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James Baraz's Dharma Talks at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
James Baraz
I try to convey that the wisdom and compassion we are looking for is already inside of us. I see practice as learning how to purify our mind and heart so we can hear the Buddha inside. In doing so, we naturally embody the dharma and help awaken that understanding and love in others we meet.
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2006-02-14 Happiness - part 2: Opening To Suffering As Well As To Joy 59:23
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Opening to suffering is essential if we are to find true happiness. The Buddha's teaching on how suffering can lead to faith, gladness, joy and freedom is explored. Gratitude as a way to hold our suffering is also discussed.
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2006-02-08 Happiness - part 1: Wise Effort And Wholesome States 55:40
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Where does happiness lie? In this first of 4 talks we explore the intention to be happy particularly with regard to developing and increasing wholesome states. Wise effort in terms of Dharma practiced is explored.
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2005-09-05 Aligning Our Life With The Dharma 1:12:39
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This closing talk from a silent retreat points to the integration of our practice in daily life, with mindfulness as the golden thread that runs through all things.
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2005-07-11 Forgiveness: The Doorway To An Open Heart 61:33
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In order for metta to flow unobstructed, we need to be able to forgive—ourselves for ways we don't measure up to our high standards or unskillful actions, others for past hurts and life for the disappointments we experience. This talk explores these different levels of forgiveness.
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2005-04-24 Wise Intention (Sutta On The Two Kinds Of Thought) 45:52
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Working consciously with intention is the key to creating wisdom and happiness in our lives.
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2005-04-22 Five Spiritual Faculties: How Awakening Happens 64:46
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How the process of awakening unfolds in meditation practice starting with faith and culminating in wisdom.
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2005-02-21 Sudden Awakening, Gradual Cultivation: The Purification Process 60:34
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Although freedom is found in the moment, there is a continual process of purifying the heart and mind. This process is discussed including facing our fears, deepening our commitment, learning to love ourselves while seeing through our sense of self, culminating in practice being our gift to the world.
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2005-02-16 Trusting Your Buddha-Knowing 60:23
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The source of our awakening is right inside us. As we learn to listen deeply to the wisdom and purity of heart that is connected to the truth we are following the Buddha's instructions to be "be a lamp unto yourself."
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2005-02-12 Gladness Of The Wholesome - Awakening Joy 60:21
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The Buddha spoke of maintaining and increasing wholesome states as an integral part of Right Effort. In this talk we explore why this is important and how to incline the mind to experience what he called "gladness connected with the wholesome."
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2005-02-05 The Comparing Mind 58:44
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Seeing through the judging mind awakening us to our true nature.
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