With
Dave Smith
Recorded : July 31, 2022
Dharma practice encourages us to transform our thoughts, words and actions. The primary mechanism for how this is accomplished is vague. What often goes unnoticed is that the use of the term mind has undergone a...
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With
Miles Kessler
Recorded : July 25, 2022
This week's topic is Perfectly Imperfect. "True perfection seems imperfect, yet is perfectly itself." - Lao Tzu. Expecting life to be perfect is stressful: a beautiful goal like "getting it right" prevents us from developing when it...
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With
Vimalasara Mason-John
Recorded : July 24, 2022
Pride celebrations are dedicated to celebrating the freedoms we have as LGBTQIA2S+ people and for campaigning for the human rights of Queer and Trans people around the world. 50 years ago the Gay Liberation...
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With
Nathan Glyde
Recorded : July 18, 2022
This week's topic is Perfectly Imperfect. "True perfection seems imperfect, yet is perfectly itself." - Lao Tzu. Expecting life to be perfect is stressful: a beautiful goal like "getting it right" prevents us from developing when it...
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With
Lisa Ernst
Recorded : July 17, 2022
Not all stress is bad. In fact, anticipatory stress can be a life saver at times. Yet without mindful awareness, anticipatory stress may spiral into reactivity, paralyzing fear and suffering. How do we meet...
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With
Ulla Koenig
Recorded : July 11, 2022
This week's topic is Mindfulness in Daily Life. Trying to practice mindfulness in the busyness of our daily lives can leave us confused or frustrated. We know the potential benefits of such a practice,...
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With
Willa Blythe Baker
Recorded : July 10, 2022
Behavioral scientists have long known that human beings are wired for connection. But recent studies show that in the wake of the social isolation imposed by the Covid crisis, the world is experiencing a...
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With
Sophie Boyer
Recorded : July 4, 2022
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
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With
Ronya Banks
Recorded : July 3, 2022
The Buddha often described our practice in terms of untangling the tangles we find ourselves caught in. Together, let us uncover the primary tangles we get tangled in and how we can use our...
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : June 27, 2022
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
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With
Oren Jay Sofer
Recorded : June 26, 2022
In an effort to counter tendencies towards striving and over-achieving, many Western approaches to meditation and spirituality emphasize relaxation. While relaxation and ease are essential ingredients on the meditative path, they must be integrated...
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With
Milla Gregor
Recorded : June 20, 2022
This week's topic is Skills for Inner and Outer Transformation. Dharma practice gives us great tools for inner and interpersonal change. It’s empowering to explore how these can also be useful for social and...
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With
Nina la Rosa
Recorded : June 19, 2022
Where’s your body? Can you feel it? Is it still there?! Life is full. There’s so much to plan and think about. We can go hours without feeling a single breath or footstep. Can...
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With
Ulla Koenig
Recorded : June 13, 2022
This week's topic is Healing Shame and Guilt. Psychologists describe shame as soul-eating emotion. Shame and guilt prevent us from developing trusting connections with others and a healthy sense of appreciation for ourselves. The...
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With
Kate Johnson
Recorded : June 12, 2022
In these times of isolation and uprising, how can wise relationships be a refuge? Join us for an exploration of the Buddha’s teachings on spiritual friendship, and how they can help us embody freedom...
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With
Christopher Titmuss
Recorded : June 6, 2022
This week's theme is: From Mindfulness to Clear Seeing. Clear seeing includes the past, present and future. Clear seeing includes dependent arising conditions for all three fields, so we do not become dependent on...
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With
Christopher Titmuss
Recorded : June 5, 2022
The world of mind-body, mindfulness, meditation and well-being maximises priority on conventional or relative truth. This requires wise attention and change relative to our experience. We are familiar with taking up views, remaining neutral...
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With
Zohar Lavie
Recorded : May 30, 2022
This week's theme is: Bringing the Practice to Life. The Buddha’s teachings emphasise the whole of our lives as a rich ground for exploration and growth. Through meditation, we cultivate skills and ways of relating...
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With
Zohar Lavie
Recorded : May 29, 2022
The practice of equanimity supports us to find balance, stability and steadiness within the changing conditions of our lives. We can then respond with wisdom and compassion to whatever is unfolding. Equanimity is a...
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With
Nathan Glyde
Recorded : May 23, 2022
This week's topic is A Sense of Essence. In his teachings the Buddha utilised the liberating yet frequently misunderstood concept of karma. Karma refers to how an action is carried out rather than the...
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With
Pamela Weiss
Recorded : May 22, 2022
The divisiveness we see around us begins in the binary mind: self and other, me and you, us and them. In each moment, we like and don’t like, pick and choose, evaluate and judge....
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With
Martin Aylward
Recorded : May 16, 2022
Daily meditations with Martin Aylward.
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With
Tenku Ruff, Osho
Recorded : May 15, 2022
Sometimes as much as we want to help, we feel stuck. When we see children suffering and grandmothers crying in Ukraine, our hearts break, but the enormity of suffering feels like more than we...
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With
Ulla Koenig
Recorded : May 9, 2022
This week's topic is Disentangle the Net of Needs. We all have needs. Existential needs, needs for safety, connection, spirituality and much more. Our attitude towards needs, what strategies we choose to meet them...
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