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2012-09-11 Papanca 52:19
Christina Feldman
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this talk explores the different streams of thought proliferation that can torment the mind.
Gaia House :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of MBCT/SR

2012-04-06 Papanca 61:14
Anna Douglas
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Lost in thought? How can we identify and work with the four root causes of getting entangled in our thoughts?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and Yoga Retreat

2012-01-12 The Honeyball Sutta: The Source of Our Confusion and the Way Out 57:10
James Baraz
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In this discourse the Buddha explains how we get lost in our stories through papanca or proliferation of thought. The talk focuses on how papanca works in our lives and how we can work with it to free ourselves of confusion.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2011-11-23 Papanca 34:24
Christina Feldman
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Gaia House :  November Solitary

2011-10-19 Getting Down to more Direct Experience II 57:42
Donald Rothberg
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We look further at the mechanisms by which we move away from direct experience. unskillfully, driven by reactivity and papanca (conceptual proliferation). We point to practices of tracking thoughts, emotions, reactivity-that help us ground in more direct experience, leading to greater freedom and responsiveness-personally interpersonally, and collectively.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-07-15 Mana Papanca 53:19
Christina Feldman
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The story we tell ourselves about who we are and its release.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-07-08 Papanca Part Three: The Brahma Viharas 52:50
John Peacock
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This talk deals with the last of the areas of our obsessional thinking: views. We also examine the Brahma Viharas as distinct forms of mindfulness that lead to liberation. We look closely, in particular, at metta as the necessary soil out of which grows and blooms the beautiful flower of compassion (karuna).
Gaia House :  The Path of Mindfulness

2011-07-06 Papanca Part Two: The Tyranny of the Self 46:09
John Peacock
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In this talk we examine what the Buddha means by the 'self', which is the second of the three poles around which thinking contracts and fixates. We look closely at the five processes that constitute the self not as a static phenomena, but as an unfolding and dynamic development.
Gaia House :  The Path of Mindfulness

2011-07-04 Papanca Part One: The Unquenchable Thirst 48:36
John Peacock
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In this talk we examine what the Buddha means by the 'self', which is the second of the three poles around which thinking contracts and fixates. We look closely at the five processes that constitute the self not as a static phenomena, but as an unfolding and dynamic development.
Gaia House :  The Path of Mindfulness

2011-01-21 Papanca - Understanding the Proliferating Mind 51:34
Jenny Wilks
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An overview of how to recognize and work with the causes and effects of papanca, based on the Honeyball Sutta.
Gaia House :  An Exploration of Mindfulness: MBCT/MBSR Retreat

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