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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2012-05-01
Fundamentals of the Dharma: Generosity
57:07
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Rodney Smith
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Why is generosity a fundamental dharma issue? The dharma opens us beyond our self-limitations, and generosity is the essential direction of that opening. There is a balance between staying within ourselves and our understanding without idealizing the dharma while working with our edges that keep us contained within ourselves. Generosity is the authentic journey out of that container where we realize we were never alone or isolated. Generosity is the manifestation in action of connectedness and is the fundamental conduit of a life lived from the heart.
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Seattle Insight Meditation Society
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Fundamentals of the Dharma
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2012-04-30
Opening Our Hearts
59:25
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Yanai Postelnik
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We can at times feel our hearts closed or hardened into a sense of distance, or disconnection from life. As we feel deeply into our experience, we can learn to meet our pain, fear, anger and reactivity, with acceptance, kindness, and courage. In this journey, our heart naturally begins to soften, revealing its natural sensitivity and the profoundly connected openness of our life.
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Gaia House
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Insight Meditation and Yoga Retreat
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2012-04-25
The World in Our Heart
1:24:54
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Tara Brach
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Some contemporary evolutionary theories track our development from survival of the fittest to group selection whereby we have the capacity for cooperation and empathy. This talk explores how our meditation practice of attending and befriending consciously facilitates the unfolding of our full evolutionary potential. The talk includes a guided meditation that helps us widen the circles of belonging to include all beings.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2012-04-22
Ignorance
54:00
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Caroline Jones
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This talk explores what is meant by ignorance (avijja) in the Buddha's teachings and suggests some ways of recognising and undermining its presence and activity in our life.
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Gaia House
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Work Retreat
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2012-04-17
Fundamentals of the Dharma: Sila
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Rodney Smith
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We usually approach ethical conduct (sila) from either righteousness (morality) or idealism (I must never harm any living thing!) but not often from stability and unification of heart. From the heart we just see what is appropriate to do and do it within the context of connection and nonharm. When we transgress we learn and move on and never expect anything miraculous or perfect in any way. We simply live within the fullness of our humanity, and that is enough.
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Seattle Insight Meditation Society
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Fundamentals of the Dharma
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