James Baraz's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

James Baraz's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

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James Baraz's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) episodes

  • James Baraz: Longing for the Sacred
    (Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) With so much violence and insensitivity all around us, we can lose touch with our love for what is sacred. All that is required is a heightened sensitivity to tune into what is always around us.
    49 min
  • James Baraz: Don't Know Mind - Letting Go of Conclusions
    (Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Most of us like to have some sense of security thinking planning ahead or knowing what to expect can help us be more at ease. But the real freedom comes from realizing we really don't know how things will unfold. Although that might seem unsettling, it can allow us to be more at ease with the fundamental unpredictability of life.
    45 min
  • James Baraz: Your Practice is Not Just for You (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Your practice affects everyone around you. When you see your practice in this wider context, it evokes a whole dimension of inspiration and “joyful responsibility“ to cultivate wisdom and compassion within us. In this world with so much suffering—including the climate crisis and injustice in the world—more than ever we need to keep this in mind and see ourselves as “bodhisattvas in training“.
    1 hr 7 min
  • James Baraz: Anapanasati: The Buddha's Teaching on Mindfulness of Breathing
    (Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Working with the Anapanasati Sutta in some depth. There are 16 steps in four tetrads that the Buddha lays out regarding how to practice this way. It is more than simply keeping one's attention on the experience of breathing. Some of the steps will likely surprise you. I thought it would be interesting to hear how the Buddha himself practiced using the breath and then practice together as he suggested.
    Anapanasati Sutta Majjhima Nikaya #118
    https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.118.than.html
    Anåpånasati- Summary of the Four Tetrads (16 steps)
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yE2GiJtr3nnMGR_2YYOEA7eZ9W02ti52PD5abYF_Ius/edit?tab=t.0
    Thich Nhat Hanh
    Video TNH explaining the 16 steps (28 minutes)
    https://youtu.be/inPkOzo_8XQ?si=nKp94lysBPxn4od_
    Ven Analayo
    Audio guided meditations successively building on the tetrads. Last one includes all four.
    Mindfulness of Breathing with Bhikkhu Anālayo
    https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/resources/breathing-audio/
    Written Overview
    Analayo - Understanding and Practicing the Ānāpānasati-sutta
    https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=30301
    Bhikkhu Bodhi's videos going through the sutta in detail.
    https://www.youtube.com/@BAUSChuangYenMonastery/search?query=Bhikkhu%20Bodhi%20Majjhima%20Nikaya%20118
    50 min
  • James Baraz: The Problem with Becoming: The Buddha's Teaching on Bhava
    (Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) This talk explores Bhava, one of the 12 links on the Wheel of Dependent Origination also called the "Wheel of Samsara." Bhava comes right after Craving and Grasping and is usually translated as "Becoming." Bhava or Becoming is something that that most of us find ourselves caught in. However, bringing kind awareness to this tendency can be a major support for living our lives fully in the present moment.
    46 min
  • James Baraz: Anguttara Nikaya 1.483
    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The Anguttara Nikaya is one of the five Nikayas (collections) that constitute the Sutta Pitaka, which is part of the Pali Tipitaka, the Theravada Buddhist canon.
    It is also known as the "Numerical Discourses" or "Gradual Collection".
    The Anguttara Nikaya is organized numerically, with suttas grouped into eleven books (nipatas) based on the number of items discussed within them. For example, the "Book of the Ones" contains suttas about a single topic, the "Book of the Twos" contains suttas about pairs of things, and so on
    49 min

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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.