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2010-10-12 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: The Pain of Pleasure 59:21
Rodney Smith
Once pleasure becomes a determined pursuit, the world divides itself into a pleasure/pain polarity. We now pursue pleasure, both to sustain a pleasant feeling and to avoid the discontent of pain.<br />
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta

2010-06-24 Path of Kindness 59:07
Mark Coleman
How do the practices of mindfulness and metta (loving kindness) work together - and the important of bringing a kind loving presence to working with difficulties and pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-22 The Cure for Pain is in the Pain 63:25
Howard Cohn
The power of awareness to turn our difficulties into the path of awakening and freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-07 Pain 1:14:43
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Pain in context of contemplation of unsatisfactoriness; causes of pain; identification with pain; dealing with pain; models of pain
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-19 Compassion and the Judging Mind 58:40
Eugene Cash
The judging mind helps hold the sense of self as a static entity. Compassion allows us to be with all manifestations, however painful, allowing for healing and release.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation and Contemplative Inquiry

2010-03-08 It Is Not As It Should Be. 40:55
Thanissara
Connecting with the actuality of body. Breath as a basis for samadhi. Cultivating support for stability here and now. Middle ground between pleasure and pain.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-03-07 Awakening 51:45
Kittisaro
Meeting ourselves. Limitations of success and sense pleasure. The great reversal. The Buddha's journey. Knowing pleasure, pain, and beyond. Return to the original brightness.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-01-27 Presence and Aliveness I & II 1:11:54
Tara Brach
These two talks explore how we leave our bodies, the challenge of working with pain, the pathway home to embodied awareness, and the gifts of presence and aliveness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-01-20 Presence and Aliveness I & II 1:10:34
Tara Brach
These two talks explore how we leave our bodies, the challenge of working with pain, the pathway home to embodied awareness, and the gifts of presence and aliveness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-01-13 Awakening to the Sacred 65:03
Tara Brach
The tendency to think "life should be different" and to try to control experience removes us from the wisdom and compassion that naturally gives rise to healing and transformation. We learn to trust the power of our heart and awareness by meeting both the pain and beauty of this life with sacred presence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

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