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Rodney Smith's Dharma Talks
Rodney Smith
More and more, the teaching practice takes me into the community where I engage directly with students. My focus right now is on bringing the continuity of the Dharma into the market place. Although retreating is an important form for self-knowledge, I find myself less interested in the immediate results of a retreat and more interested in helping students investigate their relationship to the ups and downs of their everyday life.
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2010-10-12 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: The Pain of Pleasure 59:21
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Once pleasure becomes a determined pursuit, the world divides itself into a pleasure/pain polarity. We now pursue pleasure, both to sustain a pleasant feeling and to avoid the discontent of pain.<br />
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In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta
2010-09-28 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Leaning into Feelings 62:08
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The Second Foundation of Feelings is most easily held within the First Foundation of Body. The body gives clues to the mind's feelings. Postures such as physically leaning toward, away, or wandering in confusion show that the body is moving in alignment to a conditioned reference.
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In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta
2010-09-14 Satipatthana Sutta, Second Foundation: Feelings Molding Character 61:17
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Feelings are the first conditioned reference we offer the moment. Through our feelings we are prepared to turn away, ignore, or grasp the experience at hand. Feelings set up our attitudes, personal story, and character to carry us forward in a predisposed way.
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In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta
2010-09-08 Sincerity: Hunger for the Truth 41:41
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Sincerity is the hallmark of awakening.
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2010-09-07 From Science to Art 44:14
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The journey from the assurance of a method to the wonder of inquiry is the path from the mind to the heart.
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2010-09-05 There is Only Mystery 45:36
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In whatever direction we look, the message we receive is wonder.
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2010-09-04 Continuums of Practice 45:42
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Each of us finds a dharma continuum that resonates, but we must beware false nirvanas.
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2010-08-24 Satipatthana Sutta, First Foundation: Mindfulness of the Mind Within the Body 53:13
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How do the mind and body relate and does this tell us something regarding our identification with the processes involved? How does "mine and yours" become established within this relationship of mind/body?
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In collection: The Satipatthana Sutta
2010-08-17 An Evolution Toward Stillness 46:13
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The spiritual journey can be understood as moving from the constricting and confining environment of noise to the free expanse of stillness.
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2010-08-15 Adaptation and Surrender 47:01
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The Dharma demands a paradigm shift, not a modification of our narrative.
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