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2022-08-27 04 instructions: Dana, Sila and Wise Effort 28:10
Jill Shepherd, Di Robertson
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Beginning with a brief overview of the five training precepts (Di), then connecting to our retreat aspirations, relinquishment of mobile phones and some relational practice exploring dāna as a support for Wise Effort (Jill)
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-08-27 Dharma Talk - Emptiness 58:48
Leigh Brasington
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Gaia House :  Jhanas, Insight, and Dependent Origination

2022-08-27 Transitioning 24:23
Nathan Glyde
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SanghaSeva :  The Heart Unbound

2022-08-27 Experiencing the Body as Elements (retreat at Spirit Rock) 38:00
Leslie Booker
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Morning Instructions on the first foundation of mindfulness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Loving Awareness: Meeting Reality with Wisdom and Kindness

2022-08-26 Short Guided Mettā Meditation 7:56
Leigh Brasington
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Gaia House :  Jhanas, Insight, and Dependent Origination

2022-08-26 Meeting the Hindrances with Faith 45:05
Leslie Booker
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Centering the faith as the antidote to doubt, this talk takes us on a journey from bright faith, verified faith to unshakeable faith.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Loving Awareness: Meeting Reality with Wisdom and Kindness

2022-08-26 Concern for All Beings: Plant-Based Eating - A conversation with Tara Brach and Tricycle‘s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen. - 58:09
Tara Brach
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A vegetarian diet, while encouraged in most schools of Buddhism, isn’t a requirement of the Buddhist path. But there are powerful spiritual opportunities in embracing a plant-based diet. Following a vegetarian or plant-based diet is one way to practice compassion, reduce harm, and recognize our interconnectedness with all living beings and the earth itself. So what does the dharma say about vegetarianism? How might plant-based eating support our spiritual practice?
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2022-08-26 Guided meditation on the breath, Dhamma talk on the 'dark sage' 1:30:47
Bhante Sujato
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Guided meditation on the breath; peace of mind as a natural state. Dhamma talk on the disruptive and mysterious figure of the 'dark sage' with reference to three people in the suttas: Nālaka, Asito Devala, Ambaṭṭha. Discussion of this archetype, racism in the suttas, the three figures and their attempts to problematise caste.
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • Nālakasutta (Snp 3.1) by suttacentral.net (Link)
  • Ambaṭṭhasutta (DN 3) by suttacentral.net (Link)
  • Assalāyanasutta (MN 93) by suttacentral.net (Link)
  • Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.2.3 by suttacentral.net (Link)

2022-08-26 Dhrma Talk - The Honeyball Sutta 41:47
Leigh Brasington
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Gaia House :  Jhanas, Insight, and Dependent Origination

2022-08-26 Sowing Fulfilling Intentions 48:52
Nathan Glyde
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Exploring the teachings of 5 Remembrances, 2 Sorts of Intention, and the many faces of Avidya.
SanghaSeva :  The Heart Unbound

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