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Mindfulness Talks
Mindfulness is the cognitive skill, usually developed through exercises, of sustaining metacognitive awareness towards the contents of one's own mind and bodily sensations in the present moment. The term mindfulness derives from the Pali word sati, a significant element of Buddhist traditions, and the practice is based on ānāpānasati , Chan, and Tibetan meditation techniques.
Since the 1990s, secular mindfullness has gained popularity in the west. Individuals who have contributed to the popularity of secular mindfulness in the modern Western context include Jon Kabat-Zinn and Thích Nhất Hạnh.
Clinical psychology and psychiatry since the 1970s have developed a number of therapeutic applications based on mindfulness for helping people experiencing a variety of psychological conditions. Clinical studies have documented both physical- and mental-health benefits of mindfulness in different patient categories as well as in healthy adults and children.
Critics have questioned both the commercialization and the over-marketing of mindfulness for health benefits—as well as emphasizing the need for more randomized controlled studies, for more methodological details in reported studies and for the use of larger sample-sizes.
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The Bodhisattva GrandmotherSerial: SF-00942 Deshan and the old woman; the distortions of sexism, racism, others; the bodhisattva grandmother; devotion to zazen; bringing attention and support to the natural states/bodily... Deshan, Family Practice, Dragons, Offering, Delusion, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Vow,... |
Feb 17 2007 Green Gulch Farm |
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Seijiki Ceremony - Relating to Death and DyingSerial: SF-00029 Heading into winter; what is the most important thing at the end of your life? taking refuge; how are we also hungry ghosts; six realms. Ceremony, Six Realms, Death-and-Dying, Offering, Vow, Ordination, Sangha, Emptiness,... |
Oct 29 2006 |
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Breathing In, Breathing OutSerial: SF-01146 Sunday Lecture: simplicity; story of Prajnatara in Malawi; the sun comes up, the sun goes down; connections; the four foundations of mindfulness; Navajo rain dance Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Simplicity, Mindfulness, Book of Serenity, Four... |
Oct 08 2006 Green Gulch Farm |
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Buddhas And Sentient Beings Are Not TwoSerial: SF-01026 One-day sitting lecture: positive encouragement; nirvana; five hindrances; preliminary practices; three worlds; jhanas - benefits and ptifalls; Four Noble Truths; Mahayana... Five Hindrances, Four Noble Truths, Mahayana, Dhyana, Hindrances, Nirvana,... |
Sep 16 2006 Green Gulch Farm |
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Stopping and ListeningSerial: SF-00945 Sunday Lecture Children's Lecture: Baby beluga; why are you here?; Dogen's Three Minds: joyful mind, kind mind, big mind; mother's love as essence of spirituality (... Tenzo Kyokun, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Bell, Silence, Gratitude, Hate, Suzuki Roshi... |
Sep 03 2006 Green Gulch Farm |
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The Great MatterSerial: SF-00085 How awareness of death, and our own mortality, spurs us to greater effort in practice. Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Suzuki Roshi, Gratitude, Heart Sutra, Ceremony,... |
Mar 11 2006 City Center |
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2006.02.01-serial.00003 Offering, Patience, confusion, Sangha, Precepts, Mindfulness, Beginners, Gratitude,... |
Feb 01 2006 |
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Grounding In The Immediate ExperienceMindfulness, Practice Period, Hindrances, Sesshin, Mindfulness, Practice, Time... |
Nov 12 2005 Tassajara |
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Zendo LectureLotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Mindfulness, Offering, Sanctuary, Obstacles, Impermanence... |
Jul 23 2005 Tassajara |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-00940 World's largest ball of twine, snobbery, insight, calming our minds, shamata - tranquility practce, Dhammapada, monuments to warfare, GGF farm and kids, hate crime and Tam High... Vow, Precepts, Hate, Non-violence, Bodhisattva Precepts, Intimacy, Interview,... |
Dec 19 2004 Green Gulch Farm |
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DisciplineSerial: SF-00077 Relationship with the rules while training. Practice Period, Vinaya, Emotions, Don't Know Mind, Mindfulness, Balance, Suzuki... |
Oct 20 2004 |
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Breathing In and Breathing OutSerial: SF-00934 One-day sitting lecture: Book of Serenity Case 3, Anapanasati Sutta, Six Subtle Dharma Gates Mindfulness, Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Concentration, Book of Serenity, Bodhidharma,... |
Sep 18 2004 Green Gulch Farm |
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Living The Good LifeSerial: SF-00933 Sunday Lecture Patience, Ordinary Mind, Mill Valley, Big Mind, Attachment, Commitment, Silence,... |
Aug 29 2004 Green Gulch Farm |
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Eight AwakeningsSerial: SF-03589 Zendo Lecture Mindfulness, Greed, Attachment, Daily Life, Right Speech, Posture, Precepts, Don... |
Jul 16 2004 Tassajara |