2006-07-31 Buddhist Psychology - Non-Contention 56:55
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2006-07-24 Buddhist Psychology - Generosity 65:41
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2006-07-23 Sylvia's 70Th Birthday Celebration, Family Dharma 50:44
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-07-20 Anatta And Our Personality 56:36
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Understanding Anatta. Our personality doesn't have to dissolve in order to understand the not-self nature of who we are.
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2006-07-19 Happiness - part 4: Letting Go 58:25
James Baraz	Download Listen
The joy of letting go includes restraint expressed as sitting with integrity as well as letting go of stories, expectation & experiences. This letting go is not a sacrifice but rather releasing the burden of holding onto the things that cause us suffering.
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2006-07-18 Listening, Part 2 36:43
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2006-07-17 Buddhist Psychology - Delusion 61:15
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2006-07-15 The Buddha's Prescription For Happiness: Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 57:34
James Baraz	Download Listen
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment are mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, calm, concentration and equanimity. When brought to fruition they lead to the highest happiness we can experience. How can we cultivate these qualities consciously in our meditation practice and in our life?
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2006-07-12 Listening, Part 1 27:57
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2006-07-11 Metta: Freeing The Heart From Clinging 51:16
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
What keeps our heart from expressing pure lovingkindness? Understanding "tanna" or clinging, that gives rise to attachment & aversion, is the obstacle.
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2006-07-02 The One Who Knows - part 1 1:20:10
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Day long on discovering the one who knows. Part One
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2006-07-02 The One Who Knows - part 2 68:47
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Day long on discovering the one who knows. Part Two
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2006-07-02 The One Who Knows - part 3 52:07
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Day long on discovering the one who knows. Part Three
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2006-07-01 The Transformative Power Of Intention 43:57
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Understanding right intention as the bridge between our sitting practice and our life in the world.
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2006-06-23 Luminous Mind 56:06
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Exploring identification and attachment obscures the natural radiance. How dis-identification reveals the nature of mind. Buddha described a luminosity of mind. This talk explores the attachments and conceptualization that veil this luminosity and points us directly at the radiance of mind. Includes a guided meditation. The Buddha point to the luminous nature of mind. Our practice allows for recognition and realization of our natural luminosity.
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2006-06-22 Opening The Heart Center 54:20
Adrianne Ross	Download Listen
Awakening the qualities of lovingkindness, compassion and joy - reconnecting with true nature as a path to freedom.
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2006-06-19 Buddhist Psychology - Aversion 61:51
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2006-06-12 Roots of Buddhist Psychology - Grasping 66:34
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2006-06-07 The Inner Landscape Of Compassion 59:18
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
This talks lays out what compassion is, how it benefits us, and what the near and far enemies of compassion are.
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2006-06-04 Basics of Metta 46:26
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
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2006-05-31 Transforming Our Relationships With Opponents and Enemies 2 51:57
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2006-05-30 The Body, My Body, Our Body 54:10
Diana Winston	Download Listen
This talk explores the impersonal nature of "the" body, the role of conscious embodiment -- "my" body, and the interconnection of the two in the service of healing our planet.
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2006-05-29 Opening Through the Body To the Golden Wind 50:28
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
How to learn the art of letting go through the body. What might remain when grasping is relaxed?
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2006-05-29 Letting Go Into The Golden Wind 49:39
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
How to learn the art of letting go through the body. What might remain when grasping is relaxed?
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2006-05-28 Investigating Suffering 67:13
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
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2006-05-27 Not-Self 69:01
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
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2006-05-25 Transforming Our Relationships With Opponents and Enemies 1 45:07
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2006-05-15 The Depth Of Forgiveness 46:54
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2006-05-15 The Depth of Forgiveness 46:03
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2006-05-11 Anapanasati: The Path To Concentration 56:41
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
How mindfulness of breathing helps us to develop concentration and samadhi.
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2006-05-10 The Four Noble Truths, Part 3: the Third and Fourth Truths 43:29
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2006-05-08 A Life Committed To Dharma, With Bo Lozoff 1:13:34
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2006-05-04 Sacred Idleness 47:43
Narayan Helen Liebenson	Download Listen
As we deepen in practice we learn to love stillness and understand the wisdom of non-doing. From this stillness profound insight is born.
