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. I try to use the formal teachings as a doorway for people to see the truth in themselves. I feel I'm doing my job when people look into themselves to come to their own deep understandings of the truth, ac ...
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James Baraz: Intrinsically Empty, Naturally Radiant Ceaselessly Responsive: Awareness and Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Awareness is not only spacious and wakeful, compassion is also an inherent component. Expressing care to address the suffering in the world is understood to be an essential part of practice. This talk explores the greater implications of this understanding especially at this critical time of global dukkha on so many …
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James Baraz: Big Mind Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This meditation shifts from focusing on objects in our experience to the awareness in which all objects appear and disappear.Kirjoittanut James Baraz
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James Baraz: The Magic of Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) By opening to the perspective of everything arising and passing away in the space of awareness we see through the illusion of separation, directly experiencing anatta, the selfless nature of reality. We also let go of identifying with hindrances and and other ways we identify with the natural unfolding of experience.…
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James Baraz: Instructions Including Breath, Body Sensations and Sounds (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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James Baraz: Inspiring Motivation for Practice:
The Four Mind Changers
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(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) I look forward to being with our community and exploring the teaching on the "Four Mind Changing Reflections." These four reflections become a great motivation reminding us to use our time wisely to deepen our practice. I hope it gives a boost to your own practice.…
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James Baraz: Thursday is Wesak! Thursday is Wesak!
Honoring the Life and Teaching of the Buddha
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(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) This Thursday, May 23rd is Wesak, the most special day in Theravada Buddhist countries (Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka). The full moon in May is said to be the day that the Buddha was born, became enlightened at the age of 35 and died at the age of 80. The three holiest of days all rolled into one! On this Wes…
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James Baraz: The Power of Collective Intelligence: The Magic in Community
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(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) The Buddha spoke of like-minded friendship as "the whole of the spiritual life." He encouraged us to take refuge in the Sangha.What makes community so powerful? Have you ever been part of a group that felt quite magical, where it was more than merely a collection of individual members? What are the ingredi…
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James Baraz: Loving the Earth through Joyful Connection
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(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) April 22 is Earth Day. How can we express our care and appreciation for life on this planet through meaningful action? I look forward to exploring this with you at our Thursday sangha.I hope you join us.Kirjoittanut James Baraz
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James Baraz: Great Female Disciples of the Buddha
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(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Most of the Buddha's disciples whose names we are familiar with, such as Ananda and Sariputta, are men. The Buddha also had women disciples who were wise and profound practitioners like Mahapajapati, the Buddha's aunt/foster mother, responsible for the establishment of the order of nuns or Patacara, revere…
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James Baraz: Groundlessness: A Doorway to Liberation
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(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Pema Chödrön writes: "It's not impermanence per se, or even knowing we're going to die, that is the cause of our suffering, the Buddha taught. Rather, it's our resistance to the fundamental uncertainty of our situation. Our discomfort arises from all of our efforts to put ground under our feet, to realize …
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James Baraz: Transitions as a Focus of Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We can easily lose our mindfulness when we are experiencing a transition from a change of activity in our daily experience to major shifts in our life. In truth we are always in transition. This talk explores the power of bringing consciousness to transition as focal point of our practice.…
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James Baraz: Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Compassion practice including all categories.Kirjoittanut James Baraz
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James Baraz: Devotion to the Sacred (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Although devotion plays a significant role in Monastic Communities and Tibetan practices it is not something often discussed in lay communities. Yet devotion can be a major source of inspiration which can fuel our practice. How can we access it and have it moisten our sincerity of motivation?…
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James Baraz: Big Mind Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This guided meditation, originally created by Joseph Goldstein, shifts the subject of attention from objects to the awareness that knows.Kirjoittanut James Baraz
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James Baraz: Trust (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) With so many strategies and messages about how to practice, how do we know the "right" way to practice? The Buddha said ultimately you should "be a lamp onto yourself." This comes down to trusting the wisdom inside. How can we discern the wisdom voice from the voices rooted in fear and confusion? This talk includes t…
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