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2010-03-31 Deepening Our Formal Meditation Practice 55:42
Donald Rothberg
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Through reflection on just having taught a month-long retreat and several poems, we explore a number of ways to deepen our formal meditation practice through simplicity, focus, building a strong "container", developing mindfulness and lovingkindness in relation to what happens, and increased invocation of the "wise parent" (or grandparent...aka "discipline").
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-03-30 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: From Mindfulness to Awareness 3:50
Rodney Smith
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Mindfulness is the tool, awareness is the result. All we need to do to convert the tool into the result is get out of the way.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-03-16 Satipatthana Sutta, Introduction: Understanding Mindfulness 60:14
Rodney Smith
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Mindfulness is at the heart of the Buddha's teaching, but few people understand how it evolves from the simple practice of being mindful into a mature, full-embodied awareness.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-03-10 "Wisdom is Wisdom"- Mindfulness Part 1 67:03
Sylvia Boorstein
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-03-03 Mindfulness of the Body and Why It Is So Important 60:28
Donald Rothberg
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Mindfulness of the body is absolutely fundamental for our practice and was for the Buddha, both a starting point and an end point. We explore (1) why mindfulness of the body is crucial both in the Buddha's teaching and especially in our highly mental culture; (2) how we practice mindfulness of breathing and mindfulness of postures and activities; and (3) how mindfulness of the body works to transform us.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-02 Why We Need Mindfulness 54:31
Heather Martin
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Why our dear doomed attempts to be well need revising, and how nourishing our spirits while Staying, Loving, Opening and Wondering are the strategies that actually bring wellbeing by clearing the dust away.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  March 2010 Month Long

2010-02-23 Investigation and Insight 46:58
Michael Grady
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Sati-Panna - The merging of mindfulness and wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  The Art of Mindful Living: Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-02-18 The Awakening of Equanimity 1:10:49
Howard Cohn
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Describes the development of equanimity through the vehicle of mindful attention.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February 2010 Month Long

2010-02-10 Practicing with the Body- Part 2 65:15
Donald Rothberg
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We review and expand the themes from last time- the importance of body practices for our times and lives, exploring our attitudes toward the body and developing basic body practices. Then we focus on mindfulness of the body, outlining several further practices and emphasizing especially how body practices help us practice more fully and critically in the flow of the daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-02-09 Transforming Hindrances Through Love 64:37
Mark Coleman
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This talk explores the unity of mindfulness and metta and how we work with obstacles to meditation that arise doing metta (loving Kindness) practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

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