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The greatest gift is the gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
2020-02-11
The Seven Factors of Awakening
1:24:08
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with
Kim Allen,
Shaila Catherine
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The Seven Factors of Awakening offer an effective framework for cultivating the mind, overcoming the hindrances, and balancing the energetic and calming forces that develop through meditation. When these seven factors are well developed, the mind is ripe for awakening. This series will explore each factor to reveal its importance, function, and role in the process of awakening.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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2018-04-24
Goals in Meditation
3:05:54
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with
Andrea Fella,
Dawn Neal,
Kim Allen,
Shaila Catherine,
Tony Bernhard
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We invited several local teachers to share both the personal aims that guide their practice and their understanding of the goals of the Buddhist Path. We asked them the following questions:
What is the goal of Buddhist practice?
What do you personally hope to achieve through your practice?
What is a reasonable way to assess our progress – how can we tell if we are on track?
How can we work skillfully with goals in the context of mindfulness-based practices that emphasize present moment awareness?
This series will explore both the ultimate and relative goals of Buddhist practice. It will address the benefits and limitations of having goals, and explore some related practice issues: comparing, expectations, craving for attainments, inspiration, and the potential for discouragement.
Join us for an illuminating look into some aspects of your practice you may never have considered!
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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2019-02-05
Engaged Buddhism
3:44:38
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with
Ayya Santussika,
Bill Kostura and Phil Goodwin,
Jennifer Dungan,
Oren Jay Sofer
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Meditation instructions are sometimes misinterpreted to imply that one should disengage from activity and suspend all judgment. Buddhist advice on “letting go” can be misunderstood to suggest that problems in the world can or should be ignored. Yet the Pali canon shows that the Buddha taught practical social and economic remedies, and urged monks to travel so they could benefit the largest number of people.
Thích Nhất Hạnh coined the term “engaged Buddhism” to describe efforts to respond to the suffering in his country during the Vietnam war, work he saw as part of meditation and mindfulness practice rather than something apart from it. In this series, some local “engaged Buddhists” will share how they personally apply Buddhist wisdom to engage with the suffering around us, in areas such as social action, prison ministry, and environmentalism.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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