Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks given at Metta Forest Monastery

2004-01-01 Developing Your Potential 15:52
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The simple things we already have in the present can be put together in such a way that they can lead to true happiness. We don’t have to go searching outside. All we need is to develop what’s right here.
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In collection: The Present Moment

2004-01-01 The Present Moment 66:58

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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Reality is threatening when we try to live in our stories and preconceived notions. But when the mind is free of the falsity of delusion, things that are real pose no danger to the mind.

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2004-01-01 Get Real 15:46
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Reality is threatening when we try to live in our stories and preconceived notions. But when the mind is free of the falsity of delusion, things that are real pose no danger to the mind.
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2004-01-01 Right Now 13:21
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What you’re doing right now is very important—a principle that applies to any “right now,” because what you’re doing right now is always shaping “right now” as well as the future.
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2004-01-01 Just This Breath 10:28
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In one breath you’ve got everything you need for the practice, so be fully aware right here, and the fullness of your awareness will develop over time without your having to pace yourself or to plan ahead.
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2004-01-01 Shaping Your Life 11:30
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As meditators, we can easily slip into the attitude that we’re like people watching T.V.—passive consumers, watching a reality that’s ready-made—but that’s not what’s really going on. We’ve always active, always shaping things, even when we seem to be perfectly still. The purpose of the meditation is to be more careful about our intentions, more alert about how we’re shaping things.
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2004-01-01 Developing Your Potential 15:52
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The simple things we already have in the present can be put together in such a way that they can lead to true happiness. We don’t have to go searching outside. All we need is to develop what’s right here.
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2003-12-30 A Warrior's Resolve 1:12:56

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2003-12-20 The Sublime Attitudes 1:12:34

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2003-12-18 Introduction To Breath Meditation 10:22
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Learn how to enjoy keeping the mind with the breath. If you spend time with the breath, you get sensitive not only to the breath, but also to what the mind is doing in the present moment and to the way it causes unnecessary suffering for itself.
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In collection: Exploring The Breath

2003-12-18 Getting To Know The Breath 9:07
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We live with the breath, and yet we don’t know it, and as a result don’t get as much out of it as we could. The breath can provide food, clothing, shelter, and medicine for the mind if you take the time to get to know it well.
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In collection: Exploring The Breath

2003-12-18 Insight From The Breath 13:42
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The type of insight that’s going to make a difference in the mind has to come from the mind’s being solidly based. So, until your mindfulness of the breath is really solid, this is where you want to focus all your efforts.
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In collection: Exploring The Breath

2003-12-18 Exploring The Breath 1:13:10

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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Learn how to enjoy keeping the mind with the breath. If you spend time with the breath, you get sensitive not only to the breath, but also to what the mind is doing in the present moment and to the way it causes unnecessary suffering for itself.

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2003-12-18 Introduction To Breath Meditation 10:22
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Learn how to enjoy keeping the mind with the breath. If you spend time with the breath, you get sensitive not only to the breath, but also to what the mind is doing in the present moment and to the way it causes unnecessary suffering for itself.
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2003-12-18 Getting To Know The Breath 9:07
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We live with the breath, and yet we don’t know it, and as a result don’t get as much out of it as we could. The breath can provide food, clothing, shelter, and medicine for the mind if you take the time to get to know it well.
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2003-12-18 Insight From The Breath 13:42
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The type of insight that’s going to make a difference in the mind has to come from the mind’s being solidly based. So, until your mindfulness of the breath is really solid, this is where you want to focus all your efforts.
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2004-03-21 Why The Breath 14:39
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The breath is like a mirror for the mind. When there’s greed, anger, delusion, they’ll show up in the breath. And you find that not only does the breath reflect the mind, but you can use the breath to have a positive effect on the mind as well.
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2004-03-21 The Fullness Of The Breath 9:21
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When the breath in the body is full, you find that it’s really resilient and eases your burdens in lots of ways. So experiment to see what a “full breath” is.
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2004-03-21 The Breath's Potential 15:58
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The mind is like an animal: that if it hasn’t been trained it’s difficult to live with. Once we train it, though, it stops creating so much suffering for itself. So we begin by staying in one place with something really simple: the breath.
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2003-12-01 Qualities Of The Heart 69:01

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2003-11-16 Outside The Box 1:13:06

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2003-11-16 Outside The Box: Outside The Box 17:42
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We can’t wait for the issues of the world or our own lives to get settled before we start looking for peace, because peace is the way out. THBH_C9.01
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2003-11-30 Outside The Box: Changing Your Mind 15:25
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Your promise to yourself to follow the path and your willingness to look very, very carefully at events in the mind is what allows for growth in the practice. In spite of the teachings on impermanence, there are certain unskillful habits that can be dropped for good. (Date estimated) THBH_C9.02
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2003-12-14 Outside The Box: Shifting Your Paradigm 17:42
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The mind’s filing system—its set of labels for fitting things into pre-set molds before filing them away—is often a major cause of trouble. Meditation involves changing the system in two ways: thinking your way into a new way of seeing things, and looking more carefully at the raw data of experience. (Date estimated) THBH_C9.03
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2004-01-13 Outside The Box: The Four Bases Of Success 22:16
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If you’re the type of person who takes pride in doing a job well, you’ve got many of the psychological attitudes you need to meditate well. Meditation done with properly focused desire, persistence, intentness, sensitivity, powers of analysis, and imagination opens up all kinds of possibilities. THBH_C9.04
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