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Dharma Talks
2021-05-21 Gaia House Online Book Talk - When you Greet Me I Bow 53:50
Norman Fischer
In this dharma talk and discussion Norman Fischer presents his just-out book “When You Greet Me I Bow: Notes and Reflections from a Life in Zen,” a collection of thirty years of his Dharma essays, with his own contemporary reflections. Covering topics as wide-ranging as what is a Zen teacher, racism and Buddhism, politics and religion, women in Zen, and the dialogic nature of Zen practice, the book is a broad look at the Buddhist movement in the West, its challenges and changes over the decades. Norman reads a bit, talks a bit, and opens for conversation and exploration.
Gaia House Gaia House Online Book Talk - Norman Fischer - When You Greet Me I Bow

2021-05-21 Lovingkindness Practice 45:18
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spring Insight Retreat with Matthew Brensilver, PhD, Tuere Sala and Brian Lesage

2021-05-21 Anatta and its Blessings 50:07
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spring Insight Retreat with Matthew Brensilver, PhD, Tuere Sala and Brian Lesage

2021-05-20 Reflections and Guided Heart Practice 36:34
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spring Insight Retreat with Matthew Brensilver, PhD, Tuere Sala and Brian Lesage

2021-05-20 Impermanence 47:37
Brian Lesage
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spring Insight Retreat with Matthew Brensilver, PhD, Tuere Sala and Brian Lesage

2021-05-19 Meditation: Yes to Life 18:48
Tara Brach
In the moments we release all resistance, we relax open to inhabit the fullness of our Being. This meditation guides us to an embodied, openhearted presence that welcomes the changing flow of life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2021-05-19 Entering the Mystery 54:24
Tara Brach
John O’Donahue writes, “We are so busy managing our lives, we forget this great mystery we are involved in.” This talk looks at the ways we pull away from the mystery and the path of “beginners mind” that enables us to encounter this living world with freshness, courage and wonder (a special talk from the 2013 archives).
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2021-05-19 Concentration: Steady mind, clear mind 46:01
Kate Munding
Concentration: This dharma talk is the last in a series on the Eight Fold Path. It includes techniques for quieting the mind (shamata), the nature of concentration, and the necessary elements to reach concentrated states in a sustainable way. Also included is a description of the Jhanas (high states of concentration) and the value of experiencing these states to help strengthen faith. Brief Q & A at the end included.
Assaya Sangha Assaya Sangha Dharma Talks

2021-05-19 Practicing Receiving Loving-Kindness 36:34
Brian Lesage
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spring Insight Retreat with Matthew Brensilver, PhD, Tuere Sala and Brian Lesage

2021-05-19 Week 3: The Power of Relationship on a Noble, Whole-life, Eightfold Path 58:54
Gregory Kramer
Gaia House The Power of Relationship on a Noble, Whole-Life, Eightfold Path

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