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

2016-03-28 The Path: Ethical Livelihood 41:49
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This talk explores the importance of finding a form of livelihood that truly resonates for you. You’ll learn how Johnny Paycheck’s classic country song “Take This Job and Shove It” ties into Buddhist psychology, a model for changing your relationship to work and what can happen when you substitute the word ‘work’ with the word ‘service.’
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2016-03-23 Embodied Awareness – Embracing Unlived Life – Part 2 1:11:23

Tara Brach

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When we disconnect from the aliveness of our body, we are in a trance that prevents us from living and loving fully. These two talks examine our habits of dissociation – including the cutting off that comes from trauma – and the suffering of “unlived life” that this creates. We then look at how practices of mindfulness and compassion, guided by the acronym RAIN, enable us to re-enter our bodies, and discover the creativity, love and wisdom that naturally flow from embodied awareness.

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2016-03-09 Embodied Awareness- Embracing Unlived Life - Part 1 1:16:44

Tara Brach

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When we disconnect from the aliveness of our body, we are in a trance that prevents us from living and loving fully. These two talks examine our habits of dissociation, and the suffering of “unlived life” that this creates. We then look at how practices of mindfulness and compassion, guided by the acronym RAIN, enable us to re-enter our bodies, and discover the creativity, love and wisdom that naturally flow from embodied awareness.

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2016-03-07 The Path: Wise and Skillful Speech 44:18
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This talk explores guidelines for wise and skillful speech. You’ll learn why not to use auto-correct on your phone, the impact and criteria for wise speech, questions you can ask yourself before speaking, a powerful communication model and what’s possible when you pay attention to the relationship between your mind and what you say outloud.
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2016-03-02 Bodhichitta — The Awakened Heart - Part 2 1:20:26

Tara Brach

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While the brightness and warmth of our hearts is always here, like the sun when blocked by clouds, our intrinsic love can be obscured. These two talks explore how we become arrested in a confining story of separate self, and how remembering love releases us from this trance. The first talk emphasizes inner pathways of freeing our heart and the second talk explores awakening bodhichitta actively in relating with each other.

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2016-02-29 The Path: Skillful Intention 43:48
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This talk explores the importance of clear and conscious intention. You’ll learn about the difference between a goal and an intention, how intention is related to karma, three main intentions you might keep in mind and how the spirit of an intention is to bring you back to the here and now.
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2016-02-24 Bodhichitta: The Awakened Heart - Part 1 1:29:22

Tara Brach

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2016-02-17 The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening - Part 2 1:11:55

Tara Brach

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In spiritual life, inquiry arises from our deep yearning to understand reality, and it involves bringing an interested, engaged attention to our immediate experience. These two talks explore how inquiry serves emotional healing by focusing on difficult “stuck” places, how inquiry enables us to become more intimate and understanding of others, and in the deepest way, how inquiry can reveal the deepest truth of what we are…our true nature. The talks include several guided reflections that can enrich your meditation practice and serve spiritual awakening.

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2016-02-10 The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening - Part 1 1:13:28

Tara Brach

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2016-02-03 Three Attitudes that Nourish a Liberating Practice 1:18:16

Tara Brach

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A key spiritual inquiry is, “In this moment, what most serves awakening?” Rather than a particular style of meditation practice, it is our way of relating to our experience - our attitude - that frees our hearts. This talk explores the attitudes that are an expression of our innately open, wakeful and loving awareness, and that carry us to realization.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks