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Dharma Talks
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2008-09-03
Turning Towards What You Love
49:55
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Tara Brach
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There is a saying: The road to hell is paved with bad intentions. From the Buddha we learn the path to freedom arises from wise intentions. Yet because we habitually grasp after what will immediately relieve or comfort or please us, we often do not listen to our deepest intentions. We forget that in this brief life, what matters most is loving presence. This evening of talk and guided meditations invites participants to examine intentions in their relationships, and to reflect on living from a more awake connection with our heart.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2008-08-20
Behind The Mask
1:16:13
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Tara Brach
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We each develop and become identified with masks that express a false or narrowed sense of self. Whether it's the helper mask or addict mask, the controller mask or loser mask, the beliefs and emotions creating the mask prevent us from realizing our natural wholeness and beauty. This talk explores how, in the face of inevitable change and loss, we can remember the presence and love that is peering through the mask.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2008-08-13
Let Everything Happen To You
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Tara Brach
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The ways we try to control our life imprisons us in a contracted, fearful sense of self. Yet when we contemplate letting go of control, there is a sense that we will be endangered, that we will fail, that something will go wrong. This talk explores how, if we have the courage to "let everything happen" we discover a presence that is healing and freeing. As we learn to live from this allowing presence, our actions become naturally wholesome and wise.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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2008-08-12
Fourth Morning Instructions
18:46
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Rob Burbea
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As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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Gaia House
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The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)
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2008-08-11
Talk Four: Jhanas One to Four
64:43
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Rob Burbea
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As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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Gaia House
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The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)
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2008-08-11
Third Morning Instructions
18:42
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Rob Burbea
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As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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Gaia House
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The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)
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2008-08-10
Talk Three: Wise Effort and Wise Attachment
60:52
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Rob Burbea
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As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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Gaia House
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The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)
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2008-08-10
Second Morning Instructions and Guided Meditation
46:19
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Rob Burbea
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As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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Gaia House
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The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)
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2008-08-09
Talk Two: Understanding the Heart
65:52
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Rob Burbea
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As we learn to develop concentration in meditation, samatha (calm, tranquility) is also developed, and together these qualities become a powerful means for deep insight and a source of profound well-being. This progressive series of talks, guided meditations and instructions explores in some detail the art of concentration, primarily through different ways of working with the breath and the body to open to deeper and deeper levels of calmness, presence and joy.
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Gaia House
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The Art Of Concentration (Samatha Meditation)
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