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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2022-02-01
Progress or No Progress
40:57
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Dhammadīpā
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A talk about self-judgment, distress, trust, seclusion, and perceptions of progress on the Path. Based on the Therigatha poem by an anonymous nun who spoke five verses, part of the Tuesday Tune In series at Dassanāya Buddhist Community.
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Dharma Seed
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2022-02-01
The Tiger’s Challenge: Impeccability and Aspiration
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The one thing we can train in and recollect is that we can aspire. No other creature aspires. We are born with desire, and if we don’t use it for aspiration it leaks out into sensuality and thinking. Then the mind loses its alertness. One of the most fundamental things we aspire to is a different alignment. Finding a place to stand which is true, empowering, dignified, blameless – a refuge. This is how you stand apart from the worldly currents, and live in the quality of good intent.
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Cittaviveka
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2022-01-28
Honoring Thich Nhat Hannh, Breath meditation, Q+A
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Bhante Sujato
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Honoring Thich Nhat Hannh. Breath meditation explained and guided by Bhante Sujato. Q+A: sīlā, samādhi, paññā as a comprehensive framework for the elements of the path, derived from the Buddha's teaching on the Gradual Training, e.g. in Dīgha Nikāya 2. Breath meditation as opposed to ancient pranayama techniques trying to control the breath. Meditation methods require balance between receiving and doing. Threshold concentration. Weird experiences during meditation.
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Lokanta Vihara
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Attached Files:
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DN 2, Sāmaññaphala Sutta
by suttacentral.net
(Link)
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AN 106, Nijjara Sutta
by suttacentral.net
(Link)
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2022-01-28
Ageing
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Bhante Bodhidhamma
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Ageing is one of the 'Messemgers of the Gods' that woke the Buddha up to his spiritual journey. The others were Sickness, a Corpse and an ascetic sitting under a tree, suggesting there may be a way out suffering and rebirth.
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Satipanya Retreat Centre
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Dhammapada
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2022-01-27
Remembering Thich Nhat Hanh
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James Baraz
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The great Vietnamese Master, Thich Nhat Hanh, passed away on January 22nd at the age of 95. Thay, as he was known to his students, was one of the most influential Buddhist masters in modern times.We spend the evening exploring his teachings and honoring his spirit. A short clip of him teaching is included as part of the evening.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2022-01-26
Meditation: Know That You’re Here
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Tara Brach
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We spend many moments in a trance, time traveling to the past and future, lost in a virtual reality. This meditation helps us collect our attention with our breath, awaken through the body, and open the senses. We then rest in the wakeful openness that includes changing experience, aware of the mystery and vividness of being Here.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2022-01-20
Equanimity with Uncertainty: Finding Balance in Difficult Times
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James Baraz
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Equanimity or Upekkha is a highly valued quality in Buddhist teachings. It is one of the Four Divine Abodes, one of the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, one of the Ten Perfections and on a number of other lists. When highly developed it is the precursor to the experience of awakening. But what is equanimity? How can we cultivate it in our meditation practice? Even more, how can we access it in our daily life, especially in times like these with so much uncertainty, fear and sadness over the suffering in the world? We will explore various aspects of equanimity that can be pragmatically applied to our life off the cushion.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2022-01-19
Resilience and Wisdom in an Uncertain World - A Conversation
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Tara Brach
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Resilience and Wisdom in an Uncertain World, a conversation between IMCW’s executive director, Trisha Stotler and Tara Brach. The Buddhist scriptures describe a mind that “no longer shakes, in a world where everything is shaking.” Our times are deeply stressful and troubling, and we need individual and collective ways of responding from our deepest understanding and care. In this interview, Tara reflects on the perspectives and ways of practicing that allow us to engage in relationships and our larger society from an awake compassionate heart.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2022-01-19
Gifts of Uncertainty, with Joanna Macy
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Betsy Rose
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We listen to a 2009 talk by ecologist, Buddhist, and systems thinker Joanna Macy, on the 5 gifts of uncertainty -- gifts for these unstable and uncertain times. With further teachings from Betsy Rose on Martin Luther King and Gandhi, and these gifts manifest in their life work.
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Assaya Sangha
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