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Dharma Talks
2002-11-20 Bvihara - Mudita Practice 44:46
Marcia Rose
Instructions - Mudita Practice. Short reflection with oneself - good, helpful, skillful things we've done. Mudita phrases with - some it's easy to rejoice for/with--------and a benefactor, a friend, a family member, fellow yogi, all yogis on retreat.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 2

2002-11-19 Relative and Ultimate Bodhicitta 53:31
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-11-18 Mudita: Joy With - Joy For 61:58
Marcia Rose
Mudita - the natural response of the heart - our capacity to see joy in relationship to another's happiness, success, beauty, goodness or well being. Exploring and recognizing the joy that has no 'self' at the center of it… the momentary joy of the pure heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 2

2002-11-16 Opening Our Heart to Love 56:17
Patricia Genoud-Feldman
Opening the heart and training the mind through the practice of lovingkindness enables one to deeply connect with the truth of life as it unfolds. This brings forths a grateful mind like serenity, calm abiding and peaceful love.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 2

2002-11-11 Dipa Ma 59:08
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-11-11 Transformation Of Afflictive Emotions 1:17:04
Marcia Rose
Cultivating a strong and clear mindful attention that meets the experience of the moment allows us to see the afflictive emotions clearly.. To see through them like we see through the colors of a rainbow. This 'seeing' brings with it the possibility of the transformation of afflictive states into wholesome energies.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 2

2002-11-09 Big Mind Meditation 11:03
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-11-06 Doubt, Restlessness, Sloth 61:23
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-11-05 The Judging Mind 42:26
Rodney Smith
Judgement is a defense against feeling inadequate. The belief in inadequacy is a defense against the fear of being nothing. The fear of being nothing is a defense against silence, in which our nothingness is confirmed.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-11-04 Not Mind, Not Buddha, Not Anything 69:14
Norman Fischer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-11-03 Trusting the Process Of Awakening 53:39
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor
Maps and poems from various traditions which remind us that awakening includes cycles of death and rebirth. How to trust and work with the difficult phases.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-11-03 Kathina talk 42:39
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2002-11-03 Concentration And Mindfulness 55:28
Marcia Rose
Reigning the mind in from all it's myriad distractions… cultivating the power of concentration in order to see clearly. Pay attention in a non judging, non manipulative, non grasping, non rejecting attention - the magic of mindfulness, taking us out of illusion directly into reality.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 2

2002-11-01 Welcome to Part 2 with Marcia 59:21
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-11-01 Liberation through Non-Clinging 60:09
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-11-01 Welcome to Three Month Retreat 60:52
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-11-01 Referencing The Moment 37:58
Rodney Smith
Thought continually moves out to reference something uniquely now.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2002-10-31 Finding Unshakable Faith Faith On The Path 57:50
Myoshin Kelley
By learning the qualities of faith-trust, devotion, confidence and clarity of mind, we can begin to see faith unfolding in our own hearts. How faith helps to motivate and energize our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-10-30 Take Care 60:05
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-30 Awareness & Compassion 61:25
Carol Wilson
The natural expression of emptiness or anatta is compassion or friendliness. This motivation of heart develops naturally as wisdom and mindfulness deepen and we cannotice this happening both in retreat and in our daily lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-10-28 To Have a Life 65:02
Sharon Salzberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-10-28 Walking The Spiritual Path Lightly 52:01
Michele McDonald
Balancing connection, detachment, humor and spiritual friendship through the radiant beauty of the mystical.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1

2002-10-27 Connecting The Buddha's Journey With Our Own 58:06
Joseph Goldstein
Stages in the journey of awakening. How the Buddha's life relates to our own.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-10-23 Q&A 60:50
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-10-21 Poetry, Beauty, & Art 65:40
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-18 Self-Judgement And Compassion 61:13
Carol Wilson
Our habit of aversion stems from our not deeply understanding the First Noble Truth, -and thus reacting to difficulty with various forms of denial, resistance, avoidance. When we see that our tendency to judge ourselves is based on misunderstanding the way things are, we can open to our experience with more wisdom and compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-10-16 Self and Selflessness 58:22
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-10-16 Working with Aversion with Q&A 1:11:14
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-15 Brahma Vihara Guided Metta 42:51
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-10-14 Characteristics of experience 63:48
Ajahn Sucitto
Cittaviveka

2002-10-14 Understanding Mara And The Seven Factors Of Awakening (Part 1) 52:30
Michele McDonald
Being awake or asleep is a choice we make each moment of our life -- understanding how to balance and maintain mindfulness, investigation, energy and joyful interest.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1

2002-10-11 Bringing the Dharma Home 13:09
Ruth Denison
Incorporating the Dharma in everyday life. Dharma experiences from students and short guided metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-10 Impermanence 64:43
Ruth Denison
A talk on death and how we meet it, the possibility of it each day.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-10 Stories On Death and Dying 46:48
Ruth Denison
Integrating experiences of death and dying in daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-10 Ruth's 80th Birthday: Stories and Celebration 2:05:01
Ruth Denison
Sharings of the dharma experiences both from Ruth Denison and her students.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-10 Not Fearing Freedom 59:54
Carol Wilson
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-10-09 Full Body Sweep 54:27
Ruth Denison
Exploring the full body from the top of the head to the bottom of the feet. Moving slowly from place to place, tuning in to various sensations on all levels: from the outer flesh and hairs through muscles, bones and cells.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-09 Skeleton Dance: Cultivating Mindfulness and Joy 30:34
Ruth Denison
An active Dharma talk through dance and movement. A step-by-step explorative talk, dancing into bodily awareness of joy and mindfulness, using the sense doors of sight, sound, touch and perception
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-09 Working with Fear 61:23
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-10-09 The Sacrament of Human Connection 55:00
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-09 Working with Desire 1:11:29
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-08 Experiencing the Elements Through Exploration 55:12
Ruth Denison
An explanation of the four elements and an exploration through the body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-08 Mindfulness, Consciousness in the Body 1:26:51
Ruth Denison
An explorative explanation of consciously connecting with the body, developing deep concentration and mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-08 Mindfulness To the Body Through the Body Parts 55:40
Ruth Denison
A talk on how to sweep through the body, moving from part to part and incorporate the breath.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-08 Mindfulness To Body: Connection and Consciousness 55:40
Ruth Denison
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-07 The Five Hindrances with Compassion and Loving Kindness 2:03:35
Ruth Denison
Being present for the hindrances with compassion and loving kindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-07 Breath Body Consciousness 1:24:54
Ruth Denison
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-07 Respect 61:10
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-06 The Five Precepts 1:10:29
Ruth Denison
Including the five precepts in daily life. Cultivating them in positive action.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-10-06 Understanding The Ache Of Incarnation Itself 53:52
Michele McDonald
Giving birth to the adventure of living a life with great depth of wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three Month Retreat Part 1

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