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2001-08-01
Chanting And Sharing Of Merit
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Steve Armstrong
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Morning chanting of the three refuges and the eight precepts.(8/4/01) Evening chanting of metta and sharing of merit at the end of a day of Dhamma practice.(8/31/01)
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Maui, Hi
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2001-07-06
The Power Of Metta
48:09
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Guy Armstrong
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Lovingkindness is the quality of friendliness toward oneself and others
developed through the practice of metta. This talk describes how the
practice works as a protection, a healing, a purification of heart, and a
boundless state of mind.
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2001-04-24
The Lion's Roar: Strength, Confidence And Wisdom From The Heart Of Metta
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Marcia Rose
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"When the heart enters into the mind, the mind then has quite a different quality." Learning to abide in our practice and in our life as a whole with kindness and patience--the heart of metta--we are then able to respond rather than react to what life offers. Stories woven into this talk are from the time of the Buddha and from our contemporary time that exemplify what the Buddha called "The Lion's Roar."
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Mabel Dodge, Taos
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1995-02-03
The Difficulties Of Loving Beings
57:28
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Sylvia Boorstein
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In this Dharma talk, given at a Metta Meditation residential retreat, Sylvia examines some of the key blocks we come up against that keep us from living in our true nature of joyful, loving, compassionate beings. Illustrating with stories, both poignant and humorous, she demonstrates that, our awareness to the contrary, we repeatedly fall away from living in our true nature, because we may forget who we really are. We may continue, for various reasons she discusses, to hold onto grievances that lock us into our own prisons of pain and suffering. It is through the liberating knowledge of meditation practice that we can free ourselves from this pattern. That is, in fact, the "edge" of this practice: that we can fall away into a sense of separateness, and that we are able to bring ourselves back to the truth of our oneness.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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1994-02-05
Intention
52:39
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Sylvia Boorstein
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This Dharma talk given at the beginning of a metta retreat, notes that this is a practice of intention. It asks, "What are our goals? Where are we going with it?" Sylvia reminds us to be mindful of our intention in practice. Clarity of intention is a motivator of zeal. It can help us see where we are going. It can also fortify and strengthen our practice, helping us see through the painful resistance to loving. Sylvia shares some candid stories of her own beginning practice with some suggestions for enhancing our practice.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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