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The greatest gift is the gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
2015-02-18
Thinning of the Self 3
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Donald Rothberg
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After a brief review of the last two talks - on the general theme of "not-self" and two ways of practicing (opening to the flow of experience, examining the "thick" self) we look at further ways of practicing including being aware of the particular constituents without adding "my" and "mine"; cultivating heart practices such as lovingkindness, compassion, forgiveness and empathy and opening to a "pure awareness" what has been called in the Thai Forest tradition, the "primal" or "radiant" mind.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2014-12-12
Reflection on the Satipatanna sutta and the Anapanasatta sutta
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Sati - the quality that allows remembering; different types of bodies we can experience inwardly through mindfulness of our physical senses and the mind; cultivating feelings from honesty, calm, patience and metta/ loving kindness - cultivating the citta/ heart; four places to live in a complete practice; wise attention; what do I feel/ feel like? Sankharas or energies / vitalities in the body; feeing oneself from the trap of the senses using the body of the breathing ; what knows how to breathe? Cultivating the experience of anapanasati - purifying through breathing. Discovering and working with tensions in the body - widen and soften. Breathing calm and patience into the body, nursing the body.
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Young Buddhists Association of Thailand
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Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat
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2014-07-22
The Rebellious Path of Freedom from Habits of Mind
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Jason Murphy
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This talk was given as a part of the series "Where Rubber Meets the Road: A Series on Mindful Living." Vipassana takes our untrained mind as a starting point -- with its unruliness, hindrances, clinging and aversion -- and gives it a clear and systematic way of developing awareness. With practice, this awareness of what's happening within us and around us in any given moment is the key to not being a slave to our thoughts. It also teaches us to rebel against, or turn away from, our mind's tendencies towards greed, hatred and delusion; and instead, to incline our mind towards openness, freedom from attachment, freedom from suffering, loving-kindness, compassion, wisdom, and equanimity. This is the liberating power of awareness and mindfulness.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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Tuesday Talks
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Where Rubber Meets the Road: A Series on Mindful Living
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2014-04-21
Practicing With Difficult Emotions
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Donald Rothberg
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We explore, through stories, poems and teachings, four inter-related ways to practice with difficult emotions, 1- using antidotes, 2- cultivating the "heart practices" of loving-kindness, compassion, joy, forgiveness, etc, 3- cultivating mindfulness and 4- bringing wisdom to the experience
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Awakening in Service & Action: A Study Retreat on Socially Engaged Buddhism
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