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Tara Brach's Dharma Talks
Tara Brach
A pervasive but often invisible source of suffering in our culture is self-aversion. We are a busy culture, and we move through our life feeling anxious and dissatisfied, but not fully conscious of how we neglect or judge our inner experience. We suffer from a lack of belonging: to our own bodies, to each other and to the earth. When we practice Buddhist meditation, we learn how to listen deeply and hold our life tenderly.
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1999-01-12 Journey Into Sacred Presence 61:30
All through history humans have sought pathways of healing, opening and awakening to the sacred. While infinitely creative, the spiritual path has several universal facets or stages of unfolding. This talk describes these stages and the practices that support transformation and freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-12-30 Awakening Through Shame 52:04
Much of our suffering is due to a pervasive and often buried sense of core deficiency. This talk investigates the source of self-aversion, how it hides and the enormous healing and freedom that is possible when this life-binding experience of shame is brought into compassionate awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-12-08 Wakeful Relaxation 59:14
exploring the radical and liberating process of "letting go"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-11-17 The Longing To Awaken - II 63:27
realizing the aspiration of out heart - living with receptivity and generosity
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-11-10 The Longing To Awaken I 61:13
realizing the aspiration of our heart - living with receptivity and generosity
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-10-27 Training Precepts On The Buddhist Path 58:00
guidelines for wise and compassionate living
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-10-12 Living Wholeheartedly 55:23
exploring how to include our whole lives in mindfuless and heartfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-09-15 Freedom From Addiction 58:37
From the Buddhist perspective, craving is the cause of suffering. To the extent that we feel discomfort or suffering, we are identified with wanting life to be different is some way. This talk guides us in honesty facing our own areas of attachment, and explores the Buddhist teachings on freedom from addiction.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-08-04 The Great Perfection: Emptiness Suffused With Compassion 61:05
What mind experiences as truth, the heart experiences as love. In all spiritual traditions, the experience and cultivation of a devoted heart is integral in being wholly human and awakening to the holy.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: The Great Perfection
1998-08-04 The Great Perfection 2:02:13
Exploring emptiness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-07-14 The Eight-Fold Path 54:51
The Buddha offered a comprehensive guide to spiritual living. By reflecting on the interrelated facets of the path, we bring our practice alive in all domains.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-07-07 The Four Noble Truths 51:54
a reflection on the grounds of the Buddha's teachings
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-05-19 There's No Place Like Home 51:34
Aspiring to be awake; taking refuge in caring presence.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-05-04 "No Self" Realization: Discovering Our True Nature 59:31
explore how practice awakens us from the dream of a separate self
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-05-04 Widening The Circle Of Compassion 53:18
seeing that all circumstances may serve to awaken our hearts and minds
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-05-02 Mindfulness As A Path Of Healing 46:01
Genuine healing is the opening to wholeness. This talk explores how the practice of mindfulness brings a vitalizing and transforming healing to our bodies, hearts and minds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-04-28 Unconditionally Friendly Toward Life 62:19
large portions of our life are raced through in a mechanical and uncaring way. this talk focuses on the ways that we compartmentalize spiritual life. guided meditations and reflections address how we can cultivate the quality of unconditional caring presence in the midst of all experience.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-03-10 Our True Refuge 53:01
experiencing refuge in Buddha Nature, Dharma and Sangha in an alive and immediate way
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-02-17 Divine Abodes Series #3 50:41
Joy is the natural expression of letting go fully into life. When we open unconditionally to our experience, we become that Openness. We are free to celebrate the beauty and mystery of existence because we no longer want life to be different than it is.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-02-10 Divine Abodes Series 66:10
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-02-03 Divine Abodes Series 61:09
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-01-13 Path Of Acceptance 52:20
an exploration of the conditioning to resist life, and the practices that free us
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1998-01-03 Wise Effort & The Practices Of Awakening 43:11
cultivating qualities of wakefulness, openness and relaxation to undo the doings
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1997-12-09 Devotion 62:40
experiencing and expressing the natural devotion of our awakening hearts
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1997-11-25 Awakening In Daily Life 56:04
discovering how all circumstances can awaken our hearts and minds
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1997-10-28 Awakening Our Body's Awareness 49:09
The Foundation of Mindfulness: discovering healing and freedom through mindfulness of sensations
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1997-10-11 Facing Difficulties With An Open Heart 50:44
realizing freedom as we bring understanding and compassion to challenging circumstances
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1997-09-30 Remembering Who We Are 52:40
exploring the power of intention; invocation and wakeful presence in returning to the source
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1997-09-23 Liberation Through Non-Clinging 48:26
exploring open relaxation as the pathway to and expression of freedom
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1997-07-15 Lover Archetype In Spiritual Life - part II 48:31
using practice to deepen our capacity for intimacy
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1997-07-08 Lover Archetype In Spiritual Life - part I 58:24
awakening our hearts by recognizing the shadow lover
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1997-06-24 The Spiritual Warrior 45:21
Accessing the energies that free us. The spiritual warrior is in service of awakening: the energy is manifested through our intentionality and courage to be present.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Courageous Living
1997-06-24 Courageous Living 9:04:12
with Christina Feldman, Christopher Titmuss, Guy Armstrong, Kamala Masters, Marcia Rose, Myoshin Kelley, Sylvia Boorstein, Tara Brach
1997-06-17 "Stopping The War" 51:18
bringing recognition to the ways we resist life. making peace with our inner life
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1997-05-13 Cultivating Equanimity 44:07
discovering the natural freedom of our hearts and minds
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1997-04-29 Trusting Our Lives: Resting Fully In The Present 56:13
recognizing the stories we believe in, and how they stop us from being here for our lives
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1997-02-25 The Bodhisattva Ideal 44:09
discovering awakening and freedom in the midst of all experience. "May this life be of benefit."
