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Dharma Talks in English
2017-10-03 Kisa Gotami: Buddha's Deep Compassion Toward Women 40:55
Ayya Santussika
In this fourth talk in a lecture series on the Great Disciples, the speaker, Ayya Santussika, tells the life story of two enlightened, fully ordained nuns. In fact, there were quite a few of enlightened, fully ordained nuns at the Buddha's time. The speaker also discusses how we can find the key to our own happiness in these nuns' stories, such as letting go, calming the mind, and realizing complete freedom from suffering. Finally, Ayya Santussika describes the Buddha's tremendous compassion for women. In his teachings, the Buddha acknowledged sufferings that were specific to women that are still relevant today.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: The Great Disciples: People and Personalities in the Buddha's Community

2017-10-03 Maranasati Retreat Normalizing Death (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:44
Eugene Cash
Great is the matter of Birth-and-Death. Life passed swiftly and is quickly lost Awaken! Awaken! Do not waste your life... Exploring mindfulness of death in Theravada Practice. Looking at the reality of human death in the world today and at the time of the Buddha. The paradox and potential of opening to the reality of death as part of life and Buddhist practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Contemplating Death / Awakening to Life

2017-10-03 Practice As A Path Of Happiness - Part 2 64:11
James Baraz
Continuation of the last talk: using intention, mindfulness, difficulties, and gratitude as supports to greater well being in practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-10-03 Upekkha 31:13
Noliwe Alexander
Mission Dharma

2017-10-03 Challenges and Benefits of Samadhi (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:40
Susie Harrington
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Settling, Seeing, and Spacious Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students

2017-10-03 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Course - Week 4 1:33:59
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Course (2017)

2017-10-03 Like a Cool Mountain Lake: Cultivating Jhana 40:46
Kittisaro
Cultivating supports for samadhi, the five jhana factors. The bathman of the mountain lake. Two similes for deep calm.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2017-10-03 Three Aspects of Concentration and the Simile of the Goldsmith: A Guided Meditation 25:21
Shaila Catherine
In this meditation instruction Shaila Catherine shares a Discourse of the Buddha (AN 3:101) in which he employs the simile of a goldsmith to teach skillful ways to deepen concentration. From time to time meditators adjust the quality of attention to periodically increase calmness, intensify energetic effort, or observe with a relaxed and non-interfering quality of mindfulness. This meditation instruction offers practical meditation skills for strengthening concentration.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2017-10-03 Day 1 morning instruction: Arriving in the body with breath (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:53
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Contemplating Death / Awakening to Life

2017-10-02 Arousing and Balancing The Five Spiritual Faculties 61:21
Bhante Buddharakkhita
When the five spiritual faculties are balanced. one can progress faster on the path to peace, happiness and final liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-10-02 Power Of The Precepts 1:10:49
Kittisaro
Eight streams of blessing and supports for samadhi. Discussion of vitakka/vicara.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2017-10-02 Buddhist Studies Course - The Three Refuges - Week 4 1:10:01
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - The Three Refuges

2017-10-02 The Gift of Impermanence 25:56
Brian Lesage
Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community FIMC Monday Night Talks

2017-10-01 Second foundation of mindfulness 59:51
Sally Armstrong
Vedana, or the feeling tone of pleasant, unpleasant or neither-pleasant-nor-unpleasant that arises with each sense contact, was considered important enough by the Buddha to be a foundation of mindfulness, one of the five aggregates, and central to the teaching on dependent origination. It is also at the heart of the Dart Sutta in the Samyutta Nikaya, where the Buddha talks about the two common responses to suffering: to bemoan and lament the fact that suffering is happening, but often to try to avoid the unpleasant by chasing after the pleasant. This talk looks at these different teachings to help us understand the importance of bringing mindfulness to vedana in our practice and in our lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-10-01 The Buddha's Teachings on Emptiness - Part 3 - Meditation 30:02
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha's Teachings on Emptiness

2017-10-01 The Buddha's Teachings on Emptiness - Part 3 - Talk 38:29
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center The Buddha's Teachings on Emptiness

2017-09-30 Seven Factors Of Awakening 49:31
John Martin
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-09-29 Perception, Papañca, and Sakkaya Ditthi. 57:51
Carol Wilson
The process of perception feeding proliferation of thought can create the magic show of personality show.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-09-29 Guided Metta Meditation 34:55
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Radiating Metta toward your friend can help to build a stronger connection between oneself and others.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-09-29 22 Guided meditation: equanimity for difficult person 20:55
Jill Shepherd
Equanimity in relation to a difficult person, using phrases
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-29 21 Instructions: equanimity for "difficult" person 9:09
Jill Shepherd
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-29 20 Instructions: Reflections on the Satipatthana Sutta refrain 18:04
Greg Scharf
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Awakening our Natural Wisdom

2017-09-28 First and Second Noble Truths 60:17
Guy Armstrong
The First Noble Truth of suffering is to be fully understood. The Second Noble Truth says that the origin of suffering is craving, which is to be abandoned.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2017-09-28 Finding Sujata: Faith in the Feminine (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:27
Spring Washam
This dharma talk is about faith. It includes the story of Sujata. Stories about trusting ourselves and the innate wisdom of the feminine.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Embodied, Empowered, and Awake: A Women's Meditation Retreat

2017-09-28 Sobhana: Beautiful Qualities of Awareness 65:45
Steve Armstrong
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation

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