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Dharma Talks
2009-03-27 Unsupporting Consciousness 24:42
Ajahn Sucitto
In meditation we can come to recognize what the mind leans upon and why – and how everything it leans on falls apart. The most stable and secure abiding is unsupported consciousness – the removal of all props – ‘this is peaceful, this is sublime.’ It leads to cessation, a place of rest.
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

2009-03-27 The Paradox of Zen 1:19:04
Tanto Meiya Wender
Gaia House Soto Zen Forms and Ceremonies - The Practice of Deep Intimacy

2009-03-26 Bodhicitta 55:30
John Travis
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation March Month Long

2009-03-26 Kind Awareness 54:44
James Baraz
This is a three part series of talks on James’ basic meditation instructions: “Receive the moment with a relaxed, interested and kind awareness. What does a kind awareness mean? How can we meet each moment—including moments of fear or physical discomfort—with this attitude? This is a key issue for deepening our practice.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-03-26 Ritual in Soto Zen 27:54
Tanto Meiya Wender
Gaia House Soto Zen Forms and Ceremonies - The Practice of Deep Intimacy

2009-03-25 Part 2 - The Body as a Gateway to Full Presence 1:20:28
Tara Brach
We have strong conditioning to take false refuge in our mind, and disconnect from our senses. These two talks explore the pathways and gifts of coming home to embodied awareness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-03-25 Aloneness and Interconnectedness 43:57
Christina Feldman
These are the two pillars of freedom and compassion cultivated moment to moment in our practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center 25th Anniversary of the Women’s Retreat

2009-03-25 Bodhisattva Path 60:48
Pamela Weiss

2009-03-25 Cultivating Mudita (Appreciative Joy) pt I 49:16
Donald Rothberg
We explore the practice of Mudita in the context of the other three Brahmaviharaas; seeing how it goes again both self-centered joy and tendencies to focus on problems or what is "wrong" in a situation. There is some guidance in the formal mudita practice, as well as more general cultivation of joy.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-03-25 Touch The Earth, Find Your Ground 49:49
Ajahn Sucitto
Learning to stay with the flow of experience in a non-conflicting way is quite difficult. Recollecting how the Buddha called on the Earth for support when confronted by the host of mara, we too can find support in the ground of our presence and virtue.
Cittaviveka Winter Retreat

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