Tara Brach, Ph.D is an internationally known meditation teacher and author of bestselling Radical Acceptance and True Refuge. Tara shares a weekly guided meditation and talk that blend Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices. The podcast addresses the value of mindfulness meditation and self-compassion in relieving emotional suffering, serving spiritual awakening and bringing healing to our world.
A pervasive but often invisible source of suffering in our culture is self-aversion. We are a busy culture, and we move through our life feeling anxious and dissatisfied, but not fully conscious of how we neglect or judge our inner experience. We suffer from a lack of belonging: to our own bodies, to each other and to the earth. When we practice Buddhist meditation, we learn how to listen deeply and hold our life tenderly. The open space of compassion allows us to realize that our thoughts a ...
Dharma Seed is dedicated to preserving and sharing the spoken teachings of Theravada Buddhism in modern languages. Since the early 1980's, Dharma Seed has collected and distributed dharma talks by teachers offering the vipassana (insight) and metta (lovingkindness) practices of Theravada Buddhism. New recordings are being added continuously from contemporary dharma teachers.
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While fear is a natural and intelligent emotion, when fear goes on overdrive, we are in a trance of fear that contracts our body, heart and mind. Our resistance to the direct experience of fear sustains the trance and leads to decisions and behaviors that harm ourselves and others. Only by facing fear with mindfulness and compassion can we awaken from trance and reconnect with our capacity for creativity and full aliveness, wisdom and love.
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Radical Self-Honesty: The Joy of Getting Real
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Radical Self-Honesty: The Joy of Getting Real - Our suffering arises from the unseen, unfelt, resisted parts of our psyche. This talk explores ways we can deepen self-honesty and reconnect to a wholeness of being that enables us to live with spontaneity, confidence, wisdom and love (a favorite from the archives). A quote by Elizabeth Lessor from th…
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Tara Brach: Meditation: Relaxing into Living Presence
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(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) This meditation guides us to awaken to sensation using the image of a smile and scanning through the body. We then open to sound and to the entire changing flow of experience. When we connect with the changing flow of sensations, feelings and sounds, we also discover the formless awareness that is our…
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Jill Shepherd: 05 talk: Wise Intention p2 - metta, kindness
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(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring the second aspect of Wise Intention, metta or kindness, as a support for understanding anatta, not-selfVon Jill Shepherd
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Jill Shepherd: 04 meditation: simple mindfulness of the body and breathing, with an orientation to metta
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(Auckland Insight Meditation) Beginning with chanting the Karaniyametta Sutta in English as an invitation to orient towards kindness while settling into mindfulness of the body and mindfulness of breathingVon Jill Shepherd
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Meditation: Relaxing into Living Presence (2021-04-07)
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Meditation: Relaxing into Living Presence (2021-04-07) - This meditation guides us to awaken to sensation using the image of a smile and scanning through the body. We then open to sound and to the entire changing flow of experience. When we connect with the changing flow of sensations, feelings and sounds, we also discover the formless awareness th…
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Meditation: Relaxing into Living Presence (23:39 min.)
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This meditation guides us to awaken to sensation using the image of a smile and scanning through the body. We then open to sound and to the entire changing flow of experience. When we connect with the changing flow of sensations, feelings and sounds, we also discover the formless awareness that is our Source… and home. We end with a prayer that inc…
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Oren Jay Sofer: The Foundations of Contemplative Practice
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(Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)Von Oren Jay Sofer
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(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) This meditation guides us to awaken to sensation using the image of a smile and scanning through the body. We then open to sound and to the entire changing flow of experience. When we connect with the changing flow of sensations, feelings and sounds, we also discover the formless awareness that is our…
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Tara Brach: Radical Self-Honesty: The Joy of Getting Real
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(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) Our suffering arises from the unseen, unfelt, resisted parts of our psyche. This talk explores ways we can deepen self-honesty and reconnect to a wholeness of being that enables us to live with spontaneity, confidence, wisdom and love (a favorite from the archives).…
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(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) Our suffering arises from the unseen, unfelt, resisted parts of our psyche. This talk explores ways we can deepen self-honesty and reconnect to a wholeness of being that enables us to live with spontaneity, confidence, wisdom and love (a favorite from the archives).…
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Sylvia Boorstein: The Preciousness of Life and Connection
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Ayya Santacitta: Die Vier Übungsfelder zur Entwicklung von Achtsamkeit
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(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Aloka-Dharma-Zoom | Geführte MeditationVon Ayya Santacitta
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Ayya Santacitta: Zusammenhänge sehen befreit!
