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Dharma Talks
2019-08-15
A Gift from the Sea – Unbroken Paua Shell and Consummate Trust
42:15
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Ayya Medhanandi
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There are many skills and restorative qualities needed for us to grow in our spiritual work. Let us not underestimate the essential ingredient of mettā. This universal quality of love will unfailingly nurture the unfolding of the Noble Eightfold Path. It enhances our energy to persevere with courage, agility and joy so that the journey is sustainable and our trust becomes unwavering. We reach out more to others and support them in the good, while rejoicing that as we accomplish the Way, we draw close to the Buddha.
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Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT)
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For Our Long Lasting Benefit
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2019-08-15
Dwell in Intrinsic Emptiness – The Liberating Quality of Loving-kindness
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Ayya Medhanandi
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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.
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Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT)
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For Our Long Lasting Benefit
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2019-08-15
Don't Be Afraid, Mahanama – Lean Towards Nibbana
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Ayya Medhanandi
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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.
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Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT)
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For Our Long Lasting Benefit
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2019-08-14
Part 2 – The Answer is Love: Evolving out of “Bad Other”
45:37
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Tara Brach
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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.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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