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This site is an archive of Dharma talks given by Gil Fronsdal, Andrea Fella and various guest speakers at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA. Each talk illuminates aspects of the Buddha's teachings. The purpose is the same that the Buddha had for his teachings, to guide us toward the end of suffering and the attainment of freedom.

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All Insight Retreat Center Talks

TitleSpeakerDateLength
Closing: Unfolding Your Dhamma Field and Carrying it Within
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-07-02 20:40DownloadStream
Distilling and Dwelling in Your Dhamma Potential
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-07-02 24:28DownloadStream
The Skill of Thinking: Allowing the Heart to Speak
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-07-01 58:07DownloadStream
"About to:" The Moment of Becoming
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-07-01 8:28DownloadStream
Guided Standing: Opening to Feeling
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-07-01 18:26DownloadStream
Comfortable or Ignorant? Choose Dhamma
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-30 53:54DownloadStream
Puja: The Occasion for Refuge
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-30 17:41DownloadStream
Disengaging the Self - the First Right Effort
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-29 59:21DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Parami - Embodying Truth
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-29 43:19DownloadStream
Question and Answer Session
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-28 51:32DownloadStream
Guided Meditation
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-28 29:43DownloadStream
Massaging the Closed Heart
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-28 62:05DownloadStream
Guided Standing Meditation
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-28 22:27DownloadStream
The Craft of Meditation
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-27 17:59DownloadStream
Careful Attention to the Wilderness of Self
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-27 58:54DownloadStream
Standing Meditation
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-27 19:08DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Holding the Field - Beneath Self-View
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-27 17:08DownloadStream
Dhamma: The Liberation Field
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-26 38:56DownloadStream
Entering the Fields - with Faith
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-26 60:28DownloadStream
Aspiration: To Train in the Wilderness
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-26 35:54DownloadStream
Guided Meditation
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-25 29:57DownloadStream
Heart Offerings
Jun 25-Jul 2 2018: Ajahn Sucitto		Ajahn Sucitto 2018-06-25 38:04DownloadStream
"Concentración y la liberación de preocupaciones y opresiones sociales (BD) "
Jun 16-21 2018: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Davila		bruni dávila 2018-06-20 13:14DownloadStream
Meditación guiada: los tres primeros fundamentos de la atención plena (AC) persona difícil
Jun 16-21 2018: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Davila		Andrea Castillo 2018-06-20 32:37DownloadStream
Los 5 obstáculos
Jun 16-21 2018: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Davila		Andrea Castillo 2018-06-19 56:39DownloadStream
Meditación guiada: tonalidad afectiva (vedana)
Jun 16-21 2018: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Davila		bruni dávila 2018-06-19 39:57DownloadStream
Meditación guiada: tonalidad afectiva (vedana)
Jun 16-21 2018: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Davila		bruni dávila 2018-06-19 0:00(Recording not available) 
Meditación metta
Jun 16-21 2018: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Davila		Andrea Castillo 2018-06-18 39:50DownloadStream
Meditación guiada: los 4 elementos
Jun 16-21 2018: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Davila		Andrea Castillo 2018-06-18 28:44DownloadStream
Conclusión de meditación guiada: amor bondadoso para con uno(a) mismo(a)
Jun 16-21 2018: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Davila		bruni dávila 2018-06-17 2:00DownloadStream
Meditación guiada para uno(a) mismo(a) con frases de amor bondadoso y ecuanimidad
Jun 16-21 2018: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Davila		bruni dávila 2018-06-17 20:25DownloadStream
Metta guiada: amor bondadoso para con uno(a) mismo(a)
Jun 16-21 2018: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Davila		bruni dávila 2018-06-17 17:18DownloadStream
Vigilando las puertas de los 6 sentidos
Jun 16-21 2018: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Davila		Andrea Castillo 2018-06-17 35:58DownloadStream
Introducción al discurso MN 107-A Ganaka Mogallana
Jun 16-21 2018: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Davila		Andrea Castillo 2018-06-16 18:47DownloadStream
Moderación en el comer
Jun 16-21 2018: Andrea Castillo & Bruni Davila		bruni dávila 2018-06-16 48:20DownloadStream
Closing words
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		Gil Fronsdal 2018-06-09 43:21DownloadStream
The Perfection of Equanimity
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		Gil Fronsdal 2018-06-09 48:12DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Kindness
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		Adrianne Ross 2018-06-09 51:11DownloadStream
The Perfections of Resolve and Kindness
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		Adrianne Ross 2018-06-08 54:30DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Stillness and Space
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		Gil Fronsdal 2018-06-08 50:55DownloadStream
The Perfections of Patience and Truth
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		Gil Fronsdal 2018-06-07 55:26DownloadStream
Instruction: Thoughts
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		Adrianne Ross 2018-06-07 54:20DownloadStream
The Perfections of Wisdom and Energy
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		Adrianne Ross 2018-06-06 55:19DownloadStream
Instruction: Emotions
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		Gil Fronsdal 2018-06-06 50:09DownloadStream
The Perfections of Virtue and Renunciation
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		Gil Fronsdal 2018-06-05 51:01DownloadStream
Instruction: Body
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		Adrianne Ross 2018-06-05 42:00DownloadStream
Compassion and the Perfection of Generosity
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		Adrianne Ross 2018-06-04 53:52DownloadStream
