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Dharma Talks
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2022-11-16
The Calling of These Times – Part 2
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Tara Brach
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The Dalai Lama invites us to trust in the power of heart and awareness to awake through all circumstances. What does that look like in the midst of our current global crises? These two talks explore what these times are drawing forward in us individually and collectively, and how we can live true to the full wisdom and love of our beings.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2022-11-16
Taking All Experiences as Opportunities for Learning
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Donald Rothberg
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One of the central intentions of our practice is to learn from all experiences. This is not easy, both with difficult experiences or with wonderful experiences; we might in both cases revert to habitual forms of consciousness and behavior. We explore ways that we might "turn all obstacles into the path of practice" (as is said in the Tibetan Lojong teachings), or see "the obstacle as the path" (as in Zen). Central is our practice particularly with unpleasant or difficult experiences, studying and transforming our reactivity. We also see how sometimes there are important gifts that come from painful and/or difficult experiences; we share together in the group some of these kinds of experiences. We end with an invitation to practice with this basic intention to learn from everything in the next week!
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2022-11-14
Waves of Experience Meditation | Monday Night
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Jack Kornfield
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Inviting listeners to breathe softly and naturally amidst it all, Jack helps us flow through waves of thoughts, emotions, and sensations in order to come to rest in loving awareness, the timeless witness dwelling in each of us—who we truly are.
“When you notice that a wave has pulled your attention from the breath, receive it. Let go of the attention to the breath, and receive it with the same loving awareness, as if to bow to it gently.”
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2022-11-13
Self Forgiveness Meditation
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Amita Schmidt
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This is a short, guided meditation exercise in extending forgiveness to a part of yourself. The meditation is designed for healing, and you can practice it as many times as needed, for different ages/parts of yourself.
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Clintonville Sangha Ohio
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2022-11-09
The Calling of These Times – Part 1
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Tara Brach
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The Dalai Lama invites us to trust in the power of heart and awareness to awake through all circumstances. What does that look like in the midst of our current global crises? These two talks explore what these times are drawing forward in us individually and collectively, and how we can live true to the full wisdom and love of our beings.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2022-11-07
Q and A after talk - Q&A - Empowering Faith Energizing Practice, Wat Marp Chan
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Ajahn Achalo
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04:02 Q1 - How can one truly love oneself? Many times even though we do an entire project we blame ourselves for some mistake and focus on the negative things. 10:25 Q2 - I'd like to know if faith is all about being positive? What about the things that we really can't do? Is accepting that an aspect of faith as well? Ajahn mentions 1) the Anatta-lakkhana Sutta: The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic. It is available here: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.059.than.html 2) Adittapariyaya Sutta: The Fire Sermon, available here: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.028.than.html
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Anandagiri Forest Monastery
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2022-11-05
Die vier edlen Wahrheiten
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Yuka Nakamura
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Die Lehre über die vier edlen Wahrheiten stellt die Essenz der gesamten buddhistischen Lehren dar. Die vier edlen Wahrheiten weisen auf unsere existentielle Situation als Menschen hin, mit Leiden und Unzulänglichkeit konfrontiert zu sein, und auf unser Potential, dieses Leiden zu überwinden. Sie laden uns ein, uns für unsere eigene Erfahrung zu öffnen - für Schmerz, Leid, Konflikte etc. - und Einsicht in die Ursachen und Bedingungen von Leiden zu gewinnen. Und sie zeigen einen gangbaren Pfad auf, der zum Ende von Leiden führt - zum Erwachen.
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Karunahaus
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2022-11-04
Indriya - Die fünf spirituellen Fähigkeiten
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Yuka Nakamura
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Um den Weg des Erwachens zu gehen, braucht es die fünf spirituellen Fähigkeiten - die Indriyas: Vertrauen, Energie, Achtsamkeit, Sammlung und Weisheit. Sie ermöglichen es, den Geist absichtsvoll und bewusst auszurichten und zu steuern.
Auch wenn sie eine Art Sequenz darstellen - ein minimales Vertrauen ist Voraussetzung, um sich überhaupt auf die Praxis einzulassen - müssen letztlich alle Fähigkeiten in einer ausgewogenen Weise entwickelt werden. Diese Liste und das achtsame Gewahrsein helfen uns zu erkennen, wie stark die verschiedenen Fähigkeiten in uns entwickelt sind und entsprechend darauf zu achten, dass wir die noch weniger entwickelten Fähigkeiten stärken.
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Karunahaus
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2022-11-02
Meditation: Befriending Our Experience
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Tara Brach
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We begin the meditation with a sense of befriending our experience – with an intention towards gentleness and kindness as the attention goes inward. We scan the body, opening to sounds and the senses, resting in the awareness that includes this changing life. When the mind drifts, as it naturally does, we notice, then relax back into a receptive, listening presence. There’s nothing to do, simply letting life be as it is. Resting in the freedom of awake, open awareness.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2022-11-02
Three Practices for Nurturing Wise Hope
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Tara Brach
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Wise or spiritual hope includes the aspiration to manifest our full potential, individually and collectively, and the trust that this is possible. This talk explores how, especially in stressful times, this hope gets clouded over by fear; and how when it is alive, wise hope energizes and guides all spiritual transformation. We look at three practices – 3 A’s – that help us nurture hope: Aspiration for what we love, Attending to what we love, and Actively serving what we love. This talk includes several poems by poet Danna Faulds.
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2022-10-29
Upekkhā - Gleichmut
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Yuka Nakamura
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Upekkhā - Gleichmut oder Ausgeglichenheit - ist das vierte und letzte der Brahmavihāras, der himmlischen Verweilzustände. Gleichmut hilft uns, inmitten herausfordernder, schwieriger Umstände innerlich stabil zu bleiben. In Beziehungen zeigt sich Gleichmut als Toleranz für andere Menschen und als die Fähigkeit, zwischenmenschliche Konflikte nicht eskalieren zu lassen. Mit Gleichmut fällt es auch leichter, in Situationen, die jenseits unserer Macht liegen, loszulassen.
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Pauenhof Center
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