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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2024-11-07
Keeping the Heart Open in Uncertain Times
52:18
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James Baraz
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This week has been a test for anyone who values kindness, compassion, and equanimity. It's understandable to get lost in fear, confusion and despair. This is when spiritual practice is needed most. How can we use our practice to develop a balance of mind in unpredictable circumstances, and relate to those who have very different perspectives from ours without getting caught in "othering"?
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2024-11-06
Becoming Bodhisattvas in a Troubled World
51:37
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Tara Brach
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Thich Nhat Hanh said “no mud, no lotus.” How might anger, hatred and delusion—the mud of these times– give rise to a growing compassion and wisdom in our world? In this talk, we look directly at the angst surrounding the US elections and explore several powerful teachings and practices that can serve as the catalyst for profound transformation and an evolving of wisdom and love in our collective consciousness.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2024-11-06
Post-Election Day Community Gathering
1:59:46
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Sylvia Boorstein,
Donald Rothberg
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We gather for two hours together the morning after Election Day, 2024, in large part to ground what we are experiencing in our practice and in community. We begin with short reflections from Sylvia and Donald, followed by short periods of meditation and then sharing from many of those present at the gathering, with intermittent reflections from Sylvia and Donald. We finish with short talks from Sylvia and Donald and then a reading of the intentions of community members going forward in the next period of time.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2024-11-01
Zank und Streit
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Renate Seifarth
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Der Buddha gibt Hinweise wie wir miteinander friedvoll leben können. Dazu gehört die geistige Haltung, mit der wir anderen begegnen, wie wir miteinander sprechen und wie wir handeln. Von großer Bedeutung ist dabei, welche Geisteszustände sich bei uns selbst und anderen entwickeln.
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Seminarhaus Engl
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Vipassana und Metta Retreat
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2024-10-30
Meditation: Living Loving Awareness
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Tara Brach
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By bringing our full attention to the aliveness in the body, we can open to the experience of interior space and the space that includes all sensations and sounds. This then allows us to perceive continuous space filled with the light of awareness. This meditation attunes us to these dimensions of awareness: continuous open space, heart space and full aliveness. We end with a Zen poem that invites us to rest in this living, loving awareness, and know it as home.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2024-10-30
Being a Bodhisattva: Connecting Inner and Outer Practice 2
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Donald Rothberg
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We begin with a review of last week's talk and exploration, on being a bodhisattva in our times. The theme was inspired by Donald's experience teaching two retreats north of Asheville, NC during Hurricane Helene and being inspired by the response of the retreat center, Southern Dharma, both locally near the center and in Asheville, combining community, inner practices, and helping others. In this session, we look first more at the traditional understanding of the bodhisattva, both in the context of the Buddha's teachings and later Theravada, and then Mahayana. We bring in images of the archetypcal bodhisattvas, Avalokiteshvara, Tara, Kwan Yin, and Manjushri, as well as examples of the vows of bodhisattvas, and an outline of the training of a bodhisattva in the ten paramitas (or "perfections"). We then ask about the nature of a contemporary bodhisattva, pointing to how connecting inner work and helping others can be a corrective to exclusively outer-oriented forms of activism and exclusively inner-oriented forms of Buddhist practice, in the context of a number of systemic crises that are facing us. After then looking at some of the capacities of a contemporary bodhisattva, we invite bodhisattva vows from those attending and hear from many. Discussion follows.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2024-10-29
Ich-en und die befreiende Einsicht in die Leerheit
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Renate Seifarth
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Eine der täuschenden Aktivitäten unserer Wahrnehmung lässt den Eindruck eines soliden Ichs entstehen. Daraus entwickeln sich vielfältige Formen des Dünkels. Ein genauer Blick enthüllt die Wechselhaftigkeit des Ichs, so dass wir weniger in unserem Bild von uns selbst gefangen sind. Wir erleben größere Freiheit und Verbundenheit.
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Seminarhaus Engl
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Vipassana und Metta Retreat
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2024-10-29
Anatta or Not Self
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Anushka Fernandopulle
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This talk explores the skillful view of Not Self. What we call our self is actually a conglomerate of many aspects, all of which are changing. None of the things that we identify with as ourselves have an essential "me" in them. This can be investigated in different domains of experience, from the body to emotions to the mind.
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Big Bear Retreat Center
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Three Views for Freedom
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2024-10-28
Walking the Path pre-election
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Kate Munding
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Where do we place our hearts in these times that are so uncertain, so divided, and stressful? What does our practice and this Buddhist path have to offer in terms of guidance and refuge to help us navigate? Tonight's talk will investage both of these questions in a way that is intended to offer a place for the body to ground and the heart to open.
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Assaya Sangha
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2024-10-27
Achtsamkeit – was ist das?
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Renate Seifarth
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Der Begriff Achtsamkeit oder Gewahrsein in der buddhistischen Praxis kann sich von unserem normalen Verständnis unterscheiden. Es wird genau geklärt, was darunter verstanden wird und wie Achtsamkeit praktiziert werden soll. Ein Kürzel dafür kann R.A.I.N. sein, was für Bemerken, Erkennen, Akzeptieren, interessiert erforschen und nicht damit identifizieren steht.
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Seminarhaus Engl
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Vipassana und Metta Retreat
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2024-10-26
Liebe gibt dem Leben einen Sinn
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Renate Seifarth
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Metta als grundlegende Haltung mit der wir Menschen und Erfahrungen begegnen wirkt erfüllend und heilsam. Zahlreiche Personen aus allen spirituellen Traditionen weisen darauf hin. Durch die Mettameditationspraxis lässt sich eine solche Haltung von grundlegendem Wohlwollen in uns verankern, die wir unabhängig von Launen, Reaktionen, Emotionen in uns bewahren können. So wird diese Haltung zu einer Kraft, mit der wir auch bei verletzenden Erfahrungen die Orientierung bewahren können.
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Seminarhaus Engl
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Vipassana und Metta Retreat
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