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Audio Teaching - Archives - 2007

 


2007 - Wednesday Nights at River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Bethesda, MD - 7:30pm:

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Date Title Teacher Length File Size
2007-12-19 Meditation Tara Brach 18:50 3.2 MB
  The True Revolution
In Buddhism, lovingkindness is considered a divine abode, our true home. This talk explores how we can recognize the mask that covers insecurity, inhabit our essential goodness of Being, and let ourselves touch and be touched by love. This awakening into wholeheartedness is the true revolution.		   49:53 8.6 MB
2007-12-12 Meditation Tara Brach 24:48 4.3 MB
 

The Path of Transformation
This talk investigates three core themes on the path of spiritual awakening: forgiveness, inner fire or aspiration, and the awareness of what we are...awareness itself. These living currents on the path are explored through an ancient Indian teaching story and guided reflections.

   52:05 8.9 MB
2007-11-21 Meditation Tara Brach 23:15 4.0 MB
  Gratitude and Generosity
When we feel grateful, there is a sense of homecoming. We are connected with what we cherish, and in that abundance, our natural response is generosity. This talk explores two pathways that directly give rise to gratitude and generosity: full presence, and the intentional remembrance of what we love.
  53:17 9.2 MB
2007-11-14 Meditation Tara Brach 23:50 4.1 MB
  Lovingkindness: Living with a Wise Heart
The Buddha taught that our fear is great, but greater yet is the truth of our connectedness. These two talks examine the often unconscious habits that generate the pain of separation, and the practices that allow us to realize and live from an awake heart.
   55:54 9.6 MB
2007-10-31 Meditation Tara Brach 26:43 4.6 MB
  Stress, Presence and Freedom
We are designed to respond to stress with flight/fight/freeze and this can proliferate and then harden into our ongoing response to life. The practice of presence, of recognizing and relaxing with what is arising, can cut through this conditioning and gift us with the realization of our true nature and the capacity to love fully.		   44:58 7.7 MB
2007-10-17 Meditation Tara Brach 25:57 4.5 MB
  The Three Refuges - 2   56:48 9.8 MB
2007-10-10 Meditation Tara Brach 20:52 3.6 MB
  The Three Refuges - 1
In Buddhism there are three, interdependent gateways to freedom. Called refuges, they are the expressions of truth that carry us home to the essence of what we are. These two talks investigate the way we take "false refuge"--habitual ways of trying to control experience--and the profound happiness and peace in discovering true refuge.		   50:59 8.8 MB
2007-10-03 Meditation Tara Brach 24:23 4.2 MB
  The Path of Peace
Awakening from the Trance of Separation - We all have conditioning that can keep us at war with our inner life, and fuel violence in the world. These universal tendencies can block our natural attunement and capacity to respond with compassion to life. The practices of presence allow us to recognize this conditioning and awaken to the truth of our connectedness, to the wisdom and love that make peace possible.		   48:34 8.3 MB
2007-09-26 Meditation Tara Brach 29:21 5.0 MB
  The Gift of Silence
Through all spiritual traditions, there is a valuing of silence and stillness. When the mind has quieted, it becomes possible to see into the truth of what we are. Yet quieting can turn into a battle with the process of the thinking mind. This talk explores practices that allow us to settle in a natural way, the presence which is silence itself, and the wisdom and love that flows freely when we live from that silence.		   48:59 8.4 MB
2007-09-19 Meditation Tara Brach 29:59 5.2 MB
  The Joy of Conscious Relationships
We live in a relational field, and as we develop the capacity for presence with others, we discover the truth of our connectedness. This discovery is experienced as love, and gives rise to genuine happiness and inner freedom. This talk explores the teachings and practices that nourish conscious relationships.		   54:03 9.3 MB
2007-09-05 Meditation Tara Brach 28:03 4.8 MB
  Pathways to Happiness
