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Rodney Smith's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
Rodney Smith
More and more, the teaching practice takes me into the community where I engage directly with students. My focus right now is on bringing the continuity of the Dharma into the market place. Although retreating is an important form for self-knowledge, I find myself less interested in the immediate results of a retreat and more interested in helping students investigate their relationship to the ups and downs of their everyday life.
2001-01-03 The Personal And The Impersonal 46:32
The personal and the impersonal must come together for the completion of the practice.
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2000-12-31 Inspiring The Heart 31:02
finding and accessing that which sustains our urgency.
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2000-12-29 Life's Lessons 43:32
What are the fundamental lessons we learn through living that form the basis of our practice?
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2000-07-05 The "No" Of Love 41:54
We are never sure how love will act once it is released
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2000-02-27 A Glimpse Of Connection 41:51
Sometimes our hardened view of separation parts, for just a moment, and a glimpse of perfection fills us wonder and appreciation.
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1999-12-29 Resolutions Of The Heart 40:26
Learning how anger never ceases when it comes through anger.
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1999-02-27 Self-Kindness And Self-Indulgence 40:38
the practice is built on self-kindness and is destroyed through self-indulgence, but ultimately moves beyond the self entirely
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1999-02-01 Anger: Transforming Anger 38:45
Remaining in contact with our source of anger is the only way to transform it into love.
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In collection: Anger
1999-01-05 Leaving The Wilderness 42:55
entering the wilderness, we leave all the old rules behind, only to return and rejoin the community
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1999-01-01 Anger: About Anger 38:23
An overview of what anger is, where it comes from, and how to work with it.
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In collection: Anger

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