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Wild Heart Meditation Center's podcast offers an assortment of talks given on topics as they relate to Buddhist practice. Wild Heart's guiding teacher, Andrew Chapman, along with other group facilitators share their experience with Buddhist practice, specifically offering practical teachings and instructions for our everyday, ordinary, lives.
Refuge Recovery is a Buddhist-oriented, non-theistic recovery program that does not ask anyone to believe anything, only to trust the process and do the hard work of recovery. In fact, no previous experience or knowledge of Buddhism is required. Recovery is possible, and this program provides a systematic approach to treating and recovering from all forms of addiction. When sincerely practiced, the program can ensure a full recovery from addiction and a life-long sense of well-being and happ ...
Dharma talks and guided meditations at Against The Stream Meditation Center. Against The Stream is an American Buddhist lineage founded by Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx, Against the Stream, Heart of the Revolution and Refuge Recovery.
If you would like to support the work I do, Please consider making a donation. https://www.paypal.me/satisila As a Dharma teacher, my primary focus of interest has been in early Buddhism. This being the oldest record of what the historic Buddha may have taught. These teachings have been well preserved in a body of text known as the Pali canon, which is the core focus of the Theravada tradition. Within this massive volume of work lies the message that has been left behind for all of us to exp ...
Dharma talks by teachers at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society in Los Angeles, San Francisco and elsewhere.
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In this episode Mikey Noechel offers a talk and meditation on the third Brahma Vihara, sympathetic joy or mudita. Mudita is the ability to find joy in others' joy. The phrases Mikey uses for the meditation are: May your happiness grow May your happiness continue I am rooting for youBy Mikey Noechel, Wild Heart Meditation Center
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Seventh Factor - Second Foundation - with Noah Levine
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In this episode, Andrew talks about one of the Brahmaviharas, appreciative joy and gratitude. Practicing gratitude can widen our perspective when going through a hard time and help us practice non-attachment during times of pleasure and joy. Enjoy!By Andrew Chapman
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Seventh Factor of the Eightfold Path with Noah Levine
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In this episode Mikey Noechel offers a talk and meditation on compassion and the process of excavating the heart. Enjoy! Peace & Love.By mikey noechel, wild heart meditation center
Opening talk for Metta Vipassana Day-long at Durango Dharma Center: https://www.durangodharmacenter.org/By dave smith
In person talk from Durango Dharma Center: https://www.durangodharmacenter.org/By dave smith
These are 3 talks combined, given weekly at the Dharma Live Online weekly practice community. If you would like to join us you can sign up anytime at this link: https://courses.seculardharmafoundation.com/courses/61/aboutBy dave smith
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Sixth Factor of the Eightfold Path with Noah Levine
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Karma, Forgiveness & Making Amends with Noah Levine
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Compassion & The Core Teachings Of The Buddha
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In this episode Mikey Noechel offers a talk and meditation which combines the two wings: wisdom and compassion. He covers the four noble truths and how compassion meditation can help us understand these truths directly.By Mikey Noechel, Wild Heart Meditation Center
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Fifth Factor of the Eightfold Path with Noah Levine
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How do the words I speak effect the peace and happiness in my life? Communication is so much of what we do! Whether it's with others, or even just the voice in our head, the way we talk to ourselves and others can either be a source of peacefulness or great pain in our lives. The Buddha includes Wise Speech in 3 individual factors of the eightfold …
An awakened life, is an awakened heart.By dave smith
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Fourth Factor of the Eightfold Path with Noah Levine
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This talk was given at Big Bear Retreat Center. It is the opening talk the 15 month program, Dharma Here and Now.By dave smith
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Third Factor of the Eightfold Path with Noah Levine
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In this episode Mikey Noechel offers a talk and meditation on metta (loving kindness). This talk is part of a series on the bhramaviharas or the heart practices. These heart practices are: metta (loving kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (joy), upekkha (equanimity). Mikey offers a guided loving kindness meditation at the end of this talk. The p…
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Second Factor of the Eightfold Path with Noah Levine
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In this episode Andrew talks about the second factor of the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path: "Wise Intention". Andrew discusses the link between Wise View and Wise Intention (the first two "wisdom factors" of the eightfold path), the 3 ways that the Buddha taught about intention in the suttas, and then finally he discusses the 3 wise intentions: renu…
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Generosity & Service with Noah Levine
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Refuge Recovery is a non-profit organization grounded in the belief that Buddhist principles and practices create a strong foundation for the addiction recovery process. ➤ LEARN MORE ABOUT REFUGE RECOVERY ➤ DONATE ➤ REFUGE RECOVERY BOOKBy Noah Levine
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First Factor of the Eightfold Path with Noah Levine
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This is two talks edited together that cover the range of the Buddhas teaching on Dukkha, aka, the first noble truth. This talk was given as part of the Dharma/Live Online program. If you would like to join in the live sessions you can sign up here: https://courses.seculardharmafoundation.com/courses/61/about…
