Seattle Insight Meditation Society

Becoming intimate with our living reality, as opposed to merely thinking about life, helps us deeply connect to our experience, without being bound by it. Sinking from the busy peripheral experience of mental activity into the quiet clarity of conscious presence is the movement we make, as we practice meditation. Please listen and join others in this journey, as the eternal wisdom of the Buddha supports and encourages us. This talk is also presented in video here: http://seattleinsight.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/887

This talk is also presented in video here: http://seattleinsight.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/884

It is a blessing to come together in community and remember the practice of the eleven traditional contemplations that awaken joy and how we can practice them in our daily lives.   This talk is also presented in video here: http://seattleinsight.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/898

This talk is also presented in video here: http://seattleinsight.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/881

Who are we in uncertain times? Does it matter? What is identity? Can the dharma strengthen and support our sense of identity? What about non-self? These are questions all practitioners struggle with throughout their practice. Our sense of identity can come from race, gender, culture and even the roles we act out of at work, at home and at our sanghas. In the darkness of uncertain times, identity can bring with it a great deal of suffering both real and imagined. Vimalasara and Tuere explore the nature of identity in uncertain times and the emotional difficulties that arise within it. We let stillness and insight guide us into a clearer understanding of who we are both as a person and as practitioner.

With Vimalasara and Tuere Sala.

With Vimalasara and Tuere Sala.

With Vimalasara and Tuere Sala.

With Vimalasara and Tuere Sala. Who are we in uncertain times? Does it matter? What is identify? Can the dharma strengthen and support our sense of identity? What about non-self? These are questions all practitioners struggle with throughout their practice. Our sense of identity can come from race, gender, culture and even the roles we act out of at work, at home and at our sanghas. In the darkness of uncertain times, identity can bring with it a great deal of suffering both real and imagined. The talk centers around the refuge of practice as a backdrop to all suffering, including the difficulties and struggles of identity. Vimalasara speaks about the largest single conversion to Buddhism made on one single day, that changed the identities, and lives of hundreds of thousands of people in India.  Tuere speaks about how we can practice with the ultimate reality on non-self while living in the relative reality of everyday life. This talk is also presented in video here: http://seattleinsight.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/883

This talk is also presented in video here: http://seattleinsight.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/878

This talk is also presented in video here: http://seattleinsight.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/873

This talk is also presented in video here: http://seattleinsight.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/874

With Tuere Sala and Tim Geil.   This talk is also presented in video here: http://seattleinsight.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/872

This talk is also presented in video here: http://seattleinsight.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/864

We experience a chronic expression of busyness in our modern lives. From our hectic, over-committed work and personal life, to the incessant stream of thoughts, the Busy Mind can be seen as a gateway into the Dharma. We explore how the Busy Mind is an expression of our ignorance of the three characteristics, how engaging in the Busy Mind reinforces our ignorance, and what we have to give up to release busyness. This talk is also presented in video here: http://seattleinsight.org/Talks/Talk/TalkID/862