AudioDharma: Gil Fronsdal's most recent dharma talks
Summary: Dharma talks given by Gil Fronsdal and various guest speakers at the Insight Meditation Center. Each talk illuminates aspects of the Buddha's teachings. The purpose is the same that the Buddha had for his teachings, to guide us toward the end of suffering and the attainment of freedom. To learn more about the Insight Meditation Center, visit our website at https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/.
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Podcasts:
Gil Fronsdal: Recorded: 2017-06-28
Gil Fronsdal: Recorded: 2017-06-26
Gil Fronsdal: Recorded: 2017-06-25
Gil Fronsdal: Recorded: 2017-06-21
Gil Fronsdal: When that monk bowed to his teacup, that set in motion for me a process of many years of learning to be interested, or curious – to begin to pay attention to what’s here, what’s in front of me. <br><br>Additional key words: Zen; sesshin; tea; meditation; choreography; ritual; care; appreciation; what is important; impatience; bell; participation; sacrament; love; sweeping; cleaning.
Gil Fronsdal: Recorded: 2017-06-21
Gil Fronsdal: If we’re not in a hurry, or we have a sense of timelessness in the present moment, as if whatever’s happening could go on forever, then there's lots of room to get to know what’s going on. There's no hurry. <br><br>Additional key words: mindfulness; time; attention; ideas; challenges; discomfort; attainment; competition; here and now; walking meditation; sitting; this eternal moment.
Gil Fronsdal: Recorded: 2017-06-19
Gil Fronsdal: Recorded: 2017-06-18
Gil Fronsdal: The hook to want to be involved in problem-solving, planning, and redoing the past is quite strong, as is the hook to try to be safe, to try to get what we want, to be the kind of person we want to be or to defend ourselves, or rationalize what’s going on. Meditation is not so much a place to solve problems, but to create the conditions that are supportive for clear seeing, and for a calm, unagitated mind. Explore what it’s like to recognize, with calm, clear attention, until you feel that your awareness is free of reactivity and has qualities that you want to live with, that are nourishing for you. So look, and look again. The Latin etymology of the word ‘respect’ means “to look again.” Look more deeply. And keep looking until you feel that the very recognition, the very mindfulness of what’s going on has a quality of clarity, of stability, of calm – just seeing it. As this recognition factor gets stronger, it’s like we’re taking up residence in the recognition more than in the agitation. Rather than taking up residence in the flowing river, we can take up residence on the stable ground, in being firm and upright, independent of the river, of all the things around us.
Gil Fronsdal: Exploring being carried away by the currents and rivers of thought vs. being rooted and standing upright in the stable ground of arriving *here*. With mindfulness, we find stability. We find our footing in the present moment.
Gil Fronsdal: Recorded: 2017-06-12
Gil Fronsdal: Jun 4-11: Gil Fronsdal & Nikki Mirghafori (2017-06-04)
Gil Fronsdal: Jun 4-11: Gil Fronsdal & Nikki Mirghafori (2017-06-04)
Gil Fronsdal: Jun 4-11: Gil Fronsdal & Nikki Mirghafori (2017-06-04)
