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The greatest gift is the gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
2021-12-19
Enjoying Presence
40:53
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Ajahn Sucitto
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We become entangled in the creations and reactions that arise based on ignorance. Mindfulness immersed in the body is where we can experience release from the powerful reflexes and currents. Translate the complexities of thoughts into the simplicity of emotional drives, and feel them in the body. Tune into what’s given – awareness, presence, stability – this is comfortable, this is pleasure, this is our basic ground.
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Cittaviveka
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2021-12-17
The Ocean Cares for Each Wave
24:01
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Ayya Medhanandi
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Though we may feel lost in the world, on the path of purification we find secure refuge and blessings shower down upon us. It is by the power of our own mind that we bring forth what is resplendent in this world. We use suffering as our teacher and live in forgiveness, gratitude, and clear seeing – grounded in the treasures of Truth. Doesn't the ocean care for each wave until it reaches the farther shore? Just so, we entrust our aspiration to liberate the heart in the care and protection of the Dhamma.
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Sati Saraniya Hermitage
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2021-12-17
Meditation and Dhamma talk on cessation
1:33:47
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Bhante Sujato
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Meditation and Dhamma talk on cessation by Bhante Sujato. Cycles of life: cessation is bliss. The ending of things makes new things possible. The story of the long-lived arahant. Q+A: The top ten suttas. Psychic powers.
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Lokanta Vihara
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Attached Files:
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Top Ten Suttas (and ten more to read as well)
by Bhante Sujato
(Link)
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2021-12-12
A Compass to Freedom
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Ayya Medhanandi
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Compassion is our worthy compass. Radiating compassionate empathy towards our own suffering and the suffering of the world, the mind is tranquil, protected from danger, and at peace. We have courage enough to evict fear and take our proper seat in the pure presence of the heart.
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Portland Friends of the Dhamma
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Full Catastrophe Compassion
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2021-12-12
At the Frontier of Harmlessness – Chop Off the Head of Mara
42:13
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Ayya Medhanandi
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One who practices true compassion inwardly as well as to others is praised as a superior person, a spiritual warrior on the path of harmlessness. How do we emulate that? Guided by right intention, we abandon the hindrances of the mind and patiently whittle away our ingrained habit of ego construction. We learn to see wisely and to forgive conditions as we journey to transcendence.
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Portland Friends of the Dhamma
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Full Catastrophe Compassion
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2021-12-12
Compassion Is Greater Than Fear
21:43
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Ayya Medhanandi
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Compassion is a strength, a generosity, a joy, a guardian of the mind, a rescue from fear and all forms of suffering, and a fountain of peace. It brings untold benefit both for one who gives it and for one who receives it. Compassion enhances the sublime abidings and the factors of awakening, thus serving, in and of itself, as a dynamic vehicle for the heart’s liberation.
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Portland Friends of the Dhamma
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Full Catastrophe Compassion
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2021-12-12
On the Threshold of Pure Presence
14:54
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Ayya Medhanandi
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The Dhamma summons us to let virtue be purified so that we can hasten to higher ground. What will give us peace in our suffering moments? What will calm the mind in all of life’s struggles? No one is immune. But having known a glimpse of pure presence, the heart follows that true way home, to the ending of pain, to the unexcelled bliss of its freedom.
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Portland Friends of the Dhamma
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Full Catastrophe Compassion
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2021-12-12
Q&A
46:27
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Ajahn Sucitto
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00:00 Working with people who have suffered trauma; 05:32 Helping someone into feeling the body or breath; 06:54 Relationships with others who are not spiritual; 09:06 Relationship between energy, intension and kamma; 17:57 The felt sense of being held; 20:36 Feelings of negativity when verbally attacked by family members; 23:24 Feeling sleepy; 25:29 Disorientation when trauma recedes; 28:55 The thinking mind; 32:02 When something is stuck; 34:27 Samādhi and concentration; 42:00 Is chanting helpful to the practice.
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London Insight Meditation
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Feel It, Breathe It, Clear It - A Guide to Emotional Management
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2021-12-11
Dem Herzgeist Sorge tragen
52:52
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Yuka Nakamura
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Unser Geist kann unser bester Freund oder unser schlimmster Feind sein - je nachdem, ob wir ihn auf das Heilsame oder Unheilsame ausrichten. Dharmapraxis bedeutet, das Heilsame zu kultivieren und zu stärken - wir kultivieren ethisches Verhalten, heilsame Geistesfaktoren und Weisheit. Dadurch säen wir die Samen des Glücks und des inneren Friedens.
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Karunahaus
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2021-12-10
Körperachtsamkeit - ein weites und reiches Praxisfeld
55:59
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Yuka Nakamura
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Die Praxis der Körperachtsamkeit ist das Fundament der Achtsamkeitspraxis.
Den Körper achtsam wahrzunehmen und zu erforschen ermöglicht uns einen anderen Zugang und eine andere, gelöstere Beziehung zum Körper als unsere normale, objektivierende Sicht des Körpers. Dies ist der Boden für die Kultivierung von Achtsamkeit, von Sammlung und von Einsicht in die wahre Natur des Körpers.
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Karunahaus
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2021-12-03
Breath meditation, Dhamma talk on "Dune"
1:41:06
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Bhante Sujato
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Breath meditation by Bhante Sujato. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato on "Dune" by Frank Herbert. AI and consciousness. The Buddha's concept of "subtle materiality" as physical properties of internal experiences (sukhuma vs oḷārika).
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Lokanta Vihara
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Attached Files:
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We need a Butlerian Jihad against AI
by Erik Hoel
(Link)
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The empty brain
by Robert Epstein
(Link)
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On why AI probably can't have consciousness
by Dr Jaak Panksepp
(Link)
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2021-12-01
Preparing Our Hearts for the Holidays
51:05
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Tara Brach
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While the holidays can be times of loving celebration, they can also highlight relational conflicts and challenges. This talk explores how, given the stress of the season, we can bring grace and openheartedness to ourselves and others.
Tonight’s class closes with special music: “Love is the Answer” by Len Seligman (with his permission). You can learn more about Len and listen to his latest offerings at https://www.lenseligman.com
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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