Tara Brach

2013-07-04 – Guided Meditation: Beingness and Aliveness

2013-06-26 – Guided Meditation: The Dance of Aliveness

2013-06-26 – Part 1: Hope and the Spiritual Path – This talk looks at the difference between egoic hopes and fears, and the quality of hopefulness (“holy hope”) that is an essential demension in spiritual experience.  We reflect on the three components…

2013-06-26 – Part 1: Hope and the Spiritual Path – This talk looks at the difference between egoic hopes and fears, and the quality of hopefulness (“holy hope”) that is an essential demension in spiritual experience.  We reflect on the three components…

2009-05-07 – Bodhisattva Path – Widening Circles of Compassion – A bodhisattva (awakened being) is committed to relieving suffering and living life from an all inclusive loving presence. This shift of identity from a self centered focus to one of real…

2009-05-07 – Bodhisattva Path – Widening Circles of Compassion – A bodhisattva (awakened being) is committed to relieving suffering and living life from an all inclusive loving presence. This shift of identity from a self centered focus to one of real…

2009-05-02 – (retreat talk) Awakening from Virtual Reality – This talk examines how we get stuck in identifying as a separate, deficient self, and the way that a deep attention frees us from trance.

Tara is away this week. Enjoy a favorite talk from 12/9/2009. Spiritual practice reveals our belonging through bringing presence to three gateways: the aliveness of the present moment, loving relatedness, and the openness and lucidity of awareness itse…

Tara is away this week. Enjoy a favorite talk from 12/9/2009. Spiritual practice reveals our belonging through bringing presence to three gateways: the aliveness of the present moment, loving relatedness, and the openness and lucidity of awareness itse…

2013-05-29 – Practicing Meditation: “Getting Out Of Your Own Way” – The depth and vitality of a meditation practice depends on our sincerity, and an attitude of curiosity and friendliness.  With this as the grounds, our practice will cultivate the clea…

2013-05-29 – Practicing Meditation: “Getting Out Of Your Own Way” – The depth and vitality of a meditation practice depends on our sincerity, and an attitude of curiosity and friendliness.  With this as the grounds, our practice will cultivate the clea…

2013-05-22 – Being to Being – Loving Beyond the Trance – We have strong conditioning to relate to each other from a sense of separateness–persona to persona. This talk looks at what traps us in egoic relating and how several simple yet powerful reflec…

2013-05-22 – Being to Being – Loving Beyond the Trance – We have strong conditioning to relate to each other from a sense of separateness–persona to persona. This talk looks at what traps us in egoic relating and how several simple yet powerful reflec…

2013-05-15 Guided Meditation: Open, Wakeful Presence

2013-05-15 Guided Meditation: Open, Wakeful Presence

2013-05-15 – Releasing the Barriors to Unconditional Loving – We long for love and habitually armor our hearts. This talk explores the aggression and clinging that protect our wound of feeling unlovable, and the ways that mindfulness can dissolve our d…

2013-05-08 – Meditation: Coming Home to Being – Enjoy the meditation prior to the talk at Tara’s Wednesday night’s class at RRUUC.