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Dharma Talks
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2021-11-04
Showing Up for Reality with Humility and Grace:
Terry Patten's Last Teaching
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James Baraz
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| Beloved Philosopher, Teacher and Sacred Activist Terry Patten sadly passed away a few days before this talk. His last book, A New Republic of the Heart, is an inspiring teaching on how to face the global crises we are in. As he went through his own final journey he shared how one can face death with courage, wonder, grace and trust. It was a blueprint for how to meet the pain and sorrow of the world with those same qualities. This talk includes a powerful, clear, deeply moving clip excerpt of Terry's last teaching a week before he passed plus some of his teachings that have touched so many. |
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2021-10-17
One Great Bow of Acceptance
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Ayya Medhanandi
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| As the witness of our suffering, we gain new eyes to see. A doorway to knowing non-duality opens - where there is no you, no me. We are in the realm of no separation in one moment - gone beyond opinions, beyond wanting, beyond our pains and brokenness, and our enslavement to all that we are so driven by. We see them as empty and powerless apart from the power we give them. Knowing this directly, intuitively, the mind turns to unconditional love. We let things be. We give up the struggle. The clarity of knowing and listening deepens. We ascend the Everest within. |
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Sati Saraniya Hermitage
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2021-09-20
Forgiving Heart | Monday Night Talk
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Jack Kornfield
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| There’s a truth and reality deeper than conflict. We are not the stories we tell ourselves. How do we touch our measure of suffering? With a forgiving heart. Step out of the tyranny of self-judgment. Forgive yourself for being a learner in this life.
Three principles of wise forgiveness of others:
1. Forgiveness is not weak, naïve. It’s not "forgive or forget." It takes real courage. Forgiveness does not condone what happened nor allow it to continue.
2. Forgiveness is not quick. It is often a long, difficult, tender process of the heart digesting the pain of what happened.
3. Forgiveness is not for them—it’s for you. It’s about our own heart not being chained to the past.
Sometimes it's your loving heart that opens your broken heart. We can let go. We can put down the burden of resentment. We can live with a gracious heart. |
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2021-08-09
Well-being is the shape of heart
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Ajahn Sucitto
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| The heart takes shape based on certain activations. We can train to avoid certain intentions and actions that make for either a shaky insecure heartone or one stuck with pain. A wise person concerned for their welfare cultivates a citta that is open, spacious, not hankering, not resisting. We begin to reset how our world feels and how we feel about ourselves. This is our treasure. |
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Sunyata Buddhist Centre
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Open Stability
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2021-08-07
Q&A
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Ajahn Sucitto
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| Q1- How to deal with strong floods of sankhāra, in dealing with my role and identity as a Mother. Q2 – Are the qualities of the heart conditioned in the same way as intellectual abilities or physical strength. Q3 – I have a 17 year old dying cat. She suffers a lot and rejects the comforting medicine of the vet. Is this cat wisdom? Q4 What would be a sequence for a daily meditation practice? Q5 Are dharma and dhamma the same? Q6 Can we use the 5 indriyas to solve the 5 hindrances? Q7 How to deal with a band of pain around the back. Q8 Healthy attachment is important for example in childhood development. How do we know if it is OK to have an attachment or not. |
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Sunyata Buddhist Centre
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Open Stability
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