Stephen Batchelor
Rather than four propositions to believe, the four enobling truths are to be seen as injunctions on which to act: Fully know suffering, Let go of craving, Experience cessation, and Creatre a path. Awakening is not, therefore, a 'state', but an ongoing process.
Gaia House Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-12 Satipatthana 2: Mindfulness of Feeling Tone 1:20:32
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2007-07-11 Wisdom And Compassion 56:22
Anna Douglas
How wisdom and compassion are developed in the practice of mindful awareness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat

2007-07-11 The Path Of The Bodhisattva - part 1: Intention - Vow And Patience 59:12
Donald Rothberg
The path of the Bodhisattva is both a traditional and contemporary way of connecting inner practice and helping others. After an overview of the Theravada and Mahayara roots, we explore the practice of (1) intention - vows, and (2) patience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-07-11 Breaking Free of Habits 61:54
Martine Batchelor
Looking at the three different levels of habits - intense, habitual and light - and exploring mental patterns.
Gaia House Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-11 Satipatthana 1: Mindfulness of the Body 1:26:00
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2007-07-10 Turning the Wheel 59:31
Stephen Batchelor
Although initially reluctant to teach, the Buddha goes to Benares and explains to five of his former companions what he has realized. This first sermon, Turning the Wheel of Dhamma (Dhammacakkapavatana Sutta), expands the principle of conditioned arising into the practice of 'four enobling truths'.
Gaia House Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-10 The Five Hindrances 1:34:29
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2007-07-09 Buddhist Psychology 63:44
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2007-07-09 The Three Characteristics 50:36
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Awareness, Questioning, and the Path of Compassion

2007-07-09 The Seven Factors Of Awakening, Part1 57:34
Patricia Genoud-Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-07-09 Five Hindrances 52:25
Sharon Salzberg
Five Hindrances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center People of Color Retreat

2007-07-09 Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension 1:36:52
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Mountain Hermitage Vivekananda

2007-07-08 The Mind and the Way: Themes For Daily Practice 54:47
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

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

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 Training For The Uncondittioned 47:28
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka Sankhara

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

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

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