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2023-10-06 Brahma vihara practice and its creative potential. 50:02
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2023

2023-10-06 Lovingkindness - Meditation 33:08
Mark Nunberg
This practice group is for people interested in developing the heart by training in the four beautiful emotions of lovingkindness (metta), compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity. Each session includes instruction, a guided meditation, a short dharma talk, and time for questions and discussion. Both experienced and beginning meditators are welcome, no registration necessary. This practice group is led by Stacy McClendon and Mark Nunberg. Generally, the teachers lead on alternating months.
Common Ground Meditation Center

2023-10-06 Lovingkindness - Talk 55:53
Mark Nunberg
This practice group is for people interested in developing the heart by training in the four beautiful emotions of lovingkindness (metta), compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity. Each session includes instruction, a guided meditation, a short dharma talk, and time for questions and discussion. Both experienced and beginning meditators are welcome, no registration necessary. This practice group is led by Stacy McClendon and Mark Nunberg. Generally, the teachers lead on alternating months.
Common Ground Meditation Center

2023-10-06 Die Entwicklung zu Bodhicitta im Mahayana 13:24
Renate Seifarth
Es geht um die Verbindung der Brahmavihara mit der Vision von Bodhicitta im Mahayana. Dort nimmt die Intention Erleuchtung, um alle Wesen von Leid zu befreien - Bodhicitta, eine zentrale Stellung ein, Mitgefühl wird zu den Paramita gezählt und bekommt mehr Gewicht in der Praxis. Ein wesentlicher Vertreter dieser Richtung ist Shantideva. Wie geht es uns, wenn wir mit dieser Intention praktizieren? Was verändert das in unserer Praxis?
Waldhaus am Laacher See :  Metta Retreat

2023-10-06 Opening Instructions - Four Foundations of Mindfulness 37:36
Ajahn Sucitto
Mindfulness of these four areas: body, sensitivity, heart and emotional and psychological phenomena prevent us from being deluded.
Bodhi College Unpicking the Tangled Skein

2023-10-05 Dependent co-arising 62:31
Andrea Fella
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2023-10-05 Die drei Brahmavihara karuna, mudita und upekkha 44:52
Renate Seifarth
Es werden die weiteren Brahmavihara Qualitäten vorgestellt, die ähnlich wie Metta entwickelt werden. Es geht um den Zusammenhang mit Metta, ihre Bedeutung in unserem Leben und die Rolle von upekkha, Gleichmut.
Waldhaus am Laacher See :  Metta Retreat

2023-10-05 The Buddha's Teaching on Not getting Caught in Negative Tendencies 50:17
James Baraz
The Sabbāsava Sutta "All the Taints" (Majjhima Nikaya #2). The Buddha teaches seven methods for restraining and abandoning the "taints", the fundamental defilements that keep us in suffering.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2023-10-04 Week 1 - Guided Meditation - Practicing w the Hindrances 35:18
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House Foundational Skills of Attention and Samadhi (online series)

2023-10-04 Living, Dying & Letting Go (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:29
Eugene Cash
Buddhist teachings on Death & Letting Go – Highlighting the sutta: Advice to Anathapindika. Appreciating his dying gift to us across time and space.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Mindful of Death, Awakening to Life

