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What is our wish for ourselves? To what degree are we driven by our wishes for the so-call worldly satisfactions? In cultivating lovingkindness, we are learning to develop the wish for a happiness that transcends that kind of happiness. We're developing our wish for a greater happiness. The happiness of heart. This dharma talk, given in July 2024, is the third in a series of talks on Lovingkindness.May all beings be happy of heart!
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This talk is the second in a series of talks on the theme of "Lovingkindness" given by Peter Doobinin in August 2024. As Peter explains, our efforts to connect to the heart, to lovingkindness (metta) must include both the cultivation of the heart and the abandoning of the that which is a burden on the heart. In the talk, Peter describes how we cause the heart to be burdened and how we relieve the heart of its burdens.
May all beings be happy of heart.
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This is the first in a series of talks on Lovingkindness that Peter Doobinin gave in July 2024. The essence of lovingkindness in found in our wish for happiness, for ourselves and others. All beings, the Buddha tells us, have this wish. In this dharma talk, Peter discusses how we develop our wish to be happy.May all beings be happy of heart!
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What is our sense of purpose in this life? In this talk, Peter Doobinin explains how following the Buddha's path, living along spiritual lines, being a dharma student, give our lives a sense of purpose. The dharma talk was given on the final night of the April Retreat at Powell House in 2024.
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In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin discusses the art of letting go. As Peter explains, developing the resolve to let go is essential, if we're going to let go, know freedom from suffering, and find our way to the heart. The talk was given at the April 2024 Eight Day Retreat.
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In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin takes an in-depth look at the Buddha's seminal teaching on the Four Noble Truths. By accomplishing the tasks the Buddha sets forth in this teaching, we're able to rid the heart of its burdens and know true happiness in this life. The talk was offered in April 2024 at the Eight-Day Retreat at Powell House.
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In following the path of the dharma, we come to know our goodness. The goodness that each of us, as human beings, has within. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes how we come to know this goodness .... and how this knowledge informs our way forward. The talk was given at a daylong retreat in Berlin in September 2024.
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In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin describes the simple practice of awareness. If we can trust in awareness, our innate wisdom will lead us to freedom, the end of suffering, true happiness. In the talk Peter explains the obstacles to awareness ... and how we learn to develop in awareness. The talk was given at the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.
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The Buddha described the quality of "being in tune with the dharma." When we're in tune our practice flourishes. Our life flourishes. We live in accord with the heart. In this talk, Peter explains what it means to be in tune ... and how we learn to be in tune. The dharma talk was given on the third night of the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.
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The habits of our minds often lead us to difficulty and pain. But we can learn to train our awareness. In this talk, Peter Doobinin describes how by learning to incline our awareness in a skillful way, we move toward a greater happiness in life. As he explains, the ability to cultivate ease and sukkha (pleasure), to maintain a pleasant abiiding in all our postures, is integral to this process. The talk was given at the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.
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All that we are, the Buddha tells us, begins with our thoughts. As dharma students, we learn to cultivate thinking that is skillful: thinking that will lead us to a true happiness in this life. We can do this. We can change our minds. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin, describes the processes for changing the mind. The talk was given on the first night of the April 2024 Eight-Day Retreat.
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The Buddha's path, the dharma, is a path of knowing a true and reliable happiness. In making this path, as Peter Doobinin describes, ,we learn to put aside our preoccupation with things that aren't reliable, things, including the pleasures of the world, that can't bring reliable, lasting happiness. The talk was given at a Downtown Meditation Community Three-Day Retreat in 2016.
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Are we taking good care of the mnd? What does this mean? How do we take good care of the mind? Why is it so important? In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explores these questions. The talk was given at Downtown Meditation Community on a Sunday night in 2014.
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In our efforts to know a greater happiness in life, it's essential that we learn to abandon unskillful thinking. But simply making an effort to put aside unskillful thinking isn't enough; we need to learn to bring insight to thinking. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we develop this skill. The talk was given in September 2014.
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As dharma students, we seek to live in a certain way. We live in the world but we don't follow the ways of the world. What does this mean? As Peter Doobinin explains in this talk, we come to understand how to make this path, the path of the dharma dharma, through the process of taking refuge. The dharma talk was given in January 2015.
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What is freedom? It's a term we might often use ... but perhaps we're not so sure about what it is. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains what, in the Buddha's teaching, freedom is ... and how we practice it. The talk was given at a Downtown Meditation Community retreat in the winter of 2013.
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In this dharma talk, given in 2015, Peter Doobinin discusses the effort we make to abandon clinging and know true happiness. To what extent is it a priority for us to let go of aversion & desire? What is our commitment to happiness? These are questions we learn to ask in making this noble effort.
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It's a joyful path. When we practice the dharma, in accord with the dharma, what the Buddha taught, we know great joy. And although the path asks us to comprehend our pain and suffering, as Peter Doobinin explains, when we do this skillfully, it's joyful. The dharma talk was given in January 2024.
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The dharma student, resolved to following the Buddha's path, strives to live her life along spiritual lines. What does this mean? How do we develop in our resolve? In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explores these questions. The talk was given on New Year's Eve in 2023.
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In making the journey of awakening, it's essential that we take joy in our goodness and the goodness in the world. In this dharma talk, Peter Doobinin explains how we learn to reflect on our goodness ... and how, in turn, we come to know the truth of our goodness. The talk was given in December 2023.
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