True Refuge Teachings:
Tara's long talks illuminate key dimensions of finding true refuge, and include reflections that will help bring meditation alive for you. For a complete list of these full talks, go to www.tarabrach.com.
In shorter talks, Tara offers key teachings and vignettes that shine light on the path of true refuge. View more of these brief "Tara Talks" on YouTube.
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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 in remembering the pathway home. (1:02:41)
Intimacy with Life - Awakening Love - Part 1A - The Buddha taught about four divine abodes--dwelling places of the awakened heart mind: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In this four-part series, we will explore the ways our conditioning blocks us from these expressions of inner freedom, and the understandings and practices that enable us to inhabit our full potential. (29:13)
Intimacy with Life - Awakening Love - Part 1B - The Buddha taught about four divine abodes--dwelling places of the awakened heart mind: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In this four-part series, we will explore the ways our conditioning blocks us from these expressions of inner freedom, and the understandings and practices that enable us to inhabit our full potential. (26:14)
Without desire, this world would not exist. Yet if we become possessed by our need to have life a certain way, we lose our capacity for presence and joy. To watch the rest of this talk, go to tarabrach.com/video/2011-08-10-Relating-Wisely-to-Desire.html-to-Desire.html. (3:02)
We cultivate compassion by letting ourselves be touched by the suffering within and around us. As this short presentation shows, this requires intention and courage. To watch the rest of this talk, go to tarabrach.com/video/2011-10-19-Divine-Abodes--Compassion.html. (3:45)
We are sometimes described as "human doings" versus "human beings." In this short presentation we look at how our drive to keep busy and to over-achieve is a way of avoiding facing the inevitability of loss. To watch the rest of this talk, go to tarabrach.com/video/2011-11-09-Space-of-Presence.html. (5:05)
Unless we recognize it, fear thinking can take over our lives. This brief talk points to the power of these thoughts, and the importance of cultivating mindfulness of them. To watch the rest of this talk, go to tarabrach.com/video/2011-09-14-Do-You-Pay-Regular-Visits.html. (3:50)
Much of our life we have the sense that we are on our way to something else. In this short talk we hear an ancient myth with a timeless reminder: What we are seeking is here, now, within our very being. To watch the rest of the talk, go to tarabrach.com/video/2011-12-07-The-Backward-Step.html. (3:02)
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