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Dharma Talks
2015-10-07 The Urgency of Now - Connecting Inner and Outer Transformation 66:23
Donald Rothberg
As we face multiple crises, yet also open to new transformations - inner and outer- a new type of spiritual practitioner is needed, who is able to connect inner and outer transformation. Echoing the Buddhist bodhisattvas, Jewish prophets, Jesus, many indigenous leaders, Gandhi, King, and Dorothy Day, among others, the "new bodhisattva" follows a new kind of training which is outlined.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2015-10-07 Day One - Morning Instructions 39:08
Martin Aylward
Grounding meditation in bodily experience. Activating qualities of awareness through the posture: Grounded - steady, upright - bright, open - receptive, relaxed - gentle.
Gaia House Awake in Our Bones

2015-10-06 Don't Go Down The Rabbit Hole 35:32
Howard Cohn
Mission Dharma

2015-10-06 A Thousand Thoughts 40:16
Ariya B. Baumann
Thoughts are part of our existence as human beings. With the practice of meditation, the nature of the thought processes in particular and the nature of the mind can be understood by closely observing these thoughts whenever they arise.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2015 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2015-10-06 Continua of Practice: Shadow to Light 59:54
Rodney Smith
The more defined and clear our individuation, the more isolated we feel. We gain our selfhood from creating physical and psychological boundaries upon our surround. Our self-definition is created by our physical, mental, emotional, psychological, and spiritual definitions. Freedom is coming out of these shadowy images created by our imposed boundaries and accepting the clear light of our humanity.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society Continua of Practice Series
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2015-10-05 The Second Foundation of Mindfulness: Feeling Tone 57:36
Sally Armstrong
Vedana, or the feeling tone of pleasant, unpleasant or neither-pleasant-nor-unpleasant that arises with each contact, was considered important enough by the Buddha to be a foundation of mindfulness, one of the five aggregates, and central to the teaching on dependent origination. It is also at the heart of the Dart Sutta in the Samyutta Nikaya, where the Buddha talks about the two common responses to suffering: to bemoan and lament the fact that suffering is happening, but often to try to avoid the unpleasant by chasing after the pleasant. This talk looks at all of these different teachings to help us understand the importance of bringing mindfulness to vedana in our practice and in our lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2015-10-05 Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Feeling - Week 3 1:27:05
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies Course - Mindfulness of Feeling

2015-10-05 Awakening the Heart - Practicing the "Divine Abodes" 43:40
Donald Rothberg, Heather Sundberg
The Divine Abodes of loving-kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity are the places of the awakened heart. Practicing to cultivate these four abodes helps us to access these wonderful and transformative qualities of the open heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-10-05 Waking Up in Indra's Net: Acting for the Sake of Life on Earth 58:06
Joanna Macy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-10-04 The Buddha's Teaching On Loving Kindness 56:41
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

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