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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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2011-04-28
7. Equanimity (upekkha)
54:04
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James Baraz
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Seventh and final talk in an 8-week series on the 7 Factors of Awakening that began with an overview on March 10, 2011.
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2011-05-19
Embodying Passion Through Expression
53:52
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James Baraz
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There is a certain aliveness that comes when we speak honestly in a
vulnerable, yet clear communication. It aligns us with our truth and we
become authentic and wisely powerful. But it's often not easy to do that.
I've based this talk on my son Adam's final thesis from Naropa University
where he recently graduated with a B.A. in somatic and contemplative
psychology. I was quite impressed and moved by it. It made me think. I
wanted to share it as we explore Wise Speech together.
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2011-07-07
You Have a Choice
49:35
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James Baraz
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We each have our own unique journey. While there are as many different possibilities as there are people, we have a choice whether to go through life as a heavy assignment or as an extraordinary adventure of awakening. If we're fortunate enough to discover a spiritual path that supports the latter, we want to make the most of our opportunity.
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2011-07-10
Kalyana Mitta (KM) Groups Workshop on Wise Speech (with Dawn Neal)
2:12:33
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Donald Rothberg
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KALYANA MITTA (KM) GROUPS Workshop held Sun, Jul 10, 1:30 – 4:30 at the Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley for current and prospective facilitators or hosts of KM groups with Spirit Rock teacher Donald Rothberg and Dawn Neal. The focus was on Wise Speech in the context of small groups, and how to address challenging situations.
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2011-07-14
Life Coming Together As You
51:55
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James Baraz
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The teaching of Anatta (not self) points to the fact that from the perspective of ultimate reality we are not separate entities to whom life happens. All the people in our life who’ve inspired and impacted us live through us even after they are gone. And we in turn impact the lives of many others and live through them. This talk includes a guided practice to understand anatta from this perspective—that the love we’ve received from others and pass on doesn’t belong to any of us.
James dedicated this talk to his father Arnold, who would have been 93 today; it begins with a moving reminiscence of their relationship.
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2011-07-21
The Wise Compassionate Heart
58:06
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Heather Sundberg
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In this talk Heather discusses the wisdom aspects of compassion, such as the three characteristics of existence (change, stress, impersonality), explores obstacles to experiencing the compassionate heart, and presents daily
life practices of compassion in action. The evening concludes with shares from the sangha on their personal compassion practices.
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2011-09-08
The Shorter Discourse on Ways of Undertaking Things
52:43
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James Baraz
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The Buddha says:
There are 4 ways of undertaking things.
There is a way undertaking things that is pleasant now and ripens in the future as pain.
There is a way undertaking things that is painful now and ripens in the future as pain.
There is a way undertaking things that is painful now and ripens in the furter as pleasure.
There is a way undertaking things that is pleansont now and ripens in the future as pleasure.
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2011-10-06
Understanding Sankhara
40:56
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Tempel Smith
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A practical and wise exploration of ways in which our wanting things to be static and unchanging, especially with regard to our mental and emotional patterns, limits our lives and creates suffering. The evening ends with a discussion.
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2011-11-10
From Cynicism to Love
42:08
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James Baraz
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When our hopes for a better world or better personal life are dashed, we can become cynical and begin to assume that forces of greed and hatred will win out over forces of consciousness and love. How can we keep our hearts open in the face of personal and societal disappointment?
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2011-12-08
Seeing Beyond Appearances
47:44
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James Baraz
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Bay Area musician, composer and dharma student Ben Rivers speaks about what it’s like to live with severe disability from Parkinson's and Lyme diseases. He shares about his life as we explore seeing beyond appearances, relating to someone who seems different as not so different, with their own unique gifts and challenges.
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2011-12-15
Cultivating a Bodhisattva Heart
55:06
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James Baraz
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We don’t have to wait to take Bodhisattva vows to practice the Bodhisattva attitude of being there for another’s suffering. In this talk we explore principles and practices to cultivate compassion—the heart of the Bodhisattva ideal—including 1) developing a caring heart towards those we may not feel an affinity and 2) holding the pain we feel at another’s suffering with wise discernment.
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