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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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1999-02-18
Finding Our Natural Compassion
51:25
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Myoshin Kelley
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Compassion is classically described as the quivering or trembling of the heart in response to suffering. Our habituated responses may be to deny or repress our suffering. As we learn to open to suffering with a balanced mind, we discover the natural responsiveness of the heart which brings us into a relationship of care and concern for the world we live in.
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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1999-02-18
Peace Is Possible
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Sylvia Boorstein
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Using the path of practice (the Fourth Noble Truth), we can learn to pay attention moment to moment, developing insight and concentration. Each moment of mindfulness is another moment of freedom from suffering, and in that freedom, indeed, peace is possible.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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1998-12-30
Awakening Through Shame
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Tara Brach
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Much of our suffering is due to a pervasive and often buried sense of core deficiency. This talk investigates the source of self-aversion, how it hides and the enormous healing and freedom that is possible when this life-binding experience of shame is brought into compassionate awareness.
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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1998-11-25
Balance Of Effort
54:12
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James Baraz
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When whole-hearted commitment is balanced with a spacious lightness of heart, the practice flowers in a rich way. This talk explores how we can combine those two attitudes in our meditation and in our lives.
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1998-11-22
Seeing In A New Way
55:25
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Sylvia Boorstein
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Vipassana means seeing things clearly. When we are overwhelmed, our view can become inhibited. Like a miracle, seeing from a different view allows us to see and do in a different way. All we need is one moment of clarity to feel freedom, and all else passes. Meditation is one revelation after another, leading one to see with more kindness and compassion for the benefit of all beings.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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1998-11-15
The Way of the Mystic
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Ayya Medhanandi
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A reflection on the tale of Patacara’s meeting with the Buddha after the deaths of her sons, husband, and parents and how she attains equanimity in the face of great suffering. A talk given at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK, Death & Dying Retreat.
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Amaravati Monastery
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