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Tea with Mara

Audio recordings of live Dharma Talks and Meditations offered in Virtual Reality for the Together with TRIPP community, and the Two Hands Sangha by Rev. George Beecher.

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00:40:31

Reflections Of The Way Life Used To Be

Tea with Mara ·

2024/12/23

"Reflections Of The Way Life Used To Be" is a dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on the topic of reflection. Looking back at our year using mindfulness and clear comprehension to see how we met moments in our past year, to inform how we wish to set intentions for the coming year (next week at our Intention Setting Ceremony). I hope you will enjoy and please feel free to message me if you have intentions you would like to have me light a candle for if you can't join us next week. See you

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00:48:31

What The Hell Am I

Tea with Mara ·

2024/12/20

"What The Hell Am I" is a Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation on practicing with sickness. When we’re feeling unwell the Buddha reminds us that sickness is part of being human, and that our minds can stay clear and compassionate even when the body is struggling. By noticing discomfort without pushing it away, and by extending kindness, sickness becomes a teacher, guiding us toward deeper understanding, patience, and connection. Enjoy!

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00:47:34

The Acorn And The Oak

Tea with Mara ·

2024/12/13

"The Acorn And The Oak" is a dharma talk and brief guided meditation on the topic of Interconnectedness, or Interbeing, in a very broad accessible way. I've noticed lots of examples of this lately, and many community members discussing it, so I thought I would offer some thoughts on this wonderful topic. I hope it is of some use in your life. Enjoy!

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00:48:31

Unwrapping Vulnerability and Boundaries

Tea with Mara ·

2024/12/09

"Unwrapping Vulnerability and Boundaries" is a dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on Bodhi Day exploring how to find balance between being open-hearted and protecting our personal well-being during the holidays. By understanding balance between these two, we can show up more authentically, deepen connections, and care for ourselves—even in the most hectic season. Enjoy!

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00:49:27

Pain And The Brain

Tea with Mara ·

2024/12/06

"Pain And The Brain" is a dharma talk and brief guided meditation on various kinds of pain and how the dharma can help us work with them. We talk about meeting physical aches, emotional heartache, and mental strain with open-hearted presence instead of running away. We learn to pause and ask, “How can I meet this moment with wisdom and compassion?” I hope you'll enjoy this talk!

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00:48:00

The Grateful Heart (The Lost Episode)

Tea with Mara ·

2024/12/03

"The Grateful Heart (The Lost Episode)" is a Dharma talk and guided meditation (30:20) offered on 11/28/24 in Virtual Reality. This talk was lost during editing and recovered today. We explore gratitude as a way of deepening our connection to others, cultivating resilience, and opening the door to greater joy and freedom. I hope you'll enjoy!

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00:48:44

Survive And Thrive For The Holidays

Tea with Mara ·

2024/12/02

“Survive And Thrive For The Holidays” is a dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha about how the holiday season can be a time of joy and connection—but also stress, conflict, and exhaustion. In this session, we explore how to recover from the challenges of Thanksgiving and prepare mindfully for the weeks ahead. Drawing on the Buddha’s teachings, we’ll discuss practical tools for reflecting on holiday experiences, restoring balance, and setting intentions rooted in kindness, generosity, and

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00:38:11

Mindfulness Is A Hoe

Tea with Mara ·

2024/11/25

"Mindfulness Is A Hoe" is a dharma talk on a community question last week of how to work with worry and anxiety related to situations where we are so worried about something bad happening, that we actually end up creating the conditions for that bad thing to happen! It's a great question and I hope I it will be helpful. We all experience something covered in this talk and I trust it will be useful for each of us. Enjoy!

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00:47:42

Trust Begins When Actions Match Words

Tea with Mara ·

2024/11/22

"Trust Begins When Actions Match Words" is a dharma talk and short meditation (35:30) on Trust. We explore the nature of trust—what it means, how it is built, how it is broken, and how it can be rebuilt based on the teachings of the Buddha with a little help from Pete Buttigieg. I hope you enjoy and find this helpful in your life.

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00:49:51

There In The Balanced Engagedness

Tea with Mara ·

2024/11/18

"There in the Balanced “Engagedness” takes a deeper look at equanimity and clears up some common misunderstandings. Often thought of as passive or detached, we explored how equanimity is actually an engaged balance, staying present with life’s ups and downs without being shaken or pulled off-center. It’s not about standing still while the world moves—it’s about moving with it, from a place of steadiness and wisdom. Enjoy!

