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2026-06-29 Planting Seeds - The Five Faculties (pt 1) 29:05
Dawn Neal
Insight Santa Cruz

2026-06-28 The Spiritual Pleasure of Seclusion - Talk 40:42
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2026-06-28 The Spiritual Pleasure of Seclusion - Meditation 33:51
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2026-06-28 Doing and Not-Doing in Meditation and Daily Life: Talk and Discussion 62:13
Donald Rothberg
We explore the nature of doing and not-doing, both in meditation and more generally. We begin with emphasizing the importance for the Buddha of diligence, skillful effort (one of the factors of the Eightfold Path), and doing. Yet there also is a clear place for what we can call “not-doing,” for example, in cultivating mindful receptivity to experience. We examine as well how being a “doer” is so central to many of our identities, whether in our roles or work or even in our meditation. We also look to how we often experience a kind of not-doing in everyday life in “flow” experiences in different aspects of life. Finally, we show how accessing the depths of human experience commonly requires a profound not-doing, as we find brought out, for example, in Taoism, some of the Buddha’s teachings, and Tibetan Mahamudra and Dzogchen. The talk is followed by discussion.
Benicia Insight Meditation

2026-06-28 Guided Meditation on Doing and Not-Doing in the Context of Developing Concentration and Mindfulness 35:55
Donald Rothberg
In the context of the basic instructions on developing first concentration (samadhi) and then mindfulness, we interweave guidance on emphasizing doing, or more active effort, and not-doing, including through opening more receptively, and some other short practices.
Benicia Insight Meditation

2026-06-28 Straightening the Mind Towards Awakening 18:29
Ayya Anandabodhi
Parayana Vihara

2026-06-27 Parenting, Outer and Inner, and Healing 53:39
Cara Lai
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Teen Retreat – 26TR

2026-06-27 Q&A 50:31
Ajahn Sucitto
0:53 Q1 I'm very impulsive and I find that smoking grounds me. I'd like to quit but it's not the proper time or the moment. Do you have any suggestions? 07:29 Q2 I have a question about recognizing not self, anatta. It's difficult to maintain this perspective over a longer period of time. I feel quite content but my personality keeps popping up and I struggle with egg handling me anxiety of aging and losing my job. How can I handle living in the real world? 18:40 Q3 Some questions on measureless States: a) I was attending a retreat with Ayye Anandabodhi what arose was a sense of gratitude. Is gratitude a prerequisite for cultivating the brahmaviharas? b) A local sangha leader often mentions "it's like this now'. Sometimes I find this just frustrating. Can you say something about this? c) 27:29 Q4 Sometime ago you talked about the fruition of karuna / compassion as boundless space, muditha/sympathetic joy as boundless consciousness and upekkha / equanimity as no-thing-ness. Can you speak more about this? 33:17 Q5 Resignation and acceptance. I can only accept my life situation at this moment is to resign myself to the circumstances. I experience a lot of direct and indirect rejection but feel sorry and defeated. 44:12 Q6 54 and I'm feeling a minute kind of bardo comma and in between space and my life. My question is not about ambition but how do I want to spend the rest of my life.
Cittaviveka

2026-06-27 GM - Generating community 12:01
Ajahn Sucitto
Dhamma Stream Online Sessions

2026-06-27 Gratitude Practice 35:23
Kaira Jewel Lingo
We often overlook the absence of pain and suffering. Kaira Jewel also offers movement as an anchor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Teen Retreat – 26TR

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