The Dalai Lama often begins his talks "Everyone wants to be Happy... Nobody wants to suffer." It's true, and yet sadly, our ways of pursuing happiness are often the very cause of suffering. This talk describes the shadow side of seeking happiness, and the practices of presence that lead to spiritual freedom and genuine happiness.		   50:18 8.6 MB
2007-08-29 Meditation Tara Brach 28:54 4.8 MB
  Wise Effort - Cultivating and Engaged Presence
A wholehearted commitment to awakening is intrinsic to the spiritual path. Yet often this becomes a striving kind of effort that is generated out of the sense of a "doing self." This talk reflects on the grounds of wise effort: connecting to our deepest intention, and cultivating a genuinely allowing, engaged, presence.		   50:18 8.6 MB
2007-08-22 Meditation Tara Brach 29:07 5.0 MB
  Touching Enlightenment with the Body
Our suffering arises from the unseen, unfelt parts of our experience- our unlived life. This rejected energy is stored in our bodies and prevents us from living wakefully and wholeheartedly. By bringing a courageous, mindful presence to bodily sensations our energies untangle and flow freely. Rather than a frightened resisting "self" we rediscover our full aliveness, connectedness and luminosity of Being.
  45:03 7.8 MB
2007-08-15 The Soul of the Whole
Our incessant inner dialog contracts us into the sense of a small limited self. The practices of presence - noticing and allowing our experience - awakens us from this limiting identity and allows us to realize the loving awareness that is our essence.		 Tara Brach 51:47 8.9 MB
2007-08-08 Deprogramming the Story of Self
Our life experience is shaped by the stories we tell ourselves and the underlying belief that "something is wrong with me." Meditation allows us to recognize and release the grip of the stories that confine our sense of wholeness, peace and inner freedom.		 Tara Brach 54:16 9.3 MB
2007-08-01 The Art of Loving Tara Brach 59:40 10.2 MB
2007-07-25 Healing with R.A.I.N. Tara Brach 58:24 10.0 MB
2007-06-27 Genuine Devotion Tara Brach 56:10 9.6 MB
2007-06-13 Realizing Our Basic Goodness - 2
Our greatest suffeirng is not realizing who we are. Identified with a sense of separate and deficient self, we forget the basic goodness of our heart and awareness. In this two part series we will explore the practices of presence that support us in awakening from the prison of trance, deepening our empathy and embodying the goodness that is our deepest nature.		 Tara Brach 50:12 8.6 MB
2007-05-30 Realizing Our Basic Goodness - 1
Our greatest suffeirng is not realizing who we are. Identified with a sense of separate and deficient self, we forget the basic goodness of our heart and awareness. In this two part series we will explore the practices of presence that support us in awakening from the prison of trance, deepening our empathy and embodying the goodness that is our deepest nature.		 Tara Brach 54:25 9.3 MB
2007-05-23 Resistance Is Futile - 2 Tara Brach 53:49 9.6 MB
2007-05-09 Resistance Is Futile - 1
Our basic suffering can be described as resistance-being at war with our experience. These two talks explore how, through letting go, we discover the love and awareness that is our natural awareness. The first talk emphases our capacity to relax and awaken through the body, and untangle the emotional energies that armor our heart. The second talk looks at how our thoughts and beliefs can imprison us in a sense of separation and limitation. We investigate the power of "not knowing" as a gateway to the truth and mystery of what we are. Both talks include guided meditations.		 Tara Brach 56:07 9.6 MB
2007-04-11 The Two Wings of Freedom Tara Brach 53:05 9.6 MB
2007-04-04 What You Long for is Already Here Tara Brach 48:39 8.4 MB
2007-03-28 The Winds of Homecoming Tara Brach 51:55 8.9 MB
2007-03-14 Compassion in Action Tara Brach 55:09 9.5 MB
2007-03-07 Getting Unstuck Tara Brach 46:46 8.0 MB
2007-02-28 Awakening from the Trance - 2 Tara Brach 43:16 7.4 MB
2007-02-21 Awakening from the Trance - 1 Tara Brach 47:56 8.2 MB
2007-02-07 Self-Forgiveness - 2 Tara Brach 59:42 10.3 MB
2007-01-31 Self-Forgiveness - 1 Tara Brach 49:09 8.4 MB
2007-01-24 The Path of Transformation Tara Brach 49:47 8.6 MB
2007-01-17 The Art of Practice - 2 Tara Brach 57:14 9.8 MB
2007-01-09 The Art of Practice - 1 Tara Brach 54:48 9.4 MB
2007-01-08 The Three Refuges Tara Brach 1:01:33 10.6 MB

 

 

 

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