Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-02-08 – Guided Meditation: Letting Life Live Through Us – Meditation ends with poem by Roger Keyes, “Hokusai Says.” Please support this podcast by donating at www.tarabrach.com or www.imcw.org. Your donation makes a difference! Thank you!
Tara Brach
Tara Brach : Guided Meditation: Letting Life Live Through Us
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-02-08 – Guided Meditation: Letting Life Live Through Us – Meditation ends with poem by Roger Keyes, “Hokusai Says.” Please support this podcast by donating at www.tarabrach.com or www.imcw.org. Your donation makes a difference! Thank you!
Tara Brach : Questions, Guided Meditation and Group Sharings
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-02-08 – Questions, Guided Meditation and Group Sharings – Led by Tara. Please support this podcast by donating at www.tarabrach.com or www.imcw.org. Your donation makes a difference! Thank you!
Tara Brach : Part 2 – Three Blessings on the Journey
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-02-01 – Part 2 – Three Blessings on the Journey – Drawing on a wonderful teaching story from the Upanishads, these two talks explore the role of forgiveness, inner fire and looking at our own minds, in finding freedom. Please support this podcast …
Tara Brach : Part 1 – Three Blessings on the Journey
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-01-25 – Part 1 – Three Blessings on the Journey – Drawing on a wonderful teaching story from the Upanishads, these two talks explore the role of forgiveness, inner fire and looking at our own minds, in finding freedom. Please support this podcast …
Tara Brach : Part 2 – Trusting Your Basic Goodness
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-01-18 – Part 2 – Trusting Your Basic Goodness – Einstein says the most important question we will ever ask ourselves is, “Is this universe a friendly place?” Do we trust that there is something essentially benevolent or good about this universe? T…
Tara Brach : Part 1 – Trusting Your Basic Goodness
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-01-11 – Part 1 – Trusting Your Basic Goodness – Einstein says the most important question we will ever ask ourselves is, “Is this universe a friendly place?” Do we trust that there is something essentially benevolent or good about this universe? T…
Tara Brach : Taking Refuge
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-01-04 – Taking Refuge – This class explores the three classic gateways to true refuge – Buddha (awareness), Dharma (path, truth of reality) and Sangha (spiritual friends, loving relatedness). It includes reflections and a ceremony that supports us…
Tara Brach : The Blessings of Embodied Presence
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2011-12-29 – The Blessings of Embodied Presence (retreat talk) – All that we cherish – love, creativity, wisdom and aliveness – becomes available when we come home to an embodied presence. This talk looks at how the two wings of mindfulness and compas…
Tara Brach : No Mud No Lotus
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2011-12-21 – No Mud No Lotus – Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom. This solstice talk explores the light of compassion that blossoms when we honor our difficult times with a deep, mindful attention. Pl…
Tara Brach : The Dance of Relational Trance
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2011-12-14 – The Dance of Relational Trance – When we become emotionally reactive in our relationships, we often go into a trance that creates separation and locks us into a narrow sense of self. This talk explores how, by pausing and deepening our at…
Tara Brach : The Backward Step
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2011-12-07 – The Backward Step – Our habit is to think we are on our way someplace else, and that our happiness is to be found outside ourselves. Yet realization becomes possible when we take the backward step into the formless dimension of our own bei…
Tara Brach : Genuine Acceptance
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2009-08-26 – Our capacity to accept this life is key to our freedom, yet there are many misconceptions about acceptance: People wonder, if acceptance makes us a doormat in relationships? Isn’t acceptance akin to resignation? Doesn’t it make us passive…
Tara Brach : Pathways to a Grateful Heart
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2011-11-23 – Pathways to a Grateful Heart – When we are filled with gratitude, we are living from the most sincere, awake part of our being. This talk explores three pathways of practice that open us to serving and savoring this life. Please support t…
Tara Brach : Mindful Speech
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2011-11-16 – Mindful Speech – Deception, gossip and aggressive speech are pervasive in our culture. This talk looks at the roots of these forms of communication, and the way they entrap us in a contracted and separate sense of self. We then explore the…
Tara Brach : The Space of Presence
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2011-11-09 – The Space of Presence – The perception of “there’s not enough time or space” in life blocks our natural capacity for intimacy, creativity and wisdom. Pausing and connecting with the space of presence transforms our entire experience of bei…
Tara Brach : Divine Abodes: Equanimity
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2011-11-02 – Divine Abodes: Equanimity – Equanimity is the mental state of balance and non-reactivity that arises when we are resting in open, wakeful presence. This talk reviews the key pathways to equanimity in the face of difficulty. We also explor…
Tara Brach : Divine Abodes: Joy
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2011-10-26 – Divine Abodes: Joy – Joy is an innate capacity, an expression of unconditional presence with life. Yet for many, it is blocked by our conditioning to grasp after life and to defend against loss. This talk explores how we can develop the s…
Tara Brach : Divine Abodes: Compassion
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2011-10-19 – Divine Abodes: Compassion – We cultivate compassion by letting ourselves be touched by the suffering within and around us. Because our conditioning is to avoid vulnerability, the path of compassion requires courage and purposefulness. As…
Tara Brach : Unconditional Love for the Life Within
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2011-10-08 – Unconditional Love for the Life Within – (Retreat Talk) The tyranny of “should” prevents us from living and loving fully. This talk explores how we get trapped in the identity of a flawed self and the ways a wise attention can free us. Ple…
