La primera sesión define la meditación y describe las enseñanzas budistas que le dan contexto al camino de la practica. Exploramos las dos formas básicas de meditación - concentración y conciencia plena - y luego nos enfocamos en el entrenamiento de conciencia plena: trayendo atención de conciencia plena a la respiración y sensaciones corporales. Las meditaciones guiadas incluyen el establecimiento de una intención y la pausa sagrada; aprendiendo a "regresar" usando la respiración como un ancla; y "estando aquí" con una presencia encarnada.
If we inquire "what is between me and presence" we usually find we've been caught inside a limiting story of self, contracted by wants and fears. This talk explores a simple yet powerful way of arousing loving presence and dissolving the narrow identification that keeps us from inhabiting our awakened heartmind.
Realizing that we are an inseparable part of the vast web of life, opens our heart to a sense of deep inner connection and a life in harmony with the ways things are.
Meditation, talk and discussion on the centrality of relationship in our lives and the imperative that we relate to the eightfold path with this as the central hub from which all 8 spokes emanate.
Reflections on the Paramattakasutta (The Discourse of Eight on Ultimacy) from the Atthakavagga of the Sutta Nipata (Sn. 796-803).
This talk begins with a guided meditation, introduced by Martine Batchelor.
This talk addresses common misunderstandings about acceptance (allowing, "letting be") and explores the challenges and blessings of opening to the raw emotions that we habitually avoid.
Compassion is a beautiful flowering of the heart, as it turns to face suffering and pain in ourselves and others. This talk illuminates that process and how we can encourage compassion by turning to meet pain with a kind heart.
