Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2008-09-06 Wise Speech And The Path Of Liberation 64:16
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
For this retreat on wise speech, mindfulness, and non-violent communication, we begin with examining the place of wise (or "right") speech in the Eightfold Path, and how it is linked to training and development in wisdom, ethics, and meditation. We then reflect on the importance for this path of speech, and the four ethical guidelines for speech given by the Buddha: (1) truthfulness, (2) helpfulness, (3) warmth/kindness, and (4) appropriateness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Mindfulness, Wise Speech and Nonviolent Communication

2008-09-06 Struggle and the Body 44:01
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Meditation and QiGong

2008-09-05 Wise Intention 51:07
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Our intentions link us to the world, sharpen our thoughts, words actions. The intentions of renunciation Kindness and Compassion shape an ethical liberated heart and life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Engaged Mystic: Meditation for Life

2008-09-05 Opening Talk for Insight Meditation and Qi Gong 48:46
Brad Richecoeur	Download Listen
Gaia House : Insight Meditation and QiGong

2008-09-04 Questions and Answers 62:42
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2008-09-04 Human 37:51
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-09-04 Bodhisattva's Way Of Life #5: Not Causing Harm, Gathering Virtue, And Benefiting Others 47:10
James Baraz	Download Listen
The talk is about the next chapter 5 of Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. This chapter is about the three disciplines: not causing harm, gathering virtue, and benefiting others. The title is translated has been translated as Vigilant Introspection or Guarding Alertness.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2008-09-04 Wise Speech 53:37
Narayan Helen Liebenson	Download Listen
Learning the four guidelines of mindful speaking which allow us to see with greater clarity
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Engaged Mystic: Meditation for Life

2008-09-03 Turning Towards What You Love 49:55
Tara Brach	Download Listen
There is a saying: The road to hell is paved with bad intentions. From the Buddha we learn the path to freedom arises from wise intentions. Yet because we habitually grasp after what will immediately relieve or comfort or please us, we often do not listen to our deepest intentions. We forget that in this brief life, what matters most is loving presence. This evening of talk and guided meditations invites participants to examine intentions in their relationships, and to reflect on living from a more awake connection with our heart.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-09-03 Introduction to Meditation Practice: Calm & Ease 57:28
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-09-03 Congruent Effort 47:48
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2008-09-03 Thunderstorm 15:24
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Hospice
Sati Saraniya Hermitage : Hospice Talks and Guided Meditations

2008-09-03 Pure Listening - Guided Meditation 19:28
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
Hospice
Sati Saraniya Hermitage : Hospice Talks and Guided Meditations

2008-09-03 Renewing Our Practice - Reflections On A Mountain Retreat 54:49
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
How do we keep our practice fresh? If we are stuck, how do we renew our practice? Reflecting on a just completed time of retreat, we explore four ways of renewing our practice: (1) finding ways to touch our deeper motivations, (2) cutting through habitual psychological patterns, (3) grounding further in the body, and (4) touching our awakened qualities.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2008-09-03 The Engaged Mystic 49:13
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
The Nobel 8 fold path is a path of awareness that embraces every dimension of our lives – it is the path to freedom and the embodiment of freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Engaged Mystic: Meditation for Life

2008-09-02 To Be or Not to Be 44:48
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2008-09-01 The Gratification, the Danger and the Escape 43:05
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2008-09-01 Abiding in Pause 36:09
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2008-08-31 Body Trumping Mind 46:12
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2008-08-31 Big Sky Meditation With Bells 41:03
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Retreat

2008-08-30 The Root of the Root of Yourself 45:37
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2008-08-30 Jhana Skills with Q&A #2 16:31
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : August 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-08-30 Jhana Skills with Q&A #1 1:18:55
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : August 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-08-30 Skills Of Meditation And The Five Hindrances 58:30
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Labor Day Weekend

2008-08-30 Seeing Through The Self Illusion 61:51
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Opening to our experience moment-to-moment brightens our awareness, illuminating the difference between our direct experience and the virtual version of ourselves that plays through our minds.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Retreat

2008-08-29 Opening Talk 54:12
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Labor Day Weekend

2008-08-29 Eighth Talk from the Teaching of Totality 32:30
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
The second half of the daily recordings from this retreat has been removed to protect the privacy of the retreatants, due to the sometimes personal nature of their conversations with Reb.
Gaia House : The Teaching Of Totality

