Second Noble Truth

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Recordings

Scroll down to the Growth section of this page for links to talks and guided meditations led by Buddhist teachers. Choose one, then listen or watch.

Refuge in Buddha Nature

• Five Hindrances: Craving, Resentment, Sloth, Worry, Doubt

• Craving, thirst, desire, longing, greed

• Ill Will, Aversion, Resentment

• Giving up, Sloth, Torpor

• Restlessness, Worry, Anxiety

• Doubt in self, others or the path

• Determination, resolution

Concentration Mantra Slogan

• May all beings be kind and gentle to themselves and each other

Mindful Moment

• SOBER Space
  Article | Audio

Meditation

• Sitting with Difficult Emotions

• Compassion

If you need inspiration with this part of the practice, return to the Inquiry heading on the Title Page of the Practice Guide

Cultivating the intention to change a habit
From Huge Byrne

• What matters most to me?

• What gets in the way of living freely and at peace

• What behaviors or habits might I want to change

Focus

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• Write about a recent time when this behavior caused difficulties for yourself or others

• What does it look like when you engage in this behavior?

• Where and how do you feel in your body during or after this behavior?

• Write about a time when this behavior either didn't arise for you, or it caused less difficulty.

DBT - Radical Acceptance Worksheets

Make Contact

• Take note of those who offer to support others or share their contact information

  • Save the Zoom chat (3 dots at the bottom of chat)

  • Have a pen and paper ready to write down numbers or emails.

Insight

3 Poisons, 5 Hindrances, 8 Winds

• Practice instructions: Difficult Emotions

• The Five Hindrances

• Meditation: Feelings and Their Elaborations Spirit Rock

• Video Talk: 10 Perfections: Patience and Tolerance IMCW - Jonathan Foust

Renunciation

Renunciation, Letting Go

• Dharmette - Freedom in Restraint - Gil Fronsdal - IMC Redwood City - 12:46

• Talk - Saying Yes to Life - IMCW - Tara Brach - 16:30

• Meditation - Letting Go of Judgement - Tara Brach - 18:10

• Talk - What can I control / What can't I control Joanna Hardy - 29:51

• Talk - Letting go of Reactivity - Stephen Bachelor 31:56

• Video Talk: 10 Perfections: Renounce What Does Not Serve You IMCW - Jonathan Foust

• 10 Perfections - Surprising Delights of Renunciation Be Here Now Network, Jack Kornfield 67:17

Thai Forrest / Theravada

• Everybody Suffers - Metta Forest Monastery

• Second Noble Truth - Metta Forest Monastery

• The Nature of Reality - Abhayagiri

• Impermanence - Abhayagiri

Secular | Academic

• 1:39 3rd Noble Truth (2nd Truth is in Red)

• 11:37 - Antidotes to the "Three Poisons" - SBA

• 12:16 The Paradox of Greed - SBA

• 17:01 - Dealing with the Five Hindrances - SBA

• 18:51 - Is Desire the Root of Suffering? - SBA

• 21:11 - Dependent Origination - SBA

• 21:51 - The Buddha and Free Will - SBA

• How Do Our Intentions Trap Us? -

• Overcoming Objections to Self Compassion - UC Berkeley - Greater Good

• 25:59 - Perfectionism - Social and Personal - SBA

• The Underlying Tendencies of our Minds - Early Buddhist Understanding of Unskillfulness - SBA

• Equanimity Through Sense Restraint

Zen

• Dharmette:

• Guided: Vedana - Pleasant, Unpleasant, Neutral | Jozen Tamori Gibson | Spirit Rock POC Retreat

• Talk: How do I Stay in the Present Moment when it Seems Unbearable? Plumb Village

• Talk: The Roots of Anger Plumb Village

• Talk: Sitting, Resting and Not Worrying - Plumb Village, Tich Nhat Hahn, 19:01

Tibetan

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• Talk: Undoing Mental Knots - Anam Thubten - IMC Berkeley

• Dharmette: Projections of Mind: Soup and Salad Ponlop Rinpoche

• Talk: Liberation Through Anger Lama Rod Owen

• Talk:

Recordings from people who are members of communities that are currently underrepresented in Western Buddhist sanghas will be pulled from the list above and highlighted here.