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

2009-05-13 Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield: An Evening of Questions and Responses 1:22:21

Tara Brach

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Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield: An Evening of Questions and Responses

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-04-29 Wise Investigation 1:11:37

Tara Brach

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This talk focuses on the use of inquiry and investigation in energizing a lucid, mindful presence. The interest and care that underlies wise investigation is essential in both healing difficult emotional tangles and in revealing the very nature of reality. Guided meditation included.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-04-22 Part 2 - Intention and Spiritual Freedom 1:17:19

Tara Brach

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While we can't change the past, it is our intention in this present moment that determines the unfolding of happiness and freedom in our life. When unconscious, our intentions are often shaped by craving and aversion. These two talks explore how we can become mindful of intention, and realize the depth and purity of our innate aspiration toward awakening and freedom.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-04-15 Part 1 - Intention and Spiritual Freedom 1:22:01

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2009-04-08 Downwind from Flowers 1:14:08

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This talk reflects on ways that we can attend to nature--our inner body, the natural world and our relatedness to each other. Through these domains we can discover the impermanent flow of life, a gateway to pure Beingness and the healing to wholeness that arises from love.

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2009-04-01 Awakening Through Conflict 1:20:40

Tara Brach

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The wisdom of the Buddha can guide us not only in discovering inner freedom, but in healing that which divides us from each other. While conflict is inevitable--we are wired toward flight and flight when our needs are not met--it is possible to have our patterns of interpersonal reactivity be the very grounds for awakening. This talk draws on the work of Non Violent Comunications (Marshal Rosenberg) and explores how mindful communications are an interpersonal meditation that gives rise to compassion and understanding.

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2009-03-25 Part 2 - The Body as a Gateway to Full Presence 1:20:28

Tara Brach

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We have strong conditioning to take false refuge in our mind, and disconnect from our senses. These two talks explore the pathways and gifts of coming home to embodied awareness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-03-18 Part 1 - The Body as a Gateway to Full Presence 1:16:48

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We have strong conditioning to take false refuge in our mind, and disconnect from our senses. These two talks explore the pathways and gifts of coming home to embodied awareness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-03-11 Without Anxiety About Imperfection 1:17:06

Tara Brach

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The nature of being human is that we get caught in anger and judgment, hurt and fear. This talk explores what it means to be without anxiety towards this universal emotional conditioning as it appears in ourselves and others. Condemning imperfection binds our identity with an imperfect self. As we learn to pause and open to the direct embodied experience of emotions, we discover a space of presence that is filled with compassion and wisdom. Like the ocean, we can include difficult waves of experience and yet remember our inherent vastness, mystery and wholeness.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-03-04 The Divine Abodes: Equanimity 1:15:36

Tara Brach

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Lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equinimity, are natural expressions of our awakened heart. In this series of four talks, we will examine what arouses these qualities of a wise heart. Each talk will include guided reflections. Equanimity is the balanced and open quality of presence that arises when there is no resisting or grasping after experience. It is through the space of this wise presence that unconditional love is free to shine through.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks