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2022-05-22 Week 2 - Guided Meditation (1) 21:01
Juha Penttilä
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Gaia House :  Exploring Vedana (Online Series)

2022-05-22 05 talk: facing up to impermanence, endings, loss 15:27
Jill Shepherd
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Following a reading on the passing of the Buddha, reflecting on the truth of impermanence and how none of us are immune to it; moving into a ritual to acknowledge recent losses, and strengthen inner qualities to be able to navigate change with more ease
Auckland Insight Meditation :  2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight

2022-05-22 Further Reflections on Energy - Viriya 19:39
Laura Bridgman
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We use practice as a process of discovery, of learning in this moment, with no agenda starting with inner listening, meeting the not yet known.
Gaia House :  The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-22 04 talk: awakening mutuality 16:09
Jill Shepherd
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Exploring what Awakening or Nibbāna means, then exploring some words by Thomas Hubl to explore how sangha or community can develop mindfulness, mutuality and mirroring as a support for insight
Auckland Insight Meditation :  2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight

2022-05-22 Body Work 26:23
Laura Bridgman
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A combination of massage and tapping techniques to relax the body.
Gaia House :  The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-22 Opening talk and meditation 66:28
Leela Sarti
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Simplicity, slowing down, silence
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland :  Timeless Presence

2022-05-22 03 talk: introduction to the life of the Buddha 7:39
Jill Shepherd
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Finding points of commonality in our own lives with the life of the Buddha, then moving into relational practice exploring what motivated us to step out of the "palace of delusion"
Auckland Insight Meditation :  2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight

2022-05-22 Walking Suggestions 6:18
Ajahn Sucitto
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Our energy is normally inclined to the front of our bodies. Is there a wider approach?
Gaia House :  The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-22 02 meditation: cultivating gratitude 22:23
Jill Shepherd
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Orienting the heart-mind towards gratitude as a support for muditā, appreciative joy
Auckland Insight Meditation :  2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight

2022-05-22 01 talk: What is Vesak? 5:56
Jill Shepherd
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A brief introduction to what Vesak is, and the structure of this day of practice
Auckland Insight Meditation :  2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight

2022-05-22 Cultivating the Wholesome and Letting Go of the Unwholesome 67:17
Zohar Lavie
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A Dharma talk, meditation, and questions and responses session, the questions are not recorded, only the responses.
Gaia House :  Online Dharma Hall - May 2022

2022-05-22 Walking Suggestions 6:17
Ajahn Sucitto
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Our energy is normally inclined to the front of our bodies. Is there a wider approach?
Gaia House :  The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-22 Metta instructions for the "neutral person" 53:34
Winnie Nazarko
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2022-05-22 Discovering the Energy of Presence 44:45
Ajahn Sucitto
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The retreat theme acknowledges we need allies in cultivating awareness, something outside our normal self structure but available, in spite of the personality. Aspiration/ faith are the first of these.
Gaia House :  The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-21 Compassion 57:11
Winnie Nazarko
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The importance of compassion in the Buddhist path. Discussion of its relationship to Metta, and a description of its near and far enemies. Examples of its applicability including in the situation in Ukraine
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2022-05-21 Opening Identification 1:35:45
Nathan Glyde
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Regarding the aggregates of existence (form; preferences; perceiving; mental activity; knowing) as areas we can open around. Shifting from identification and ownership to just happening activities for greater freedom and well-being.
Gaia House :  Online Dharma Hall - May 2022

2022-05-21 Reflections on Energy / Viriya 17:51
Laura Bridgman
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Understanding and engaging with energies we bring into a retreat can help us to be aware of and shed reactions to them. This transition is an important learning opportunity.
Gaia House :  The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-21 Q&A 35:19
Ajahn Sucitto, Laura Bridgman
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(Questions are précised and read later into the file to protect participants’ anonymity) 00:12 Q1 One-pointedness; 08:22 Q2 Can you comment on the widely taught practice of one pointed concentration; 16:31 Q3 I struggle with narratives filled with self-limiting beliefs I create in meditation and daily life. Can you help with this please?; 30:31 Q4 When do we choose open curiosity versus directed compassion or loving kindness? What is the relationship between them and their utility?
Gaia House :  The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-21 Body Work 27:56
Laura Bridgman
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A combination of massage and tapping techniques to relax the body.
Gaia House :  The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-21 Guided Meditation on "descending into the heart" 23:42
Rodney Smith
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Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2022

2022-05-21 Descending into the heart 35:20
Rodney Smith
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To complete its transformation, awareness must enter the body/mine form and transform the spiritual heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2022

2022-05-21 Reflections 46:49
Ajahn Sucitto
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Words like “central axis” and “periphery” help create a template for awareness of all the senses in a field rather than seizing on points or a particular sensory experience. This is citta / mind/ heart, an awareness of a psychosomatic field.
Gaia House :  The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-21 Reflections on Loneliness 60:57
Ayya Santussika
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Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2022-05-21 Morning instructions – Metta and dear friend 49:56
Devin Berry
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Instructions for working with a dear friend. Guided practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2022-05-21 Standing Meditation 41:40
Ajahn Sucitto
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Becoming aware of the spinal axis and the space around it. This can be used in any position.
Gaia House :  The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

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