Sayadaw Vivekananda’s Dharma Talks – Part I

Sayadaw Vivekananda’s Dharma Talks – PART I

2019-06-30 Happiness 1:12:09 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-29 Four Noble Truths 65:28 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-28 Six Sense Doors 1:13:38 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-23 Five Aggregates 1:14:32 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-22 Papatita Sutta 66:24 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-21 Four Fundamentals of Ethical Conduct 1:10:05 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-16 Conceptual v. Ultimate Reality 1:10:10 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-15 Practicing as if Your Clothes and Head are on Fire 1:11:34 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-14 Characteristics of Anicca 68:13 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-09 Development of Wholesome Attitudes 1:32:55 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

 

2019-06-08 Refining Practice Skills 1:28:22 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-07 Gaining Purity through Purification 1:14:14 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-03 Walking Instructions 0:33 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-02 Opening Dhamma Talk 28:47 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2017-06-29 Benefit Of Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension in Daily Life 1:24:17 Download Listen This talk includes a section on clear comprehension in talking. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-28 Knowledge Of Equanimity Towards Formations 1:13:29 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-26 Equanimity In Satipatthana Meditation 66:27 Download Listen Definition, occurrence and contributing factors of equanimity. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-22 Questions and Answers 1:15:21 Download Listen Q&A related to wise attention, imperfections, self, purpose of labeling, latent defilements, “right perception” and breaking up of formations. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-21 Perception in the Context of Satipatthana. 1:13:41 Download Listen Definition, development and applications of perception. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-19 Appearance and Reality 64:13 Download Listen Distinguishing between concepts and reality. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-15 Faith and Intuitive Wisdom 63:44 Download Listen The discovery of wisdom based on faith and other factors. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-14 Application of Samadhiin Vipassana Meditation 65:00 Download Listen Illustrations – external and internal obstructions to concentration. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-12 Role of Concentration in Contemplation of Physical and Mental Objects 65:11 Download Listen Concentration – its definition, obstacles and development. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-08 The Role Of Effort In The Contemplation Of Phenomena 68:20 Download Listen Definitions of ardent effort. Wholesomeness and unwholesomeness. Ardent effort – Its application and development. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-07 Developing Observational Skills 64:56 Download Listen This talk teaches what to pay attention to. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-05 Knowing how to observe objects. 64:19 Download Listen Mindfulness and its different qualities. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-02 Taking The First Few Steps 1:18:59 Download Listen This talks focusses on: balanced practice, restraint of senses, slowing down, intensity of practice, obstacles and attitudes Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-02 Detailed Meditation Instructions 53:47 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2017-06-01 Opening Talk 43:37 Download Listen As global relatives, samsara relatives and dhamma relatives – we are inspired by the Candana Sutta and the Satipatthana Sutta. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2017 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2016-07-07 Going Ahead Full Steam 46:57 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-07-01 Bringing Equanimity to Experiences 1:11:28 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-07-01 Perception 1:19:44 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-29 Anatta 66:19 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-27 Dissolution of Formations 65:52 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-24 The Contemplation of Impermanence 64:26 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-22 Three Wholesome Roots: Wisdom 1:12:00 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-20 Three Wholesome Roots: Generosity 69:23 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-17 Three Unwholesome Roots: Delusion 1:10:24 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-15 Three Unwholesome Roots: Hatred 1:13:36 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-13 Three Unwholesome Roots: Greed 1:19:09 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-10 Feelings (Vedana) 1:13:51 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-09 The Hindrance of Sloth and Torpor 57:33 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-07 Qualities of Mindfulness 1:31:36 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-06 Comprehensive Instructions 1:11:35 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2016-06-05 Opening Night 1:19:51 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  2016 Summer Sayadaw Vivekananda & Marcia Rose Retreat

2014-06-27 Arousing A Sense Of Urgency 38:01 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-06-25 Happiness And It’s Development 62:00 Download Listen Forms of happiness that result from the development of the mind Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-06-23 Buddhist Perspective On Climate Change 67:11 Download Listen Observed changes in the climate system, attribution of climate change, Buddhist perspective, Buddhist response to climate change. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge In collection One Earth Sangha

