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Blog ~ What is Love Asking from Us? Reflections on Gaza and the Bodhisattva Path
Download text in PDF - The moment we choose to love, we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others. ~ bell hooks The humanitarian...
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Blog ~ What is Love Asking from Us: Reflections on Gaza, the West Bank and Israel
Download text in PDF Listen and Watch 2024-02-07 Webcast: What is the Path to Peace? A conversation with Tara Brach and Assaf Katz Read the article "Reflections on Gaza and the...
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Blog ~ Meditation: What is Your Deepest Longing?
Meditation: What is Your Deepest Longing? Download text in PDF - Find a comfortable way of sitting, and allow yourself to relax and be at ease. With a receptive presence, become...
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Blog – Facing My White Privilege
Facing My White Privilege – from Lion's Roar, June 21, 2016, painting by Hildy MazeTara Brach When Tara Brach came to recognize her own white privilege, it revealed blind spots....
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Blog: Resources for Plant-Based Eating
Resources from the Vegan Sangha “All beings fear danger, life is dear to all. When a person considers this, he does not kill or cause to kill.” (Dhammapada, 129) There are a lot...
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Blog: Creating a Home Retreat: Finding Freedom Wherever You Are [FREE Half Day Retreat Included]
Creating a Home Retreat with Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, Trudy Goodman Download in PDF: Creating a Home Retreat: Finding Freedom Wherever You Are Hi Dear Ones, When a widespread...
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Blog: Two Versions of Acronym RAIN
The Two Versions of the Acronym RAIN: There have been two primary forms of the RAIN acronym circulating in the meditation spheres, and we would like to clarify between the...
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Blog ~ Guided Reflection: Bringing RAIN to Difficulty (text and audio)
Download in PDF: Guided Reflection: Bringing RAIN to Difficulty Guided Reflection: Bringing RAIN to Difficulty Sitting quietly, close your eyes and take a few full breaths. Bring...
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Blog: The RAIN of Self-Compassion
The RAIN of Self-Compassion View or download the PDF version Link to talk: The RAIN of Self-Compassion Link to Meditation: The RAIN of Self-Compassion Translations: تأمل مطر من...
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Blog: RAIN Partners Protocol
What Are RAIN Partners? RAIN - Recognize-Allow-Investigate-Nurture, the process of bringing mindfulness and compassion to difficult emotions, can be practiced with another person...
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Blog: Being a Mirror of Goodness: An Intention for the New Year
Blog: Being a Mirror of Goodness: An Intention for the New Year Adapted from: Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAINTara Brach,...
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Blog: Working with Pain – Summary of Mindfulness Strategies
See also: Resources for Working with Pain Working with Pain – Summary of Mindfulness Strategies At one time or another, we will all want to learn how to use our meditation...
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Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of R.A.I.N. – Chapter One
CHAPTER ONE: RAIN Creates a Clearing Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life. ~ Martha...
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Transcript & Audio ~ Guided Meditation: The Practice of Vipassana (Mindfulness) (15:27 min.)
Download in PDF: Guided Meditation: The Practice of Vipassana (Mindfulness) The Buddhist practice for developing mindfulness is called vipassana, which means “clear insight” or...
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Blog: Turning Toward Fear with RAIN
Turning Toward Fear with RAIN Adapted from Tara's new book: Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of R.A.I.N. In a far-off land, word...
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Blog – RAIN: A Practice of Radical Compassion
RAIN: A Practice of Radical Compassion Download a free printable guide here: RAIN: A Practice of Radical Compassion (PDF). Português [.pdf]: RAIN: Uma Prática de Compaixão...
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Transcript ~ Gratitude: Entering Sacred Relationship
~ A Talk Given by Tara Brach, on November 29, 2019 - Gratitude arises when we are in sacred relationship with life—present, open and receptive. This talk explores how central...
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Transcript: Tonglen: Radical Compassion
Tonglen: Radical Compassion A Short Talk and Guided Meditation from the IMCW Spring Retreat, 2017 Tara Brach Listen or watch: Tonglen: Radical Compassion (audio and video with...
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Blog: About LGBTQIA and Use of Pronouns
About LGBTQIA and Use of Pronouns LESBIAN A woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Some lesbians may prefer to identify as gay or...
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Blog: Shifting from Blame to Love: 3 Practices for a Wise Heart
Evolution has rigged all of us with a negativity bias—a survival-driven habit to scan for what’s wrong and to fixate on it. In contemporary society, a pervasive target is our own...