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Guy Armstrong's Dharma Talks
Guy Armstrong
I have always enjoyed working with practitioners who are continuing to deepen their practice. In the many long retreats I teach at both IMS and Spirit Rock, I feel free to pass on the deepest pointings I’ve found in the teachings of the Buddha in the Pali Canon. Those are my guiding lights in practice and understanding.
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2000-07-26 Metta: Effort and Fruits 61:11
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2005-07-10 Metta: Its Near & Far Enemies 56:36
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What supports lovingkindness is the sincere caring we give in each moment as we say a metta phrase. What obstructs metta are its near and far enemies; affection with attachment and aversion such as sadness, fear, anger, or judgement.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2008-07-13 Metta: Near And Far Enemies 55:13
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The near enemy of metta is attached affection, common in romantic love. The far enemy is aversion, which takes many forms, such as resentment and fear. The talk explores these responses and how to work with them in metta practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta
2011-07-17 Metta: Near and Far Enemies 59:27
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Metta (loving kindness) practice leads us into the exploration of all of the heart's responses to life. Especially good grounds for understanding are in the experience of loving kindness, its near enemy of affection with attachment, and its far enemy of ill will.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat
2004-01-08 Metta: Purity And Purification 61:55
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When we engage with metta practice we receive either metta (purity) or the inner obstacles to metta, which provide the material for the purification of heart. This talk describes how to relate with self-judgement and fear through metta, as well as the supportive factor of concentration, another aspect of innate purity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2011-02-19 Metta: Tenderness & Connection 62:07
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Metta practice makes the heart more sensitive to the joys and sorrows that sentient beings are subject to. This tenderness becomes the avenue for us to discover our deep connection to all of life and end a sense of isolation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong Insight Retreat
2011-10-09 Metta: Tenderness and Connection 61:11
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The practice of lovingkindness makes the heart more sensitive to the joys and sorrows of life. It also reveals a deep sense of connection to all sentient existence that overcomes a painful sense of isolation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1
2006-02-04 Mindfulness 50:30
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This talk explores the nature of mindfulness and ways to strengthen it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2006-10-14 Mindfulness Of Breathing 52:10
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This talk gives an overview of mindfulness of breathing with reference to the Anapanasati Sutta. It is 16 stages of development show how the breath is a foundation for both concentration and insight
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Intensive
2017-09-14 Mindfulness of Breathing 58:06
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Explores mindfulness of breathing in the context of mindfulness of the body, which is in the context of right mindfulness. Describes connecting and sustaining.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

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