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2021-11-05 Rechte Absicht ~ Intention integriert Rechte Ansicht in unser Leben 33:54
Ayya Santacitta
Aloka-Dharma-Zoom
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2021-11-04 Evening Dharma Talk #1: The Nature of Samadhi and Samatha Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 59:12
Donald Rothberg
We explore further the nature of samadhi and samatha practice, cultivating samadhi, pointing to the importance of samadhi and samatha practice, the different ways of practicing, and some of the challenges of such practice. We identify five main challenges and suggest some of the ways of working with the challenges.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Settling, Seeing, and Luminous Awareness

2021-11-04 Showing Up for Reality with Humility and Grace: Terry Patten's Last Teaching 50:16
James Baraz
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.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2021-11-04 Noble Giving Means Giving Oneself 58:18
Ajahn Sucitto
The quality of dāna, giving, is not dependent on materiality or even a charitable obligation. It’s a Dhamma practice that makes you stronger than you thought you were – it brings up your nobility. It’s a privilege to give because it makes you glad, and so the enlightenment factors arise in the mind. For the one receiving, giving brings forth integrity – one wants to live up to the offering. This is the dāna principle; everybody wins. This dāna is a step on the Path to awakening.
Cittaviveka

2021-11-04 Loving Kindness For Ourselves And Others 52:23
Brian Lesage
This talk includes a guided meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Second 3-Week Insight Meditation Retreat

2021-11-04 Reflections on the Body as a Primary Foundation for Practice 46:01
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House November Solitary Retreat

2021-11-04 Guided metta meditation 35:31
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2021

2021-11-04 Morning Instructions: Intentions 39:32
Tuere Sala
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Second 3-Week Insight Meditation Retreat

2021-11-03 After the RAIN: The Flowering of Awake Awareness – Part 2 58:03
Tara Brach
The blessing of the spiritual path is a homecoming to our essential nature—wakeful, loving awareness. These two talks explore the grounds of that awakening, which is a shift of identity from that of a separate self to realizing the formless luminous presence that, like a boundless ocean, includes all the waves or expressions of our being. This two-part series includes several guided reflections and invites us into the dimensions of the path that lead to true freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2021 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2021-11-03 Meditation: The Return to Presence – Rest Your Mind in What Is (21:17 min.) 21:17
Tara Brach
It’s natural that our attention wanders, and the more we relax back, the more that becomes our habit…returning to presence. This meditation opens with conscious breathing and awakening through the body. We then rest in open awareness, and when the attention drifts, guide ourselves to rest our minds, over and over, in the aliveness and presence that is right here.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2021 IMCW Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life

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