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Mark Coleman's Dharma Talks
Mark Coleman
Mark Coleman has been engaged in meditation practice since 1981, primarily within the Insight meditation tradition. He has been teaching meditation retreats since 1997. His teaching is also influenced by his studies with Advaita Vedanta and Tibetan teachers in Asia and the West, and through his teacher training with Jack Kornfield. Mark primarily teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, though he also teaches nationally, in Europe and India.
2018-11-27 Satipattana Guided Meditation Day 1 (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:06
Mindfulness of the Body
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness as a Path of Awakening
2018-11-27 Day One, Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 67:05
Includes Cell Phone Renunciation Ritual
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness as a Path of Awakening
2018-11-17 Freeing Yourself from the Inner Critic 6:24:22
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2018-10-19 Meeting the Environmental Crisis with Wisdom and Resistance 49:09
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild, Fall Retreat
2018-10-19 Open Awareness Meditation 31:30
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild, Fall Retreat
2018-10-17 Nature as a Doorway to Love 54:32
This talk explores how nature calls forth the Brahma Vihara qualities of love, compassion, joy and equanimity.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild, Fall Retreat
2018-10-16 Obstacles and Doorways to Peace 51:30
This talk explores various hindrances that interfere with our well being and ways to work with them.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild, Fall Retreat
2018-10-15 The Joy of Nature Meditation Practice 37:59
Explore some of the fruits and rewards of this ancient meditation practice
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild, Fall Retreat
2018-10-08 Practice in Painful Times - Monday Night Dharma Talk 60:48
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2018-09-24 The Dharma of Mid-Life - Monday Night Dharma Talk (with opening meditation) 2:09:35
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2018-08-27 Cultivating the Heart of Kindness - Monday night dharma talk 61:59
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2018-08-06 Monday Night Dharma Talk 2:14:48
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2018-07-21 Living Awareness: Opening the Heart; Freeing the Mind 5:54:46
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2018-06-20 Guided Meditation - Spacious Awareness in Nature 41:01
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild: Summer Solstice Meditation in Nature Retreat
2018-06-19 Nature - A Doorway to Love 49:57
This talk explores how immersion in nature helps open the heart and cultivate the Bramha Viharus of love, compassion, joy and equanimity.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild: Summer Solstice Meditation in Nature Retreat
2018-06-18 Why Practice in Nature, Part 2: Cultivating Wisdom and Insight 47:08
This talk explores how a contemplative immersion in nature supports insight into impermanence, death, selflessness and freedom.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild: Summer Solstice Meditation in Nature Retreat
2018-06-16 The Gifts of Nature Meditation (Part 1) 52:03
This talk explores many of the ways meditation/retreat in nature supports mindfulness, joy, peace and well-being.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild: Summer Solstice Meditation in Nature Retreat
2018-06-08 Insight Meditation: The Path to Understanding 6:21:48
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2018-06-04 Monday Night Dharma Talk 64:29
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2018-05-22 Metta Meditation Instructions For All Beings 65:24
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat
2018-05-21 For The Love Of Nature 65:37
This talk explores the relationship between love and nature and how the natural world is a beautiful and profound doorway to love (metta) compassion and joy.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat
2018-05-20 The Inner Critic and Its Impact On Metta 60:25
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat
2018-05-18 The Path Of Metta Practice 55:46
This talk explores some of the journeys on the practice of loving-kindness, including the obstacles and fruit of Metta practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat
2018-04-23 The Day After Earth Day 63:39
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2018-04-08 Closing Retreat Talk with entire teaching team (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:27:27
Closing retreat instructions and taking the practice into daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-04-07 From Punk Rock to Sage (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:19
Mark explores his journey of his Dharma practice over the last 36 years, starting in London as a punk rocker & ending up as a Dharma teacher at Spirit Rock.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-04-06 Mindfulness Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:10:38
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-04-05 Intro to Metta/ Lovingkindness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:56
