Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2016-05-20 The Joy of Awakening 65:34
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Following the Buddha's journey through sense pleasures to concentration, to equanimity, to freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-20 Hindrances in metta practice 52:18
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
On retreat you don't control what you experience, But you can develop skill in working with what would otherwise derail your practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-20 Strange Happiness. 47:36
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
This talk describes some of the different kinds of happiness available to us through Dhamma practice. All of them are strange in that they do not involve having, getting or getting rid of anything.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : May 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-05-20 Kinds of meditation practices and how they fit in together 51:30
Richard Shankman	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-05-20 Opening to Suffering, Integrity and Forgiveness 1:11:48
James Baraz	Download Listen
In order to cultivate true well-being we need to learn to open to all the suffering in our lives. Living with integrity and learning how to forgive ourselves and others are essential supports in this process as well.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-20 What is Meditation 1:11:58
Sayadaw U Tejaniya	Download Listen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg : Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-05-20 Day 3 Sitting/Instructions 61:39
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-20 The Centrality of Feeling 67:30
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
As all dharmas converge on feeling, mindful handling of feeling is crucial for happiness and liberation. Revealing mental feeling through inquiry and handling it skillfully is a thorough practice
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-19 Late Evening Sitting 13:30
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-19 Introduction into Method and Format of Sayadaw U Tejaniya's Retreat 52:15
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg : Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-05-19 Letting Go Into Joy and Love 50:28
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
How a friend's death reminds us of the freedom and joy possible as we let go. Specific suggestions that keep us open and let go.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-19 Guided Meditation 36:28
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Skillful inquiry reveals the factor of feeling in all experience. By resonating empathetically within as it is there is clarity, inspiration and release.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-19 Love and Buddhism (Valentine's day talk) 39:24
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-05-19 Impermanence and youth 57:18
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-05-19 10) Diligence-Apamada 58:30
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre : Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

2016-05-19 Guided meditation– First day and Q/A 44:23
Nikki Mirghafori	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-19 Opening to Nature- around and within 66:48
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The world of Nature touches us & teaches us how to relate to ourselves as humans rather than socialized citizens. Integrating this can take us beyond our relations and stuck states to hold our lives in the light of Truth.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-19 Day 2 Sitting/Instructions 58:36
Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-19 Ariyan Practice: Refuge in Vulnerability 34:48
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Ariyan realization is of moving beyond the personal identity. This is a step into vulnerability. Through meditation training we learn to ‘touch the ground’ -purity of intention- where the person can’t go.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-18 Intention and Mindfulness as Supports for Joy 55:23
James Baraz	Download Listen
The process of awakening joy starts with the intention to place well-being at the center of your life. Mindfulness is then utilized as the basic tool of a joyful life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-18 Happy for No Reason - Part 1 1:11:01

Tara Brach

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These two talks explore the two different kinds of happiness, the blocks to happiness, and the ways that mindful presence and intentional gladdening the heart (positive neuroplasticity) can open us to our full potential for true happiness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2016-05-18 Transforming the Judgmental Mind 3 - Two ways of Transformation 66:46
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
After a brief account of the nature of the judgmental mind, we explore (1) a more direct way of working with judgment through mindfulness, inquiry, reflection, etc.; and (2) a more indirect way of working with judgment, through cultivating awakened states and resources.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-05-18 Handling the Neurotic: The 5 khandha 66:38
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Meditation reveals latent tendencies that can spring to life in 'neurotic' ways. To handle these skillfully we use calming, metta and inquiry. Through this these patterns cease.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center : Rewilding The Mind

2016-05-17 Opening Night Talk 63:44
James Baraz, Debra Chamberlin-Taylor, Howard Cohn	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy Retreat

2016-05-17 Reprendre le pouvoir 54:00
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
True North Insight : TNI Regular Talks