2023-10-04 The Delight of Giving 47:18
Bart van Melik
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2023-10-04 Meditation: Letting Thought Clouds Come and Go 21:56
Tara Brach
This meditation guides us through a body scan and into a relaxed, open presence. When we realize we are lost in a thought cloud, our practice is to relax open, listening to and feeling the life of the present moment. We are training to become increasingly aware of the gap between thoughts, the space where the light of awareness shines through. “It’s in that gap between thoughts that the light shines through – this mystery, this living mystery of what’s right here… opening to and relaxing into the life that’s right here.” ~ Tara
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2023-10-04 Longing for Freedom: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Lama Rod Owens 62:23
Tara Brach
In his recent book, The New Saints, Lama Rod Owens offers teachings and practices that awaken our longing for freedom, and help us realize the truth of who we are. This week, I sat down with Lama Rod to talk about how an authentic path of liberation must include the often unexamined layers of our personal and societal existence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2023-10-04 The Healing Attitude of Lovingkindness - Meditation 34:09
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2023-10-04 The Healing Attitude of Lovingkindness - Talk 57:33
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2023-10-04 Grundlegendes zu Sammatta Praxis 47:49
Renate Seifarth
Metta gehört zu den Objekten für Sammatta-Meditation. Neben der grenzenlosen Güte soll die Fähigkeit der geistigen Sammlung gestärkt werden. Es wird betrachtet, was unter sammatta verstanden wird, welche Bedingungen förderlich sind und welche Resultate entstehen können.
Waldhaus am Laacher See :  Metta Retreat

2023-10-04 Week 1 - Teachings - Working w the Hindrances 34:42
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House Foundational Skills of Attention and Samadhi (online series)

2023-10-04 Week 1 - Guided Meditation - Arriving & Settling 23:42
Juha Penttilä
Gaia House Foundational Skills of Attention and Samadhi (online series)

2023-10-04 My Humanity Is Not in the Way ~ It's the Way! 49:29
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Aloka Earth Room

2023-10-04 Taking Your Mind to the Laundry: How Wisdom Accumulates 1:35:31
Sylvia Boorstein
Includes meditation, dharma talk & some discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2023-10-04 Practicing with Modernity and the Myth of Progress 31:22
JD Doyle
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock - Rainbow Sangha

2023-10-03 The 5 Recollections, Samvega and Karma (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:18
Gullu Singh
In this talk, Gullu reflects on the ancient practice from the Buddha of the 5 subjects for frequent recollection which invites us to contemplate that we are of the nature to age, get sick, to die and be separated from all the dear to us (one way or another) and yet, we have agency to develop qualities of mind and heart that allow us to move through these innate difficulties of life with more grace. Awareness of death can bring a sense of spiritual urgency (samvega) which is useful in cultivation practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Mindful of Death, Awakening to Life

2023-10-03 Refuge and the recollection of the triple gem. 49:19
Jaya Rudgard
How refuge means a safe place to rest and from which to grow. Reflecting on the qualities of Buddha, dharma, sangha to support your our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2023

2023-10-03 Grundlegendes zu Metta 47:09
Renate Seifarth
Grundlegendes über die Metta Qualität und Metta-Praxis.
Waldhaus am Laacher See :  Metta Retreat

2023-10-03 Instructions on the Arising and Passing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 51:45
Pamela Weiss
“Whatever comes let it come. Whatever goes let it go. And see what remains.”
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Mindful of Death, Awakening to Life

2023-10-02 You Are All Going to Die (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:15
Pamela Weiss
A talk on the truth of impermanence and mortality, arising and passing, and making the unwanted wanted.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Maranasati: Mindful of Death, Awakening to Life

2023-10-02 Wise Effort 63:27
Winnie Nazarko
An explanation of the six step of the noble eightfold path, wise effort. This talk discusses what efforts are to be made, and how to skillfully apply oneself to practice! Yin and yang styles are both discussed.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2023-10-02 Mindfulness of Breathing = Week 4 of 8 - Meditation 32:33
Mark Nunberg
Buddhist Studies - Mindfulness of Breathing
Common Ground Meditation Center

2023-10-02 Mindfulness of Breathing - Week 4 of 8 - Talk 30:01
Mark Nunberg
Buddhist Studies - Mindfulness of Breathing
Common Ground Meditation Center

2023-10-02 Bridge the Gap: Integrating Spiritual Practice into Life 1:46:40
Oren Jay Sofer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2023-10-01 Paticca-samuppada - Dependent Co-Arising Part 2 39:50
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn investigates the steps of dependent co-arising. Second part of the two-part talk.
Dhamma Stream Online Sessions