Orientation to the practice of loving kindness starting with Metta , for oneself, loved ones & friends
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-04-05 Mindfulness Essentials (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:52
This first night retreat talk explores the essence & practice of mindfulness as a support for awareness and insight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-01-25 Q & A Metta Day 4 (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 33:38
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Insight Meditation Retreat
2018-01-23 The 4 Tasks of the Noble Truths 53:31
To understand, release, realize and live the 4 truths. A good introduction to the Buddha's path of practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Insight Meditation Retreat
2017-12-02 Freedom from the Inner Critic - daylong teaching/workshop 6:45:33
You will learn how to recognize judging thoughts and how to deal effectively with inner critical attacks. This will be a practical and experiential course taught with compassion and humor and the need to not take ourselves too seriously.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2017-09-16 Instructional Sit (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:30
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation for the Curious
2017-09-15 Meeting What Is With Awareness & Kindness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:55
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation for the Curious
2017-07-27 Meeting the Characteristic of Life with Awareness and Compassion (Talk at Spirit Rock) 54:14
This talk explores how to learn to cultivate kindness and presence in relation to the challenging conditions of life, including the reality of change.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation as a Path to Freedom
2017-07-11 The Loving Heart 56:52
An explanation of the importance of cultivating compassion toward the pain of oneself and the world.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild
2017-07-10 Wisdom and Insight in Nature Practice 53:21
This talk explores the various insights that arise as one meditates outdoors; including insight into impermanence, interconnectedness, selflessness, and love.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild
2017-07-09 Obstacles in Nature Practice 55:41
What challenges arise as we meditate in nature? The subtle wanting mind and aversion to the unpleasant are explored in this talk.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake in the Wild
2017-06-08 The Wisdom of Nature Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:46
Nature is a perennial teacher. This talk explores the natural wisdom and insight that arises when we spend time outdoors with mindful awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation
2017-06-05 Understanding the Four Foundations of Mindfulness from an Early Buddhist Perspective 51:42
Monday Night Dharma talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2017-06-05 Guided meditation on the insight dimension of Satipatthana - 4 Foundations of Mindfulness (Drop-in at Spirit Rock) 38:28
Monday Night Meditation
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2017-06-02 Finding Refuge and the Wise Heart in Challenging Times (Daylong at Spirit Rock) 6:39:51
In every era of human history, people have encountered social upheaval and struggles. From the perspective of the Dharma, what is our response? Buddhist teachings provide a sense of refuge amidst any circumstance.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2017-05-22 Tender Heart Of Compassion 55:14
Compassion guides us to meet the challenges and pain inherent in life. This talk explores how compassion arises to obstacles and its potential.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat
2017-05-19 Path Of Metta (Love) 58:48
This talk explores the journey of the heart. What happens as we cultivate metta practice, both the obstacles, challenges, gifts and fruits.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat
2017-05-18 Mindfulness Guided Meditation and Q&A 67:49
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat
2017-05-15 Walking the Path of Metta: How We Cultivate Love in our Life and Practice (Drop-in at Spirit Rock) 57:06
Monday Night Dharma talk with Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2017-03-13 Cutting Through Mental Proliferation (Papanca) (Drop-in at Spirit Rock) 59:20
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2017-03-10 Introduction to Mindfulness (Daylong at Spirit Rock) 5:43:38
Insight Meditation is a profoundly liberating practice that is a path to genuine well-being, happiness and freedom. In the daylong, you will immerse yourself in the beautiful quality of mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2017-02-13 Dharma Talk from Spirit Rock's Monday Night Meditation Class. (Drop-in class at Spirit Rock) 41:02
Non-doing as an Orientation to Practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2017-01-31 Tuesday Night Teacher-Led Sit With Mark Coleman 63:22
Guest teacher Mark Coleman will begin with a guided meditation, followed dharma talk on his new book Make Peace With your Mind – How Mindfulness And Compassion Can Help Free You From The Inner Critic, then open up to our practice questions allowing us time to deepen in Sangha through mindful community discussion.
