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Dharma Talks
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2025-11-03
Der Dhammaweg, Teil III – Sammlung und Achtsamkeit
42:47
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Renate Seifarth
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Rechte Sammlung und rechte Achtsamkeit bilden den Abschluss des achtfachen Pfades. Es werden die unterschiedlichen Formen von Sammlung erklärt und wozu sie dient. Achtsamkeit ist nicht gleich Achtsamkeit. Es müssen bestimmte Faktoren anwesend sein, dass wir von Achtsamkeit im Sinne der buddhistischen Lehre sprechen können. Das wird anhand des Konzeptes von R.A.I.N. erklärt.
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Seminarhaus Engl
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Vipassana und Karuna Retreat
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2025-11-02
Der Dhammaweg, Teil II
47:50
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Renate Seifarth
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Im weiteren geht es um die nächsten Bereiche des achtfachen Pfades, nämlich rechte Absicht, wofür ein Erkennen unserer Absicht hinter unseren Handlungen gehört. Wissensklarheit ist ein wichtiges Instrument dafür, das wir in der Vipassanapraxis entwickeln. Unsere Absichten führen zu entsprechenden Handeln, als erstes auf der gedanklichen Ebene, dann wie wir handeln und sprechen, ob privat oder beruflich. Für Buddha sind das wesentliche Aspekte unseres Dhammaweges.
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Seminarhaus Engl
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Vipassana und Karuna Retreat
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2025-10-31
Der Dhammaweg, Teil I
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Renate Seifarth
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Zunächst werden die vier Wahrheiten dargestellt, die uns vier Aufgaben präsentieren. Hierbei geht es vor allem um dukkha, einer komplexen vielschichtigen Gegebenheit in unserem Leben, die für den Buddha der Mittelpunkt seiner Lehre bildet. Es gilt dukkha zu überwinden. Buddha beschreibt dazu einen achtfachen Pfad, den wir Schritt für Schritt gehen können. Der erste Bereich ist rechte Sichtweise. Dazu gehören all unsere Konzepte, Vorstellungen, Ansichten, Meinungen über die Welt und über einen Weg zu Glück.
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Seminarhaus Engl
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Vipassana und Karuna Retreat
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2025-10-30
Transition From Settling to Seeing (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
1:49:25
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Tere Abdala-Romano
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This talk explores the gentle transition from shamatha (calm abiding through concentration) to vipassanā (insight), inviting us to cultivate stillness not through effort but through nourishment, (as The Budha did) curiosity, and kindness. It reminds us that the mind’s obstacles—dullness and agitation—are gateways to balance and presence. From this grounded calm, clarity naturally arises, revealing the truth of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and non-self. In resting with things as they are, stillness ripens into seeing, and seeing reveals freedom.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Settling, Seeing, and Spacious Awareness (276R25)
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2025-10-30
Instructions from My Teachers
40:12
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James Baraz
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We all have teachers who've inspired us to see life in a new way. Who have been your inspirations?
What have you learned from them? I thought I'd share some ways that instructions from two of my
teachers--Ram Dass and HWL Poonja (Papaji)-- have shaped how I see the world and how I practice.
The talk includes a recording of a significant dialogue from 1990 with Poonjaji that reconnected me
with my joy.
Here is a link to the dialogue of the Poonjaji satsang where James asked the question
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16TnL2Zev-6r_mZPrgdSxSTaYLoyzdLOg3CnJ2U3D6C8/edit?tab=t.0
Here is a link to the video on Youtube that is over an hour long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrjspK5fHiQ. James is at 23:38
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2025-10-25
Acceptance
1:27:32
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Ayya Santussika
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This guided meditation, dhamma talk, questions and responses was offered on October 25, 2025 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
00:00 - Guided Meditation
16:44 - DHAMMA TALK
28:20 - Q&R
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Karuna Buddhist Vihara
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2025-10-22
Q&A
43:11
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Q1 In sitting meditation I have much less distraction but I feel a sense of torpor. Where does this come from and how can I deal with it? 07:10 Q2 I spend the majority of my life trying to ignore my difficult emotions. Since I began meditation I’ve tried to welcome them all but they take a lot of space. Will it be like this the rest of my life? [A similar one:] I find myself in a deep groove of negativity which is hard to shift. After a couple of decades of practice I am embarrassed by this and find myself more and more isolated from family and friends. [A similar one:] I was bullied as a young teenager which destroyed my self-esteem. How can I secure my heart? 17:20 Q3 Can you explain the difference between citta and consciousness? [A similar one:] How can citta be experienced best? Is it only through phenomena? Can citta be satisfied by internal content and does this help to ease the thirst for sensual gratification? 28:18 Q4 I find it very difficult to do chanting because of difficulty with my throat feeling clogged. 30:20 Q5 My son has had long covid for 4 years and started getting panic attacks. Can you comment please. 33:30 Q5 My question is about violence – not just corporeal violence but also including gossip, jealousy etc. Can you speak to these please?
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Moulin de Chaves
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The Mind Writes, the Heart Sings
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2025-10-22
Bringing Our Practice to Challenging Conversations and Communications, Including with Those with Different Views and Perspectives 2
64:23
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Donald Rothberg
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We continue the exploration from last week, beginning with Donald sharing a few of his experiences of being able to learn and practice when there have been differences of views and even conflicts. Then there is a review of some what we explored last week, including the importance in a functioning democracy of navigating differences of views, some of the factors making that harder in current times, and some of the practice supports for conversations when there are different views—both inner and outer (especially related to wise speech practice). We go further into exploring inner practices helpful when there are differences, including working with reactivity and difficult emotions, exploring views and options, and then the integrated inner and outer practice of cultivating empathy as a practice. The talk is followed by discussion, including several people sharing their own explorations with challenging conversations in the last week.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2025-10-21
Q&A
41:07
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Q1 I couldn't keep up with this morning's talk. Could you talk about the meaning of kalyana? Q2 04:20 What can we doing instead of getting rid of stuff that bothers us? 09:49 Q3 my inner tyrant has been very active. What is it and how can I deal with it? 14:32 Q4 What does "sitting with emotions" mean more concretely? It feels a bit abstract. 22:26 Q5 Is there something like embodied thinking? In other words, how to reflect upon my meditation when words are sankaras? 25:33 Q6 How to create a more permanent sense feeling of safety in the body? 29:28 Q7 My mother has dementia and refuses to acknowledge her situation. She recently fell and broke her hip. My father is struggling to maintain himself, trying to do the best he can. I'm deeply touched by this situation. How can I best integrate this into my practice? 40:20 Q8 Sometimes in QiGong practice I feel a little nauseous. Can you comment please?
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Moulin de Chaves
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The Mind Writes, the Heart Sings
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2025-10-20
Q&A
35:30
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Q1 How can I differentiate whether it's the ghost that's speaking or the thing that I should work harder on. I feel that if I work a little harder I can be a little better. How should I know it's time to stop ... and where to go? Q2 16:18 if done with love can accomplishment make the heart sing? Q3 17:50 How do I stop longing for emotional connection with a partner and of one of my children? I practice with letting go of the wanting but sometimes the longing arises and it's painful. Q4 25:38 Can you explain again the flow of the air on the in-breath. Q5 33:01 could you say something more about walking. When I'm doing it I'm stiff, rigid and can't get the swing.
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Moulin de Chaves
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The Mind Writes, the Heart Sings
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