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Dharma Talks
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2025-02-28
Intro to Lovingkindness class 2
63:28
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Dawn Neal
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Homework for this class is:
Daily meditation: 15-20 minutes per day if new, normal amount if experienced.
--At least 2/3 metta for easy being/benefactor & self. (start with easy being if it’s helpful).
--Up to 1/3 mindfulness (or end with a bit of mindfulness).
--If it gets challenging, return to where it’s easy.
2. Micro-practice: Stop, notice, appreciate, kindness/positive regard for self or others: Appreciation, gratitude, or inspiration as a form of mindfulness. If you don’t notice in daily life, recall/write down a few in the evening.
Due to a recording error, the second mini lecture was not recorded.
The topic was the Buddhist and Scientific rationales for cultivating lovingkindness for oneself. The scientific study referenced is entitled "Open Hearts Build Lives," by Barbara Fredrickson, et al.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=-0XLchUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=-0XLchUAAAAJ:geHnlv5EZngC
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Insight Santa Cruz
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Introduction to Mettā (lovingkindness) meditation
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2025-02-23
As the Hollow Reed Becomes a Flute
28:31
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Ayya Medhanandi
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There is a transcendent Reality – inaccessible to the thought world – but to be known with right mindfulness and its accompanying powers of mind, patiently developed and polished day by day. These skills we learn provide tremendous traction to cultivate the mind, like gardeners watering the seeds of awakening. At the root of this uplifting spiritual training is the fundamental premise of our mortality. But are you ready to sit at the altar of the sublime and to have your illusions shattered? Like the hollow reed that becomes a flute, empty yourself of fear and be the pure love you seek.
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Ottawa Buddhist Society
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2025-02-23
Spiritual Solidarity
36:41
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Amita Schmidt
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This talk explores ways to increase your Spiritual Solidarity, both inner and outer, during difficult times. Included are ways to regulate your nervous system, and also connect with your deeper purpose.
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Clintonville Sangha Ohio
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2025-02-23
The Audacity of Joy
2:40
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Amita Schmidt
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A response to a question about feeling joy during difficult times. The student was concerned that feeling joy might decrease connections with others who are suffering. They also felt some guilt about feeling joy when others were in pain.
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Clintonville Sangha Ohio
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