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2021-05-05 Attuned and in Balance: Wise Effort 47:21
Kate Munding
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Wise Effort: Part 6 of a series on the Eightfold Path. Wise effort is explained as attuning to what is happening in the present moment, making adjustments based on conditions and balancing our energy so that it expresses the Middle Path - between striving and burnout - to create a sustainable practice. Reference is made to the teachings of Ajahn Chah and ways to develop a continuity of mindfulness in everyday living. Emphasis on softening and trust in the heart practices that balance the habits of the mind.
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2021-05-05 Anyone Who Understands Impermanence Ceases to be Contentious 1:42:44
Sylvia Boorstein
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2021-05-05 If You Were to Die Tonight... 65:14
Ayya Anandabodhi
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The Buddha encouraged us to reflect on the fact that death could come at any time. This sobering reflection, when used in the right way, brings sharpness and clarity as to what is important in our lives
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-05 The Next Breath is Not Guaranteed 43:49
Dhammadīpā
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Mindfulness of the breath, endings, and the nearness of death
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-05 Where Does It Come From ~ Where Does It All Go? 29:46
Ayya Santacitta
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A talk on Maranasati ~ Recollection of Death
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-05 Maranasati: Returning to the Mystery We Came From 44:00
Ayya Santacitta
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A guided meditation on death & dying
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-04 'The Five Elements are Empty of a Self 43:11
Ayya Santacitta
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2021-05-04 Reflecting on the Nature of the Body (asubha) 30:39
Ayya Anandabodhi
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Reflecting on asubha (the non-beautiful) aspects of the body we can find greater peace and acceptance with things as they are. Through this understanding, the mind is released from desire and aversion
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-04 Guided Meditation on Skin, Flesh and Bones 49:01
Ayya Anandabodhi
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This practice, one of the Four Protective Meditations, leads us to directly understand the true nature of the body. Through this understanding, the mind is released from desire and aversion and we can accept this body as part of nature, rather than "me" and "mine".
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-05-04 Emptiness and Suchness 43:09
Heather Sundberg
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When we understand that direct experience is not solid/not separate, we can embrace experience in its changing conditionality with the heart of compassion and inclusion born of non-clinging. This is the inter-weaving of the teachings of emptiness and suchness, and the talk will explore teachings and practices which support us to live from this wiser view.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

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