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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2018-10-14
18 Day 5 Guided Meditation Intention – a Softer Effort
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Using intention in practice means there is a wish, a prayer, an aspiration – subtle movements of energy rather than the push of effort. If we use intention too forcefully we block receptivity. It’s up to us to determine what’s skillful at this time. Perhaps it’s the intention to relax, set aside, widen, soften. Wisdom is our guide, and effort is just to use wisdom to arrive at deeper wisdom. [8:15 Begin Standing Meditation Instructions] Translating Anatomical Descriptions into Felt Sense: We all use anatomical descriptions of the body as a sketch, but the encouragement in this meditation is to translate them into energetic or felt experiences. Beginning with physical experience, guidance is provided to sense into subtler energies and felt tones and meanings.
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New York Insight Meditation Center
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Entering the Dhamma Fields: A Five Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto
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2018-10-13
16 Day 4 Evening Puja: Q&A
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Different ways of presenting Dhamma in Theravada Buddhism (single-pointed, ‘dry insight’; Thai forest). Are there certain thought patterns that are related to nervous energy in the body? How do you do discharge? Metta practice as cultivating non-aversive, non-contractive state rather than a doing/sending out. Clarifying the term ‘fields’. Qi Gong questions (is it normal to get so hot while practicing Qi Gong? Is it good to use wu qi for standing meditation?); Responding to sexual awareness in the presence of others. Skillfully handling trauma that are still alive. Distinction between perception and consciousness. How feelings and emotions are experienced in Samadhi. Reclining meditation
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New York Insight Meditation Center
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Entering the Dhamma Fields: A Five Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto
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2018-10-12
When the Trees Wither and the Leaves Fall
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Ayya Medhanandi
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Sometimes we feel torn apart by life and unable to cope. Healing may be slow to come but our meditation practice can enhance that process. If we contemplate the fearsome winds of life in such a way that we deeply understand their impermanent nature, we will also understand that they are unsatisfactory and empty of any 'self'. That will be the dawning of the heart's true peace.
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Satipaññā Insight Meditation Toronto
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2018-10-03
Being a Scientist of Our Own Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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Nikki Mirghafori
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Our magnificent heart-mind-body is our laboratory. First, a deep respect and humility for how little we know (specifically about the brain) is to be embraced, in order not to reduce the totality of our amazing humanity to materialist neuralism, especially with simplified or outdated models (e.g., the Triune theory with reptilian brain, etc.). Also essential are a scientific “holy” curiosity (also known as the factor of investigation) and gentle perseverance. Finally, a true scientist is inspired by awe and the mystery of the ineffable, not just to “get a prize” — or, as it applies to our meditation practice, simply undertaking it for the sake of self improvement.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science
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2018-10-01
"Playground of the Mind: Exploring Bhikkhu Analayo's Brahma Vihara and Emptiness Practices"
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James Baraz
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"This is a talk given at James Baraz's Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley."
James recently sat with Ven. Bhikkhu Analayo, an extraordinary Buddhist scholar and meditation teacher. He shares some of the teachings and practices that he learned on the Brahma Viharas and how they can help lead to deeper perceptions of emptiness including infinite space and infinite consciousness.
The talk gives a glimpse of the value of experimenting and playing with the mind. With Ven. Analayo's permission, James' takes us on a quick journey through some rather profound terrain. So let whatever your experience or non-experience be okay. For a deeper dive into the material the listener is referred to Ven. Analayo's book: Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation:
Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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IMCB Regular Talks
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2018-09-19
Guided Meditation AM Day 2: Head, Hair, Body Hair, Nails, Teeth, Skin (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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Bob Stahl
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Guided meditation on head, hair, body hair, nails, teeth, & skin
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Finding Freedom in the Body
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2018-09-18
Erfolg und Misserfolg
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Renate Seifarth
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Es geht um die verschiedenen Objekte in der Vipassanameditation und die Haltung, mit der wir ihnen begegnen wollen. Unterstrichen wird die unparteiliche Haltung und der hohe Erfolgsdruck, den wir oft zur Praxis bringen und er unser unvoreingenommenes Begegnen mit uns und unseren Erfahrungen behindert.
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Buddha-Haus
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7 Tage Vipassana und Mettaretreat
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2018-09-13
Meditation Instructions - Made Up
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Nathan Glyde
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Meditation Instructions to open us to the empty and fabricated nature of all phenomena. Everything is made up of other things. Everything is dividable into parts, components. All is put together: Sankhara. But, importantly, it is put together from put together things, there is no end to the parts exploration. There is no 'one' at the bottom of the pile. Everything is made up. Everything is empty of existing inherently individually seperately.
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Freely Given Retreats
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A Wide and Wonderful Path
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