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The greatest gift is the
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Dharma Talks
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2007-10-03
Path Of Peace
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Tara Brach
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Awakening from the Trance of Separation - We all have conditioning that can keep us at war with our inner life, and fuel violence in the world. These universal tendencies can block our natural attunement and capacity to respond with compassion to life. The practices of presence allow us to recognize this conditioning and awaken to the truth of our connectedness, to the wisdom and love that make peace possible.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2007-10-03
Relationship As Spiritual Practice II
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Donald Rothberg
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We continue our exploration, with a review of why, in the contemporary west, it’s important to develop a fuller sense of relationship as practice, and what the prerequisites for this practice are, in terms of Buddhist resources. Then we explore how in relationship there can be a full sense of inner awareness and roundedness (the “I”), awareness of and xxx toward the other (the “you”), and a third “body” (the feid of the “we”. We use experiential exercises to explore this.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2007-09-26
The Gift Of Silence
1:18:19
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Tara Brach
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Through all spiritual traditions, there is a valuing of silence and stillness. When the mind has quieted, it becomes possible to see into the truth of what we are. Yet quieting can turn into a battle with the process of the thinking mind. This talk explores practices that allow us to settle in a natural way, the presence which is silence itself, and the wisdom and love that flows freely when we live from that silence.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2007-09-19
Relationship As Spiritual Practice I
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Donald Rothberg
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Much of our meditation practice in the west has been focused on individual practice, in silence and often solitude. While there are many traditional Buddhist resources for taking relational, communicative interactions as practice, there is also a need for developing forms to deepen such practice. We identify the Buddhist resources for this practice and offer some beginning exercises.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2007-09-15
The Wilderness of Anger
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Ayya Medhanandi
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Why does anger cause us so much misery? As long as we feed it, anger insidiously undermines our spiritual work. Mindful and aware, we learn to refrain from feeding that angry dog and we loosen its foothold within the mind. By the power of loving-kindness and compassion, we disarm anger's toxicity and restore peace. These are the supreme medicines that will guide us through the wilderness of anger.
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National University of Singapore Buddhhist Society
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2007-08-29
Wise Effort
1:15:58
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Tara Brach
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Cultivating an Engaged Presence - A wholehearted commitment to awakening is intrinsic to the spiritual path. Yet often this becomes a striving kind of effort that is generated out of the sense of a "doing self." This talk reflects on the grounds of wise effort: connecting to our deepest intention, and cultivating a genuinely allowing, engaged, presence.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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