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Dharma Talks given at Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland
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2018-06-15 8 Fold Path of Wisdom and Compassion 42:58
Nathan Glyde
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Exploring a non-exclusive integration of wisdom, intention, speech, deeds, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and unification of heart-mind. Can we support all aspects of the path in our lives? Can a (non-silent) retreat represent all aspects of the path?
Finland Dharma Gathering

2018-06-15 Meditation - Relaxing Contraction, Releasing Dukkha 35:27
Zohar Lavie
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Decreasing the fabrication of distress by opening the body sense, breathing in skilful pleasant ways, and letting go of the unwholesome patterns of mind.
Finland Dharma Gathering

2018-06-14 Attending to the Second Arrow 40:19
Zohar Lavie
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Cultivating a metta attitude to all the vedana of experience to relieve the dukkha escalation of the second (and more) arrows.
Finland Dharma Gathering

2018-06-14 Meditation - Welcoming the Moment 45:11
Nathan Glyde
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Cultivating a metta attitude of acceptance and welcoming of all phenomena; easing our habitual dukkha responses, increasing ease and wellbeing here and now.
Finland Dharma Gathering

2018-06-13 Appropriately Realistic 37:31
Nathan Glyde
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Looking deeply into our make up; biological, psychological, cultural, and seeing how appropriate attention (Yoniso Manasikara) can be skilfully applied to our habits and tendencies (negativity bias, etc.) for freedom from dukkha.
Finland Dharma Gathering

2018-06-09 Fading into Emptiness 50:57
Zohar Lavie
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Everything leans
Silent Retreat with Nathan and Zohar

2018-06-08 Attending to Perception 50:41
Nathan Glyde
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Perception isn't perfectly reliable, but even if we can't know what is objectively true, we can shape what is relatively useful. Not for escape, but to be more intimate. As fabrications quieten perceptions fade!
Silent Retreat with Nathan and Zohar

2018-06-07 Meeting Metta 55:19
Zohar Lavie
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Silent Retreat with Nathan and Zohar

2018-06-06 Seeing Vedana Breaks Hindrances 58:42
Nathan Glyde
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The hindrances; obscurations of wellbeing and clarity are dukkha. Dukkha and distress can be directly diminished by attuning to the feeling AKA vedana.
Silent Retreat with Nathan and Zohar

2018-06-05 Effort, Energy, and Joy 51:53
Zohar Lavie
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Silent Retreat with Nathan and Zohar

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