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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Guided practice "May Loving Kindness Arise"

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Guided practice "May Loving Kindness Arise"

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Guided practice "May Loving Kindness Arise"

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this talk, Emily explores the Buddha's teachings on the Liberating Insights and the Three Characteristics. She explains how suffering and impermanence shape our experience of self—sometimes making it feel solid and fixed, other times more open and fluid. By working skillfully with the hindrances, we can loosen our grip on a rigid sense of self and allow it to move with greater freedom.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Guided meditation relating to the planet and our place on it, followed by a Dhamma Talk on the instructions given to Ven. Mahapajapati by the Buddha as encouragement for continuing practice in daily life.

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) A gentle guide through all the steps with a focus on Dhamma reflection.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Reflections on Impermanence & Cessation

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Short reflection on the Four Brahmavihara followed by a guided meditation

Explaining Virya, the effort factor of enlightenment, meditation teacher Trudy Goodman explores the courage it takes to trust in our practice and to mindfully face the five hindrances. Today's podcast is also brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Trudy Goodman explains:Virya, the effort, energy, and enthusiasm factor of enlightenment The courage it takes to be fully present with every life experienceShowing up for our human experience with qualities of heart, courage, and balance An impactful Iraq War story that reveals the power of presence and awarenessHow to work wisely with challenges that block mindful presenceThe five classical hindrances: wanting, ill-will, restlessness, sloth & torpor, and doubtA reading from the Flower Ornament Sutra about freeing the heart and mind from hindrances How living defensively against pain limits our full human experienceThe positive impact of naming our struggles and how it prevents us from being swept awayMoving through all experiences with steady effort—no halting, no strainingDaily spiritual practice and repetition in order to build trust in life and the dharmaThe four great efforts that the Buddha talked aboutProtecting our hearts by not watering seeds of harm that arise in our thoughts and emotionsWatering the seeds that are beneficial, feeding their growth, and encouraging goodnessHow to stay open to life's potential by expecting goodness, not fearing missed chancesTrusting in the dharma, the natural world, and life's unseen supportive forcesAbout Trudy Goodman:Trudy is a Vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA. For 25 years, in Cambridge, MA, Trudy practiced mindfulness-based psychotherapy with children, teenagers, couples and individuals. Trudy conducts retreats, engages in activism work, and teaches workshops worldwide and online. She is also the voice of Trudy the Love Barbarian in the Netflix series, The Midnight Gospel. You can learn more about Trudy's flourishing array of wonderful offerings at TrudyGoodman.comThis 2011 recording is from Spirit Rock's Fall Insight Meditation Retreat and was originally published on Dharmaseed. “It takes great effort, great energy, great trust. When we bring that to this practice everyday, the trust is also a kind of confidence that if we just do this, things will unfold naturally without forcing them.” – Trudy GoodmanSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Reflections on awareness + wisdom and how to bring the practice home.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Reflections on awareness + wisdom and how to bring the practice home.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Reflections on awareness + wisdom and how to bring the practice home.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Summary of ways to recognize awareness and guidance on resting practice.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Summary of ways to recognize awareness and guidance on resting practice.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Summary of ways to recognize awareness and guidance on resting practice.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings on using vitakka and vicara to connect with and recognize the nature of awareness.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings on using vitakka and vicara to connect with and recognize the nature of awareness.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings on using vitakka and vicara to connect with and recognize the nature of awareness.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings on emptiness and the love that is waiting for us as we learn to let go.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings on emptiness and the love that is waiting for us as we learn to let go.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings on emptiness and the love that is waiting for us as we learn to let go.

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Finding the balance of effort and letting go is the art of meditation practice. This applies both to times of ease in practice and in the greater challenges of meeting the hindrances. We have the opportunity to use every moment as a portal to wisdom and compassion.

How might we meet the realities of cruelty and injustice with a grounded and compassionate Buddhist perspective?Ian Challis suggests that we first acknowledge that witnessing or experiencing cruelty can generate intense emotional responses—anger, grief, fear—and that these reactions are natural.However, Ian encourages us to avoid being overwhelmed or reactive. Instead, he suggests grounding ourselves in awareness and intention, recognizing that our own suffering in the face of cruelty is an opportunity for deeper practice and connection. He emphasizes that avoiding cruelty doesn't mean turning away from pain—it means engaging with clarity and care.Ian shares several guiding principles and reflections to help us in this effort:Recognize shared suffering: Understand that even those who act cruelly are often driven by their own confusion and suffering.Choose wise response over reactivity: Awareness helps interrupt cycles of violence and retaliation.Practice compassion with boundaries: Being compassionate doesn't mean accepting harm—it includes protecting oneself and others wisely.Stay connected to values: Respond from a place of love, justice, and mindfulness, even when action is necessary.He also briefly touches on how Buddhist ethics (sīla) and the cultivation of wisdom (paññā) support us in transforming our response to injustice into a path of liberation.______________Ian Challis is a student and teacher in the Insight Tradition of Buddhism. He is a teacher, founding member, and past guiding teacher of Insight Community of the Desert in Palm Springs.Ayya Khema, Leigh Brasington, Narayan Liebenson, Larry Yang, and Arinna Weisman are key teachers who have inspired and illuminated his practice.Serving Queer community is a passion. 2025 marks his co-teaching of the 9th annual Queer retreat at Dhamma Dena Retreat Center with Leslie Booker. He is also a qualified teacher of MBSR, a graduate of Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leader teacher training, and was formally invited by Arinna Weisman to teach in the lineage of U Ba Khin and Ruth Denison.Find him at ianchallis.com ______________ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit https://gaybuddhist.org/There you can: Donate Learn how to participate live Find our schedule of upcoming speakers Join our mailing list or discussion forum Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings and guided practice on mindfulness of the breath.

This episode was recorded on 3/03/25 as a part of Spirit Rock's Monday Night Dharma Talk Series“You are the imaginal cells. You are the ones who are called to hold the vision of a wise society where people respect each other, where we care for the vulnerable, where we understand the universal teaching, ‘Hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed.' This is you.'” – Jack KornfieldIn this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores:Staying centered amidst life's struggles Stopping blame and “right and wrongNavigating Late-Stage Capitalism in the 21st CenturyThe Great Turning as an opportunity to reset our lives as human beingsThe Great Turning as a birth process—messy, painful, dangerous, and beautifulRemembering your fearlessness amidst politics and news media Becoming “imaginal cells” of the butterflyTrusting the constant renewal of life and nature Black Elk, Gary Snyder, and the power of loving the earthMeditation and sitting with heartbreakDissolving guilt, fear, and doomscrollingCarrying your light with nobility, respect, and dignityTrusting the big picture, the vast cosmic viewRemembering who you are and living from itThe possibility of a new underground railroadRecognizing that we are the imaginal cells of the worldLearn the Dynamic Art of Interactive Guided Meditation with Jack Kornfield in this online masterclass beginning April 7!“Here we are, 21st century, late-stage capitalism, which has gotten to the place where there's further extremes of rich and poor for exploitation. We're at the time what Joanna Macy calls the Great Turning—the great opportunity really for us to reset our lives as human beings.” – Jack KornfieldSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.