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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2012-11-23
Fundamentals of the Dharma: Appreciation
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Rodney Smith
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Many of us do not realize the accessibility of the heart. We think it is distant and attainable only through hard work. But it is as close as a pause in our thoughts, a hesitation in our busyness, and is the natural response of awareness to life. Our thoughts cover the heart with a foggy distraction, but when we interrupt the stream of our thinking the heart response with a gentle appreciation for living. In that moment life is acknowledging itself with gratitude. During this season of Thanksgiving, look deeply and silently to call forth this natural appreciation for living.
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Seattle Insight Meditation Society
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In
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Fundamentals of the Dharma
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2010-10-10
In Deepest Gratitude
1:21:31
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Rick Hanson
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This moving and heartfelt event is an annual tradition, held each year to to express deep appreciation for the generous donors and volunteers that support Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Rick Hanson, PhD presented for this year’s event, giving an inspiring talk exploring the dimensions and benefits of both gratitude and generosity.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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In Deepest Gratitude
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2009-12-04
Out of This World
27:40
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Ayya Medhanandi
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By deeply examining the mind as the Buddha taught, we see our stark human predicament, why we suffer and the real source of happiness. For he awakened to suffering’s end and the noble path to freedom. With immense gratitude for his teaching, we learn how we are caught grasping the world, compelled by its impingement and tormented ever after. We realize the ineffable vanquishing of that disease – when we stop giving vent to the wanting mind and live each moment from a pure compassionate and wise awareness. And so, quite apart from the world, we directly know here and now, within our own heart – the truest joy, the supreme peace of Nibbana.
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Toronto Theravada Buddhist Community (TBC)
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2009-06-27
Service as a Path of Practice
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Donald Rothberg
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How do we take our service as a path of practice? Most basically, we take helping others as the center (or a major part) of our lives, and we examine, in our service, what helps develop “selfless” service and the barriers to such service, especially a sense of duality between self and other. We explore how a connection between “inner” and “outer” practice structures a life of service, and how such practice can also be understood as the development of particular qualities—we focus on the development of (1) clarity of intentions, (2) generosity, (3) gratitude, and (4) compassion, and on some of the challenges that arise when cultivating such qualities, and in service generally.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Volunteer Appreciation
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2008-11-27
Practicing Gratitude And Joy
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Sally Armstrong
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On this day of thanksgiving, it is important to remember what we are actually celebrating: the generosity of Native Americans to the early settlers, and all that they have given us. It is also a day to be grateful for all the blessings in our lives, and to bring a sense of appreciation to the beauty and joy that is all around us. As we incline the mind towards noticing what we are grateful for, we find an increased sense of well-being and happiness in our lives.
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
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2008-05-10
A Little Renunciation
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Ayya Medhanandi
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How training the mind in following precepts, such as the rules regarding the use of four monastic requisites - food, robes, shelter, and medicines, can win us greater patience, faith, gratitude, calm, courage, and mindfulness. Such ways of renunciation test our commitment to the path and teach us how to forgive and let go even our fears so that we harvest the riches of joy, compassion and inner peace.
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Toronto Theravada Buddhist Community (TBC)
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2007-07-18
Mudita: Practicing Joy And Gratitude
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Guy Armstrong
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Appreciative joy (Mudita) is the third of the divine abidings (Brahma Viharas). When directed to oneself, it enhances the sense of gratefulness. This is an important practice because joy is an integral part of the path to liberation.
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2000-11-23
Gratitude For A Precious Human Birth
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Sylvia Boorstein
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This talk was given on Thanksgiving expressing gratitude for the human
heart's capacity for love and understanding. The preciousness of a
human life lies in the potential of our hearts to be transformed. How
can we forgive our lives so that we'll have a completely loving heart?
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