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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2025-05-03
Nicht-Selbst und die Frage nach Individualität und persönlicher Verantwortung
54:00
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Yuka Nakamura
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Die Lehren über Nicht-Selbst sind sehr tiefgründig und befreiend. Zugleich sollten sie nicht im Sinne einer Verneinung von Individualität, psychischen Bedürfnissen oder persönlicher Verantwortlichkeit verstanden werden. Es braucht beides: eine psychische Entwicklung der Persönlichkeit, des relativen Selbst, und die Übernahme von Verantwortung für unser eigenes Leben, aber auch die spirituelle Entwicklung, die uns von der Anhaftung an das Selbst befreit.
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Seminarhaus Engl
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2025-05-01
Nicht-Selbst. Gebt auf, was nicht euer ist.
57:50
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Yuka Nakamura
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Der Buddha lehnte die Vorstellung einer ewigen, unveränderlichen Seele ab. Stattdessen beschrieb er, wie wir durch das Anhaften an den fünf Daseinsgruppen (khandas) und die Identifizierung damit ein Selbst erschaffen. Das Festhalten an einem solchen Selbst ist mit Leiden verbunden. Das Verständnis der Vergänglichkeit und Unzulänglichkeit aller Erfahrungen ermöglicht uns ein Loslassen.
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Seminarhaus Engl
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2025-04-30
Understanding and Responding to the World on the Basis of Core Teachings and Practices 1
63:13
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Donald Rothberg
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We first explore in general the relationship of core teachings and practices to the social and political dimensions of our lives. We see that Buddhist practice in the West has commonly emphasized meditation and inner practices, often neglecting or marginalizing the ethical training that traditionally is one of the three dimensions of training, even though the Buddha did often give social commentary (e.g., on the caste system) and at times social interpretations of the ethical precepts ("Let one not destroy life nor cause others to destroy life and, also, not approve of others’ killing. . . . Let one not cause to steal, nor approve of others’ stealing.'). We explore a vision of individual and collective awakening, inspired in part by more contemporary traditions of socially engaged Buddhism initially developed by pioneers like Thich Nhat Hanh, Sulak Sivaraksa, A.T. Ariyaratne, Dr. Ambedkar, Joanna Macy, and Robert Aitken. Then we give some attention to how to connect inner and outer practices, particularly focusing, as we did in the guided meditation, on practicing with challenging emotions and thoughts, and clarifying ways to act in the world. The talk is followed by discussion and ends with the setting of intentions.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2025-04-29
Listening for the Silence Beneath Everything
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Gregory Kramer
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This short guided meditation with Gregory Kramer invites participants into a spacious silence that supports awareness, curiosity, and presence. The meditation gently encourages letting go of habitual practices and idea to rest in simple awareness. Notice the hum of existence—the subtle energy of body and mind—and how beneath even agitation, words, or thought, there is always silence. The invitation is to listen deeply, beyond noise, toward the ever-present stillness beneath.
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Insight Dialogue Community
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2025-04-19
Holistic Awareness and Right Livelihood
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Mental consciousness experiences in terms of points and lines, holistic awareness is the mode the body uses for its maintenance, health and balance. This is what we cultivate in meditation, so that the heart attunes to it and is also well-maintained, healthy and liberated from stress. Right livelihood is a matter of sustaining this kind of awareness in terms of duties, collaboration and the welfare of others. These clear mental hindrances and restrictions and bring joy into our daily lives.
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Cittaviveka
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2025-04-17
Gratitude Practice: "It Would Have Been Enough"
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James Baraz
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This talk takes a dive into Gratitude as a way to hold suffering. The Jewish holiday of Passover began on Saturday. Passover is a holiday of liberation. One of the most joyous parts of the holiday is singing the song Dayenu, which translates as "It would have been enough." The song's lyrics list one blessing after another, 15 in all. After each verse the refrain is "if that was all, it would have been enough. But then there was this (next blessing)."
When we look at our lives through this lens it gives us inspiration to see and appreciate all the good in our lives as we process all that is challenging.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2025-04-12
Wisdom in Action: Mindfulness and Sampajanna on the Path to Liberation
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Devon Hase
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This dharma talk explores how mindfulness (sati) functions as a "charioteer" guiding spiritual faculties, with special focus on sampajanna (clear knowing) and its four aspects: intention, suitability, domain, and non-delusion. Through stories and examples, devon illustrates how developing these qualities leads to wisdom that responds appropriately in each moment, supporting liberation from suffering.
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Refuge of Belonging
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2025-04-09
Talk: The Practice of Developing Samadhi (Concentration)
61:45
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Donald Rothberg
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This talks focuses on one of the three areas of practice discussed a week before, on developing samadhi (or concentration), the theme of Donald's four weeks of practice in March. We begin by more generally discussing the nature of samadhi, including short account of the etymology in Pali, and the Tibetan sense of samadhi as "staying," as developing in the nine stages of the "Elephant Path." We look at the place and importance of developing samadhi in our practice and its relationship to insight practice; developing samadhi is one of the eight factors of the Noble Eightfold Path and appears in many of the Buddha's core teachings. We discuss some ways to practice developing samadhi, and then focus especially on several challenges of such practice and how to work with such challenges. The talk is followed by discussion, including further exploration of the relationship of cultivating samadhi and insight practice, the nature of skillful effort, and the joy that can arise in the development of samadhi.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2025-04-09
Guided Meditation: Developing Samadhi (Concentration) 2
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Donald Rothberg
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This guided meditation gives more detail on developing samadhi than the guided meditation from a week ago. First, after a brief overview of the nature of samadhi (usually translated as "concentration"), instructions are given for a practice session developing samadhi, including on posture, gaze, possible objects of focus, and skillful effort. Midway through the session, some further guidance is given on "intensifying," which helps both to deepen samadhi and to cut through background thinking as well as foreground thinking.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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