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Dharma Talks
2016-02-25 Mindfulness and Compassion: Protecting Oneself and Others 41:53
Shaila Catherine
This is the 4th talk in a 5-part speaker series titled "Balanced Practice." Shaila Catherine explores the compassion of protecting others and the wisdom of protecting oneself through the practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness guards the mind and protects the mind from sliding into actions based upon unwholesome tendencies. Mindfulness also protects us from the unmindful actions that could easily cause harm. Mindfulness has a capacity of naturally drawing everything into balance, so the mind progresses with a balance of effort and ease, of tranquility and investigation, and of calm concentrated state and engaged state.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Balanced Practice

2016-02-24 How a Poised Mind Creates Compassion 61:29
Sylvia Boorstein
How a poised mind creates compassion
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2016-02-17 Compassion Wakes Up 58:11
Pamela Weiss
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2016-02-16 Day 17 Brahma Vihara Instructions: Compassion: Neutral and difficult person 47:23
James Baraz
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-15 Day 16: Brahma Vihara Instructions: Compassion: Suffering person, benefactor and dear friend 47:13
Guy Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-10 The 4 qualities of the Heart, Benevolence and Compassion - Yoga on the Park 1:26:19
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight TNI Regular Talks

2016-02-08 Morning Instrtuctions 48:00
Beth Sternlieb
Loving awareness - mindfulness and compassion arising together
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Wisdom of Equanimity: Insight Meditation Retreat

2016-02-06 Making Friends with the Judging Mind 59:10
James Baraz
Most of us have a strong habit of not measuring up to our idealized standards of who we would like to be. Understanding this habit with compassion and learning to skillfully work with it as practice can become a potent doorway to awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Month-long

2016-02-02 Recollection of Generosity 32:29
Dawn Neal
This is the third talk is a speaker series titled "Recollective Meditations." Dawn Neal discussed the roles of compassion and intention in giving gifts. Recollecting generosity closely relates to the practice of recollecting the Buddha, because it is out of compassion that the Buddha shared his Path of awakening. There are various forms of generosity, including sharing the Dhamma, sharing material things, renunciation, generous attitude (i.e., giving oneself completely to the service of others), and charity (i.e., giving without expecting reciprocity).
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Recollective Meditations

2016-01-30 Working Compassionately with Who and What we Are 63:04
Fiona Nuttall
Gaia House A Taste of Chan

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