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Dharma Talks
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2001-03-31
Emotional Wakefulness
42:34
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Christina Feldman
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Because of the power of our emotions, we are called upon in this practice to cultivate emotional mindfulness and emotional freedom. What is the interface then between experiencing our feelings fully and maintaining emotional equanimity or balance? How can we relate to our emotional life in a way that allows the creative power of our hearts to awaken?
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2001-03-23
Seasons Of The Heart
40:47
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Anna Douglas
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This talk gives an overview of the continually changing terrain of
practice-- the various seasons of the heart, which expose us to all
sides of human experience. A question is then explored: where is
progress on the path to be found if we keep cycling through the same
seasons of the heart?
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2001-03-22
Refinement Of Mind - part 1
63:45
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James Baraz
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The Buddha's discourse on refinement of mind from the Anguttara Nikaya describes the process a practitioner experiences in moving from grosser types of attachment to more subtle and refined ones. This talk focuses on how the practice affects our thoughts, words and actions as we continue our journey of awakening.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2001-03-12
Arriving In The Here And Now
44:44
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Rodney Smith
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To arrive in the here and now means to acknowledge the truth of the present
moment where we find ourselves. Most of us have found ways to avoid the
present, so as to avoid facing difficulties. This talk identifies strategies
we use to keep from arriving and explains how living with integrity will
allow us to arrive more easily.
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2001-02-27
Renunciation And Peace
49:12
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Mark Coleman
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This talk explores how the practice of letting go-- in relationship to
desire, aversion, control, spiritual materialism and sense
experience-- can facilitate greater freedom in our lives.
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2001-02-23
Papanca
50:00
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Sally Armstrong
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Based on the Honey Ball Sutta, this talk is an exploration of papanca,
a Pali word meaning proliferation of thought in the mind. Mental
proliferation leads into the creation of self and into craving and
comparing, as well as holding on to views and opinions.
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2001-02-14
Stop
63:07
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Sylvia Boorstein
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How to use "stopping" as a tool in wise practice. Kindness and goodness are parameters to measure our practice. Stories of the Buddha including "a wise ape teaches kindness." Discussion of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2001-02-07
Untying The Knots
60:18
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Sylvia Boorstein
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Referencing her own experiences, Sylvia explores the stories we make up for ourselves to substantiate or justify certain views (opinions) that we hold about things -- some to the point of making them into "truths." After considering the possible origins of these views, Sylvia exposes the profound suffering caused by holding these views and the stories around them. Taking it a step further, she wonders: What is the relationship between hope and opinion? Is it wrong to hope or is it part of the nature of the human organism? Perhaps, she concludes, it is the solidified view we hold around a hope that causes suffering.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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