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2007-10-26 Supporting And Deepening Daily Life Practice 53:25
Donald Rothberg
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Practicing mindfulness and metta in the United States is definitely challenging for a variety of reasons which are explored briefly. We outline a number of basic supports for practice (daily practice, community, study, etc. ) and then focus on four main ways of deepening daily life practice - (1) Finding regular ways to break habits, (2)Working with a mentor or teacher, (3) Grounding in the body, and (4) Learning to take obstacles and suffering as opportunities. (note: There is a 15 minute gap about 11 minutes into this talk and cuts out again at 53 minutes, due to technical difficulties.)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2007-10-26 #7 Self & Society 59:18
Stephen Batchelor
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A consideration of the Buddhist understanding of self as a process, based on passages from the Pali Canon. A critique of "perfection" as the aim of the teachings, based on the understanding of "freedom" as found in the Padhana Sutta. Followed by a reflection on the Buddha's SOCIAL VISION. This leads to comments on the nature of Buddhism itself as a religious institution, and concludes with a call for a CULTURE OF AWAKENING in a secular world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and Study Retreat

2007-10-26 The Tenderness Of Compassion 49:25
Sharda Rogell
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What is compassion and how do we open to our compassionate heart? And as we let GO OF our self interest AND demands ON LIFE TO BE THE WAY WE WANT IT TO BE and turn toward our own pain and other's pain, compassion can awaken in our hearts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and Study Retreat

2007-10-26 The Protective Power Of The Dharma 66:16
Ariya B. Baumann
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The Dhamma offers protection in various ways for those who follow and practice the Dharma.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2007 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2007-10-26 The Way Things Are 59:34
Yanai Postelnik
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Gaia House :  The Heart Of Wisdom And Compassion

2007-10-26 The Way Things Are 59:34
Yanai Postelnik
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Gaia House :  The Heart Of Wisdom And Compassion

2007-10-25 Invoking The Beautiful - The Divine Abodes Of Lovingkindness 66:19
Donald Rothberg
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There are two main approaches in our practice - mindfulness and invoking beautiful and exalted states. They complement each other in important ways. After considering these two approaches, we explore the nature of each of the divine abodes, their near and far enemies, and their complementary nature - each requires the other three for its mature development.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2007-10-25 #6 God & Buddhanature 57:15
Stephen Batchelor
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A study of the Buddha's understanding of God (Brahma) as found in texts of the Pali Canon. The Buddha was an ironic ATHEIST, who did not take a fanatic position against God. This is followed by a reflection on the idea of BUDDHANATURE, starting with its origins in the Pali Canon and seeing how it evolves in later Buddhist thought in ways that both complement and contradict the early tradition.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and Study Retreat

2007-10-25 Awakening Or Enlightenment: Sudden Or Gradual 44:49
Martine Batchelor
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Awakening as a process of degrasping instead of being the production of a state of enlightenment that cannot be eaten in salad. The suggestion that the path consists of sudden awakening followed by gradual practices
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and Study Retreat

2007-10-25 A Question Of Control 38:59
Ajahn Sucitto
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Cittaviveka :  Group Retreat

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