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The greatest gift is the
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Dharma Talks
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2015-05-26
Continua of Practice: The Unified Mind
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Rodney Smith
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In the Third Foundation of the Satipatthana Sutta the Buddha asks us not to weigh in and attempt to change or alter the mind no matter what its current disposition. “Notice,” the Buddha says, “When the mind is delusional or not, confused or not, etc.” He does not encourage us to change the mind, just to notice how it is regardless of its configuration. What is the Buddha trying to show us in this instruction?
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Seattle Insight Meditation Society
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Continua of Practice Series
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Attached Files:
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The Unified Mind
by Rodney Smith
(PDF)
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2015-05-23
Love Sex, and Awakening
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Amma Thanasanti
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Ajahn (Amma) Thanasanti's personal journey and interest in the topic. Believing enlightenment is where everyone loves me. Various kinds of suffering. The way that Dipa Ma's life was an inspiration. The hunger to connect and the way that love and sex can be used for connection. Sex as life force. Separation and dissolving into pleasure vs dissolving into emptiness. Love and sex addiction underlying other addictions. The difference between mind states that resolve with observation and those that need engagement. Attachment theory. Pleasure evokes lack. Making use of the complexity.
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Shakti Vihara (Against The Stream / Dharma Punx New York)
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2015-05-19
The Giver, Gift. and Receiver
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Shaila Catherine
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The Discourses of the Buddha include instructions on how to give so that the act of generosity will be most fruitful. This talk by Shaila Catherine explores the significance of the inner motivation of the donor, the quality and appropriateness of the gift itself, and the virtue and purity of mind of the recipient. The motivation, context, and result each play a role in the practice of generosity (dana).
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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2015-05-06
Othering & Belonging 1
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Donald Rothberg
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In the contexts of our practice of examining the nature of self and of a recent conference on "Othering and Belonging," we look at ways that we create an "other." We may do this in terms of social groups (according to race, age, gender, religion, ability/disability, educational level, etc.), interpersonally, or in terms of parts of oneself (I "other" my fear or shame or brilliance). This week we focus on "othering" (the "other" is often noticed, but not really known or seen), how to track our own ways of othering, and how to work with and transform othering, opening to greater compassion, wisdom, and connection.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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