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Mahayana View: Vastness & Collective Liberation

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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20180213-Satsang-is-my-practice-progressing.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreA series of talks and meditations I began at the lunar new year (Yang Earth Dog), on Śivaratri, that look at practice as understood by the visionary Buddhist movement known as the Mahāyāna, or “Great Vehicle.” I think it rambled a bit to start, especially the one on whether our practice is progressing, which almost veered into […]

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Impermanence

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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20180116-satsang-refuge-from-in-impermanence.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreThree talks on the first of the 3 Characteristics, or Marks (tilakkhaṇa): Impermanence (anicca). As is our practice often lately, the meditations include the Refuge and Precepts pūja. A talk on the quality and practice of refuge, and how we both need a refuge from impermanence, and we take refuge in impermanence. Meditation: mindfulness of change A talk on

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The practice of meditation

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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20171205-Satsang-meditation-basics-layers-styles.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreA series of talks looking at the practice of meditation in detail. We discuss different types of instructions, what’s happening in the nervous system, how to work with emotion, thought, and sensation, how the practice develops, and more. Part 1: Two broad styles of meditation instruction that differ in how we use our attention, and have different

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The Discourse on Loving-Kindness (Mettā Sutta)

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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20171003-Chant-metta-sutta.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreI’ve been wanting to do this series for a long time. We’re taking several weeks to study our way slowly through the beautiful Mettā Sutta, the Discourse on the cultivation of Friendliness, or Loving-Kindness. It’s a joy to discuss, and we’re learning to chant the sutta as well. Here are the talks and meditations from each week

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Buddhist & Hindu Yogas are less separate than you think

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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20170905-Satsang-yoga-embodiment.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreA month of talks exploring the relationship between Buddhism and Yoga, or between the many “Buddhist and Hindu Yogas” plural. I wove in some history, but tried to stay close to actual practice issues. 1. Embodiment. Meditation: Orientation through the senses 2. Focus & tranquillity: the practices of jhāna/samādhi, and the pleasure of Rapture (pīti). Child Gotama

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The 4 Divine Abodes (brahmavihāra), plus gratitude

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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20170801-Satsang-metta-loving-kindness.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreThe 4 blessed healing states known as the Divine Abodes, or Divine Abidings (brahmavihāra) are among the most beloved practices in the Buddhist system. We spent a month on them this summer, looking at the power of heart practice on the Liberation process. The meditations use a simple form of the “radiating” style taught by Ajahn Anālayo.

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The Nervous System in Meditation & Yoga

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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20170606-Meditation-Orientation-posture-pleasure.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreFour weeks of investigation of the relationship of the trauma physiology and resilience teachings of Organic Intelligence to the practices of meditation and yoga.1. Meditation: Orientation, Body Posture, Pleasure (6.6.17) Trauma Basics: Fight, Flight, Freeze (6.6.17) 2. Meditation: Mettā (Loving Kindness) for a Benefactor, with the breath (6.13.17) Trauma Basics: Activation-Deactivation (6.13.17) 3. Meditation: 3 Important Spectra/Qualities to

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The Noble Eightfold Path

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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20170228-Satsang-8FP-View-part1.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreThe Noble Eightfold Path (ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo) is the core Buddhist framework that describes the path of practice toward Liberation from Suffering. It is divided into 3 sections: Wisdom, Action, and Meditation/Integration. The section on Wisdom (pañña) 1. Right (or Wise) View (sammā-diṭṭhi ) (2.28.17 on Suffering and 3.7.17 on Karma) 2. Right Intention (sammā-sankappa) (3.14.17) The

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10 Perfections (pāramī) to Cultivate on the Path

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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20160901-satsang-parami-dana.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreThe doctrinal list known as the 10 Perfections, or pāramī, has only a small place in the earliest layer of the Buddhist teachings, but by the time the Pāli Canon was being fully assembled and the Mahāyāna revolution was well-underway, the list became one of the central frameworks for describing the qualities that aspiring Buddhas, or “Bodhisattvas” should

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The 3 Characteristics (tilakkhaṇa)

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https://seanfeitoakes.com/talks/20160811-satsang-3characteristics-anicca.m4aSubscribe: RSS | MoreThe 3 Characteristics or Marks (tilakkhaṇa) of all conditioned things. These three comprise the core insights that begin the path of Liberation from Suffering in the Theravāda tradition. 1. Impermanence, the constancy of Change (anicca) 2. Unsatisfactoriness, the first Noble Truth, Suffering (dukkha) 3. Selflessness, Emptiness of Independent Essence (anattā)

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