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2024-01-18 Patience: It's Like This 24:49
Nathan Glyde
Guided Practice
Gaia House The Nearest Freedom

2024-01-18 Patience: It's Like This 24:52
Nathan Glyde
Meditation Instruction
Gaia House The Nearest Freedom

2024-01-18 Meditation instructions on the body. 52:58
Bob Stahl
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Finding Freedom through Insight Meditation

2024-01-18 On Having No Head: A Simple, Effective Anatta Practice 53:07
James Baraz
We all know the unpleasant feeling of self-consciousness. It is one thought away from self-judgment, self-criticism and a whole spectrum of “Selfing” thoughts. This week I want to share with you a simple and effective practice to cut through this painful negative mental habit which, when utilized, takes the “self” out of self-consciousness.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2024-01-17 Meditation: Receiving Life in Open, Awake Awareness 19:59
Tara Brach
This meditation awakens a receptive attention to the senses, starting with physical sensations and opening to sound. Then we sense how open awake awareness is receiving the moment to moment arising and passing life. In the final part of the practice, we explore how awake awareness is receiving the experience of our heart and offer blessings to our inner life and all living beings.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2024-01-17 How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 2 54:17
Tara Brach
The mature expression of hope includes three elements: the aspiration for manifesting our full potential, a trust that this is possible, and an energy that engages to serve this unfolding. In this talk, we explore the importance of hope on the spiritual path, its shadow side, and how we can nourish hope through these three elements in a way that serves inner freedom and the healing of our world.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2024-01-17 Opening Session - Overview of Vedanā & Potentials of Practice 16:39
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House The Nearest Freedom

2024-01-17 White brings us to practice: the heavenly messengers 54:41
Bob Stahl
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-17 The Subtle Joy which Accompanies that Intimacy 55:56
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Aloka Earth Room

2024-01-17 Three Roots of Wellbeing: Class 3 (non-delusion) 1:10:08
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2024-01-16 The Khanda ("Aggregate") of Perception 49:36
Tara Mulay
With a discussion of the perception of impermanence
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2024

2024-01-16 Guided meditation and Dharmette: Attention! 58:26
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2024-01-16 Metta for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:37
Kaira Jewel Lingo
We introduce sending metta for all beings and the guided meditation leads us to offer metta to self, a dear friend or benefactor, neutral person, difficult person and then in the 2nd half of the meditation much guidance is offered for the ways we can include all beings in our metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-16 Morning Reflections: Letting Go, Even of "My Dharma Practice" 5:36
Tara Mulay
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2024

2024-01-15 Mindfulness of Breathing with Awareness of Feeling Tones 62:10
Jenny Wilks
Reflections and Guided Meditation
Gaia House Mindfulness, Breath by Breath

2024-01-15 Justice is What Love Looks Like in Public: Honoring Dr. King and Cultivating Bodhicitta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:32
Kaira Jewel Lingo
We begin with Al Lingo, Kaira Jewel Lingo's dad telling stories of his time in the Civil Rights Movement working with Dr. King and then explore the importance of cultivating our hearts and minds to be able to support justice in the world, and also the importance of cultivating bodhicitta. We end with Dr. King's words condemning the war in Vietnam and the damaging effect of militarism on our collective health, and our current bloated military budget.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-15 MLK Day: A Perspective on Socially Engaged Buddhism 1:44:05
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2024-01-14 Metta Practice with Difficulties and Challenges: Metta for the Difficult Person, Practicing with the Judgmental Mind, and Forgiveness 63:41
Donald Rothberg
We begin by exploring the nature of some of the challenges of metta practice, including with difficult emotions, body-states, and thoughts, and how to practice when these challenges arise. The spirit is that of understanding challenges as part of the path of learning. We then focus on one way of deliberating bring metta practice to a challenging situation, through metta with the difficult person, followed by an account of one particular challenge, the “judgmental mind,” its nature and how to practice with it; this includes a short selection from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s’ sermon, “On Judging.” Lastly, there is an introduction to forgiveness practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-14 Freedom and the Jewel of Sangha 51:04
Pamela Weiss
This talk will celebrate the life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and the women who surrounded him.
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community SFI Sunday Nights

2024-01-14 Guided Equanimity Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:01
Gullu Singh
In this session Gullu shares a short dharmette about equanimity and then guides an equanimity practice using phrases.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-14 Concluding Talk 48:12
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary :  Sayadaw U Tejaniya Meditation Retreat, 2024

2024-01-14 Desire in Relation to Renunciation - Talk 34:13
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2024-01-14 Desire in Relation to Renunciation - Meditation 28:56
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2024-01-14 Desire in Relation to Renunciation - Talk 33:24
Shelly Graf
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2024-01-14 Mettā for the Neutral Person (Retreat at Spirit) 53:03
Gullu Singh
In this session Gullu guides a meditation practice focusing on sending loving kindness to a person we do not know well, sometimes referred to as the friendly stranger.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-14 Morning Reflections: That Which Does Not Guarantee Power to Draw the Next Breath 8:22
Tara Mulay
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2024

