2008-08-09 The Landscape Of Compassion 62:25
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Concerning the interrelationship of our inner world to our outer world.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight and the Art of Equanimity: Weekend Retreat

2008-08-09 First Morning Instructions and Guided Meditation 43:58
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
Gaia House :  The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)

2008-08-08 The Art Of Equanimity And Insight 1:30:10
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Opening talk
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight and the Art of Equanimity: Weekend Retreat

2008-08-08 Talk One: Introduction to the Art of Concentration (Samatha Meditation) 45:03
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
Gaia House :  The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)

2008-08-07 Rest the Mind 37:01
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-08-07 Bodhisattva's Way Of Life - part 2: Preparing The Ground 56:57
James Baraz	Download Listen
This is the second chapter of Shantideva's "Bodhisattva's Way of Life" and discusses the importance of developing an attitude of reverence and devotion as well as purifying our past actions in order to plant the seed of awakening in fertile soil. We’ll be discussing not only the ideas but ways to incorporate them in your dharma practice.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2008-08-07 Accepting Experience While Wanting Change 58:33
Marvin Belzer	Download Listen
We use methods in mindfulness meditation to develop a number of highly valued qualities of mind including concentration, experiential inquiry, kindness, shared joy, and equanimity. At the same time we maintain from the beginning a basic attitude of radical acceptance; we respect self-acceptance as an element of each of the methods. Wait a minute. Is this coherent? Is it a joke? If we are practicing a method to improve the mind, can we really practice radical acceptance at the same time? Put abstractly it can be made to seem paradoxical. Yet the paradox can be resolved. And more important than conceptual resolution is the fact that in practice we find that the methods are transformative when practiced skillfully in a framework of radical acceptance.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Young Adult Retreat

2008-08-06 Practicing in Daily Life: Reflecting on Equanimity 57:24
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-08-05 The Dharma of Global Climate Change 52:52
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2008-08-05 Eye Of The Storm: The Benefits Of Mindfulness 56:27
Diana Winston	Download Listen
A talk for young adults (and others) on mindfulness, how it works, its benefits, what makes it hard, and some of the science of mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Young Adult Retreat

2008-08-05 Brief Talk And Chanting 8:52
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Young Adult Retreat

2008-08-04 Inquiring Mind: 25 Years Of Dharma In The West 55:33
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
Review of personalitites and ideas published in 25 years of Inquiring Mind - journal of the Vipassana Community.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-08-03 Guided Metta Meditation 29:43
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
Guided Metta meditation using the benefactor, self, good friend, and neutral person as the objects of metta. Special emphasis on relaxation and being open.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2008-08-03 The Four Noble Truths 48:04
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Practicing the Four Noble Truths can help us to discouver the purpose of human life – to realize ultimate happiness/liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2008-08-02 Vinaya-A Universal Training 47:58
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Vinaya isn’t just monastic rules. It is a set of teachings and guidelines that help check our actions so we can live according to our deeply held values – generosity, mutual respect, simplicity of needs. These values act as Path factors, to support the release into freedom.
Cittaviveka :  2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat

2008-08-02 Practice Overview with Q&A 61:12
Pa Auk Sayadaw	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  August 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-08-02 Transition Talk 58:15
Julie Wester	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Family Retreat

2008-08-02 Mindfulness Of Mind 43:25
Amita Schmidt	Download Listen
How to work with thoughts and emotions.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2008-08-02 Guided Meditation - Day 3 with Questions And Answers 41:51
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Reflecting on own goodness, forgiveness; benefactor, self and friend.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2008-08-01 The Buddha's Quest - A Public Talk 25:06
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2008-08-01 Love For Our Dear Ones 45:54
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Family Retreat

