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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2019-08-07
Part 1 – The Answer is Love: Evolving out of “Bad Other”
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Tara Brach
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These two talks address the inquiry: How do we awaken from the contempt and hatred that causes so much suffering in our world? The first talk looks at how we can use the practices of mindfulness and compassion to decondition our habits of self-blame and self-hatred, as well as the importance of helping each other defuse the trance of unworthiness. The second talk extends the use of these practices to situations where we’ve locked into external “bad othering.” These times need our deepened dedication to love: By intentionally arousing compassion for ourselves and others, we directly contribute to the evolution of consciousness in our world.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2019-07-29
Transmission of Dhamma to Cittaviveka
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Reflecting on the beginnings of Cittaviveka, there’s something to recognize beyond just the history. There’s the transmission, what’s happened in mind, heart and spirit. It can be tracked all the way to the Buddha and the first Noble Truth – a sign of inadequacy, suffering, stress and the wish to realize something further than that. A certain nobility of intention came out of that, and is the same thread of continuity that runs through the monastery today.
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Cittaviveka
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Cittaviveka Vassa 2019, Opening Group Practice Retreat
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2019-07-24
Meditation: Letting Go
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Tara Brach
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One way of understanding meditation is a letting go of the habitual clenching of thoughts, the clenching that resists emotions and pulls away from aliveness itself.
This meditation guides us in letting go, first through the body, and then practicing letting go of thoughts and relaxing and resting in the changing flow of experience. The blessing of letting go is a homecoming into the truth and wholeness of what we are, a realization of reality, and freedom.
NOTE: Listen to the rain, too…
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2019-07-18
Not Self
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Kate Munding
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I will continue talking about the three truths of existence, aka The Three Characteristics. Last week we explored the truth of impermanence and what it would be like to fully live from the understanding that all of nature, including us, in constant flux.
This week I'll be talking about the second truth, not-self. This is a concept in Buddhism that is often miss-understood as no-self giving an impression of nihilism. We unpack the truth of not-self, how it fits with this spiritual path, and how it can inspire us in our day-to-day.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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IMCB Regular Talks
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2019-07-16
Emotions
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Charles Genoud
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This talk explore how to integrate emotions into ourself, not rejecting them, not juging them, but experiencing them as aspect of our mind.
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Pauenhof Center
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2019-07-16
Taking the Problem out of Pain
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Shaila Catherine
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In this talk, Shaila Catherine encourages practitioners to view illness and pain as opportunities to practice equanimity, patience, and mindfulness of the body. When we are sick or in pain, we can still practice being attentive to present conditions, and reflect that all beings are all also subject to illness and death. Illness is not wrong; it is inevitable. The more we resist this fact, the more mental suffering we add to our physical difficulties. When we learn to be present with both pleasant and unpleasant feelings, we will know an experience of profound peace.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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Meditation in Hard Times
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