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2023-03-01 Wholehearted Effort without Attachment 57:31
Shelly Graf
To keep returning to presence is a brave and noble response of the heart. Let’s explore the role of wise effort in the heart’s persistent movement towards what is beautiful and beneficial.
2023-03-02 The Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek 53:25
James Baraz
A classical text from Kashmir Shaivism entitled "Realization of Our True Heart" or Pratyabijñāhṛdaya, describes in a few lines how we and everything in physical form is simply an expression of Divine Play of the universe –what in Hinduism is called the lila or dance of consciousness. This talk explores one perspective of the Mystery, that which cannot be named.
2023-03-04 Doubt - The Fifth Hindrance 1:17:52
Ayya Santussika
2023-03-05 A Crisis of Humility 26:58
Ayya Santacitta
2023-03-05 Get on the right track 54:44
Ajahn Sucitto
In taking refuge we seek an environment where we feel we can find ourselves, be safe and grow. How can we operate in or even transform our relationship to the toxicity of the world?
2023-03-05 Softening and Opening 25:48
Ayya Anandabodhi
Ayya Anandabodhi reflects on applying the Four Noble Truths while caring for her elderly mother. The mention of "surrender" in this talk refers to putting one's hands in the air in a surrender position as a response to noticing one is getting contracted or holding on to a position or a view.
2023-03-08 The Wings of Awakening – Self-Honesty & Love (retreat talk) 63:21
Tara Brach
We evolve our consciousness by bringing a clear and kind attention to the tangles of suffering. This talk explores how the “second arrow” of self-judgment imprisons us in emotional reactivity, and the pathways of awakening awareness that reconnect us with our full human potential. (This talk was given at the 2016 IMCW fall retreat.)
2023-03-08 Meditation: Spacious Sky of Awareness 18:03
Tara Brach
This meditation begins with a body scan that guides us to awaken our senses. We relax open to include the changing flow of sounds and sensations, in a spacious, open awareness (a morning meditation from the 2015 IMCW New Year silent retreat).
2023-03-08 Valuing Tranquility as a Radical Way of Being 56:38
Mark Nunberg
2023-03-11 Wise Discernment: Gender Discrimination in the Sangha 1:22:32
Ayya Santussika
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