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Dharma Talks
2024-02-24 Q&A 43:11
Ajahn Sucitto
Q1 Yesterday I had this thought that there is no shame in suffering. I'm wondering what is noble about the noble about the suffering in the first noble truth. Q2 06:17 Could you differentiate between awareness and consciousness? Q3 16:18 Please speak about bowing. Q4 20:39 Do you start and end your day with any reflections or recollections or practices? Q5 28:03 What is happening when right view and release become partially obscured again after right view has been attained? Why is it becoming obscured? Is cultivation of the empty field the main practice then and purification? Q6 33:32 It's taken several retreats to uncover this tremendous sense of guilt. When it arises it makes sense to avoid reconstructing the stories. the habit is to shut down the feeling. It appears as a pain in the chest. It shifts to holding back tears. Is this karma rather than the person?
Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat :  Cultivating the Empty Field

2024-02-24 Morning reflection: reading of part of a sutta on the 5 aggregates. 21:33
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge February 2024

2024-02-23 The Four Noble Truths (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:40
Jaya Rudgard
Reflections on the four noble truths, particularly on craving (tanha) and its abandoning.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-23 Q&A 51:13
Ajahn Sucitto
Q1 Is chi a teaching of the buddha? How does it affect dhamma practice? Q2 12:25 How do you know when the body is telling you something? Q3 20:25 When sitting if truly inspired thoughts arise, do we treat them the same as we would any other thoughts? Letting them go? Is there no value in storing them for later contemplation? Q4 24:31 Attention and intention, which comes first? How does restraint work in relation to these two for well-being? Q5 36:15 I've heard teachers translate upekkha in other words other ways other than equanimity. Equipoise or perspective, clear perspective. Do you have any insights you can share please? Q6 40:26 I investigate the causes of my suffering. Sometimes I get the impression that some of it may have been handed over through body memories by past generations. Sort of unfinished business. Can you comment on this? Q7 43:04 Can you comment on the importance of rituals and symbols, and one's ancestral language and healing tools. How can they be used to transform whatever I may be carrying from my ancestors? Q8 48:43 Can you speak more about the power of craving?
Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat :  Cultivating the Empty Field

2024-02-23 Vulnerability and Awareness 50:23
Rebecca Bradshaw
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC February 2024

2024-02-23 How we know who we are 54:58
Ajahn Sucitto
Examining the mechanisms of the body-mind we see the absence of identity and the presence of experience in consciousness.
Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat :  Cultivating the Empty Field

2024-02-23 Tools for examining direct experience 26:13
Ajahn Sucitto
Looking into dhammas means looking into the mental, psychological and emotional experiences that arise and saturate, that we cling to.
Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat :  Cultivating the Empty Field

2024-02-22 talk: Death contemplation, gratitude and muditā practice 33:29
Jill Shepherd
Auckland Insight Meditation Auckland Insight meetings

2024-02-22 Building the path to our best home: how to work with grief, and shame that can hinder Metta 51:24
Jessica Morey
This talk explores obstacles to Metta, with a focus on shame and grief, as well as their distinction to hiri and ottappa
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Lovingkindness Retreat

2024-02-22 The Six Sense Spheres (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:02
John Martin
Includes a reading of the Bahiya Sutta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

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