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Dharma Talks
1999-03-14 The Liberating News Of Impermanence 53:41
Sylvia Boorstein
Everything arises and passes away, like the breath. How to not be frightened by this or experience "existential angst" from inevitable loss in connection is often what brings us into practice. Liberation is in the heart that is wide enough to hold joy as well as the greatest pain of loss. In managing inevitable loss, we become kinder, softer, gentler and much more careful. To liberate "fixed point of view," we stay awake and attentive, always open for new insights to our stories about ourselves and others. Views change, bodies change, relationships change, but what does not change is the capacity of the heart to respond with compassion and lovingkindness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-03-10 Compassion 59:00
Jack Kornfield

1999-02-28 Compassion And Wisdom 59:52
Kamala Masters
integration of the understanding of wisdom practice and compassion
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Heart (3 days)

1999-02-28 The Dharma Of Horton 57:07
Sylvia Boorstein
teachings of patience, which lead to compassion and wisdom
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1999-02-18 Finding Our Natural Compassion 51:25
Myoshin Kelley
Compassion is classically described as the quivering or trembling of the heart in response to suffering. Our habituated responses may be to deny or repress our suffering. As we learn to open to suffering with a balanced mind, we discover the natural responsiveness of the heart which brings us into a relationship of care and concern for the world we live in.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1999-01-04 Wisdom, Compassion & Tonglen 1:14:50
Lama Palden

1999-01-01 Compassion 52:34
Anna Douglas

1998-12-30 Awakening Through Shame 52:04
Tara Brach
Much of our suffering is due to a pervasive and often buried sense of core deficiency. This talk investigates the source of self-aversion, how it hides and the enormous healing and freedom that is possible when this life-binding experience of shame is brought into compassionate awareness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1998-12-03 Compassion and the Paramis 61:02
Sylvia Boorstein

1998-11-22 Seeing In A New Way 55:25
Sylvia Boorstein
Vipassana means seeing things clearly. When we are overwhelmed, our view can become inhibited. Like a miracle, seeing from a different view allows us to see and do in a different way. All we need is one moment of clarity to feel freedom, and all else passes. Meditation is one revelation after another, leading one to see with more kindness and compassion for the benefit of all beings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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