2008-08-28 Bodhisattva's Way Of Life - part 4: Using Our Intelligence 53:55
James Baraz	Download Listen
The chapter we'll be exploring is Awareness, what Pema Chodron calls Using Our Intelligence. It has also been translated as Carefulness. The theme is how we can use wise attention to prevent us from getting caught in afflictive emotions (kilesas or kleshas). Even when we know better we may still find ourselves going down a road of action we will later regret. This chapter is how as bodhisattvas we deepen our commitment to refrain from unskillful action.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2008-08-28 What Kind Of Effort? 51:31
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Exploring the place of effort in practice and how we need different kinds of effort at different stages; includes stories.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Retreat

2008-08-28 Seventh Talk from the Teaching of Totality 47:04
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
The second half of the daily recordings from this retreat has been removed to protect the privacy of the retreatants, due to the sometimes personal nature of their conversations with Reb.
Gaia House : The Teaching Of Totality

2008-08-27 Listening To Our Life 1:21:28

Tara Brach

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Listening in a full and open way allows us to come home to our natural state--awake, vast awareness. In an immediate way, a listening attention dissolves the tangles of fear and craving that obscure our wholeness. This class includes both a talk and guided meditations on deep listening to our inner experience and with others.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-08-27 Life as an Unfolding Process Week 2 54:50
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-08-27 Sixth Talk from the Teaching of Totality 48:33
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
The second half of the daily recordings from this retreat has been removed to protect the privacy of the retreatants, due to the sometimes personal nature of their conversations with Reb.
Gaia House : The Teaching Of Totality

2008-08-26 Practicing with Vedena 38:45
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2008-08-26 Fifth Talk from the Teaching of Totality 49:00
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
The second half of the daily recordings from this retreat has been removed to protect the privacy of the retreatants, due to the sometimes personal nature of their conversations with Reb.
Gaia House : The Teaching Of Totality

2008-08-25 Bringing The Practice Home 56:49
Adrianne Ross	Download Listen
An end of retreat talk: Practice and principles to bring our insights and practice into our lives. Includes wise intention, renunciation, loving kindness and balanced effort and mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Concentration

2008-08-25 Fourth Talk from the Teaching of Totality 44:57
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
The second half of the daily recordings from this retreat has been removed to protect the privacy of the retreatants, due to the sometimes personal nature of their conversations with Reb.
Gaia House : The Teaching Of Totality

2008-08-24 Third Talk from the Teaching of Totality 41:19
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
The second half of the daily recordings from this retreat has been removed to protect the privacy of the retreatants, due to the sometimes personal nature of their conversations with Reb.
Gaia House : The Teaching Of Totality

2008-08-23 Practice And Theory with Q&A - part 1 68:22
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : August 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-08-23 Practice And Theory with Q&A - part 2 25:31
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : September 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-08-23 Vipassana Jhanas 62:07
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight knowledge unfolds with increasing maturity of the jhanic factors of mind. Stability of mind enables increasing depth of liberating knowledge.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Concentration

2008-08-23 Second Talk from the Teaching of Totality 33:32
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
The second half of the daily recordings from this retreat has been removed to protect the privacy of the retreatants, due to the sometimes personal nature of their conversations with Reb.
Gaia House : The Teaching Of Totality

2008-08-22 Why Exchange Sukkha For Dukkha 65:37
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Once you learn to find a calm abiding of the mind there are many kinds of joy and bliss that may arise. Yet, you are asked to turn your calm mind to the practice of insight in order to experience the dukkha the Buddha describes in the First Noble Truth. Why give bliss (sukkha) for dukkha.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Concentration

2008-08-22 Opening Talk for the Teaching of Totality 31:09
Reb Anderson	Download Listen
Gaia House : The Teaching Of Totality

2008-08-21 Graduated Path 49:31
John Travis	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-08-21 Wes Nisker Reflects... 50:13
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Wes talks about his new book, "The Best of Inquiring Mind: 25 Years of Dharma, Drama, & Uncommon Insights". He reads a really wonderful poem right at the end of the talk (reviewer's comment).
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2008-08-21 Falling In Love With The Breath 57:45
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Though the teachings on dukkha (suffering) are an important part of the Buddhist path, a skillful relationship to sukha (pleasure) actually played a significant part in the Buddha's awakening. This talk explores the wise use of pleasure and the cultivation of beautiful qualities of mind, especially in concentration practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Concentration

2008-08-20 Behind The Mask 1:16:13

Tara Brach

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We each develop and become identified with masks that express a false or narrowed sense of self. Whether it's the helper mask or addict mask, the controller mask or loser mask, the beliefs and emotions creating the mask prevent us from realizing our natural wholeness and beauty. This talk explores how, in the face of inevitable change and loss, we can remember the presence and love that is peering through the mask.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2008-08-20 Life as an Unfolding Process Week 1 52:48
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-08-20 Being Dharma 46:01
Kittisaro	Download Listen
From hearing to study to practice to being the Dharma
Dharmagiri