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Dharma Talks
1999-03-20 Lifelong Heart-Healing 65:16
Sylvia Boorstein
This Dharma talk given at the end of a 6-week retreat is about remembering what we are doing here, moving into the middle of our lives so we can see clearly, and paying attention so that we don't miss an opportunity for an awakened heart. Sylvia encourages us not to coast to the finish line, but to do the work we came to do in order to manifest an awakened heart. She also discusses healing from mistakes.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-18 Time 55:08
Howard Cohn

1999-03-17 7 Factors of Enlightenment 57:58
Jack Kornfield

1999-03-16 Seeing Through Our Stories 49:27
James Baraz

1999-03-15 Faith and Awareness 55:59
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-14 The Liberating News Of Impermanence 53:41
Sylvia Boorstein
Everything arises and passes away, like the breath. How to not be frightened by this or experience "existential angst" from inevitable loss in connection is often what brings us into practice. Liberation is in the heart that is wide enough to hold joy as well as the greatest pain of loss. In managing inevitable loss, we become kinder, softer, gentler and much more careful. To liberate "fixed point of view," we stay awake and attentive, always open for new insights to our stories about ourselves and others. Views change, bodies change, relationships change, but what does not change is the capacity of the heart to respond with compassion and lovingkindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-13 Release Through Self 40:58
Ajahn Sucitto
release occurs through tuning up the self and letting Kamma be felt in awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-12 The Comparring Mired 57:21
James Baraz

1999-03-12 Attachment 1:12:12
Ajahn Sucitto
attachment (clinging or feeling) even to Dhamma, is suffering and is the binding factor of self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-11 Practical People make a Peaceful World 57:00
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-11 Samadhi Is Pure Enjoyment 47:42
Ajahn Sucitto
Samadhi, a Pali word, means meditative absorption or a state of concentration. This talk is an exploration of samadhi as the art of refined enjoyment. Approaching our meditation with receptivity, we carefully collect our attention for the full enjoyment of the present moment. This kind of attention is enjoyable and light, balanced and at ease.

1999-03-11 Anapanasati: Release Of The Mind 47:19
Ajahn Sucitto
through the contemplative process, awareness is progressively released from unwholesome to wholesome karma
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-10 Compassion 59:00
Jack Kornfield

1999-03-10 Anapanasati: The Fourth Tetrad - Realization 52:04
Ajahn Sucitto
Vipassana (on looking) and samatha (setting) conform to give realization at every stage of the path.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-09 Passion for Practice 52:55
James Baraz

1999-03-09 Anapanasati: Transformation Of The Breath 49:19
Ajahn Sucitto
mind and breath mutually change from separate entities into energy and feeling.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-09 Shifting The Boundaries 69:15
Ajahn Sucitto
perceptions of change dislodges the mind from object-dependence; brahma vihara extends the scope of relationship.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-08 Was ist Buddhismus? 53:10
Fred Von Allmen
Mythen und Fakten über Lehre und Praxis
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg

1999-03-08 Motivation In Practice 59:19
Guy Armstrong
finding a motivation that does not stop short
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-08 Awareness: Sublime Disobedience 36:12
Ajahn Sucitto
awareness does not follow orders; letting go comes around naturally through accessing conducive perceptions.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-08 Questions And Answers 57:43
Ajahn Sucitto
questions on the hindrances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-07 Always Beginning Again 61:32
Sylvia Boorstein
inspiration for beginning and continuing practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-07 Establishing Vitality 61:51
Ajahn Sucitto
the requirement of energy for meditation can be developed through meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-07 Anapanasati - The First Tetrad 43:07
Ajahn Sucitto
a brief overview of the path of breath meditation, with details on the opening phases.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-07 Awareness And Right Reference 68:49
Ajahn Sucitto
shifting the references- from desirability, substantiality and self to emptiness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-06 The Practice of Loving Kindness 60:38
Guy Armstrong

1999-03-06 Four Kinds Of Letting Go 42:58
Ajahn Sucitto
the balance between letting go and one-pointedness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-05 Faith, Relinquishment, Commitment 64:00
Ajahn Sucitto
these three factors sustain the unity of retreat.; they take us out of ourselves
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-03-04 The Buddha's Last Teaching 60:44
Jack Kornfield

1999-03-03 Swinging from the Vine to Nibbana 45:49
John Travis

1999-03-02 Five Powers Of Mind 46:50
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

1999-03-02 In the Seen, Just the Seen 66:44
Eugene Cash
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-02 Meditation And Love 42:52
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

1999-03-01 Towards And Away From 41:55
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

1999-03-01 Karma 54:01
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-01 What The Teachings Point To 51:40
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

1999-03-01 From Love To Freedom 42:27
Christopher Titmuss
Gaia House Retreat with Christopher Titmuss

1999-02-28 Compassion And Wisdom 59:52
Kamala Masters
integration of the understanding of wisdom practice and compassion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Heart (3 days)

1999-02-28 The Dharma Of Horton 57:07
Sylvia Boorstein
teachings of patience, which lead to compassion and wisdom
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-02-27 Self-Kindness And Self-Indulgence 40:38
Rodney Smith
the practice is built on self-kindness and is destroyed through self-indulgence, but ultimately moves beyond the self entirely
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-02-26 Abilities We All Share 58:32
Marie Mannschatz
the five spiritual faculties
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-02-25 The Three Characteristics 57:39
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-02-24 Love And Wisdom 67:39
Kamala Masters
integration of understandings of wisdom practice and Metta
Maui, Hi

1999-02-24 The Attack of Mara 61:28
Eugene Cash
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-02-24 Anangana Sutta: Blemishes 57:02
Bhikkhu Bodhi
MN5
Sri Lanka BPS

1999-02-23 Bottom Line 43:37
John Travis

1999-02-22 Purification of the Heart 59:16
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-02-22 Equanimity 61:36
Lama Palden

1999-02-21 Nothing Is Worth Thinking Out 57:33
Sylvia Boorstein
inspiration for a rigorous, devoted, hope-filled practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-02-20 Our Practice Place 55:39
Eugene Cash

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