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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2015-10-12
The Third Foundation of Mindfulness: Mindfulness of States of Mind
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Sally Armstrong
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In the third foundation of mindfulness, the Buddha instructs us to bring awareness and clear seeing to the contents of mind. In a nonjudgmental way, we are invited to be aware of whether the mind is affected by lust, ill will or delusion, and also when the mind is not affected by the states. Included in this practice are various experiences of concentration, expansion and contraction in the mind. The section ends by including awareness of the liberated mind, even if this is only a temporary experience. The thrust of this section is to notice the wholesome and the unwholesome qualities of the mind, and by that very noticing increase the wholesome and decrease the unwholesome.
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
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2015-10-11
On The Wings of the Breath
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Ayya Medhanandi
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Using the breath to move into the silent space in the heart and attentively following its rhythm, the breath becomes our whole world. We let go of all objects that arise, all thought, as we stay present and aware in the simple current of breathing. In these moments of pure presence, we are planting the priceless seeds of our awakening.
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Sati Saraniya Hermitage
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2015-10-07
The Urgency of Now - Connecting Inner and Outer Transformation
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Donald Rothberg
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As we face multiple crises, yet also open to new transformations - inner and outer- a new type of spiritual practitioner is needed, who is able to connect inner and outer transformation. Echoing the Buddhist bodhisattvas, Jewish prophets, Jesus, many indigenous leaders, Gandhi, King, and Dorothy Day, among others, the "new bodhisattva" follows a new kind of training which is outlined.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2015-10-05
The Second Foundation of Mindfulness: Feeling Tone
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Sally Armstrong
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Vedana, or the feeling tone of pleasant, unpleasant or neither-pleasant-nor-unpleasant that arises with each contact, was considered important enough by the Buddha to be a foundation of mindfulness, one of the five aggregates, and central to the teaching on dependent origination. It is also at the heart of the Dart Sutta in the Samyutta Nikaya, where the Buddha talks about the two common responses to suffering: to bemoan and lament the fact that suffering is happening, but often to try to avoid the unpleasant by chasing after the pleasant. This talk looks at all of these different teachings to help us understand the importance of bringing mindfulness to vedana in our practice and in our lives.
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
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2015-10-04
How to be an Earthling
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Wes Nisker
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Stories celebrating our experience as Earthlings. Earth days (and Earth Care days) are not just a call to “do something” to heal our damaged eco-systems, but more of a spiritual exercise, a time to celebrate all life, regardless of kingdom, phyla, or species: regardless of color of skin, feathers, fur, flowers, leaves or bark. This is a time to reflect on our connection to this planet, and to embrace our basic identity as "earthlings.”
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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A Day of Connection: Sustainable Practice for a Sustainable World
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2015-10-04
Softly Close the Gates
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Ayya Medhanandi
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There is so much for us to understand. Preparing yourselves for that unfolding of wisdom, take your rightful seat in a balanced way and follow the path inward. Softly close off all the gates and give your full attention and energy to the mind's interior exploration – of itself. We are on a wondrous journey!
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Sati Saraniya Hermitage
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2015-09-24
On effort
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Patrick Kearney
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Here we examine the nature of effort in meditation practice. We see how the traditional understanding of meditation as war is not necessarily an effective way of conveying right effort (sammā vāyāma) in the contemporary world. We find that our relationship to time is central to finding right effort, and how the work of meditation can become play. Finally, we see how the Buddha teaches different strategies fit different situations, and that right effort takes different forms in different contexts.
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Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
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Month Long Retreat led by Patrick Kearney
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