2024-01-14 The Dharma of Martin Luther King Jr. 1:16:26
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center BIPOC Voices - Series

2024-01-13 Reflections on Mettā and Equanimity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:39
Gullu Singh
Mettā can be a foundation of cornerstone for Equanimity (Upekka). As we cultivate a mind that is more and more impartial the mind where Mettā can shine evenly on everyone the mind becomes less attached to preferences and this quality of mind is more able to meet any moment with ease.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-13 Introduction to Compassion Meditation and Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 4:32:57
Kaira Jewel Lingo
We cover what compassion is and how it can help soothe our pain much better than avoiding or denying it. We distinguish between compassion and pity and then offer a variety of compassion phrases we can use. In the guided meditation, we begin with a dear friend who is undergoing some kind of suffering and then move on to ourselves, offering self-compassion for our own physical or mental suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-13 10 meditation: cultivating the heart energy of mettā or kindness 22:31
Jill Shepherd
A short meditation to develop mettā, beginning by establishing well-being in the body then attuning to the energy of kindness at the heart-centre
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 09 instructions: cultivating skilful mind-states such as mettā or kindness 6:26
Jill Shepherd
Short instructions for developing mettā or kindness as a skilful mental quality
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 08 instructions: proliferation 8:01
Jill Shepherd
Short instructions for working with mental proliferation or papanca, seeing the chain reactions that cause it and coming back to the immediacy of sense-based experience to re-ground awareness
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 07 meditation: mindfulness of thoughts and emotions 25:19
Jill Shepherd
Steadying awareness on the experience of breathing, then opening to sounds, thoughts and emotions coming and going
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 06 instructions: mindfulness of mind 13:12
Jill Shepherd
Instructions for paying attention to the mind and mental activity, knowing thoughts and emotions without taking them personally and identifying with them
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 05 meditation: mindfulness of hearing and physical sensations 24:28
Jill Shepherd
Steadying awareness on the experience of breathing, then opening to hearing and physical sensations through the whole body
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 04 instructions: mindfulness of mindfulness itself 14:22
Jill Shepherd
Exploring different qualities of mindfulness, opening up from the "anchor" of the breath to bring awareness to sounds and physical sensations
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 03 meditation: mindfulness of breathing 26:52
Jill Shepherd
Establishing mindfulness of the body sitting, then bringing awareness to the rhythm of breathing and the subtle energetic effects of inhaling and exhaling
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 02 instructions: mindfulness of the body 6:47
Jill Shepherd
A short introduction to mindfulness of the body, including posture instructions
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 01 talk: welcome and introduction to insight meditation 16:43
Jill Shepherd
Welcome and introduction to the workshop purpose: to deepen the practice of Insight Meditation, which harnesses the power of mindfulness to develop understanding in all aspects of our lives, which leads to greater ease, happiness, and peace of mind
Australian Insight Meditation Network Two-day insight meditation and Insight Dialogue workshop

2024-01-13 How to Put it Down 1:12:01
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2024-01-12 Metta and Compassion for Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:27
Beth Sternlieb
Compassion is the activity of wisdom. We practice because we care. When we offer ourselves compassion, resistance dissolves and like a gentle rain metta permeates our heart down to the roots of our being.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-12 The 8 fold path, wise attention and purification 49:35
Winnie Nazarko
This talk was offered during a month-long teaching period at the Forest Refuge. Its themes are the role, wise intention, and wise attention play in doing meditation practice and purifying the heart/mind
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2024

2024-01-12 The Big Picture 1:45:54
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2024-01-12 Q&A Group B 2:25:32
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary :  Sayadaw U Tejaniya Meditation Retreat, 2024

2024-01-12 Movement & Meditation - Making the Right Effort 1:13:53
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Rest and Renewal

2024-01-12 Dharma and Recovery 01/12/2024 69:34
Kevin Griffin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dharma and Recovery

2024-01-11 Sharing What's Most Precious 48:56
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Rest and Renewal

2024-01-11 Metta Practice As A Path of Awakening: How Metta Practice Transforms Us and How to Practice with Challenges in Metta Practice 54:45
Donald Rothberg
Metta practice is a wonderful, ancient practice that has parallels in the cultivation of kindness and love in other spiritual traditions; developing the wise heart of kindness is an ancient vocation. There are also parallels with the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his emphasis on bringing love to help transform injustice; we play a brief recording from Dr. King. We also explore different dimensions of Metta practice and how it relates to other pathways of awakening through mindfulness and wisdom. We then look at some of the main challenges of Metta practice, such as distraction, repetitive thoughts, sleepiness, and challenging emotions and body states, and how to practice with them.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-11 More General Guidance on Mettā Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:33
Gullu Singh
In this guided meditation Gullu builds on the instructions for Mettā practice from the morning session.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-11 Movement & Meditation - Lightly Guided Mettā Practice 1:11:23
Jaya Rudgard
Gaia House Rest and Renewal

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