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2025-02-11 Dharmette: Respect and Strength 19:04
Dawn Neal
2025-02-12 Guided Meditation: Including All of Experience 32:43
Dawn Neal
2025-02-12 The Threefold way of Wisdom includes Kindness and Ethical Action 24:50
Dawn Neal
2025-02-12 Patient relationship is the Sangha vehicle 45:08
Ajahn Sucitto
(The occasion of Magha Puja) The Buddha established the Great Assembly (male/female monastic/lay) to preserve the ongoing transmission of Dhamma. Patiently bearing with conditions is the way to curtail negative engagement - and relate more wisely. Thus one acknowledges what arises as objects - and thus reveal the open knowing. With this, a purer relationship to what arises, rather than identifying with it, is established.
2025-02-12 Cultivating Wise Speech: Its Importance in the Path of Everyday Awakening 63:33
Donald Rothberg
Wise speech is an integral part of the traditional Buddhist path of awakening and a powerful way to energize our daily life practice, but is often underdeveloped in Western Buddhist practice. We’ll look in a very practical way at three aspects of wise speech: (1) developing presence in the midst of communication; (2) working with the four guidelines for skillful speech developed by the Buddha; and (3) becoming more mindful of and skillful with thoughts and emotions occurring during communication. For each of the foundations, a number of ways of practicing are offered. The talk is followed by discussion.
2025-02-12 Fierce Tenderness 46:42
Lila Kate Wheeler
2025-02-16 An Appropriate Response 44:22
Pamela Weiss
In an old Zen story, a student comes to see his beloved teacher who is on his death bed and asks: Tell me, what is the teaching of your entire lifetime? And the teacher replies: An appropriate response. Tonight's talk will explore what it means to respond appropriately to a world on fire. To support San Francisco Insight Meditation Community, please go here: sfinsight.org/donate
2025-02-16 GM - Presence and response. 21:06
Ajahn Sucitto
2025-02-16 Presence and response 57:40
Ajahn Sucitto
2025-02-19 Freedom Through Connection: Dharma Perspectives on Attachment Theory 53:37
Jessica Morey
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