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2017-10-03 Three Aspects of Concentration and the Simile of the Goldsmith: A Guided Meditation 25:21
Shaila Catherine
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In this meditation instruction Shaila Catherine shares a Discourse of the Buddha (AN 3:101) in which he employs the simile of a goldsmith to teach skillful ways to deepen concentration. From time to time meditators adjust the quality of attention to periodically increase calmness, intensify energetic effort, or observe with a relaxed and non-interfering quality of mindfulness. This meditation instruction offers practical meditation skills for strengthening concentration.
2017-10-03 Upekkha 31:13
Noliwe Alexander
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2017-10-03 Kisa Gotami: Buddha's Deep Compassion Toward Women 40:55
Ayya Santussika
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In this fourth talk in a lecture series on the Great Disciples, the speaker, Ayya Santussika, tells the life story of two enlightened, fully ordained nuns. In fact, there were quite a few of enlightened, fully ordained nuns at the Buddha's time. The speaker also discusses how we can find the key to our own happiness in these nuns' stories, such as letting go, calming the mind, and realizing complete freedom from suffering. Finally, Ayya Santussika describes the Buddha's tremendous compassion for women. In his teachings, the Buddha acknowledged sufferings that were specific to women that are still relevant today.
In collection: The Great Disciples: People and Personalities in the Buddha's Community
2017-10-04 Kate Munger and The Threshhold Choir (Drop in program at Spirit Rock) 1:55:30
Sylvia Boorstein
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2017-10-07 Mindful Communication: How to Create Real Dialogue and Healthy Relationships (part 1) 3:13:53
Oren Jay Sofer
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Combination of the core guidelines for Wise Speech offered by Buddhist Tradition, as well as the contemporary discipline of Nonviolent Communication. Part 1 of 2 (morning)
2017-10-07 Mindful Communication: How to Create Real Dialogue and Healthy Relationships (part 2) 2:53:13
Oren Jay Sofer
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Combination of the core guidelines for Wise Speech offered by Buddhist Tradition, as well as the contemporary discipline of Nonviolent Communication. Part 2 of 2 (afternoon)
2017-10-08 A Soft and Radical Transformation of the Heart 7:09:19
Pascal Auclair
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2017-10-08 Mindful Communication: How to Create Real Dialogue and Healthy Relationships - Part 1 morning 3:09:52
Oren Jay Sofer
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2017-10-08 Mindful Communication: How to Create Real Dialogue and Healthy Relationships - Part 2 afternoon 2:59:12
Oren Jay Sofer
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2017-10-09 Buddhist Practice, Nonviolent Action, and the Nonviolent Peaceforce (with Tiffany Easthom) 1:22:16
Donald Rothberg
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Donald Rothberg first gives an account of the connection between the core of Buddhist practice and the nonviolent traditions of Gandhi and King. He then poses the common critique of nonviolence—that it doesn’t work with dictators, authoritarian governments, and situations of pervasive violence, that “it wouldn’t work with Hitler,” while telling some stories of actual highly effective nonviolent resistance against the Nazis. Tiffany Easthom, the Executive Director of the Nonviolent Peaceforce, an organization working to protect civilians and foster dialogue in situations of violence, then gives an extended account of the organization’s work, with a PowerPoint presentation (attached pdf file available at this site). She covers both the basic principles and strategies of the organization and a number of accounts of its work in various countries where there is violence, ranging from South Sudan to Syria to Myanmar.
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  • Presentation Slides PDF File by Donald Rothberg (PDF)
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