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Dharma Talks
2021-04-21 Guided Meditation on Doing and Not-Doing in Our Meditation Practice 30:29
Donald Rothberg
A thirty-minute or so guided meditation, lightly guided, with three successive instructions: (1) to set intentions in light of whether one needs in general to emphasize "doing" more or less, and then to focus initially on settling, connecting with the primary object and noticing when one is distracted; (2) to emphasize receptivity as a dimension of not-doing in being with what is predominant, after an initial period of settling; and (3) opening to a kind of "choiceless awareness," simply noticing what is occurring moment by moment.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2021-04-21 Doing and Not-Doing in Meditation and Daily Life 5: Talk, Guided Meditation, Discussion 1:15:23
Donald Rothberg
We briefly review the main themes of our practice in the last sessions: The importance of "doing" and skillful effort in our formal practice and in our daily lives; the parallel importance of "not-doing" (particularly receptivity) in these areas; some ways to inquire into the nature of our identities as "doers"; some ways of bringing these practices into daily life; the experience of "flow" and being an "expert" in a given area as pointing to a kind of "doing" coming out of a deep not-doing; and the theme of not-doing in Taoist tradition (emphasizing the work of Chuang Tzu) and Buddhist tradition. We suggest that all of practice points toward this deep non-doing as an expression of awakening. We then explore this territory in a 20-minute guided meditation, followed by discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2021-04-21 short meditation orienting to mudita, appreciation and gratitude 15:01
Jill Shepherd
Auckland Insight Meditation

2021-04-21 Meditation – Opening to Full Aliveness 18:31
Tara Brach
Our tension is a way of defending against the aliveness that is here and now. This meditation guides us in relaxing tension, awakening our senses and discovering the vitality and presence that express our natural being.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2021-04-21 Belonging to the Earth 48:39
Tara Brach
As a species, forgetting our belonging to our larger body of Earth is causing suffering for this entire living web. In this talk we look at what causes and sustains this trance of forgetting. We then explore the ways we each can awaken a sense of loving connectedness and active caring toward our natural world.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2021-04-21 Dharma talk 52:33
Greg Scharf
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2021-04-22 IMS Daily Dharma, Apr 22 2021 21:52
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Just like Buddha...
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center IMS Daily Dharma 2021

2021-04-22 meditation: arriving and steadying 29:14
Jill Shepherd
Auckland Insight Meditation Living a life of mutual benefit: Exploring the Noble Eightfold Path

2021-04-22 tallk: Wise Speech and the power of truth 18:16
Jill Shepherd
Auckland Insight Meditation Living a life of mutual benefit: Exploring the Noble Eightfold Path

2021-04-23 IMS Daily Dharma, Apr 23 2021 19:23
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Kind Curiosity
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center IMS Daily Dharma 2021

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