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2020-01-22
Embodied Presence (Part 1) - Planting our Roots in the Universe
47:40
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Tara Brach
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In describing our human predicament and dis-ease, D.H. Lawrence says we are like a great tree with our roots in the air. We need to replant ourselves—in our bodies, hearts and spirit. These two talks are guides to replanting ourselves. In Part 1, we explore how we are so often dissociated from the life of our body, and the pathways home. Part 2 looks at the challenges of pain, fear and trauma, and how we can gradually and skillfully reconnect with a wholeness of being.
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2020-01-29
The Six Senses Demonstrate Three Dhammas
23:56
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Dhammadīpā
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A guided meditation on the six sense functions and the way in which they demonstrate the three seals of reality - impermanence, suffering, and non-self. Offered at the Saranaloka New year's Retreat 2019/2020
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2020-01-30
Thought After Thought of Freedom Edited
16:38
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Dhammadīpā
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This thought has been edited for clarity. ~ How to practice with thoughts so that they become thoughts of freedom, five indriya, faculties, poem from The First Free Women, offered at the Saranaloka New Year's Retreat 2019/2020
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2020-02-04
Suffering and Its End
46:32
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Shaila Catherine
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In this talk, Shaila Catherine addresses the great teaching of the Buddha known as the four noble truths: 1) suffering, 2) the cause of suffering is craving, 3) the end of suffering, and 4) the path leading to the end of suffering. Shaila Catherine explores each of the four truths through inspiring sutta references and daily life examples that show how we can live our daily lives from the perspective of liberating wisdom. Rather than engage in endless philosophical speculations or become attached to views and opinions, the Buddha taught a practical path based on the recognition of the fundamental unsatisfactory characteristic of experience. When we recognize dukkha (suffering), we can realize the end of dukkha (suffering).
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In
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Buddha's Core Teachings: Finding True Happiness Through the Four Noble Truths
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2020-02-04
Mindfulness of the Body: A Guided Meditation with Sequential Touch Sensations
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Shaila Catherine
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In this guided meditation, Shaila Catherine introduces a practice of mindfulness of the body by observing a sequence of touch sensations. This meditation guides practitioners to gradually move attention through a series of bodily locations where the feet, buttocks, hands, lips, and eye lids touch. At each location we pause to experience the present sensations that are known at that place of touching. After exploring touch points, we broader the field of attention to the whole body sitting. By alternating the focus of attention between precise and clear points of contact, and broad, restful, receptive awareness of the whole body, the meditator nurtures a clear bright balanced mind that can meet the present moment as it is.
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In
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Featured Guided Meditations
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