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Dharma Talks
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2014-03-15
The Unsurpassed Happiness of Insight and Liberation
49:11
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Shaila Catherine
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This talk explores insight practice (vipassana) as a profound approach to the unsurpassed happiness of liberation. Awakening (realization of nibbana) arises through the clear seeing of mind and matter as they actually are. Insight into the impermanent, unsatisfactory, and empty nature of things leads to a profound disenchantment and dispassion toward what was previously clung to. Mind and matter will never the a reliable basis for lasting happiness. Seeing this, the mind releases its habits of craving temporary pleasures, and clinging to things that change. The insight into impermanence is the spark for the most profound state of peace and joy, and creates a pleasant dwelling in this very life, even for the Arahant. The talk is followed by a guided meditation that encourages the observation of changing feelings, formations, mental states and emotions—seeing the impermanent nature of all experiences.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2014-03-15
Happiness of a Concentrated Mind—Talk and Guided Meditation
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Shaila Catherine
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This is a talk on the theme of the joy of seclusion, followed immediately by a guided meditation on concentration using the breath as the focus. A concentrated mind is a happy mind. Joy, rapture, happiness, pleasure, sublime bliss, peacefulness, and equanimity are intrinsic to concentrated states. This brief talk introduces the four states of concentrated absorption known as the four jhanas and the immaterial states of infinite space, infinite consciousness, the base of nothingness or emptiness, and the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception. In Buddhism, not only is the rapture and pleasure of attaining jhana a form of happiness, but the deep ease and equanimity of the immaterial states are considered to be refined forms of happiness.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2013-10-27
Open and Free: A Life of Liberation
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Martin Aylward
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Dharma practice points us towards liberation; boundless freedom of being, great depths of love and joy, and a graceful participation in life’s unfolding.
What is liberation?
What seems to be in the way, right now, of living freely?
What is your deepest knowing, and how can it liberate you, here and now?
The day will be led by Martin Aylward, and is open to both committed dharma students, and those who may be totally new to practice, but feel themselves drawn to freedom of being. There will include silent and guided meditation practice, teachings and discussion, and some dialog exercises. The day will emphasize a direct exploration of freeing up our life, right in the midst of living it.
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New York Insight Meditation Center
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NYI Regular Talks
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2013-09-19
Guided Meditation - Part 5: Bile, Phelgm, Pus, Blood, Sweat, Fat
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Mary Grace Orr
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Meditating on the Body - Part 5: Bile, Phelgm, Pus, Blood, Sweat, Fat
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of the Body as a Gateway to Liberation
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