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Akincano Marc Weber's Dharma Talks
Akincano Marc Weber
Akincano Marc Weber (Switzerland) is a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist. He learned to sit still in the early eighties as a Zen practitioner and later joined monastic life in Ajahn Chah’s tradition where he studied and practiced for 20 years in the Forest monasteries of Thailand and Europe. He has studied Pali and scriptures, holds a a degree in Buddhist psychotherapy and lives with his wife in Cologne, Germany from where he teaches Dhamma and meditation internationally.
2014-08-22 The meeting of Dukkha and Sati - a transformative encounter. 60:29
On dukkha and what it means, on sati and its seed quality in the development of stillness, wisdom, brahmavihāra and ethics. 3 specific ways in which mindfulness transforms the experience of dukkha.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2014-08-22 Reflection. Satipaṭṭhāna: Learning the holding skill in meditation 20:32
Meditation instructions – between the basic outline and the detailed cut-out: On informed choices, defaulting to wrong options – and learning anyway.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2014-08-21 Reflection. Cittānupassanā continued. Sati as relationship; the construction of relationship in analogy to our senses. Ways in: Three practical entry points into the contemplation of mind. 26:32
Follow-up on Contemplation of mind from previous week. Need to clarify the "how“ of being mindful rather than habitually resort to a – possibly unconscious – way of doing so. (Examples) How to find an entry to Contemplations of mind-states and learning to understand them rather than marinate in them.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2014-08-20 As Dawn before Sunrise: 7 conditions for the arising of the 8-fold Path 53:00
Exposition of S 45, 49-62 / S v 29-32: Seven keys to the arising of the Eightfold Path. A teaching outside of the famous Buddhist charts and yet more than pertinent to the development of the Gradual Path.
Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley
2014-08-16 Reflection. Follow-up on Clear Comprehension: Relating to the meditational process. 44:19
Description: We don’t approach our meditation practice neutrally. Understanding need, bias, inclination in our approach to practice. About labeling as a sampajañña practice; Practical suggestions on questioning the breath and a glimpse on commentarial suggestions on how to go about mindfulness of breathing (Vism)
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2014-08-15 Clear Comprehension in the Suttas (sampajañña) 47:38
A look at Sati’s friend: role and references in the discourses
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2014-08-15 Reflection. Mind (citta) and contemplation of mind (cittānupassanā) 22:37
What citta means in the discourses; key qualities to be inquired into from the cittānupassanā-section of the Satipatthana-Sutta
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2014-08-14 Reflection. Feeling tone (vedanā) 39:30
What it is and how to practice with it in the context of Satipatthana
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2014-08-09 Reflection: Two dimensions of attentional training. Some similes" 21:17
Descriptions: Temporal continuity and spatial stability as the two ways of practicing attentional focus across Buddhist Traditions. Four commentarial similes for mindfulness of breathing.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2014-08-08 Meditation: Methods – Techniques – Attitudes 66:38
Bhāvana is more than technique. Myths and misconceptions around methods. Understanding personal temperament in our choice of method.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge August 2014 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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