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February 16, 2022 – Early Morning Introductions and Metta Chant

February 16, 2022 – Morning Marcia Settling In Instructions

February 16, 2022 – Evening Marcia Dhamma Talk – Samvega Spiritual Urgency

February 17, 2022 – Morning Marcia Guided Sit – Concentration

February 17, 2022 – Afternoon Marcia More Instructions – Concentration

February 17, 2022 – Evening Dhamma Talk – Sila

February 18, 2022 – Morning – Reflection & Instructions

February 18, 2022 – Evening Marcia Dhamma Talk – Wise Concentration

February 19, 2022 – Morning Marcia Reflection on Patience

February 19, 2022 – Evening Dhamma Talk – The Hindrances

February 20, 2022 – Morning Reflection on Continuity of Practice

February 21, 2022 – Evening Marcia Dhamma Talk – The Wholesome and Beautiful Mind

February 22, 2022 – Morning Marcia Reflection from Nadia Boulanger

February 23, 2022 – Morning Instructions – Concentration Breath Body Sensations

February 23, 2022 – Evening Marcia Dhamma Talk – Mindfulness of the Body

February 24, 2022 – Morning Marcia Reading from “Stopping the War” (Chapter 27 in Steven Levine’s book Healing Into Life)

February 24, 2022 – Evening Dhamma Talk – Mindfulness of Vedana – Feeling Tone

February 25, 2022 – Morning Reflection & Instructions on Vedana

February 25, 2022 – Afternoon Guided Metta Part 1

February 25, 2022 – Evening Marcia Dhamma Talk & Practice – Four Elements

February 26, 2022 – Morning Marcia Anapanasati Practice

February 26, 2022 – Afternoon Guided Metta Part 2

February 26, 2022 – Evening Marcia Dhamma Talk – Mindfulness of Mind

February 27, 2022 – Afternoon Guided Metta Part 3

February 27, 2022 – Evening Marcia Dhamma Talk – The Heart’s Release

February 28, 2022 – Morning Marcia Guided Meditation

February 28, 2022 – Evening Marcia Dhamma Talk – Equanimity

March 1, 2022 – Morning Reading from The First Free Women Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns collection by Matty Weingast

March 1, 2022 – Evening Marcia Dhamma Talk – Through The Looking Glass Anicca, Dukkha, Annata

March 2, 2022 – Morning Marcia Closing Talk

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February 11, 2021  Marcia Rose – Opening Instructions & Metta Chant

February 11, 2021  Marcia Rose – Instructions Metta for Oneself

February 11, 2021  Marcia Rose – Walking Instructions

February 11, 2021  Marcia Rose – Instructions Metta for Benefactor

February 11, 2021  Marcia Rose – Dhamma Talk Metta

February 12, 2021  Kristina Baré – Instructions Metta for Friend

February 12, 2021  Kristina Baré – Instructions Metta for Family

February 12, 2021  Marcia Rose – Dhamma Talk  Why Metta?

February 13, 2021  Marcia Rose – Instructions  Metta for Neutral Person

February 13, 2021  Marcia Rose – Instructions  Metta for Difficult Person

February 13, 2021  Kristina Baré – Dhamma Talk  Learning to Love the Hindrances

February 14, 2021  Kristina Baré – Instructions   Metta for All Humans

February 14, 2021  Kristina Baré – Instructions   Metta for All Creatures

February 14, 2021  Marcia Rose – Dhamma Talk  Forgiveness

February 15, 2021  Marcia Rose – Instructions   Metta for All Categories & Directions

February 15, 2021  Marcia Rose – Instructions   Equanimity for Self

February 15, 2021  Marcia Rose – Dhamma Talk  Equanimity

February 16, 2021  Marcia Rose – Instructions   Equanimity for Friends

February 16, 2021  Marcia Rose – Instructions   Equanimity for Family

February 16, 2021   Kristina Baré – Dhamma Talk  Equanimity

February 17, 2021  Kristina Baré – Instructions   Equanimity for Difficult People

February 17, 2021  Kristina Baré – Instructions   Equanimity for All Humans

February 17, 2021  Marcia Rose –  Dhamma Talk  Practice Here There Everywhere

February 17, 2021  Onandaga Thanksgiving Address  “Words That Come Before All Else”

February 18, 2021  Marcia Rose – Guided Sit & Reflection from Mingyur Rimpoche

February 18, 2021  Kristina Baré – Guided Metta Body Scan

February 18, 2021  Marcia Rose – Closing Circle, Guided Metta, Q&A

November 8, 2020  Brief Instructions & Metta Chant with Marcia Rose

November 8, 2020  Sunday Instructions with Marcia Rose

November 8, 2020 Refuges & Precepts with Marcia Rose

November 8, 2020 Dhamma Talk – Sila Samadhi Panna with Marcia Rose

November 9, 2020  Instructions & Techniques for Anapana with Kristina Baré

November 9, 2020 Dhamma Talk – Afflictive Emotions with Marcia Rose

November 10, 2020  Instructions on Balanced Effort with Kristina Baré

November 11, 2020  Reflection on Concentration with Marcia Rose

November 11, 2020 Dhamma Talk – Practice Here There Everywhere with Marcia Rose

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Morning Chant, *Introductions, Reflection on Dhammavihari:  One Dwelling in the Dhamma, Instructions (*Omitted from the recording for privacy)

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Dhamma Talk:  Mindfulness:  Engaged – Mindful – Careful

Thursday, July 9, 2020 Morning Chant, Reflection on Saddha (Faith), Instructions

Thursday, July 9, 2020 Dhamma Talk:  Metta as a Brahmavihara & Base for Liberation

Friday, July 10, 2020 Morning Chant, Reflection on Vedana (Feeling Tone), Instructions

Friday, July 10, 2020 Dhamma Talk:  Practicing with Thoughts

Saturday, July 11, 2020 Morning Chant, Reflection on Kilesas (Defilements), Instructions

Saturday, July 11, 2020 Dhamma Talk:  Death – Our Close Friend

Sunday, July 12, 2020 Morning Chant, Reflection on Renunciation, Instructions

Sunday, July 12, 2020 Dhamma Talk:  Walking Meditation

Monday, July 13, 2020 Morning Chant, Reflection on Slowing Down in Walking Meditation & Daily Activities and Insights, Instructions

Monday, July 13, 2020 Dhamma Talk:  Freedom

Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Morning Chant, Reflection on Expectations, Instructions

Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Dhamma Talk:  Appamada (Diligence)

Wednesday, July 15, 2020 Morning Chant (starts part way in), Reflection on The Four Noble Truths, Instructions

Wednesday, July 15, 2020 Dhamma Talk:  The Protective Power of the Dhamma

Thursday, July 16, 2020 Morning Chant (partial), Reflection on The Non-Beauty of the Body, Instructions

Thursday, July 16, 2020 Dhamma Talk:  Gratitude

Friday, July 17, 2020  Morning All Chants, Reflection on Gradual Purification, Instructions

Friday, July 17, 2020 Closing Session:  Reflection on Practice, *Sharing (*Omitted from the recording for privacy)

September 14, 2019  Morning Instructions

September 14, 2019 Dhamma Talk – Life of the Buddha

September 15, 2019 Dhamma Talk – The Noble Eight Fold Path

September 16, 2019 Dhamma Talk – The Hindrances

September 17, 2019 Dhamma Talk – Forgiveness

September 19, 2019 Dhamma Talk – Closing Talk

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