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Tara Brach's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
Tara Brach
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.
2002-01-23 Befriending Difficult Emotions 58:30
Often without realizing it, painful emotions, like fear or anger give rise to the conviction that "something is wrong". When instead we receive our inner weather with an acceptance and wise attention, we reconnect with our national compassion and wholeness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
2002-01-09 The Power Of Intention 45:56
Intention shapes our reality and is an essential part of the Buddha's Eight-Fold Path. Explore how the practice of intention -- remembering what we cherish -- can energize and guide us on the spiritual path.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
2001-06-06 Desire And Awakening Spirit 53:47
When desire unfolds into craving and addiction, it becomes the source of great suffering. This talk examines the nature of desire, and the attitudes and practices that allow us to relate to this energy with freedom. When regarded wisely, desire is the stream that returns us to the ocean of loving.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
2001-01-01 Vipassana Meditation: Four Week Introductory Series - I 1:21:28
Week I - General Introduction Mindfulness of the body and concentration on the breath adding mindfulness of sensation while encouraging opening to pleasure and pain.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
2001-01-01 Vipassana Meditation: Four Week Introductory Series - II 1:27:00
Week II - Mindfulness of Emotions Exploring ways of working with difficult inner weather systems.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
2001-01-01 Vipassana Meditation: Four Week Introductory Series - III 1:25:32
Week III - Mindfulness of Thoughts Investigating the nature of mind.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
2001-01-01 Vipassana Meditation: Four Week Introductory Series - IV 1:27:02
Week IV - Integrating practice into daily life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
1999-11-17 The Way Of Love: Embracing Life & Death 55:13
Cultivating the courage to love unconditionally.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
1999-09-14 Fully Alive- Awakening Through Embodiment 61:27
The Buddha's teachings on mindfulness begin with mindfulness of our body. By cultivating embodied awareness, we develop the capacity for presence and awakening through all realms of experience.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
1999-08-03 The Jewel Net Of Indra 56:06
Awakening to the mystery of interdependence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

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