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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2017-09-19
Ananda:The Man with the Questions
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Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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In this second talk in a lecture series on the Great Disciples, the speaker, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, talks about the contributions by Ananda to the Dharma. Because of his incredible memory, what we know in the Pali Canon today came mostly from Ananda's recollection of the Buddha's teachings. He described in detail who came to the Buddha, what were their question/problem, and how the Buddha addressed that particular question/problem. This is an important contribution to our understanding of how the Dharma was taught, because so much of it depended on who was asking what, and what kind of teaching was the best for them. Another debt that we owe Ananda is that he asked the Buddha questions that no one had asked. And Ananda's questions in turn sparked the Buddha to explain things or do things that he otherwise might not have explained or done.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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The Great Disciples: People and Personalities in the Buddha's Community
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2017-09-17
The First Foundation of Mindfulness
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Sally Armstrong
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In the Satipatthana Sutta on the foundations of mindfulness, the first area of practice is the body. The Buddha gives us many different practices and ways to investigate the body. This talk explores these practices, beginning with the breath, but going on to other practices that we don't often teach, such as the four elements, the 32 parts of the body, and corpse contemplations. Each of these practices can be a powerful doorway to wise seeing and freedom. This talk is the first of a series of four on each foundation of mindfulness.
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
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2017-09-16
04 Sense of Self
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The sense of orientation is a requirement, and it brings up the sense of self. It generates relationally, in response to objects, others, memories, etc. Generally that “me” sense is a set of mental impressions, not something fixed or solid. In relational context, the theme then is to maintain a sense of presence, establish primary reference, and use the body to get a feeling for that.
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London Insight Meditation
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"I" without "Am" … the Open Field of Mind
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2017-09-12
The Great Disciples: People and Personalities in the Buddha's Community
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Ayya Santussika,
Ed Haertel,
Margaret Gainer,
Shaila Catherine,
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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The early Buddhist sangha included some accomplished and intriguing disciples--lay and monastic, male and female. By searching the literature of the Pali Canon, contemporary scholars have been able to compile biographical information, infer personality traits, and gain a vivid sense of the human relationships and life-stories that formed the earliest Buddhist community. This speaker series will explore the lives, practice, and teachings of several of the great disciples of the Buddha. The series will illuminate both the ordinary and extraordinary contributions of some of the most interesting personalities whose questions, challenges, and life situations shaped the teachings that we cherish today.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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