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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
A Life of the Dharma
Five Faculties retreat, November 2018, Gil Fronsdal & Max Erdstein		Max Erdstein 2018-11-17 62:57DownloadStream
Guided Meditation on Movement and Stillness
Five Faculties retreat, November 2018, Gil Fronsdal & Max Erdstein		Gil Fronsdal 2018-11-17 44:01DownloadStream
The Faculty of Wisdom
Five Faculties retreat, November 2018, Gil Fronsdal & Max Erdstein		Gil Fronsdal 2018-11-16 55:53DownloadStream
Guided Meditation on Concentration
Five Faculties retreat, November 2018, Gil Fronsdal & Max Erdstein		Max Erdstein 2018-11-16 41:19DownloadStream
The Faculty of Concentration
Five Faculties retreat, November 2018, Gil Fronsdal & Max Erdstein		Max Erdstein 2018-11-15 52:57DownloadStream
Guided Meditation on Thinking
Five Faculties retreat, November 2018, Gil Fronsdal & Max Erdstein		Gil Fronsdal 2018-11-15 53:00DownloadStream
The Faculty of Mindfulness
Five Faculties retreat, November 2018, Gil Fronsdal & Max Erdstein		Gil Fronsdal 2018-11-14 47:23DownloadStream
Guided Meditation on Emotions
Five Faculties retreat, November 2018, Gil Fronsdal & Max Erdstein		Max Erdstein 2018-11-14 59:10DownloadStream
The Faculty of Energy
Five Faculties retreat, November 2018, Gil Fronsdal & Max Erdstein		Max Erdstein 2018-11-13 61:40DownloadStream
Guided Meditation on Mindfulness of Body
Five Faculties retreat, November 2018, Gil Fronsdal & Max Erdstein		Gil Fronsdal 2018-11-13 53:58DownloadStream
The Faculty of Faith
Five Faculties retreat, November 2018, Gil Fronsdal & Max Erdstein		Gil Fronsdal 2018-11-12 48:29DownloadStream
Guided Meditation on Breathing
Five Faculties retreat, November 2018, Gil Fronsdal & Max Erdstein		Max Erdstein 2018-11-12 47:12DownloadStream
Intro to Five Faculties and Refuges
Five Faculties retreat, November 2018, Gil Fronsdal & Max Erdstein		Gil Fronsdal 2018-11-11 32:58DownloadStream
Resiliance
Oct 28-Nov 4 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Paul Haller 		Paul Haller 2018-11-03 53:58DownloadStream
Guided Instruction of Simplicity
Oct 28-Nov 4 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Paul Haller 		Gil Fronsdal 2018-11-03 46:54DownloadStream
Equanimity Factor of Awakening
Oct 28-Nov 4 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Paul Haller 		Gil Fronsdal 2018-11-02 43:54DownloadStream
Guided Instruction
Oct 28-Nov 4 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Paul Haller 		Paul Haller 2018-11-02 53:40DownloadStream
Concentration Factor of Awakening
Oct 28-Nov 4 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Paul Haller 		Paul Haller 2018-11-01 56:52DownloadStream
Guided Instruction on thinking
Oct 28-Nov 4 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Paul Haller 		Gil Fronsdal 2018-11-01 49:30DownloadStream
Mindfulness Factor of effort and joy
Oct 28-Nov 4 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Paul Haller 		Paul Haller 2018-10-31 8:07DownloadStream
Guided Instruction: tranquility
Oct 28-Nov 4 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Paul Haller 		Paul Haller 2018-10-31 39:49DownloadStream
Mindfulness Factor of Awakening
Oct 28-Nov 4 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Paul Haller 		Paul Haller 2018-10-30 57:18DownloadStream
GUided Instruction on Body
Oct 28-Nov 4 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Paul Haller 		Gil Fronsdal 2018-10-30 52:08DownloadStream
Talk: Introduction to Seven Factors of Awakening
Oct 28-Nov 4 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Paul Haller 		Gil Fronsdal 2018-10-29 46:55DownloadStream
Instruction in Walking Meditation Gullu Singh
Oct 28-Nov 4 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Paul Haller 		Paul Haller 2018-10-29 5:50DownloadStream
Guided Instruction on Breathing
Oct 28-Nov 4 2018: Gil Fronsdal & Paul Haller 		Paul Haller 2018-10-29 47:33DownloadStream
Thank You For Your Effort