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00:50:55

Love The Actor, Fight The Action

Tea with Mara ·

2024/11/15

"Love The Actor, Fight The Action" wraps up a series of a few talks about where we might find ourselves these days with the world in such upheaval. Last week we spoke about pausing, and sitting in that with no need to rush to action. This week, we turn toward that action and make sure it's informed by compassion. These last three talks will hopefully serve many of us through difficult social challenges we may face in the coming years. I hope it is of a benefit to you. Enjoy!

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00:37:50

Holding Space With Grace

Tea with Mara ·

2024/11/11

"Holding Space With Grace" is a dharma talk offered at the Two Hands Sangha based on a community member question. It also dovetails nicely off of the last talk. That talk was about pausing and being with your experience with no feelings of needing to rush into action. This talk is about how to hold space for others who might not be handling things as well as you are. At its heart, it's about the difference between equality and equity, and how to sit with someone in their discomfort without the need

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00:46:33

Times Like These

Tea with Mara ·

2024/11/08

"Times Like These" is a dharma talk and guided meditation (28:15) on giving yourself permission to sit with whatever you're feeling right now, knowing that it's perfectly ok to do that, and when you're ready, practicing in a way that meets your where you are. Allowing and acknowledging, followed by compassion you are capable of. These two simple practices meet you where you are. I hope they serve you in the times ahead, and that they are beneficial.

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00:49:08

Waiting To Exhale

Tea with Mara ·

2024/11/04

"Waiting To Exhale" is a Dharma Talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on the topics of coping with the stress we create around impending outcomes, and the way we deal with that outcome when it arrives, whether it's our preferred outcome or not. We draw from The Sallatha Sutta and the Lokavipatti Sutta for wisdom and we hope that this talk is helpful and beneficial for you this week. Enjoy!

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00:50:49

Harmless, Harmed, Harmful, Heedful

Tea with Mara ·

2024/11/01

"Harmless, Harmed, Harmful, Heedful" is a Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation on this 2024 Halloween about the infamous serial killer from the Buddha's time, Angulimala. I hope this is fun, and also helpful. There's a lot of powerful lessons in his story (not the least of which is a story of redemption). Enjoy!

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00:40:50

It Takes Two To Tango

Tea with Mara ·

2024/10/28

"It Takes Two To Tango" is a dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on the topic of strong fixed views, particularly when they are mired in delusion, and how to work with that. With the election looming in the USA, and wars raging, and mis/dis information spreading our friends, family, and relationships are often suffering right now, and can seem impossible to heal. They aren't, but nobody said it was easy. I hope this talk will help all people find peace and healing. Enjoy!

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00:47:15

Now I Know What I Got

Tea with Mara ·

2024/10/25

"Now I Know What I Got" is a lyric from a Cinderella song...but more importantly it's a Dharma talk and guided meditation (31:49) on the topic of moving from generosity (last week's talk) into gratitude. Specifically, gratitude as the other side of the coin from generosity and how the two are part of a beneficial cycle we can use in our daily lives. Enjoy!

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00:43:34

Need A Little Patience

Tea with Mara ·

2024/10/21

"Need A Little Patience" is a Dharma Talk offered at Two Hands Sangha, about patience. More specifically, about learning to rest in the moment, and let wisdom arise before rushing into judgment or action. I hope this is helpful, and I promise I only quote GnR briefly once. ;) Enjoy!https://bio.reverendgeorgebeecher.com

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00:43:41

Sustaining Generosity

Tea with Mara ·

2024/10/18

"Sustaining Generosity" is a Dharma talk on the topic of generosity and all it's aspects, with a (rare for me) focus on the financial aspect as it has become a hot topic lately in our community (IYKYK). :) Though I offered this talk with a specific community purpose in mind, the message applies to all spiritual communities and might help soften the heart and mind around the often uncomfortable topic of financial donations and give you some ways to work with it, and some insight into its necessity

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00:36:29

Come Together, Right Now

Tea with Mara ·

2024/10/14

"Come Together, Right Now" is a dharma talk offered at Two Hands Sangha on conflict and difficulty in community and how to address it. We draw advice from the Vinaya and various sutras to help us learn ways of bringing harmony and accord to community challenges. I hope you don't need this talk, but if you do, I hope it's helpful. Enjoy!

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