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Dharma Talks
2016-02-19 Unentangled Knowing 61:09
Guy Armstrong
Upasika Kee was a wonderful woman teacher in Thailand in the last century. She used "unentangled knowing" to refer to a mind that is not caught up in sense objects, but is keenly aware of its own nature. Dependent origination shows how we get caught and how we can be freed.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-19 How a Night Light Taught Me About the Three Characteristics 67:19
Chas DiCapua
The truth of the way things are is constantly being played out in front of our eyes. Because of delusion, we don’t see this and instead see things incorrectly. By connecting deeply with any object though, we can see through the delusion and apprehend its unsatisfactory, impermanent and selfless nature. Recently on retreat at the Forest Refuge in Massachusetts, an encounter with a night light taught me this dharma lesson that I’ll share with you.
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2016-02-19 Day 19: Brahma Vihara Practice: Mudita for Benefactor, Dear Friend and Self 38:44
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-18 On the Cushion and In the World 62:26
Kim Allen
This is the third talk in a 5-part speaker series titled "Balanced Practice". Kim Allen speaks about practice on the meditation cushion and in the world. In the Pali tradition, training in behavior, view, and intention precedes meditation. Hence the transition between the two worlds flows naturally. In the West, we tend to go straight to meditation, and hence ask, "How can I bring cushion practice into the world?" As we balance our practice, we discover how cushion practice can enhance our activities in the wider world and vice versa.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Balanced Practice

2016-02-18 Gladdening the Mind on Long Retreat: Reflecting on Gratitude and What Gets in the Way 58:30
Erin Treat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-18 "Impermanence" 1:21:33
Donald Rothberg
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2016-02-18 Day 18: Brahma Vihara Instructions: Mudita-successful person & self 42:30
Bonnie Duran
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-18 Day 19: Morning Instructional Sit: Breath Concentration 18:43
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-17 The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening - Part 2 1:11:55
Tara Brach
In spiritual life, inquiry arises from our deep yearning to understand reality, and it involves bringing an interested, engaged attention to our immediate experience. These two talks explore how inquiry serves emotional healing by focusing on difficult “stuck” places, how inquiry enables us to become more intimate and understanding of others, and in the deepest way, how inquiry can reveal the deepest truth of what we are…our true nature. The talks include several guided reflections that can enrich your meditation practice and serve spiritual awakening.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2016-02-17 Planting Seeds of Happiness: Non-Greed, Non-Hatred and Non-Delusion 60:14
James Baraz
Every moment we are planting seeds of suffering or seeds of happiness. Through mindfulness, we are cultivating letting go and generosity (non-greed), kindness and love (non-hatred) and clarity and wisdom (non-delusion)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-17 Compassion Wakes Up 58:11
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-02-17 Parami - The Ten Perfections - Truthfulness - Week 6 55:05
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series
In collection: Dharma Series - Parami - The Ten Perfections

2016-02-17 Supreme Friendship 63:59
Sylvia Boorstein
Differing views and opinions need not get in the way of friendship and goodwill.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2016-02-17 The Awakening Factor of Equanimity 60:30
Rebecca Bradshaw
What is equanimity? what supports its arising?
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC February 2016 retreat

2016-02-16 How Mindfulness Transforms Dukkha 58:15
Bonnie Duran
This talk begins with the 3 kinds of Dukkha and Tanha (Craving). It then outlines how mindfulness transforms Dukkha through (1) HOW we focus, (2) WHAT we focus on and the (3) VIEW we take in our focus.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-16 Day 17 Brahma Vihara Instructions: Compassion: Neutral and difficult person 47:23
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-16 Calm and Concentration 51:30
Chas DiCapua
Exploration of these two factors of awakening and how they work together
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC February 2016 retreat

2016-02-15 Guided Meditation from Monday Night Class on February 15, 2016 27:18
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-02-15 Monday Night Class Dharma Talk - Nobility and Love 68:08
Jack Kornfield
Dharma talk from Monday, February 15th, 2016
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-02-15 Transformation and Relinquishment of Afflictive States of Mind 1:16:25
Marcia Rose
The beginning of a healthy response, rather than unconsciously dropping into old reactive patterns in relationship to afflictive emotions is born out of clearly connecting and a non-judgmental knowing rooted in kindness 'this is how it is in this present moment'. We explore a few specific hues of the rainbow of emotional states in this Dharma Talk.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge February 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-02-15 Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of the Mind and Mental Qualities - Week 6 61:55
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of the Mind and Mental Qualities

2016-02-15 Day 16: Brahma Vihara Instructions: Compassion: Suffering person, benefactor and dear friend 47:13
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-15 Morning Reflection: The Fourth Factor Of Awakening 7:55
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge February 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-02-15 The Awakening Factor of Joyous Interest 47:47
Rebecca Bradshaw
Noticing its presence, absence and what supports it arising
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC February 2016 retreat

2016-02-14 Q&A About Practice 41:15
Jaya Rudgard
with Jaya Karen Rudgard, Alexis Santos and Beth Sternleib
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Way of Wisdom: Insight Meditation Weekend

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