The greatest gift is the
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Thanissara's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
Thanissara
Thanissara, from London, was a nun for 12 years in the tradition of Ajahn Chah and has taught internationally for over 30 years. She is co-founder of Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat, South Africa, Sacred Mountain Sangha, California, and Chattanooga Insight, Tennessee. She has an MA in Mindfulness Psychotherapy Practice from the Karuna Institute UK and is co-author of Listening to the Heart, A Contemplative Guide to Engaged Buddhism, author of Time To Stand Up, An Engaged Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth, and several books of poetry. She is a member of the Teacher Council at Spirit Rock and co-guiding teacher of Sacred Mountain Sangha.
2014-05-13 Practice & Climate Change 48:46
Knowing your refuge. Cultivating resilience. Alignment with authentic response.
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In collection: One Earth Sangha
2014-05-13 Introduction to Meditation 39:43
A cultivated Mind: a cause for happiness. Samadhi - a gathered mind. Entry into the 1st foundation of mindfulness.
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In collection: Introduction to Meditation
2013-02-24 Precepts 29:14
with Kittisaro, Thanissara
Short introduction to precepts. Taking 5 precepts and 3 refuges
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2013-02-23 Footprints 64:15
Taking the practice into everyday life. Inspiration from contemporary hero's of spiritual activism. Holding life lightly
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2013-02-23 Guided Metta Meditation 40:37
Kindness for self, loved one, neutral person, adversary and all beings. Buddha's words on loving kindness.
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2013-02-22 Working The Four Truths 29:55
A teaching for everyday life. The suffering that ends suffering. Power of awareness to heal. Buddha's own enlightenment.
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2013-02-21 Four Truths To Live By 58:36
Buddha's journey to awakening. Entry into Buddha's insight through core teaching of the four Noble Truths
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2013-02-20 Mindfulness Of Feeling 38:11
Investigation of feeling and mind states. Wise reflection, not creating more pain. Guided meditation on feeling.
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2013-02-19 Vipassana: Investigation of "Dhammas" 53:51
Introduction to insight meditation. Working with difficulty and the development of wisdom. Seeing into the body - A sky burial.
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2013-02-18 Training For Times Of Intensity 28:51
Mindfulness: an evolutionary skill, moving out of destructive and addictive patterns, samadhi: being "here now"
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