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Rodney Smith's Dharma Talks
Rodney Smith
More and more, the teaching practice takes me into the community where I engage directly with students. My focus right now is on bringing the continuity of the Dharma into the market place. Although retreating is an important form for self-knowledge, I find myself less interested in the immediate results of a retreat and more interested in helping students investigate their relationship to the ups and downs of their everyday life.
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2011-01-11 Satipatthana Sutta, Third Foundation: Awareness of the Mind 66:46
Mindfulness of the body gave us stability of focus and mindfulness of feelings gave us the mechanism for how we project ourselves onto the world. Now we are sufficiently prepared to look at the mind itself.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta
2011-01-04 A Blameless Life 49:08
This talk explores how ethical conduct fits into a continuum of practice as we move from the isolated state of projection through the relaxation of sila to the inevitable release of faith.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
2010-12-21 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Equanimity 52:20
Equanimity does not empower feelings to drive thoughts. It holds a feeling as a feeling and does not extend the feeling into a narrative on why this feeling is important. It does not add anything to the moment, allowing the moment to bloom on its own.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta
2010-12-12 "I Teach One Thing Only" 48:07
This "one thing" the Buddha taught and forms a continuum of practice that informs our motivation all along the way.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Heart
2010-11-23 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Feelings Unleashing Thoughts 4:41
Feelings move quickly into a narrative that captures our attention and promotes further images, all with their own feelings and further story. The sense of "I" arises, and we are surrounded by feelings and reactions to feelings, giving us a sense of ourselves in time and space. We call this life.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta
2010-11-09 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Neutral Feelings 58:18
Neutral feelings pervade our life when we try to maintain a high level of intensity for our life's purpose and meaning. Busyness is an indication of this dependency, but as soon as the energy decreases below an established threshold, our mind wonders, and we become dull, listless, and uninterested. Awareness has not waned in the slightest, but we have been conditioned to stop paying attention.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta
2010-10-26 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Unpleasantness Leading to Divisiveness 58:06
Once a moment is avoided, a world view of division and separation springs forth, accompanied by a compelling narrative that justifies the aversion. Now we are in full armor with the world as our adversary, tying us to a ceaseless argument with it.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta
2010-10-12 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: The Pain of Pleasure 59:21
Once pleasure becomes a determined pursuit, the world divides itself into a pleasure/pain polarity. We now pursue pleasure, both to sustain a pleasant feeling and to avoid the discontent of pain.<br />
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta
2010-09-28 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Leaning into Feelings 62:08
The Second Foundation of Feelings is most easily held within the First Foundation of Body. The body gives clues to the mind's feelings. Postures such as physically leaning toward, away, or wandering in confusion show that the body is moving in alignment to a conditioned reference.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta
2010-09-14 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Feelings Molding Character 61:17
Feelings are the first conditioned reference we offer the moment. Through our feelings we are prepared to turn away, ignore, or grasp the experience at hand. Feelings set up our attitudes, personal story, and character to carry us forward in a predisposed way.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

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