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Dharma Talks given at Big Bear Retreat Center
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2024-11-16 Sky-Like Awareness: Instruction & Meditation 55:07
Catherine Shaddix
Big Bear Retreat Center The Dharma of Desire

2024-11-15 The Dance of Dharma & Desire 43:41
Trudy Goodman
How to untangle the threads of intense desire, sexual or other & meet the Dharma
Big Bear Retreat Center The Dharma of Desire

2024-11-15 Feeling Tone: a Guided Vedana Practice 53:06
Lisa Ernst
Big Bear Retreat Center The Dharma of Desire

2024-11-14 How do You Handle Craving & Desire in Buddhist Practice? 38:46
Lisa Ernst
In this talk, Lisa unpacks the difference between unwholesome & wholesome desire, tanha & chanda, including some personal stories
Big Bear Retreat Center The Dharma of Desire

2024-11-14 Breath as Loving Partner: Instruction & Meditation 41:14
Trudy Goodman
Beginning with the Buddha’s teaching of Anapanasati, a general guidance on mindfulness with the breath & how it carries mettā
Big Bear Retreat Center The Dharma of Desire

2024-10-29 Anatta or Not Self 22:15
Anushka Fernandopulle
This talk explores the skillful view of Not Self. What we call our self is actually a conglomerate of many aspects, all of which are changing. None of the things that we identify with as ourselves have an essential "me" in them. This can be investigated in different domains of experience, from the body to emotions to the mind.
Big Bear Retreat Center Three Views for Freedom

2024-10-28 Dukkha + Compassion 29:12
Anushka Fernandopulle
Reflections on training our hearts to skillfully respond to Dukkha, as it inevitably arises in ourselves and others.
Big Bear Retreat Center Three Views for Freedom

2024-10-25 The Biosphere Knows How to Stay Alive 50:13
Ayya Santacitta
Reflection and guided meditation on Upekkha and The Web of Life
Big Bear Retreat Center Weaving Ourselves Back into the Fabric of Life

2024-10-24 Suffering and the End of Suffering: The Buddha’s Teaching on Anatta 49:14
Ayya Santacitta
Big Bear Retreat Center Weaving Ourselves Back into the Fabric of Life

2024-10-24 Knowing What is Good for Oneself and What is Good for Others 56:20
Ayya Santacitta
a Reflection and Guided Meditation on the Five Hindrances and Earth Awareness
Big Bear Retreat Center Weaving Ourselves Back into the Fabric of Life

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