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James Baraz's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
James Baraz
I try to convey that the wisdom and compassion we are looking for is already inside of us. I see practice as learning how to purify our mind and heart so we can hear the Buddha inside. In doing so, we naturally embody the dharma and help awaken that understanding and love in others we meet.
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2014-03-06 Sutta Series: Capala Sutta: The Buddha's Advice for Overcoming Sloth and Torpor (AN 7.58) 51:19
Do you ever get sleepy while meditating? In this discourse, the Capala Sutta from the Angutarra Nikaya, the Buddha catches one of his main disciples, Ven. Maha Moggallana nodding off. He then offers him seven strategies for overcoming "sloth and torpor". Identifying with the drowsiness can actually be a doorway to the wisdom of anatta or the selfless nature of reality.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks
2014-01-23 Update on our progress in building community and more on Bob Doppelt's climate change and the Dharma. 64:25
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks
2014-01-16 Earth As Witness: International Dharma Teachers' Statement on Climate Change 63:47
with Bob Doppelt, James Baraz
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks
In collection: One Earth Sangha
2014-01-09 Like Minded Friendship 41:50
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks
2014-01-02 Refuge in the Sangha 42:11
James Baraz and Kate Janke, along with our Sangha members, reflect on our vision of community.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks
2013-12-26 Past, Present and Future: The start of a new year. 41:13
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks
2013-10-31 The Payoff From Fear 44:15
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks
2013-10-24 Is There a Place for God in Buddhist Practice? 61:24
A discussion of the Fall 2013 issue of the Buddhist journal, Inquiring Mind, The God Issue.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks
2013-10-17 The Courage to Be Yourself 47:04
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks
2013-09-12 A Star at Dawn: A Buddhist Perspective on Loss 49:16
Although impermanence is the underlying reality of existence, we have trouble accepting loss especially of those we love. The Buddha said to contemplate every day that we will be separated from everyone and everything near and dear to us. This talk explores why and how to do that.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

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