Insight Retreat: Oct 2018, Ines Freedman & Max Erdstein		Max Erdstein 2018-10-20 42:10DownloadStream
Instruction: Emotions
Insight Retreat: Oct 2018, Ines Freedman & Max Erdstein		Ines Freedman 2018-10-20 47:40DownloadStream
Wise Intention
Insight Retreat: Oct 2018, Ines Freedman & Max Erdstein		Ines Freedman 2018-10-19 54:26DownloadStream
Walking Instructions
Insight Retreat: Oct 2018, Ines Freedman & Max Erdstein		Ines Freedman 2018-10-19 1:57DownloadStream
Guided Meditation/Instructions: Body
Insight Retreat: Oct 2018, Ines Freedman & Max Erdstein		Max Erdstein 2018-10-19 49:36DownloadStream
Opening Night
Insight Retreat: Oct 2018, Ines Freedman & Max Erdstein		Max Erdstein 2018-10-18 66:51DownloadStream
Refuge in Sangha
Aug 15-19 2018: Andrea Fella & Pamela Weiss
Pamela Weiss 2018-08-18 61:33DownloadStream
Morning Instructions: Open Awareness
Aug 15-19 2018: Andrea Fella & Pamela Weiss 		Amana Brembry Johnson 2018-08-18 10:43DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Radiating Metta
Aug 15-19 2018: Andrea Fella & Pamela Weiss 		Amana Brembry Johnson 2018-08-17 43:43DownloadStream
Refuge in Dharma
Aug 15-19 2018: Andrea Fella & Pamela Weiss 		Andrea Fella 2018-08-17 56:42DownloadStream
Morning Instructions: Feeling Tone, Emotions and Thoughts
Aug 15-19 2018: Andrea Fella & Pamela Weiss 		Pamela Weiss 2018-08-17 33:43DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Loving Kindness
Aug 15-19 2018: Andrea Fella & Pamela Weiss 		Andrea Fella 2018-08-16 15:07DownloadStream
Refuge in Buddha
Aug 15-19 2018: Andrea Fella & Pamela Weiss 		Pamela Weiss 2018-08-16 56:40DownloadStream
Walking Instructions
Aug 15-19 2018: Andrea Fella & Pamela Weiss 		Pamela Weiss 2018-08-16 14:28DownloadStream
Morning Instructions: Breath and Body
Aug 15-19 2018: Andrea Fella & Pamela Weiss 		Andrea Fella 2018-08-16 24:53DownloadStream
Refuges: Overview
Aug 15-19 2018: Andrea Fella & Pamela Weiss 		Andrea Fella 2018-08-15 60:10DownloadStream
Letting Go & Renunciation: Daily Life Practice
Letting Go & Renunciation, August 9-12 2018, Ines Freedman & Nikki Mirghafori		Ines Freedman 2018-08-12 16:33DownloadStream
Letting Go & Renunciation: Cultivation
Letting Go & Renunciation, August 9-12 2018, Ines Freedman & Nikki Mirghafori		Nikki Mirghafori 2018-08-11 59:02DownloadStream
Letting Go & Renunciation: Mindfulness of Emotions Instruction
Letting Go & Renunciation, August 9-12 2018, Ines Freedman & Nikki Mirghafori		Ines Freedman 2018-08-11 15:59DownloadStream
Letting Go & Renunciation: Letting Go
Letting Go & Renunciation, August 9-12 2018, Ines Freedman & Nikki Mirghafori		Ines Freedman 2018-08-10 53:36DownloadStream
Letting Go & Renunciation: Mindfulness of Body Instruction
Letting Go & Renunciation, August 9-12 2018, Ines Freedman & Nikki Mirghafori		Nikki Mirghafori 2018-08-10 58:00DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: The Snow Globe
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-08-04 3:11DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Practicing with Conditions of Activity
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-08-04 3:25DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Practicing for Ourselves, Practicing for Others
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-08-03 11:31DownloadStream
Practicing with Life
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-08-03 42:20DownloadStream
Return of Habitual Patterns and Senses of Self
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-08-03 6:40DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Here and Now
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-08-03 12:05DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Courage
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Diana Clark 2018-08-02 7:31DownloadStream
Clearly Knowing the Aggregates and Liberation
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-08-02 54:03DownloadStream
Ease... Ripples... Release...