New York Insight Meditation Center
2017-01-29 Cultivating the Heart of Love, afternoon session 2:27:29
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2017-01-29 Cultivating the Heart of Love, morning session 3:06:57
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2017-01-23 Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Wise Speech and Alternative Facts 59:44
Monday Night Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2016-12-15 “Make Peace with Your Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Your Inner Critic.” 57:52
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks
2016-12-08 Mark Coleman - Spirit Rock: Day 3: Morning Sit with Instructions 36:33
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat
2016-12-07 Mark Coleman - Spirit Rock: Day 2 Metta Practice 43:01
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat
2016-12-06 Freedom from the Inner Critic 53:51
What is the inner critic and how does it impact our mind, heart and practice. This talk describes how the critic manifests and the many strategies we can use to find freedom in relation to it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center In the Presence of Love: Metta and Qigong Retreat
2016-11-13 Working With The Inner Critic 48:14
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community
2016-10-31 Finding Wisdom During the Political Election Cycle 56:38
Monday Night Talk - Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2016-10-17 Living with Loving Awareness 60:08
Monday Night Dharma Talk
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
2016-10-16 Day 4 Morning Instructions 40:50
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Radiance-The Freedom of Awareness
2016-10-15 The Freedom of Awareness 52:41
Learning to abide in awareness brings a clarity, and understanding & natural spaciousness in all life. Recognizing this innate awake quality of life is the doorway to freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Radiance-The Freedom of Awareness
2016-10-14 Living with Loving Awareness 55:00
This talk explores the fusion of mindful-awareness and love and how the integrating of these essential qualities is essential in life and practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Radiance-The Freedom of Awareness
2016-10-14 Day 3- Morning Instructions- Meditation Instructions-Mindfulness of Emotion 61:30
Bringing Awareness to emotions and Q & A.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Radiance-The Freedom of Awareness
2016-10-13 Shining the light on the Hindrances 61:19
What are the principal obstacles in Meditation and how do we work with them so they become grounds for insight and compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Radiance-The Freedom of Awareness
2016-10-13 Day 2- Morning Instructions- Embodied Awareness 58:32
Mini-talk on the importance of cultivating an embodied mindful attention in meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Radiance-The Freedom of Awareness
2016-10-12 Introduction to Mindfulness 1:10:34
The meditation instructions begin with an orientation to mindfulness and concentration practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Radiance-The Freedom of Awareness
2016-09-12 Monday Night Meditation Class 2:00:32
This talk explores various facets around relinquishing the ways we are constantly seeking something different than what is actually here and by doinf so, missing the peace that is already here.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2016-09-11 Foundations of Insight Meditation 2:39:32
In this retreat, you will immerse yourself in the beautiful qualities of mindfulness, investigation and insight.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2016-08-22 Explorations and Q&A on Meditation Practices 56:18
Dharma Talk from Monday Night Meditation Class on Monday, August 22nd, 2016
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2016-07-25 Privilege 41:19
Dharma Talk from the Monday Night Class at Spirit Rock Meditation center
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2016-06-25 The Three Characteristics of Teaching 51:15
How do the three characteristics of existence - impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and not self, apply to the teaching experience and how we hold that as a practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat
2016-06-13 Closing talk- Taking Practice Home 52:35
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake In The Wild
2016-06-13 Open awareness nature meditation 35:05
Meditation in nature and discussion.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake In The Wild
2016-06-12 Metta Talk: Guided Meditation, Q&A with metta for the difficult person 61:38
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake In The Wild
2016-06-12 Working With Difficult Emotions, Kindness & Care 39:36
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Awake In The Wild
2016-06-03 Cultivating the Heart of Love 4:42:26
