Arinna Weisman

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Dharma talks and guided meditation offered by Arinna Weisman and co-teachers. Recordings were made during Vipassana insight meditation retreats, and have been graciously provided by Lotus Insight Sangha of Seattle, Dhamma Dena of Joshua Tree, Dharma Seed, and others. About Arinna Weisman Arinna has been studying insight mediation since 1979 and teaching since 1989. Her root teacher is Ruth Denison, who was empowered to teach by meditation master U Bha Khin.  Arinna founded the Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley in Massachusetts and, with Eric Kolvig, was the first to lead insight meditation retreats for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, gender-queer community.  She is co-author of the book A Beginners Guide to Insight Meditation and a contributor to Women Practicing Buddhism: American Experiences, edited by Peter Gregory and Susanne Mrozik.  Her practice and teachings are infused with her political and environmental activism. She leads "Uncovering the Heart" retreats which integrate the awareness of the social dynamics of inequity with the dharma practice of liberation. Arinna's website and schedule www.arinnaweisman.org To give Dana to Arinna www.arinnaweisman.org/donate/ Affiliated Sanghas Dhamma Dena (Joshua Tree, CA): www.dhammadena.org Lotus Insight Sangha (Seattle, WA): www.lotusinsightsangha.org Insight Community of the Desert (Palm Springs, CA): www.desertinsight.org Blessings and gratitude to all of those who have recorded Arinna's teachings over the years. Particular gratitude to Lotus Insight Sangha and Dharma Seed, who have provided many of the recordings compiled here.

Arinna Weisman


    • Nov 6, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 180 EPISODES


    Latest episodes from Arinna Weisman

    Guided Metta (11-06-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 40:25


    Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT Evening guided metta, offered by Arinna. Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/63232

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    Morning Instruction & Guided Meditation: Lifting up Our Relationship to the Experience (11-05-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 40:02


    Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT Morning instruction followed by guided meditation, offered by Arinna. Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/63229

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    Morning Sit (11-05-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 46:22


    Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT Guided morning meditation offered by Arinna. Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/63223

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    The Truth of the Teachings (11-04-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2020 47:25


    Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT Describing part of my personal journey in discovering the truth of the teachings of the Dhamma Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/63226

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    Retreat Opening (11-03-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 65:33


    Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT Retreat opening with the teachers offering the refuges and precepts. Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/63217

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    Guided Meditation (11-03-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 21:37


    Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT Guided meditation, calling in presence and kindness. Recording provided by Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/26/talk/63219

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    Morning Instruction & Closing Guided Meditation: Calling in Kindness (10-13-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 25:04


    Poem "Kindness" by Naomi Shihab Nye

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    Loss of Dignity Through Ownership (part 2 of 2): Dependent Origination (10-12-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 68:42


    Poem "For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet" by Joy Harjo

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    Morning Instruction & Sit: Opening to Life (10-12-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 32:36


    Dhamma Dena: Self-Retreat with Arinna Weisman - Queer Online Retreat, October 2020 (Week 2) Our capacity to hold through and stay with our experience as it is, is the grounds of insight. When the mind feels relatively stable, we are invited to open up and allow whatever's arising to arise. In this guided practice period, we open to and acknowledge the whole of our experience and our relationship to it.

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    Morning Instruction & Guided Meditation: Three Invitations to Liberation (10-11-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2020 40:53


    Dhamma Dena: Self-Retreat with Arinna Weisman - Queer Online Retreat, October 2020 (Week 2) By orienting our perception to the three marks of existence — anicca, anatta, and dukkha — our heart and mind begin to open and transform the way we relate to life as it expresses itself. Morning instruction followed by guided meditation.

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    Cultivating Joy (10-10-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 49:59


    Dhamma Dena: Self-Retreat with Arinna Weisman - Queer Online Retreat, October 2020 (Week 2) "In these times, where there's a weighty expression of ignorance and a turning towards an intensification of greed, and of hatred, it sometimes feels like that's so overwhelming that there is no path. And yet there is. Cultivating joy is a beautiful antidote to that place we come to when we feel like there isn't a path — and there is."

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    Morning Instruction & Sit: What is Mindfulness? (10-10-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 38:42


    Dhamma Dena: Self-Retreat with Arinna Weisman - Queer Online Retreat, October 2020 (Week 2) Mindfulness has two aspects. General comprehension understands the purpose and suitability of what we're doing, while bare attention is the remembering to be present. Talk ends with guided instruction on a mindful movement practice Arinna learned in a Thai monastery.