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-08-02 7:15DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: When We Stop Resisting Truth the Mind Can Relax
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-08-02 16:15DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Spontaneous Vajra Song
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat
Andrea Fella 2018-08-01 5:35DownloadStream
Instructions for Practicing with Talking
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-08-01 23:54DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Allowing Releases
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-08-01 12:22DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Allowing Softens the Sense of Self
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Diana Clark 2018-07-31 8:15DownloadStream
Not-Self and Selfing
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-31 59:15DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Not Knowing
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-31 14:32DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Not Knowing
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-31 14:03DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Appreciate the Goodness
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-30 9:48DownloadStream
Afternoon Questions: Awareness, Consciousness, and Identity
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-30 53:21DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Consciousness
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-30 11:10DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Investigating Consciousness
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-30 15:41DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Creating the Conditions for Wisdom
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Diana Clark 2018-07-29 11:52DownloadStream
Five Aggregates as Insubstantial Part Three: The Magic Show
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat
Andrea Fella 2018-07-29 58:49DownloadStream
Perception of Impermanence
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-29 10:42DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Investigating Impermanence
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-29 18:05DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Trust
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-28 14:44DownloadStream
Five Aggregates as Insubstantial: Part Two
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat
Andrea Fella 2018-07-28 62:18DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Perception
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-28 14:09DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Perception
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-28 17:57DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Reflections on the Full Moon
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Diana Clark 2018-07-27 10:28DownloadStream
Afternoon Questions
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat
Andrea Fella 2018-07-27 52:09DownloadStream
Supportive Conditions for Skillful Effort
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-27 8:24DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Skillful Effort
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-27 17:10DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Deep Rest and Being Aware
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-26 9:35DownloadStream
Five Aggregates as Insubstantial: Part One
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat
Andrea Fella 2018-07-26 62:44DownloadStream
Skillful Investigation
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-26 11:03DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Investigating Feeling Tone
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-26 14:57DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Knowing Not-knowing
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Diana Clark 2018-07-25 5:44DownloadStream
Five Aggregates: Our Lived Experience
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-25 64:52DownloadStream
Self Directed Practice
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-25 14:20DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Awareness
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-25 5:40DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Aware of Awareness
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-25 20:34DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Just This... The Dharma is found in This
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-24 10:26DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Conditionality
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-24 11:02DownloadStream
Morning Reflection: The Conditioned Nature of Experience
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-24 22:09DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Exploring the Edges of Practice
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Diana Clark 2018-07-23 7:23DownloadStream
Three Yogi Jobs
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat
Andrea Fella 2018-07-23 62:48DownloadStream
Further Reflections on Thinking and Attitude
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-23 12:53DownloadStream
Guided Meditation: Aware of the Effect of Thinking
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-23 16:03DownloadStream
Evening Reflection: Wisdom and Love
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-22 10:37DownloadStream
Walking Instructions
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-22 8:14DownloadStream
Receptive Awareness: Basic Instructions
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-22 41:44DownloadStream
Retreat Opening: Establishing Mindfulness
Mindfulness of Mind: July 2018 two-week retreat		Andrea Fella 2018-07-21 46:54DownloadStream
 

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