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2003-08-31 Trusting Your Buddha-Knowing 60:07
James Baraz
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The source of our awakening is right inside us. As we learn to listen deeply to the wisdom and purity of heart that is connected to the truth we are following the Buddha's instructions to be "be a lamp unto yourself."
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1998-06-19 Waves On The Oceans-Not Being Bothered By Thoughts 50:09
James Baraz
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We can't control all the thoughts that pass through our minds. What we can do is learn how to work skillfully with troublesome thoughts and patterns in the mind so they lose their power to confuse us.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1998-06-26 Intimate Relationship As Spiritual Practice 54:47
James Baraz
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Intimate relationship can be a vehicle for cultivating authenticity, understanding our shadow, and true opening of the heart. The challenges and opportunities of using a primary relationship as part of our awakening process are explored.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-08-26 Truthfulness 53:01
James Baraz
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Truthfulness was the one quality the Bodhisattva possessed through all his previous lifetimes before his enlightenment. Telling the truth to oneself and others is a direct source of happiness and is the guiding principle for the spiritual journey.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

1999-09-02 How Suffering Can Lead To Faith 55:40
James Baraz
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Although there is suffering - the First Noble Truth, the Buddha has taught that wisely processing our pain leads to greater faith, compassion and, eventually, the end of suffering.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2000-02-25 A Path With Heart 56:26
James Baraz
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Cultivating a heart-felt motivation toward practice, and the different ways we can express this essential connection.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2004-02-15 Inclining Our Mind Towards Freedom: The Power Of Intention 60:57
James Baraz
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The power of intention helps us envision a fulfilled spiritual life, helps us see through our limiting beliefs, and helps us trust our deepest wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-04-24 Wise Intention (Sutta On The Two Kinds Of Thought) 45:52
James Baraz
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Working consciously with intention is the key to creating wisdom and happiness in our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-02-24 Spiritual Passion: The Iddhipadas (Bases Of Power) 59:49
James Baraz
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Passion is often considered to be an unspiritual quality, but if used wisely, actually is the basis of spiritual power. What are the four sources of passion that motivate our spiritual practice?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-02-12 Reporting To The Mother Ship: Wonder, Awe, Interest, Investigation 61:00
James Baraz
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While Dharma practice takes courage to open to suffering, one also can bring a spirit of wonder and awe to the quality of investigation. We can open to the moment with interest, discovering reality in a fresh, new way.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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