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Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Susan O'Brien's most recent Dharma talks

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Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Susan O'Brien's most recent Dharma talks

Susan O'Brien has been practicing vipassana meditation since 1980 and has studied with a variety of Asian and Western teachers. She began teaching in 1996 and coordinates the Insight Meditation correspondence course.

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  1. 31

    Susan O'Brien: For the Benefit of all Beings

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Realizing the ways in which our practice can never be for ourselves alone.

  2. 30

    Susan O'Brien: Impermanence

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The liberating power of knowing the truth of change.

  3. 29

    Susan O'Brien: 'Reflections on Refuge'

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) What might refuge in Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha mean for us?

  4. 28

    Susan O'Brien: 'Concentration is Possible'

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Looking at the possibility of non-distractedness

  5. 27

    Susan O'Brien: What Are We Doing Here?

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) An invitation to explore the areas and the ways that our practice is alive, fresh, engaged - and where and how it isn't

  6. 26

    Susan O'Brien: Reflections on Death

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) How reflecting on our own impermanence can be a support in practice.

  7. 25

    Susan O'Brien: Aspiration, Expectation, Acceptance

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) What inspires our practice, what obstructs it and the role of acceptance in practice.

  8. 24

    Susan O'Brien: Selfing

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) How we create a sense of self by identifying with experience.

  9. 23

    Susan O'Brien: Forgiveness

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) A look at the process of forgiving, ending with a guided meditation.

  10. 22

    Susan O'Brien: Refuge

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

  11. 21

    Susan O'Brien: Trust

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Remembering to relax into the truth of our experience.

  12. 20

    Susan O'Brien: Walking Meditation

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

  13. 19

    Susan O'Brien: Hoping, Fearing, Seeing the Truth

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

  14. 18

    Susan O'Brien: Compassion

    (Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Compassion's powerful role in meeting suffering.

  15. 17

    Susan O'Brien: Metta Chant

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) with Kathleen Conrad

  16. 16

    Susan O'Brien: Factors Of Awakening

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Seven wholesome states of mind and heart that develop through meditation practice.

  17. 15

    Susan O'Brien: Patience

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The cultivation and practice of patience as an important support and powerful ally.

  18. 14

    Susan O'Brien: Desire And Aversion

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) How we might recognize and free ourselves from the pull of wanting and not wanting.

  19. 13

    Susan O'Brien: The First Noble Truth

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) How a skillful engagement with suffering leads to greater ease.

  20. 12

    Susan O'Brien: Three Characteristics

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Freeing the mind through understanding impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and selflessness.

  21. 11

    Susan O'Brien: Generosity

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

  22. 10

    Susan O'Brien: Compassion - Fear

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

  23. 9

    Susan O'Brien: Coming To Stillness

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

  24. 8

    Susan O'Brien: Energy

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

  25. 7

    Susan O'Brien: Aspiration and Acceptance

    (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) MD254

  26. 6

    Susan O'Brien: Foundations Of Mindfulness

    (Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Establishing mindfulness of body, feeling tone, mind and mental patterns.

  27. 5

    Susan O'Brien: Energy and Patience

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  28. 4

    Susan O'Brien: The Language Of The Heart

    (Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A discourse on the four Brahma Viharas: loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity.

  29. 3

    Susan O'Brien: Generosity And Gratitude

    (Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An exploration of two rare and precious qualities; generosity and gratitude.

  30. 2

    Susan O'Brien: The Kindness Of Patience

    (Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Patience as it supports the practice of the Brahma Viharas.

  31. 1

    Susan O'Brien: The Five Spiritual Faculties

    (Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Applying these wholesome qualities to the practice of metta, compassion, joy and equanimity.

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Susan O'Brien has been practicing vipassana meditation since 1980 and has studied with a variety of Asian and Western teachers. She began teaching in 1996 and coordinates the Insight Meditation correspondence course.

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