Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2010-11-18 Reflections on Compassion 44:48
Catherine McGee	Download Listen
A look into the power of the tender open heart.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-18 Through The Looking Glass: The Reality of Not Self 1:11:06
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process

2010-11-17 A Listening Presence - Three Domains of Training 1:15:43

Tara Brach

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Cultivating the capacity for listening is essential to loving well and to realizing the truth of who we are. This talk focuses on three key facets of deep listening--non-distractedness, not-controlling and seeking to understand-- that can awaken an intimacy with our inner life and others. Guided meditations on listening precede and are included within the body of the talk.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-11-17 Emptiness and Karma 60:13
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
At first glance it might seem the teaching of karma, in which our actions bring results to ourselves, might be in contradiction to the understanding that our experience is empty of a self. However, the two teachings on emptiness and karma actually need each other for liberation to be possible.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-17 Teachings on the Practice of Reflection 20:33
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Teachings on the practice of reflections, and duided reflections on what inspired and challenged you in the Emptiness Retreat, and what you will take home with you.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-17 Practicing with Intentions 46:52
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore 1) The nature of intentions, 2) The importance of intentions in our practice, 3) karma and intentions, and 4) how to practice with intentions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-17 Reflections on Compassion 33:52
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Guided reflective meditations on compassion for someone who is suffering, for oneself, and for the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-17 Compassion Needs Emptiness 47:03
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
True compassion needs space to function. The less self-obsessed we are, the more responsive and connected our hearts can be.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Emptiness: A Meditation and Study Retreat

2010-11-17 Investigation, Noble Uncertainty, Spiritual Inquiry 56:51
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
The awakening factor of investigation moves us to look deeply into our experience, acknowledging that there is always more to understand in the simplicity and mystery of being alive here and now. As we learn to bring a deep and open-hearted curiousity to our each moment and to our very existence itself, without taking any position on our self or this world, life can open to reveal the deepest truth of freedom.
Gaia House : November Solitary Retreat

2010-11-17 Reflection: Transformation and Relinquishment of Afflictive States of Mind 16:27
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage : Self No Self and the Creative Process