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Dharma Talks
given at Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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2022-07-21
Sangh and Kalayana
49:37
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Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith
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| Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith is a MTI Certified Mindfulness Teacher and teaches regularly for Cloud Sangha and is a facilitator for Peace At Any Pace, Inc.’s Deep Time Liberation ancestral healing retreats. Ramona explores community and spiritual friendship. |
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2022-07-14
The Five Hindrances
62:19
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Mei Elliott
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| This talk provides an overview of the Five Hindrances, afflictive mental states that obscure our inner wisdom. It covers how to practice with the hindrances by engaging mindfulness, curiosity and kindness, as well as how to apply antidotes. Mei Elliott is currently the director of San Francisco Zen Center’s City Center temple, where she lives and practices. |
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2022-07-07
Brahma Viharas as Antidotes to Negative Judgments
58:50
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Eve Decker
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| The Brahma Viharas ("Divine Abodes") are practices we can use to wisely meet the moment. In the context of negative judgments, each of these practices (lovingkindness, compassion, appreciation and equanimity) has a particular gift to give. This talk explores these beautiful qualities and how we can practice them when negative judgments arise. |
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2022-06-30
Cultivating the Wise Caring Responsive Heart in the Face of the Eco-Crisis
57:27
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Jean Leonard
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| Jean Leonard, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and meditation teacher in private practice in Louisville, and is a board member of the Rocky Mountain EcoDharma Retreat Center. She has practiced vipassana meditation since 2003 and teaches mindfulness classes and mentors mindfulness teachers in training through Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s MMTCP program. |
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2022-06-23
Self-Friendliness: What it isn't and is, why and how we can practice
55:37
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Eve Decker
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| The Buddha said – "...and how does one abide with one's heart imbued with loving kindness? Just as one would feel friendliness on encountering a dearly beloved friend, so does one extend loving kindness to oneself and all creatures." Do you feel friendliness toward yourself in a consistent way? If not, why not? And what are some effective practices to deepen self-friendliness and the positive effect that has on all areas of life, including happiness, health, and relationships? |
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2022-06-16
Amazing Grace:
Why Do Some People Turn Their Suffering into Compassion While Others Become Embittered?
50:41
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James Baraz
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| In one discourse the Buddha taught that suffering can be a causative factor for faith to arise. However, that is not always the case. In fact, often suffering leads to bitterness, fear, and ill will. Why is it that, for some people, suffering is the catalyst to begin their spiritual journey and for others it's leads to negative patterns that contribute to a society filled with divisiveness, fear and "othering." We'll explore this mysterious process |
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2022-06-12
The Five Daily Reflections
52:53
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James Baraz
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| A follow up to a recent talk that focused on death and dying. This talk explores the other four of the Five Daily Reflections (also known as the Five Remembrances): aging, illness, loss and karma. It includes practices and discussion on how we can include them regularly in our Dharma practice, which the Buddha highly recommended. |
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2022-06-09
5 Methods to Work with Troublesome Thoughts:
MN #20: Vitakkasanthana Sutta
49:43
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James Baraz
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| The Buddha gave a teaching on five different methods he recommended to work with disturbing thoughts. When we are mindful of the thinking process it's possible to see thoughts simply as mental fabrications. However, when we get caught in them and the body gets activated, we spin out in the story and are caught in a negative emotional response. We become identified with those mental formations and can more easily get lost. When that happens, the Buddha offers these five strategies as skillful techniques to deal with the confused mind. |
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