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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2023-05-11 Lovingkindness, The Foundation of Well-being Deliberately Cultivating a Warm Heart 25:58
Eve Decker
Join Eve Decker for an exploration of and practice with loving-kindness, the Buddha's teaching on cultivating well-being through warmth of heart.
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2023-04-27 SANGHA! In Person and Online, Our First Hybrid Gathering! 50:43
James Baraz
James and Eve are delighted to host the first in person meeting at the Berkeley Buddhist monastery since Covid changed our lives. In addition to a Dharma talk and exploration about Sangha, Eve brings her guitar and shares some music.
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2023-04-13 Meeting Difficult Emotions 50:43
Eve Decker
Eve Decker explores approaches to difficult emotions, using mindfulness and compassion. This work comes from the Mindful Self Compassion curriculum developed by Dr. Kristen Neff and Dr. Christopher Germer.
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2023-04-06 The Secret to Bringing Out the Best in Others 49:43
James Baraz
Here is a practice that is the secret to bring out the best in others. It's a simple yet powerful practice that puts people at ease and helps awaken a feeling of trust, safety, and loving kindness. And it feels good for the person practicing it as well.
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2023-03-23 The Shift of Practice from “Doing” to “Being” 54:51
James Baraz
While it’s true that it takes effort to come back to the present moment each time the mind wanders, the most profound practice is when we let go of all effort and simply rest in the awareness that’s always here. This shift from “doing” to the complete relaxation of “non-doing” or simply “Being” is what the Tibetans call the deep and subtle practice of “Non-Meditation”.
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2023-03-09 Dis-Identifying from Thought Parts 1&2 67:36
Eve Decker
After sitting a month at Spirit Rock Eve explores the power of seeing the mind and how and why not identifying with its contents is a path to freedom.
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2023-03-02 The Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek 53:25
James Baraz
A classical text from Kashmir Shaivism entitled "Realization of Our True Heart" or Pratyabijñāhṛdaya, describes in a few lines how we and everything in physical form is simply an expression of Divine Play of the universe –what in Hinduism is called the lila or dance of consciousness. This talk explores one perspective of the Mystery, that which cannot be named.
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2023-02-23 Cultivating a Regenerative Livelihood Garden 56:38
Della Z Duncan
Drawing from her experiences and insights as a Right Livelihood Coach and Buddhist Economist, Della Duncan offers an ecological metaphor for cultivating Right Livelihood and guides us through a series of questions to help us explore the themes, questions, and challenges we face in our Right Livelihood journeys.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

2023-02-23 Being with Experience Part 2 57:52
Alexa Redner
Alexa Redner continues her exploration from last week on what it means to really be with experience.
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2023-02-09 Living Kindness 56:03
Kevin Griffin
Kevin Griffin explores the Metta Sutta, the Buddha's words on Loving-Kindness. How can we actually live this teaching in an embodied way? Kevin's new book is Living Kindness: Metta Practice for the Whole of Our Lives. From Publisher’s Weekly: “The lucid analysis of Buddhist texts and the jargon-free examination of metta make this an ideal primer on a core element of Buddhist thought and practice."
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