00:19 Q1 What is the relationship between citta and yoniso manisikara? 05:27 Q2 Faith arises with the ability of the citta to realize the origins of suffering. Nekkhamma is the release anticipation of suffering [?]. Confusion arises here. The process of renunciation for the citta rather than thought. Is this the point where the felt sense doesn’t push forward or stand and enters the path? 08:45 Q3 After the high school shooting 96 km northwest of us that left 4 dead, we can feel the heat. False alarms on social media, another layer of community anxiety and mistrust arises. Our community is predominately black, transient, low income, familiar with violence. … How to step back and recognize the citta is unbalanced? How to avoid being too aggressive and suspicious? 11:12 Q4 How to skillfully investigate myself with a very challenging individual at work?13:01 Q5 When I started mediating 20 years ago I was taught that forgiveness was a preliminary practice to metta. This makes sense to me, especially with the deep groove of self-criticism I see in my mind. 13:56 Q6 I am chronically ill living a restricted and isolated life. It is a great joy but I feel remote from any attainment. Do you have any advice? 14:58 Q7 I recognize a form of vibhava tanha in nihilism that manifests as an inability to move forward in life. As I pondered this i came across a phrase : “Contemplate the dhamma body” and it felt so good.

An Online Dharma Hall session includes a Guided Meditation, a Dharma Talk, and responses to unrecorded questions. A three-part series examining the role of passion, compassion, and dispassion on the Buddha's path to peace. This week, how we get fired up, impassioned, and passionate. Looking at where that is beneficial and when it isn't.

Gleichmut ist eines von vier Brahmaviharas und einer der sieben Erwachensfaktoren. Er ist die innere Stabilität und Unerschütterlichkeit, die sich von äusseren Bedingungen nicht aus dem Gleichgewicht bringen lässt, und er ist die Fähigkeit, selbst in stürmischen Zeiten inneren Frieden zu finden. Gleichmut hilft uns, soziale Beziehungen harmonischer zu gestalten und Situationen, die wir nicht kontrollieren können, zu akzeptieren.

This talk explores the teaching on impermanence (anicca), the first of the three marks of existance, and how seeing and embracing inconstancy can lead to peace.

This dhamma talk and Q&A was offered on December 14, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - DHAMMA TALK 19:38: - Q&A

Morning reflection and contemplating death as a way to bring bring the mind back into presence.

Das Gewahrsein ist das Feld von Bewusstsein, in dem alle Erfahrungen erlebt werden. Wir können lernen, darauf achtsam zu sein, statt auf die Inhalte der Erfahrung. Dieses Achtsam-sein auf das Gewahrsein, oder 'Gewahrsein des Gewahrseins' ist ein Weg zu einer inneren Stille, ein Heimkommen. Es bietet eine Zuflucht und die Möglichkeit, uns in einer nicht-identifizierten Weise auf die Erfahrung zu beziehen.

Working with emotions (energy in motion) using RAFT -- R: Recognize; A: Allow; F: Feel in the Body; T: Tenderness.

In der Praxis kann es Herausforderungen geben, mit denen wir umgehen lernen müssen. Der Buddha beschrieb die fünf Hindernisse Verlangen, Aversion, Trägheit und Mattheit, Ruhelosigkeit und Besorgnis sowie Zweifel. Im Vortrag werden die fünf Hindernisse beschrieben. Wie können wir mit ihnen praktizieren?

Guided Meditation on Embodiment, Compassion and Impermanence

In der Vipassana-Praxis üben wir eine absichtsvolle statt reizgesteuerte Aufmerksamkeit. Wir üben Achtsamkeit in Form der vier Vergegenwärtigungen und kontemplieren unser ganzes Erleben, um Weisheit zu kultivieren.

When our body and mind is relaxed, we become filled with a very awake, dynamic quality of presence. This meditation guides us in relaxing, opening our senses and resting in the vastness and inherent freedom of our own natural awareness.

In a world where the pace and magnitude of change is beyond anything ever experienced by humans, we are being called to cultivate the qualities of calm, inner balance and a steady, wise heart. These two talks look at the conditioning that fuels our emotional reactivity, and the practices that cultivate equanimity, resilience and a full, openhearted presence. We dedicate to these practices for the sake of our own freedom, and the wellbeing of all beings.

Reflections on the Progression of Insight

We continue to explore the intersection of our more inner practice and our practice with the larger world, including the U.S. post-election world. Our starting point is seeing how widespread and predominant the emotions of anger and fear are in our society. We look particularly at the nature of anger and how to practice with it, especially in terms of our own anger but also in terms of the anger of others. Anger, it has been said, is the most confusing emotion in Western civilization, seen often over the last 2500 years sometimes as both entirely as negative and sometimes as a quality that manifests, for example, in the Jewish prophets, Jesus, and God. There's a confusion also among Western Buddhists, who may have conditioning related to aversion to anger combined with following problematic translations of terms like dosa (entirely negative in the Buddhist context) as "anger" (not entirely negative in the contemporary Western context). Based on these explorations of the nature of anger, we look at how to practice with anger individually, especially through mindful investigation of anger and how anger can lead either to reactivity and the formation of reactive views of self and/or other, or to skillful action. We also explore practicing with the anger of others through empathy practice. The talk is followed by discussion and sharing, including of the experiences of practicing with anger from several people. The meditation before the talk includes a guided exploration of an experience of anger in the last third of the meditation period (the meditation is also on Dharma Seed).

We begin with basic instructions on settling, developing concentration, and mindfulness, with a few reminders to be present. Around 2/3 into the 40-minute meditation is a guided exploration of an experience of anger (the theme of the talk that follows is on understanding and practicing with anger).

Reflection & Guided Meditation