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2014-12-19 The Heart of Mindfulness: The Four Foundations and The Divine Abodes 63:22
Heather Sundberg
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This talk brings together the awakened states of metta, compassion, joy and equanimity into our Four Foundations of Mindfulness practice. Filled with stories, laughter and song.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat

2014-12-14 Evening - Finding rhythms and structures you need and taking them home with you - 3 characteristics 55:51
Ajahn Sucitto
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What can you take with you from the retreat? Using the occasion of retreat to develop wisdom of understanding - the 4 satipatannas / foundations of mindfulness; the transient nature of satisfaction; the rich man and the Porche; things are never finished; this is “mine”; seeing how conditions give rise to certain kinds of thinking; the release of the citta from clinging generally happens a little bit at a time; training the wisdom element.
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-14 Preparing and encouraging a place for the Chitta - Settling into Samatha - Emptying - Forgiving 52:22
Ajahn Sucitto
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Finding a place to rest; preparing a nest to allow the citta to settle with the body; breathing through the body; releasing the past, cleaning the house; mindfulness of death; forgiveness of oneself and others
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-12 Cultivating Sati 31:14
Ajahn Sucitto
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Mindfulness is like a hand to hold things; how and why and want to hold? The need for correct application, correct object, correct way of holding. The breath and its vitality.
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-12 Reflection on the Satipatanna sutta and the Anapanasatta sutta 57:31
Ajahn Sucitto
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Sati - the quality that allows remembering; different types of bodies we can experience inwardly through mindfulness of our physical senses and the mind; cultivating feelings from honesty, calm, patience and metta/ loving kindness - cultivating the citta/ heart; four places to live in a complete practice; wise attention; what do I feel/ feel like? Sankharas or energies / vitalities in the body; feeing oneself from the trap of the senses using the body of the breathing ; what knows how to breathe? Cultivating the experience of anapanasati - purifying through breathing. Discovering and working with tensions in the body - widen and soften. Breathing calm and patience into the body, nursing the body.
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-07 4th Foundation of Mindfulness Part 1 of 3 1:35:00
Sally Armstrong
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Talk from the 4th daylong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2014-12-02 The Liberating Power of Mindfulness and Kindness 47:07
Dana DePalma
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Joy of Letting Go-Restoration, Forgiveness, Renewal Retreat Schedule

2014-11-22 Wise Clarity About The Causes Of Happiness 57:04
Bonnie Duran
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This talk reviews the core elements of mindfulness and how we use it to uncover our intentions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three Month - Part 2

2014-11-21 How Faith, Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration and Wisdom Open 54:12
Winnie Nazarko
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A reflection on the "five Spiritual faculties", intrinsic capacities of the human mind, open and are known in spiritual practice. Howe the relate to balance and balance each other.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  November 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2014-11-09 The Third Foundation of Mindfulness Daylong 40:37
Donald Rothberg
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The Third Foundation #2: Further Instructions and Ways of Practicing Based on the Text
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Moving Into Meditation: Working with Hindrances through Mindful Yoga (4-week class series)

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