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Dharma Talks
2019-08-11 Life is Pressing, Pause 46:32
Nathan Glyde
The power of pausing (mindful and heartful), what we notice about existence; dukkha and release, and ways of relating that bring more freedom.
Freely Given Retreats A Wide and Wonderful Path

2019-08-11 Death - Portal of Deliverance 38:50
Ayya Medhanandi
Contemplating the 4 elements, the 32 parts of the living body, and the remains of the body in a charnel ground, we gain a deeper understanding of impermanence and the intrinsic impersonal and empty nature of the body. Seeing it for what it truly is can free us from fear of death. We study it and gradually unveil the true gift of death as a portal to our liberation.
Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT) :  For Our Long Lasting Benefit

2019-08-11 Masquerade of the Hindrances - A Blameless Life 26:25
Ayya Medhanandi
Clearly see the danger of the hindrances in the mind and stop killing goodness. The story of Angulimala's life reveals the power of moral rehabilitation to end our harmful ways and urgently revert to the path of goodness, wholeness and purification. There’s no one to blame for our suffering. Instead, as spiritual warriors, we reset our moral compass, cross the floods of existence, and live blamelessly.
Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT) :  For Our Long Lasting Benefit

2019-08-11 Body and Breath - Guided Meditation 45:10
Zohar Lavie
Freely Given Retreats A Wide and Wonderful Path

2019-08-11 Sincerity of the Heart 10:32
Ayya Santacitta
Mountain Stream Meditation Center

2019-08-11 Day 1 - Pause, Relax with Body and Breath - Meditation Instructions 50:20
Zohar Lavie
Meditation Instructions for Day 1
Freely Given Retreats A Wide and Wonderful Path

2019-08-11 Beautiful Qualities - Five of the Ten Perfections 20:15
Ayya Medhanandi
The Buddha taught about ten perfections or beautiful qualities of mind that are needed to help us cross the flood of samsara, the cycles of existence. The first five of these are generosity, virtue, energy, wisdom and renunciation. When embodied, these qualities help to lead us out of the prison of impermanence. Overcoming ignorance and responding to life with greater joy, we live compassionate and harmless.
Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT) :  For Our Long Lasting Benefit

2019-08-10 Day 5 Choral Chanting (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 25:19
Rachel Lewis, La Sarmiento
La Sarimento leads "This Little Light of Mine" with ukulele, and Rachel Lewis leads two chants for Quan Yin with harmony parts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Young Adult Retreat

2019-08-10 How To Cross the Flood - Seven Enlightenment Practices 37:34
Ayya Medhanandi
The Buddha answers a deva who wants to know how to cross the flood of sensuality, the flood of existence, and all its dangers. Walk the Middle Way, he taught, not stopping and not over-struggling with obstacles. Use the seven enlightenment practices to train our minds so that we can make this dangerous and urgent crossing. No matter how long it takes, never give up.
Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT) :  For Our Long Lasting Benefit

2019-08-10 Rapping on the Coffin 25:23
Ayya Dhammadīpā
a talk on death and its teaching of radical honesty
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

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