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Dharma Talks
2000-04-24 The Eightfold Path 8: Wise Samadhi 38:31
Rodney Smith
Samadhi completes the circle as it contains the wholeness of the path with its oneness of mind.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2000-04-23 Right Action 36:58
Christopher Titmuss
There are 4 kinds of action. One involves inner development.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and Inquiry

2000-04-23 The Relational Field 67:24
Ajahn Sucitto
Gaia House Breathing Like A Buddha

2000-04-22 Turning Around the Momentum of Karmic Formations 69:27
Ajahn Sucitto
Gaia House Breathing Like A Buddha

2000-04-21 Question and Answer Session 1:16:31
Ajahn Sucitto
Gaia House Breathing Like A Buddha

2000-04-21 The Way of the Bodhisattva 58:40
Jack Kornfield

2000-04-19 Presence Resonates with all Life 53:08
Ajahn Sucitto
Gaia House Breathing Like A Buddha

2000-04-19 Disturbances in Presence 68:39
Ajahn Sucitto
Gaia House Breathing Like A Buddha

2000-04-19 Attachment To Views 59:47
Carol Wilson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley)

2000-04-18 Coming Back to Your Central Axis 61:18
Ajahn Sucitto
Gaia House Breathing Like A Buddha

2000-04-18 Four Foundations of Mindfulness 58:37
Jack Kornfield

2000-04-18 Dealing with Mental Difficulties; Dimensions of Breath 1:14:27
Ajahn Sucitto
Gaia House Breathing Like A Buddha

2000-04-18 Sharing of Blessings, Morning Puja Chants 56:24
Ajahn Sucitto
Gaia House Breathing Like A Buddha

2000-04-17 The Eightfold Path 6: Wise Effort 38:15
Rodney Smith
Applying effort, without the wise overview, leads to the illusion of self-improvement.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2000-04-15 Remember This time 48:47
Ajahn Candasiri

2000-04-15 Karma: Trusting This Path Through Difficulties 42:34
Arinna Weisman
During periods of doubt or difficulty, the understanding of karma can become one of our deepest supports.

2000-04-14 Infinite Perfect Person 50:39
Eric Kolvig

2000-04-14 The Possibility Of Inner Contentment 49:26
Carol Wilson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley)

2000-04-13 Living with the Reality of Aging, Sickness and Death 52:35
Ajahn Candasiri
Our society emphasizes fitness, strength, youth, and vitality, and yet the body runs its own course. We can do things to keep it strong and healthy, but these types of measures are limited. We are blessed to have the Buddhist teachings because they encourage us to come to terms with aging, sickness and death -- fundamental truths of our existence.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Buddhist Contemplation

2000-04-13 The Hindrances 44:58
Arinna Weisman
The possibility of the "highest peace" and the obstacles which cover it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-04-12 Living with Ease in a Stressed out world 49:51
Eric Kolvig

2000-04-12 Purifying the Heart 53:57
Ajahn Candasiri
This talk focuses on the Brahma Viharas and what prevents these from freely manifesting.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Buddhist Contemplation

2000-04-11 Talk 40:21
Marie Mannschatz
given at the Mountain Cloud Zen Center for the Santa Fe Vipasana Sangha
Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha

2000-04-11 Vipassana Meditation Introduction 52:07
Ajahn Candasiri
A guided meditation that introduces basic principles and techniques of Vipassana meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Buddhist Contemplation

2000-04-10 The Eightfold Path 7: Wise Mindfulness 43:53
Rodney Smith
Exploring how mindfulness flows naturally from a wise view.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2000-04-08 Right Effort 51:59
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor

2000-04-08 The Four Noble Truths 52:25
Ajahn Candasiri
Applying the three characteristics of the Four Noble Truths, and the Eight Fold Path, to our daily life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Buddhist Contemplation

2000-04-07 Why We Sit and What it Does 59:37
Robert K. Hall

2000-04-03 Awakening Through Aversion 37:22
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor

2000-04-03 Bodhisattva 61:12
Jack Kornfield

2000-04-03 The Eightfold Path 5: Wise Livelihood 43:15
Rodney Smith
Are we prostituting one-third of our life to fund the other two-thirds?
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2000-03-30 How Change Happens in Spiritual Life 60:18
Jack Kornfield

2000-03-30 What Brings Change on the Spiritual Path 60:25
Jack Kornfield

2000-03-29 Ryokan 51:05
Eugene Cash

2000-03-29 Opening To Dukkha Is Opening To Freedom 45:37
Narayan Helen Liebenson
The awareness of suffering is a way to let it go.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-03-28 Relationships As Path 57:22
Tara Brach
Delving into how our relationships are the ground of spiritual awakening.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-03-27 The Eightfold Path 4: Wise Action 39:28
Rodney Smith
Without the integrating the wise view into our actions, our path can remain very conceptual.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2000-03-26 Mudita: Sympathetic Joy 49:09
Marie Mannschatz

2000-03-24 Bodhisattva's Aspiration 63:04
Tara Brach
The Bodhisattva is resolved to realize non-separation and live from this truth. On this path, we widen the circle of compassion to include all of life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-03-23 Death, Grief and Practice 29:17
Eugene Cash

2000-03-23 Losing It: How Being Humbled Can Lead To True Humility 56:49
James Baraz
The experience of seeing the confusion in our minds as well as its unskillful expression in words and actions can be very humbling. How can we use our mistakes to deepen our practice and turn them into a noble humility that deepens our understanding and enriches our spiritual life?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2000-03-22 Compassion 1:13:21
Joseph Goldstein

2000-03-21 On Not Knowing 59:25
Jack Kornfield
Learning to rest in mystery, wisdom, and not knowing.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-03-20 In This Very Body 51:54
Marie Mannschatz
Body awareness and the five aggregates.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-03-19 Desire and Awakening of Our Hearts 55:58
Tara Brach

2000-03-18 Desire and Awakening 56:08
Tara Brach

2000-03-17 In the Seen. Just the Seen 55:01
Eugene Cash

2000-03-16 What We Need Is Here 58:47
Howard Cohn

2000-03-15 Man II 51:11
Marie Mannschatz

2000-03-14 3 Characteristics 49:20
Jack Kornfield

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