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Retreat Dharma Talks
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IMCB Regular Talks
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2009-05-14
Verses on the Faith Mind by Seng-T'san (3rd Zen Patriarch of China), part 1.
46:34
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James Baraz
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Tonight James begins a series on his favorite piece of dharma wisdom: Verses on the Faith Mind by Sengstan, otherwise known as the 3rd Zen Patriarch of China. This is one of the best treatises on the non-dual approach to practice. A few choice lines:
“The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.”
“To live in the realization is to be without anxiety about non-perfection.”
During this series, James reads through the text and discusses how we can apply it in our lives.
If you are interested in reading the actual text of this sutra Click Here. |
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2009-05-21
Verses on the Faith Mind by Seng-Tsan (3rd Zen Patriarch of China),
part 2.
59:16
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James Baraz
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Tonight James continues his discussion of Verses on the Faith Mind by Sengstan (3rd Zen Patriarch of China), his favorite piece of dharma wisdom. This week one of the lines from the passage is the source of Joseph Goldstein’s book One Dharma.
"There is one Dharma not many; distinctions arise from the clinging needs of the ignorant."
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2009-05-28
The Storytelling Monk, Swami Sarveshwarananda Giri
55:24
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James Baraz
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Affectionately known as “the Storytelling Monk,” Swami Sarveshwarananda Giri is a French-born Kriya Yoga teacher and founder of the Hariharananda Mission in the USA and in India, and the Ark of Love in South America. For the last sixteen years, he has traveled around the globe teaching Yoga, composing and chanting sacred chants, and providing education and shelter to poor children, widows, and senior citizens in India and South America.
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2009-07-16
On Metta
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James Baraz
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This talk is a version of the talk James will be giving at the upcoming Metta retreat at Spirit Rock.
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2009-07-30
The Woman at the Well
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James Baraz
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Ananda, the Buddha's disciple, while on a mission for the Buddha, requested water to drink from a woman of low cast. The woman protested out of fear that her low caste would contaminate Ananda's holiness; to which Ananada replied, "I ask not for caste but for water." A version of the Buddhist text of this story is available here: http://www.mountainman.com.au/buddha/carus_76.htm
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