Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: Chris Cullen's most recent Dharma talks

(Gaia House) This recording also includes Christina Feldman What are the roles and practice of Mindfulness, and how does it work ?

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(Gaia House) Metta Practice - the Neutral and the Difficult Person

(Gaia House) Metta Practice - Introduction and the Categories of Oneself and Benefactor

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(Gaia House) The closing session of the online retreat, featuring Jaya Rudgard and Mat Schencks

(Gaia House) Recording from the online retreat. Mat Schencks contributes to this talk.

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Exploringintentions in working with thoughts - how to develop mindfulness of thoughts and a deepening understanding of their shaping influence

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An exploration of the Buddha's teaching on anatta (not-self), and the importance also of honoring personhood and cultivating flexibility of view so as to respond appropriately to circumstances. The emptiness of all phenomena is also briefly explained and explored.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Brief introduction followed by a guided metta meditation for group, self, and benefactors

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Review of first day instructions, suggestions about deepening and sustaining connection with anchors and practicing with discomfort and pain.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An exploration of ways of practicing with perceptions of the five elements - earth, water, fire, air, space - so as to cultivate samadhi, realize non-self (anatta) and understand the appearance and fabrication of perception and intention.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Welcome and introduction to the retreat. Ethical container, simplifying, and silence

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Morning instructions on ways of practicing with thoughts so as to develop a more spacious relationship with thinking and understand more fully the shaping power of perception and papañca (projection, proliferation, objectification.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An exploration of ways of practicing and deepening personal and universal insights so as to gradually unbind body and heart (citta) from fabrications that constrict and compress.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Morning instructions on ways of practicing with vedanā (feeling tone)

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) 1st day evening talk about practicing mindfulness of body, including reflections on cultivating samadhi, elements practice and emptiness.

(Gaia House) This recording also includes Kirsten Kratz.

(Gaia House) This recording also includes Kirsten Kratz.

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An exploration of personal and universal dimensions of insight with suggestions on working with sankaras and meditative understanding of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and not self.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A guided standing meditation on elements (15 minutes) followed by simple seated meditation on Metta.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflection and guided meditation.

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(Gaia House) This recording also includes Christina Feldman

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(Gaia House) This recording also includes John Peacock.

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Also speaking are Yuka Nakamura, and Akincano

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Contemplation of Dhammas (especially hinderances and awakening factor)

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Some exploration of dimensions of "I-Making and My-Making", investigating dependent arising of selfing, ways of cultivating the perception "not self" the emptiness of all phenomena, and the im[portace of honoring the "relative self" and personal dimensions.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) For group, self, and benefactor.

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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Cultivations for the opening days of retreat, with some exploration of the Three Refuges, Samadhi, and the five Jhana factors as cultivations.

(Gaia House) This talk also includes Kirsten Kratz