Dharma talk by Gregory Maloof. Recorded July 8, 2018 at Portland Insight Meditation Community.

 

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Dharma talk by Robert Beatty. Recorded July 1st, 2018 at Portland Insight Meditation Community.

 

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Responding to Racism and the Hate in our Time

 

Dharma talk by Robert Beatty. Recorded 6/24/2018 at Portland Insight Meditation Community.

 

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We each have a person who "in this lifetime played the role of father". This person, no matter how wise, loving and awake he was was a human being with challenges and flaws. In order to go deep into our spiritual awakening we inevitably encounter our father. It is essential to come to terms with the conditioning we received from this person and to relinquish any resentments that we still cling to.

Our dharma home, as welcoming and comforting as it is to most of us, has a severe limitation. It is not accessible. People with mobility issues who rely on wheelchairs cannot enter our facility. Beloved members of our sangha have become unable to participate, and potential new friends turn away when they realize there’s no way in for them. We need to put our intention toward loving acceptance into action!

Our suffering is created by the mind liking and disliking the experiences that arrive in our inner and outer lives. All day long there is attaching to the pleasant and rejecting the unpleasant. Freedom and happiness come from accepting life on its own terms.

Dharma talk by Robert Beatty. Recorded 6-10-18 at Portland Insight Meditation Community.

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Awakening is a natural process. The Theravada Buddhist tradition has a very clear model of the process of awakening. It includes four distinct stages of awakening.

Awakening is often described in such extreme ways that meditators think it is something that may happen after decades of retreat practice. In fact, awakening is a natural process that is strengthened and supported by our practice of the Eightfold Path.

Dharma talk by Robert Beatty. Recorded 5-27-2018 at Portland Insight Meditation Community.

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(The song Robert sings toward the end of the Dharma talk is called "Mercy Now", by Mary Gauthier. Please go to time stamp 33:25 to hear Robert singing the song.)

Jason Siff is head teacher of the Skillful Meditation Project. He teaches and leads retreats in Recollective Awareness throughout the United States and in Australia. He is also the author of Unlearning Meditation: What to Do When the Instructions Get in the Way.