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Kittisaro's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
Kittisaro
Kittisaro, from Tennessee, a Rhodes Scholar and a Buddhist practitioner for over 35 years including 15 years as a Theravada monk in the Forest School of Ajahn Chah. He is also a practitioner of Pure Land and Chan Buddhism. He is co-founder, with Thanissara of Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat in South Africa and has completed two year long retreats. Kittisaro currently lives in the North Bay, California, teaches at IMS and Spirit Rock, and is co-author of Listening to the Heart, A Contemplative Journey to Engaged Buddhism. He lives in the North Bay CA, and is on the Teacher Council at Spirit Rock, and is a core teacher at IMS.
2011-03-09 Ice To Water As Dukkha To Peace 33:06
Working with the four noble truths.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet
2011-03-07 Sacred Gateway 53:22
What comes, goes, contemplation of impermanence. Letting go and peace.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet
2011-03-07 Reading The Book Of The Heart 37:16
Two great oxen: samatha - calming and vipassana - insight- meditation; each supports the other . Hindrances as teachers.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet
2011-03-05 Unification Of Body, Mind And Heart 56:34
Cultivation of samadhi and shana factors. Healing aspects of path; being present
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet
2011-03-05 Mindfulness: Feet Touching The Ground 41:54
Mindfulness: Guide to true nature. Bring the light of awareness to body and breath
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet
2010-03-13 Still Forest Pool 62:52
Refuge within daily life. Dissolving the salt crystal of obstruction. Gestures of offering. Patience as supreme practice. We're not going anywhere.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet
2010-03-13 Immeasurable Abiding. 41:25
Wisdom and compassion emerge from this one mind. Metta and its eleven attendant blessings. Guided meditation on radiancy of metta.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet
2010-03-12 Noticing The Context 39:36
Practice of the 3rd Noble Truth. Meeting pattern of self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet
2010-03-11 What Remains? 47:54
Support for insight. Turning to the deathless. The unborn. Language gives a sense of thing-ness. The waves and depths of the ocean are all water.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet
2010-03-11 Just A Handful Of Leaves 41:28
Awakening through reflection of the four Truths. The five focuses of the grasping mind. The Khandas and non self. A taste of peace.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

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