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Dharma Talks
2006-04-21 Friday Afternoon Program 55:34
Norman Fischer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-21 Happiness and Harmlessness 61:40
Carol Wilson
date uncertain

2006-04-21 Guided Meditation - Big Sky Mind 42:28
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) Meditation Retreat

2006-04-20 Wisdom Parami 54:10
Steve Armstrong

2006-04-20 Generosity 52:31
Patricia Genoud-Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-04-20 Creativity 52:36
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Zen Meditation

2006-04-19 Ethics and Compassion 43:57
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Zen Meditation

2006-04-18 Lovingkindness 51:07
Kamala Masters
The practice of Lovingkindness creates pathways in the mind/heart that become more clear and accessible to us.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Parami & Concentration Retreat

2006-04-18 Sudden Awakening 56:15
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Zen Meditation

2006-04-17 I Had to Learn the Hard Way to Let it Pass 53:44
Steve Armstrong

2006-04-17 Finding True Refuge 57:07
Myoshin Kelley
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-04-17 Practice and Awakening 55:10
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Zen Meditation

2006-04-16 Reflections on “The Journey”, by Mary Oliver 46:57
Donald Rothberg
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2006-04-16 The Five Obscurations 61:30
Diana Winston
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley)

2006-04-16 Settling Into Mindfulness 40:03
Sharda Rogell
What is mindfulness? Exploring the qualities of mindfulness: knowingness, openness, curiosity and kindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-16 Spirit of Zen 46:55
Stephen Batchelor
Gaia House Zen Meditation

2006-04-15 Patience 56:10
Kamala Masters
Developing the parami of patience, and the strength of the heart that comes from cultivating that virtue.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Parami & Concentration Retreat

2006-04-15 Taking the Practice Home 55:10
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-15 Cultivating Conscience and Concern 61:27
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2006-04-15 The Heart of Buddhist Meditation 47:58
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Zen Meditation

2006-04-14 Opening Talk 55:56
Steve Armstrong

2006-04-13 Rigpa Consciousness and Nirvana 1:14:49
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-13 Compassion 48:54
Patricia Genoud-Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-04-12 Practicing Rigpa - Part 2 46:57
Guy Armstrong
The talk explores different methods for the technique of looking in dzogchen practice as taught by Tsoknyi Rinpoche. It also describes some meditation states that might be mistaken for rigpa (near relatives).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-12 Nahid Angha Discusses Sufism with Sylvia 67:37
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-11 Practicing Rigpa - Part 1 54:04
Guy Armstrong
This talk discusses the basic approach of look, see and rest in Rigpa practice, with an emphasis on trust in our own experience.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-10 The History of Buddhism in India - Part 2 64:28
Guy Armstrong
This talk discusses the development of Buddhism in India beginning with the origins of the Mahayana school around 100 BC and continuing through Nagarjuna, the Yogacara school, Vajrayana, and the beginnings of Dzogchen. As in part 1, the philosophical differences are highlighted.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-10 Intention of the Heart 63:23
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-10 Life At The Edge 42:31
Myoshin Kelley
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-04-09 The History of Buddhism in India - Part 1 44:24
Guy Armstrong
This talk recaps some key elements in the development of Buddhism in India from the death of the Buddha through the splits that occurred in the early schools of what could be called classical or Nikaya Buddhism. It highlights some of the philosophical issues that caused the divisions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-08 Path Of The Bodhisattva 65:09
Tara Brach
The path of the Bodhisattva is to realize and live from the truth or our connectedness. Our practices as compassion and metta awaken us from the trance of separation and free us to embody the awakened heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2006-04-08 Hindrances to Insight and Happiness 42:04
Molly Swan
Gaia House The Heart of Practice

2006-04-07 The Joyof Renunciation 53:31
Patricia Genoud-Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-04-07 Opening Talk for The Heart of Practice Retreat 23:22
Molly Swan
Gaia House The Heart of Practice

2006-04-06 Q&A with Norm And Mary 69:27
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-06 Realizing Our True Nature 63:07
Tara Brach
This talk explores the pathways to realizing and inhabiting our natural awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2006-04-05 Working With Intentions 40:09
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-04 Embodied Awareness - First Foundation of Mindfulness 54:45
Hugh Byrne
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2006-04-04 Abiding in Paradise 57:54
Norman Fischer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-03 Reflections On Bali 50:03
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-03 Finding True Refuge 48:08
Myoshin Kelley
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-04-03 In And Out Of Egypt 56:41
Sylvia Boorstein
Practice as restorer of wisdom of the mind when it's disturbed by afflictive emotion. An analogy is made to "Egypt" in the Exodus story as narrowness of mind--we go in and out of Egypt many times a day.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-03 Energy and Dharma Practice 46:30
Brad Richecoeur
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2006-04-02 Introductory Talk: Metta & Mindfulness For Christians And Jews, with Norm and Mary 63:37
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-04-02 The Middle Way 42:27
Norman Feldman
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2006-04-01 Don't Count the Bricks 1:12:28
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2006-04-01 Letting Go 47:57
Brad Richecoeur
Gaia House Insight Meditation and Qi Gong

2006-03-30 Q&A 63:35
Joseph Goldstein
JF370, MD245
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-03-29 To Kiss Or Quarrell 64:51
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-03-28 Trust in Dharma, Trust Yourself 50:59
Trudy Goodman
Trusting the path, we learn to trust ourselves. How to continue practice after the deep retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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