Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2009-04-16 2009 Monthly Sitting Group, Month 4: Skillful Effort 1:19:49
Tina Rasmussen	Download Listen
Includes: intention; surrender; persistence; Yin and Yang; meditation instructions; and Q&A
Various

2009-04-01 Awakening Through Conflict 1:20:40

Tara Brach

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The wisdom of the Buddha can guide us not only in discovering inner freedom, but in healing that which divides us from each other. While conflict is inevitable--we are wired toward flight and flight when our needs are not met--it is possible to have our patterns of interpersonal reactivity be the very grounds for awakening. This talk draws on the work of Non Violent Comunications (Marshal Rosenberg) and explores how mindful communications are an interpersonal meditation that gives rise to compassion and understanding.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-03-30 Awake In Nature 58:46
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How does our meditation practice relate to the natural world? How does nature support our awakening. This talk explores how nature supports us to be more aware & develop awe, wonder, love, appreciation, peace and connectedness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-03-27 Unsupporting Consciousness 24:42
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
In meditation we can come to recognize what the mind leans upon and why – and how everything it leans on falls apart. The most stable and secure abiding is unsupported consciousness – the removal of all props – ‘this is peaceful, this is sublime.’ It leads to cessation, a place of rest.
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2009-03-26 Kind Awareness 54:44
James Baraz	Download Listen
This is a three part series of talks on James’ basic meditation instructions: “Receive the moment with a relaxed, interested and kind awareness. What does a kind awareness mean? How can we meet each moment—including moments of fear or physical discomfort—with this attitude? This is a key issue for deepening our practice.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2009-03-21 Volition and The Rut of i am 46:09
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Generally, mind becomes tangled with concerns for the future, planning, wanting things to be completed, finished. But nothing is solid or definite; it’s never quite right. This is the First Noble Truth. In meditation we take attention off the topic to how am I handling the topic: how am I affected, does this lead to more suffering or less? Open, soften, let it travel through.
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2009-03-19 2009 Monthly Sitting Group, Month 3: How the Jhana Factors Neutralize the Hindrances, and Concentration Practice as Purification of Mind 1:13:58
Tina Rasmussen	Download Listen
Includes: Jhana factors overview; how hindrances relate to jhana factors; the role of sila / wholesomeness in this practice; how concentration practice leads to purification of mind; meditation instructions; and Q&A
Various

2009-03-19 Interested Awareness 56:31
James Baraz	Download Listen
This is a three part series of talks on James’ basic meditation instructions: “Receive the moment with a relaxed, interested and kind awareness.”
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2009-03-15 Guided Meditation - Universal Love 36:57
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Connecting with the unconditioned aspect of love
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : The Heart of Wisdom: Monastic Retreat

2009-03-15 The Hindrance and a Guided Meditation 44:57
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House : Seeking the Heart of Wisdom