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2004-01-01
Exploring The Breath
1:11:52
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Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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INTRODUCTION TO BREATH MEDITATION
Learn how to enjoy keeping the mind with the breath. If you spend time with the breath, you get sensitive not only to the breath, but also to what the mind is doing in the present moment and to the way it causes unnecessary suffering for itself.
GETTING TO KNOW THE BREATH
We live with the breath, and yet we don’t know it, and as a result don’t get as much out of it as we could. The breath can provide food, clothing, shelter, and medicine for the mind if you take the time to get to know it well.
INSIGHT FROM THE BREATH
The type of insight that’s going to make a difference in the mind has to come from the mind’s being solidly based. So, until your mindfulness of the breath is really solid, this is where you want to focus all your efforts.
WHY THE BREATH
The breath is like a mirror for the mind. When there’s greed, anger, delusion, they’ll show up in the breath. And you find that not only does the breath reflect the mind, but you can use the breath to have a positive effect on the mind as well.
THE FULLNESS OF THE BREATH
When the breath in the body is full, you find that it’s really resilient and eases your burdens in lots of ways. So experiment to see what a “full breath” is.
THE BREATH'S POTENTIAL
The mind is like an animal: that if it hasn’t been trained it’s difficult to live with. Once we train it, though, it stops creating so much suffering for itself. So we begin by staying in one place with something really simple: the breath.
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Metta Forest Monastery
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2003-11-01
The Power Of Mindfulness
53:55
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Guy Armstrong
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Mindfulness is our doorway to reality, or nature, which reveals its truths to us. The qualities of mindfulness, effort and concentration, are at the heart of the meditative path. As they develop, they bring our hearts and minds ever closer to the awakened mind of the Buddha. Only
mindfulness can stem the tide of conditioned thought patterns that sweep us into sorrow.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2002-12-12
The Poison Arrow
46:43
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Ayya Medhanandi
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Stokes Valley Monastery Retreat, New Zealand
The poison arrow of ignorance spreads its toxins through passion, desire and ill will. By sitting still, applying mindfulness and surrendering to what is, the right view will illuminate our minds and will help us extract the arrow and heal the wound.
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Sati Saraniya Hermitage
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2002-12-10
A Mind Empowered 5 Ways
34:01
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Ayya Medhanandi
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Learn how we can refine our mental skills of faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom. Enhanced by right view and a deepened understanding of the Four Noble Truths, these spiritual powers vanquish hatred and fear, nurturing our readiness to forgive, and the blessed qualities of universal loving-kindness and compassion. A talk given during a 10-day retreat at Bodhinyanarama Monastery, Stokes Valley, New Zealand in 2002.
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Bodhinyanarama Monastery, Stokes Valley, New Zealand
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2001-10-11
Seven Factors Of Enlightenment
53:40
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Adrianne Ross
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Developing and balancing the seven factors of awakening [mindfulness,
investigation, energy, joy, calm, concentration and equanimity] to
support life and practice.
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2001-05-01
Emotional Wakefulness
45:51
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Christina Feldman
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Because of the power of our emotions, we are called upon in this
practice to cultivate emotional mindfulness and emotional
freedom. What is the interface then between experiencing our feelings
fully, and maintaining emotional equanimity, or balance? How can we
relate to our emotional life in a way that allows the creative power
of our hearts to awaken?
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2001-04-20
Come See For Yourself: The Power And Presence Of Concentration And Mindfulness
60:00
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Marcia Rose
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This practice is a path of inquiry, investigation and discovery that we fully participate in and experience for ourselves. By the power of our own attention-mindful awareness, with great interest and energy, we develop a concentrated clarity of presence, taking the time to look very deeply at our own experience of body, mind and heart. Through this process we are able to see and experience the nature of things. This is what leads to the deepest wisdom and happiness. This is what leads to awakening/liberation..
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Mabel Dodge, Taos
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2001-03-31
Emotional Wakefulness
42:34
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Christina Feldman
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Because of the power of our emotions, we are called upon in this practice to cultivate emotional mindfulness and emotional freedom. What is the interface then between experiencing our feelings fully and maintaining emotional equanimity or balance? How can we relate to our emotional life in a way that allows the creative power of our hearts to awaken?
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2000-12-31
Purification Of The Heart
49:55
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Guy Armstrong
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The deepest nature of our heart is intrinsically pure, but it is usually obscured by the visiting forms of wanting, aversion, and confusion. This talk explores how to work mindfully with various kinds of difficult emotions and how mindfulness works to purify our hearts of their influence.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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