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Kittisaro's Dharma Talks
Kittisaro
Kittisaro, from Tennessee, a Rhodes Scholar and a Buddhist practitioner for over 35 years including 15 years as a Theravada monk in the Forest School of Ajahn Chah. He is also a practitioner of Pure Land and Chan Buddhism. He is co-founder, with Thanissara of Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat in South Africa and has completed two year long retreats. Kittisaro currently lives in the North Bay, California, teaches at IMS and Spirit Rock, and is co-author of Listening to the Heart, A Contemplative Journey to Engaged Buddhism. He lives in the North Bay CA, and is on the Teacher Council at Spirit Rock, and is a core teacher at IMS.
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2018-03-09 The Bathman: Simile For For The First Jhana 31:19
Reflections on viveka, the jhana factors, the alchemy of awareness, unification, cultivating agility when responding to the hindrances.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Reclamation of the Sacred: A Journey of Healing and Reconnection Through Insight Meditation
2018-03-08 "Might There Be Another Way": The Turning Point In The Buddha's Life. 58:55
The Buddha's childhood memory that led him to reject self-mortification, accept nourishment, and find the middle way. Samadhi, a true holiday. The story of Sona, and turning one's efforts in practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Reclamation of the Sacred: A Journey of Healing and Reconnection Through Insight Meditation
2018-03-06 Opening Talk: The Eight Great Gifts 1:12:06
Refuges, precepts, an overview of retreat and the blessing chant.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Reclamation of the Sacred: A Journey of Healing and Reconnection Through Insight Meditation
2017-11-24 Dissolving the Walls of the Mind with Love (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:12
The power and blessings of Metta. Hatred is never overcome by hatred, only by love. The relationship of wisdom and compassion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace and Gratitude
2017-11-22 Beyond the Tangle of Thought (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 35:49
Sakka's question to the Buddha-Why do People wanting to live in peace and harmony end up living in conflict and hate?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace and Gratitude
2017-11-21 The magnetic Pull of the Unconditioned (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:15
The liberating key is noticing change. Peace.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace and Gratitude
2017-11-19 Morning Instructions Day 2-Samadhi: The Blameless Pleasure Principle (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:55
Unification of Body, mind, and Heart. The functions of Samadhi. The Buddha's 4 guidelines on mindfulness of the breath: The long breath, the short breath, experiencing the whole body, and calming the body as you breathe in and out.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace and Gratitude
2017-11-18 Metabolizing the Momentum of our Lives (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:44
Right View, not getting somewhere, but arriving more fully in the here and now. Timeless luminous heart. Reorganizing the judging mind. Cultivating the Jhana factors.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat: A Journey into Presence, Peace and Gratitude
2017-10-30 Like A Still Forest Pool 42:27
with Kittisaro, Thanissara
The response and the way are intertwined inconceivably. Leaving the retreat.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2017-10-24 The Alchemy Of Kindness: From "Locked In" to the Immeasurable. 61:49
The simile of the salt crystal. Cultivating measureless states of mind to dissolve obstructions. The transformative power of kindness generosity.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2017 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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