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Ruth Denison's Dharma Talks
Ruth Denison
Ruth Denison studied in Burma in the early 1960s with the meditation master Sayagi U Ba Khin. She has been teaching since 1973 and is founder of Dhamma Dena, a desert retreat center in Joshua Tree, CA, and The Center for Buddhism in the West in Germany.
2004-06-24 Guided Anapana Sati 43:44
Instructional sit #3: A guided meditation through Anapana Sati.
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2004-06-24 First Foundation of Mindfulness to Breath and Body 51:49
Instructional sit #2: A detailed description of the practice of mindfulness to breathing through exploring sensations in the body.
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2004-06-23 Instruction on the First Foundations of Mindfulness 54:30
Instructional sit #1: Guided mindfulness to body through the practice of attention to breathing.
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2004-06-22 Opening Talk with Refuges and Precepts 1:33:56
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2002-10-11 Bringing the Dharma Home 13:09
Incorporating the Dharma in everyday life. Dharma experiences from students and short guided metta.
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2002-10-10 Impermanence 64:43
A talk on death and how we meet it, the possibility of it each day.
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2002-10-10 Stories On Death and Dying 46:48
Integrating experiences of death and dying in daily life.
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2002-10-10 Ruth's 80th Birthday: Stories and Celebration 2:05:01
Sharings of the dharma experiences both from Ruth Denison and her students.
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2002-10-09 Full Body Sweep 54:27
Exploring the full body from the top of the head to the bottom of the feet. Moving slowly from place to place, tuning in to various sensations on all levels: from the outer flesh and hairs through muscles, bones and cells.
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2002-10-09 Skeleton Dance: Cultivating Mindfulness and Joy 30:34
An active Dharma talk through dance and movement. A step-by-step explorative talk, dancing into bodily awareness of joy and mindfulness, using the sense doors of sight, sound, touch and perception
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2002-10-08 Experiencing the Elements Through Exploration 55:12
An explanation of the four elements and an exploration through the body.
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2002-10-08 Mindfulness, Consciousness in the Body 1:26:51
An explorative explanation of consciously connecting with the body, developing deep concentration and mindfulness.
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2002-10-08 Mindfulness To Body: Connection and Consciousness 55:40
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2002-10-08 Mindfulness To the Body Through the Body Parts 55:40
A talk on how to sweep through the body, moving from part to part and incorporate the breath.
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2002-10-07 The Five Hindrances with Compassion and Loving Kindness 2:03:35
Being present for the hindrances with compassion and loving kindness.
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2002-10-07 Breath Body Consciousness 1:24:54
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2002-10-06 The Five Precepts 1:10:29
Including the five precepts in daily life. Cultivating them in positive action.
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2002-10-05 Embodying the Refuges 60:21
Embodying the refuges in thought, speech and action. Comprehension through listening, chanting and movement.
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2002-04-02 Life Stories of Ruth Denison 47:02
1995-09-10 Early Morning Practice 47:42
45 minute Body Sweep
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat
1995-09-09 Death, Dying and Impermanence 1:25:04
Reflecting upon the truths of existence.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat
1995-09-08 Morning Practice: Objectives of Sweeping Methods 1:11:44
Penetrating into the foundations of mindfulness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat
1995-09-07 Dukkha: The Noble Truths Continued 62:26
Accepting the pervasive truth of unhappiness and seeing it's causes.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat
1995-09-06 Dukkha: 1st and 2nd Noble Truths 1:20:39
Understanding the "basement" of the Buddha's teachings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat
1995-09-05 Hindrances: Restlessness, Sloth and Torpor, and Doubt 66:13
Continuing our explorations of the turbulence of mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 9 Day Vipassana Retreat

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