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James Baraz's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) episodes
- James Baraz: "Loving the Earth"(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) This talk given during the 3rd Annual Earth Care Week is about doing our part to contribute to the healing of our planet from love not fear. It includes opening up to the reality of the dukkha while seeing the possibility of being part of growing consciousness that's increasingly gaining momentum.51 min
- James Baraz: "Anchoring Our Wisdom: Embodied Awareness"(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) How the Body Can Help Us Remember. (Note: We had some trouble with the sound system for the first few minutes.)54 min
- James Baraz: Bringing Your Practice into the World(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) How your practice can unfold as you leave retreat includes seeing it as a path of happiness; value of opening to suffering; learning to listen to the truth inside and expressing your caring as compassionate action.1 hr
- James Baraz: How the Practice Unfolds: The Five Spiritual Faculties(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) One way to understand how the process of mindfulness meditation leads to awakening is seeing how these five qualities of mind work together.59 min
- James Baraz: Refinement of Mind, Part II.(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Last week we spoke of practice as a process of purification, refining impurities of mind like a goldsmith refines and purifies gold.This week we’ll explore how the mind is refined by understanding how to balance three qualities that all need to work together.With Metta,James54 min
- James Baraz: "Refinement of Mind, Part 1"(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) One way to think of dharma practice is as a path of purification. The talk uses a discourse by the Buddha's as a way to describe this process. We can see how, little by little, over time we are purifying the mind and heart. The key is to keep facing in the right direction as we develop increasingly wholesome thoughts, words and actions.53 min
- James Baraz: "Seeing the Big Picture"(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) "The key to equanimity is a spaciousness that holds all of our dramas in widest perspective. This talk was inspired by the film Planetary."54 min
- James Baraz: "Nice Guys Sometimes Finish First: Barbara Weiss, Steve Kerr and Pope Francis"(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) We are inspired by the goodness of others. Even more, their example motivates us to do good ourselves. The term "Elevation Response" is used in psychology to describe this phenomenon. The talk describes three people whose lives are inspirations and whose examples can help us bring out the best in ourselves.55 min
- James Baraz: Castles Made of Sand(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) We get very attached to things as if they were extremely important (e.g. your basketball team winning a championship or a conflict with a friend). However, in the bigger scheme of things all of these seemingly crucial things can be held in the wider, wiser perspective of impermanence. A parable from Buddhist teachings helps illustrate this essence of true equanimity and wisdom.51 min
- James Baraz: Just Like Me(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) A discussion based on Thupten Jinpa's book A Fearless Heart with particular focus on the profound practice of understanding our shared humanity.55 min
About James Baraz's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
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I try to convey that the wisdom and compassion we are looking for is already inside of us. I see practice as learning how to purify our mind and heart so we can hear the Buddha inside. In doing so, we naturally embody the dharma and help awaken that understanding and love in others we meet.
I try to use the formal teachings as a doorway for people to see the truth in themselves. I feel I'm doing my job when people look into themselves to come to their own deep understandings of the truth, access their own inner wisdom and trust in their "Buddha-knowing," as Ajahn Chah called it, which is different from their intellectual knowing.
The Buddha-knowing is a deeper place, underneath the concepts, which is in touch with the truth, with our seed of awakening. I want practitioners to have more and more confidence in, and familiarity with, that deeper place of knowing. It is accessing this dimension of our being that becomes the guide to cutting through the confusion caused by greed and fear. We have everything we need inside ourselves. We do not need to look to a teacher when we remember who we really are.