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Dharma Talks
2019-06-05 Transformation and Relinquishment of Afflictive States of Mind 1:21:55
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Five-Week Vipassana Retreat with Sayadaw Vivekananda, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani, & Marcia Rose

2019-06-05 The Heart of It 50:05
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2019-06-05 Week 2 Day 5 group A2 1:54:36
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Group interviews
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-06-05 Day 2 Experiential Practice: Introduction of Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:10:36
Howard Cohn
Exploration and guided "practice" of the boundless heart quality of Metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy

2019-06-05 Week 2 Day 5 group A1 1:42:07
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Group interviews
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Silent Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-06-05 07 i khandha bodhidhamma 57:06
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2019

2019-06-05 Mindfulness of Body 50:50
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor
A guided meditation on mindfulness of body.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy

2019-06-05 Equanimity and Samadhi 51:30
Matthew Brensilver
Substantial overlap with previous talk on samadhi.
Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center Wisdom and Compassion for Our Time

2019-06-05 From the Ordinary Habitual Mind to the Buddha-Mind 7: Transforming Our Ordinary Sense of Self 1 61:05
Donald Rothberg
After situating today’s theme in the context of the nature of the “ordinary habitual mind” and how it is transformed, we look at the fourth parameter of transformation: the nature and sense of self. We start by recognizing the often conceptually confusing nature of this area, and then proposing a primarily practical way to approach the area. We first identify the conditioned sense of self as permanent, independent, and separate, how this sense of self manifests in various ways and why this can be a problem, connected with suffering. , We then briefly suggest how the elements of such a conditioned sense of self are absent in an awakened being and how other positive qualities are present. Finally, while recognizing a number of complexities, including developmental issues, we look at two practical ways to explore and transform the conditioned sense of self: (1) by looking out for and being mindful of when there is a “thick” or “big” sense of self, and (2) finding various ways, in the flow of daily life as well as in formal meditation, to “thin” out the self, developing ways of experiencing with no or much less of a sense of self.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2019-06-05 Basic Mindfulness Instructions and a Guided Meditation on Exploring the Nature of the Self 36:10
Donald Rothberg
Basic Mindfulness Instructions and a Guided Meditation on Exploring the Nature of the Self
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy

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