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Oren Jay Sofer's Dharma Talks
Oren Jay Sofer
Developing a clear understanding of the teachings and learning to fully inhabit the body have been core parts of my Dhamma practice. These areas, as well a strong emphasis on the heart, inform and shape my teaching. The few years I spent training as an Anagarika in the Thai Forest monasteries broadened my understanding of the Buddha's teachings and instilled a profound respect for the Bhikkhu and Bhikkhuni Sangha. All along the way, I've been particularly interested in how other modalities like Nonviolent Communication and Somatics can support our growth in awakening.
2017-12-03 Cultivating Practice, Expressing Dharma 39:18
Closing talk: Dhamma practice is a way of life that can be cultivated and expressed in all activities. Suggestions for going home and bringing the practice into life.
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2017-12-03 Guided Meditation: Receiving Experience 29:13
Final guided meditation of retreat
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2017-12-02 Held in Awareness: Calming Factors of Awakening 54:28
The calming factors of awakening support the mind to relate to experience with a balanced, steady awareness.
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2017-12-02 The Poetry of Sound: Guided Meditation & Instructions 52:48
Using sound to explore feeling tone and reactivity.
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2017-12-01 Coming Close to Experience: Arousing Factors of Awakening 52:36
How to arouse the energizing factors of awakening, which help bring the attention close to experience in an intimate way.
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2017-12-01 Our Duty is to Observe: Instructions and Guided Meditation 60:15
Instructions on practicing with thoughts and emotions.
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2017-11-30 No Problem Hindrances 57:43
The hindrances are part of the inner landscape on the journey to wholeness and awakening. When we recognize them with mindfulness, they don't need to be a problem.
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2017-11-30 Instructions and Guided Meditation: Establishing the Anchor 56:02
Instructions for using an anchor to settle the mind and gather the attention, connecting and sustaining the attention.
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2017-11-29 Just Enough Mindfulness 54:20
Back to basics: What is mindfulness? How does it function? And how much mindfulness do we need to practice?
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2017-11-29 The Value of Retreat: Opening Talk 56:36
The challenges, gifts and value of retreat, as well as suggestions for how to approach the practice.
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