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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2023-05-19
A Bow To Silence
33:28
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Ayya Medhanandi
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The spiritual path may be exceedingly long and demands nothing less than the most supreme culminating effort. But our patience and faith are radical. In every moment of pure attention, insight into impermanence and awareness of Truth shatter our delusion. Though monstrous dangers and fears assail us, we sever the shackles of worldly views and attachments with the sword of wisdom – courageous to the last frontier of illumination, Nibbana itself.
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Ottawa Buddhist Society
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2023-01-29
Vertical Dharma and The Four Reflections
42:33
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Amita Schmidt
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This talk explains the difference between horizontal verses vertical dharma practice. The talk also explores "The Four Reflections," or lojong teachings to inspire your sitting and daily life practice. These include reflections on precious human birth, impermanence/death, suffering, and karma.
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Clintonville Sangha Ohio
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2022-12-31
Fertile Ground for Liberation
23:22
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Ayya Medhanandi
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To escape clinging to the world and the creations of thought, we purify and tame the restless mind until we directly know the impermanence, unsatisfactory and selfless nature of all conditioned things. No matter what comes, we endure. A diet of discernment, gratitude, and the heart's unconditional compassion rescue us from the swamp of fear and unwholesomeness. Seeing the whole truth and nothing but the truth, we walk with the Buddha, a true spiritual friend to ourselves and to all the world.
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Portland Friends of the Dhamma
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2022-10-20
Anything Can Happen at Anytime:
Holding Loss with a Tender Heart
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James Baraz
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Our Dharma community is processing sad news this week that has sent a shock wave through the sangha. One of our respected teachers who led movement at many Spirit Rock retreats and mentored many students in the practice took her life after a long bout with health issues that affected her mental well-being. A truism of the law of impermanence is that "anything can happen at any time." I want to use this event as an opportunity to explore how the practice can help support us when a sudden major loss happens.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2022-08-22
Concentration and Insight (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2:10:17
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Tempel Smith
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In the detailed description of the 16 steps of anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing) the first 12 steps develop samadhi (concentration) as a basis for the last four steps (13-16) of insight practice. These are using in and out breathing to become sensitive to impermanence (anicca), and from impermanence to releasing the agitation (viraga) from trying to find security in a fluid and fluctuating world. The second to last step in relaxing into the completeness and thoroughness of endings (nirodha), as a support to the last step of fully letting go.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Cultivating Concentration
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2022-08-12
Guided meditation on the five khandas, Dhamma talk on the five khandas
1:32:48
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Bhante Sujato
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Guided meditation on the five khandas (constituents / groups). Dhamma talk on the five khandas: rupa (body / appearance), vedana (feeling / experience), saññā (perception), saṅkhāra (choices), citta (consciousness). Discussion of how in the EBTs, the 5 khandas were often what people already identified with, and their impermanence was what the Buddha emphasized. Discussion of how other disciplines and near-death-experiences implicitly invoke the five khandas.
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Lokanta Vihara
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