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Dharma Talks
2022-10-20 Keeping heart with the practice 25:47
Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center ‘There is nothing you need hold on to, there is nothing you need push away’: A path to the peace of letting go

2022-10-20 Morning reflections. Four indispensable meditative skills. 16:54
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2022

2022-10-20 Bearing Presence in Relationship to Self 63:42
Ajahn Sucitto
Practice means moving out and returning repeatedly, discovering the end of the world – our kammic predicament - that must be experienced internally, “in this very body”.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg Love is the Breath of Life

2022-10-19 Meditation: Letting Life Be 23:14
Tara Brach
This meditation establishes an atmosphere of loving kindness with the “smile”; relaxes and awakens through the body; and guides us into a spacious presence. We then rest in that presence, letting go of any controlling, and simply allow life to be as it is. It’s in “letting be” that we come home to the luminosity and tenderness of natural awareness. We close with a verse from Mary Oliver…
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-10-19 Beyond the Controlling Self – Part 2 51:00
Tara Brach
It’s natural that we do what we can to ward off danger and further ourselves. While our control strategies – such as aggression, judging, planning, seeking approval, pretending – have a developmental role, they are not a recipe for happiness, intimacy and freedom. An essential part of our evolution is to recognize when we are over-managing our lives, and learn to let go of the controls. These talks explore how we can release the grip of the over-controller, and the profound awakening of our hearts and minds that is possible in the shift from doing to being.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-10-19 Right View - Motivation Strengthens the Heart 60:19
Ajahn Sucitto
Recognizing the primary importance of the internal domain is essential for right view. Unlike other species we can cultivate love and wisdom, to benefit all creatures coming after us.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg Love is the Breath of Life

2022-10-19 Meditation on Mindful Awareness of Breathing 50:55
Ajahn Sucitto
Meditation instructions are often interpreted as paying pointed attention. But wide attention allows energy and mind to decompress. Cultivating a cool awareness of the body is the key to this.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg Love is the Breath of Life

2022-10-19 Being a 21st century Western Buddhist 1:49:45
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2022-10-19 Working with the direct expereince of anicca 18:37
Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center ‘There is nothing you need hold on to, there is nothing you need push away’: A path to the peace of letting go

2022-10-19 Guided standing, upright & embodied 9:53
Willa Thaniya Reid
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center ‘There is nothing you need hold on to, there is nothing you need push away’: A path to the peace of letting go

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