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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2011-11-20
I Sit Here in Blessing
10:58
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Ayya Medhanandi
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How can we care for ourselves and each other, using our formal meditation practice as a template for daily living? As we sit for meditation, mark an intuitive pathway through painful, burdensome mind states, teaching the mind to purify itself with every breath. Gradually, we overcome our sufferings. We glimpse the peace, happiness, clarity and freedom of heart that are within our reach.
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Satipaññā Insight Meditation Toronto
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2011-11-13
Right View
31:10
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Ajahn Karunadhammo
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The focus of this day led by two senior monks from Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery is an exploration of mundane and transcendent right view and how skillful action and lifestyle support meditation practice and the development of insight. The day will include periods of reflections from the monastics, sitting and walking meditation, and time for questions and answers.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2011-11-13
Right View & Kamma
64:16
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Ajahn Yatiko
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A talk given on Wise View and Karma at Spirit Rock's monastic daylong in November 2011 with senior teachers from Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
The focus of this day is an exploration of mundane and transcendent right view and how skillful action and lifestyle support meditation practice and the development of insight.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2011-10-09
Guided Meditation - Simple Awareness
49:41
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Recollecting the Buddha’s awakening, we also sit, firmly, simply. When the forces of thought and feeling come, we sit peacefully, refusing to fight, run away or get involved. Letting it all move through, where is the stillness? Clarity is the mark of awakened ones, knowing exactly what is arising – naming it, sensing it.
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Cittaviveka
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Vassa Group Retreat
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2011-10-08
It All Comes Back To Awareness
39:30
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Awareness is one of the fundamental properties of mind. The practice of meditation is just bearing witness to what affects mind with a quality of primary openness. Bearing with experience and, rather than referring it to reactions or views or opinions, referring it awareness.
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Cittaviveka
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Vassa Group Retreat
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2011-09-27
Meditation on the last group (6th) of the 32 Parts of the Body
43:37
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Mary Grace Orr
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Tears, Grease, Saliva, Mucus, Oil of the Joints, Urine
(assu, Vasa, Kelo, Singhanika, Lasika, Muttam)
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body
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2011-09-27
Meditation on the 5th Group of 32 Parts of the Body
42:21
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Bob Stahl
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Bile, Phlegm, Pus, Blood, Sweat, Fat
(Pittam, Semhan, Pubbo, Lohitam, Sedo, Medo)
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Standing Firm in That Which You Are: Mindfulness of the Body
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2011-09-21
Part 2: Do You Make Regular Visits to Yourself?
1:19:04
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Tara Brach
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These two classes cover the basic instructions for Buddhist mindfulness (vipassana or insight) meditation. The first class explores the attitude we bring to meditation that makes it rewarding, and the training that helps us in "coming back" from thoughts. The second class guides us in "being here," in cultivating a mindful awareness that recognizes and accepts what is happening in the present moment. Both classes include guided meditations and valuable reminders that can support you in developing a rich meditation practice.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2011-09-18
Forgiveness & Assertiveness: Love in Action in the Real World
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Rick Hanson
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To be able to enter deeply into relationship, it is necessary to be able both to forgive and to assert yourself skillfully. Forgiveness and assertiveness support each other. Forgiveness clears out ill will so you can assert yourself with compassion and Wise Speech. Self-assertion takes care of your own needs so forgiveness can emerge without the sense that you are a doormat.
This experiential workshop will get into the nitty-gritty of how to bring the Buddha’s profound teachings on interrelatedness, lovingkindness, and virtue (sila) into the messy real world of relationships with family members, lovers, friends, bosses, and co-workers.
This workshop - led by a world renowned expert on forgiveness, and by an experienced couples and family therapist and meditation teacher - will offer user-friendly information with lots of practical methods. We'll cover:
-- The Buddha’s teachings on non-harming, wise speech, compassion and kindness, and releasing ill will -- as well as his teachings on self-care, respecting your own needs, and looking out for your own happiness
-- The primacy of relationships in evolution, and the deep capacities for both loving altruism and fearful aggression
-- The neural machinery of emotional reactivity and developing grievances with others
-- Why forgiveness and assertiveness are both important
-- The foundation of basic mindfulness, precepts, Wise Speech, compassion for oneself and others, and emotional self-care
-- Forgiveness practices
-- Assertiveness practices
There will be some voluntary paired activities as well as time for questions and discussion. While the teachings are appropriate for use in health care professions, no background with psychology or meditation is needed. Also please know that this workshop is not psychotherapy or any substitute for professional care.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2011-09-14
Part 1: Do You Make Regular Visits to Yourself?
1:21:13
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Tara Brach
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These two classes cover the basic instructions for Buddhist mindfulness (vipassana or insight) meditation. The first class explores the attitude we bring to meditation that makes it rewarding, and the training that helps us in "coming back" from thoughts. The second class guides us in "being here," in cultivating a mindful awareness that recognizes and accepts what is happening in the present moment. Both classes include guided meditations and valuable reminders that can support you in developing a rich meditation practice.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2011-09-10
Guided Meditation - Directing Attention To Arising
48:07
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Begins with guidance to establish a relaxed, steady, upright posture, wishing well throughout the body. When a balance of energy comes, begin turning the mind around. Get back to where the thoughts and memories are coming from. Direct yourself to the place of arising, before it takes form. The sense of formlessness and openness can then be experienced.
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Cittaviveka
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Vassa Group Retreat
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2011-08-30
Guided Meditation
55:41
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Mind is endlessly moving, meandering, outflowing. Meditation is about bringing the mind back through the use of particular reference points. Use the guided meditation to firmly, kindly, repeatedly bring the mind back.
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Cittaviveka
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Vassa Group Retreat
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2011-07-18
Whose Love is it Anyway?
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James Baraz
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Although metta practice can seem dualistic (me sending love to others) it is really an anatta practice that reveals the selfless nature of reality. The love that connects us isn't owned by anyone.
This talk includes two guided meditations: 1) metta towards self and 2) seeing ourselves as part of a lineage of benefactors-the love and caring we receive from others passing through us to those we care about and support.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Metta Retreat
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