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2019-08-15 Dwell in Intrinsic Emptiness – The Liberating Quality of Loving-kindness 37:52
Ayya Medhanandi
What are the prerequisites and supports for walking such a path of awakening? Kindness and a loving forgiveness rank with those qualities that are foremost. They allow us to repair the seemingly unforgivable, to heal what we could not see or wish to see, to dwell in the real not in our concepts, and so to ascend with the strength gained from that groundwork. Try forgiveness first. Recovery opens the way home to healing, to Truth.
Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT) :  For Our Long Lasting Benefit

2019-08-15 Metta To Phenomena - Guided Meditation 44:16
Zohar Lavie
Freely Given Retreats A Wide and Wonderful Path

2019-08-15 Day 5 - Dukkha WOL - Meditation Instructions 45:23
Zohar Lavie
Meditation Instructions for Day 5
Freely Given Retreats A Wide and Wonderful Path

2019-08-15 Don't Be Afraid, Mahanama – Lean Towards Nibbana 32:54
Ayya Medhanandi
The Buddha told Mahanama not to be afraid of the muddled mind, just to keep developing the qualities which incline the mind to Nibbana. This Dhamma is for one who is content. A mind unburdened can pacify itself and be calmed. A mind fortified by faith, virtue – in particular, the virtues dear to the noble ones – learning, generosity and wisdom, will go to distinction. But for mental peace we have to consider how to seclude the mind and what we are giving our consent to in daily life.
Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT) :  For Our Long Lasting Benefit

2019-08-14 Part 2 – The Answer is Love: Evolving out of “Bad Other” 45:37
Tara Brach
These two talks address the inquiry: How do we awaken from the contempt and hatred that causes so much suffering in our world? The first talk looks at how we can use the practices of mindfulness and compassion to decondition our habits of self-blame and self-hatred, as well as the importance of helping each other defuse the trance of unworthiness. The second talk extends the use of these practices to situations where we’ve locked into external “bad othering.” These times need our deepened dedication to love: By intentionally arousing compassion for ourselves and others, we directly contribute to the evolution of consciousness in our world.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-08-14 Dukkha, Clinging, Metta 53:33
Zohar Lavie
Freely Given Retreats A Wide and Wonderful Path

2019-08-14 Meditation: Everything Belongs 20:34
Tara Brach
This guided meditation awakens an embodied presence through a body scan, and invites us to rest in the breath, while allowing the different waves of sensations, feelings and sounds to come and go. When difficult experiences arise, we breathe with them, feeling them fully and mentally whispering, “this belongs,” or “this too.” By not resisting, we discover the sea of awareness that has room for all the waves.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2019-08-14 Repair What Feels Broken – The Hardest Walk of All 37:45
Ayya Medhanandi
The path is a gradual one. Don’t go to the depths immediately. First develop the strength. Going slowly but deeply. Forgiveness, supported by patience endurance, acknowledging and seeing the breakage and repairing it regularly, repairing what has been broken or harmed, and freeing ourselves from the prison of our anger. How can we creatively counter the current of our addictions instead of gratifying it. If we do, we tap into the joy of the heart.
Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT) :  For Our Long Lasting Benefit

2019-08-14 Right Intention 59:36
Yuka Nakamura
The Buddha emphasized intention as the key to happiness and peace. However, often we are not aware of the intentions behind our choices and actions. Based on the Dvedhāvitakka Sutta the talks discusses the unwholesome intentions of sensual desire, ill will and cruelty and the wholesome intentions of renunciation, lovingkindness and compassion. It also discusses central aspects of mental cultivation.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg 14 day Karuna and Vipassana Meditation Retreat

2019-08-14 Day 2 Guided Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 40:08
Vinny Ferraro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight & Loving Kindness

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