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Dharma Talks in English
2009-03-24 Ten Paramis: Renunciation (1) 57:49
Rodney Smith
Pausing to see what is important, and appreciating the space the pause offers.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-03-24 Getting Impermanence 29:37
Ajahn Sucitto
The Buddha’s last words were: ‘All sankhārā are impermanent; make an effort with diligence.’ Is there a place where self, other, past, future don’t happen? That’s what we meditate for. It takes us under the froth to the root of where the turbulence is coming from. These formative patterns have energy, but through bearing presence, they gradually lose their intensity and dissolve.
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

2009-03-23 Disempowering the Judging Mind 58:45
Myoshin Kelley
Looking at the comparing mind and the conceit of "I am"
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-03-23 The Practice and Fruition of Renunciation 41:27
Christina Feldman
Renunciation is taught in this tradition as the practice of happiness and freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 25th Anniversary of the Women’s Retreat

2009-03-22 The Joy of Sila Parami 53:04
Trudy Goodman
Understanding sila as the foundation of Karma and inspiring stories. How sila as respect and love can become a default setting for us -- The Buddha said sila is his dharma heir, our teacher.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation March Month Long

2009-03-22 Quarterly Refuges & Precepts 31:17
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-03-22 Absolute Honesty 28:48
Ajahn Sucitto
People talk about absolute truth, but what about absolute honesty? Honesty about craving and clinging. Craving and clinging focus on pleasure, but through following that we get addicted. To get off that, the recommendation is to cultivate enlightenment factors for support. Develop an inner axis, use one’s collectedness as a prop.
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

2009-03-21 7 Factors 56:00
John Travis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation March Month Long

2009-03-21 Spaciousness 51:22
Christina Feldman
Spaciousness, born of understanding the nature of contracted, is the climate of the heart prevaded with ease and kindness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 25th Anniversary of the Women’s Retreat

2009-03-21 Volition and The Rut of i am 46:09
Ajahn Sucitto
Generally, mind becomes tangled with concerns for the future, planning, wanting things to be completed, finished. But nothing is solid or definite; it’s never quite right. This is the First Noble Truth. In meditation we take attention off the topic to how am I handling the topic: how am I affected, does this lead to more suffering or less? Open, soften, let it travel through.
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

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