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The greatest gift is the
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Dharma Talks
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2013-01-17
The Power of Generosity
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James Baraz
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James is joined by Phil Catalfo, who runs the Berkeley Neighborhood Food Project, for a rich discussion about the power of generosity. Giving not only benefits the recipient but the giver as well. While BNFP alleviates the suffering of those who are “food insecure;” it also alleviates the suffering of the donors by providing them a means to process their feelings, thoughts, and memories about food, hunger, abundance, guilt, and so on. Participants report a vastly expanded sense of themselves and become profoundly grateful for the opportunity to experience that. They see that “everybody wins” is an actual option in this world. BNFP Website |
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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IMCB Regular Talks
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2013-01-15
The Unfolding of Metta Practice
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Donald Rothberg
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Weaving in the views and voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday with the teachings of the Buddha on metta, and with observations of how metta practice develops, we explore the spirit of metta practice and themes of living from the awakened heart; developing concentration, purifying and eventually unifying mind, heart and body and opening to our radiant depths, we bring metta to the world.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Metta Retreat
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2013-01-08
Fundamentals of the Dharma: Embodied Action
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Rodney Smith
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Insights remain a dormant potential but not a formative actuality until they are put into action. Action validates the insight and establishes our intention to move in line with its truth. Action overcomes doubt and aligns our cognitive system with our spiritual transformation. It is the essential component for moving our spiritual journey forward. Too often our insights get lost within our conditioned habits and are never brought into the light of day, and therefore never fully position our mental and physical systems to the Dharma.
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Seattle Insight Meditation Society
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Fundamentals of the Dharma
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2013-01-01
A New Year's Day of Practice: Talk and Guided Visualization
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Donald Rothberg
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For "A New Year's Day of Practice: Resting and Re-Visioning," this talk in the afternoon pointed to ways that our practice can work with the three aspects of time: with training in present-centeredness, with studying and eventually letting go of the negative patterns from the past, and with aspiring in the future (in this New Year) to develop in ways that are helpful for both the personal and universal dimensions of awakening. A guided visualization helps us particularly with letting go and being in touch with what calls us from our depths for the next period of time.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2013-01-01
Equanimity
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Christina Feldman
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Equanimity the noble quality of the heart that allows us to meet an unpredictable world, complex relationships and change without being shattered. Also explores the way the Buddha used equanimity as a description of liberation.
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Gaia House
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New Year Retreat
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