2000-12-20 I Talk To My Friends 56:42
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
A talk about faith. This journey is a feasible one despite it being difficult. Sylvia discusses the problem of wobbly mind and how bewilderment and fatigue can lead to doubt. Talking to our friends holds us up in difficult times.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2000-12-18 Unknown 61:07
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

2000-12-18 Joy 50:50
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-15 Illusion 1: Taking What Is Insubstantial To Be Permanent 38:34
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
We deliberately attempt to make the insubstantial permanent because of the implications of an insecure world.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2000-12-12 Sound And Silence- Opening The Ear Door 39:38
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
"From listening, spontaneously meditation arises. From listening, a depth, a well of virtues: From listening, truth, fulfillment, knowledge, ……those who hear flower forever." 16th century Indian poet, Nanak A 45 minute sitting meditation, beginning with Nanak's poem and then listening/hearing Tibetan bells, Japanese mok-tok, and other bell tones with alternating moments of silence.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-12-11 Compassion 1:12:12
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

2000-12-11 Compassion 52:56
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-11 Question And Answer 1:17:38
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-12-09 Closing Talk 55:57
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen

2000-12-09 Beyond the Grip of Fear, Part 3 of 3 66:36
Gavin Harrison	Download Listen

2000-12-09 Beyond the Grip of Fear, Part 2 of 3 1:32:47
Gavin Harrison	Download Listen

2000-12-09 Beyond the Grip of Fear, Part 1 of 3 64:29
Gavin Harrison	Download Listen

2000-12-07 Choice Words 60:08
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen

2000-12-06 You Are The Path 63:36
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
A view of the Eightfold Noble Path as guidelines for coming into accordance with truth.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-06 The Heart's Release- Abiding In The Immeasurables 60:35
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Lovingkindness, compassion, empathetic/appreciative joy and equanimity. We weave a tapestry of clear, caring, balanced and appropriate responsivity through our practice. This growing and maturing tapestry made up of these perfectly natural capacities of heart weave into the whole of our life and into all of our relationships.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-12-05 Equanimity: A Guided Meditation 47:56
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Developing equanimity in our relationship towards all beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-12-04 Sila--The Cultivation Of Virtue 50:36
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Understanding how sila is the foundation of our mindfulness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-12-04 You Are the Path 67:51
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-12-03 Bodhicitta 53:50
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-12-03 Relative and Absolute Bodhicitta 51:55
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-11-30 Metta 65:20
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen

2000-11-30 Closing Talk 61:22
James Baraz	Download Listen

2000-11-29 Music and the River of Loss 1:48:13
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
with Edie

2000-11-29 Madhupindika Sutta 51:17
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen

2000-11-29 Music and The River of Loss 49:39
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-29 Untying Knot 66:35
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen

2000-11-29 Untying Knots 60:27
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
with Edie
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-29 Connecting With The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 57:21
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
recognizing each of these seven factors, and how they reflect each other and interweave in both the prelude to and fruit of liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-29 Connecting With The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 69:30
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Recognizing each of these seven factors, and how they reflect each other and interweave in both the prelude to and fruit of liberation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-28 Transcendent Dependent Origination 59:21
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-27 Intimacy With All Things 52:29
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
How being fully present, open and attentive brings us to intimacy with the beautiful and difficult aspects of life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-27 A Dharma Hologram 54:36
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Reading the Cowherd Sutta illustrates how we need the sangha as a refuge and the practice of metta--as well as right effort, renunciation, right intention, equanimity and compassion--in order for us to come to safety.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-26 Four Wise Efforts 48:18
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen

2000-11-26 Questions & Answers 1:11:25
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-11-25 Wise Intention 60:59
James Baraz	Download Listen

2000-11-24 Dependent Origination 62:48
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-24 Kamma 60:23
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen

2000-11-23 Gratitude For A Precious Human Birth 41:59
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
This talk was given on Thanksgiving expressing gratitude for the human heart's capacity for love and understanding. The preciousness of a human life lies in the potential of our hearts to be transformed. How can we forgive our lives so that we'll have a completely loving heart?

2000-11-23 The Practice Of Generosity- A Seamless Circle Of Contentment And Joy 61:45
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
"The greatest gift is the act of giving itself" Generosity is the seed--the foundation of spiritual development. It is the ground of compassion. It is a requisite of Liberation. Generosity--the practice of non-clinging--puts us directly in touch with the reality of interconnectedness. We give to help free ourselves. We give to help, bring joy to and to free others. And, we learn to receive graciously and with trust, just what is given..
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-22 Five Hindrances 58:02
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen

2000-11-22 Sympathetic Joy 55:44
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Paying attention to the obstacles that get in our way of feeling happiness for ourselves and others, and ways to overcome these.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-11-21 Angulimala Sutta 58:56
James Baraz	Download Listen

2000-11-21 Mudita- Instruction For Practice 50:49
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Introduction to mudita-sympthetic joy, and practice instructions.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-20 Equanimity 61:28
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-20 Freedom Possible In Every Moment 35:40
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Not waiting to find ourselves before opening to the possibility of freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-19 Faith & Wisdom 61:13
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Exploring the meaning and balance of faith and wisdom: the last step depends on the first; the first step depends on the last.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-11-13 Metta 64:10
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-11-12 Metta 60:21
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Discovering the very practical aspects of metta practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  2000 Three Month Retreat

2000-11-11 Selflessness, Uncommon Sense 60:33
Joseph Goldstein	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-11-08 Pulling Out The Thread Of "Self" From Emotional Mind States 57:34
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
As self-centeredness fades away, the strong energies of emotional states are purified and transformed.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  2000 Three Month Retreat