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    Morning Instruction & Sit: The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness (10-09-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 36:03


    Dhamma Dena: Self-Retreat with Arinna Weisman - Queer Online Retreat, October 2020 (Week 2) The first three foundations of mindfulness are about knowing the experience as mental objects. Whether it's a body sensation, thought, feeling, or feeling tone, we are invited to note both when they arise and when they are absent. In the fourth foundation, we are invited to acknowledge our experience in a larger framework through the lenses of: the hindrances, the five aggregates, the six sense spheres, and the four noble truths.

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    The Four Remembrances (10-08-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 55:24


    Arinna 25:51: “Why contemplate anicca, anicca, and the vicissitudes of life? Because, in the acknowledgment that everything is changing, and that we can't hold on […] When we allow nature to be be as it is — ourselves included — then that frees up ourselves from the constriction of ownership into a relationship of seeing ourselves and understanding ourselves as precious and sacred.”Quotes from:Marc Ian Barasch “Field Notes on the Compassionate Life”“Reflections on Impermanence: Life of Chagkar. A Book of Teachings by the 18th Century Wandering Tibetan Yogi”John O'Donohue "Beannacht (Blessing)

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    Refuges & Precepts, Silent Meditation (10-08-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 41:58


    Dhamma Dena: Self-Retreat with Arinna Weisman - Queer Online Retreat, October 2020 (Week 2) When we take the refuges we acknowledge that we're entering into the sacred path of remembering — that this living body, our hearts and our minds, are structured and geared towards living in the deepest communion, well-being, peace, and the highest happiness.

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    Morning Instruction & Guided Meditation: Finding a Home Wherever We Are (10-7-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 42:19


    Dhamma Dena: Queer Online Retreat with Leslie Booker, Mel Coats, Ian Challis, October 2020 (Week 1) As we come to the end of the first week of our queer retreat, how can we stay sustained in our practice? Morning instructions offered by Arinna, followed by guided meditation by Mel Pak Coats.

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    Self Forgiveness Metta (10-6-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 30:55


    Dhamma Dena: Queer Online Retreat with Leslie Booker, Mel Coats, Ian Challis, October 2020 (Week 1) Metta through forgiveness of the self.

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    Morning Instruction & Guided Meditation: Gathering Our Energies (10-6-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 36:52


    Dhamma Dena: Queer Online Retreat with Leslie Booker, Mel Coats, Ian Challis, October 2020 (Week 1) Gathering our beautiful engergies to sustain our relationship with our experience. Morning instruction followed by guided meditation.

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    Loss of Dignity Through Ownership (part 1 of 2): Understanding Ourselves as Part of Nature (10-5-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 39:10


    Ownership obscures the dignity of life, we can't see dignity when we own

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    Metta (10-4-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 29:29


    Dhamma Dena: Queer Online Retreat with Leslie Booker, Mel Coats, Ian Challis, October 2020 (Week 1) Metta before bed.

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    Morning Instruction & Guided Meditation (10-04-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 37:49


    Dhamma Dena: Queer Online Retreat with Leslie Booker, Mel Coats, Ian Challis, October 2020 (Week 1) Finding our channel of love.

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    Mel Pak Coats: Guided Sit with Metta (10-03-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 39:05


    Dhamma Dena: Queer Online Retreat with Leslie Booker, Mel Coats, Ian Challis, October 2020 (Week 1) Guided Afternoon Sit, with Metta led by Mel

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    Morning Sit (10-3-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 48:22


    Dhamma Dena: Queer Online Retreat with Leslie Booker, Mel Coats, Ian Challis, October 2020 (Week 1) Silent morning sit with metta

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    Truth Seeking (10-3-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 45:02


    Dhamma Dena: Queer Online Retreat with Leslie Booker, Mel Coats, Ian Challis, October 2020 (Week 1) Grounding the self in the beautiful qualities of truth

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    Morning Instruction (10-2-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 46:01


    Dhamma Dena: Queer Online Retreat with Leslie Booker, Mel Coats, Ian Challis, October 2020 (Week 1) Morning instructions

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    Mel Coats: Metta (10-02-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 29:34


    Dhamma Dena: Queer Online Retreat with Leslie Booker, Mel Coats, Ian Challis, October 2020 (Week 1) Mel Coats: Metta

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    Leslie Booker: Refuges & Precepts (10-1-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 58:23


