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2009-01-21 The Courage To Awaken 1:17:43

Tara Brach

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Courage is the greatness of heart that allows us, in the face of fear, to be true to what matters. This talk is a reflection on how we can become increasingly courageous in those parts of our lives where we have held back from living and loving fully.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-01-21 Starting with Right View 53:37
Mark Nunberg	Download Listen
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Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-01-21 Gentling The Mind 36:42
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cultivating a softer happier state of being is valuable in its own right, and also has a profound purpose – to release mental programs that bind us and restrict us, so we can experience a greater sense of ease and freedom.
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2009-01-20 Practice Q and A 58:13
Rodney Smith	Download Listen
Seattle Insight Meditation Society

2009-01-20 Emptying the Boulders of the Mind 43:10
Thanissara	Download Listen
Using the breath to steady the mind, to reflect on impermanence and to see ‘non ownership’ The boulder is not heavy if you don’t pick it up This is ‘how it is’ – methods to access the third noble truth Replacing reactivity with mindfulness – the flood stopper
Dharmagiri : Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-19 The First Noble Truth 53:48
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
How a skillful engagement with suffering leads to greater ease.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge : January 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-01-19 Through the Gateway of Dukkha 40:19
Kittisaro	Download Listen
The 4 truths that en-noble as we grow through them The 8 kinds of Dukkha – Anando, ex marine & monk, bowing through anger Death is also impermanent, seeing through impermanence, one touches peace. When the causes of dukkha break up, it ceases - revealing the timeless dharma.
Dharmagiri : Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-19 The End of Mark Making 37:39
Kittisaro	Download Listen
The tendency of the proliferating mind to designate permanence to the transitory through the process of thought Papanca – conceptual proliferation creates the billion fragments of the world The Diamond Sutra – The Guest and the Host What remains? Kappa’s question to the Buddha
Dharmagiri

2009-01-18 Suffering as Opportunity 37:19
Thanissara	Download Listen
The Buddha’s reluctance to teach The first turning of the Dhamma wheel The Four Noble truths and accompanying practices Contemplating desire – resolving dukkha – the primary split.
Dharmagiri : Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-18 The Four Noble Truths 41:33
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community