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James Baraz's Dharma Talks
James Baraz
I try to convey that the wisdom and compassion we are looking for is already inside of us. I see practice as learning how to purify our mind and heart so we can hear the Buddha inside. In doing so, we naturally embody the dharma and help awaken that understanding and love in others we meet.
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2005-05-25 Wise Effort 58:00
Wise Effort is a key issue in Dharma practice. Am I doing enough or too much. This talk explores how to develop balance with regard to effort as well as the classical Four Right Efforts pertaining to wholesome and unwholesome states.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2005-04-24 Wise Intention (Sutta On The Two Kinds Of Thought) 45:52
Working consciously with intention is the key to creating wisdom and happiness in our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2005-04-22 Five Spiritual Faculties: How Awakening Happens 64:46
How the process of awakening unfolds in meditation practice starting with faith and culminating in wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2005-02-21 Sudden Awakening, Gradual Cultivation: The Purification Process 60:34
Although freedom is found in the moment, there is a continual process of purifying the heart and mind. This process is discussed including facing our fears, deepening our commitment, learning to love ourselves while seeing through our sense of self, culminating in practice being our gift to the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2005-02-16 Trusting Your Buddha-Knowing 60:23
The source of our awakening is right inside us. As we learn to listen deeply to the wisdom and purity of heart that is connected to the truth we are following the Buddha's instructions to be "be a lamp unto yourself."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2005-02-12 Gladness Of The Wholesome - Awakening Joy 60:21
The Buddha spoke of maintaining and increasing wholesome states as an integral part of Right Effort. In this talk we explore why this is important and how to incline the mind to experience what he called "gladness connected with the wholesome."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2005-02-05 The Comparing Mind 58:44
Seeing through the judging mind awakening us to our true nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2004-12-27 Past, Present, Future: A Journey Through Time 57:36
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2004-11-20 Saturday Night Closing Session 35:00
The Saturday night session of the lawyers retreat. What's going on in mindfulness and law. Right livelihood.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2004-11-19 The Power Of Mindfulness 53:50
This talk was given at the Lawyer's Retreat. It focused on a description of four characteristics of mindfulness - seeing things clearly, permanence, being present and watching the judging mind.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

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