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The greatest gift is the gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
2023-06-17
Who Is Here?
1:23:11
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Nathan Glyde
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When we meditate, we might only meet the member of the "committee of the mind" that wants to meditate. There are likely more members to meet in skilful ways. And more skilful members of the committee to encourage. Starting with "Gom" (getting familiar) we can discover the common patterns of stress and distress we live with, and learn patterns of possibilities to enact and expand our deepest intentions.
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Gaia House
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Online Dharma Hall - June 2023
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2023-06-14
Deepening Daily Life Practice: Eight Ways
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Donald Rothberg
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We start with an emphasis on the importance of daily life practice, and on some of the ways that it is sometimes seen as secondary in insight meditation, when we center formal practice and retreats. We then explore eight different ways to deepen daily life practice, inviting the listener to see which one or two ways most resonate as part of one's "next steps" in deepening daily life practice. The talk is followed by a period of reflection and then by discussion.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2023-06-14
Guided Meditation Related to Several Ways of Deepening Daily Life Practice
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Donald Rothberg
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We work with several modes of practice which can be developed in formal practice as well as in daily life (and that are discussed in the talk and discussion following this guided meditation). After a period of grounding in the body, we work with a heart practice (such as lovingkindness), a specific teaching (practicing with the sequence from contact to the feeling-tone of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral, to wanting, and to grasping from the teaching of Dependent Origination is briefly given), and a "mixing" or "mingling" of formal meditation and a daily life activity.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2023-06-09
Sati, Samadhi, Panna and Metta
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Ayya Santussika
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Going deeper as we enter the 2nd half of this retreat, exploring the Buddha's words: ‘This is peaceful, this is sublime, that is, the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the ending of craving, dispassion, cessation, Nibbāna.’ How can we have sati, samadhi and panna continuously?
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
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The Buddha’s Gradual Path: Spiritual Progress in Lay Life
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2023-06-07
Unwinding Anxiety with Awareness: A conversation with Tara and Dr. Judson Brewer (Part 1)
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Tara Brach,
Judson Brewer
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Anxiety is spiking around the world and we need the radical medicine of awareness to unwind it. In this two-part conversation, Tara and Dr. Judson Brewer look at how anxiety is a habit that can be unlearned as we cultivate a curious and kind mindful presence. Jud offers the scientific grounds for this “unwinding”, drawing on his experience as a pioneer and leading researcher in the field of mindfulness and addiction. Together they explore the power of particular mindfulness-based strategies, including noting what is happening, recognizing our habit loops, arousing curiosity and cultivating self-care. They shine a light on the genesis of worrying, how it perpetuates anxiety and ways we can become disenchanted with the habit.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2023-06-02
At the Shrine of Forgiveness
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Ayya Medhanandi
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It’s good to clear everything before we die, to leave no spiritual debts that may heavily impact our karma. Seeing the powerful healing of joy and kindness, I take up the practice of inner cleansing day by day, applying metta – loving-kindness practice – through the luminosity of forgiveness. This potent flame of reconciliation melts away any harmful residue or holding in the heart so that not a flutter or tremor of ill-will remains. Let us avail ourselves of its power. At the shrine of forgiveness, we light the light of joy and freedom within while fostering happiness for other beings. This is the fount of both medicine and cure – reconciliation and liberation of the heart.
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Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT)
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