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Dharma Talks
2003-04-16 Praxis als Feier 57:11
Fred Von Allmen
Ehrerbietung, Geben, Mitfreude: Ausdruck der Offenheit und Hingabe
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2003-04-14 Big Band, The Buddha and the Baby Boom 1:19:21
Wes Nisker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-04-11 The Great Heart Of Life 53:00
Yanai Postelnik
Our hearts capacity to love all beings and ourselves unconditionally, is discovered through understanding forgiveness, and the truth of interconnectedness. Freeing ourselves from fear, anger and hatred, reveals our life's capacity for a remarkable greatness of heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-04-10 The Awakened Heart 48:13
Rodney Smith
The heart cannot open when it is on a journey in time. Love is found when we add nothing to this moment.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2003-04-09 5 Spiritual Faculties 65:26
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-04-09 Wahrnehmung und Wirklichkeit 43:24
Fred Von Allmen
Um das Dasein zutiefst verstehen zu können, müssen wir es wirklichkeitsgemäss wahrnehmen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

2003-04-08 Exploring the Edges of Weirdness 37:58
Brad Richecoeur
Gaia House Meditation and Qi Gong Retreat

2003-04-08 Task-Centered & Heart-Centered Meditation 47:21
Rodney Smith
The movement from task-centered practice to heart-centered awareness contains the whole of the spiritual path.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2003-04-07 Brahma Viharas in Time of War 1:10:34
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-04-06 Insight and Non-Grasping 46:01
Norman Feldman
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2003-04-06 The Search For Meaning 45:05
Rodney Smith
We search throughout our lives for what is meaningful, only to find it in front of our eyes.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2003-04-05 Intention 46:39
Norman Feldman
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2003-04-02 There Will Be a Next Fall 63:05
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-03-29 The Buddha's Advice On The Four Noble Truths 50:39
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-28 The Nature Of Awareness 56:21
Guy Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-27 The Accommodation Of Separation 46:44
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-27 The Spirit Of Questioning 48:45
Rodney Smith
To hold a question is to keep the mind unformed and resting in stillness. Seeking an answer reconfirms the person who knows.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-26 Discussion and QandA Session 47:35
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-26 The Contemplative Way Of Life 45:30
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-26 Deep Happiness And QandA Session 53:36
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-25 Responding to War: The Bodhisttva Path 61:50
Jack Kornfield

2003-03-25 Purity And Purification 52:46
Guy Armstrong
A useful way to view the unfolding of practice is through the two truths, conventional and ultimate. The purity of our true nature is revealed until a conditioned pattern of mind is encountered. When met with acceptance, the pattern becomes purified.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-03-24 Making A Journey 40:06
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-24 Wanting: The Payoff And The Pain 44:56
Rodney Smith
The whole of desire must be understood—what it gives us and its inevitable pain—in order for it to be put to an end.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-23 Living With Our Heart 41:53
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

2003-03-19 March 19th, 2003 39:29
Sylvia Boorstein

2003-03-17 Right Intention & Mixed Motives 59:30
Phillip Moffitt
Right intention is the point of freedom in life. Its cultivation is how we come into meaning and relatedness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-03-16 Working With Fear: A Meditative Approach 55:43
Michael Grady
Applying the practice to the energy of fear.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-03-15 Lost In Thought 55:55
Anna Douglas
The four root causes of how thinking carries us away.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-03-13 Self Knowing And The Daily Life Of Retreats - Iii 55:36
Larry Rosenberg
As above.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-12 Acting out of Presence and Non-Attachment 58:13
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-03-12 Spiritual Urgency 1:13:57
Lila Kate Wheeler
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2003-03-12 Spiritual Urgency 1:13:38
Lila Kate Wheeler

2003-03-12 Being Awake, Living Life Fully in the Here and Now 45:33
Michael Grady

2003-03-12 Being Awake 45:46
Michael Grady
Living life fully in the here and now.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-11 Self Knowing And The Daily Life Of Retreats - Ii 49:13
Larry Rosenberg
As above.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-10 Insight Into The Three Characteristics Of Conditions 47:39
Michael Grady
Seeing into the nature of conditioned experiences of suffering, impermanence and selflessness leads to unconditioned freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-09 Self Knowing And The Daily Life Of Retreats 47:13
Larry Rosenberg
Retreat daily life provides many rich opportunities to know oneself. If the ordinary retreat activities 'off the cushion' are practiced whole-heartedly there can be great transfer of skill when we return home.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2003-03-09 Q&A 55:49
Jack Kornfield
with John T and Anna Douglas

2003-03-08 Opening Talk with Michael Grady 49:45
Larry Rosenberg

2003-03-06 Dukkha And Compassion 50:33
John Travis
The nature of suffering—the result in the human heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-03-05 Breath Awareness 1:25:17
Matthew Daniell
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2003-03-02 Wisdom And Compassion 42:47
Anna Douglas
Through mindfulness, we water the seeds of wisdom and compassion - inherent qualities of our nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-03-01 Generosity First 23:01
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2003-02-26 Embodiment Of Freedom 40:46
Christina Feldman
Understanding emptiness, we learn to embody freedom in all the moments of our lives. The absolute and relative are interwoven--the ground of wisdom and compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women's Retreat

2003-02-25 Levels of Insight 45:04
Narayan Helen Liebenson

2003-02-24 The Body 39:46
Christina Feldman
The body is one of the most constant resting places of the "self". Relationship to our body holds not only the potential for confusion and suffering but also for profound wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women's Retreat

2003-02-23 There's No Such Place As Somewhere Else 48:25
Martin Aylward
Gaia House Retreat with Martin Aylward

2003-02-21 A Prayer For Peace 53:38
Sylvia Boorstein
How every intention to refocus the attention in this present moment is both a prayer for peace and an answer to the prayer.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-02-21 Sometimes It's Hard To Be A Yogi 49:38
Martin Aylward
Gaia House Retreat with Martin Aylward

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