Phillip Moffitt's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) As the part of understanding the three insights of the 4th Noble Truth as practice, it is vital to use"what is path" and to recognize it when it arises.

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) There are three insights to practice and realize is the second Noble Truth. All are built around realizing the cause of suffering. The hindrance of mind when they arise are an opportunity to practice this releasing.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Opening to mindfulness of the body is both the beginning of practice and the vehicle that carries you through the practice as the "felt sense." Embodied presence through awareness of the body is one of the fruits of practice.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Once you learn to find a calm abiding of the mind there are many kinds of joy and bliss that may arise. Yet, you are asked to turn your calm mind to the practice of insight in order to experience the dukkha the Buddha describes in the First Noble Truth. Why give bliss (sukkha) for dukkha.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Awareness of the body in the body is a key part of the Dharma. Yet, many times the body is not fully explored in its many dimensions of offering both a means for being present in the moment and finding freedom from clinging.

(Life Balance Institute)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The training precepts can be utilized for living the dharma in daily life, but to be most effective they need a foundation of faith and intention. Also, by stating the precepts positively and in an expanded fashion, we can find new opportunities for mindfulness and insight.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Our daily lives are filled with desire, yet desire leads to suffering. How do we reconcile the paradox between caring love and non-attachment?

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) A guided basic meditation on the breath, following coming into the present moment through the body.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) A guided meditation leading to an exploration of the first foundation of mindfulness. Questions addressed include: why focus on the body and how the body relates to the other foundations.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Right intention is the point of freedom in life. Its cultivation is how we come into meaning and relatedness.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) How to be in the moment in the face of life difficulties. How to live “into life” in the presence of loss and death. The power of gratitude and trust, and ways to cultivate them as mindfulness practice.

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