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Dharma Talks
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2024-10-30
Being a Bodhisattva: Connecting Inner and Outer Practice 2
63:48
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Donald Rothberg
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We begin with a review of last week's talk and exploration, on being a bodhisattva in our times. The theme was inspired by Donald's experience teaching two retreats north of Asheville, NC during Hurricane Helene and being inspired by the response of the retreat center, Southern Dharma, both locally near the center and in Asheville, combining community, inner practices, and helping others. In this session, we look first more at the traditional understanding of the bodhisattva, both in the context of the Buddha's teachings and later Theravada, and then Mahayana. We bring in images of the archetypcal bodhisattvas, Avalokiteshvara, Tara, Kwan Yin, and Manjushri, as well as examples of the vows of bodhisattvas, and an outline of the training of a bodhisattva in the ten paramitas (or "perfections"). We then ask about the nature of a contemporary bodhisattva, pointing to how connecting inner work and helping others can be a corrective to exclusively outer-oriented forms of activism and exclusively inner-oriented forms of Buddhist practice, in the context of a number of systemic crises that are facing us. After then looking at some of the capacities of a contemporary bodhisattva, we invite bodhisattva vows from those attending and hear from many. Discussion follows.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2024-10-29
Ich-en und die befreiende Einsicht in die Leerheit
44:05
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Renate Seifarth
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Eine der täuschenden Aktivitäten unserer Wahrnehmung lässt den Eindruck eines soliden Ichs entstehen. Daraus entwickeln sich vielfältige Formen des Dünkels. Ein genauer Blick enthüllt die Wechselhaftigkeit des Ichs, so dass wir weniger in unserem Bild von uns selbst gefangen sind. Wir erleben größere Freiheit und Verbundenheit.
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Seminarhaus Engl
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Vipassana und Metta Retreat
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2024-10-29
Anatta or Not Self
22:15
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Anushka Fernandopulle
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This talk explores the skillful view of Not Self. What we call our self is actually a conglomerate of many aspects, all of which are changing. None of the things that we identify with as ourselves have an essential "me" in them. This can be investigated in different domains of experience, from the body to emotions to the mind.
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Big Bear Retreat Center
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Three Views for Freedom
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2024-10-28
Walking the Path pre-election
46:30
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Kate Munding
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Where do we place our hearts in these times that are so uncertain, so divided, and stressful? What does our practice and this Buddhist path have to offer in terms of guidance and refuge to help us navigate? Tonight's talk will investage both of these questions in a way that is intended to offer a place for the body to ground and the heart to open.
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Assaya Sangha
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2024-10-27
Achtsamkeit – was ist das?
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Renate Seifarth
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Der Begriff Achtsamkeit oder Gewahrsein in der buddhistischen Praxis kann sich von unserem normalen Verständnis unterscheiden. Es wird genau geklärt, was darunter verstanden wird und wie Achtsamkeit praktiziert werden soll. Ein Kürzel dafür kann R.A.I.N. sein, was für Bemerken, Erkennen, Akzeptieren, interessiert erforschen und nicht damit identifizieren steht.
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Seminarhaus Engl
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Vipassana und Metta Retreat
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2024-10-26
Liebe gibt dem Leben einen Sinn
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Renate Seifarth
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Metta als grundlegende Haltung mit der wir Menschen und Erfahrungen begegnen wirkt erfüllend und heilsam. Zahlreiche Personen aus allen spirituellen Traditionen weisen darauf hin. Durch die Mettameditationspraxis lässt sich eine solche Haltung von grundlegendem Wohlwollen in uns verankern, die wir unabhängig von Launen, Reaktionen, Emotionen in uns bewahren können. So wird diese Haltung zu einer Kraft, mit der wir auch bei verletzenden Erfahrungen die Orientierung bewahren können.
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Seminarhaus Engl
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Vipassana und Metta Retreat
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2024-10-23
Being a Bodhisattva: Connecting Inner and Outer Practice
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Donald Rothberg
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We start with Donald's experience of being at Southern Dharma Retreat Center in North Carolina, north of Asheville, teaching two retreats during Hurricane Helene, some four weeks ago, and how staff and community members have responded during and in the weeks since the hurricane, grounded in community and their inner practices. Such a response, linking inner practice and the outer support and help of others, resonates with the aspiration of the Bodhisattva, one dedicated to awakening and to meeting the needs of others. We explore some of the qualities and capacities of the bodhisattva, including being in touch with freedom and awakening, navigating difficulties and painful experiences skillfully, and following the challenging teaching of acting fully without attachment to the outcome or fruits of one's actions. The talk is followed by discussion.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2024-10-21
Q&A
1:16:28
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Ajahn Sucitto
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00:29 Q1 Could you talk about working with distraction? 07:27 Q2 Karma and the end of karma. 27:48 Q3 What carries on [when we die]?What doesn’t carry on? 33:52 Q4 Could you recommend a book or a source that discusses this [the phases of transition]? 45:36 Q5 What is the difference between awareness and consciousness? 50:42 Q6 So when we say: ‘Be the knowing’, that is resting in awareness? 51:40 Q7 Could you speak about how you got on this path?
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On the road
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2024-10-19
Anger, Forgiveness, and Gratitude
18:00
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Ayyā Anuruddhā
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How can we remain calm and inwardly strong when we feel anger or fear, greed or grief? Meditate with new eyes – keen, open, attentive, and dare to forgive even difficult feelings or troubling conditions. Stay present, stop and witness fear's end, because stopping to see is just like turning on a light. There is more clarity to know fear as impermanent, and to observe the nuance of the fear of fear itself. It's not my fear or my anger but unpleasant sensation. So we depersonalize and pour gratitude into the new moment with the quintessential balm of peace – forgiveness.
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Madison Insight Meditation Group
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Noble Mind, Fearless Heart
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