Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2010-11-24 Loving Life: Gratitude and Generosity 1:16:36

Tara Brach

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Love is innate, and blossoms as we intentionally cultivate it. This talk on two natural expressions of loving life--gratitude and generosity--includes several guided reflections that awaken the heart.

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2010-11-17 A Listening Presence - Three Domains of Training 1:15:43

Tara Brach

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Cultivating the capacity for listening is essential to loving well and to realizing the truth of who we are. This talk focuses on three key facets of deep listening--non-distractedness, not-controlling and seeking to understand-- that can awaken an intimacy with our inner life and others. Guided meditations on listening precede and are included within the body of the talk.

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2010-11-10 Releasing Karmic Patterns 1:20:15

Tara Brach

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We all have conditioned patterns of thinking and behaving that keep us identified as a separate, deficient self. This talk investigates the roots of this conditioning and ways that pausing and awakening mindfulness can free us to live from our inherent love and wisdom.

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2010-11-03 Part 4 - Living from Presence - Introductory Series 1:23:00
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Our human potential is to express the wings of presence--mindfulness and lovingkindness--through all facets of daiy living. This talk explores the practices that enable us to both serve and savor this precious life.
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2010-10-27 Part 3 - Mindfulness of Thoughts - Introductory Series 1:14:00
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The primary element in meditation is training to awaken from the trance of thoughts. This class explores two key ways that mindfulness supports this awakening. The first is using wise reflection to discern if thoughts are imprisoning us in fear or serving healing and freedom. The second is recognizing when we are in the virtual reality of thinking, and learning to "come back" to living presence. It is by inhabiting this non-conceptual presence that we have access to the love, wisdom and freedom that we cherish.
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2010-10-20 Part 2 - Mindfulness of Emotions - Introductory Series 1:24:15
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Our conditioning is to live in a reactive trance of either resisting or become possessed by strong emotions. This reactivity fuels a trance of being separate from others, and feeling defective and insecure. In this class we explore how to free ourselves from this suffering by bringing a mindful and kind awareness to the stories and feelings that make up our emotional life.
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2010-10-13 Part 1 - The Art and Science of Meditation - Introductory Series 1:18:46
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The first session defines meditation and describes the Buddhist teachings that give a context to the path of practice. We explore the two basic types of meditation--concentration and mindfulness--and then focus on the ground of mindfulness training: bringing mindful attention to the breath and bodily sensations. Guided meditations include setting intention and the sacred pause; learning to "come back" using an anchor of the breath; and "being here" with an embodied presence.
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2010-10-06 The Awakened Heart 64:35
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2010 - IMCW Fall Residential Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2010-10-04 The Body 57:45
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2010 - IMCW Fall Residential Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2010-09-29 Loving the Earth 49:15
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How is it possible that we humans have wreaked such havoc on this planet, on the web of life that we belong to? This talk explores the ways that egoic consciousness can lead to violating life, and how evolving consciousness can move us toward healing this earth.
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