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		<title>Dharma Talk by Patrice Koelsch: Spiritual Practice for Political Junkies: Finding Equanimity in the Election Spin Cycle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ June 3, 2012; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Spiritual Practice for Political Junkies:
Finding Equanimity in the Election Spin Cycle
By Patrice Clark Koelsch

As politicians and pundits turn up the rhetorical volume and we are barraged with campaign as, articles, FB postings, and emails, it’s easy to slip into “them-vs.-us” dualism. This talk will examine skillful strategies for staying politically informed and engaged without succumbing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dharma Talk: Rev. Myo-O  Marilyn Habermas-Scher</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 6, 2012; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] What is chanting for?  How do the seemingly arcane practices of chant and ritual bowing support our aspiration to wake up and embody the sanity of the Buddha's insight and teachings?  What does this type of stuff have to do with us, here and now, living in the 21st century? Let us look at these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dharma Talk: Roger Jackson &#8220;Mind, Meditation, Mahamudra, and MRIs: Some Reflections&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 1, 2012; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] The talk will begin and end with the question: what is the value of the neuro-scientific study of the mind, and particularly of meditative states? To answer the question from a Buddhist perspective we will seek first to understand the multiple perspectives on the mind developed by Buddhists over the centuries, through exploring such topics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dharma Talk: Edwin Kelley &#8211; Meditation: The art of recognizing awareness and awakening lovingkindness and compassion.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 4, 2012; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Description: According to Buddhist teaching, awareness, lovingkindness and compassion are innate qualities of our mind. Meditation is a powerful tool for connecting to these qualities in an ongoing way, anywhere, anytime.  As our skill in meditation grows, our mind becomes more calm and peaceful and our heart more joyful and open.


Edwin Kelley attended his first meditation retreat in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dharma Talk: Gail Iverson “The 2nd Noble Truth: The Origins of Stress”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 5, 2012; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] 
The way to end stress in life is to understand its causes which are “craving for sensuality, craving for becoming and craving for non-becoming”. As our understanding of these causes deepens the mind sees more and more clearly how to let go.
Gail has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1987 and has been teaching meditation since 1998. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dharma Talk: Lopon Rita Gross, The Four Noble Truths</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 8, 2012; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] &#160;
FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS—THE BUDDHA’S FIRST TEACHING: After his enlightenment experience, Siddhartha Gautama, now the Buddha, made the momentous decision to teach others what he had discovered. His first disciples were five companions with whom he had earlier struggled to find enlightenment. He spoke to them in a short sermon that contained four claims—the Four Noble Truths [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ajahn Punnadhammo, Dharma Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ December 11, 2011; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] &#160;
I was born in Toronto in 1955, have been studying Buddhist and meditation since 1979. I was ordained as a bhikkhu in Thailand in 1992 and have been abbot of the Arrow River Forest Hermitage since 1996.
&#160;
Keep it simple: meditation as a process of purification.


http://www.arrowriver.ca/
http://bhikkhublog.blogspot.com/


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		<title>Santikaro, Dharma Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ November 6, 2011; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Dependent co-arising is central to the Buddha's original vision. All phenomena arise and pass away dependent upon other phenomena as causes and conditions. This is especially true ofcraving, birth, death, and suffering. Is any of this really mine or yours? Why do we suffer for it? Santikaro will explore how we suffer through taking these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patrice Koelsch, Dharma Talk: Explorations in Buddhist Psychology: Minding the Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 3, 2011; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] 

As a verb, “to mind” can mean to take care of or pay attention to, to obey, to be wary, to feel concern, to regard a thing as mattering. This talk will examine some skillful and unskillful attitudes that we may bring to the care and feeding of our own minds.]]></description>
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		<title>Henry Emmons, Dharma Talk: The Promise of Equanimity</title>
		<link>http://northfieldmeditation.org/henry-emmons-dharma-talk-the-joy-of-equanimity/</link>
		<comments>http://northfieldmeditation.org/henry-emmons-dharma-talk-the-joy-of-equanimity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Merritt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 1, 2011; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] The Promise of Equanimity: Cultivating Calm in a Stress-filled World
Most of us would agree that we live in stressful, if not chaotic times. Yet spiritualteachers from all traditions reassure us that all is well. What can we do to restoreserenity, even when challenged by anxiety, depression or other stress-related conditions?Blending new neuroscience with ancient wisdom [...]]]></description>
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