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Dharma Talks
2017-12-31 Morning Chanting (English) 11:15
Ajahn Sucitto
Phu Tara Faa :  December 2017 Retreat

2017-12-30 Mind Fullness of Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:08
Eugene Cash
Working with the conventional mind, including judging and comparing, and the unity of Small Mind and Big Mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Years Insight

2017-12-30 Trusting Who We Are (retreat talk) 62:32
Tara Brach
The sign of spiritual freedom is a deep trust in our essential nature, and in the light of awareness that lives through all beings. This talk explores the conditioning that entraps us in a trance of separation and believing in a limited self. We then explore the evolutionary shift in identity that is possible as we deepen our attention and presence to the life that is here, and the loving awareness that is the source of existence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2017 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2017-12-30 Reflection and Intention 39:37
Norman Feldman
Reflections on the past year and the path of intention
True North Insight Guelph New Year's Retreat

2017-12-30 Dukkha and Soulmaking (Part 3) 1:44:12
Rob Burbea
PLEASE NOTE: 'The Mirrored Gates' is a set of talks (recorded by Rob from his home) attempting to clarify, elaborate on, and open up further the concepts, practices, and possibilities explained in previous talks on imaginal practice. Some working familiarity with those previous teachings will provide a helpful foundation for this new set; but a good understanding of and experiential facility with practices of emptiness, samatha, the emotional/energy body, metta, and mindfulness is necessary and presumed, without which these new teachings may be confusing and difficult to comprehend.
Gaia House The Mirrored Gates

2017-12-30 12 talk: Right Effort 51:09
Jill Shepherd
An exploration of ways to find balanced effort
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat

2017-12-30 Impermanence and Insight 49:24
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Transforming the Mind and Healing the Heart: Reflecting on Impermanence

2017-12-30 Karuna and Mudita Meditation - Compassion and Sympathetic Joy 35:54
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Transforming the Mind and Healing the Heart: Reflecting on Impermanence

2017-12-30 Evening Talk - Taking the Practice Home 33:28
Ajahn Sucitto
As retreat comes to an end, consider the cooperative boundaries that allow Dhamma to flourish. Establish reasonable boundaries related to behavior, moral integrity, restraint. Remember that bhāvanā is more than meditation, cultivate throughout the day. Restore the source of energy, know its boundaries.
Phu Tara Faa :  December 2017 Retreat

2017-12-30 Radiating Kindness 44:00
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided Meditation, New Year's Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-12-30 First Morning Instructions 53:41
Anushka Fernandopulle
Sitting and walking instructions and cell phone renunciation ceremony.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2017-12-30 How to Develop Wisdom? 17:12
Ayya Santacitta
New Year's Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-12-30 Morning - Wisdom Covers It All 47:43
Ajahn Sucitto
Wisdom makes life more manageable, more fun. We can find how we’re generating stress by knowing feeling: “all dhammas converge on feeling.” Trace activations to their roots, identify the feeling, widen to the place where it isn’t. There is a wider domain to feeling, an end to experiencing feeling, both pleasant and unpleasant.
Phu Tara Faa :  December 2017 Retreat

2017-12-29 Opening Talk - Years Retreat 2017-18 69:02
Yanai Postelnik
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2017-12-29 The Three Characteristics ~ Structure of Experience 42:43
Ayya Santacitta
New Year's Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-12-29 Heart meditation: Cultivating self-compassion 45:51
Hugh Byrne
This talk and guided meditation includes reflections on how cultivating compassion towards ourselves is essential for our own well-being and happiness—and a key to opening our hearts to the suffering of others. It concludes with a guided self-compassion meditation.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2017 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2017-12-29 Dukkha and Soulmaking (Part 2) 44:04
Rob Burbea
PLEASE NOTE: 'The Mirrored Gates' is a set of talks (recorded by Rob from his home) attempting to clarify, elaborate on, and open up further the concepts, practices, and possibilities explained in previous talks on imaginal practice. Some working familiarity with those previous teachings will provide a helpful foundation for this new set; but a good understanding of and experiential facility with practices of emptiness, samatha, the emotional/energy body, metta, and mindfulness is necessary and presumed, without which these new teachings may be confusing and difficult to comprehend.
Gaia House The Mirrored Gates

2017-12-29 09 talk: Dukkha and the Four Noble Truths 49:42
Jill Shepherd
An overview of the Four Noble Truths, and skilful ways of relating to dukkha (suffering, unsatisfactoriness)
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat

2017-12-29 Evening Talk: Wisdom of release 17:15
Ajahn Sucitto
The 10 Fold Path has to do with the development of release. Sometimes we don’t want things to arise, but they can’t be released otherwise. This is a piece of your kamma, the piece that has to be known, felt, opened to and carefully handled. Then it can dissolve.
Phu Tara Faa :  December 2017 Retreat

2017-12-29 08 meditation: four elements 10:43
Jill Shepherd
guided meditation exploring the four elements in the body, lying down
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat

2017-12-29 07 instructions: Mindfulness of the Body and four elements or qualities 5:56
Jill Shepherd
Exploring physical sensations in the body in terms of four elements or qualities of earth, fire, water and wind or air
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Sydney Insight Meditators New Year's retreat

2017-12-29 Encouragement Along the Way 17:28
Ayya Anandabodhi
New Year's Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-12-29 Hindrances: A New Perspective (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:54
DaRa Williams
Includes sharing Gil Fronsdal's BELLA which is a way to work with the hinderances's.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Years Insight

2017-12-29 Meditation and Short Talk: Basic Elements of a Mindfulness Meditation Sitting 34:29
Tara Brach
This short talk and guided meditation offers an overview of what many people find is a natural unfolding within a meditation sitting. It includes the process of arriving in an embodied presence, learning how to come back from thoughts, and then opening the attention mindfully to the changing flow of experience. The meditation provides generous space between prompts for practice.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2017 IMCW New Year Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2017-12-29 Morning - Respect Brings Warmth 48:16
Ajahn Sucitto
Respect means allowing things to be as they are. We developing respect towards others in community and towards ourselves, our body. Practice by tuning into the subjective sense. This heart intention is naturally holistic, inclusive.
Phu Tara Faa :  December 2017 Retreat

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