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Title
101

Laziness - Talk + Discussion

102

Four Immeasurables

103

Zen Master Nice Guy

104

Metta: Kindness

105

What is Zen Meditation?

106

Boundless Heart Guided Meditation (short version)

107

Boundless Heart Guided Meditation

108

Boundless Heart Meditation

109

Intentions and the Four Immeasurables

110

The Courage to Open Our Hearts

111

Fearless Compassion

112

Guided Meditation for Kindness and Ease

113

Four Immeasurables For The Enemy (guided meditation)

114

Four Immeasurables for the Neutral (guided meditation)

115

Kindness Meditation

116

Four Immeasurables for Friends (guided meditation)

117

Four Immeasurables for Yourself (Guided Meditation)

118

Metta (kindness)

119

Abandoning Negativity

120

Rare Freedoms and Riches

121

Laziness

122

Rough Edges and Scissorhands

123

Mind Training: Worldly Concerns

124

Mind Training: Offering To Mothers

125

Mind Training: Great Hopes and Harm

126

Mind Training: Attacks from Others

127

Mind Training: Beings of Bad Character

128

Mind Training: All the Time

129

Mind Training: Others Are Paramount

130

Mind Training: Beings Are Precious

131

A Guided Meditation

132

Shame, Embarrassment, Humiliation, Guilt

133

Aspiration, Steadfastness, Joyfulness, and Relinquishment

134

Common Obstacles to Meditation

135

The Buddha and Suffering

136

The Six Perfections

137

Like a Sudden Flash of Lightning

138

Lessons In My Delusion

139

Guarding Awareness

140

Teachings on Carefulness

141

Embracing Bodhichitta

142

Offerings, Refuge, and Misdeeds

143

The Benefits of Bodhichitta

144

Shantideva Had No Friends

145

Train in Three Basic Principles

146

If You Practice While Distracted

147

The Five Strengths

148

See Confusion As Enlightenment.

149

Be Grateful to Everyone

150

Drive All Blames Into One

151

Transform Disasters Into the Path

152

It Is All Sacred

153

Seeds of Virtue

154

Sending And Receiving With The Breath

155

After Meditation, Be a Child of Illusion

156

Rest in the Openness of Your Mind

157

Don’t Get Stuck on Peace

158

Examine the Nature of Awareness

159

See Everything As A Dream

160

Preliminaries: how do we begin and why?

161

Introduction to the Heart

162

Teachings are for the Living

163

Bodhi Mind and the Four Great Vows

164

Impermanence & Death

165

Fearful and Irresolute (talk + meditation)

166

The Old Mind (talk +meditation)

167

Cherishing Opinions (talk + meditation)

168

Koans! The Wild Fox Koan

169

Appearances and the Root (talk + meditation)

170

Denying Reality (talk + meditation)

171

Koans! The Dog Koan

172

Be Serene (talk + meditation)

173

How to be a Buddhist Protester w/ Alex Kakuyo

174

Sensei Alex Kakuyo: Perfectly Ordinary

175

The Buddha Holds Up a Flower

176

Different Forms of Meditation

177

Start Where You Are

178

Four Immeasurables

179

The Wild Fox

180

Anxiety and Iphones

181

Does a Dog Have Buddha Nature?

182

Don’t Be a Jerk, Be Nice, Train the Mind (talk and discussion)

183

In Our Own Way - Talk and Discussion.

184

Indira Grace - Religion is Like Ice Cream

185

Guided Meditation and 2020 Vision w/ Whitney Sause

186

Desire - Talk and Discussion

187

The Thing About Meditation is... (talk and discussion)

188

Katarina Elaine - Temple Scarlet Founder

189

Sergio Moreno: Buddhist Chaplain

190

Zen Mind Workshop

191

Anxiety and Attachment with Alicia Marley

192

The Great Treasure - Dharma Talk and Discussion

193

Laziness and Goals. With guest Alicia Marley

194

Laziness. Dharma Talk and Discussion

195

Patience - Dharma Talk and Discussion

196

Encouraging Each Other To Practice- Dharma Talk And Discussion

197

Meditation Instruction and Guidance

198

Self Image and Compliments with Alicia Marley

199

The Buddha and the Truth About Suffering

200

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