    Dhamma Dena: Queer Online Retreat with Leslie Booker, Mel Coats, Ian Challis, October 2020 (Week 1) Refuges & Precepts

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    Calling Ourselves Home (05-16-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020 38:58


    Lotus Insight Sangha - May 16, 2020 Virtual Day of Mindfulness Dharma Talk This half day of practice is dedicated to listening into this calling by cultivating loving kindness and awareness in our family/sangha. Mary Oliver invites us in her poem Wild Geese: Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination calls to you....announcing your place in the family of things Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    The 7 Factors of Enlightenment (04-29-19)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2019 49:51


    Lotus Insight Sangha 2019 Retreat, Camp Burton, Vashon Island (Apr 26 - 30, 2019) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Ordinanry Nirvana & the 4 Noble Truths (04-28-19)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2019 53:09


    Lotus Insight Sangha 2019 Retreat, Camp Burton, Vashon Island (Apr 26 - 30, 2019) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Lovingkindness (04-27-19)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2019 49:20


    Lotus Insight Sangha 2019 Retreat, Camp Burton, Vashon Island (Apr 26 - 30, 2019) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Equanimity (10-15-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2018 53:05


    Dhamma Dena Queer Retreat October 2 to October 16, 2018 (Week 2) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Bodhisattva Community Working for Past & Future (10-14-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2018 49:45


    Dhamma Dena Queer Retreat October 2 to October 16, 2018 (Week 2) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Leslie Booker: Faith (10-13-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2018 41:11


    Dhamma Dena Queer Retreat October 2 to October 16, 2018 (Week 2) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Exploring the Skillful Liberating Energies (10-12-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2018 46:48


    Dhamma Dena Queer Retreat October 2 to October 16, 2018 (Week 2) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Overview of the Path to Liberation (10-11-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 56:25


    Dhamma Dena Queer Retreat October 2 to October 16, 2018 (Week 2) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Gratitude (10-10-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2018 48:48


    Dhamma Dena Queer Retreat October 2 to October 16, 2018 (Week 2) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Morning Sit Instructions (10-8-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2018 11:24


    Dhamma Dena Queer Retreat October 2 to October 16, 2018 (Week 1) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Impermanence & Vulnerability (10-08-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2018 47:25


    Dhamma Dena Queer Retreat October 2 to October 16, 2018 (Week 1) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    The Power of Intention, Motivation (10-07-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2018 47:27


    Dhamma Dena Queer Retreat October 2 to October 16, 2018 (Week 1) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Cultivating Our Beautiful Minds (10-06-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2018 54:12


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    Mindfulness Opens the World (10-04-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2018 55:29


    Dhamma Dena Queer Retreat October 2 to October 16, 2018 (Week 1) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Building Strength Through Mindfulness in Difficult Times (07-22-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2018 38:14


    Lotus Insight Sangha - Day of Mindfulness, Seattle July 2018 Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Remembering Our Beautiful Qualities in Difficult Times (07-19-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2018 51:36


    Lotus Insight Sangha - Day of Mindfulness, Seattle July 2018 Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Supporting the Continuity of Mindfulness, w/ Guided Meditation (02-20-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 37:22


    Lotus Insight Sangha - Seabeck 5 Day Retreat February 2018, Seattle, WA (Feb 16 - 21, 2018) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Sunday Evening Dharma Talk and Metta (02-18-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2018 52:41


    Lotus Insight Sangha - Seabeck 5 Day Retreat February 2018, Seattle, WA (Feb 16 - 21, 2018) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Guided Self Compassion Meditation (02-17-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2018 18:20


    Lotus Insight Sangha - Seabeck 5 Day Retreat February 2018, Seattle, WA (Feb 16 - 21, 2018) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Saturday Evening Dharma Talk (02-17-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2018 60:41


    Lotus Insight Sangha - Seabeck 5 Day Retreat February 2018, Seattle, WA (Feb 16 - 21, 2018) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Refuges & Precepts (02-16-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2018 13:16


    Lotus Insight Sangha - Seabeck 5 Day Retreat February 2018, Seattle, WA (Feb 16 - 21, 2018) Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Gratitude (12-09-17)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2017 30:25


    Lotus Insight Sangha - Seattle Day of Mindfulness Dec 9, 2017 Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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    Our Ancestral Legacy and Love (12-06-17)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2017 39:09


    Lotus Insight Sangha - Seattle Wed Evening Sit Dec 6, 2017 Recording provided by Lotus Insight Sangha: https://www.lotusinsightsangha.org/

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