2023-10-01 How ignorance conditions consciousness 18:36
Ajahn Sucitto
Understanding the nature of our field of attention, our intentions and our awareness provides for an adjustment of this three-part operating system.
Dhamma Stream Online Sessions

2023-10-01 Guided Mettā Practice 36:54
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation - MBCT / SR Foundations

2023-10-01 Reflections on the Sangha-Sourced Topics of Hyper Vigilance, the Self Critic, Letting Go, Resentments, Forgiveness, and Not-Self 59:40
Gullu Singh
Spirit Rock Meditation Center BIPOC Voices - Series

2023-10-01 Lightly Guided Meditation & Guided Lying Down Movement Practice 1:11:10
Jake Dartington
This recording also includes Julia Wolland (Guided Lying Down Practice)
Gaia House Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation - MBCT / SR Foundations

2023-10-01 The Joy of Renunciation - Week 6 - Meditation 31:52
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Fall Residential Retreat

2023-10-01 The Joy of Renunciation - Week 6 - Talk 42:33
Mark Nunberg
The Joy of Renunciation Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center Fall Residential Retreat

2023-10-01 We Must Learn To See | Sunday Sound of Dhamma 39:38
Dhammadīpā
Meditation and dhamma Talk
Dassanāya Buddhist Community

2023-10-01 Instructions - Mindfulness of Moods & Thoughts 52:24
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation - MBCT / SR Foundations

2023-09-30 Mettā Meditation 20:12
Gavin Milne
Gaia House Awakening Every Part - Spacious Practice Weekend (online)

2023-09-30 How Mindfulness Heals Distress 47:07
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation - MBCT / SR Foundations

2023-09-30 Morning Teaching, Instructions and Meditation 1:15:36
Gavin Milne
Gathering the mind - making use of the IFS (Internal Family Systems) framework, inner parts and unblending
Gaia House Awakening Every Part - Spacious Practice Weekend (online)

2023-09-29 Instructions - Mindfulness of the Body 54:57
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation - MBCT / SR Foundations

2023-09-29 Sympathetic Joy / Mudita Meditation Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:03
Jessica Morey
A classical guided meditation on sympathetic joy.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Steadying the Heart: Refuge through the Four Sublime States

2023-09-28 Dharma Talk 44:05
Jake Dartington
Responding to Difficulties with RAIN
Gaia House Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation - MBCT / SR Foundations

2023-09-28 Touching the Joy and Goodness in Our Lives (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:03
Jessica Morey
An exploration of the nature of Mudita, how to cultivate and overcome obstacles to sympathetic joy.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Steadying the Heart: Refuge through the Four Sublime States

2023-09-28 Understanding delusion 65:50
Andrea Fella
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2023-09-28 Ask Joseph: A Group Mentorship Program 1:49:55
Joseph Goldstein
In this special group mentorship program, IMS co-founder Joseph Goldstein offers support to meditators seeking to unlock the secrets of deep practice. The program offers a rare opportunity to ask questions that may be shared by others and to receive customized instruction while being in community and learning from each other.
Insight Meditation Society - Online

2023-09-27 Meditation: Continuous Space Suffused with Awareness 19:06
Tara Brach
By learning to inhabit the body, we discover the space and aliveness that fills the universe. In this meditation we are guided through the body, filling different domains with presence. We then open into the continuous awake space that is both within and surrounds the body. When we notice the mind drifts, we relax back to be that awake space, aware of the changing flow of sensations, thoughts, feelings and sounds.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2023-09-27 Awakening from the Trance of Self-Centeredness 53:56
Tara Brach
At the core of our suffering is our universal human predicament: an illusion that we are a separate self. This talk explores how this identification as a self obscures our belonging to loving awareness, and offers a powerful set of practices that shine a light on self-centeredness and relaxes its grip.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

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