In this episode Mikey Noechel explores Buddhist practices for working with shame. Mikey specifically outlines the benefits of mindfulness, sympathetic joy, and community. Peace & Love!By Mikey Noechel, Wild Heart Meditation Center
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Eightfold Path Overview with Noah Levine
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Andrew speaks on the topic of Wise View. He talks about mindfulness being not just for the sole purpose of being present, but as a practice that radically changes the way that we see and relate to the world. In the Buddha's teachings, wisdom is cultivated by seeing our human experience through the lens of the 3 marks of existence: the impermanent, …
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The Third Noble Truth with Noah Levine
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Don Givens speaks on the topic of Impermanence. This is the fundamental principle behind the Buddha's teachings: that everything changes. Our practice is aimed at embracing change as a way to reduce suffering in our lives. Enjoy!By Andrew Chapman
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The Second Noble Truth with Noah Levine
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Feb 14, 2022 The second noble truth explains that the cause of suffering is craving - our repetitive experience of craving. All of our suffering is caused by our craving, none of it is caused by external circumstances. Craving also includes aversion - When we are aversive, we are craving for the painful experience to go away or be more pleasant tha…
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Back to Basics Q & A with Noah Levine
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Refuge Recovery is a non-profit organization grounded in the belief that Buddhist principles and practices create a strong foundation for the addiction recovery process. ➤ LEARN MORE ABOUT REFUGE RECOVERY ➤ DONATE ➤ REFUGE RECOVERY BOOKBy Noah Levine
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The First Noble Truth with Noah Levine
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Difference between Buddhism and the Dharma: 2 talks
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First two talks from the dharma live/online weekly group. You can join up at any time! https://courses.seculardharmafoundation.com/courses/61/aboutBy dave smith
In this episode, Mikey Noechel offers a talk and meditation on forgiveness. Mikey explores the two wings, wisdom and compassion, and how they both apply to the process of forgiveness.By Mikey Noechel, Wild Heart Meditation Center
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The Fourth Noble Truth - The Eightfold Path
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In this episode, Andrew discusses the Noble Eightfold Path. The Eightfold Path serves as a guiding structure that helps to bring forth our innate wisdom and compassion, rather than a set of rigid rules and requirements to follow heedlessly. Similar to how one might excavate an ancient ruin to get to the beauty underneath, the Eightfold Path are our…
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Going Against the Stream with Noah Levine
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Jan 24, 2022 The freedom we seek is not easily attained. The Buddha characterized this path as being counter-instinctual to human beings: the natural human instinct is to resist, avoid, or meet with aversion all things that are unpleasant, and to grasp at, hold on to, and crave all things that are pleasurable. He explained that his experience along…
Jan 17, 2022 The story of the Buddha continued - The Middle Path After experiencing both extremes of life, from gluttonous attachment to pleasure to radical rejection of all things pleasant, from aversion to discomfort to attachment to pain. Suddenly the Buddha (then Sid) could see that he needed to find some balance, he needed to find a middle pat…
In the episode, WH facilitator Maddie Finn offers a talk on present moment awareness as a way to work with "future tripping".By Maddie Finn, Wild Heart Meditation Center
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The Story Of Buddha with Noah Levine
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Jan 10, 2022 Story of the Buddha - Part 1 Early life of the Buddha - Siddhartha Gautama. Over the next few weeks Noah will go through the story of the Buddha from his early life, to enlightenment, and his experience from enlightenment to his death. Following the Buddha's story he will also go through the Eight Fold Path and Four Noble Truths. All f…
This rather LONG talk discusses the (19) Beautiful Mental Factors of the Abhidharma. Broken down into 5 categories (thanks to Steve Armstrong). If you enjoy these sessions please consider joining my dharma mentoring program. We have a few spaces left. You can find out more here: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/meditation/mentoring/…
Sign up NOW: https://courses.seculardharmafoundation.com/courses/61/about DISCOUNT: https://courses.seculardharmafoundation.com/courses/62/about Dharma Live/Online is a weekly practice community for those seeking a practical and accurate framework for the teachings of the Dharma. Live ZOOM sessions every Wednesday 7-815pm MST. Session audio will be…
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We're Here to Awaken with Noah Levine
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Dec 27, 2021 From a Buddhist perspective, we're here to heal. We're here to awaken. We're here to experience freedom, and with that freedom, create a positive change. With that freedom we help others be compassionate, be generous, be of service. And from that perspective, everything is an opportunity for your own liberation. All financial support f…
In this episode, Mikey Noechel offers a talk and meditation on the topic, "Tea With Mara".By Mikey Noechel, Wild Heart Meditation Center
In this episode, guest facilitator Chris Benitez offers a talk on how to work with the inner critic.By Chris Benitez, Wild Heart Meditation Center
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Practicing Buddhism with Noah Levine
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Dec 20, 2021 Everyone's welcome here. You don't have to be a Buddhist to participate here at Against The Stream. I very intentionally haven't secularized Buddhism, and kind of pretended like it's not a religion, like a lot of meditation centers and Buddhist communities do. We kind of pretend like Buddhism, isn't a religion and that we're just doing…
