Week 3 of a 6 week introductory course to Mindfulness Meditation. Includes 30 minute meditation followed by talk and discussion with the class.

Exploring the skillful qualities of kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity.

given at San Francisco Insight sangha

Founding Teacher Mary Grace Orr and current Guiding Teacher Bob Stahl lead a celebration of Insight Santa Cruz's community for the center's 30th year anniversary. Joined by fellow Teachers Carla Brennen, Gil Fronsdal, Jason Murphy Pedilla, Marcy Reynolds. This recording includes silent sitting, brief dharma talks / shares by each of the leading teachers, and community members sharing about what ISC has meant for different people. "This [was] a very special event to honor our Sangha. How special that we have been supported all these years through the generosity of our community and never charged a single cent! How wonderful to have served the Dhamma to thousands of people through the years." - Bob Stahl "The gift of Dhamma, excels all other gifts". - The Dhammapada

Begins with chanting the Five Subjects for Frequent Recollection, followed by a guided meditation.

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Understanding the place of emotions in daily life and the part they play in the development of the eightfold path.

An exploration of the new cosmology, evolution and the Buddhist teaching of anatta

Body Scan

Chanting the 32 Parts

More teachings on the 32 Parts of the Body. Why this practice. What are the benefits?

This talk offers reflections on these important qualities on the spiritual path. It explores this by getting a felt sense of these through a poetic understanding of these terms.

Greta Thunberg’s fearless willingness to speak the truth has inspired millions of youth to follow her lead resulting in the hugely successful September 20th Worldwide Climate Strike. Thunberg calls being on the autism spectrum her “superpower” because she doesn’t care what others think of her and only cares about telling the truth. Can we be like her, let go of our self-consciousness, not hold back and speak and act with honesty and courage?

Describes ways to work with difficult emotions in general. Offers particular guidance on meditating with the states of desire, anger, self-judgment, grief, and fear.

Kurze Impulse für unsere Praxis im Alltag. Im Zentrum des Dhammaweges stehen Wahrheit und innerer wie äußerer Frieden als Ziel. Diese leiten uns auch in unserem Handeln und Sprechen. Wichtig ist die Motivation aus der heraus wir agieren. Sie drückt sich aus in großzügigen Geben, Teilen und Helfen. Im Sprechen orietieren wir uns an unserer Wahrheit und suchen eine wertschätzende, verbindende Kommunikation.

Instruction on 32 Parts

Review of the meditation instructions so far, moving from the anchor and opening to whatever aspect of experience is predominant.

Exploring trust as an element of practice, as well as the remaining faculties (energy, mindfulness, concentration & wisdom).

In our fourth exploration of how to practice with conflict, we examine four practice resources, inviting listeners to keep in mind, as we explore the resources, a conflict (whether an inner conflict, an interpersonal conflict, or a larger social conflict); conflict is understood as a difference of, or tension between, positions or values or needs. The first resource is that of the tools of our inner practice: mindfulness practice, heart practices such as compassion, lovingkindness, and forgiveness, and ways to work with difficult emotions and thoughts such as anger, fear, sadness, frustration, the judgmental mind, etc. The second resource is that of the "win-win" or "both-and" model of conflict transformation, in which the aim is to move from an "either-or" or "win-lose" framework toward the "win-win" way of meeting the underlying values or needs of both sides; at times, we may need to move away from the "win-lose" framework through "avoidance" (time outs, cease-fires, etc.) or compromise, on the way, if possible, to "win-win." The third resource is that of empathy, taken as a practice central to working with conflicts of any kind. The fourth resource is that of working with attachments to fixed views that typically arise in conflict situations of any kind, especially through through mindfulness, inquiry, empathy, and heart practices.

Meditation on first 5 parts of the 32 Parts of the Body Meditation.