2008-08-01 Top Five Weather Patterns Of Mind 58:37
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Buddha’s spiritual quest, three marks of existence and five hindrances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2008-08-01 Beginning Metta 28:30
Amita Schmidt	Download Listen
Benefactor and self - guided metta meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2008-07-31 Bodhisattva's Way Of Life - part 1: Benefits Of Bodhicitta 59:54
James Baraz	Download Listen
I just received teachings with the Dalai Lama last week on the topic, I'm going to start a series on Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. This is one of the Dalai Lama's central teachings. As he says, "If I have any understanding of compassion and the practice of the bodhisattva path, it is entirely on the basis of this text that I possess it."
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2008-07-30 Living in Wisdom and Equanimity 53:55
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-07-30 The Family Dharma Of Change 57:48
Betsy Rose	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Family Retreat

2008-07-26 Pinning Down The Shapeshifter 45:05
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Meeting and transmuting the hindrances requires appropriate attention, knowing how one is affected. Referring to where body and mind meet as a base for investigation, come to know what starves the hindrances and what feeds the enlightenment factors.
Cittaviveka :  2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat

2008-07-26 Knowledge with Q&A - part 2 3:54
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-07-26 Knowledge with Q&A - part 1 1:17:49
Sayadaw U Jagara	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-07-26 Renunciation And The Paramis 65:02
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
A reflection of what we can to continue our practise from inside to outside the meditation hall.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-26 Courage to Be 59:01
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Affection Compassion And Joy

2008-07-25 Guided Mudita Meditation 47:19
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-25 What Story Of Yourself Causes You Suffering? 65:01
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Seeing the anatta characteristic of the body and mind frees you from the suffering of a united sense of self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-25 Love And Desire In Family Life 48:16
Deborah Ratner Helzer	Download Listen
A discussion of the three types of love, clinging, sincere love and unconditional love as they apply to our intimate relationships.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Family Retreat

2008-07-25 Openness of Being 1:15:30
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Affection Compassion And Joy

2008-07-24 Aggregates 37:29
Mary Grace Orr	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz

2008-07-24 Guided Morning Sit with Q&A 52:25
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-24 Guided Equanimity And Forgiveness Meditation 52:25
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-24 The Buddha; Song Of Enlightenment: Achieved Is The End Of Craving 63:58
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
How to understand desire and craving in our lives and ways to experience the mind of peace.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-24 The Pattern of Experience (Part 2) 65:46
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Affection Compassion And Joy

2008-07-23 Supports For Appreciative Joy (Mudita) 56:18
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-07-23 Walking the Bodhisattva Path 56:57
Pamela Weiss	Download Listen

2008-07-23 Guided Meditation - Equanimity 65:15
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-23 Layers 60:25
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
Often we experience ourselves as a complex interweaving of layers of habits, beliefs and emotions. Investigating the obvious aspects of the outer layer, and being aware of our attitude about that layer, the layers gradually dissolve. The pairing of the wisdom of acceptance with the clarity of mindfulness guides us through our moment to moment experience towards freedome.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-23 The Pattern of Experience (Part 1) 1:12:27
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Affection Compassion And Joy

2008-07-22 Right Livelihood 44:28
Kim Allen	Download Listen
Right Livelihood, as the culmination of the virtue, or sila, steps of the Eightfold Path, concerns all aspects of how we sustain our life. It is far more than just our job. This talk examines how we can practice toward a fuller alignment of all aspects of our life.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley :  The Buddhist Path of Awakening: The Eight-Fold Noble Path A nine-week series

2008-07-22 Kamma: A Lesson From The Past, An Opportunity For The Future 62:01
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
The correct understanding of the law of kamma is a powerful ally in practice. Fulfilling our spiritual aspiration relies on the purity, energy and frequency of wholesome kamma that results in liberating understanding.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-22 It's Lonely Being a Self 63:21
John Peacock	Download Listen
Being a self is a very difficult and lonely process. In this talk the nature of the self is examined through reflections on the Buddhist doctrine of 'not-self' (anatta)
Gaia House :  Affection Compassion And Joy

2008-07-21 The Five Hindrances 42:22
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Use samatha – that which dispels passion – and vipassana – that which dispels ignorance – as practices that help overcome the hindrances. These themes of calming and inquiry are more than just techniques, they are a way to live all of life.
Cittaviveka :  2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat

2008-07-21 Guided Metta Meditation 46:01
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation