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The greatest gift is the
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Retreat Dharma Talks
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2022-06-09
5 Methods to Work with Troublesome Thoughts:
MN #20: Vitakkasanthana Sutta
49:43
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James Baraz
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The Buddha gave a teaching on five different methods he recommended to work with disturbing thoughts. When we are mindful of the thinking process it's possible to see thoughts simply as mental fabrications. However, when we get caught in them and the body gets activated, we spin out in the story and are caught in a negative emotional response. We become identified with those mental formations and can more easily get lost. When that happens, the Buddha offers these five strategies as skillful techniques to deal with the confused mind.
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2022-06-12
The Five Daily Reflections
52:53
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James Baraz
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A follow up to a recent talk that focused on death and dying. This talk explores the other four of the Five Daily Reflections (also known as the Five Remembrances): aging, illness, loss and karma. It includes practices and discussion on how we can include them regularly in our Dharma practice, which the Buddha highly recommended.
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2022-06-14
Facets of the Jewel
37:58
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Dhammadīpā
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A Dharma talk on the five aggregates or khandhas or human experience, and how practicing with them can lead to an experience of the fullness of each moment. Part of the Tuesday Tune In series at Dassanāya Buddhist Community.
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2022-06-15
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Open Wakefulness
19:48
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Tara Brach
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This meditation begins by relaxing through the body, and connecting with inner aliveness and space. We then include sounds and sense the openness to life. At the center of the practice is a relaxing back, and inhabiting spacious awareness. The meditation ends as we experience the heart from the vantage of spacious awareness, and offer prayers to our inner life and all life.
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2022-06-15
The Three Steps of Letting Go
44:45
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Tara Brach
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A wonderful inquiry is, “What is between me and openhearted presence?” This talk explores the profound healing and transformation that arises when we release the blocks to our natural and loving awareness.
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