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2011-04-16 Ongoing Awareness and Resolute Aspiration (Steve Armstrong) 64:16
Carol Wilson
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The Resolute Aspiration talk is given by Steve Armstrong
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Awareness Pure and Simple: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-04-17 Coming to Terms with Birth and Death 49:09
Stephen Batchelor
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Reflections on the nature of 'religion'; the Buddha's awakening as a resolution of the questions posed by life itself; Zen as a 'direct pointing to the heart, independent of scripture'; the aim of Buddhist practice is the achievement of autonomy; towards the possibility of a 'secular religion'.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat

2011-04-17 Equanimity 66:49
Marcia Rose
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Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2011-04-18 Bringing Practice Into Daily Life 0:10
James Baraz
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2011-04-18 Garden of the Heart 60:13
Jack Kornfield
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-04-18 Skillful means - The Vipassana Toolbox 50:09
Michele McDonald
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Hollyhock :  Metta Vipassana with Mindful Movement

2011-04-19 Where the Mind has Nowhere to Rest 65:42
Stephen Batchelor
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Hui-neng's definition of sitting meditation; the middle way as the avoiding of the 'deadends' of existence and non-existence; the Greek philosopher Pyrrho as an example of a similar attitude; Hui-ko asks Bodhidharma to 'set his mind at rest'; the infinity of things; emptiness as the unfindability of things; to question 'what is this' is the practice of such emptiness that neither affirms nor denies anything.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat

2011-04-19 The Five Controlling Faculties 1:10:28
Sayadaw Vivekananda
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Mountain Hermitage :  Vivekananda

2011-04-19 Four Domains of Mindfulness - Flame of Awareness 7:13
Steven Smith
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Hollyhock :  Metta Vipassana with Mindful Movement

2011-04-19 Four Elements Meditation—Instructional Talk and Guided Meditation 41:58
Shaila Catherine
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This talk introduces the Four Elements Meditation as a systematic method for developing mindfulness of the body. A guided meditation and instructions are provided that reveal the body as a dynamic interaction of characteristics classified as earth (hardness, roughness, heaviness, softness, smoothness, lightness), water (flowing, cohesion), fire (heat, cold), and wind (supporting, pushing).
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley :  Tuesday Talks—2011

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