2014-06-20 Life Is Uncertain, Death Is Certain 59:42 Download Listen The Buddha’s advise on death Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-06-18 Observing The Dissolution Of Formations with Effort and Equanimity 56:37 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-06-16 Equanimity 53:18 Download Listen Exploring some facets of equanimity, six factored equanimity Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-06-13 Abandoning 52:51 Download Listen Abandoning unvirtuous conduct, unwholesome states. Five kinds of abandoning. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-06-11 Mindfulness of Postures 58:05 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-06-09 Impermanence 64:52 Download Listen Understanding the nature of impermanence – textual and in practice Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-06-06 The Ten Imperfections Of Insight – Part II 62:14 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-06-04 The Ten Imperfections Of Insight – Part I 53:32 Download Listen Illumination, knowledge, joy, calmness Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-06-02 The Controlling Faculty Of Wisdom, Part II 53:55 Download Listen Developing wisdom by abandoning ignorance Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-05-30 The controlling Faculty Of Wisdom, Part I 62:09 Download Listen Nature of wisdom, factors contributing to the arising of wisdom Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-05-26 The Controlling Faculty Of Concentration 62:00 Download Listen Qualities of concentration, arousing and balancing it Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-05-23 Controlling Faculty Of Energy, Part II 69:11 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-05-21 Controlling Faculty Of Energy 57:11 Download Listen Dwelling with energy aroused for the abandoning of unwholesome states and the acquisition of wholesome states Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-05-19 Mindfulness And Some Of Its Qualities 63:21 Download Listen Exploring mindfulness in the context of Satipatthana. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-05-16 Fundamentals Of Practice 59:56 Download Listen Satipatthana instructions in brief, restraint of senses, attitudes, intensity of practice, slowing down. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-05-16 Additional Meditation Instructions 1:16:00 Download Listen Details meditation instructions regarding sitting and walking pratice, interviews and attitudes to practice. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2014-05-15 Crossing The flood so Hard To Cross 53:33 Download Listen This talk outlines basic qualities required in meditation in accordance with: one always prefect in virtue, endowed with wisdom, well concentrated, one energetic and resolute – crosses the flood so hard to cross. SNI53 Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  May 15 – June 30, 2014 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2013-07-13 Chanting of Refuges and Precepts 4:24 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-07-12 Daily Life Benefits of Vipassana Retreat Practice 66:24 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-07-11 Equanimity 68:28 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-07-10 Anatta Not-Self 1:15:51 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-07-06 Wisdom Part 2 65:12 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-07-04 Wisdom 69:33 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-07-02 Patience 1:11:27 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-06-29 Effort Part 2 67:58 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-06-27 Sila and Climate Change 1:20:05 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-06-25 Effort Part 1 1:10:39 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-06-22 Mindfulness of Arising and Passing 65:37 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-06-20 The Hindrances With a Focus on Doubt 1:15:07 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-06-17 Attitudes Do Matter in Mindfulness Meditation 64:24 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2013-06-17 Instructions 1:34:40 Download Listen Mountain Hermitage :  Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose

2012-06-29 Noble Search and Nobel Results 1:13:27 Download Listen Nobel search – benefits of practice – Four Noble Truths – Nibbana – Qualities of a stream entrant. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-28 Benefits Of Mindfulness Meditation – Part II 57:28 Download Listen Contemplation of dissolution – Equanimity – Nibbana Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-27 Perception 56:03 Download Listen Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2012-06-26 Dhammanupassana IV 56:38 Download Listen Contemplation of awakening factors, especially investigation of states. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-25 Dhammanupassana III 55:01 Download Listen Contemplation of aggregate of volitional formations and aggregate of consciousness. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-23 Dhammanupassana Part II 61:41 Download Listen Contemplation of aggregates, general aspects, perception, aggregate of perception. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-22 Dhammanupassana – Part I 57:15 Download Listen Etymology, description, contemplation of hindrances Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-20 Spiritual Friendship 65:38 Download Listen Qualities of a spiritual friend and principals of cordiality. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-19 Contemplation Of Feelings Part II 54:51 Download Listen Contemplation of unpleasant and neutral feelings Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-18 Contemplation Of Feeling, Part I 51:27 Download Listen Distinction worldly – unworldly feelings, instructions, general aspects of feeling. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-16 Sharpening The Controlling Faculties, Part II 55:56 Download Listen Impermanence, seeing only destruction of arisen phenomena. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-15 Sense Of Urgency 47:41 Download Listen Nature of urgency, causes for its arising, consequences. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-13 Five Controlling Faculties 57:56 Download Listen Five Controlling Faculties And Balancing Them Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-12 Staying Composed and Equanimous In Contemplation 55:38 Download Listen Composure, Six factored Equanimity, Clear Comprehension Of Activities Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-11 Patience, Neutrality, Equanimity About Formation 58:43 Download Listen Nature and significance of P., N., E., in meditation and outside of retreat. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-09 Benefits Of Mindfulness Meditation Meditation 61:25 Download Listen Happiness arising due to virtue, concentration, insight knowledge, purification of view, arising due to mindfulness meditation. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-08 Developing Observational Skills 61:19 Download Listen Observing and describing the structures of experience in terms of time, location, characteristics, intensity, continuity, etc. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-06 Discovering The Nature Of The Mind 58:42 Download Listen Contemplation of absence/presence condition, arising and passing, opposites, causal development of mental factors. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-05 Contemplation Of Postures 57:07 Download Listen Contemplation of standing, sitting, lying down and walking Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-04 Attitudes In Mindfulness Meditation Do Matter 58:26 Download Listen Awareness of attitudes in meditation both helpful and unhelpful. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2012-06-02 Qualities Of Mindfulness (Sati) 65:47 Download Listen Synonyms, definitions, role of Sati in Abhidhamma, illustrations for Sati. Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  June 2012 at IMS – Forest Refuge