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2025-07-16
Insights Into Perception and Equanimity
56:57
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Walt Opie
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In the Honeyball Sutta (MN 18), it says, "What one perceives, that one thinks about. What one thinks about, that one mentally proliferates (or complicates)." And this mental proliferation often leads to "evil unwholesome states" which can cause harm and suffering. When we bring mindfulness to the subtle realm of perception, we start to see more clearly without adding anything extra. This is where equanimity comes in, allowing us to meet life with fewer preferences and with greater mental balance.
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2025-07-18
Trust In Pure Awareness
28:59
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Ayyā Nimmalā
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The Buddha encourages us to abandon the unwholesome and develop wholesomeness in our daily acts, words and thoughts. As we learn to trust in pure awareness and present moment mindfulness, the weight of the world is lifted from the heart. Here and now, we abide in the formless, changeless, and eternal. Not only do we bear testimony to others that this is within our reach but we are also directly blessed by it ourselves. We see the nature of emptiness and know the peace of true freedom.
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2025-07-20
The Parami of Patience
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Eugene Cash
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"Patience is the highest form of Prayer" ~Rumi
Suzuki Roshi said, "In Zen the word is 'constancy."' Instead of patience,
constancy is a kind of dedication to what you love and what you care about, and with that dedication comes a trust that by planting beautiful seeds, eventually in their own time they will bear fruit."
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2025-07-30
The Importance of Maintaining Inner Stability in External Uncertainty
43:35
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Tuere Sala
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When external conditions begin to fluctuate and spin at a fast pace, we need to know how to ground and stabilize ourselves internally. This is what the four foundations of mindfulness are pointing towards. Knowing how to establish mindfulness is an empowerment. It creates agency in oneself and allows us to move through challenging situations with strength and integrity.
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2025-08-02
Click Back and Click Up: Seeing Suffering with Wisdom
1:40:49
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Ayya Santussika
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This dhamma talk, with reflections by Grace Lee, followed by questions and responses and meditation was offered on August 2, 2025 in the morning, as part of a Daylong Retreat at Karuna Buddhist Vihara.
00:00 - 21:55 Dhamma Talk
21:55 - 40:32 Reflections by Grace Lee
40:32 - 1:09:45 Questions and Responses
1:09:45 - 1:40:50 Meditation
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2025-08-02
LovingandLettingGo
1:44:30
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Ayya Santussika
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This was part of a daylong retreat held at Karuna Buddhist Vihara. This afternoon segment included a guided meditation, Qigong instruction by Grace Lee and Q&A.
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2025-08-09
Holding Fast and Staying True
33:35
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Devin Berry
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A dharma talk exploring adhitthana (resolve) as a spiritual practice rooted in ancestral wisdom and lived experience. Devin shares personal stories and examples of how resolve manifests not as willpower or force, but as a quiet, steady commitment to returning again and again to what matters most - whether in meditation practice or in responding to the world's suffering with fierce compassion.
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