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2016-07-14 Refrain from Stealing 51:52
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
Shaila Catherine gave the second talk in a six-week series titled "Ethics, Action and the Five Precepts." When we undertake the training of refraining from taking that which is not given and practice generosity, we are improving our mind. More specifically, we are purifying our mind of greed. In fact, not stealing and giving are conditions that contribute to the realization of nibbana.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Ethics, Action and the Five Precepts

2016-07-07 Ethics, Action and the Five Precepts 4:55:25

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with Angie Boissevain, Ayya Santussika, Drew Oman, Shaila Catherine

This series will explore virtue as the indispensable foundation of Buddhist practice. The series will emphasize the five training precepts, and explore action, ethics, kamma, and cause-effect dynamics. The precepts are not rules to be obediently followed; they serve as guidelines for the intentional development of compassion, mindfulness, and wisdom. These five precepts offer us a joyful method to cultivate the heart, nurture harmony in relationships, and free the mind from inner forces of greed and anger that if unrestrained may cause suffering to ourselves and others.

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2016-07-03 Day 4: Evening Instructions & Sitting Meditation 42:40
Anushka Fernandopulle	Download Listen
Sharing experiences with the precepts in daily life. Anushka Fernandopulle, JoAnna Harper, Bonnie Duran and Vance Pryor (trainee)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Finding Freedom: Vipassana Retreat for People of Color

2016-06-18 Understanding the Refuges and Precepts 60:51
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective : TCVC June 2016

2016-06-06 Mine development, ethics, and giving 63:39
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
The three parts of the path for Westerners. Includes precepts as practice, and an exploration of the Brahma Viharas as a template for giving
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Liberation of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat

2016-05-26 Chanting: Hommage to the Buddha, Refuges, Precepts 2:53
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg : Sayadaw U Tejaniya

2016-04-28 Evening Q&A 51:12
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Samsara; The Realms; Broken Heart/Deep Grief; How to Be with Heavy Stuff; Painful Feelings; Identification with the Body; Precepts; Abuse; Sound of Silence; Equanimity
Padmasambhava Peace Institute : Body, Heart and Mind: Embodying Citta

2016-04-23 Opening Remarks: The Texture of the Precepts Includes Respect, Sensitivity and Care 1:16:41
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
The group format of the retreat requires care because we can't help but enter each other's presence. Precepts offer boundaries that catalyze quality of heart and sensitivity to how we negatively impact ourselves and others.
Padmasambhava Peace Institute : Body, Heart and Mind: Embodying Citta

2016-03-21 Opening Talk, Transformation, Indriyas, Precepts 60:49
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa : The Deeper You Go, the Lighter it Gets

2016-03-17 Skillful Paths of Bodily Action 49:33
Jenny Wilks	Download Listen
This is the first talk in a 3-part speaker series titled "Pathways of Skillful Action". Jenny Wilks provides an overview of what we mean by ethics, and how the Buddha's list of ten paths of skillful action expand on the traditional five precepts and encompass body, speech, and mind. This talk focuses on the body and the first 3 precepts.
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