Cultivate awareness through mindfulness meditations and develop a compassionate orientation through heart opening practices. Teachings will focus on the integration of love and awareness so that mindfulness practice is fused with a kind, receptive presence.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2016-05-30 Monday Night Meditation class at Spirit Rock with Mark Coleman 52:06
The Forgiving Heart
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2016-04-01 The Path of Practice 59:46
This talk explains the Four Noble Truths and how we learn to meet difficult experience with wisdom, not reactivity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation for the Curious Retreat
2016-03-14 A Heart as Wide as the World: Cultivating the Heart of Love 5:26:14
Audio recording of the daylong program
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2016-03-14 Practice and Talk on Metta 1:32:06
Guided Meditation and Dharma Talk on Metta from our Monday Night Meditation Class with Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2016-02-13 Introduction to Insight Meditation 4:19:02
Insight Meditation or Vipassana enables you to see clearly through the truth of our experience. This daylong is especially good for beginning meditators and for those wanting a refresher in Insight Meditation instruction.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2016-02-08 Essence of Letting Go 56:35
Dharma Talk by Mark Coleman at Spirit Rock Monday Night Meditation Class on February 8, 2016.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2016-02-08 Meditation on Renunciation 36:12
Guided Meditation from Monday Night Meditation Class at Spirit Rock on February 8, 2016
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2016-01-25 The Path of Tenderness 41:53
Dharma talk by Mark Coleman recorded at the Monday Night Meditation Class on January 25th, 2016
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Waking up in Every World
2016-01-25 Guided Meditation from Monday Night Meditation Class 1-25-16 41:30
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2016-01-09 The Flowering of Compassion 62:35
Compassion is a central quality in life and practice - and is a beautiful expression of an awakened life. This talk explores what compassion is and how it can be developed and integrated into mindful awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Meditation Retreat
2016-01-08 Day Three, Instructional Sit 6:13:47
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Meditation Retreat
2016-01-07 Understanding the Hindrances 57:44
What are the hindrances to meditation and how do we work constructively with them?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Meditation Retreat
2016-01-06 Day One, Instructional Sit 67:04
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Essential Dharma Meditation Retreat
2015-12-07 Monday Night Meditation - Dharma Talk from December 7th, 2015 47:56
Kilung Rinpoche shares his teachings and practices from his new book - The Relaxed Mind. Mark Coemqan leads a Q&A session with Kilung Rinpoche following the dharma talk.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Heavenly Messengers Between Retreat Recordings
2015-12-07 Monday Night Meditation Class with Mark Coleman and Kilung Rinpoche on December 7th, 2015 53:30
Guided meditation with Kilung Rinpoche.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2015-12-05 Freeing Yourself from the Inner Critic - Part Four 27:30
Learn how to be more free from the torment of the inner critic.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2015-12-05 Freeing Yourself from the Inner Critic - Part Three 41:11
Learn how to be more free from the torment of the inner critic.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2015-12-05 Freeing Yourself from the Inner Critic - Part Two 44:36
learn how to be more free from the torment of the inner critic.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2015-12-05 Freeing Yourself from the Inner Critic - Part One 39:48
Learn how to be more free from the torment of the inner critic.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2015-11-30 A Life of Service 57:23
Dharma talk from Monday Night Meditation from November 30, 2015
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2015-11-16 Teachings on the Calligraphy of Thich Nat Hanh 43:23
Dharma talk from Monday Night Meditation class at Spirit Rock
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2015-10-27 Awake in the Wild Experience with Mark Coleman, Sara Overton, Tenzin Choegyal 1:24:35
Tenzin will offer musical meditations with his transcendent vocals and exquisite lute solos. Mark will talk about meditation in nature and how the natural world is a great support for the cultivating awareness, connection and insight as well as opening the heart to wonder, awe and love. He’ll lead practices that invite us to connect with the nature in the midst of the city. Sara will share the vision of the Awake in the Wild Experience to bring the mindfulness in nature practices to every borough of the city and beyond.
New York Insight Meditation Center
2015-10-12 Climate Change: Waking Up in a Changing World 61:42
Monday Night Meditation Dharma Talk for Earth Care Week
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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