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The greatest gift is the gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
2020-09-29
The Present Moment is Not the Goal
34:41
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Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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There’s a common understanding that the purpose of meditation is to fully arrive in the present moment. However, the Buddha taught people to focus on the present moment not as a goal, but as a place where work is to be done to go beyond the present. This talk, based on the essay, “The Karma of Now” will explore the Buddha’s understanding of the present moment, and the implications of that understanding, not only for the practice of meditation, but also for Buddhist practice as a whole.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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2020-09-28
Day 4 Instructions - Seeing Not-Self Anattā
66:34
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Nathan Glyde
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Meditation instructions exploring the strategy of not-self–how is it to apply the recipe of seeing this is not me, not mine, not my self? Before that a few words sustaining our meditation experience: 1. keeping the balloon of practice alive through all postures, and 2. the idea of taking a victory lap when the bell rings–rather than ending quickly.
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SanghaSeva
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Insights to Live By
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2020-09-27
When No Season is Too Much
30:15
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Ayya Medhanandi
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Sidelined by COVID, we are compelled to look at ourselves, at each other, at the world caught in pandemic restrictions we never imagined were possible. Besieged by fear and vulnerability, beings lack insight into the truth of things find no safe refuge. The time is ripe for waking up to gain freedom from the eight worldly winds and abide in higher states of mind. With peace of heart, wisdom and compassion run deep such that no season will be too much.
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Toronto Theravada Buddhist Community (TBC)
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