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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2023-11-19
The Four Noble Truths in Action
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Ayya Medhanandi
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The Buddha realized a state of pure awakened consciousness. We try to emulate his moral excellence by turning inward to bring the mind to silence. In that stillness, we can relinquish habitual unwholesome and harmful thoughts, thus revealing the same universal moral essence within us – just as in all beings. It is our pathway to the heart’s peace and freedom from suffering. Here, when loving-kindness and compassion preside, the gates to the Deathless are open.
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Sati Saraniya Hermitage
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2023-11-18
Give Peace A Chance
18:29
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Ayya Medhanandi
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With selfless awareness, we practise good-will, radiating loving-kindness inwardly and to all beings, even to those who are indifferent or hostile, or to those who cause harm. This is the Buddha's instruction to us in the Metta Sutta. Can we unequivocally wish all beings freedom from harm? Can we forgive enough to convert thoughts of fear, anger or enmity into benevolence? It takes courage to enter a dark space without a light. So we try as much as we can because unconditional compassion and kindness in this world give peace, healing and reconciliation a chance.
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Ottawa Buddhist Society
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2023-11-17
Changing the Channel - Letting in the Good
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James Baraz
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The barrage of frightening headlines every day often leave us with feelings of despair, hopelessness and negativity. While it's important to feel connected to the suffering all around us, it is equally important to nourish ourselves by opening to the goodness in life--both inside and around us. This helps us skillfully create a larger container so that we are not overwhelmed by the dukkha but rather can process it with balance and skill.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2023-11-15
Becoming Happier: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Arthur Brooks
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Tara Brach
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The Dalai Lama regularly says that everyone wants to be happy, nobody wants to suffer. Arthur Brooks, in his new book on getting happier (co-authored with Oprah Winfrey) digs into the practical and science-based approaches that increase deep wellbeing. In this conversation Tara and Arthur discuss the ingredients of happiness, the role of unhappiness in our lives, how to work with core ego-fears, the power of metacognition, the necessity of transcendence of small self and the love that is the grounds of true happiness.
Learn more about Arthur’s work & pick up a copy of his new book, Build the Life You Want at: https://arthurbrooks.com.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2023-11-09
Fnding Refuge - Skillfully holding it all
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James Baraz
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Refuge is a word that is often used in Buddhist teachings. We long to feel safe and protected from inner and outer harm. When everything seems out of control where can we find true refuge? How can the practice help us hold it all?
This talk refers to a highly recommended conversation on the Mideast situation between two women (one Israeli, one German) who give communication trainings based on Nonviolent Communication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K16F_lL4N1w.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2023-11-08
The Wise Heart of Radical Acceptance
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Tara Brach
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When we are caught in self-judgment we forget the truth of who we are – our wholeness, awareness and love. This talk examines how we take the imperfect waves of our being personally, and become imprisoned in the trance of unworthiness, a limited and distorted reality. We then look at how the practice of Radical Acceptance enables us to come home to a fullness of being, and live from a growing sense of loving connectedness with all beings.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2023-11-02
Gelassenheit und Mut für Veränderung
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Renate Seifarth
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Gelassenheit als Kraft, die Lassen-Können und den Mut zur Veränderung beinhaltet. Beides üben wir in Vipassana. Gelassenheit als Kraft balanciert zwischen Polen und balanciert das Wünschen in den Brahmavihara. Das Unmögliche zu tun wird möglich wie wir es im Bodhisattva-Gelübde wiederfinden.
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Seminarhaus Engl
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10 Tage Vipassana und Metta
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