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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
2009-08-13 The Buddha's 5 supports for practice 53:31
James Baraz
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-08-06 Intersecting realities 55:12
James Baraz
We are each the star of our own movie. Practice invites us to honor every member of the cast of characters in our life, remembering that they have their own reality. And through it all we can wake up from the dream.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-07-30 The Woman at the Well 57:49
James Baraz
Ananda, the Buddha's disciple, while on a mission for the Buddha, requested water to drink from a woman of low cast. The woman protested out of fear that her low caste would contaminate Ananda's holiness; to which Ananada replied, "I ask not for caste but for water." A version of the Buddhist text of this story is available here: http://www.mountainman.com.au/buddha/carus_76.htm
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-07-23 "To thine own self be true..." 56:44
Catherine Ingram
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-07-16 On Metta 53:09
James Baraz
This talk is a version of the talk James will be giving at the upcoming Metta retreat at Spirit Rock.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-07-02 You Never Know... 54:28
James Baraz
You Never Know...
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-06-25 Contentment 53:37
James Baraz
Contentment
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-06-11 Reflections on our Deepest Truths 54:16
James Baraz
James reflects on his connection to Ram Dass and his teacher, Karoli Baba.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-06-04 Verses on the Faith Mind by Seng-T'san (3rd Zen Patriarch of China), part 3 56:43
James Baraz
Tonight James finishes his series on the Faith Mind by the 3rd Zen Patriarch of China. One of the most meaningful lines in this section is: ”To live in this (highest) realization is to be without anxiety about non-perfection.” Cultivating that attitude is a key to freedom. To let ourselves be perfectly imperfect.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-05-28 The Storytelling Monk, Swami Sarveshwarananda Giri 55:24
James Baraz
Affectionately known as “the Storytelling Monk,” Swami Sarveshwarananda Giri is a French-born Kriya Yoga teacher and founder of the Hariharananda Mission in the USA and in India, and the Ark of Love in South America. For the last sixteen years, he has traveled around the globe teaching Yoga, composing and chanting sacred chants, and providing education and shelter to poor children, widows, and senior citizens in India and South America.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

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