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Dharma Talks
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 Spiritual Friendship 58:54
Myoshin Kelley
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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

2006-03-27 Transforming Suffering Into Happiness 60:29
James Baraz
Cultivating an open heart through the Dharma.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-03-26 Closing Talk with Narayan Liebenson-Grady 56:37
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Womens Retreat

2006-03-26 Going Where Frames Of Reference Can't Go 36:31
Jose Reissig
The most serious drawback of our frames of reference is that we end up imagining that they offer a comprehensive description of reality, and this keeps us from going beyond them. This talk is an invitation to go beyond.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties

2006-03-25 The Lure Of The Frames Of Reference 36:37
Jose Reissig
Most of what comes our way (time, history, ideas, etc.) tends to be used as raw material for building mental frames of reference. While these mental structures bring a simulacrum of stability to our lives, in the end they are most unhelpful because we tend to cling to them. We'd do well to hold them loosely.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties

2006-03-25 The Mind: Intrinsically Empty, Naturally Radiant 58:28
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-03-24 Patience 52:18
Adrianne Ross
The value of patience through all shapes of the path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-03-24 The End Of Becoming 40:52
Christina Feldman
In the end of clinging there is an end to becoming and to restlessness. We learn how to rest in what is.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Womens Retreat

2006-03-24 Choice And Its Fallacy 49:13
Jose Reissig
Choice has been acclaimed by our culture as the key to happiness. However, our picking and choosing frenzy does little to allay our dissatisfaction. Rather, this frenzy becomes a tool for the ego. The talk examines alternative ways of finding happiness.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties

2006-03-23 Right Thought Intention 55:17
Myoshin Kelley
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-03-23 Heavenly Messengers 40:01
Narayan Helen Liebenson
The heavenly messengers awaken us from delusion and complacency. They invite us to discover enduring wisdom and freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2006-03-21 What Is Faith? 51:13
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Faith is not magical but grows in the light of understanding and experience. Faith enables us to embrace the obstacles and imperfections our life brings.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2006-03-20 Gladdening the Mind 48:07
Christina Feldman
Gladness of mind allows for wise attention, compassion and contentment. It is born of spaciousness, ease and appreciation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Womens Retreat

2006-03-20 Satipatthana Sutta - part 23 - The 5 Aggregates: Non-Self 63:14
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge
In collection: Satipatthana Sutta Series

2006-03-20 Forgiveness 54:18
Marie Mannschatz
The process of forgiveness is a main ingredient of metta practice. How to practice forgiveness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-03-19 Anatta 51:58
Adrianne Ross
Identification and becoming.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2006-03-19 The Path Made Visible 41:49
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Awareness illuminates the path of awakening. Our understanding of what the path is deepens simultaneously with our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2006-03-18 Opening Talk with Narayan Liebenson-Grady 52:13
Christina Feldman
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Womens Retreat

2006-03-17 4 Noble truths 55:55
Myoshin Kelley
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2006 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2006-03-15 The Buddha's Last Words 1:20:04
Matthew Daniell
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

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