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Dharma Talks
2024-01-14 Metta Practice with Difficulties and Challenges: Metta for the Difficult Person, Practicing with the Judgmental Mind, and Forgiveness 63:41
Donald Rothberg
We begin by exploring the nature of some of the challenges of metta practice, including with difficult emotions, body-states, and thoughts, and how to practice when these challenges arise. The spirit is that of understanding challenges as part of the path of learning. We then focus on one way of deliberating bring metta practice to a challenging situation, through metta with the difficult person, followed by an account of one particular challenge, the “judgmental mind,” its nature and how to practice with it; this includes a short selection from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s’ sermon, “On Judging.” Lastly, there is an introduction to forgiveness practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-15 MLK Day: A Perspective on Socially Engaged Buddhism 1:44:05
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2024-01-15 Justice is What Love Looks Like in Public: Honoring Dr. King and Cultivating Bodhicitta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:32
Kaira Jewel Lingo
We begin with Al Lingo, Kaira Jewel Lingo's dad telling stories of his time in the Civil Rights Movement working with Dr. King and then explore the importance of cultivating our hearts and minds to be able to support justice in the world, and also the importance of cultivating bodhicitta. We end with Dr. King's words condemning the war in Vietnam and the damaging effect of militarism on our collective health, and our current bloated military budget.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-15 Mindfulness of Breathing with Awareness of Feeling Tones 62:10
Jenny Wilks
Reflections and Guided Meditation
Gaia House Mindfulness, Breath by Breath

2024-01-16 Morning Reflections: Letting Go, Even of "My Dharma Practice" 5:36
Tara Mulay
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2024

2024-01-16 Metta for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:37
Kaira Jewel Lingo
We introduce sending metta for all beings and the guided meditation leads us to offer metta to self, a dear friend or benefactor, neutral person, difficult person and then in the 2nd half of the meditation much guidance is offered for the ways we can include all beings in our metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-16 The Khanda ("Aggregate") of Perception 49:36
Tara Mulay
With a discussion of the perception of impermanence
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge January 2024

2024-01-17 The Subtle Joy which Accompanies that Intimacy 55:56
Ayya Santacitta
Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Aloka Earth Room

2024-01-17 White brings us to practice: the heavenly messengers 54:41
Bob Stahl
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta 2024

2024-01-17 Meditation: Receiving Life in Open, Awake Awareness 19:59
Tara Brach
This meditation awakens a receptive attention to the senses, starting with physical sensations and opening to sound. Then we sense how open awake awareness is receiving the moment to moment arising and passing life. In the final part of the practice, we explore how awake awareness is receiving the experience of our heart and offer blessings to our inner life and all living beings.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

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