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The greatest gift is the gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
2021-08-06
Reflection on goodwill
11:18
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Acknowledge the capacity and willingness we have as humans for goodwill – and the horrific capacity we have for ill will. We use our practice to turn our attention towards goodwill and to exercise our ability to notice and generate heart energies. Metta allows us to put aside harmful energies and thoughts and to be grateful for the expanded state of mind that it brings. Equanimity means staying emotionally present regardless of our reaction to experience. We avoid perfectionist tendencies and ideas about what we should or should not do and maintain a generous heart.
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Sunyata Buddhist Centre
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Open Stability
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2021-07-22
Mettā meditation, Dhamma talk on rains retreat
1:18:41
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Bhante Sujato
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Mettā meditation and Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato at the beginning of the rains retreat: brief introduction to the Buddha's first teaching which marks the establishment of the sangha. The original role of rains retreats as a community event. Rains today during the present Covid lockdown.
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Lokanta Vihara
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2021-07-10
Pervading Love - Guided Meditation
40:21
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Bonnie Duran
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This is a guided meditation starting with Metta for ourselves, then easy people, and ending with neutral people.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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"July Lovingkindness Retreat" with Tempel Smith, Bonnie Duran, MPH, DrPH, John Martin, Sally Armstrong, Marcy Reynolds and Kristina Baré, MFT, SEP
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2021-07-09
Metta/Lovingkindness and Purification of negative mental factors
53:48
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Bonnie Duran
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Metta/Lovingkindness practice strengthens wholesome mental factors and allows us to see more clearly our negative mental factors. Seeing more clearly an important source of our suffering, hate/aversion, we are able to work more directly for our own and others' happiness.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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"July Lovingkindness Retreat" with Tempel Smith, Bonnie Duran, MPH, DrPH, John Martin, Sally Armstrong, Marcy Reynolds and Kristina Baré, MFT, SEP
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2021-07-07
Simple Metta Breathing and Metta Body Scan
40:12
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Tempel Smith
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To form the foundation for loving-kindness meditation we invite the attitude of kindness, calm, and simplicity to our breath and body awareness. For many, this is the most simple and suitable metta meditation, and once embodied this metta meditation becomes the basis for radiating healthy lovingkindness to our selves and all beings. This is also the meditative foundation to ripen the five jhana factors leading to full absorption.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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"July Lovingkindness Retreat" with Tempel Smith, Bonnie Duran, MPH, DrPH, John Martin, Sally Armstrong, Marcy Reynolds and Kristina Baré, MFT, SEP
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2021-06-04
Day 6 Q&A1
34:29
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Is citta able to verbalize/understand words; citta’s role in nightmares; differences between hindrances and fetters; is cultivating bhavana or khanti better for burning off defilements; a lot of pain in the body caused movement in meditation disrupting energy; cultivating mētta; alternative healing methods; startled out of the body when bell rings; locating ancestral exclusions in the body; understanding workings of mind from Abhidhamma perspective vs. contemplation of 4 foundations of mindfulness for realizing non-self; accessing solar plexus during meditation; finding firmness when touching into open spaciousness; musician is torn between music and meditation.
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Cittaviveka
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Clearing the Floods - Dealing with Internal and External Overload
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