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In Memoriam: Rick Woudenberg


The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
 
Arinna Weisman's Dharma Talks
Arinna Weisman
My teaching practice and my personal practice continually intertwine, each weaving a pattern in the larger tapestry of the Dharma. The theme that threads itself throughout my practice relates to the tremendous pain and suffering, the challenges and difficulties that so many beings face, and the possibility of awakening from this suffering. From this immediate calling I've woven the purpose of my life.
2005-11-06 Loving-Kindness 39:01
The search for and the practice of love. The transformation which occurs when we turn toward that which is most shameful and difficult with friendship and love.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2005-11-05 Faith 41:45
Faith is not a romanticized protection of a particular experience or person. It is born from the practice of transforming our defended hearts and minds. Faith is one of the great spiritual powers which sustains love and wisdom. Entrusting ourselves to the beautiful qualities of heart, because they only bring goodness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2005-04-22 Co-Dependency And Delusion 67:03
Delusion seduces us into thinking we are dependent on people, material objects or pleasant experiences for our happiness. Renunciation and the practice of the precepts bring us to the peace we are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2005-04-20 The Four Contemplations 47:44
Contemplating the blessings of birth as a human being and our capacity to awaken the gates of impermanence, karma and imperfection to wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2004-04-09 Standing For Kindness, Confronting Harmfulness 46:34
The ground for wisdom and love is the practice of kindness and the training to refrain from harm. Here are stories to inspire and remind us.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2003-11-23 Giving 42:25
We are often blind to our own generosity, to the gift of our practice and efforts. The Buddha invites us to contemplate this beautiful quality of our minds, and its wholesome results, as part of the practice of growing and sustaining.
Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha
2003-11-22 Patience 45:03
Patience is one of the Paramis and gives us the strength to endure through difficult experiences. We can be inspired to practice it through contemplating leaders such as Mandela or the Dalai Lama who have faced extreme challenges in their lives without retribution or revenge, but with kindness and wisdom.
Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha
2003-11-18 Truthfulness 43:43
The commitment to truthfulness is a mirror which highlights our deepest intention to bring harmony and peace through kind and useful words. Also it shows us the sneaky seductions of lying, flattery and unkind speech.
Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha
2003-11-11 Morality 48:07
We have a tendency to see the world through success-failure, enemy-friend, good-bad. It is also possible to hold, with love, the ambiguity of life and our own ambivalence. Without splitting, we are able to live within the ethical guidelines given by the Buddha’s teachings.
Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha
2003-11-05 Friendship 33:17
The Buddha said sangha and spiritual friendship is the holy life. This practice involves learning to experience our own beauty and Buddha nature, and through this, the beauty of others.
Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha

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