Dharma Talk: Basic Buddhism – Impermanence

Sunday, September 2nd, 2012 | Audio, Thích Ân Giáo Roshi | No Comments

September 2, 2012: Thích Ân Giáo Roshi addresses one of the most often discussed, yet commonly misunderstood Buddhist teachings — Impermanence — in the context of his ever-changing, but ongoing health issues.  If you’ve ever wondered just what the Buddha and the old Masters had in mind when assigning bodily impurity or charnel ground meditations, this is the talk for you.

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Tags: attachment, body, Buddha, charnel grounds, death, Desire, dissolution, ego, impermanence, impurity, Meditation, pain, Practice, young monks

Dharma Talk: Happiness

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 | Audio, Thích Ân Giáo Roshi | No Comments

In June 2012, Thích Ân Giáo Roshi spoke on Happiness at the end of the “Roshi’s Birthday Retreat.”

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Tags: attachment, compassion, Desire, enlightenment, Happiness, Impermenance, Loving Kindness, suffering

Dharma Talk: Instant Karma

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 | Audio, Thích Ân Giáo Roshi | No Comments

Action and reaction: Roshi looks at our desire for and the reality of “instant” and eventual result.

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Tags: action, compassion, death, Desire, Heaven, Hell, Hungry Ghost, Karma, merit, reaction, result

Dharma Talk: Impermanence

Friday, November 4th, 2011 | Audio, Rev. Nagacitta, Thich Minh Nhat | No Comments

Thay Thich Minh Nhat takes us on a magic carpet ride and puts us through some changes.

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Tags: Acropolis, attachment, change, Colosseum, Desire, Dineh, Impermenance, Navajo, sandpainting, suffering, Tibet

Dharma Talk: No Shortcuts

Friday, November 4th, 2011 | Audio, Thích Ân Giáo Roshi | No Comments

Roshi addresses the reality of practice: there is no way to truly know oneself without doing the work.

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Tags: Buddhism, Desire, Meditation, Practice, shortcuts, wisdom

Dharma talk: Harmony vs. Disharmony

Thursday, October 6th, 2011 | Audio, Thích Ân Giáo Roshi | No Comments

Roshi’s alternate title for this Dharma Talk is “How Bad Do You Really Want to Win?” – from October 2011.

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Tags: Desire, ego, Harmony, Monk, Practice, precepts, sangha, win

Dharma Talk: Wants and Needs

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 | Audio, Rev. Nagacitta, Thich Minh Nhat | No Comments

Thây Thích Minh Nhât muses on desire versus what we have and what we actually need.

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Tags: Buddhism, Desire, Nagacitta

Dharma Talk: Suffering

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 | Audio, Rev. Nagacitta, Thich Minh Nhat | No Comments

Thay Minh Nhat on how we cause our own suffering.

Note: 2010 The questions from the floor were (paraphrased),
1) “What kind of dialogue do you have with yourself when you find yourself pulled by desire?” and 2) “Between aversion and desire, what and how do you determine reasonable?”

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