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The greatest gift is the
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Dharma Talks
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2017-04-10
The Shared Heart of Buddhist Practice and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Nonviolence
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Donald Rothberg
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At a time when there is a great need for us to have a sense of practice in all the parts of our lives—our individual consciousness, relational life, and social engagement—we explore the powerful vision of integrating Buddhist practice and traditions of nonviolence; each has its strengths and weaknesses. We do so by pointing to the shared heart of Buddhist practice and the nonviolence of Martin Luther King, Jr.—identifying four main areas: (1) the “optimistic” view of the deep goodness of human nature, (2) the understanding of reactivity and “passing on the pain” as the roots of dukkha (or suffering) and violence; (3) the grounding in an ethics of non-harming and nonviolence; and (4) the centrality of lovingkindness (metta) and love that is ultimately extended to all.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2017-04-02
Shaping Vessels
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Rob Burbea
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Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
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Gaia House
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Of Hermits and Lovers: The Alchemy of Desire
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2017-04-02
Guarding the Holy Fire
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Catherine McGee
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Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
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Gaia House
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Of Hermits and Lovers: The Alchemy of Desire
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2017-04-01
Beauty and the Buddha
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Rob Burbea
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Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
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Gaia House
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Of Hermits and Lovers: The Alchemy of Desire
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2017-04-01
Modes of Soulmaking (Q & A)
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Rob Burbea
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Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
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Gaia House
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Of Hermits and Lovers: The Alchemy of Desire
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2017-04-01
Longing, Vulnerability, Anteros
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Rob Burbea
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Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
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Gaia House
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Of Hermits and Lovers: The Alchemy of Desire
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2017-04-01
Generating a Meaningful World
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Presentation of the multi-layered, holistic, vertical cosmos of the suttas as compared to our flat world that only extends geographically. One can move up and down the cosmos through one’s own actions – giving, ethics, renunciation, clearing the mind of the hindrances and developing deep meditation. One learns to make things sacred; sacred meaning everything is valued, has its place and is treated with respect. A study of the Kutadanta Sutta (D5.29) as an example of how the Buddha taught engagement and movement along this vertical/immaterial domain
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Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
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BCBS The Gradual Path: The Step-by-Step Way to Awakening
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2017-03-31
Awakening and Soulmaking (Q & A)
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Rob Burbea
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Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
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Gaia House
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Of Hermits and Lovers: The Alchemy of Desire
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2017-03-31
Twoness Continued
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Catherine McGee
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Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
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Gaia House
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Of Hermits and Lovers: The Alchemy of Desire
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2017-03-31
On Blessed Ground: Fantasies of the Self on the Path
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Rob Burbea
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Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
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Gaia House
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Of Hermits and Lovers: The Alchemy of Desire
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2017-03-30
Be Humanity
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Nathan Glyde
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Once we've looked within and seen the changeable and interconnected reality of our life, how can that support an active and engaged spirituality (with all the changeable and interconnected realities of all other beings)?
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SanghaSeva
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Dharmalaya Silent Retreat
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2017-03-30
"The Problem With Being a Good Meditator"
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James Baraz
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At times our meditation practice is a powerful delicious experience. The factors of awakening like concentration, calm, joy or equanimity may be strong. As wonderful as that is, the mind can easily grasp as if that were the real goal of practice. But when we're attached or take ownership of those states they become a trap--sometimes referred to as the stink of enlightenment--and we miss the true freedom that practice can reveal.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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IMCB Regular Talks
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2017-03-30
Visions of the Beyond
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Rob Burbea
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Please Note: This series of talks is from a retreat led by Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee for experienced practitioners. The requirements for participation included some understanding of and working familiarity with practices of emptiness, samatha, metta, the emotional/energy body, and the imaginal, as well as basic mindfulness practice. Without this experience it is possible that the material and teachings from this retreat will be difficult to understand and confusing for some.
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Gaia House
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Of Hermits and Lovers: The Alchemy of Desire
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