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2015-09-09 Continuity of Mindful Awareness 56:34
Mark Nunberg
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Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2015-09-09 The Story of Bahiya Part 2 55:24
Pamela Weiss
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San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2015-09-09 Equanimity: Equally Close To All Things 48:22
Shaila Catherine
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Equanimity allows us to remain present and awake with the fact of things—equally close to the things we like and the things we dislike. Shaila Catherine describes the importance of developing equanimity in two arenas: 1) in response to pleasant and painful feelings, and 2) regarding the future results of our actions. Equanimity develops in meditation and in life. We can use unexpected events that we cannot control to develop equanimity. Our job is not to judge our experiences, but to be present and respond wisely. Equanimity is a beautiful mental factor that can feel like freedom, but if "I" and "mine" still operate, there is still work to be done. This talk includes many practical suggestions for cultivating equanimity.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

2015-09-08 Forgetfulness and the Art of Nirvana 62:04
John Peacock
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Gaia House :  Friendliness, Mindfulness and Liberation

2015-09-08 The fourth satipatthana 69:05
Patrick Kearney
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Tonight we explore the fourth satipaṭṭhāna, that of tracking dharma or dharmas (dhammānupassanā). Tracking dharma (singular) involves learning the conceptual framework that gives meaning to the experiences we undergo. We learn to read our experience. When experience means something, then it can transform our life. Tracking the dharmas (plural) entails learning to perceive our experienced world as no more than a flow of phenomena, that arise and cease dependent on conditions. This represents the maturity of insight into not-self (anattā).
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Month Long Retreat led by Patrick Kearney

2015-09-07 The Metta Sutta - a commentary on the Buddhas teaching on cultivating goodwill 56:03
Jenny Wilks
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Gaia House :  Friendliness, Mindfulness and Liberation

2015-09-07 The three satipatthanas 1:18:37
Patrick Kearney
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We survey the first three of the four satipaṭṭhānas, here translated as “foundations of mindfulness” or “domains of mindfulness” – the places where we station our mindfulness. These are body (kāya), feeling (vedanā) and heart/mind (citta). We see these domains represent a linear progression from less to greater ethical sensitivity; and we also see how feeling holds the practice together.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Month Long Retreat led by Patrick Kearney

2015-09-06 Bringing Your Practice into the World 59:56
James Baraz
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How your practice can unfold as you leave retreat includes seeing it as a path of happiness; value of opening to suffering; learning to listen to the truth inside and expressing your caring as compassionate action.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Labor Day Retreat

2015-09-06 Guided Compassion Meditation 25:39
Pascal Auclair
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Uncovering Innate Freedom: Labor Day Meditation Weekend

2015-09-06 Restraining the senses 69:59
Patrick Kearney
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We continue our exploration of how we can structure attention by practising indriya saṃvāra, or sense restraint. This practice represents a radical relaxation in which we rest our awareness and simply receive sense data without doing anything, without getting entangled in the data. This practice makes us sensitive to how difficult it is to stop “doing.”
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Month Long Retreat led by Patrick Kearney

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