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1997-02-11 Awakening From The Dream 41:27
opening out of thoughts and into life
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-12-31 The Jewel In The Lotus: Cultivating The Awakened Heart 51:55
the Buddha described the path of liberation in terms of a bird with two wings--the wing of understanding and that of compassion. what the mind recognizes as truth, the heart experiences as love. it is in the awakening of heart/mind that we experience freedom and discover our Buddha nature.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-12-10 Awakening Through Relationships 46:12
allowing what is raw, messy and confusing to be the grounds of our path
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-11-26 Giving And Receiving 62:08
opening our hearts to life
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-11-12 The Heart Of Perfect Wisdom 58:46
recognizing emptiness and awakening our natural compassion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-09-20 Cultivating Metta 51:17
Including all of life in heart of lovingkindness. (Date estimated) TB29
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Force Of Metta
1996-09-17 Let Go Into The Mystery 47:34
awakening thoughts and moving into the sacred and wonder-filled present
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-09-10 The Opening And Closing Of Our Hearts 63:02
awakening to love through mindfulness of fear and longing
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-06-11 Relating To Trauma: Personal Healing And Spiritual Transformation 48:32
Meditation practice can be profoundly healing in working with deep personal wounds. The art of healing with meditation is possible when we understand the effects of different styles of meditation, recognize what aspects of meditation may be contraindicated and ground the healing process in a nurturing relational context.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-05-28 Bodhichitta - The Awakened Heart II 55:50
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-05-21 Bodhichitta - The Awakened Heart I 60:56
living life reveals that suffering is the gateway to compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-05-07 Belonging To Life 57:39
we all long to belong and suffer when we live in a sense of isolation or contraction. by opening to the "10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows", we discover a deep sense belonging to the life within and around us.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-04-30 Meditation-It's Not What You Think 51:21
our sense of being separate and inadequate is created and maintained through our stories about life. Learning how to recognize these stories with mindfulness and compassion reconnects us with our natural, awakened being.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-02-20 Touching Peace 39:55
using concentration skillfully to deepen mindfulness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-02-06 Freedom To Love 44:22
coming into a wise relationship with desire
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1996-01-23 Belonging To The World...Refuge In The Sangha 51:38
the Buddha taught that our relationships are an essential and beautiful ground of the spiritual path. Sangha, which means spiritual community, is a refuge that can provide inspiration, support, and profound awakening to the truth of our connectedness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1995-12-30 Trusting Our Buddha Nature 52:09
Learning how we can cultivate a wise and compassionate relationship with the changing weather of our minds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
In collection: Trust
1995-03-31 Difficult Forces In Spiritual Life - part 2 51:17
What are the challenging energies that all humans encounter? How do they arise? What is a wise and transformative way of working with these universal forces? These talks describe what have been classically called "The Five Hindrances" and offer instructions for responding to the weather that arises.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
1995-03-06 Compassion 53:12
On the spiritual path, all experience is an opportunity to awaken and express compassion. Widening the circle of compassion begins where we are-- with our inner life and the beings we are engaged with. Our practice is to see clearly what is true, the joys and the sorrows, and experience what arises with a kind and open heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1995-02-02 Difficult Forces In Spiritual Life - part 1 1:15:24
What are the challenging energies that all humans encounter? How do they arise? What is a wise and transformative way of working with these universal forces? These talks describe what have been classically called "The Five Hindrances" and offer instructions for responding to the weather that arises.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
1995-02-01 Embracing The Shadow 49:55
loving ourselves and our lives with a courageous heart (Date estimated) TB12
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1995-01-01 Mindful Movement - Guided Exercises 41:13
when we relax and open through our bodies, our minds naturally become more free. A guided set of yoga asanas designed to cultivate awareness of sensations and serve as a natural extension of formal sitting practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1994-05-09 Feminine Principle In Buddhism - part II 53:55
Talk 2 - balancing: how do we develop a wise relationship with the feminine
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1994-05-08 Feminine Principle In Buddhism - part I 45:46
Talk 1- masculine and feminine, "it takes two wings to fly"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1992-06-17 Trust 2:45:17
with Kamala Masters, Michele McDonald, Tara Brach
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
1988-04-01 Force Of Metta 10:28:14
with Ajahn Sucitto, Anna Douglas, Christopher Titmuss, Joseph Goldstein, Marcia Rose, Sharon Salzberg, Sylvia Boorstein, Tara Brach

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