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2020-02-13 Self Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:27
Beth Sternlieb
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Compassion - Mindfulness, Kindness and Our Common Humanity
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-13 Hold the Heart Steady against the Push of Ill-Will 43:56
Ajahn Sucitto
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The general mode is to change the outside world to please the heart, but this can never satisfy. We practice instead to change the heart, to make it strong enough to withstand the push of ill-will. Refuges include the Triple Gem, brahmavihāras, mindfulness of body and precepts.
Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa :  Ajahn Sucitto, Firm Centre Open Heart Retreat

2020-02-11 Four Noble Truths & Mindfulness of Death (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 52:15
John Martin
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This talk provides an overview of the Four Noble Truths, with primary focus on the Noble Truth of Dukkha and the Noble Truth of the Cause of Dukkha. Mindfulness of death is reviewed as a support for practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-11 Cultivation 52:16
Winnie Nazarko
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The idea of cultivation (Bhavana) is the key to Buddhism. This talk relates this concept to the development of the four foundations of mindfulness, especially the first.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  February 2020

2020-02-11 Mindfulness 35:38
Shaila Catherine
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Mindfulness (Sati in Pali) is a whole-hearted observation of the present moment with a quality of mind free of desire/aversion. It forms the basis for cultivating all the Awakening Factors.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: The Seven Factors of Awakening

2020-02-10 Instructions: Listening, and Mindfulness of Feeling Tones 27:28
Martine Batchelor
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Gaia House :  Meditation and Mindfulness in Daily Life

2020-02-09 Instructions: Mindfulness of Body & Working with the Hindrances 40:05
Chris Cullen
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Gaia House :  Meditation and Mindfulness in Daily Life

2020-02-07 Steps in Developing Mindfulness of Breathing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 67:06
Tempel Smith
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The Buddha described detailed steps we can take when developing and deepening our practice of mindful breathing. This talk covers steps 1-8 out of 16 classical steps given in discourses on this meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-07 Day Six Morning Instructions - Hindrances (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:03
Beth Sternlieb
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Meeting hindrances with mindfulness & compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong

2020-02-06 Mindfulness of Breathing 65:12
Ajahn Sucitto
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Rather than being about the inhalation and exhalation of breath, mindfulness of breathing is about soothing the life force energy. As energy settles in the body, many disruptive emotive tendencies are cleared, leaving the heart available to meet experience in a balanced and sensitive way.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

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