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Donate to Tempel Smith Tempel Smith's Website Tempel Smith spent a year ordained as a monk in Burma and teaches Buddhist psychology and social activism in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently part of the IMS/Spirit Rock Teacher Training Program. -- Select from Tempel Smith's 182 talks -- VIEW ALL 2019-02-07 16 Meditative Steps in Mindfulness of Breathing - Anapanasati (Retreat at Spiri… 2019-02-14 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness - Vedana (Feeling Tone) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2013-09-29 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Part 1 - Introduction of mindfulness of mind 2013-09-29 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Part 2 - The language within the satipatthana s… 2013-09-29 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Part 3 - Abiding and contemplating within the m… 2013-09-29 3rd Foundation of Mindfulness - Part 4 - Taking the practice home 2019-08-21 5 Jhana Factors and 5 Hindrances (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2011-11-01 A New Paradigm 2011-11-01 A New Paradigm 2013-02-15 Afternoon Brahma Vihara Instructions - All Sentient Beings 2013-02-23 Afternoon Brahma Vihara Practice - Mudita 2015-08-04 An Intimate Life 2015-03-28 Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 1 2015-03-28 Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 10 2015-03-28 Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 2 2015-03-28 Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 3 2015-03-28 Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 4 2015-03-28 Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 5 2015-03-28 Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 6 2015-03-28 Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 7 2015-03-28 Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 8 2015-03-28 Anapanasati - A Daylong for Experienced Students - Part 9 2014-09-17 Awakening to Impermanence 2019-02-27 Beautiful Qualities of the Free Heart (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2017-01-24 Becoming Mindful of the Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2017-08-10 Becoming Mindful of Thought (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2018-08-09 Beginning Insights of Vipassana Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2017-01-23 Beginning Meditation Instruction (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2013-02-10 Brahma Viharas 2020-02-28 Building Practice Momentum (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2014-08-18 Concentration and Purification 2013-02-12 Contentment with Pleasure and Pain 2019-02-20 Cultivating Meditative Absorptions (Jhanas) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2019-08-06 Cutting Through Our Stories (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2008-10-28 Cycles Of Awakening 2014-09-20 Dana 2014-04-21 Dana, The Actions of a Caring Heart 2020-02-08 Day Seven Morning Instructions: Resting Wakefully in Breath & Body (Retreat a… 2015-06-09 Day 1 Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions Part 01 2015-06-09 Day 1 Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions Part 02 2015-06-09 Day 1 Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions Part 03 2015-06-09 Day 1 Structure of the Four Noble Truths 2015-06-09 Day 1 The Four Noble Truths and Mindfulness 2020-02-11 Day 10 Afternoon Instructions: Practicing Forgiveness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2019-02-13 Day 11 - Instruction for Mindfulness of Vedana (2nd Foundation) (Retreat at Spi… 2019-02-15 Day 13 - Guided Metta (Loving Kindness) for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2020-02-14 Day 13 Morning Meditation Instructions - Mindfulness of Vedana and Intention (R… 2019-02-16 Day 14 Choiceless Awareness: Guided meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2015-07-09 Day 1: Afternoon Instructions - Metta for the easy person 2019-07-11 Day 1: Brahma Vihara Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) - Starting the Loving Ki… 2015-06-10 Day 2 All Aspects of 1st Foundation Instructions 2015-06-10 Day 2 Discussion on Corpse Reflection 2015-06-10 Day 2 Sutta on 1st Foundation 2019-02-25 Day 23 Equanimity: This is how it is, it is like this...(Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2017-07-07 Day 2: Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2019-02-05 Day 3 - Instruction for Loving Kindness for Oneself (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2015-06-11 Day 3 2nd Foundation Vedana 2016-07-16 Day 3 Afternoon Sit with Instructions: Forgiveness 2015-06-11 Day 3 Collective Vedana Managment 2015-06-11 Day 3 Instructions on 2nd Foundation 2015-06-11 Day 3 Morning Q&A 2015-12-03 Day 3: Afternoon Sit with Instruction: Guided Mudita (Empathetic Joy) 2017-07-08 Day 3: Introduction to Compassion Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2015-06-12 Day 4 1st & 2nd Foundations Q&A 2015-06-12 Day 4 3rd Foundation Mind 2015-06-12 Day 4 3rd Foundation Morning Q&A 2016-08-11 Day 4 Guided Kindness Meditation: Forgiveness 2015-06-12 Day 4 Instructions on 3rd Foundation 2015-06-12 Day 4 Sutta Comments on 3rd Foundation 2019-08-22 Day 4: Guided Meditation on the 5 Jhana Factors (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2019-07-14 Day 4: Metta and Samadhi (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2015-07-12 Day 4: Morning Instructions 2015-06-13 Day 5 4th Foundation Introduction 2019-07-15 Day 5 Brahma Vihara Practice: Equanimity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) - Starting th… 2015-06-13 Day 5 Instructions on 4th Foundation 2016-07-18 Day 5 Morning Sit with Instructions: Metta for Neutral Person 2015-06-13 Day 5 The 5 Aggregates & 6 Sense Spheres 2015-06-13 Day 5 The 7 Factors of Awakening 2019-07-15 Day 5: Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) - Loving Kindness for Unf… 2019-02-08 Day 6 - Morning Instruction on Breath and 