Instruction: Breath
Jun 3-10 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Adrianne Ross		Gil Fronsdal 2018-06-04 45:21DownloadStream
Integration of the Practice in Daily Life
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		Ines Freedman 2018-05-19 39:15DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Putting down the Burden
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		Gil Fronsdal 2018-05-19 45:46DownloadStream
Putting Down the Burden
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		Gil Fronsdal 2018-05-18 50:52DownloadStream
Instructions: Mindfulness of Mind States
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		Ines Freedman 2018-05-18 46:30DownloadStream
The Five Hindrances and Concentration
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		Ines Freedman 2018-05-17 54:24DownloadStream
Instructions: Mindfulness of Thoughts
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		Gil Fronsdal 2018-05-17 50:52DownloadStream
Instructions: Mindfulness of Emotions
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		Gil Fronsdal 2018-05-16 51:23DownloadStream
Instructions: Mindfulness of Emotions
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		Ines Freedman 2018-05-16 47:36DownloadStream
Instructions: Mindfulness of Body
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		Ines Freedman 2018-05-15 35:14DownloadStream
Instructions: Mindfulness of Body
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		Gil Fronsdal 2018-05-15 52:56DownloadStream
Safeguarding the Sense Doors
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		Gil Fronsdal 2018-05-14 17:51DownloadStream
Instructions: Mindfulness of Breathing
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		Ines Freedman 2018-05-14 49:00DownloadStream
Introduction: Gradual Training, Gradual Practice, Gradual Progress
May 13-20 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Ines Freedman		Ines Freedman 2018-05-13 36:14DownloadStream
Simply Keep Practicing
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-28 10:55DownloadStream
Practicing in Life
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-28 63:20DownloadStream
Continue Practicing
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Alexis Santos 2018-04-28 40:56DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Impermanence / Talking Practice
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-27 26:54DownloadStream
Impermanence
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-27 13:00DownloadStream
Respect
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-26 10:27DownloadStream
Learning
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Alexis Santos 2018-04-26 24:57DownloadStream
Observing Conditioning
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Alexis Santos 2018-04-26 45:39DownloadStream
Five Aggregates & Mental Formations
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-25 60:17DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Awareness
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-25 17:32DownloadStream
Aware of Awareness
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-25 20:54DownloadStream
Practicing for Ourselves, We Practice for Others
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Alexis Santos 2018-04-24 10:11DownloadStream
Attitude
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Alexis Santos 2018-04-24 2:20DownloadStream
Guided Practice
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Alexis Santos 2018-04-24 10:18DownloadStream
Practice Reflections
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Alexis Santos 2018-04-23 43:47DownloadStream
Noticing the Shift of Attention
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-23 11:39DownloadStream
Supports for Continuity
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-23 19:08DownloadStream
Trust & Patience
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-22 18:04DownloadStream
Letting Suffering Be a Guide
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-22 54:51DownloadStream
Nature
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Alexis Santos 2018-04-22 43:45DownloadStream
A Good Way to Spend a Day
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Alexis Santos 2018-04-21 21:32DownloadStream
Guided Practice
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-21 22:15DownloadStream
Walking Instructions
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Alexis Santos 2018-04-21 10:07DownloadStream
Initial Instructions
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-21 46:05DownloadStream
Opening evening talk
Apr 20-29 2018: Andrea Fella & Alexis Santos		Andrea Fella 2018-04-20 52:28DownloadStream
Metta practice in our daily lives
Apr 8-15 2018: Nikki Mirghafori & Donald Rothberg		Donald Rothberg 2018-04-14 63:12DownloadStream
Guided meditation: radiating metta for all beings
Apr 8-15 2018: Nikki Mirghafori & Donald Rothberg		Nikki Mirghafori 2018-04-14 48:53DownloadStream
Wisdom & Kindness & Gratitude
Apr 8-15 2018: Nikki Mirghafori & Donald Rothberg		Nikki Mirghafori 2018-04-13 58:43DownloadStream
Working with challenges in metta practice: the roles of mindfulness, wisdom, and forgiveness
Apr 8-15 2018: Nikki Mirghafori & Donald Rothberg		Donald Rothberg 2018-04-12 63:45DownloadStream
Hearts' Heavenly Homes: lovingkindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity
Apr 8-15 2018: Nikki Mirghafori & Donald Rothberg		Nikki Mirghafori 2018-04-11 61:03DownloadStream
Morning Instructions: radiating metta
Apr 8-15 2018: Nikki Mirghafori & Donald Rothberg		Donald Rothberg 2018-04-11 49:47DownloadStream
How metta practice works
Apr 8-15 2018: Nikki Mirghafori & Donald Rothberg		Donald Rothberg 2018-04-10 60:48DownloadStream
Guided meditation: metta for dear person and self
Apr 8-15 2018: Nikki Mirghafori & Donald Rothberg		Nikki Mirghafori 2018-04-10 46:48DownloadStream
Practicing metta with G.R.A.C.E
Apr 8-15 2018: Nikki Mirghafori & Donald Rothberg		Nikki Mirghafori 2018-04-09 54:37DownloadStream
Morning Instructions: Intro to metta practice
Apr 8-15 2018: Nikki Mirghafori & Donald Rothberg		Donald Rothberg 2018-04-09 47:53DownloadStream
Opening the Heart
March 29-April 1 2018: Ines Freedman & Lori Wong		Lori Wong 2018-03-31 38:44DownloadStream
Vedana (Valence, Feeling Tone)
March 29-April 1 2018: Ines Freedman & Lori Wong		Ines Freedman 2018-03-30 37:40DownloadStream
Concluding talk and Q&A
Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver		Matthew Brensilver 2018-03-25 46:36DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Still, Spacious Awareness
Mar 18-25 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Matthew Brensilver		Gil Fronsdal 2018-03-24 44:10DownloadStream
 

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