2004-01-01 Na Mwo Kuan Shr Yin Pu Sa 1:04
Kittisaro, Thanissara	Download Listen
I pay homage to Kuan Yin Bodhisattva
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2004-01-01 Om Mani Padme Hum 2:34
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Homage to the Jewel at the Heart and the Lotus
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2004-01-01 Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha 2:28
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Gone, gone, gone beyond, beyond the beyond, perfect awakening!
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2004-01-01 Buddhist Heart Mantras 28:50
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Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammasambuddhassa 1:42 Download Listen with Kittisaro, Thanissara Itipi So Bhagava Araham Sammasambuddho 1:52 Download Listen with Kittisaro, Thanissara Na Mo Ban Shr Shr Jya Mo Ni Fo 2:04 Download Listen with Kittisaro, Thanissara Buddham Varantam Sirasa Namami 4:07 Download Listen with Kittisaro, Thanissara Tayata Om Muni Muni Mahamunaye Soha 2:43 Download Listen with Kittisaro, Thanissara Na Mwo Da Bei Kuan Shr Yin Pu Sa 2:55 Download Listen with Kittisaro, Thanissara Great Compassion Mantra 7:16 Download Listen with Kittisaro, Thanissara Na Mwo Kuan Shr Yin Pu Sa 1:04 Download Listen with Kittisaro, Thanissara Om Mani Padme Hum 2:34 Download Listen with Kittisaro, Thanissara Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha 2:28 Download Listen with Kittisaro, Thanissara

2004-01-01 Flowing Into Selflessness 44:43
John Travis	Download Listen
The recognition of the fundamental truth of impermanence reveals the underlying dharma of selflessness.
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2003-12-31 Beginning Again 61:41
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2003-12-31 No Part Left Out: The Unity Of Wisdom And Compassion 41:30
Gil Fronsdal	Download Listen
A talk on the integration of mindfulness and loving kindness, and on the importance of compassion.
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2003-12-29 Refuge and Sanctuary 69:14
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2003-12-28 Staying Here 36:43
John Travis	Download Listen
Finding the central point and resting there, which allows things to unwind by themselves.
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2003-12-24 The Dharma of Difficult People 2 50:00
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2003-12-17 The Dharma of Difficult People 1 68:01
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2003-12-08 Joy 58:40
Nina Wise	Download Listen
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2003-11-28 The Power Of Metta 58:52
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The practice of metta brings five wonderful qualities into our Dhamma practice. It makes the heart softer and more responsive; it purifies the heart; it brings us into connection with all of life; it develops concentration; and it leads to happiness. Lovingkindness is the quality of friendliness toward oneself and others developed through the practice of metta. This talk describes how the practice works as a protection, a healing, a purification of heart, and a boundless state of mind.
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2003-11-26 Cultivating Wise Speech 47:16
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2003-11-19 Transforming Judgments 62:43
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2003-11-19 The Brahma Viharas 60:53
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2003-11-14 The Garden of Mindfulness 57:09
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2003-11-14 Awakening Concentration 56:33
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk discusses the nature of samadhi, or concentration, in our practice and how to recognize its presence. It also touches on the benefits of samadhi and ways to develop this wholesome quality.
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2003-11-12 Embracing Paradox - The Middle Way 44:05
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2003-11-05 The Eightfold Path and Daily Life 58:03
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2003-11-01 The Power Of Mindfulness 53:55
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Mindfulness is our doorway to reality, or nature, which reveals its truths to us. The qualities of mindfulness, effort and concentration, are at the heart of the meditative path. As they develop, they bring our hearts and minds ever closer to the awakened mind of the Buddha. Only mindfulness can stem the tide of conditioned thought patterns that sweep us into sorrow.
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2003-10-21 Being Present 48:09
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
What does it mean to be genuinely present and awake in our lives? Meditation is an exploration of the causes of disconnection and the letting go of those causes. Learning to be present is the first step on the path and a step we return to many times. It is the home of calm, joy and insight.
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2003-10-20 Roots of Buddhist Psychology VI 63:54
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2003-10-13 Roots of Buddhist Psychology V 63:59
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2003-09-29 Roots of Buddhist Psychology IV 66:46
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2003-09-23 Trembling In The Armor 35:14
John Travis	Download Listen
Talk about fear, trust and freedom.
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2003-09-22 Wanting It To Be Different 40:34
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
This talk is for those who attended the spirit of creativity retreat.
