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Dharma Talks
2016-02-23 Instructions On Thoughts and Emotions 10:22
Oren Jay Sofer
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Establishing Presence: Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-02-22 Distortions of Perception, Thought and View: the Vipallasa Sutta 46:11
Bonnie Duran
This talk reviews the Vipallasa Sutta: the Buddha's teachings about the distortions of the mind on our perceptions, thoughts and views. It gives examples of how distortions of view impact the speaker and how we might work backwards to clear up distorted perceptions based on what we know about the nature of ignorance (Avijja)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-22 The Inner Friend 52:25
Oren Jay Sofer
This talk is an exploration of how our inner dialog can hinder or support the practice, based on the tone and intention behind our words. How do we transform the voice of the critic into a wise good friend?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Establishing Presence: Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-02-22 Karma 61:55
Marcia Rose
The teaching, relevancy and understanding of Karma, which is one of Buddhism's central themes, is really quite accessible and even quite ordinary. It's not something to be believed in, but rather it is to be understood as we come to see and know it in operation. Karma is 'action' or 'deed'. In the context of the Dharma it is defined as "action based on intention". This talk explores how through clarifying and purifying our intentions via mindfulness based Buddhist meditation practice we can free ourself from the actions that repeatedly throw is into suffering……free ourself from repeatedly being re-born into the realm of suffering.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge February 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-02-22 Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of the Mind and Mental Qualities - Week 7 - The Five Hindrances 1:18:39
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of the Mind and Mental Qualities
Attached Files:
  • Sutta Studies: Understanding the Hindrances by Andrew Olendzki (Link)
  • The Five Mental Hindrances and Their Conquest: Selected Texts from the Pali Canon by Nyanaponika Thera (Link)

2016-02-22 Day 22: Brahma Vihara Practice-Equanimity for neutral person and Self. 40:41
Erin Treat
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-22 Morning Reflection – Concentration 13:31
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge February 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-02-21 Trust 60:07
James Baraz
With so many strategies and messages about how to practice, how do we know the "right" way to practice? The Buddha said ultimately you should "be a lamp onto yourself." This comes down to trusting the wisdom inside. How can we discern the wisdom voice from the voices rooted in fear and confusion?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-21 Parami - The Ten Perfections - Determination Week 1 57:03
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series
In collection: Dharma Series - Parami - The Ten Perfections

2016-02-21 Kamma and the Khandas 41:39
Ayya Santussika
at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2016-02-21 Day 21 Brahma Vihara Practice: Mudita for All Beings 43:48
Bonnie Duran
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-21 Morning Reflection – Tranquility 9:44
Marcia Rose
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge February 2016 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2016-02-21 How To Establish Presence 21:00
Winnie Nazarko
A description of what embodied mindful presence actually looks like, and how one can cultivate this presence
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Establishing Presence: Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-02-20 Right Effort: Influences from Sayadaw U Tejaniya 51:42
Alexis Santos
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-20 Big Mind Meditation 42:15
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-20 Day 20: Brahma Vihara Practice: Mudita for the neutral person and the difficult person 44:25
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-20 Mudita for the Neutral Person and the Difficult Person 31:11
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

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

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