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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2009-01-14
Humble Of Heart
1:11:49
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Tara Brach
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As consciousness evolves, there is a deepening understanding of the interdependence of all of life. This wisdom naturally leads to an authentic humility--an awakening from the burden and violence of self-importance. In this talk we explore the relationship between being humble of heart, and living with kindness and compassion. There is particular attention to the necessity of humility and deep listening--as individuals and societies--if we are to respond to conflict in a way that can bring peace to this earth.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2009-01-14
Generating Skilful Feeling
34:30
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Mindfulness is about knowing how one is affected. We come to know where impulses and intentions/motivations come from, whether these are spiritual or worldly. With skilful intention, there is the possibility to generate pleasant feeling within ourselves. We can find joy in our own presence rather than through external means.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2009-01-13
A Step Towards The Transcendant
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Ajahn Sucitto
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This teaching describes the running of psycho-somatic ‘programs’ (saṇkhārā ) – in terms of those that are default and those we can intentionally induce. In this way, in meditation, we develop skills that can change our psychological patterns. The method is: first step back from the torrent of mind; then, cultivate enlightenment factors.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2009-01-12
The Capacity to Bear Reality
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Kittisaro
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The heavenly messengers that set the Buddha on his quest
The Buddha’s early struggle and discovery of the middle way
The First Jhana and simile of the Bathman’s Apprentice
Citt’ekaggata – A unified heart suffused with well being
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Dharmagiri
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2009-01-12
Energy,view and Anapansati
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Ajahn Sucitto
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When the mind is relieved from pressure, we can review the experience of what’s running through the mind, feeling the changes in terms of somatic energy. This energy body has primary intelligence, and retains learnt impressions. Through mindfulness of breathing, we calm and soothe this energy body – with resultant clarity.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2009-01-10
The Five Khandhas
52:06
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The five khandhā provide a frame of reference for contemplation. Rather than trying to get rid of them, we examine them in order to understand that the seemingly solid basis of our experience is actually changing, inconstant, and dependent on consciousness.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2009-01-09
The Wearing out of Sankharas
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Ajahn Sucitto
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When we meditate, we might notice reactive and compulsive surges of energy (saṇkhārā). If we can step back from getting involved with them, they gradually wear out. Then the mind stream becomes something we have a say over. There is an ability to make wise choices; this is a mark of freedom.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2009-01-07
The Three Refuges
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Tara Brach
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The spiritual path can be understood as forgetting and remembering. We suffer when we lose sight of truth, of love, of awareness. And we touch freedom in the moments of remembering. This talk includes guided reflections on three gateways to remembering: three refuges--buddha, dharma and sangha--that are the foundation of classical Buddhist teachings and profoundly relevant in our contemporary lives.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2009-01-06
How Metta Works Through Us
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Donald Rothberg
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Metta works, partly in a clear way, partly mysteriously, to help us lead with our hearts, develop deeper concentration, unergo an often challenging process of purification and touch the depths of our being. As we practice, we work through a number of challenges - distraction, sleepiness, the restless mind and body, and the near and far enemies of metta - attached love and ill-will for enemies, particularly harsh judgment of self and others.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Metta
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2009-01-06
Themes of meditation
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Through referencing the parable of the cook (S.47:8), we are encouraged to get to know the mind in order to choose the meditation theme that suits it best. There are a range of themes you can use to counteract hindrances: such as death contemplation, unattractiveness of the body, lovingkindness, Buddha and breathing. Through trial and error, find out what is needed.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2008-12-19
Solstice Heart
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Ayya Medhanandi
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With the advent of the Winter Solstice - the shortest day of the year - comes the promise that the light will return. We can honour this principle in our practice by turning towards the light that is revealed in our own minds. The goodness and purity of this light can connect us to unconditional peace and love. A talk given at the Ottawa Buddhist Society in 2008.
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Ottawa Buddhist Society
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2008-12-05
The Fourth Foundation Of Mindfulness
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Sally Armstrong
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The Satipatthana Sutta (usually translated as the Foundations of Mindfulness) offers a complete description of the practice of mindfulness, beginning with the direct awareness of the breath and the body, progressing through mindfulness of vedana or feeling tone, to the more subtle object of the Third Foundation, mindfulness of mind states. The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness represents the culmination of this series of practices, and can be seen as a direct pointing, again and again, to the possibility of freedom through direct awareness of where we get caught, and how to turn the mind towards liberation. This talk is an overview of the practices of the Fourth Foundation, which can be seen as both the last in the sequence of practices, and as a progression in itself. It also covers how the Fourth Foundation can actually be skillfully interwoven into our practice of the other foundations.
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Three-Month Retreat - Part 2
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