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Retreat Dharma Talks
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From Mindfulness Breath to Radiant Mind
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2016-11-28 (7 days)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2016-11-29
The Art of Samadhi Practice
64:52
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Donald Rothberg
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| We explore the nature and importance of samadhi (or concentration) practice in the context of the sequence of the three core practices of the retreat—samadhi practice, insight practice, and opening to “radiant mind.” We also examine a number of ways to engage skillfully in samadhi practice, including in the context of several core challenges to such practice.
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2016-11-30
Concentration and Insight
59:18
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Erin Selover
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| This talk gives a general overview of practice, follow up thoughts from the previous night's talk on samadhi, and an introduction to the process of orienting perception towards change and dukkha. |
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2016-12-01
From Samadhi (Concentration) and Insight Practice to Awakened Awareness
66:14
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Donald Rothberg
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| We first explore further the "three ways of seeing that free" (examining the "three characteristics" of phenomena), with particular emphasis on a practically-based overview of anatta (not-self). We then see how samadhi practice and insight practice develop, as they progress, toward a third mode of practice--opening to "awakened awareness" or "radiant mind." We look at the nature of awakened awareness, and point to several practical methods of accessing awakened awareness. |
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