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Dharma Talks
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2024-10-05
Q&A
21:13
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The original questions were live. They have been précised and read by a third person.
Q1 A woman asks: I have a sister who's in a care home and lives far away. She's younger than I and I feel a degree of responsibility and want to help her. It's been discovered there's been some theft from her bank account which she has control over. The police and care home staff are involved. So the teaching on activation seems very appropriate for me. I'm noticing that my activation to get involved seems to take me over is getting really difficult to handle. What can you repeat or recommend?
03:02 Q2 I find as I practice more and more, I am less willing to deal with worldly things like money, focusing on the future. There's also a sense of contentment with the way things are. How can I go about my practice as this unfolds?
05:51 Q3 My question is similar to the previous one, finding opportunities to reflect internally rather than be wrapped up in work and everything. These opportunities exist and have improved but they seem to be fewer than I would like. How can I incorporate this with having to live my everyday life? I feel I can't leave everything and just go like the Buddha did and I don't seem satisfied with my current situation. Anything else you can offer?
10:19 Q4 Regarding the kandhas, did the Buddha or could you recommend any dedicated formal practice in this area?
15:39 Q5 I've recently extricated myself from a 5-year relationship which was very difficult for me. It seems like when we extricate ourselves from an arrangement like this it seems like it's become just a dream. All the entanglement and energy put into it and then it just ... ends. I'm asking myself 'Was there ever any love, any care?' And it seems very shocking and it seems like the whole of life is like that. Part of me wants to reach out and say: 'Did you care?' But it's over and that seems pointless. Could you say something about that please?
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Dhamma Stream Online Sessions
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2024-10-05
Die acht weltlichen Winde
31:51
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Renate Seifarth
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Gewinn und Verlust, Ehre und Verachtung, Lob und Tadel, Freude und Leid werden die acht weltlichen Winde genannt, die alle treffen, Erwachte und Nicht-Erwachte. Begegnet der Weise diesen Erfahrungen mit dem Wissen um die Wirklichkeit der Veränderung, findet jedoch kein Hängen statt und ist erlöst vom Leiden.
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Waldhaus am Laacher See
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Vipassana und Karuna
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2024-10-04
Zuflucht und Vertrauen in den Weg
50:49
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Renate Seifarth
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Buddha lehrte einen radikal anderen Weg zu inneren Glück. Anfängliches Vertrauen bringt uns auf den Weg, das sich im Laufe unserer Praxis als tragfähig erweisen muss. Ein Drehpunkt in unserer Praxis erfolgt, wenn wir soweit von dem Weg überzeugt sind, dass das Potential zu Erwachen, die Lehre und Weisheiten darin sowie die Gemeinschaft der Praktizierenden unsere Zuflucht werden. Die Zuflucht braucht Nahrung durch Pflege dieser Ausrichten und äußerlich oder innerlich durch die Zufluchtnahme erfolgen. Dennoch können Zweifel immer wieder auftauchen. Achtsamkeit wiederum entwickelt unsere Fähigkeit zu vertrauen, uns auf das Ungewisse im neuen Moment einzulassen.
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Waldhaus am Laacher See
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Vipassana und Karuna
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2024-10-03
Weisheit und Mitgefühl – Teil 2
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Renate Seifarth
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Mitgefühl mit unbekannten Personen fordert die Fähigkeit mich mit ihnen zu verbinden und unsere Ähnlichkeit als fühlendes Wesen zu spüren. Durch entsprechende Reflexionen können wir dies in uns lebendig werden lassen. Im Dhamma reflektieren wir über unseren existenziellen Bogen von Geburt über Kränkeln, Altern und Sterben oder darüber, dass wir ähnliche Wünsche und Ängste teilen. Mitgefühl mit schwierigen Personen oder Feinden wiederum braucht die tiefe Einsicht, dass Hass und Grausamkeit als Reaktionen uns selber schaden. In unserer Praxis nähren wir die Entschlossenheit diese beiden Geistesgifte zu überwinden.
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Waldhaus am Laacher See
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Vipassana und Karuna
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2024-10-02
The Courage to Say Yes – A Conversation with Tara and poet, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Tara Brach
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I ran across acclaimed poet, Rosemerry Trommer, several years ago in a volume where she shares about the loss of her son, Finn, who took his life at age 16. I had never read anything on grieving that touched me so deeply, that held so much wisdom, such a deep affirmation of love. I went on to read her collection All the Honey, and now her new one, The Unfolding. These books are filled with Post-its: I didn’t realize how much I needed Rosemerry’s words to remind me of what most matters. In our interview, we talk about the key themes in her poems: grief, love, opening to what’s difficult and what’s beautiful… saying yes to life.
The Unfolding, by Rosemerry Wahtola Tromer, will help you remember the loving that most matters, and to say Yes to this precious life. This is a wonderful gift to your own spirit, and for dear ones in your life! Order Rosemerry’s books, here!
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2024-10-02
Weisheit und Mitgefühl – Teil 1
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Renate Seifarth
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Die Entwicklung von Weisheit durch Vipassana und die Entwicklung von Mitgefühl, Karuna gehören beide zum 8-fachen Befreiungsweg. Man spricht auch von den zwei Flügeln der Praxis. Erläutert wird, wie sie zusammenhängen, einander brauchen und wo im 8-fachen Pfad darauf hingedeutet wird. Wie können wir Mitgefühl entwickeln? Abhängig von unterschiedlichen Personengruppen zeigen sich unterschiedliche Schwierigkeiten. Beleuchtet werden in Teil 1 diejenigen, die bei sich selbst, bei Wohltätern und Freunden auftreten können.
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Waldhaus am Laacher See
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Vipassana und Karuna
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2024-09-26
Noble Rescue
24:25
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Ayya Medhanandi
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How can we rescue ourselves from the obstacles to our happiness? We must not disregard the power of awareness in the present moment to vanquish suffering. For in this very moment is everything we need to know. All moments, whether tainted or blessed, are conditioned by their predecessor. Without care and discernment, vigilance and integrity, we could easily fall into states of decline. Ill-will begets enmity, while joy begets ease and serenity, and each moment is the mother of the next. So too, stepping into the joys of life as it unfolds, we live by the best qualities we can reap. One bare insight into truth and we know what we truly are. Then we open the gates to the Deathless.
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Sati Saraniya Hermitage
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2024-09-26
Like an Instrument with Sarah Marie Hopf
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James Baraz
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How might you let Life play you like an instrument? In this talk James shares the evening with Sarah-Marie Hopf, a good friend, dedicated practitioner, coach and meditation teacher who shares about her journey of progressively deepening trust in the dharma and our True Nature and opening to what wants to flow effortlessly from the mystery into form. Becoming an unexpected singer-songwriter, she shares the origin story of her first album “Modern Mantras” which was inspired by songs that came through her spontaneously during a month long Spirit Rock retreat.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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