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The greatest gift is the
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2009-05-20
Three Gifts That Serve Freedom
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Tara Brach
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There are three spiritual capacities that are essential for our freedom. The first, forgiveness, is the releasing of stories that this self, or another, is bad. It is an opening of the heart to include all parts of our own being and this world. The second, inner fire, is the energy of devotion to what most matters to us. The third, looking within to realize what we are, reveals the truth of reality itself. This talk uses an ancient Indian teaching tale and guided meditations to explore these core elements of spiritual liberation.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2009-03-04
The Divine Abodes: Equanimity
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Tara Brach
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Lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equinimity, are natural expressions of our awakened heart. In this series of four talks, we will examine what arouses these qualities of a wise heart. Each talk will include guided reflections. Equanimity is the balanced and open quality of presence that arises when there is no resisting or grasping after experience. It is through the space of this wise presence that unconditional love is free to shine through.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2009-02-25
The Divine Abodes: Joy
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Tara Brach
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Lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equinimity, are natural expressions of our awakened heart. In this series of four talks, we will examine what arouses these qualities of a wise heart. Each talk will include guided reflections. Joy naturally arises from the heart space that welcomes all that is. This talk describes four pathways of discovering and inhabiting this intrinsic openness of Being.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2009-02-18
The Divine Abodes: Compassion
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Tara Brach
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Lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equinimity, are natural expressions of our awakened heart. In this series of four talks, we will examine what arouses these qualities of a wise heart. Each talk will include guided reflections. Compassion naturally arises as we allow ourselves to be touched by suffering--our own, those we know, all beings. As we discover our shared vulnerability, the pain of separation dissolves and our hearts open to widening circles of belonging.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2009-02-02
Guided Meditation - Cittamatra
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Rob Burbea
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Please note that these talks are from a 4 week retreat for experienced meditators. The talks and meditations can be listened to in any order or individually, but as they progressively unfold different levels of understanding of Emptiness, they will probably be more fully understood and the practices more easily developed if taken in series
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Gaia House
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Meditation on Emptiness (2009)
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2009-01-07
The Three Refuges
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Tara Brach
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The spiritual path can be understood as forgetting and remembering. We suffer when we lose sight of truth, of love, of awareness. And we touch freedom in the moments of remembering. This talk includes guided reflections on three gateways to remembering: three refuges--buddha, dharma and sangha--that are the foundation of classical Buddhist teachings and profoundly relevant in our contemporary lives.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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