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Betsy Rose is a singer, writer, recording artist, and a mother. She is a renowned children’s artist, teaching children the power of their own voices and creativity through singing and song making workshops. She has performed widely throughout the world at festivals, ecological conferences and spiritual gatherings. Spiritual leaders such as Thich Nhat Hanh, Matthew Fox and Joanna Macy have included her music in their work. She co-leads events for the Family Program at Spirit Rock. She was introduced to the dharma by Thich Nhat Hanh in 1987.
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Betsy Rose: Clock Time, Heart Time, Deep Time: Songs, poems, reflections on navigating our relationship to time
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Singer ,Songwriter, Dharma Teacher, Betsy Rose shares some songs, poems and reflections on navigating our relationship to time. How many of us are experiencing time as a vanishing “commodity?” The speed and amount of digital inputs (email, activist alerts…
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Betsy Rose: Calling and Being Called
(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Betsy shares some of her recent work called "Singing into the Unknown: Songs for Reimagining the Future" coming out the particular time of uncertainty we are currently in.
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Betsy Rose: Non-Harming and Abortion - It's Complicated!
(Assaya Sangha) An exploration of the complex emotional, medical, social and ethical issues surrounding reproductive justice. What did the Buddha actually teach about non-harming? How does heated public discourse create false binaries, and push people into extreme positions? What is the way of…
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Betsy Rose: Wise Compassion and its Near Enemies
(Assaya Sangha) Compassion (karuna) is an upwelling of tenderness and care in response to suffering. This beautiful quality of the heart has some "near enemies" that disguise as wise care, but cause our good intended words and actions to fall short, or even do more harm, to us and others. With…
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Betsy Rose: Finding Love, Balance and Courage in a Time of War
(Assaya Sangha) As we witness and are deeply impacted by the eruption of a war of aggression in the Ukraine, we will reflect tonight on how these three paramis -- compassion, courageous energy and equanimity -- are visible both on the world stage and in our own lives and hearts.
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Betsy Rose: Stories and Songs Honoring Thich Nhat Hanh
(Assaya Sangha) I met Thay in 1987 and assisted him in many retreats and public talks, singing the songs I wrote inspired by his teachings and poetry. In this talk, I share some stories and songs from these early days that focus on his unorthodox, creative, intuitive, and courageous embodiment of...
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Betsy Rose: Gifts of Uncertainty, with Joanna Macy
(Assaya Sangha) We listen to a 2009 talk by ecologist, Buddhist, and systems thinker Joanna Macy, on the 5 gifts of uncertainty -- gifts for these unstable and uncertain times. With further teachings from Betsy Rose on Martin Luther King and Gandhi, and these gifts manifest in their life work.
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Betsy Rose: Wise Hope
(Assaya Sangha) Wise Hope, as articulated by Roshi Joan Halifax, can be a wise practice for our times. Unlike "Ordinary Hope" it does not focus on a desired outcome, but is rooted in the sense of infinite possibility in the face of, and in fact BECAUSE of, the groundless and impermanent nature of...
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Betsy Rose: One Wild, Precious Life
(Assaya Sangha) This season is full of holidays! There is Solstice, celebrating the rebirth of the sun after the longest darkest night. There is Hanukah, celebrating the mystery of enduring, impossible light protecting the sacred. And there is Christmas, honoring the birth of the prophet and...
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Betsy Rose: Mother Trees, Our Elders
(Assaya Sangha) The Buddha famously taught that the Sangha is the most important aspect of “the Holy Life”. And Indigenous wisdom (and recent biology) teach us that natural systems are also a sangha, a web of connection, kept healthy by reciprocity and generosity. Betsy reflects on the dharma of...
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Betsy Rose: Interdependence vs. Codependence
(Assaya Sangha) The Buddha's teaching on "no separate, solid, permanent self" guides us toward our interbeing, as Thich Nhat Hanh names it. We are made of innumerable causes and conditions, and the "self" changes as those conditions change. This teaching is a valuable antidote to the illness of...
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Betsy Rose: Faith and Fear
(Assaya Sangha)
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Betsy Rose: "AS TRUSTING AS A LEAF ON A TREE"
(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Winter reflections on impermanence, trust, and boldness in a new America
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Betsy Rose: An Evening with Betsy Rose
(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Betsy Rose, singer, songwriter and dharma teacher talks about her travels world wide this past year, what she learned and how to hold the current political climate.
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Betsy Rose: Parenting With Equanimity and Warmth
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
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Betsy Rose: Brahma Viharas for Parents
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
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Betsy Rose: Darkness Calls.
(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Songs and reflections for the season of letting go.
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Betsy Rose: Wise Parenting in an Age of Ecological Loss
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
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Betsy Rose: Family Retreat Talk
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
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Betsy Rose: Gifts of Darkness and Letting Go
(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley)
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Betsy Rose: Parenting With Dharma & Heart
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
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Betsy Rose: The Family Dharma Of Change
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
About this show
Betsy Rose is a singer, writer, recording artist, and a mother. She is a renowned children’s artist, teaching children the power of their own voices and creativity through singing and song making workshops. She has performed widely throughout the world at festivals, ecological conferences and spiritual gatherings. Spiritual leaders such as Thich Nhat Hanh, Matthew Fox and Joanna Macy have included her music in their work. She co-leads events for the Family Program at Spirit Rock. She was introduced to the dharma by Thich Nhat Hanh in 1987.
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