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2006-05-03 The Four Noble Truths, Part 2: Working With the First and Second Truths 59:00
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2006-05-03 Healing Ill Will 49:32
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Liberating our hearts from ill will is to liberate ourselves from the sorrow of separation. The first precept and the path of loving kindness are in the service of healing ill will.
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2006-04-26 The Four Noble Truths, Part 1: An Overview 59:34
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2006-04-23 Sunday Closing Talk - Anger 1:10:06
Norman Fischer	Download Listen
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2006-04-22 Saturday Evening Program: Ethical Dimensions Of Communications 51:00
Mary Mocine	Download Listen
with Charlie Halpern and Gary Friedman
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2006-04-22 Saturday Afternoon Program 1:12:31
Norman Fischer	Download Listen
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2006-04-21 Guided Meditation - Big Sky Mind 42:28
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2006-04-21 Elimination of Bias: What's Meditation Got to Do With It? 61:32
Mary Mocine	Download Listen
Zealous Advocacy MMD5, MD260
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2006-04-21 Friday Afternoon Program 55:34
Norman Fischer	Download Listen
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2006-04-16 The Five Obscurations 61:30
Diana Winston	Download Listen
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2006-04-16 Settling Into Mindfulness 40:03
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
What is mindfulness? Exploring the qualities of mindfulness: knowingness, openness, curiosity and kindness.
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2006-04-15 Taking the Practice Home 55:10
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
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2006-04-13 Rigpa Consciousness and Nirvana 1:14:49
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
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2006-04-12 Practicing Rigpa - Part 2 46:57
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The talk explores different methods for the technique of looking in dzogchen practice as taught by Tsoknyi Rinpoche. It also describes some meditation states that might be mistaken for rigpa (near relatives).
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2006-04-12 Nahid Angha Discusses Sufism with Sylvia 67:37
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-04-11 Practicing Rigpa - Part 1 54:04
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk discusses the basic approach of look, see and rest in Rigpa practice, with an emphasis on trust in our own experience.
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2006-04-10 The History of Buddhism in India - Part 2 64:28
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk discusses the development of Buddhism in India beginning with the origins of the Mahayana school around 100 BC and continuing through Nagarjuna, the Yogacara school, Vajrayana, and the beginnings of Dzogchen. As in part 1, the philosophical differences are highlighted.
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2006-04-10 Intention of the Heart 63:23
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2006-04-09 The History of Buddhism in India - Part 1 44:24
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk recaps some key elements in the development of Buddhism in India from the death of the Buddha through the splits that occurred in the early schools of what could be called classical or Nikaya Buddhism. It highlights some of the philosophical issues that caused the divisions.
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2006-04-06 Q&A with Norm And Mary 69:27
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-04-05 Working With Intentions 40:09
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2006-04-04 Abiding in Paradise 57:54
Norman Fischer	Download Listen
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2006-04-03 Reflections On Bali 50:03
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2006-04-03 In And Out Of Egypt 56:41
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Practice as restorer of wisdom of the mind when it's disturbed by afflictive emotion. An analogy is made to "Egypt" in the Exodus story as narrowness of mind--we go in and out of Egypt many times a day.
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2006-04-02 Introductory Talk: Metta & Mindfulness For Christians And Jews, with Norm and Mary 63:37
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-03-29 To Kiss Or Quarrell 64:51
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-03-28 Trust in Dharma, Trust Yourself 50:59
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Trusting the path, we learn to trust ourselves. How to continue practice after the deep retreat.
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2006-03-27 Transforming Suffering Into Happiness 60:29
James Baraz	Download Listen
Cultivating an open heart through the Dharma.
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2006-03-24 Patience 52:18
Adrianne Ross	Download Listen
The value of patience through all shapes of the path.
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2006-03-20 Forgiveness 54:18
Marie Mannschatz	Download Listen
The process of forgiveness is a main ingredient of metta practice. How to practice forgiveness.
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2006-03-19 Anatta 51:58
Adrianne Ross	Download Listen
Identification and becoming.
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2006-03-15 Metta & Equanimity 65:23
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-03-13 The Four Noble Truths 50:01
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
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2006-03-12 Body Awareness As The First Foundation Of Mindfulness 49:37
Marie Mannschatz	Download Listen
A thorough investigation of the first foundation of mindfulness.
