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Dharma Talks
2001-05-02 When Things Don't Go Our Way 49:52
Michele McDonald
Instead of pretending to be okay when our beautiful dreams get blown apart, can we learn to respond with compassion, ease and balance?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-05-01 Responding with Wisdom 45:29
Sharda Rogell
Gaia House Retreat with Sharda Rogell

2001-05-01 The Great Heart of Life 50:29
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-05-01 Is Something Lacking ? 43:43
Charles Genoud
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-05-01 Renunciation 58:47
Ajahn Amaro
Renunciation as a path to freedom: contentment and simplicity in everyday life. (Estimated date of talk. Exact date unknown)
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2001-05-01 Emotional Wakefulness 45:51
Christina Feldman
Because of the power of our emotions, we are called upon in this practice to cultivate emotional mindfulness and emotional freedom. What is the interface then between experiencing our feelings fully, and maintaining emotional equanimity, or balance? How can we relate to our emotional life in a way that allows the creative power of our hearts to awaken?

2001-05-01 The Five Powers Of Mind 46:57
Narayan Helen Liebenson
The five powers of mind are confidence, effort, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom. This talk addresses how they balance and work together, bringing inner freedom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-04-30 Teachings of Ajahn Chan 62:32
Jack Kornfield

2001-04-30 The Teaching of Ajahn Chah 63:04
Jack Kornfield
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-04-29 Buddhism and the Red Road 30:09
John Travis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-04-29 Refuge 52:22
Christina Feldman
Taking refuge is an invitation to explore our inner capacity for awakening wisdom and compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-04-25 Taking Difficulties as a Path 64:34
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-04-25 Taking Difficulties as a Path 63:49
Donald Rothberg
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-04-24 The Lion's Roar: Strength, Confidence And Wisdom From The Heart Of Metta 63:24
Marcia Rose
"When the heart enters into the mind, the mind then has quite a different quality." Learning to abide in our practice and in our life as a whole with kindness and patience--the heart of metta--we are then able to respond rather than react to what life offers. Stories woven into this talk are from the time of the Buddha and from our contemporary time that exemplify what the Buddha called "The Lion's Roar."
Mabel Dodge, Taos

2001-04-23 No 'me', No 'i', No 'mine': Liberation In Not Clinging 65:16
Marcia Rose
The essential aim of the Buddha's teaching is toward the understanding that comes through our own direct experience; that there is no person who is a 'self' and no thing- nothing- that is a separate self.
Mabel Dodge, Taos

2001-04-22 Suffering: Its Cause And Its End 1:16:57
Marcia Rose
Through deep understanding, we can find the end of the restlessness of constant craving and resistance; the end of suffering.
Mabel Dodge, Taos

2001-04-21 Seeing the Buddhnature 38:28
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-04-21 The Gateway To Relief 1:13:49
Marcia Rose
Change is the fabric of life; its very essence. How often do we forget, ignore, or distract ourselves from this natural truth and then suffer the consequences? Clearly seeing and accepting impermanence is truly the acceptance of life.

2001-04-21 The Gateway To Relief: Understanding Impermanence 1:14:04
Marcia Rose
Change is the fabric of life; it's very essence. How often do we forget, ignore or distract ourselves from this natural truth and then suffer the consequence? Clearly seeing and accepting impermanence is truly the acceptance of life.
Mabel Dodge, Taos

2001-04-20 Spontaneity and Wise Response 44:52
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2001-04-20 Come See For Yourself: The Power And Presence Of Concentration And Mindfulness 60:00
Marcia Rose
This practice is a path of inquiry, investigation and discovery that we fully participate in and experience for ourselves. By the power of our own attention-mindful awareness, with great interest and energy, we develop a concentrated clarity of presence, taking the time to look very deeply at our own experience of body, mind and heart. Through this process we are able to see and experience the nature of things. This is what leads to the deepest wisdom and happiness. This is what leads to awakening/liberation..
Mabel Dodge, Taos

2001-04-19 Choiceless Awareness In Action 52:54
Larry Rosenberg
Learning to be with whatever appears in our sitting practice is excellent training for the changing and uncertain conditions of daily life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2001-04-18 Paramita Meditation 67:53
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-04-18 The Four Foundations Of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide For Living In The Present 47:38
Michael Grady
Pragmatic mindfulness gives us full, immediate presence.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2001-04-18 Holding Hands 30:10
Sylvia Boorstein
In thinking about the path of awareness and the refining of the heart that is the purpose of Buddhist philosophy, Sylvia suggests that she would like to amend the Eightfold Path to be the "Ninefold Path," adding Right Relationship as the ninthfold. Right Relationship is the sense of connection we feel in the world that holds us up. Hand holding is the metaphor Sylvia uses to symbolize this connection. Hands take us from the womb, and they put us in the grave. In between, it is one big "hand holding."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

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