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Dharma Talks
2003-03-02 Wisdom And Compassion 42:47
Anna Douglas
Through mindfulness, we water the seeds of wisdom and compassion - inherent qualities of our nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-02-26 Embodiment Of Freedom 40:46
Christina Feldman
Understanding emptiness, we learn to embody freedom in all the moments of our lives. The absolute and relative are interwoven--the ground of wisdom and compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Women's Retreat

2003-02-15 Going Home 54:24
Sharon Salzberg
Opening to our experience, having a sense of possibility while being at peace with what is happening. Doing our practice and letting it happen, not making it happen, being witness with compassion and clarity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Vipassana Retreat

2003-02-03 The Brahma Viharas 48:13
Sharon Salzberg
An overview of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity, and how they relate to one another.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta Retreat

2003-01-22 Compassion and Emptiness 39:35
Christina Feldman
Gaia House Gaia House Retreat

2002-12-31 I Wanna Be Kwan Yin 42:45
Sharda Rogell
True practice is knowing that you are already a manifestation of compassion without trying. Knowing that, we let go of what is false and keep returning to our peaceful heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-12-10 A Mind Empowered 5 Ways 34:01
Ayya Medhanandi
Learn how we can refine our mental skills of faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom. Enhanced by right view and a deepened understanding of the Four Noble Truths, these spiritual powers vanquish hatred and fear, nurturing our readiness to forgive, and the blessed qualities of universal loving-kindness and compassion. A talk given during a 10-day retreat at Bodhinyanarama Monastery, Stokes Valley, New Zealand in 2002.
Bodhinyanarama Monastery, Stokes Valley, New Zealand

2002-10-30 Awareness & Compassion 61:25
Carol Wilson
The natural expression of emptiness or anatta is compassion or friendliness. This motivation of heart develops naturally as wisdom and mindfulness deepen and we cannotice this happening both in retreat and in our daily lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-10-18 Self-Judgement And Compassion 61:13
Carol Wilson
Our habit of aversion stems from our not deeply understanding the First Noble Truth, -and thus reacting to difficulty with various forms of denial, resistance, avoidance. When we see that our tendency to judge ourselves is based on misunderstanding the way things are, we can open to our experience with more wisdom and compassion.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2002-10-07 The Five Hindrances with Compassion and Loving Kindness 2:03:35
Ruth Denison
Being present for the hindrances with compassion and loving kindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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