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Dharma Talks
2021-03-03 IMS Daily Dharma, Mar 3 2021 21:05
Tara Mulay
Faith, Trust, and Confidence
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center IMS Daily Dharma 2021

2021-03-03 Doing and Not-Doing in Meditation and in Daily Life 1 1:10:10
Donald Rothberg
We explore the nature of doing and not-doing, first in dharma practice generally. The Buddha’s teachings seem full of exhortations to diligence, mindfulness, and skillful effort and doing. Yet there also is a clear place for not-doing—for example, in letting go and in cultivating mindful receptivity to experience. We can also see how being a “doer” is so central to many of our identities, whether in our roles or work or even our meditation. Given these dimensions of doing and not-doing, we suggest a number of ways to inquire into and respond to our patterns and habits related to doing and not-doing, both in meditation and daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2021-03-03 Opening Evening of Retreat: Stillness Moving 59:57
Kirsten Kratz
Laying out the Territory: Exploring the tendency to perceive in simplifying dualities, the potential limitations of this way of seeing and how this plays out in a bigger context.
Gaia House Stillness Moving - The Play of Opposites

2021-03-03 Guided Meditation – Whole Body Awareness 54:38
Ajahn Sucitto
We may assume, and learn, that meditation is about focusing on details, but the Buddha advocates whole body awareness. Make an exercise of it, extending your awareness. Maintaining attention on the whole body doesn’t allow the mind to fixate – it stays open so the tangles and storms have no place to take hold. Posture, breathing and a receptive mind state all act as supports.
Cittaviveka

2021-03-03 Wise Attention (Meditation) 34:58
Shelly Graf
Shelly will be using the book, Listening to the Heart: A Contemplative Journey to Engaged Buddhism by Thanissara and Kitisaro to guide these Wednesday night practice groups. The book can be ordered online if you would like to follow along with the written text.
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2021-03-03 Wise Attention (Talk) 39:31
Shelly Graf
Shelly will be using the book, Listening to the Heart: A Contemplative Journey to Engaged Buddhism by Thanissara and Kitisaro to guide these Wednesday night practice groups. The book can be ordered online if you would like to follow along with the written text.
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2021-03-03 Ethical Conduct 37:53
Chas DiCapua
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2021-03-03 Meditation: Aliveness and Presence 20:49
Tara Brach
This meditation guides us to wake up our senses and full aliveness through a body scan, and then to rest in the formless presence that is aware of this changing dance of life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2021-03-03 The Power of Deep Listening – Part 1 65:35
Tara Brach
Listening deeply is the gateway to realizing connection. It’s what allows us to move through life with a wise, loving and healing presence. These two talks explore our blocks to true listening, and offer teachings and practices that can directly cultivate this invaluable capacity.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2021-03-03 A short guided meditation on the opening evening of the retreat. 14:05
Jaya Rudgard
How steadying and rooting into our contact with the ground can help us to open our awareness to the currents of life moving through us.
Gaia House Stillness Moving - The Play of Opposites

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