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2015-08-23 Community Conversation on Privilege 1:18:10
Arinna Weisman
2015-08-25 Peace is the Natural State of the Mind 38:35
Howard Cohn
2015-08-25 Refrain from Taking Intoxicants 23:19
Jason Murphy
This talk by Jason Murphy is the sixth in the speaker series Ethics, Action and the Five Precepts.The five training precepts are not commandments nor are they a list of “don’t dos.” Instead, they have an over-arching principle of ahimsa, or do no harm. In other words, following the precepts can be seen as a way to stop us from spilling our suffering onto the rest of the world. In addition, the aim of observing the precepts is to allow practitioners to be blameless and at ease, thereby preparing their minds for meditation. The fifth precept deals with not taking alcohol, drugs or other intoxicants that will lead to heedlessness. This precept is really about seeing clearly: we cannot see clearly and develop our wisdom when we intoxicate our mind.
In collection: Ethics, Action, and the Five Precepts
2015-08-29 Exploring the Dharma through Poetry. Part 1 of 4 6:56
Phillip Moffitt
Awaken to the dharma wisdom that is contained in poetry and experience the power of poetry to inspire our spiritual practice.
2015-08-29 Exploring the Dharma through Poetry. Part 2 of 4 2:45
Phillip Moffitt
Awaken to the dharma wisdom that is contained in poetry and experience the power of poetry to inspire our spiritual practice.
2015-08-29 Exploring the Dharma through Poetry. Part 3 of 4 5:50
Phillip Moffitt
Awaken to the dharma wisdom that is contained in poetry and experience the power of poetry to inspire our spiritual practice.
2015-08-29 Exploring the Dharma through Poetry. Part 4 of 4 1:15
Phillip Moffitt
Awaken to the dharma wisdom that is contained in poetry and experience the power of poetry to inspire our spiritual practice.
2015-08-31 Growing in Wisdom and Compassion through Embracing Adversity 51:44
Nikki Mirghafori
2015-09-01 Make Me One with Everything 59:50
Lama Surya Das
Lama Surya Das speaks about his most recent book, “Make Me One with Everything, Buddhist Meditations to Awaken from the Illusion of Separation.” Becoming one with everything, by seeing through separateness, is the heart of what Lama Surya Das calls “co-meditation.” “Co” means with. So, co-meditating is not just meditating with other people, but with everything that arises. This opens the door to what Buddhists call “everyday Dharma,” which integrates mindful Dharma into daily life. Everything is the object of our meditation; there are no distractions. When we co-meditate, we are being one with everything, not against it nor apart from it. This is the meaning of “inter-being.” This is also the answer to our great loneliness and the alienation that we feel today.
2015-09-02 The Story of Bahiya Part 1 54:13
Pamela Weiss
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