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Dharma Talks
2009-01-20 Emptying the Boulders of the Mind 43:10
Thanissara
Using the breath to steady the mind, to reflect on impermanence and to see ‘non ownership’ The boulder is not heavy if you don’t pick it up This is ‘how it is’ – methods to access the third noble truth Replacing reactivity with mindfulness – the flood stopper
Dharmagiri Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-19 The First Noble Truth 53:48
Susan O'Brien
How a skillful engagement with suffering leads to greater ease.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-01-19 Through the Gateway of Dukkha 40:19
Kittisaro
The 4 truths that en-noble as we grow through them The 8 kinds of Dukkha – Anando, ex marine & monk, bowing through anger Death is also impermanent, seeing through impermanence, one touches peace. When the causes of dukkha break up, it ceases - revealing the timeless dharma.
Dharmagiri Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-19 The End of Mark Making 37:39
Kittisaro
The tendency of the proliferating mind to designate permanence to the transitory through the process of thought Papanca – conceptual proliferation creates the billion fragments of the world The Diamond Sutra – The Guest and the Host What remains? Kappa’s question to the Buddha
Dharmagiri

2009-01-18 Suffering as Opportunity 37:19
Thanissara
The Buddha’s reluctance to teach The first turning of the Dhamma wheel The Four Noble truths and accompanying practices Contemplating desire – resolving dukkha – the primary split.
Dharmagiri Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-18 The Four Noble Truths 41:33
Eugene Cash
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2009-01-18 The Centrality of Minfulness 37:16
Thanissara
Replacing reactivity of mind with mindfulness Mindfulness as container & as that which reveals & discerns what is Citta conditioned by perception & sankhara Healing the citta through mindful awareness Finding balanced energy as a support for mindfulness
Dharmagiri Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-17 Presentations In Neuroscience #3 29:04
Sylvia Boorstein
Melissa Rosenkranz-U. Wisconsin; Praveen Chopra-private; Paula Sigafus-Kaiser; Sarah Bowen-U. Washington; Jim Saveland-US Forest Service; Michael Warren-Claremont Graduate U.; Francis Haberli-U. Wisconsin;Charlie Thompson-U. Washington
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Scientists Retreat

2009-01-17 Presentations In Neuroscience #2 31:43
Sylvia Boorstein
Koren Wright- Argosy U., Phoenix, AZ;Chad Johnson-U. Oklahoma; Kendra Markle-Kaiser: Daniel Levinson-U.Wisconsin; Larry Greischar-U. Wisconsin; Michael Haggerty-UC Davis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Scientists Retreat

2009-01-17 Presentations In Neuroscience #1 39:30
Sylvia Boorstein
Johnathan Schooler-UCSB; Stuart Eisendrath-UCSF; Lisa Lindeman-U.Wisconsin; Liz Wang-Changchi U. Taipei, Taiwan;Carmen Schooler-U. Maryland;Peta McAuley-Hong Kong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Scientists Retreat

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