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Mindfulness Talks
Mindfulness is the cognitive skill, usually developed through exercises, of sustaining metacognitive awareness towards the contents of one's own mind and bodily sensations in the present moment. The term mindfulness derives from the Pali word sati, a significant element of Buddhist traditions, and the practice is based on ānāpānasati , Chan, and Tibetan meditation techniques.
Since the 1990s, secular mindfullness has gained popularity in the west. Individuals who have contributed to the popularity of secular mindfulness in the modern Western context include Jon Kabat-Zinn and Thích Nhất Hạnh.
Clinical psychology and psychiatry since the 1970s have developed a number of therapeutic applications based on mindfulness for helping people experiencing a variety of psychological conditions. Clinical studies have documented both physical- and mental-health benefits of mindfulness in different patient categories as well as in healthy adults and children.
Critics have questioned both the commercialization and the over-marketing of mindfulness for health benefits—as well as emphasizing the need for more randomized controlled studies, for more methodological details in reported studies and for the use of larger sample-sizes.
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Buddhas And Sentient Beings Are Not TwoSerial: SF-01026 One-day sitting lecture: positive encouragement; nirvana; five hindrances; preliminary practices; three worlds; jhanas - benefits and ptifalls; Four Noble Truths; Mahayana... Five Hindrances, Four Noble Truths, Mahayana, Dhyana, Hindrances, Nirvana,... |
Sep 16 2006 Green Gulch Farm |
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The Great MatterSerial: SF-00085 How awareness of death, and our own mortality, spurs us to greater effort in practice. Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Suzuki Roshi, Gratitude, Heart Sutra, Ceremony,... |
Mar 11 2006 City Center |
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Grounding In The Immediate ExperienceMindfulness, Practice Period, Hindrances, Sesshin, Mindfulness, Practice, Time... |
Nov 12 2005 Tassajara |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-00940 World's largest ball of twine, snobbery, insight, calming our minds, shamata - tranquility practce, Dhammapada, monuments to warfare, GGF farm and kids, hate crime and Tam High... Vow, Precepts, Hate, Non-violence, Bodhisattva Precepts, Intimacy, Interview,... |
Dec 19 2004 Green Gulch Farm |
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DisciplineSerial: SF-00077 Relationship with the rules while training. Practice Period, Vinaya, Emotions, Don't Know Mind, Mindfulness, Balance, Suzuki... |
Oct 20 2004 |
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Breathing In and Breathing OutSerial: SF-00934 One-day sitting lecture: Book of Serenity Case 3, Anapanasati Sutta, Six Subtle Dharma Gates Mindfulness, Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Concentration, Book of Serenity, Bodhidharma,... |
Sep 18 2004 Green Gulch Farm |
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Living The Good LifeSerial: SF-00933 Sunday Lecture Patience, Ordinary Mind, Mill Valley, Big Mind, Attachment, Commitment, Silence,... |
Aug 29 2004 Green Gulch Farm |
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Eight AwakeningsSerial: SF-03589 Zendo Lecture Mindfulness, Greed, Attachment, Daily Life, Right Speech, Posture, Precepts, Don... |
Jul 16 2004 Tassajara |
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January Class Mindfulness, Posture, Instruction, Duality, Four Noble Truths, Four Foundations of... |
Jan 13 2004 Green Gulch Farm |
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Zen's Path: Practice as Awakening Practice, Mindfulness, Suzuki Roshi |
Oct 11 2003 City Center |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Don't Know Mind, Mindfulness, Realization, Mill... |
Nov 07 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Greed, Attachment, Bodhidharma, Karma, Three... |
Sep 17 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Letting Go, Ceremony, Freedom, Zazen, Bodhidharma, Interview, Mindfulness, Silence,... |
Mar 05 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Mindfulness, Buddha Mind, Nirvana Sutra, Ceremony... |
Feb 23 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Right Speech, Freedom, Precepts, Happiness, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Priest,... |
Jul 04 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Emptiness, Nirvana Sutra, Zazen Mind, Posture, Sangha, Mindfulness, Teacher-and-... |
Mar 07 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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The Feeling Of Practice PeriodSerial: SF-00148 Wednesday talk; the heart and determination to study - to support and appreciate the practice period. Practice Period, Impermanence, Mindfulness, Precepts, Zazen Mind, Silence, Big Mind,... |
Oct 21 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sesshin Lecture Posture, Mindfulness, Emotions, Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Bell, Instruction,... |
Aug 18 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Religion, Koan, Letting Go, Fundraising |
May 17 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Silence, Posture, Three Treasures, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen... |
Apr 01 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Scholarship Conference PaperSerial: SF-03238 Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Lineage, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Religion, Study Period, Emptiness,... |