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2003-09-20 Permission To Trust 35:08
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
This talk is for those who attended the spirit of creativity retreat.
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2003-09-17 The Benevolent Heart & the Redheaded Woodpecker 49:20
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-09-15 Dukkha 35:59
Nina Wise	Download Listen
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2003-09-10 9-11, 2 years later 1:59:38
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-09-08 Roots of Buddhist Psychology III 59:43
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2003-09-03 7 Factors of Enlightenment 62:20
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2003-09-02 Sylvia, Susan Moon from BPF 60:39
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-09-01 Roots of Buddhist Psychology II - Fear 64:13
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2003-08-31 Trusting Your Buddha Knowing 59:36
James Baraz	Download Listen
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2003-08-29 All We Want Is To Be Where We Are 54:07
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
As we embody our experience fully, the idea of what we think will bring relief from our unhappiness drops away, and allows us to drop into the true source of our happiness.
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2003-08-28 What Is Mindfulness 56:45
James Baraz	Download Listen
Why be mindful? Different aspects of mindfulness including seeing clearly and non-judging as well as benefits of mindfulness practice.
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2003-08-23 What Is An Experience 48:13
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
When does an experience start and finish? The story of a Jewish friend, Erica, who hid from the nazis, as a metaphor. Do we really need a story experience for our liberation?
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2003-08-22 Distraction and the Nature of Mind 36:24
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
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2003-08-21 Liberation And Enlightenment 55:31
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
Have we had an experience of liberation but have failed to realize its significance? This talk explores the relationship of enlightenment to liberation.
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2003-08-20 We're All on the Grid 52:57
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-08-19 What Is Worth Knowing? 45:03
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
It is worth knowing the causes and conditions for suffering; it is worth finding out what matters; it is worth knowing emptiness authentically.
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2003-08-18 Inquiry 62:01
Christopher Titmuss	Download Listen
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2003-08-18 The Thought of I, Me and Mine 37:31
Shaila Catherine	Download Listen
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2003-08-15 Don't Take It Personally 52:25
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Desire supported by ignorance leads to narrow self-interest. Desire nourished by wisdom has the potential to change the world.
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2003-08-04 Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne 1:54:00
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2003-07-30 Gratitude 55:33
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-07-25 Four Kinds Of Happiness From Insight Meditation 64:42
Steven Smith	Download Listen
The four vipassana jhanas and the resulting happiness: seclusion, concentration, contentment, wisdom and equanimity.
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2003-07-23 A Mind Like a Deer 1:10:05
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-07-22 4 Brahma Viharas 52:33
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
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2003-07-21 Mindfulness And Supporting Spiritual Virtues 66:45
Steven Smith	Download Listen
Introduced by gratitude to teachers and lineage. Followed by a thorough description of mindfulness and the four foundations of mindfulness. Concluded by how to support skillful states of faith and courageous energy.
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2003-07-19 Four Protective Reflections 55:29
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Skillful use of thought to support and protect practice. Cultivating commitment, tolerance, dispassion and urgency.
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2003-07-16 The Five Spiritual Faculties 52:33
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2003-07-16 5 Spiritual Faculties 59:09
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2003-07-09 On Consoling & Being Consoled 61:05
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-07-07 Sex and the Dharma Pt 1 65:03
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
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2003-06-30 Evolution in the Revolution 54:23
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
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2003-06-27 The Middle Way 54:38
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Finding balance in practice and in our lives.
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2003-06-18 Tibetan Buddhist Teaching 52:44
Lama Palden	Download Listen
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2003-06-16 The Secret Teachings 37:30
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
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2003-06-16 Metta 52:51
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Meditation on healing wounds.
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2003-06-14 The 5 Precepts as a Revolutionary Daily Practice 46:50
Michele Benzamin Miki	Download Listen
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2003-06-14 Mindfulness 37:38
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Mind is not pure, but it can be made pure. It has ignorance and greed, and because of ignorance and greed, we are born again and again.
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2003-06-11 Inquiring into the World 1:16:08
Lewis Richmond	Download Listen
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2003-06-04 Keeping the Heart Afloat 48:50
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-06-02 Nachiketa - Lord of Death 63:39
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2003-05-22 Eight Fold Path 56:38
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
The goal of practice is peace of mind on behalf of a peaceful world. The eightfold path is presented with stories to illustrate.
