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Stephen Batchelor's Dharma Talks in English
Stephen Batchelor
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2012-03-14 07 Conditionality and The Four 58:41
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Insight into conditionality as the core of the Buddha's awakening; reading of and reflection on the first discourse; the process of the four: embracing dukkha, letting go of craving, experiencing the stopping of craving, cultivating the path.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism
2012-03-15 08 Mara 56:38
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Reflections on the demonic: what rises up and limits us on the path; Mara and Namuci; the parable of the crow and the piece of rock as an alternative metaphor of freedom; the Buddha's response to Mara who appears as a farmer.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism
2012-03-16 09 Stream Entry 63:06
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Negative capability; the ambiguous nature of self; self as process; foundations of ethics; Buddha and the sick monk; definitions of stream entry: as lucid confidence, as freedom from perplexity, as abandoning three fetters; the lay sangha.
Australian Insight Meditation Network (Sine Cera Retreat Center) :  An Introduction to Secular Buddhism
2011-11-05 For Love of This World 61:16
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Some foundational texts for Secular Buddhism; the Buddha's parable of the city and its implications; creativity and aesthetics in the practice of the path; a democracy of the imagination.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Towards a Secular Buddhism
2011-10-29 Self 58:38
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Reflection on passages from the suttas of the Pali Canon where the Buddha explores themeaning of "self" (atta).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2011-11-04 Entering the Stream 62:15
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Further thoughts on secular Buddhism; ELSA = Embrace, Let Go, Stop, Act; ELSA is a continuous stream; Mara as Namuci, the drought demon; the stream as the 8-fold path; stream-entry as confidence in the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha; abandoning the three fetters; an inclusive conception of Sangha; Sarakani the Sakiyan
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Towards a Secular Buddhism
2011-10-29 Namarupa and Consciousness 64:37
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Reflection on passages from the suttas of the Pali Canon where the Buddha addresses what he means by "namarupa" (name-form) and Viññana (consciousness).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2011-10-29 Questions and Answers about namarupa and consciousness 52:47
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2011-10-29 Questions and Answers about 'Self' and other topics 52:23
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2011-11-03 The Four 60:20
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A commentary on the "Turning of the Wheel of Dhamma," the Buddha's first discourses.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Towards a Secular Buddhism

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