Nov 16 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Majjhima Nikaya ClassSerial: SF-03195 Middle-length Discourses Attachment, Addiction, Mindfulness, confusion, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Zazen,... |
Oct 14 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Majjhima Nikaya ClassSerial: SF-03194 Middle-length Discourses Attachment, Evil, Delusion, Hate, confusion, Don't Know Mind, Observe, Letting... |
Oct 07 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Dharma Talk - TuesdaySerial: SF-04812 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Practice, Mindfulness, Pain |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Transmissions of the Mindfulness TrainingsSerial: SF-04814 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Mindfulness, Practice, Community |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Questions and AnswersSerial: SF-04820 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Happiness, Bell, Freedom, Peace, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Mindfulness, Offering,... |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Mindfulness Practices PanelSerial: SF-04816 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Mindfulness, Practice, Time |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Dharma Talk - WednesdaySerial: SF-04818 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Time, Mindfulness, Pain |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Wednesday Lecture Karmic Consciousness, Separation, Fasting, Precepts, Karma, Religion, Balance,... |
Jul 30 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Majjhima Nikaya Mindfulness, Hindrances, Evil, Liberation, Soto Zen, Lay, Doubt, Faith, Daily Life,... |
Jul 10 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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The Most Important Thing: Just This As It Is Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Don't Know Mind, Practice Period,... |
Apr 26 1997 |
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No Species Is Only ItselfSerial: SF-03103 Sunday Lecture: Tigers are awesome, unchained wildness; species are disappearing; every species exists as an important factor in the world of many other species; for humans,... Forgiveness, Dream World, Mindfulness, Ego, Four Foundations of Mindfulness,... |
Mar 02 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Journey from Prince to Plum BlossomSerial: SF-03623 Sunday Lecture Practice Period, Mindfulness, Precepts, Funeral, Obstacles, Vow, Priest, Freedom... |
Feb 02 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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On Breath and BreathingSerial: SF-03114 Sunday Lecture - if you pick up one piece of dust, the whole universe comes with it Emotions, Mindfulness, Four Noble Truths, confusion, Hindrances, Funeral, Interview,... |
Jan 12 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Mindfulness SutraSerial: SF-00069 January PP Class; introduction of Mindfulness Sutra; quotes from Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman; Walden and Leaves of Grass. Mindfulness, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Four Noble Truths, Forgiveness,... |
Jan 08 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Lessons From the Movie 'Secrets and Lies'Serial: SF-03215 One-day sitting Mindfulness, Commitment, Practice Period, Equanimity, Emotions, Letting Go, Posture,... |
Nov 16 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Making DistinctionsSerial: SF-03113 Sunday Lecture Balance, Hsin Hsin Ming, Suzuki Roshi, Lay, Conversation, Emotions, Mindfulness,... |
Aug 11 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Practice Period, Letting Go, Enthusiasm, Addiction, New Year, confusion, Patience,... |
Jan 06 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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BodhidharmaSerial: SF-03627 Sunday Lecture Forgiveness, Three Treasures, Mindfulness, Bodhidharma, Emptiness, Precepts, Blue... |
Oct 01 1995 Green Gulch Farm |
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Our Bodies and Our PracticeSerial: SF-03528 Wednesday Lecture Practice, Time, Mindfulness |
Sep 20 1995 Green Gulch Farm |
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Putting Our Effort Into SittingSerial: SF-03607 One-day sitting Realization, Posture, Mindfulness, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Emptiness, Harmonizing,... |
Sep 16 1995 Green Gulch Farm |
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Shantideva Class Anger, Patience, Enthusiasm, Emotions, Letting Go, Right Speech, Happiness, Zazen,... |
May 09 1995 Unknown |
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Shantideva Class Anger, Enemies, Letting Go, Renunciation, Happiness, Concentration, Patience,... |
May 02 1995 Unknown |
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Shantideva ClassSerial: SF-03200 Practice of Morality/Ethics Mindfulness, Doubt, Enemies, Emotions, Discrimination, Anger, Don't Know Mind,... |
Apr 25 1995 Unknown |
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Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Posture, Instruction, Mindfulness,... |
Nov 30 1994 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Hate, Mindfulness, Letting Go, Happiness, Zazen, Patience, Commitment, Liberation,... |
Aug 28 1994 Green Gulch Farm |
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Fear Emptiness, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Don't Know Mind, Commitment, Anger,... |
Aug 05 1991 City Center |
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Mindfulness Mindfulness, Practice, Breath |
Jun 15 1991 City Center |