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(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Aloka-Dharma-ZoomVon Ayya Santacitta
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Part 2 - Fear of Aging: Finding Freedom in this Impermanent World
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Part 2 - Fear of Aging: Finding Freedom in this Impermanent World (2021-03-31) - While it’s natural to have fears of what’s ahead, when we learn to face the inevitability of change and loss without resistance, we discover true peace and freedom in the midst. In a very direct way, our awareness of impermanence awakens unconditional loving. These two…
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Meditation: Relaxing Back into Presence (2021-03-31)
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Meditation: Relaxing Back into Presence (2021-03-31) - When we are stressed, our body and mind contract, and energetically we resist the life in the present moment. This meditation helps de-condition the stress reaction by guiding us to relax open from thoughts, relax physical tension, and gently relax back over and over into living presence.…
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Oren Jay Sofer: Compassion like an Old Friend
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(Insight Meditation Retreats) (Day 1) Compassion is the open heart's response to suffering and a profound resource for meeting life. By attending to our experience closely we can develop compassion for ourselves and the world with the care and strength of an old friend.Von Oren Jay Sofer
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Fear of Aging: Finding Freedom in this Impermanent World – Part 2
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While it’s natural to have fears of what’s ahead, when we learn to face the inevitability of change and loss without resistance, we discover true peace and freedom in the midst. In a very direct way, our awareness of impermanence awakens unconditional loving. These two talks explore the ways we habitually deny or resist reality, and the three inter…
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Meditation: Relaxing Back into Presence (11:56 min.)
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When we are stressed, our body and mind contract, and energetically we resist the life in the present moment. This meditation helps de-condition the stress reaction by guiding us to relax open from thoughts, relax physical tension, and gently relax back over and over into living presence. Photo Credit: Jonathan Foust The post Meditation: Relaxing B…
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(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) When we are stressed, our body and mind contract, and energetically we resist the life in the present moment. This meditation helps de-condition the stress reaction by guiding us to relax open from thoughts, relax physical tension, and gently relax back over and over into living presence.…
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Tara Brach: Fear of Aging: Finding Freedom in this Impermanent World – Part 2
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(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) While it’s natural to have fears of what’s ahead, when we learn to face the inevitability of change and loss without resistance, we discover true peace and freedom in the midst. In a very direct way, our awareness of impermanence awakens unconditional loving. These two talks explore the ways we habitu…
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(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) When we are stressed, our body and mind contract, and energetically we resist the life in the present moment. This meditation helps de-condition the stress reaction by guiding us to relax open from thoughts, relax physical tension, and gently relax back over and over into living presence.…
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Donald Rothberg: Doing and Not-Doing in Meditation and Daily Life 3
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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We start with a brief review of what we’ve explored in the last two sessions on this theme, including the importance of both doing and not-doing in Buddhist practice and the nature of identification with the “doer” (and the related themes of self, time, and the future). We then go into more depth inquiring into the n…
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Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of Feeling Tone, Week 4 - Talk
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Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of Feeling Tone, Week 4 - Meditation
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Brian Lesage: Merit & Blessings
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(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community)Von Brian Lesage
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James Baraz: Befriending Ourselves Daylong
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(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) James Baraz and Eve DeckerWhen we develop a basic kindness towards ourselves we not only learn to accept the difficult parts, but in the process embrace our humanity and see more clearly the beauty that's inside. As we do that we allow our goodness and True Nature to shine through. This becomes a gift to e…
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Transforming Two Fears - FOF and FOMO (2021-03-24)
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Transforming Two Fears - FOF and FOMO (2021-03-24) - There are two common fears that can block us from our full potential - fear of failure (FOF), and fear of missing out (FOMO). This talk explores how to meet these fears with mindful presence, and discover within them the essence energies of loving awareness and full aliveness.…
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Meditation: Embodying Loving Awareness (2021-03-24)
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Meditation: Embodying Loving Awareness (2021-03-24) - Love is often abstract, and not fully alive. In this practice, with the supportive image and felt sense of a smile, we are guided to awaken loving in our body, mind and whole being.Von Tara Brach
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Tara Brach: Meditation: Embodying Loving Awareness
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(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) Love is often abstract, and not fully alive. In this practice, with the supportive image and felt sense of a smile, we are guided to awaken loving in our body, mind and whole being.Von Tara Brach
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Tara Brach: Transforming Two Fears: FOF and FOMO
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(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) There are two common fears that can block us from our full potential – fear of failure (FOF), and fear of missing out (FOMO). This talk explores how to meet these fears with mindful presence, and discover within them the essence energies of loving awareness and full aliveness (a favorite from the Arch…
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Transforming Two Fears: FOF and FOMO
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There are two common fears that can block us from our full potential – fear of failure (FOF), and fear of missing out (FOMO). This talk explores how to meet these fears with mindful presence, and discover within them the essence energies of loving awareness and full aliveness (a favorite from the Archives). Note – This talk is dedicated to Tim Ferr…
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Meditation: Embodying Loving Awareness (19:22 min.)
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Love is often abstract, and not fully alive. In this practice, with the supportive image and felt sense of a smile, we are guided to awaken loving in our body, mind and whole being. The post Meditation: Embodying Loving Awareness (19:22 min.) appeared first on Tara Brach.Von Tara Brach
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Fear of Aging - Finding Freedom in this Impermanent World – Part 1 (2021-03-17)
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Meditation: A Kind and Allowing Presence (2021-03-17)
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Meditation: A Kind and Allowing Presence (2021-03-17) - When we’re stressed our hearts tighten and we try to control our life. This meditation guides us to relax the controlling and discover the open, tender awareness that allows life to be as it is.Von Tara Brach
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Fear of Aging: Finding Freedom in this Impermanent World – Part 1
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While it’s natural to have fears of what’s ahead, when we learn to face the inevitability of change and loss without resistance, we discover true peace and freedom in the midst. In a very direct way, our awareness of impermanence awakens unconditional loving. These two talks explore the ways we habitually deny or resist reality, and the three inter…