Chanting: The Metta Sutta

Source: Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery

Thinking
Ajahn Amaro

We don't have to get rid of thinking in order to meditate. There is no problem with thinking in and of itself, but only in how we sometimes relate to it. This talk explores the role and nature of conceptual thought, how to relate to it skillfully, as well as acknowledging the value and right use of reflective thinking.

Source: Dharma Stream, Dharma Seed

The Fire Sermon — SN 35.28: Adittapariyaya Sutta

Several months after his Awakening, the Buddha delivers this sermon to an audience of 1,000 fire-worshipping ascetics. In his characteristically brilliant teaching style, the Buddha uses a metaphor that quickly penetrates to the heart of the audience — in this case, the metaphor of fire. Upon hearing this sermon, the entire audience attains full Awakening (arahatta).
Read by Bhante H. Gunaratana

Source: Bhavana Society

Opening, Suffusing, Releasing

Ajahn Sucitto

Source: Forest Sangha's dharmatalks.org

In Awareness There Is No Dukkha
Ajahn Sumedho

From a teaching at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.

Source: Sutta Readings

The Heart of Forgiveness
Myoshin Kelley

Forgiveness is the practice of releasing the heart from past wounding.

Andrew Olendzki is currently the executive director of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS) in Barre, MA. and the editor of its Insight Journal.

Source: Audio Dharma