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Dawn Neal's Dharma Talks
Dawn Neal
Dawn Neal started practicing in 2004, and has cumulatively devoted several years to silent retreat. In 2010, her Burmese teacher asked her to teach through the lens of metta. She serves as the Guiding Teacher for Insight Santa Cruz, and as faculty for the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies Online Buddhist Chaplaincy Training. She offers both residential and online retreats.
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2022-01-30 Lucid Awareness Includes How We Relate to What's Happening 1:29:31
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2021-12-12 Sunday Night Sit 1:31:24
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San Francisco Insight Meditation Community :  SFI Sunday Nights
2021-11-14 Lucid Awareness of the Body (Kāyagatāsati) 1:31:36
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San Francisco Insight Meditation Community :  SFI Sunday Nights
2021-08-01 Sunday Night Sit with guest teacher Dawn Neal 1:28:36
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San Francisco Insight Meditation Community :  SFI Sunday Nights
2021-06-20 Resting at the sense gates: Diversity and Simplicity 1:28:37
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San Francisco Insight Meditation Community :  SFI Sunday Nights
2020-12-13 Freeing the Heart 1:27:56
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2018-05-22 Milestones on the Path to Freedom: Assessing Progress in Practice Wisely 42:14
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Dawn Neal gave the last talk in a speaker series titled "Goals in Meditation." Dawn offered a perspective on how to relate to assessments of practice in day-to-day practice, as well as over the arc of a practioner's journey. Beautiful experiences in practice, including great sits, concentration states, and even insight, can be celebrated, and assessed in ways that can nourish confidence in the Dharma and increase spiritual maturity. The same milestones can also become impediments -- dead-weight on the spiritual journey -- if clung to or identified with in an unhelpful way.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Goals in Meditation
2018-04-24 Goals in Meditation 3:05:54
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with Andrea Fella, Dawn Neal, Kim Allen, Shaila Catherine, Tony Bernhard
We invited several local teachers to share both the personal aims that guide their practice and their understanding of the goals of the Buddhist Path. We asked them the following questions: What is the goal of Buddhist practice? What do you personally hope to achieve through your practice? What is a reasonable way to assess our progress – how can we tell if we are on track? How can we work skillfully with goals in the context of mindfulness-based practices that emphasize present moment awareness? This series will explore both the ultimate and relative goals of Buddhist practice. It will address the benefits and limitations of having goals, and explore some related practice issues: comparing, expectations, craving for attainments, inspiration, and the potential for discouragement. Join us for an illuminating look into some aspects of your practice you may never have considered!
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
2017-11-05 Finding respite in the middle of current social environment 47:49
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2017-10-29 Coming home to simplicity of breath, body and mind 43:56
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