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Ariya B. Baumann's Dharma Talks
Ariya B. Baumann
Ariya B. Baumann left her career as a music and dance teacher in favour of her deep yearing to understand herself and the world. Based on her many years of practice, twenty-one of them as a nun in the Burmese tradition, she now lays a strong emphasis on the practice of loving-kindness (including metta chants) as a basis for the vipassana meditation practice. She has translated a number of Dhamma books from Burmese to English and German, among these are Mahasi Sayadaw’s ‘Manual of Insight’. She is a co-founder and president of ‘Metta In Action’ which supports a variety of social and medical projects throughout Burma, especially nunneries.
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2018-08-22 Thoughts 56:13
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Thoughts are a natural manifestation of the mind. We need to understand the nature of thoughts and then use them wisely and skillfully in our meditation practice and life.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann
2018-08-20 Desire and Attachment 60:36
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Instead of being at the mercy of desire and attachment we need to understand the sticky nature of every form of desire – and then to weaken and abandon it. Besides using mindfulness there are a number of approaches to skilfully deal with desire.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann
2018-08-17 The World and Beyond the World 49:44
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The world (loka) and beyond the world (lokuttara) are distinguished by only one thing: loka is what is constantly disintegrating and disappearing whereas in lokuttara there is peace with no arising and passing away.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann
2018-08-15 Death – Come and Take My Hand 46:24
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What is our relation to death? To our death? Are we prepared for this certain event in our life? The frequent reflection on the inevitability of death sets free the energy to do what is meaningful and beneficial in our life. Our priorities become clear and we do not waste time with trivial things.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann
2018-08-13 Walking Meditation and Its Many Benefits 67:43
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Walking meditation is an integral part in the process of purifying the heart & mind. It is as important as sitting meditation and gives rise to the deep and liberating insights into the true nature of all things, culminating in complete liberation.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann
2018-08-11 Vipassana Meditation Instructions 63:35
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Instructions for the practice of vipassana meditation
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann
2018-08-11 Sati – What is Mindfulness? 61:35
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Mindfulness is an indispensable quality for our practice of vipassana meditation. It is the foundation upon which all the other beautiful and necessary qualities for insight to arise can unfold.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann
2018-08-10 Metta – The Beauty of Selfless Caring 50:00
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When we dwell in metta, the heart’s response is one of selfless caring for others and ourselves.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann
2018-08-08 Metta – An Inner Path to Peace 49:05
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If we want this world to be a peaceful place, we must first develop peace within.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann
2018-08-06 Metta in Deed, Speech, and Thought 53:25
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Metta is not only a sublime state of heart & mind, but it must be manifested in all our actions throughout the day.
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Month-long retreat with Ariya Baumann

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