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James Baraz's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) episodes
- James Baraz: Awakening To Joy - part 1(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The Buddha valued "gladness connected with wholesome states." This is the first of two talks on the importance of inclining the mind toward happiness and joy as well as how to do it.1 hr 2 min
- James Baraz: Inclining Our Mind Towards Freedom: The Power Of Intention(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The power of intention helps us envision a fulfilled spiritual life, helps us see through ourlimiting beliefs, and helps us trust our deepest wisdom.1 hr 1 min
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- James Baraz: Trusting Your Buddha-Knowing(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The source of our awakening is right inside us. As we learn to listen deeply to the wisdom and purity of heart that is connected to the truth we are following the Buddha's instructions to be "be a lamp unto yourself."1 hr 1 min
- James Baraz: What Is Mindfulness(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Why be mindful? Different aspects of mindfulness including seeing clearly and non-judging as well as benefits of mindfulness practice.57 min
- Narayan Helen Liebenson: The Art Of Wise Effort(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Aspects of wise effort are discussed, including reflections on unwise effort.55 min
- James Baraz: Passion For Practice(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The place of passion in practice is expressed in the Iddhipadas (Bases of Power): zeal, effort, love of Dharma and preciousness of this opportunity to practice.59 min
- James Baraz: Seven Factors Of Enlightenment(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The seven factors of enlightenment are being cultivated as we practice. This talk explores how they can be consciously brought into balance and how they work together.1 hr 2 min
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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.