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Retreat Dharma Talks

IMCB Regular Talks

Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

  
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2017-02-02 "The Practice of Non Harming" 54:56
Kate Munding
2017-02-09 "Anger and Hate...but here comes Kwan Yin" 58:16
Kate Munding
2017-02-16 "Listening Deeply" 52:47
Kate Munding
2017-02-24 "Beloved Community, Beloved Sangha" 53:39
Kate Munding
2017-03-02 "Connecting With the Enemy" 56:32
James Baraz
With James Baraz and Sheila Katz, Ph.D.
2017-03-09 "This Fleeting World" 62:59
James Baraz
In the Diamond Sutra, we are encouraged to see our lives in the context of impermanence this way: "Thus shall you think of this fleeting world: a star at dawn, a bubble in a stream; A flash of lightning in a summer cloud; A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream." This talk explores practicing when someone we know dies unexpectedly as happened to James this week.
2017-03-16 Conscientious Compassion: An Engaged Dharmic Response to Forces of Greed and Hatred 60:14
James Baraz, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Kate Munding
Bhikkhu Bodhi, premier translator of the Pali Canon and social activist (founder of Buddhist Global Relief) joins James and Kate Munding. They and the community discuss how to respond wisely and Dharmically when those in power create policies that increase fear and suffering.
2017-03-30 "The Problem With Being a Good Meditator" 53:57
James Baraz
At times our meditation practice is a powerful delicious experience. The factors of awakening like concentration, calm, joy or equanimity may be strong. As wonderful as that is, the mind can easily grasp as if that were the real goal of practice. But when we're attached or take ownership of those states they become a trap--sometimes referred to as the stink of enlightenment--and we miss the true freedom that practice can reveal.
2017-04-06 "The Role of Motivation and Intention" 54:25
Kate Munding
Parts of this evening will be experiential as a means to get us directly in touch with our heart-based intentions that can help guide us through confusion and distraction and propel us in the direction of freedom in our heart and mind.
2017-04-20 Celebrating Earth Day: Calling All Eco-Sattvas 54:39
James Baraz
As Earth Day approaches we reflect on the preciousness and generosity of our wonderful planet, the current situation of climate change and how our Dharma practice can help us transform despair into meaningful and inspiring action.
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