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Dharma Talks
2026-06-26 Loving-Kindness for Self 0:42
Jean Esther
Intro to Brahmaviharas and guided metta for self
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Teen Retreat – 26TR

2026-06-26 Untangling Karma 47:54
Pamela Weiss
This talk on the Air Element explores animacy, possibility, mortality and the living web of reciprocity
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Being Nature: Embodying the Four Elements

2026-06-26 Second Foundation of Mindfulness: The Elements of Vedana (Guided Meditation) 49:37
Shinmu Tamori Gibson
Pleasant, unpleasant, neither; exploring the second foundation of mindfulness; satipatthana
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Being Nature: Embodying the Four Elements

2026-06-25 Be Here Now 27:28
Jean Esther
Intro talk by Jean Esther. Waking up to our direct experience in the present moment is the doorway to greater ease and peace in the body, mind and heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Teen Retreat – 26TR

2026-06-25 Equanimity and Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 67:16
Tere Abdala-Romano
Further into the Brahma Viharas, talk about equanimity or Upekha, the two types of equanimity , how to cultivate the second one, given that the first one can only be achieved by cultivating all the Paramis. Then a short guided meditation based on the Tibetan Tonglem of bringing other's pain/suffering into our hearts to tranform them into light.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awaken the Elements: Connect with Joy

2026-06-25 Turning Away 58:27
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Six kinds of turning away; Benefits in developing intuitive wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2026 at IMS Forest Refuge

2026-06-25 Earth meeting Earth: A Solo Path Guided by Interconnection 45:12
Shinmu Tamori Gibson
bell hooks, the ball of honey, dogen: to study the Buddha Way…, humming with humming birds (Faith’s Hymn by Beautiful Chorus)
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Being Nature: Embodying the Four Elements

2026-06-25 Guided Meditation - 1st Foundation 42:03
Pamela Weiss
This is a guided meditation on body and breath.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Being Nature: Embodying the Four Elements

2026-06-24 Distortions of Perception IV ~ Not an External Object to be Discovered 55:45
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection on the 2nd Vipallasa & Guided Meditation including parts of a poem by Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene IV | Online Wednesday-Morning
Aloka Earth Room

2026-06-24 Knowledge of Equanimity toward Formations 56:27
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Discerning formations as void; key features of the knowledge of equanimity toward formations.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2026 at IMS Forest Refuge

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