dharma talks

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 Talks by Joanne Broatch

Transformitive Power of Metta Metta practice has a liberating influence of the one who possesses it and on those to whom it is extended. Recorded at Spirit Rock, April 2007 (4.98MB).

 

Dealing with Difficult Emotions Dealing with difficult emotions in a productive and mindful way. Recorded at Bethlehem Centre, September 2008 (6.35MB).

Gladdening the Heart Uplifting our hearts with enthusiasm, trust, and appreciation leads directly to calm, clarity and freedom. Recorded at IMS, July 2008 (5.35MB).

 

Resistance Opening ourselves to mindfulness of the body and overcoming resistance to being here. Recorded at Bethlehem Centre, December 2008 (6.49MB).

Why Does Everything Seem So Personal? Exploring the dilemma of why we take everything so personally, and how to address this kind of thinking with the Four Noble Truths. Recorded at Bethlehem Centre, December 2008 (6.99MB).

 

The Song and Heart of Metta How metta is a soft rain that penetrates the heart, relaxing the defense mechanisms associated with fear and ill will. Recorded at Spirit Rock, May 2009 (6.32MB).

Seven Factors of Awakening How the seven factors of awakening support and balance our practice bringing joy, ease and wisdom. Recorded at Spirit Rock, May 2009 (6.32MB).

Rivers of Wisdom How seeing the Five Aggregates as unsatisfactory, impermanent and not self leads to liberation. Recorded at Spirit Rock, March 2009 (5.85MB).

The Fifth Parami: Viriya The fifth of the Ten Perfections: courageous energy, passion for truth.  Working with different energy states and blocks.Recorded at Spirit Rock, March 2009 (6.29MB).

The First Parami: Generosity The Paramis (or Ten Perfections) are qualities of character that can be developed to support the path of awakening. Generosity (dana) is the first path to awakening; giving and receiving is a practice on retreat and in ordinary life. Recorded at Spirit Rock, March 2009 (6.56MB).

Wise Intention II How moment-to-moment awareness of the 3 wise intentions leads to wise action and happiness. Recorded at Spirit Rock, March 2009 (6.82MB).

Wise Intention I How three wise intentions guide us moment to moment along the path. (*Note: The recording on this talk started 16 minutes into the talk due to equipment failure.) Recorded at Spirit Rock, February 2009 (5.21MB).

The First Noble Truth Fully understanding the first three insights of the Four Noble Truths. Recorded at Spirit Rock, February 2009 (6.29MB).

Mindfulness Practicing to free yourself of wanting, resistance or delusion, so you can achieve the intelligent knowing of experience that mindfulness offers. Recorded at Spirit Rock, December 2008 (6.36MB).

Generosity The beautiful gifts of pure presence, acceptance and relinquishing as antidotes to greed, aversion and delusion as a pathway to liberation. Recorded at Spirit Rock, December 2008 (6.87MB).

Bringing the Practice Home Practice and principles to bring our insights and practice into our lives. Includes wise intention, renunciation, loving kindness and balanced effort and mindfulness. An end of retreat talk. Recorded at Spirit Rock, August 2008 (6.52MB).

Compassion Compassion as a verb; barriers to compassion and ways through. Recorded at Spirit Rock, November 2007 (5.31MB).

Concentration and Blocks This talk address several potential pitfalls in concentration practice and how to work with them. Recorded at Bethlehem Centre, November 2007 (6.54MB).

Just a Mindstate Exploring the nature of mind states, their particular seductive power, and how to awaken in the midst of them. Recorded at Bethlehem Centre, November 2007 (5.94MB).

 

The Dharma is Not the Dharma The immediacy of here and now dharma and the immovable suchness of being. Recorded at Spirit Rock, November 2007 (6.88MB).