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2023-12-14 Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of Emotions with R.A.F.T. (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:11
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Practicing Peace: Bringing Ease into Every Moment

2023-12-13 Awakening from Trance – Embracing Unlived Life 51:35
Tara Brach
When physical or emotional pain is too much, our conditioning is to pull away and avoid direct contact with raw feelings. The result is a trance – we are split off from the wholeness of our aliveness, intelligence and capacity to love. This talk explores how this dissociation shows up in our lives and how mindfulness enables us to integrate cut-off parts of our being in a powerful way, and awaken from this trance.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2023-12-12 Morning Instructions: Mindfulness of the Breath in the Body 59:20
Nikki Mirghafori
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Practicing Peace: Bringing Ease into Every Moment

2023-12-10 Q&A 49:03
Ajahn Sucitto
00:00 Q1 When we're doing sitting meditation are we to be mindful of feelings inside the whole body as we breathe in and out? When anybody sensations or pain arises are we to contemplate them with loving kindness? 10:55 Q2 Is it okay to use the mantra Bhudo for sitting meditation? 11:58 Q3 Are there different realities of truth? For example historical, scientific, personal? Ultimate reality? Everything is what it should be, no good no bad. 17:07 Q4 How can the dhamma help two people in a relationship resolve an indiscretion of the moral code? How does the dhamma guide one to accept responsibility for actions that harm another? 20:23 Q5 Citta - is it a harmony between the brain and the heart? Does it include all levels of consciousness? 31:36 Q6 At the point of death what do we do when we're overwhelmed with pain? If the mind is too weak to maintain equanimity? What happens if one dies totally consumed by pain? 41:09 Q7 Could QiGong help me to be more balanced in body and mind?
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  Finding Your True Ground - Awareness as a Refuge

2023-11-30 Q&A 45:01
Ajahn Sucitto
Questions are précised: 00:00 Q1 Can you please distinguish between citta anupassana and dhamma anupassana. Which frame of reference should one apply to such contemplation? 28:43 Q2 During mindfulness of breathing, I find vichara (sensing and evaluating) to be an issue. How can I strengthen vichara? 35:47 Q3 I am a project manager, and there is a lot of planning and decision making. Is this a sankara? How to do so wisely and skillfully?
Bandar Utama Buddhist Society :  Training for Life

2023-11-29 Third Foundation: Mindfulness of Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 57:58
Bonnie Duran
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating Equanimity: The Happiness of a Heart in Balance and Peace

2023-11-28 Q&A 47:06
Ajahn Sucitto
Questions are précised - 00:22 Q1 How to practice mindfulness of death? 16:27 Q2 We take in the world through the five senses. If we do not hear or see any news does that mean things, like the war in Gaza, are not really happening? 28:07 Q3 How do we know whether a kalyanamitta (spiritual friend) is trustworthy? 29:44 Q4 I get tension and constrictions in the chest and other places. I often get frustrated with this. Perhaps I am too preoccupied with it? 37:23 Q5 I am eager to understand imbalances – like jealousy and comparison - and to break through them quickly. What is your advice? 44:01 Q6 How can one influence or talk to other people about other views, like politics for example?
Bandar Utama Buddhist Society :  Training for Life

2023-11-28 Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of the Body and the Breath 1:12:56
Nikki Mirghafori, Bonnie Duran, Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating Equanimity: The Happiness of a Heart in Balance and Peace

2023-11-26 Q&A 66:30
Ajahn Sucitto
00:13 Q1 Sense restraint and diligence in daily life: I'm motivated to practice when there's suffering, when life is fine I slacken off and indulge in sense pleasures. Please advise. 28: 14 Q2 Questions on sleepiness: How to deal with sleepiness on waking up in the morning? I take a lot of caffeine to avoid sleepiness. Is there an alternative? How can I be mindful all the time? 40:46 Q3 When I sit the body collapses and the energy required to straighten the body makes it hard to feel relax. Any advice? 44:44 Q4 I have a compulsive need to feel liked and even try and force people to like me. What can I do? 52:55 Q5 Nama rupa vinayana (name form and consciousness). Can you explain more about this please?
Bandar Utama Buddhist Society :  Training for Life

2023-11-23 Dharma Talk: Anattā : The Thatagatha has Gone Beyond a Position 55:19
Gullu Singh
This talk explores the Buddha’s teaching of Anattā (Not-self) and ways to practice with the world experience or perception of self and how we can notice with mindfulness how this sense of self ebbs and flows with conditions. The Buddha also suggested beneficial ways to engage the self such as to use conceit as a tool to generate faith.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Refuge, Resilience, Presence, and Love In Our Times

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