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2003-05-21 Not Knowing But Keep Going 41:57
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2003-05-19 What Do We Really Want? 51:26
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Mindfulness is a collaboration of concentration and awareness, designed to balance the mind. In a context of non-reactivity the three characteristics are clearly seen.
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2003-05-14 3 Characteristics of Existence 67:33
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-05-14 Integrating Vipassana & Dzogchen 48:43
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk is directed to Vipassana practitioners who wish to include in their meditations the dzogchen practice and theory. It explores ways of integrating the understanding and meditation technique of the two traditions.
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2003-05-13 Non-Dual Awareness 62:52
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
According to the Dzogchen teachings, an aspect of the nature of mind is non-dual awareness. But the Theravada understanding is that these is a distinction between consciousness and it's objects. How can we reconcile these views?
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2003-05-12 Bodhisattva Path: Plus Rigpa & Nirvana 63:51
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Two talks in one. The first describes my faltering steps in bodhisattva. The second examines different understandings of nirvana in the Buddhist tradition and compares them to the nature of mind described by Dzogchen.
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2003-05-11 Relating With Emotions; Plus Mindfulness, Consciousness And Awareness 64:43
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This is really 2 talks in one, the first suggests different ways to work with strong emotions in both vipassana and dzogchen styles. The second relates the qualities of mindfulness and consciousness as used in Pali Suttas to the innate awareness of rigpa.
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2003-05-07 Teaching with Joan Borysenko 61:15
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-04-30 Working Skillfully With The Paradox Of Connecting And Detaching 46:51
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Understanding how to work with love and longing, detachment and indifference.
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2003-04-23 The Shamanic Heart 69:19
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-04-21 Dealing with Other People's Suffering 54:16
Darlene Cohen	Download Listen
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2003-04-16 Let's All Get Liberated 26:32
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-04-14 Big Band, The Buddha and the Baby Boom 1:19:21
Wes Nisker	Download Listen
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2003-04-09 5 Spiritual Faculties 65:26
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-04-07 Brahma Viharas in Time of War 1:10:34
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2003-04-02 There Will Be a Next Fall 63:05
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-03-25 Purity And Purification 52:46
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
A useful way to view the unfolding of practice is through the two truths, conventional and ultimate. The purity of our true nature is revealed until a conditioned pattern of mind is encountered. When met with acceptance, the pattern becomes purified.
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2003-03-17 Right Intention & Mixed Motives 59:30
Phillip Moffitt	Download Listen
Right intention is the point of freedom in life. Its cultivation is how we come into meaning and relatedness.
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2003-03-12 Acting out of Presence and Non-Attachment 58:13
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
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2003-03-06 Dukkha And Compassion 50:33
John Travis	Download Listen
The nature of suffering—the result in the human heart.
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2003-03-02 Wisdom And Compassion 42:47
Anna Douglas	Download Listen
Through mindfulness, we water the seeds of wisdom and compassion - inherent qualities of our nature.
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2003-02-21 A Prayer For Peace 53:38
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
How every intention to refocus the attention in this present moment is both a prayer for peace and an answer to the prayer.
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2003-02-19 Passion For Practice 58:25
James Baraz	Download Listen
The place of passion in practice is expressed in the Iddhipadas (Bases of Power): zeal, effort, love of Dharma and preciousness of this opportunity to practice.
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2003-02-11 Cherishing, Self Cherishing & Self-Cherishing 59:14
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
The capacity to care as spontaneous, even or perhaps because of there is no separate self
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2003-02-10 Eros & Love 63:04
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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2003-02-10 Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 61:54
James Baraz	Download Listen
The seven factors of enlightenment are being cultivated as we practice. This talk explores how they can be consciously brought into balance and how they work together.
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2003-02-09 Patience 39:51
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
Using experiences as a child growing up in South Africa, as well as experiences in her daily life, Arinna shares how the practice of patience is an essential part of practice.
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2003-02-06 Metta And Mindfulness 55:17
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
How these two practices of mindfulness & metta are, in fact, enfolded in each other.
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2003-01-29 Take a Deep Breath 60:44
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
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2003-01-22 Working With Hindrances 58:31
Adrianne Ross	Download Listen
How to work with some of the difficulties we face in our practice and in our lives.
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2003-01-13 Redemption 59:27
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
How transformation of the heart is possible. Includes the story of Anqulimala.
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2003-01-05 The Wisdom of Not Knowing (Beginner's Mind) 62:06
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
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