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Jose Reissig's Dharma Talks
Jose Reissig
After decades of practice and teaching, what inspires me are those moments when I can see the habitual as if it were for the first time. If such moments occur while I'm giving a talk, then the teacher in me can hear its own words imbued with the freshness imparted by those who truly listen -- the multiple aspects of myself being part of the audience as well. Thanks for your participation in the process.
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2008-11-21 Who's The Decider? 37:24
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Decisions are not made by an all powerful I, but through a process of inner (and at times also outer) deliberation.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group
2008-07-13 The Nonstick Mind 43:22
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To believe that clinging is a requisite for engagement is like believing that the food needs to stick to the pan in order to cook. Yet sticking only leads to burning. Likewise with clinging: it only detracts from true intimacy with life.
Holy Cross Monastery :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat
2008-07-12 Mind As Mirror 51:37
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Ultimately, in our search behind appearances, we need to let go of "name and form" and become like a mirror which is contacting no image. In this emptiness, the mind's capacity to see -- to be aware -- shines unimpeded.
Holy Cross Monastery :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat
2008-07-11 Behind Appearances 48:42
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To go behind appearances, to go for real into the unfamiliar, we need to go by ways which are unfamiliar.
Holy Cross Monastery :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat
2008-06-07 Impermanence And Stillness 43:12
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In the midst of impermanence we find stillness not by avoidance or denial, but by going into the eye of the storm while clinging to nothing.
New York Insight Meditation Center :  One Day Retreat with Jose Reissig
2008-06-06 The Three Characteristics Of Existence 41:40
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These characteristics -- impermanence, non-self, and the ensuing dissatisfaction -- provide us with the opportunity to learn the art of losing. By learning it, we come to the end of suffering.
New York Insight Meditation Center :  One Day Retreat with Jose Reissig
2008-04-06 Unfabricating Reality 43:00
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The first step to unfabricate reality is to catch the mind in the act of fabrication. When we drop all this make-believe, we discover that our mind is naturally and awesomely spacious.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat
2008-04-05 Looking Forward 38:39
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The future is make-believe. We take up residence in it under the misconception that it's secure. The only true security is in opening to the real.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat
2008-04-04 The Pool And The Cesspool 47:24
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Segregation from pollutants is not enough to keep our bodies free from infection, nor our minds free from impurities. We also need to foster healing.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat
2007-12-02 No Road Maps 41:18
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To be really present in our journey through life we need to put aside the road maps -- i.e. the grids that position us within the familiar -- and transcend them.
Dominican Sisters center at Saugerties :  Rhinebeck Sitting Group Retreat with Jose Reissig

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