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2008-02-03 Looking For Happiness In All The Wrong Places 56:31
Sally Armstrong
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Because we don't understand what brings us true happiness, we often find ourselves trying to control or resist our experience, in a futile attempt to find relief. Seeing more clearly and working skillfully with our difficulties brings us true peace and calm.
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2008-02-02 An Attitude Of Mindfulness 52:18
Guy Armstrong
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The right attitude for meditation is one that is free of greed, aversion and delusion. The talk also explores the functions of mindfulness, attention and wisdom.
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2008-01-30 Three Ways Of Deepening Daily Life Practice 58:57
Donald Rothberg
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It's very challenging for our daily lives to be places of deep transformation, yet many of us want this. After looking at one of the challenges, we explore three ways to meet the challenges: 1) knowing what is important 2) taking "our bodies as our monasteries" 3) learning to "break the mirror", get unstuck, over and over again. For each of the three ways, a dharma reading and a poem are given.
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2008-01-30 Ways Of Deepening Daily Life Practice 58:57
Donald Rothberg
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2008-01-28 The Discussion Of The Wisdom Dakini 1:14:52
Lama Palden
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Dakinis are activity aspects of awakened mind. Outwardly the dakini can support, nurture and protect us. She also can show up to cut through conceptuality. Ultimately dakini is the wisdom aspect of our own minds; the openness aspect that is the space for and is inseparable with everything that is. When this aspect is realized all phenomena, all experience become workable, eventually blissful. True nature is wisdom, openness, compassion and love.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-01-24 Vast Sky Visited By Clouds 55:01
Heather Sundberg
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After sharing a personal story, th talk explores working with some of the challenging states of mind and body, followed by a teaching on the essence of Prajnaparamita, emphasizing the qualities of vast space, bliss and compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Coming Home: A Retreat for Experienced Women Practitioners

2008-01-24 Finding A Reliable Refuge 67:12
Howard Cohn
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Turning toward the Dharma by reflecting on the refuge of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha and the possibility of a kind of happiness and well-being born of mindfulness that is free and open.
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2008-01-24 Finding A Reliable Refuge 67:12
Howard Cohn
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Turning toward the dharma by reflecting on the refuge of the Buddha, dharna and sangha and the possibility of a kind of happiness and well being born of mindfulness that is free and open
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2008-01-23 Fourth Noble Truth 60:58
Sylvia Boorstein
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This is the last of four lectures on the Four Noble Truth. It has a lot of group sharing.
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2008-01-21 Burma - After The Saffron Revolution 1:16:33
Hozan Alan Senauke
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