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Tara Brach's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
Tara Brach
A pervasive but often invisible source of suffering in our culture is self-aversion. We are a busy culture, and we move through our life feeling anxious and dissatisfied, but not fully conscious of how we neglect or judge our inner experience. We suffer from a lack of belonging: to our own bodies, to each other and to the earth. When we practice Buddhist meditation, we learn how to listen deeply and hold our life tenderly.
2012-06-06 Cultivating Compassion 1:15:00
We each have the potential to live with a compassionate, open heart. In this talk we explore the conditioning that closes us off to authentic caring, and the ways of deepening our attention that help us live to include widening circles of beings in our heart.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
2012-05-30 Intimacy with Life - Awakening Love 67:10
The Buddha taught about four Divine Abodes--dwelling places of the awakened heart mind: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In this four-part series, we will explore the ways our conditioning blocks us from these expressions of inner freedom, and the understandings and practices that enable us to inhabit our full potential.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
2012-05-23 Training for Intimacy with Life 69:00
"Enlightenment is intimacy with all things" teaches Zen Master Dogen. While we long for this intimacy, we are conditioned to avoid the vulnerability and fear that an intimate presence can arouse. This talk explores how our mindfulness and heart practices cultivate the capacity to be intimate with our sensations of aliveness, our emotions and the beings in our life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
2012-05-16 Part 2 - The Lion's Roar 1:13:31
The Buddha taught that faith--trust in our true nature--is intrinsic to the spiritual path and the expression of wisdom. These two talks investigate the practices of presence that awaken our faith and the freedom that arises when our faith becomes radiant and full.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
2012-05-09 Part 1 - The Lion's Roar 1:18:46
The Buddha taught that faith--trust in our true nature--is intrinsic to the spiritual path and the expression of wisdom. These two talks investigate the practices of presence that awaken our faith and the freedom that arises when our faith becomes radiant and full.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
2012-05-03 ThuAM-Guided-Meditation-Backward-Step 24:04
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life
2012-05-02 WedPM-Be-Who-You-Are 62:13
By bringing a surrendering presence to mental, emotional and physical domains, we undo the trance of separation and discover our true nature. This talk explores the practices that cultivate the non-resisting space of presence, and the flavors of our essential being that are revealed: open awareness, love and a vibrant flow of awareness.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life
2012-05-02 Meditation - Inner Space: Gateway to Awareness 28:51
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life
2012-05-02 ThuAM-Instructions-Question/Response 13:07
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life
2012-05-01 TuePM-Meditation-RAIN-of-Compassion 37:04
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC 2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

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