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Dharma Talks Access for Retreatants
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IMCB Regular Talks
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2011-10-06
Understanding Sankhara
40:56
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Tempel Smith
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| A practical and wise exploration of ways in which our wanting things to be static and unchanging, especially with regard to our mental and emotional patterns, limits our lives and creates suffering. The evening ends with a discussion. |
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2011-11-10
From Cynicism to Love
42:08
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James Baraz
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| When our hopes for a better world or better personal life are dashed, we can become cynical and begin to assume that forces of greed and hatred will win out over forces of consciousness and love. How can we keep our hearts open in the face of personal and societal disappointment? |
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2011-12-08
Seeing Beyond Appearances
47:44
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James Baraz
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| Bay Area musician, composer and dharma student Ben Rivers speaks about what it’s like to live with severe disability from Parkinson's and Lyme diseases. He shares about his life as we explore seeing beyond appearances, relating to someone who seems different as not so different, with their own unique gifts and challenges. |
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2011-12-15
Cultivating a Bodhisattva Heart
55:06
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James Baraz
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| We don’t have to wait to take Bodhisattva vows to practice the Bodhisattva attitude of being there for another’s suffering. In this talk we explore principles and practices to cultivate compassion—the heart of the Bodhisattva ideal—including 1) developing a caring heart towards those we may not feel an affinity and 2) holding the pain we feel at another’s suffering with wise discernment.
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