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2022-09-04 Ending Suffering 34:51
Hugh Byrne
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The Buddha said, "I teach one thing, suffering and its end." His first and central teaching on the Four Noble Truths provides us with an understanding of suffering and its origins in craving/clinging; and how it’s possible to end suffering by abandoning clinging and the path to follow to end suffering in our lives—the Noble Eightfold Path. We can bring this teaching to bear on any moment or experience of our life and find freedom from suffering.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-08-20 Dharma Talk - The Four Noble Truths. 53:47
Leigh Brasington
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Gaia House :  Jhanas, Insight, and Dependent Origination

2022-08-18 Talk: introduction to the theme of taking refuge in Dharma 28:51
Jill Shepherd
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An exploration of what it means to take refuge generally, and then specifically in relation to dharma, with a brief introduction to the Four Noble Truths and the Four Brahamavihāra of kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity
Auckland Insight Meditation :  Auckland Insight weekly talks 2022

2022-08-01 The four noble truths 40:55
Chas DiCapua
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Focusing more on the relationship between the first and second truths
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2022-07-08 Guided mettā meditation, Dhamma talk an entry-to-rains discussion on giving 1:32:16
Bhante Sujato
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Guided mettā meditation for a loved one with focus on feeling. Dhamma talk an entry-to-rains discussion on giving (cāga/dana), drawing from the Dhammacakkappavattana sutta and the four noble truths. Cāga as one of the metaphors for nibbāna and how it fits into the four noble truths. Discussion of suffering and its relationship to letting go.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-01-05 Guided Meditation Exploring Several Forms of Inquiry 2 35:53
Donald Rothberg
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After a period of settling, we work with two main forms of inquiry or investigation (one of the Seven Factors of Awakening). The first is inquiry through mindfulness when an experience has some duration: Asking what's happening and exploring what's going in the body, the emotions, and the story-line or narrative. The second is inquiry through working with a teaching. Here we work with a simple teaching, coming from the Four Noble Truths: "If there's suffering (or struggle), where's the attachment (or fixed idea, etc.)?" We explore these in formal meditation; they can also be applied in the flow of daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2021-12-03 Why Practice? Setting in motion the wheel of truth. 47:44
Jean Esther
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An elaboration of the third of the Four Noble Truths
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Freedom of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation Retreat

2021-11-12 Guided meditation, Dhamma talk on desire and contentment 1:25:38
Bhante Sujato
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Meditation guided by Bhante Sujato. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato on desire and contentment, the four Noble Truths, and how meditation can lead to deeper contentment.
Lokanta Vihara

2021-09-23 Seeing Beyond the Mask: Looking Past Our Assumptions 53:33
James Baraz
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In his teaching on the Four Noble Truths, the Buddha describes in the Second Noble Truth four kinds of attachments that cause suffering. One of these is attachment to ideas and opinions. We explore this topic of looking beyond our views and opinions that are causing so much divisiveness and separation in these pandemic days.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2021-06-27 The Four Noble Truths 18:45
Bhante Bodhidhamma
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This the foundation of the Buddha's teaching. The crucial word here is dukkha - suffering, disatisfaction, pain etc.
Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

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