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Dharma Talks
given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2021-05-24
Meditation: The Compassionate Heart | Monday Night
28:43
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Jack Kornfield
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| Picture someone you care about, someone you love. Feel the natural well-wishing of love. Surround them with care:
"May you be held in compassion.
May your struggles and sorrows be eased.
May your heart be at peace."
Now imagine that this person wishes the same for you. |
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2021-05-19
The Development of Faith, Confidence, and Trust 2
69:11
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Donald Rothberg
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| We continue to explore the nature of faith (or confidence or trust), how it is developed, and the challenges that arise. We look at the traditional teachings on faith (or saddha) in several contexts, and examine how faith or confidence develops in our practice and in our lives We particularly look at some of the challenges that arise, both in the everyday experience of the Eight Worldly Winds, and in more protracted experiences of something like the "Dark Night of the Soul." The last part of the talk points to what mature faith, confidence, and trust look like, a kind of faith in our own depths and in our own deep resting in the nature of things. We then have a period of discussion and sharing. |
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2021-05-12
The Development of Faith, Confidence, and Trust 1
1:11:36
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Donald Rothberg
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| Our practice points toward a deep kind of faith (or confidence or trust) that is possible, in which there is faith both in our unique being and in our connection to being itself. We explore how we develop such faith, starting with a brief account of how faith (saddha) is understood in the teachings of the Buddha, and then exploring how faith is developed at different stages of our practice, particularly beginning and intermediate. |
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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