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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2007-02-04
Guided Meditation: Metta to phenomena
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Rob Burbea
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This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
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Gaia House
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Loving Kindness and Compassion as a Path to Awakening (2007)
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2007-01-25
Expressions of Metta
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Rob Burbea
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This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
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Gaia House
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Loving Kindness and Compassion as a Path to Awakening (2007)
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2007-01-22
Samadhi in Metta Practice
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Rob Burbea
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This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
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Gaia House
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Loving Kindness and Compassion as a Path to Awakening (2007)
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2007-01-12
Metta For Self, Metta For The World
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Donald Rothberg
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Metta to self is traditionally a starting point for Metta practice. Yet this is challenging for many of us as we work with our pain, judgments and demons. As we develop in Metta to self, we bring Metta out into the world, which deeply needs it. This requires a lot of creativity. We end by exploring the coverage needed to bring Metta into the world, and the need for a "tough metta" -- a Metta able to respond to difficult situations, a Metta that is neither passive nor a pushover.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Metta Retreat
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2006-01-10
Metta Sutta - All Of The Path
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Sylvia Boorstein
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This talk combines ??????? Of the Metta Sutta as being all of the path - Sila, Samadhi, Punna - Morality, Mind Development & Wisdom with a presentation of a small book by Bruce Erik Kaplan, Inviting the Whole World to a Party and a book by Thomas Oliphant - Praying for Gil Hodges.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2004-12-07
Self-Knowledge
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Rodney Smith
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Is your meditation directed toward learning about who you are? What areas do you shy away from paying attention to yourself? Where are you self-protected? Do you feel the pain associated with those areas? Become increasingly aware of one of those areas and see what difference bare attention (caring attention) makes to that pain. Offer that area metta to ease the pain of looking. The pain will ease in direct proportion to your understanding of it, and understanding is achieved through direct observation.
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Seattle Insight Meditation Society
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2004-11-23
Wholeness and Healing through Generosity
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Rodney Smith
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Notice how frequently you second-guess your generosity. You may have the desire to be generous but you let it pass without acting. This week act upon any impulse to be generous: if you have the thought to give something to someone, do not delay or second-guess the impulse. Give.
Each time you open the Internet this week begin by going to thehungersite.com and offer a free donation to all the similar sites listed on that web page. Say metta phrases to each disadvantaged group as you make the offering. May all being have sufficient food; may all beings be free of breast cancer.... Feel the pain associated with each category of people and wish them well. Explore the relationship between feeling pain for another and generosity. Does the pain motivate you to move towards or away from giving?
Notice your meditative posture and see if the chest and shoulders are fully open when you sit. How does your posture affect your mind? As you move through the day notice your posture when you feel selfish or irritable. Notice it when you feel generous and confident. When you feel selfish and closed down to generosity adjust your posture to a more open stance and see if that has any effect on your state of mind.
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Seattle Insight Meditation Society
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