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2006-03-06 Why We Love Mindfulness 42:37
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Practical tools for staying with and deepening our exploration for the breath
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2006-03-01 For Ash Wednesday: Renunciation 67:26
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-02-27 Happiness - part 4: Letting Go 61:52
James Baraz	Download Listen
The joy of letting go includes restraint expressed as sitting with integrity as well as letting go of stories, expectation & experiences. This letting go is not a sacrifice but rather releasing the burden of holding onto the things that cause us suffering.
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2006-02-24 Perception And Papanca 55:42
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Understanding the nature of perception, insight, and how we construct our world with our thoughts.
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2006-02-22 Happiness - part 3: Transforming Suffering Into Happiness 59:04
James Baraz	Download Listen
In every moment of mindfulness we defeat the forces of greed, hatred & delusion and develop a heart of generosity, kindness & wisdom--the three sources of karmic happiness.
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2006-02-21 Accomodating To Life 57:07
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-02-20 The Suffering of Women 41:26
Norman Fischer	Download Listen
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2006-02-19 The Heart of the Path - Part 4 54:20
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-02-19 The Heart of the Path - Part 3 69:31
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-02-19 The Heart of the Path - Part 2 1:12:32
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-02-19 The Heart of the Path - Part 1 1:12:47
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-02-16 The Ten Reflections - part 3 60:23
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
See description Part 1
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2006-02-15 What Do You Most Deeply Believe? 51:47
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-02-14 Happiness - part 2: Opening To Suffering As Well As To Joy 59:23
James Baraz	Download Listen
Opening to suffering is essential if we are to find true happiness. The Buddha's teaching on how suffering can lead to faith, gladness, joy and freedom is explored. Gratitude as a way to hold our suffering is also discussed.
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2006-02-13 Speed 64:57
Diana Winston	Download Listen
How speed and busyness manifest themselves in our culture, daily life, and meditation practice. How to work with them, too.
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2006-02-10 The Ten Reflections - part 2 55:29
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
See description Part 1
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2006-02-09 Concentration 63:17
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Simple ways to develop concentration in retreats, and its deepening into Jhanas.
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2006-02-08 Happiness - part 1: Wise Effort And Wholesome States 55:40
James Baraz	Download Listen
Where does happiness lie? In this first of 4 talks we explore the intention to be happy particularly with regard to developing and increasing wholesome states. Wise effort in terms of Dharma practiced is explored.
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2006-02-08 A Break In The Clouds 45:40
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-02-07 Habits Of Mind 55:00
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
This talk describes the habits of mind that create suffering and the purifying power of mindfulness.
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2006-02-05 The Ten Reflections - part 1 54:03
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
This is the first of a 3 part series on this Sutta: "Ten subjects for frequent recollection," that help to align our intention to our spiritual practice and to bring on retreat. Themes include renunciation, working with habits and ethical conduct.
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2006-02-04 Mindfulness 50:30
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk explores the nature of mindfulness and ways to strengthen it.
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2006-02-01 Everything Hangs On Intention 57:38
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-01-30 Refuge 44:53
Nina Wise	Download Listen
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2006-01-25 Martin Luther King Jr. and the Dharma 52:48
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2006-01-25 Drop The Banana: The Four Noble Truths 54:19
Diana Winston	Download Listen
Suffering, the cause, the way out, and the practical applications for retreat.
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2006-01-20 Guided Compassion and Guided Movement 52:25
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
Guided compassion and guided movement sacred embodiment
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2006-01-19 The Essense Of What The Buddha Taught 60:27
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2006-01-17 Who Am I, Who Am I Not 49:24
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor	Download Listen
Exploring identity through guided meditation.
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2006-01-16 The Ground of Being 64:30
Tsultrim Allione	Download Listen
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2006-01-15 The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment As Fruits Of Practice 59:12
Diana Winston	Download Listen
Using the model of the seven factors of awakening we explore the promise and the potential of practice. What qualities of heart and mindcan we embody over time as we practice?
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2006-01-11 How Metta Transforms Us 56:19
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2006-01-10 Metta Sutta - All Of The Path 63:17
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
This talk combines ??????? Of the Metta Sutta as being all of the path - Sila, Samadhi, Punna - Morality, Mind Development & Wisdom with a presentation of a small book by Bruce Erik Kaplan, Inviting the Whole World to a Party and a book by Thomas Oliphant - Praying for Gil Hodges.
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