4 Elements (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2015-07-14 Day 6: Afternoon Instructions 2017-07-11 Day 6: Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2016-07-20 Day 7 Afternoon Sit with Instructions: Equanimity 2019-07-18 Day 8: Metta and the Many Beautiful Qualities of Heart (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2015-06-06 Day Five: Metta for All Beings 2015-06-05 Day Four Morning Instructions: Impermanence and Thought 2018-08-10 Day Four, Guided Kindness Meditation-Forgiveness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2019-02-03 Day One - Instructions for Mindfulness of Sound, Body and Breath (Retreat at Sp… 2020-02-02 Day One Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2015-06-03 Day Two: Beginning Loving Kindness Meditation 2012-08-16 Deepening Concentration Through Contentment 2013-06-27 Dependent Origination 2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 1 of 9 2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 2 of 9 2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 3 of 9 2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 4 of 9 2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 5 of 9 2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 6 of 9 2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 7 of 9 2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 8 of 9 2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 9 of 9 2018-07-05 Dependent Origination: The Full Teachings of the Buddha - Day 1 2018-07-06 Dependent Origination: The Full Teachings of the Buddha - Day 2 2018-07-07 Dependent Origination: The Full Teachings of the Buddha - Day 3 2018-07-16 Developing Inner Sanctuary (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2011-09-27 Developing Samadhi 2017-07-10 Developing Samadhi/Concentration with Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2017-07-12 Developing The Love of Equanimity (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2020-05-05 Four Brahma Viharas Practice in Daily Life, Part 1 (Online Retreat at Spirit Ro… 2020-05-09 Four Brahma Viharas Practice in Daily Life, Part 2 (Online Retreat at Spirit Ro… 2010-06-06 Freedom Through the Body 2014-09-17 Freedom Through Understanding Dukkha 2020-05-07 Guided Equanimity Mindfulness of Emotions and Mental States (Online Retreat at … 2020-05-06 Guided Equanimity Mindfulness of Pleasure, Pain, and Neutrality (Online Retreat… 2014-07-14 Guided Meditation 2014-09-29 Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Breathing 2009-07-31 How Mindfulness Sets Us Free 2012-08-20 How Samadhi Supports Insight 2015-06-04 Insight Meditation: The 3 Characteristics 2013-02-20 Insight Ripens Into Wisdom - The Blade & The Bell 2016-07-21 Kindness, Harmlessness and Generosity 2015-12-01 Launching your Loving-Kindness Practice 2015-07-15 Love and Wisdom Develop Each Other 2015-08-06 Loving Kindness Meditation, Day Three 2016-07-17 Metta and Samadhi: Absorbing in Kindness 2014-07-26 Metta Practice - Many Beings and Self 2014-08-21 Metta Practice, Day 6 2016-12-07 Metta: Sanctuary and Service 2010-07-22 Mindfulness as Liberation 2015-10-31 Mindfulness of Breathing - Developing Samadhi 2015-10-31 Mindfulness of Breathing - Four Foundations of Mindfulness 2015-10-31 Mindfulness of Breathing - Q&A Session 2015-10-31 Mindfulness of Breathing - Vipassana 2014-07-14 Mindfulness of Emotion and Mental States 2014-07-25 Mindfulness Of Pain Meditation 2011-09-27 Morning Instruction 2014-07-28 Morning Instruction: Investigating The Present 2015-08-05 Morning Instructional Sit, Day Two 2011-09-29 Morning Instructions 2013-02-07 Morning Instructions 2012-08-14 Morning Instructions Day One 2012-08-08 Morning Instructions, 2nd Day Primary and Secondary Objects 2013-02-13 Morning Instructions, Day 10 2011-09-25 Morning Instructions, Day 2 2014-08-22 Morning Instructions, Day 7 2012-08-18 Morning Instructions: Day Five 2016-08-10 Morning Sitting Meditation with Instructions - Day 3 2015-07-11 Patience, Courage, Faith and Renunciation 2014-04-18 Purifying the Mind with Metta 2012-05-26 Renunciation as Right Intention 2012-05-24 Right View and Dependent Origination 2019-08-26 Samadhi: A Whole Heart in Daily Life 2017-07-06 Sanctuary and Service (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2020-02-07 Steps in Developing Mindfulness of Breathing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2020-02-21 Streaming vs Clinging (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2016-12-06 Tempel Smith - Spirit Rock Day 1: Morning Sit with Instructions 2016-12-08 Tempel Smith - Spirit Rock Day 3: Metta Practice 2016-12-09 Tempel Smith - Spirit Rock Day 4: Morning Sit with Instructions 2014-09-29 The 16 Steps of Mindfulness of Breathing (Anapana-sati Sutta) 2014-09-20 The 4th Noble Truth: All Factors of the Eightfold Path 2014-09-20 The 4th Noble Truth: Eightfold Path and Wise View 2011-09-24 The Beautiful Breath 2011-05-05 The Five Aggregates 2013-02-06 The Five Hindrances 2010-08-23 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness 2011-04-08 The Great Way 2011-11-05 The Importance of Equanimity in Action 2013-03-17 The Importance of Vedana, 1 of 2 2013-03-17 The Importance of Vedana, 2 of 2 2013-02-26 The Law of Karma 2011-09-29 The Road Ahead 2014-09-18 The Second Noble Truth 2016-05-25 The Third Noble Truth and Nibanna Part 2 2016-05-25 The Third Noble Truth and Nibbana Part 1 2016-05-25 The Third Noble Truth and Nibbana Part 3 2012-12-08 The Wise Heart 2014-08-05 Three Trainings 2011-10-06 Understanding Sankhara 2014-09-18 Vedana 2020-02-14 Vedana-The 2nd Foundation of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 2015-12-05 Whole Life Practice 2014-08-21 Wisdom Growing Out of Samadhi 2012-08-16 Deepening Concentration Through Contentment 60:48 Download Listen Through developing the jhana factors of piti, sukha and ekaggata (delight, contentment and one-pointedness) we can open a deeper ability to absorb with our breath. 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