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James Baraz's Dharma Talks
James Baraz
I try to convey that the wisdom and compassion we are looking for is already inside of us. I see practice as learning how to purify our mind and heart so we can hear the Buddha inside. In doing so, we naturally embody the dharma and help awaken that understanding and love in others we meet.
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2020-02-03 Five Spiritual Faculties (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:50
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The Five 'Spiritual Faculties describe the unfolding of our practice. From Faith through Wise Effort, cultivating Mindfulness, deepening Concentration, flowering as Wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  February Monthlong
2020-01-30 The Quarrel at Kosambi 44:16
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Telling of the story of the quarrel at Kosambi as well as discussions around the importance of community and how to make community stronger
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks
2020-01-03 Reflections on the Buddha's Teaching on Intention 57:50
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As we start the New Year we explore Wise Intention, the basis of all karma and the second link of the 8-Fold Path. Clarifying your Intention is different from making a New Year's Resolution or going for a goal. It's what gives energy and power to our vision for practice.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks
2019-12-26 Honoring Ram Dass and End of Year Reflections 65:12
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At the end of the year, we reflect on endings and new beginnings. James offers some reflections on Ram Dass, beloved teacher and mentor, who passed away on Sunday, December 22. Then the community shares an end of year ceremony for increasing wholesome states and weakening unwholesome states.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks
2019-12-05 Just Another Ego Trip 46:16
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Sometimes our shyness or concern about what others think keeps us from expressing our gifts and making as meaningful a contribution as we can. In seeing through the constructed sense of self—the understanding of Anatta—those thoughts lose their power and don’t get in the way of expressing our true nature.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks
2019-11-03 Cultivating Courage: Fearlessly Standing in Truth 6:19:02
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2019-10-17 Holding Grief Through Connection 43:47
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I [recently] spoke about how sharing our pain by connecting with another helps us hold and process our grief. This week I want to look at the importance of "Connection through Community" and how we can create more community in our lives.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
2019-10-03 Holding Grief Through Connection 56:18
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Whether the climate crisis, some other social issue or personal loss, sharing our pain by connecting with another helps us hold and process our grief. By opening the heart we can transform our feeling of isolation into one of shared humanity. This talk ends with a guided experiential dyad exercise adapting Joanna Macy’s "Learning to See Each Other" meditation from Coming Back to Life.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks
2019-09-19 No Time to Play Small: Acting with Courage, Wisdom and Love 62:07
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Greta Thunberg’s fearless willingness to speak the truth has inspired millions of youth to follow her lead resulting in the hugely successful September 20th Worldwide Climate Strike. Thunberg calls being on the autism spectrum her “superpower” because she doesn’t care what others think of her and only cares about telling the truth. Can we be like her, let go of our self-consciousness, not hold back and speak and act with honesty and courage?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks
2019-09-12 A Lineage of Goodness: Ode to Benefactors 54:53
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A talk about how our benefactors impact us, wisdom and love they pass on from their benefactors and how we transmit those beautiful qualities to others who pas it on as well. No one "owns" those qualities. Rather we are part of a lineage of goodness.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

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